Data entry screen method
First Claim
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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Abstract
A method for searching through a stack of windows displayed on a computer screen at the same time wherein each window is identified as being of a particular object type and each object type is associated with an icon that is continuously displayed on the screen in a palette window. Clicking on an icon cycles only the windows of that object type. A particular window is found and brought into display focus (to the top of the stack) by clicking on the icon associated with the object type of the window being sought until the window appears.
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24 Claims
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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:
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(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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. In a computer interactive data entry system for an application program 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 a plurality of windows identified with the same object type, the method of navigating among the windows comprising the steps of:
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(a) displaying a multiplicity of windows on the screen as a stack wherein more than one window identified with the same object type can be in the stack; (b) creating a Table that contains all of the object types managed by the application and the number of windows of each object type in the window stack on the screen; (c) displaying a plurality of icons on the screen, wherein each icon is identified with all of the windows of one of the object types, which may be more than one window; (d) selecting an icon; (e) checking the Table to determine if a window of the object type identified with the selected icon is in the stack of windows on the screen; (e1) if no window identified with the selected icon is found in the Table the method is terminated; (e2) if only one window identified with the selected icon is found in the Table and that window is on the top of the stack, the method is terminated; (e3) if only one window identified with the selected icon is found in the Table and that window is not on the top of the stack, it is moved to the top of the stack; (e4) if more than one window identified with the selected icon is found in the Table the window identified with the selected icon closest to the top of the stack, but not at the top of the stack, is moved to the top of the stack. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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