Command user interface for displaying selectable software functionality controls
US8255828B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 30, 2004 |
| Grant date | Aug 28, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 6, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/47
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An improved user interface is provided for displaying selectable software functionality controls and for presenting logical groupings of particular functionality controls associated with a selected top-level functionality. Underneath a row of top-level functionality tabs, functionalities controls associated with a given top-level functionality tab are presented in logical groupings. Selection of a particular tab switches modes of the user interface to present controls for functionalities associated with the selected tab.
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