Interactive input with limit-value monitoring and on-line help for a palmtop device
First Claim
1. A computer system with a screen, memory and a set of parameters, said system comprising:
- an interactive input field for at least one parameter of said set of parameters, wherein said set of parameters are capable of controlling an external application; and
a set of virtual keys stored in the memory, wherein, on selecting said at least one parameter displayed on the screen, the interactive input field associated with the selected parameter and a subset of said set of virtual keys is displayed on the screen, wherein the subset of said set of virtual keys is created dynamically based on said selected parameter, wherein the subset of said set of virtual keys comprises only those keys that are relevant to changing a value of the selected parameter and wherein the subset of said set of virtual keys is less in number than the set of virtual keys.
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Abstract
A computer system for interactively inputting parameter values. The computer system with a screen, memory and a set of parameters, comprises an interactive input field each for each of said set of parameters, a set of information items each for each of said set of parameters, said set of information items being stored in the memory; and a set of virtual keys stored in the memory. On selecting a parameter displayed on the screen, an interactive input field associated with the selected parameter and a subset of virtual keys is displayed on the screen. The subset of virtual keys comprises only those keys that are relevant to changing a value of the selected parameter.
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32 Claims
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1. A computer system with a screen, memory and a set of parameters, said system comprising:
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an interactive input field for at least one parameter of said set of parameters, wherein said set of parameters are capable of controlling an external application; and
a set of virtual keys stored in the memory, wherein, on selecting said at least one parameter displayed on the screen, the interactive input field associated with the selected parameter and a subset of said set of virtual keys is displayed on the screen, wherein the subset of said set of virtual keys is created dynamically based on said selected parameter, wherein the subset of said set of virtual keys comprises only those keys that are relevant to changing a value of the selected parameter and wherein the subset of said set of virtual keys is less in number than the set of virtual keys. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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- 11. A computer system comprising a palm-held computer including a touch-sensitive screen and a memory, said memory comprising instructions, said instructions enabling the computer to enable a user to select a parameter by touching the touch-sensitive screen, said instructions further enabling the computer to display a subset of a set of virtual keys that are dynamically created based on the parameter, and said subset of said set of virtual keys comprising only those keys required to change the value of the parameter, wherein the parameter is one of a set of parameters capable of controlling an external application and wherein the subset of said set of virtual keys is less in number than the set of virtual keys.
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16. A method of inputting values for a parameter into a computer system comprising:
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(a) selecting the displayed parameter on a screen;
(b) displaying a dialog including an interactive input field associated with the parameter on the screen;
(c) displaying a subset of a set of virtual keys on the screen; and
(d) using the subset of the set of virtual keys to input values for the parameter, wherein the subset of said set of virtual keys to input values for the parameter, wherein the subset of said set of virtual keys is created dynamically based on said selected parameter, and wherein the parameter is one of a set of parameters capable of controlling an external application, wherein the subset of said set of virtual keys comprise only those keys that are relevant to changing a value of the selected parameter and wherein the subset of said set of virtual keys is less in number than the set of virtual keys. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
(e) displaying an error message on entry of a value outside the limit values for the parameter. -
23. The method of claim 16, wherein the external application is an application for controlling a manufacturing operation.
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24. The method of claim 16, wherein display sizes of the subset of keys are enhanced.
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25. A computer program product, including a computer readable medium comprising instructions, said instructions comprising:
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a selector code to enable a user to select a parameter displayed on a screen;
a dialog code to display a dialog associated with the parameter on the screen;
a keyboard code to display a subset of a set of virtual keys on the screen; and
a data receiving code, to enable a user to input parameter values using the subset of said set of virtual keys,wherein, the subset of said set of virtual keys is created dynamically based on the selected parameter, wherein the selected parameter is one of a set of parameters capable of controlling an external application, wherein the subset of said set of keys comprise only those keys that are relevant to changing a value of the selected parameter and wherein the subset of said set of virtual keys is less in number than the set of virtual keys. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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Specification