公开(公告)号：AT254776T

公开(公告)日：2003-12-15

申请号：AT99934977

申请日：1999-07-21

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： ENGLEFIELD PAUL JONATHAN ,  TIBBITS MARK JUSTIN ,  LILLINGTON ,  TRAINER RAYMOND ,  WHITING JAMES

IPC: G06F3/048 ,  G06F9/44

Abstract: A set of software components, a system and a method provide to a user of a data processing system per-value interpretative information relating to application data values. The method includes the following steps: in response to user selection of a set of an application component's data values, generating per-value interpretation information corresponding to the selected data values; and, in response to subsequent movement of an input device pointer into a display screen area associated with a data value within the set, presenting the interpretation information to the user via an output device connected to the data processing system. A processing component selectable by the user from set of processing components preferably responds to user selection of both the operation to be performed and a set of application data by performing the processing operation on the set of data to produce a result, and then generating per-value interpretation information corresponding to that result. The presentation of interpretation information to the user preferably uses a flyover text box in a GUI, as is known in the art for application-specific Bubble Help.

公开(公告)号：PL345626A1

公开(公告)日：2002-01-02

申请号：PL34562699

申请日：1999-07-21

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： ENGLEFIELD PAUL JONATHAN ,  TIBBITS MARK JUSTIN ,  TRAINER RAYMOND ,  WHITING JAMES

IPC: G06F3/048 ,  G06F9/44

Abstract: A set of software components, a system and a method provide to a user of a data processing system per-value interpretative information relating to application data values. The method includes the following steps: in response to user selection of a set of an application component's data values, generating per-value interpretation information corresponding to the selected data values; and, in response to subsequent movement of an input device pointer into a display screen area associated with a data value within the set, presenting the interpretation information to the user via an output device connected to the data processing system. A processing component selectable by the user from set of processing components preferably responds to user selection of both the operation to be performed and a set of application data by performing the processing operation on the set of data to produce a result, and then generating per-value interpretation information corresponding to that result. The presentation of interpretation information to the user preferably uses a flyover text box in a GUI, as is known in the art for application-specific Bubble Help.

公开(公告)号：GB2346786A

公开(公告)日：2000-08-16

申请号：GB9902734

申请日：1999-02-09

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： ENGLEFIELD PAUL JONATHAN ,  FARMER MARK ,  ONIONS DANIEL ,  TIBBITS MARK JUSTIN PAUL

IPC: G06F3/0481 ,  G06F17/30

Abstract: An image map Java Bean or ActiveX control has a display image property and a mapping image property. The mapping image comprises a plurality of regions coloured from a pre-determined sequence of colours. When instantiated the image map displays the display image. The image map is, responsive to user interaction with the display image, to obtain a coordinate in the display image and to reading an index colour of a corresponding coordinate in the mapping image. If the index colour is from the pre-determined sequence of colours, the image map indicates user selection of a region of the display image by highlighting the region.

公开(公告)号：GB2340008A

公开(公告)日：2000-02-09

申请号：GB9816098

申请日：1998-07-24

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： ENGLEFIELD PAUL JONATHAN ,  TIBBITS MARK JUSTIN PAUL ,  TRAINER RAYMOND ,  WHITING JAMES

IPC: G06F3/048 ,  G06F9/44 ,  G06F3/14

Abstract: A set of software components, a system and a method provide to a user of a data processing system per-value interpretative information relating to application data values. The method includes the following steps: in response to user selection of a set of an application component's data values, generating per-value interpretation information corresponding to the selected data values; and, in response to subsequent movement of an input device pointer into a display screen area associated with a data value within the set, presenting the interpretation information to the user via an output device connected to the data processing system. A processing component selectable by the user from set of processing components preferably responds to user selection of both the operation to be performed and a set of application data by performing the processing operation on the set of data to produce a result, and then generating per-value interpretation information corresponding to that result. The presentation of interpretation information to the user preferably uses a flyover text box in a GUI, as is known in the art for application-specific Bubble Help.

公开(公告)号：GB2327836A

公开(公告)日：1999-02-03

申请号：GB9716304

申请日：1997-08-04

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： SMITH ANDREW JOHN ,  CLARK DAVID ,  ROBERTS DAVID JOHN ,  ENGLEFIELD PAUL JONATHAN ,  TRAINER RAYMOND ,  DONNELLY VANESSA

IPC: G06F9/44 ,  G06F9/45

Abstract: A user interface builder provides support for creation of customised user interfaces, enabling users to associate images, animation, sound clips and other media with specific predefined states of a user interface control. A set of object classes for each control predefined within the user interface builder include a first class defining the functional behaviour and a comprehensive state model for the control, and a second class which encapsulates property attributes which may be set by a user to be associated with specific states of the control. In particular, desired graphics images, audio and animation sequences can be associated with a control via simple GUI interaction, avoiding the need for an interface creator to write code for standard interface control functions and so enabling easy creation of interfaces with semantic consistency and customised appearance.