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Multifunction control with changeable appearance

  • US 5,815,153 A
  • Filed: 11/20/1996
  • Issued: 09/29/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/20/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A data processing system that displays at least one user interactable object, comprising:

  • means for causing said object to be displayed having a first appearance and a second appearance wherein said object comprises at least one control capable of altering its appearance between a first state and a second state;

    means for associating a first function with said object having said first appearance and a second function with said object having said second appearance, said means for associating comprises means for linking first information to said object having said first appearance and second information to said object having said second appearance and means for prompting a user to enter said first and second information;

    wherein a user will implement said first function by selecting said object having said first appearance, and will implement said second function by selecting said object having said second appearance.

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