Representing work practices
US5745113A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 3, 1996 |
| Grant date | Apr 28, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 3, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0481
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for recording and displaying information about work practice through a set of at least two different graphical tools, each associated with at least one kind of information about work practice and at least one kind of workplace object. The graphical user interface of each tool has at least one characteristic display metaphor conventional for a kind of information associated with the tool. Each tool has at least one characteristic display metaphor that differs from at least one of the characteristic display metaphors of every other tool in the set of tools. The graphical user interface of one of the tools is augmented to display information of a kind associated with a different one of the tools.
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