EP0243671A2
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Menu management system
Assignee: Wang Laboratories Inc
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Filing: 1987-03-24
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2007-03-24
Abstract
Abstract A menu management system providing application developers a flexible tool for building a consistent user interface. A menu data base is created and edited using a maintenance module. The menu data base is then used by a menu manager (10) to present displays to the user and accept user selections. The system provides for user selections to be indicated by menu picks, programmable function keys, or by typed commands. The menu manager maintains a list of menus that have been presented to the user and provides (24, 26, 28, 36) four ways that the user can back up through these menus. One of these four ways (26) is a command that causes the menu manager to display for the user a list previous menus, allow the user to select one from the list, and back up directly to the selected menu.
Inventors
- 👤 Timothy A. Brandt
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 20:40
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/048; G06F3/0481; G06F3/0482
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
129 words
A menu manager (10) for use with a system having a plurality of menus available to be selected by a user of the system, the menu manager comprising: (A) list maker means, (22) responsive to the selection of menus by the user, for maintaining a menu list (200) wherein the menus included in the list depends upon which of the available menus the user selects; (B) means (50), responsive to said list maker and responsive to a request by the user, for displaying a list of menu titles for the menus in the menu list; (C) selection means (50) by which the user can select one of the displayed titles; and (D) means (54, 14), responsive to the selection means, for displaying the menu corresponding to the selected title.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
129 words
A menu manager (10) for use with a system having a plurality of menus available to be selected by a user of the system, the menu manager comprising: (A) list maker means, (22) responsive to the selection of menus by the user, for maintaining a menu list (200) wherein the menus included in the list depends upon which of the available menus the user selects; (B) means (50), responsive to said list maker and responsive to a request by the user, for displaying a list of menu titles for the menus in the menu list; (C) selection means (50) by which the user can select one of the displayed titles; and (D) means (54, 14), responsive to the selection means, for displaying the menu corresponding to the selected title.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
The menu manager of claim 1 further comprising means (16, 18, 24, 14) by which the user can cause the immediately preceding menu to be displayed.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
The menu manager of claim 2 further comprising means by which the user can, subsequent to the sequential display of a plurality of menus, cause the first menu in the sequence to be displayed (16, 18, 28, 14).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
43 words
The menu manager of claim 3 wherein the menu manager is adapted to be called by a program, and further comprising means (16, 18, 36) by which the user can cause the menu manager to terminate processing and return to the calling program.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
107 words
A menu manager for use with a system having a plurality of menus available to be selected by a user of the system, the menu manager comprising: (A) means (22, 200) for storing an indication of the user's menu path; (B) means (50) for displaying a list of menu titles for at least some of the menus in the stored menu path; (C) selection means (50) by which a user can select one of the displayed titles; (D) means (54) for truncating the user's menu path at the menu corresponding to the selected title; and (E) means (14) for displaying the menu corresponding to the selected title.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
107 words
A menu manager for use with a system having a plurality of menus available to be selected by a user of the system, the menu manager comprising: (A) means (22, 200) for storing an indication of the user's menu path; (B) means (50) for displaying a list of menu titles for at least some of the menus in the stored menu path; (C) selection means (50) by which a user can select one of the displayed titles; (D) means (54) for truncating the user's menu path at the menu corresponding to the selected title; and (E) means (14) for displaying the menu corresponding to the selected title.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
The menu manager as in claim 5 further comprising means (54) for executing exit procedures for each menu truncated from the menu list.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
86 words
A menu management system comprising: (A) a menu data base (100); (B) means (14) for displaying a menu from the menu data base; (C) means (20) for calling an application program; and (D) means (16, 18) for accepting user selections and initiating actions in response thereto, where the user can indicate selections by means of a menu pick, a PF key, and a typed command, and where the indicated actions include display a menu, call an application program, and return a keyword to a calling program.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
86 words
A menu management system comprising: (A) a menu data base (100); (B) means (14) for displaying a menu from the menu data base; (C) means (20) for calling an application program; and (D) means (16, 18) for accepting user selections and initiating actions in response thereto, where the user can indicate selections by means of a menu pick, a PF key, and a typed command, and where the indicated actions include display a menu, call an application program, and return a keyword to a calling program.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
109 words
The menu management system of claim 7 further comprising: (1) list maker means (22), responsive to the selection of menus by the user, for maintaining a menu list (200) wherein the menus included in the list depends upon which of the available menus the user selects; (2) means (50), responsive to said list maker and responsive to a request by the user, for displaying a list of menu titles for the menus in the menu list; (3) selection means (50) by which the user can select one of the displayed titles; and (4) means (14), responsive to the selection means, for displaying the menu corresponding to the selected title.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
145 words
A menu management system comprising: (A) a data base of user information, including user security information; (B) a plurality of menu data bases (100), each data base defining a plurality of menus and a plurality of menu picks for each menu, and defining menu-level security information and pick-level security information; (C) means (16, 18) by which a user of the system can select a menu to be displayed; and (D) means (22, 14), responsive to a user selection, for displaying the selected menu from the menu data base only if the menu-level security information for that menu and the user security information indicate that the user has the privilege to access the selected menu, and when a menu is displayed, only displaying those menu picks for which the pick-level security information and the user security information indicate that the user has the privilege of access.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
145 words
A menu management system comprising: (A) a data base of user information, including user security information; (B) a plurality of menu data bases (100), each data base defining a plurality of menus and a plurality of menu picks for each menu, and defining menu-level security information and pick-level security information; (C) means (16, 18) by which a user of the system can select a menu to be displayed; and (D) means (22, 14), responsive to a user selection, for displaying the selected menu from the menu data base only if the menu-level security information for that menu and the user security information indicate that the user has the privilege to access the selected menu, and when a menu is displayed, only displaying those menu picks for which the pick-level security information and the user security information indicate that the user has the privilege of access.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
114 words
The menu management system of claim 9 further comprising: (1) list maker means (22), responsive to the selection of menus by the user, for maintaining a menu list (200) wherein the menus included in the list depends upon which of the available menus the user selects; (2) means (50), responsive to said list maker and responsive to a request by the user, for displaying a list of menu titles for the menus in the menu list; (3) second selection means (50) by which the user can select one of the displayed titles; and wherein said means for displaying is responsive to the second selection means for displaying the menu corresponding to the selected title.
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