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5463682 Method of creating user-defined call processing procedures  
In a telecommunication network, a method of creating, in response to inputs from an operator, a user defined call processing node for a call processing record. The call processing record contains...
5459831 Method for selecting graphical objects in quadrants with a cursor  
A technique for organizing graphical objects in a graphics database that facilitates the rapid selection of one or more graphical objects on a computer display screen. Graphical objects are stored...
5448696 Map information system capable of displaying layout information  
A method for displaying information and system includes the steps of displacing map data on the screen of a display unit, displaying layout data representing one or more segments of a certain floor...
5448690 Image processing system enabling real-time output of image signal based on polygon image information  
A polygon extracting unit divides a screen image into n-level hierarchy in a scan-line shifting direction. The polygon extracting unit then accesses the sort memory and then reads data, from the...
5444837 Method for structuring information used in an industrial process and its application to aircraft piloting assistance  
A method which uses a terminal comprising a processor, a screen and a keyboard, comprises step by step breakdown of all the information ("checklist") to be structured into subsets and...
5440681 Method and apparatus for display and interactive modification of the tasks in a production plan  
A method and apparatus for the interactive modification of a production schedule using a graphical user interface. Each production task is represented by one or more primitive tasks. A primitive...
5438661 Version management method and apparatus in multi-window environment  
The contents of a plurality of versions of a data file are displayed in respective windows on a display screen. Identifiers of parent windows, from which the windows are derived, and differential...
5432897 Method and an apparatus for editing tree structures in display  
A method and an apparatus for editing displayed tree structures allows movement and connection of a moving object in the tree structure to an aimed object with a reduced number of operational steps...
5428776 System for composing a graphical interface to a relational database which displays a network of query and source icons  
A Graphical Query Front End system for Querying a relational database displays the elements of a Query in graphical form. The graphical query consists of tables, shown as nodes on a display, used...
5428738 Logical expression calculation interface  
A system and method for constructing logical, mathematical, and other action-oriented expressions for execution by a computer program. The system and method allows users to more easily design and...
5428735 Method and apparatus for maintaining a record of set-creating data processing activities and associated data sets  
A method for maintaining a record of set-creating data processing activities and associated data sets. The method includes the steps of creating and displaying a plurality of visual...
5428729 System and method for computer aided software engineering  
A data processing system supports preparation of a software application by coordinating the efforts of a metaprogrammer and a plurality of system users responsible to the metaprogrammer. The data...
5423043 Method and apparatus for creating and monitoring logical associations among desktop objects  
A method and apparatus to associate actions, attributes, objects or devices on a computer desktop to reduce multiple manual processes. A media association agent monitors, builds, maintains and...
5420977 Multiple aspect operator interface for displaying fault diagnostics results in intelligent process control systems  
In a fault diagnostic system, an operator interface simultaneously displays an operations hierarchy and a components hierarchy in two separate windows. The display system is used with a model-based...
5418946 Structured data classification device  
When a retrieval condition designating unit designates "data to be retrieved" and "retrieval condition" as data on retrieval of a document, and a classification attribute designating unit...
5412776 Method of generating a hierarchical window list in a graphical user interface  
Disclosed is a method of accessing at least a first of a plurality of object owned windows simultaneously open in a graphic user interface on a computer system. For each object on a computer...
5404444 Interactive audiovisual apparatus  
An interactive audiovisual work for telling a story includes a story element selector for selecting one of a plurality of differing actuatable story elements to be active, a character selector for...
5394521 User interface with multiple workspaces for sharing display system objects  
Workspaces provided by an object-based user interface appear to share windows and other display objects. Each workspace's data structure includes, for each window in that workspace, a linking data...
5388199 Interactive graphic input system  
In the conventional CAD or CAM system, when a shape must be defined, it should use mathematical models which are formed by B-Reps or CSG method. B-Reps method is more complicated than CSG in data...
5388196 Hierarchical shared books with database  
A representation of a shared structured container type data object with related data bases can be used to present information in a hierarchy or multi-level mode about the activities and status...
5386506 Plotting and editing apparatus  
An image data file contains a plurality of layers of representative shapes of a target object to be plotted. Under control of a CPU, a CRT display unit displays the representative shapes retrieved...
5367622 Electronic template system and method  
An electronic template includes components stored with corresponding dimensional data. Each component is assigned an insertion point by which a user may interface with a computer-aided design...
5361361 Hierarchical integrated help utility for a computer system  
An improved method and apparatus for hierarchically integrating help information across multiple applications is disclosed. In a computer system having a first application program including a first...
5361349 Virtual object management system for managing virtual objects which correspond to real objects under a user defined hierarchy  
An object management system is equipped with a single real object management system for managing a real file object such as data and a program based on a real directory object in a hierarchical...
5349658 Graphical user interface  
A graphical user interface for a computer system that includes a memory for storing application programs and application files. The user interface permits the user to initiate execution of a...
