Graphical User Interface Guide

• US 20110173571A1
• Filed: 01/13/2010
• Published: 07/14/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Infoprint Solutions Company LLC (Ricoh Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Infoprint Solutions Company LLC (Ricoh Company Limited)
• Inventors: Nematollahi Mahani, Maryamossadat, Milanski, John G.
• Application Number:
  US12/686,570
• Publication Number:
  US 20110173571A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/841
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus

Abstract

A graphical user interface (GUI) is disclosed. The GUI includes a menu bar to display one or more menus, a GUI guide button and a GUI guide to simultaneously display commands in each of the one or more menus in response to a selection of the GUI guide button.

Claims

1. A computer system comprising:

a memory to store a printer driver program;

a processor, coupled to the memory, to execute the printing product; and

a display device to display a graphical user interface (GUI) upon the processor executing the printing product, the GUI having a menu bar to display one or more menus and a GUI guide button that when selected causes commands in each of the one or more menus to be simultaneously displayed as a GUI guide.

2. The computer system of claim 1 wherein a second selection of the GUI guide button closes the GUI guide.

3. The computer system of claim 1 further wherein a function associated with a command is displayed in the GUI upon the command being rolled over by a cursor.

4. The computer system of claim 3 wherein an outline of the function location within the GUI is displayed upon the command being rolled over by a cursor.

5. The computer system of claim 1 wherein an outline of each function location corresponding to commands in a menu are displayed in the GUI upon a menu being rolled over by a cursor.

6. The computer system of claim 1 wherein the order of commands in the GUI guide is customizable.

8. The computer system of claim 6 wherein a first command in a menu is moved by the cursor above a second command.

9. The computer system of claim 1 wherein an order of commands in a menu is dynamically changed.

10. The computer system of claim 9 wherein the order of commands in the menu is changed based on one of:

frequency of use, criticality, and number of users of the commands.

11. The computer system of claim 10 wherein GUI comprises:

a frequency button

a criticality button; and

a number of users button.

12. The computer system of claim 11 wherein a cursor rolling over one of the frequency, criticality or number of users buttons results in reordering of commands in a menu.

7. The computer system of claim 7 wherein a first command is moved by the cursor from a first menu in the GUI guide to a second menu.

13. A computer generated method comprising:

displaying a menu bar within a graphical user interface (GUI) to display one or menus;

displaying a GUI guide button; and

displaying a GUI guide having a simultaneously display of commands in each of the one or more menus in response to a selection of the GUI guide button.

14. The method of claim 13 further comprising closing the GUI guide in response to a second selection of the GUI guide button.

15. The method of claim 13 further comprising displaying a function associated with a command in response to the command being rolled over by a cursor in the GUI guide.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising displaying an outline of the function location associated within the GUI in response to the command being rolled over by a cursor in the GUI guide.

17. The method of claim 13 further comprising displaying an outline of each function location corresponding to commands in a menu in response to the menu being rolled over by a cursor.

18. The method of claim 13 wherein the location of commands in the GUI guide is customizable.

19. The method of claim 18 further comprising moving a first command is moved by from a first menu in the GUI guide to a second menu.

20. The method of claim 17 further comprising moving a first command in a menu above a second command.

21. The method of claim 13 further comprising dynamically changing an order of commands in a menu.

22. The method of claim 21 further comprising changing the order of commands in the menu based on one of:

frequency of use, criticality, and number of users of the commands.

23. The method of claim 22 further comprising reordering commands in a menu in response to a cursor rolling over one of the frequency, criticality or number of users buttons.

24. A graphical user interface (GUI) comprising:

a menu bar to display one or menus;

a GUI guide button; and

a GUI guide to simultaneously display commands in each of the one or more menus in response to a selection of the GUI guide button.

25. The GUI of claim 24 further comprising a window displaying a function associated with a command upon the command being rolled over by a cursor.

26. The GUI of claim 25 further comprising a window displaying an outline of the function location upon the command being rolled over by a cursor.

27. The GUI of claim 24 further comprising windows displaying outlines of each function location corresponding to commands in a menu upon a menu being rolled over by a cursor.

28. The GUI of claim 24 further comprising:

a frequency button

a criticality button; and

a number of users button.