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Semantic user interface

  • US 20020156774A1
  • Filed: 04/08/2002
  • Published: 10/24/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/03/1997
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system for permitting a user to implement functionality. on a computer, the functionality being provided across a plurality of application programs or within an environment created by an operating system, the computer including a data entry device, comprising:

  • means for monitoring all data entered or selected by a user within any one of the plurality of application programs or within the environment created by the operating system, said data including one or more alphabetic letters, symbols and/or words, wherein certain combinations of data represent action words;

    a wordbase having stored therein a plurality of item records, each item record having an action word and one of a plurality of associated functions, wherein one of said item records includes a default action word;

    means for searching said wordbase for a match with an action word entered by said user; and

    means for performing said function associated with said action word.

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