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US5986652:
Method for editing an object wherein steps for creating the object are preserved
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Medl, Robert E.; San Jose, CA
Bigus, Joseph Phillip; Rochester, MN
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| Assignee: |
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY
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| Published / Filed: |
1999-11-16
/ 1997-10-21
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| Application Number: |
US1997000954851
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
G06F 9/44;
Core:
more...
IPC-7:
G06F 3/14;
G06F 17/30;
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| ECLA Code: |
G06F9/44G2G; G06F9/44W2;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
715/712;
715/205;
715/227;
715/255;
715/762;
715/776;
715/968;
Original:
345/339;
345/333;
345/356;
345/338;
345/968;
345/350;
707/501;
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| Field of Search: |
345/333,334,336,338,356,357,350,968
434/118
707/501,4
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| Priority Number: |
| 1997-10-21 |
US1997000954851 |
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| Abstract: |
A GUI enabling instant access to a sequence of previously executed assistance programming GUIs. The assistance programming GUIs lead the user through a specific sequence of templates until an object is created. Within each template, various prompts will solicit information variables to complete the template. The assistance program will analyze the returned variables and determine a related next step template to complete the object according to a required finished product. As each step may diverge into branches based on user input, the final result becomes an interrelated sequence of steps specific to the session history of the object creation. The sequence of assistance templates are grouped into a tabular notebook. The notebook is arranged according to the original historical relationships created during the creation of the subject. Each tab is labeled to equate to the various title bars found within each individual template. To edit an information variable, the user would select a particular tab, i.e., one or more clicks from a mouse or similar known cursor pointing device. Upon editing one or more information variables, the overall result may be changed, but the original interrelationships and dependencies defined by the sequence created during the object creation is preserved.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Lacasse & Associates ;
Strimaitis, Ray ;
Foerster, Ingrid M. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Bayerl, Raymond J.; Nguyen, Thomas T.
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| Maintenance Status: |
CC Certificate of Correction issued
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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We claim:
1. A computer-based method of presenting a sequence of user assistance programming templates for editing thereof comprising:
- creating a historical sequence of interrelated user assistance templates by selection and entry of information variables, said sequence of templates specific to input values of said information variables, said templates further comprising named titles;
- assembling said sequence of interrelated user assistance templates into a graphical notebook, said notebook including tabular elements retaining said named titles, and
- wherein input values input during said creating step may be edited by selection of a corresponding tabular element used for entry of said input variables, altering associated input variables and saving thereof, said edited sequence retaining the original sequence of said historical sequence.
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