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Apparatus and method for dynamically building a context sensitive composite icon with active icon components

  • US 20040119757A1
  • Filed: 12/18/2002
  • Published: 06/24/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method, in a data processing system, for dynamically building a context sensitive composite icon for representing a data object in a graphical user interface, comprising:

  • identifying a data object;

    identifying an icon addition data object based on a context of the data object;

    generating a composite icon object based on the data object and the icon addition data object;

    generating a graphical representation of a base icon based on the data object;

    generating a graphical representation of the icon addition data object; and

    superimposing the graphical representation of the icon addition data object over the graphical representation of the base icon, wherein the graphical representation of the icon addition data object and the graphical representation of the base icon are individually selectable.

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