Context menu dependency on many objects of different type
First Claim
1. A method for providing to a user a context menu with entries representing relationships, wherein the entries are selectable by the user to relate a plurality of objects selected from a set of objects, the method comprising:
- receiving a first identification of a first selected object from the set of objects;
receiving a second identification of a second selected object from the set of objects;
identifying object types of the selected objects in a plurality of object types;
determining one or more relationship types requiring at least one object of the object type of the first selected object and at least one object of the object type of the second selected object as input in order to be created as a relationship between objects; and
generating for the context menu an entry for creating a relationship of the one or more relationship types, wherein the entry is selectable by the user to create the relationship between the selected objects, and wherein the relationship changes an attribute of each object.
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Abstract
A computer implemented method is represented for providing to a user a context menu with entries representing relationships. The relationships are applicable to relate objects selected from a set of objects. The method comprises following method operations: receiving a first identification of a first selected object from the set of objects, receiving a second identification of a second selected object from the set of objects, identifying object types of the selected objects in a plurality of object types, determining one or more relationship types of which one or more relationships are applicable to the selected objects by using the identified object types, and generating for the context menu an entry representing a relationship of the one or more relationship types, wherein the relationship is selectable by the user to be created between the selected objects.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for providing to a user a context menu with entries representing relationships, wherein the entries are selectable by the user to relate a plurality of objects selected from a set of objects, the method comprising:
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receiving a first identification of a first selected object from the set of objects; receiving a second identification of a second selected object from the set of objects; identifying object types of the selected objects in a plurality of object types; determining one or more relationship types requiring at least one object of the object type of the first selected object and at least one object of the object type of the second selected object as input in order to be created as a relationship between objects; and generating for the context menu an entry for creating a relationship of the one or more relationship types, wherein the entry is selectable by the user to create the relationship between the selected objects, and wherein the relationship changes an attribute of each object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 19)
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14. A system for providing to a user a context menu with entries representing relationships, wherein the entries are selectable by the user to relate a plurality of objects selected from a set of objects;
- the system comprising;
a computer including a processor, a memory device, and components for providing to the user the context menu, the components including; a receiver component to receive identifications of selected objects from the set of objects; a type identifier component to identify object types of the selected objects of which identifications have been received by the receiver component; a determiner component to determine one or more relationship types using the object types identified by the type identifier component and the one or more relationship types requiring at least one object of the object type of the first selected object and at least one object of the object type of the second selected object as input in order to be created as a relationship between objects; and a generator component to generate for the context menu an entry for creating a relationship of the one or more relationship types, wherein the entry is selectable by the user to create the relationship between the selected objects, and wherein the relationship changes an attribute associated with each of the selected objects. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
- the system comprising;
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