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User interface mechanism for manipulating context in computer management applications

  • US 6,344,862 B1
  • Filed: 05/29/1998
  • Issued: 02/05/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/29/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for filtering information to provide contextual information about a perspective of objects to a user of a windows-based computer environment, said method comprising:

  • opening a window having a user interface; and

    manipulating a context control feature of the user interface to determine a first context of the window corresponding to a first perspective of one or more perspectives for viewing and manipulating one or more objects, with each object of the one or more objects having one or more object capabilities and an object type of one or more object types within the window, wherein the first perspective is representative of a first set of interrelationships between the one or more objects and wherein the first perspective presents a filtered view of the object capabilities of the one or more objects.

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