Patent
1991-08-29
1992-06-02
Clark, David L.
395160, G06F 3153
Patent
active
051194759
ABSTRACT:
A declarative object-oriented approach to menu construction provides a mechanism for specifying the behavior, appearance and function of menus as part of an interactive user interface. Menus are constructed from interchangeable object building blocks to obtain the characteristics wanted without the need to write new code or code and maintaining a coherent interface standard. The approach is implemented by dissecting interface menu behavior into modularized objects specifying orthogonal components of desirable menu behaviors. Once primary characteristics for orthogonal dimensions of menu behavior are identified, individual objects are constructed to provide specific alternatives for the behavior within the definitions of each dimension. Finally, specific objects from each dimension are combined to construct a menu having the desired selections of menu behaviors.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4760390 (1988-07-01), Maine et al.
patent: 4782463 (1988-11-01), Sanders et al.
patent: 4783648 (1988-11-01), Homma et al.
patent: 4860219 (1989-08-01), Sleator
patent: 4890098 (1989-12-01), Dawes et al.
Smith, R. G. and Carando P., "Structural Object Programming", Schlumberger, 1986.
Smith, R. G. et al., "A Substrate for Object-Oriented Interface Design," Schlumberger 1986.
K. Schmucker, Object-Oriented Programming for the MacIntosh, Chapter 2, The Basics of Object-Oriented Programming, pp. 15-35, Hayden Book Company, 1986.
M. Stefik et al., Object-Oriented Programming: Themes and Variations, AI Magazine, vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 40-62, 1986.
Inside MacIntosh, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., 1985, vol. I, pp. I51-I56.
D. Bobrow et al., Common Lisp Object System Specification, Journal of Lisp and Symbolic Programming, vol. 1, No. 4, Jun. 1988, X3J13 Document 88-002R, pp. 2-1 through 2-48.
M. Stefik et al., Integrating Access-Oriented Programming into a Multiparadigm Environment, IEEE Software, vol. 3, No. 1, Jan. 1986, pp. 10-18.
B. Stroustrup, An Overview of C++, ACM Sigplan Notices, vol. 21, No. 10, Oct., 1986, pp. 7-18.
Schoen Eric J.
Smith Reid G.
Clark David L.
Huston Charles D.
Olsen Kenneth
Riter Bruce D.
Schlumberger Technology Corporation
LandOfFree
Object-oriented framework for menu definition does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Object-oriented framework for menu definition, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Object-oriented framework for menu definition will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-2236182