Color and symbol coded visual cues for relating screen items to each other
US8219924B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 31, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jul 10, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 20, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0484
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Described is a method for visually delineating a relationship between diverse, but related graphical objects in a graphical user interface. An icon that has specified color scheme is associated with the diverse, but related but 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 allows them to be recognized as related.
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