公开(公告)号：DE69728629T2

公开(公告)日：2005-03-17

申请号：DE69728629

申请日：1997-11-19

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： HOCKER MICHAEL DAVID ,  KISHI GREGORY TAD ,  MC LEAN JAMES GORDON ,  PICKOVER CLIFFORD ALAN ,  WINARSKI DANIEL JAMES

IPC: G06F9/44

Abstract: This invention permits users to conveniently examine functions, applications, data, and other parameters for different periods of time. A region of the graphical user interface is provided to which other icons may be dragged so that the function represented by the dragged icon returns to a prior state or is extrapolated to a future state. By storing the previous m versions of a file, application, database, etc., where m is user selectable, the user can review prior versions of that file, application, or database without explicitly having to track those versions. The graphical nature of the present invention provides a significantly more intuitive way to manipulate the time.

公开(公告)号：DE69728629D1

公开(公告)日：2004-05-19

申请号：DE69728629

申请日：1997-11-19

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： HOCKER MICHAEL DAVID ,  KISHI GREGORY TAD ,  MC LEAN JAMES GORDON ,  PICKOVER CLIFFORD ALAN ,  WINARSKI DANIEL JAMES

IPC: G06F9/44

Abstract: This invention permits users to conveniently examine functions, applications, data, and other parameters for different periods of time. A region of the graphical user interface is provided to which other icons may be dragged so that the function represented by the dragged icon returns to a prior state or is extrapolated to a future state. By storing the previous m versions of a file, application, database, etc., where m is user selectable, the user can review prior versions of that file, application, or database without explicitly having to track those versions. The graphical nature of the present invention provides a significantly more intuitive way to manipulate the time.