1991-11-13
1997-05-20
Zimmerman, Mark K.
395762, 395702, 395968, G06F 1500, G06F 300, G06F 945
Patent
active
056320221
ABSTRACT:
Intelligent browsing through a collection of reusable software components is facilitated with a computer having a video monitor and a user input interface such as a keyboard or a mouse for transmitting user selections, by presenting a picture of encyclopedia volumes with respective visible labels referring to types of software, in accordance with a metaphor in which each volume includes a page having a list of general topics under the software type of the volume and pages having lists of software components for each one of the generic topics, altering the picture to open one of the volumes in response to an initial user selection specifying the one volume to display on the monitor a picture of the page thereof having the list of general topics and altering the picture to display the page thereof having a list of software components under one of the general topics in response to a next user selection specifying the one general topic, and then presenting a picture of a set of different informative plates depicting different types of information about one of the software components in response to a further user selection specifying the one component.
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Beckman Brian C.
Warren Lloyd V.
Burwell Joseph R.
Jones Thomas H.
Kusmiss John H.
The United States of America as represented by the Administrator
Zimmerman Mark K.
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