Method and system for automatic alteration of display of menu options
First Claim
1. A method in a data processing system having a plurality of displayed menus, each of said plurality of displayed menus including a plurality of user selectable menu options for automatically altering a display of said plurality of user selectable menu options, said method comprising the data processing implemented steps of:
- associating a counter with each of said plurality of user selectable menu options;
incrementing said counter in response to each selection by a user of one of said plurality of user selectable menu options; and
automatically altering a display of said plurality of user selectable menu options in response to a state of said counter associated with each of said plurality of user selectable menu options by deleting at least one of said plurality of user selectable menu options.
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Abstract
A method and system for the automatic alteration of a display of multiple user selectable menu options. A counter is associated with each user selectable menu option. The counter associated with a user selectable menu option is then incremented in response to each selection by a user of the user selectable menu option. The display of the user selectable menu option is automatically altered in response to a state of the associated counter.
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12 Claims
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1. A method in a data processing system having a plurality of displayed menus, each of said plurality of displayed menus including a plurality of user selectable menu options for automatically altering a display of said plurality of user selectable menu options, said method comprising the data processing implemented steps of:
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associating a counter with each of said plurality of user selectable menu options; incrementing said counter in response to each selection by a user of one of said plurality of user selectable menu options; and automatically altering a display of said plurality of user selectable menu options in response to a state of said counter associated with each of said plurality of user selectable menu options by deleting at least one of said plurality of user selectable menu options. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A data processing system having a plurality of displayed menus, each of said plurality of displayed menus including a plurality of user selectable menu options for automatically altering a display of said plurality of user selectable menu options, comprising:
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means for associating a counter with each of said plurality of user selectable menu options; means for incrementing said counter in response to each selection by a user of one of said plurality of user selectable menu options; and means for automatically altering a display of said plurality of user selectable menu options in response to a state of said counter associated with each of said plurality of user selectable menu options by deleting at least one of said plurality of user selectable menu option. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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