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Color coded instructional scheme for computers and the like system, method and article of manufacture

  • US 5,905,493 A
  • Filed: 11/13/1996
  • Issued: 05/18/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/13/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A color coded electronic user interface system for use between an end user and a computer system comprising:

  • (a) a graphical user interface that presents information to the user from the computer system on a display device, the information comprising a plurality of instructional icons for a plurality of display screens, each of the plurality instructional icons having associated tberewith a computer system display screen navigating operation from a different predetermined functional category and a corresponding color, at least a first instructional icon of the plurality of instructional icons being associated with an identical functional category and an identical corresponding color as a second instructional icon of the plurality of instructional icons, the first and second instructional icon being associated with a first and second display screen of the plurality of display screens, respectively, such that a uniform color coding scheme is provided which has icons on different display screens being associated with identical functional categories when associated with identical corresponding colors;

    (b) a user input device that receives data input by the user from which user instructions for initiating a computer system procedure and other user input is obtained, the user input device comprising a function key which corresponds in color to each of the plurality of instructional icons; and

    (c) a controller, operatively coupled to the graphical user interface and user input device, that initiates a computer system procedure from one of the different predetermined functional categories based on which function key is actuated on the user input device by the user such that the use can associate and initiate computer system display screen navigating procedures based on the uniform color coding scheme of associated instructional icons and function keys.

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