Color and symbol coded visual cues for relating screen items to each other
US7434172B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 1, 1999 |
| Grant date | Oct 7, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 4, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0484
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Described is a system and method for visually delineating a relationship between diverse, but related graphical objects in a graphical user interface. An icon that has a specified color scheme is associated with the diverse, but related graphical objects. When one of the related graphical objects is displayed, the icon is displayed within the displayed graphical object. The persistence of the icon with the specified color scheme in the displayed graphical objects them to to be recognized as related.
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