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Programmable tree viewer graphical user interface with integrated control panel

  • US 6,348,935 B1
  • Filed: 11/30/1998
  • Issued: 02/19/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/30/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A composite graphical user interface for representing and manipulating a set of hierarchical data on a computer display device, the composite graphical user interface comprising:

  • a display window on the computer display device;

    a tree view display disposed within the display window, wherein the tree view display depicts the set of hierarchical data in a tree representation having a root level and at least one lower level, and wherein each level of the tree representation includes at least one branch containing a portion of the set of hierarchical data; and

    a tree view control panel disposed within the display window adjacent the tree view display, wherein the tree view control panel comprises a plurality of user selectable indicia which select a corresponding one of a plurality of functions which modify the tree view display, and wherein the plurality of user selectable indicia are selectable from a predefined set of user selectable indicia, and wherein the tree view display and the tree view control panel appear to the user as a single integrated graphical user interface.

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