User Programmable Key in a User Interface System
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1. An instrument, comprising:
- a user key to which a feature of the instrument is assigned by a user;
a graphical user interface displaying a menu, the menu listing a subset of features from a hierarchal menu tree;
a user key label associated with the user key, the user key label displayed on the graphical user interface and indicating the feature assigned by the user; and
the user key label indicating the same user-assigned feature on the graphical user interface when the menu is redrawn to display on the graphical user interface a different subset of features from the hierarchal menu tree.
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Abstract
A User Programmable Key resides on an instrument to assist a user to access and execute preferred features of the instrument in a minimal amount of time. A feature or a set of features are programmed into the User Programmable Key by a user from some or all of the available features in an instrument. The User Programmable Key is assigned to an area adjacent or on the graphical user interface and visible while a user accesses other available buttons, menus or features of an instrument'"'"'s menu tree.
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1. An instrument, comprising:
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a user key to which a feature of the instrument is assigned by a user; a graphical user interface displaying a menu, the menu listing a subset of features from a hierarchal menu tree; a user key label associated with the user key, the user key label displayed on the graphical user interface and indicating the feature assigned by the user; and the user key label indicating the same user-assigned feature on the graphical user interface when the menu is redrawn to display on the graphical user interface a different subset of features from the hierarchal menu tree. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer readable media containing code thereon, the code providing instructions to an instrument for executing the steps of:
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assigning a feature of the instrument to a user key in response to a user action; associating a user key label with the user key; displaying a menu and the user key label on a graphical user interface, the menu listing a subset of features from a hierarchal menu tree; and redrawing the menu to display on the graphical user interface a different subset of features from the hierarchal menu tree while displaying the user key label identifying the same feature assigned to the user key. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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