Command links
First Claim
1. A method of receiving user input in a computer system having a graphical user interface including a display, comprising the steps of:
- (a) displaying, within a first contiguous region of the display, a first input control, the first input control including;
(i) a main title portion including text providing a description of the first input control, and (ii) a subtitle portion, the subtitle portion including text providing additional information about the first input control, the subtitle portion text being less prominent than the main portion text;
(b) receiving user input indicative of selection or potential selection of the first input control; and
(c) highlighting the first input control, in response to the input of step (b), by altering the appearance of the first contiguous display region.
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Abstract
A command link input control has a main title portion describing a user input option corresponding to selection of that command link. Upon selection of the command link, a dialog containing that command link is completed without requiring a user to select additional input controls. The command link may optionally contain a subtitle portion for providing supplementary text further explaining or otherwise elaborating upon the option corresponding to the command link. The command link may also contain a glyph. Upon hovering a cursor over a command link or otherwise indicating potential selectability of the command link, the entire link is highlighted by, e.g., altering the background color of the display region containing the main title, subtitle and/or glyph.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of receiving user input in a computer system having a graphical user interface including a display, comprising the steps of:
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(a) displaying, within a first contiguous region of the display, a first input control, the first input control including;
(i) a main title portion including text providing a description of the first input control, and (ii) a subtitle portion, the subtitle portion including text providing additional information about the first input control, the subtitle portion text being less prominent than the main portion text;
(b) receiving user input indicative of selection or potential selection of the first input control; and
(c) highlighting the first input control, in response to the input of step (b), by altering the appearance of the first contiguous display region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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4. The method of step 3, further comprising the step of
(d) displaying a second user input control within a second contiguous region of the display, the second input control including a main title portion providing a description of the second input control, and wherein step (a) further comprises displaying a main instruction to the user as part of the dialog user interface, the main instruction posing a question to the user answerable by selection of either the first or the second input controls.
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9. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon data representing sequences of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform steps of a method for receiving user input in a computer system having a graphical user interface including a display, said steps comprising:
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(a) displaying, within a first contiguous region of the display, a first input control, the first input control including;
(i) a main title portion including text providing a description of the first input control, and (ii) a subtitle portion, the subtitle portion including text providing additional information about the first input control, the subtitle portion text being less prominent than the main portion text;
(b) receiving user input indicative of selection or potential selection of the first input control; and
(c) highlighting the first input control, in response to the input of step (b), by altering the appearance of the first contiguous display region. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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12. The computer-readable medium of step 11, comprising further instructions for performing steps comprising
(d) displaying a second user input control within a second contiguous region of the display, the second input control including a main title portion providing a description of the second input control, and wherein step (a) f1urther comprises displaying a main instruction to the user as part of the dialog user interface, the main instruction posing a question to the user answerable by selection of either the first or the second input controls.
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17. A software architecture for generating input controls in a computer system having a graphical user interface including a display, comprising:
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at least one component configured to generate an input control on the display, wherein (i) the at least one component includes at least one theme file containing data controlling display parameters of the generatable input control, (ii) the generatable input control has a format defined by the at least one component, the format including a main title having text, the size and location of the main title within a first contiguous display region being specified by the at least one theme file, and (iii) the format further includes a subtitle portion, the subtitle portion including text being less prominent than the main title text, the subtitle text sized and located within the first contiguous display region so as to be distinguishable from and less prominent than the main title text, the size and location of the subtitle text being specified by the at least one theme file; and
(b) at least one application program interface to access the at least one component, the at least one application program interface configured to receive data indicative of text for a main title and data indicative of text for a subtitle. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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Specification