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Methods, apparatus and data structures for providing a user interface which facilitates decision making

  • US 7,263,667 B1
  • Filed: 06/09/1999
  • Issued: 08/28/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/09/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A man-machine interface method for assisting a user in a decision making process, for use with a machine having a video monitor device and a user input device, the man-machine interface method comprising:

  • accepting a decisional event from the user input device, the decisional event utilized as a basis to query one or more external or internal data sources to gather first and second information related to the decisional event, the decisional event employed to determine a state of a man-machine interface;

    generating a three-dimensional display for output on the video monitor device where the determined state is a standby state, the display includinga first window displaying first information of a first type, the first information being related to the decisional event, anda second window displaying second information of a second type, the second information being related to the decisional event; and

    generating a visual indicator that associates the first information of the first window and the second information of the second window.

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