Data processing: presentation processing of document – operator i – Operator interface – On-screen workspace or object
Reexamination Certificate
2005-04-05
2005-04-05
Huynh, Ba (Department: 2179)
Data processing: presentation processing of document, operator i
Operator interface
On-screen workspace or object
C715S777000, C715S825000, C715S826000, C715S810000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06877138
ABSTRACT:
The disclosed method enables a computer system user to efficiently modify attributes of objects displayed by the system and its software applications. Upon selection of a displayed target object by a user, a pop-up menu appears containing a ‘Set Attributes to . . . ’ option. Upon selection of that option by the user, the system cursor changes appearance, and the user is allowed to locate and select a source object separate from the target object (potentially, in a stored file or display window separate from the file and window containing the target object). Upon selection of the source object by the user, the attributes of the source object are immediately transferred to the target object, the display window containing the target object reappears (if it had been hidden by the action of locating the source object), and the display cursor appearance reverts to its normal form. In a variation of this process, the selection of the source object, if accompanied by a predetermined additional action by the user, causes a pop-up menu to appear offering the user selections of proper subsets of attributes possessed by the source object. Upon selection of a subset in that menu, only the respective subset is transferred to the target object and other attributes of the source object are not so transferred. In another variation of this process, selection of the target object in conjunction with an additional action by the user causes a secondary menu to appear. The secondary menu contains named sets of attributes. Upon selection of one of these, the respective named set of attributes is applied to the target object. A special choice in the secondary menu enables the user to specify, name, and transfer a new set of attributes.
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Fitzpatrick Gregory Peter
Haynes Thomas Richard
Huynh Ba
Tomlin Richard A.
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