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Modifying and formatting a chart using pictorially provided chart elements

  • US 10,482,637 B2
  • Filed: 08/07/2017
  • Issued: 11/19/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method of modifying one or more elements of a chart with visual representations of commands and the elements of the chart through graphical user interface, the method comprising:

  • providing visual representations of one or more elements of the chart in a first gallery, wherein the one or more elements comprise;

    a title, a legend, a label, an axis, and gridlines;

    receiving a selection of the one or more elements;

    providing visual representations of two or more commands to modify format of the chart in a second gallery, responsive to the received selection, wherein the two or more commands are based on the selection of the one or more elements, and wherein the two or more commands comprise;

    displaying the received selection of the one or more elements;

    suppressing the displaying of the received selection of the one or more elements; and

    displaying the received selection of the one or more elements with alignment relative to a position within the chart, wherein the position comprises one of top, bottom, left, or right;

    receiving one or more selections from the two or more commands through user interaction;

    modifying, by a computing device, the one or more elements of the chart based on the one or more selections of the commands; and

    displaying the chart with the modified one or more elements.

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