Method and apparatus for selecting and executing defaults in window based displayed system
US5347626A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 21, 1993 |
| Grant date | Sep 13, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 21, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0482
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention is an object-oriented graphic user interface for use in computer controlled display systems, and in particular, display systems having object oriented graphic interfaces. A central processing unit (CPU) is provided and is coupled to a display for displaying graphic and other data. The CPU is further coupled to a cursor control device which permits a user to selectively position a cursor at a desired location on the display, and signal the CPU of selections in accordance with the teachings of the present invention. Buttons are generated by the CPU and displayed which correspond to either a single function to be executed by the CPU, or a button stack which has associated therewith a plurality of functions disposed on a menu. The menu includes a plurality of buttons and/or button stacks. A button stack may be provided with a default function which is automatically executed by the CPU when a predetermined signal is provided by the user through the cursor control device. To select and execute a button stack default, a user places the cursor over the right half of a desired button stack and momentarily depresses a switch on the cursor control device, the default function is…
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