Graphical action invocation method, and associated method, for a computer system
US6433800B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 31, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 13, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 31, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0486
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus, and an associated method, provides iconic representations of actions available to be performed upon an object of a particular datatype. The iconic representations are displayed, for instance, as part of a toolbar on a computer display. A representation of an object upon which an action is to be performed is dragged-and-dropped upon the iconic representation of the selected action to invoke that action upon both the dropped object and the object of a particular datatype.
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