5347629 Graphical user interface including updating of multiple panels using what you see is what you get (WYSIWYG) editor  
A method of defining, creating, or editing a graphical user interface panel file. The graphical user interface panel contains a plurality of nested graphical objects. According to the disclosed...
5345550 User-modifiable popup menus for object oriented behavior  
A graphical user interface for a data processing system includes a method of generating a popup menu of actions allowed on an object represented in the graphical user interface. The method includes...
5341223 Heirarchical indication, inclusive indication and heirarchical inclusive indication input system  
An indication input system for use in with facsimile machines and similar devices. The input system having a coordinate input device which displays an organizational chart expressing the...
5335323 Computer human interface with multiapplication display  
In a computer human interface an abstract, device-independent "picture" is capable of containing multi-application information. A picture comprises a number of abstract picture elements which can...
5333254 Methods of centering nodes in a hierarchical display  
An image is presented that includes a node-link structure. The nodes are in rows, and each row extends across a centering line. The rows are in sequence along the centering line, with links between...
5327529 Process of designing user's interfaces for application programs  
A method for invoking a user interface for use with an application operating in a computer system which involves providing in the computer system a generic object class that corresponds to a class...
5317688 Software agent used to provide instruction to a user for a plurality of computer applications  
A computing system includes an application object, a computer based training instruction object ("INSTRUCTION object") and an agent engine. The INSTRUCTION object runs concurrently with the...
5315646 Systems and processes for providing multiple interfaces for telephone services  
A method and apparatus for creating customized call processing information (CCPI) records to permit customized telephone services for individual subscribers to a telephone network. The records are...
5307086 Method of implementing a preview window in an object oriented programming system  
A method of implementing a preview window in an object oriented programming system that includes an application having at least a first panel and a second panel that are selectively displayable on...
5305435 Computer windows management system and method for simulating off-screen document storage and retrieval  
A novel computer display interface which simulates familiar document handling activities based upon a unique display metaphor representative of a standard office filing system and work area of a...
5301301 Polymorphic dataflow block diagram system and method for programming a computer  
A computer system is programmed by a user to perform dataflow computations by constructing a dataflow block diagram that utilizes function icons. At least a subset of the function icons are...
5295244 Network management system using interconnected hierarchies to represent different network dimensions in multiple display views  
A network management system includes a user interface, a virtual network and a device communication manager. The virtual network includes models which represent network entities and model relations...
5295243 Display of hierarchical three-dimensional structures with rotating substructures  
A processor presents a sequence of images of a hierarchical structure that is perceived as three-dimensional. The hierarchical structure includes conic substructures that can have vertical or...
5295242 Apparatus and method for viewing relationships in a factory management system  
A method and apparatus for displaying the relationship of objects in a factory on a computer system display. A first icon is displayed, the first icon representing a first class of factory objects....
5293478 Graphical design processing apparatus for assessing and modifying design of components  
A graphic data processing apparatus including an input device for entering graphic data, a graphic data processing device for generating a visible pattern such as a drawing consisting of points...
5293476 System for entering and modifying variable names for terminals of icons in an iconic programming system  
An iconic programming system allowing a user to specify data input constraints and names for any terminal of any icon of an iconic network program defined within the system. The system allows names...
5287448 Method and apparatus for providing help information to users of computers  
A method for presenting help messages to a user in an interactive computer environment in which a help mode operates concurrently with other programs operating in the computer system. The user...
5287447 Method and system for providing container object attributes to a non-container object  
The method and apparatus of the present invention includes a method for providing a non-container object with the appearance of container object attributes in a graphic user interface operating...
5283864 Computer apparatus and method for graphical flip book  
Computer apparatus and method replicates a book in screen views of a video display unit. A book representation is formed of a multiplicity of entities positioned in a series and successively...
5278951 Decompilation process for producing graphs by means of a computer  
The display of structured oriented graphs undergoing incremental modifications is locally updated by determining the area containing the modification and the affected areas surrounding the...
5276789 Graphic display of network topology  
A system for automatically laying out and graphically displaying the topology of a computer network system. The layout system retrieves a list of the nodes within the network and their...
5263174 Methods for quick selection of desired items from hierarchical computer menus  
A method of conveniently making a selection from a set of options available in a computer program is described. As successive letters which make up the proposed selection are entered, successively...
5251159 Circuit simulation interface methods  
In a process for analyzing simulation results and providing such results in terms that are familiar to the circuit designer, user-defined primitives, or tiles, are used to reduce large quantities...
5249265 Structure storage management in a graphics display device  
A graphics data management system that includes control tables for quickly accessing information about the display structures to be drawn. A series of control tables and hashed indexes to graphics...
5243697 Method and apparatus for selecting button functions and retaining selected options on a display  
A graphical user interface method wherein a user can retain frequently used menus on the display screen in an intuitive manner. A computer system is coupled to a display for displaying graphic and...
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