Temporal displacement icon in a graphical user interface

Details Temporal displacement icon in a graphical user interface Temporal displacement icon in a graphical user interface

1996-12-03

1999-08-24

Powell, Mark R.

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

345349, G06F 1500

Patent

active

059436786

ABSTRACT:
This invention permits users to conveniently examine functions, applications, data, and other parameters for different periods of time. A region of the graphical user interface is provided to which other icons may be dragged so that the function represented by the dragged icon returns to a prior state or is extrapolated to a future state. By storing the previous m versions of a file, application, database, etc., where m is user selectable, the user can review prior versions of that file, application, or database without explicitly having to track those versions. The graphical nature of the present invention provides a significantly more intuitive way to manipulate the time.

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