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Graphical user interface control for replicating data fields in forms

  • US 5,444,841 A
  • Filed: 04/26/1994
  • Issued: 08/22/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/08/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a data processing system for providing a menu-driven graphical user interface for the display of text data, the data processing system having a data processing unit, a video display terminal, a keyboard, a cursor control device for providing control inputs to said system and a data storage resource, and the graphical user interface providing a document form display representation (document representation) on said video display terminal including at least one data field for text entry and display, a combination comprising:

  • pushbutton means for generating a pushbutton image in said document display adjacent to said data field, said pushbutton means being positioned to provide a visual indication of a replication direction in which said data field can be replicated;

    means for generating a pointer in said document display;

    means for positioning said pointer in said document display in response to a first control input from said cursor control device; and

    replicating means responsive to said pointer positioned at said pushbutton image and to a second control input from said cursor control device representing a data field replicating command for replicating said data field in said document representation.

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