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Network editing system

  • US 5,276,791 A
  • Filed: 01/29/1991
  • Issued: 01/04/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/29/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer system including a display and software, said software enabling the computer system to create, delete and change title-containing blocks and interrelations of title-containing blocks as shown on the display through the use of keyboard inputs, said system employing a data structure comprising a world plane, segmented into rows, columns and title fields, said data structure used in a method which creates, from a list of titles, a display of title blocks, each title block containing a title from said list of titles and graphical interconnections, said method comprising:

  • a. positioning said list of titles in said world plane;

    b. displaying a subset of said world plane data structure including said title blocks with associated command fields;

    c. displaying a keyboard input of a user-entered command in the command field of a title in a title block to which said command applies;

    d. positionally adjusting title blocks on said display in accordance with said user-entered command; and

    e. graphically interconnecting through the use of symbols, a positionally adjusted title block with at least another title block in said list of titles, said graphical interconnection occurring automatically in response to said user-entered command being invoked.

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