Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20080104540
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Prior Art Detail
Summary / Description
| Summary / Description | A graphical user interface for use in a computer system is disclosed. The computer system includes an operating system responsive to one or more system calls. Each system call causes the operating system to process user inputs in a predetermined manner. |
Basic Information
| Type of Prior Art | Issued Patents - US |
| Country | United States of America |
| Patent/Application # | 6118451 |
| Kind Code | United States (US) - United STATES Patent - A |
| Patentee Name | Agilent Technologies |
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| Filing Date | June 9, 1998 |
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Excerpt
Excerpt In a still further aspect of the invention, a method for managing a graphical user interface in a computer-based system is disclosed. The computer-based system includes an operating system and the method is performed in response to receipt of an activation request to open a selected dialog box. In accordance with this aspect of the invention, the dialog boxes are logically related in a hierarchical manner based upon launch dependencies. The method includes (a) recursively closing all open child dialog boxes having a predetermined logical relationship with the selected dialog box; and (b) opening the selected dialog box. In one preferred embodiment, the predetermined logical relationship with the selected dialog box includes all open child dialog boxes of the selected dialog box's parent dialog box. Parent dialog boxes include all parent dialog boxes and their parents, if any, they may be open; that is, parent, grandparent, great grandparent, etc. Here, the activation request identifies the selected dialog box and a parent dialog box through which the selected dialog box was launched.
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Claims
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A computer-based user interface comprising:
a dialog control element for usage in creating a dialog, the dialog control element that acts upon a data model containing at least one object defined by at least one property and modifiable by at least one control, the dialog control element adapted to associate object properties with controls recursively whereby properties can contain objects which further contain properties.
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recursive dialog box dynamic creation
recursive dialog box dynamic creation
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An article of manufacture comprising:
a controller usable medium having a computable readable program code embodied therein for associating dialog fields with represented object model properties comprising, the computable readable program code further comprising:
a code adapted to cause the controller to act upon a data model containing at least one object defined by at least one property and modifiable by at least one control; and
a code adapted to cause the controller to associate object properties with controls recursively whereby properties can contain objects which further contain properties.
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IBID Claim 1
IBID Claim 1
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