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Data entry screen method

  • US 5,430,839 A
  • Filed: 12/14/1993
  • Issued: 07/04/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/28/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a computer interactive data entry system for an application that manages multiple classes of data wherein each class of data is identified as an object type, the data entry system having a windowed user interface which supports a multiple window stack on a computer screen wherein the window at the top of the stack is active to receive user input and wherein each window on the screen is identified with one of the object types, and the stack can contain more than one window identified with the same object type, the method of navigating among the windows comprising the steps of:

  • (a) displaying a multiplicity of windows on the screen;

    (b) displaying a plurality of icons simultaneously on the screen, wherein each icon is identified with all of the windows in the stack of one object type, which may be more than one;

    (c) selecting an icon;

    (d) creating a sub-stack of all windows in the stack of the object type identified with the selected icon, wherein the sub-stack may include more than one window;

    (e) displaying on the top of the stack a window of the sub-stack.

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