EP0607731A2
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Method and system for automatic alteration of display of menu options
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1993-12-03
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2013-12-03
Abstract
Abstract A method and system for the automatic alteration of a display of multiple user selectable menu options. A counter is associated with each user selectable menu option. The counter associated with a user selectable menu option is then incremented in response to each selection by a user of the user selectable menu option. The display of the user selectable menu option is automatically altered in response to a state of the associated counter.
Inventors
- 👤 Jerry A. Blades
- 👤 Harvey G. Kiel
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 07:32
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/048; G06F3/0481; G06F3/0482
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
108 words
A method in a data processing system having a plurality of displayed menus, each of said plurality of displayed menus including a plurality of user selectable menu options for automatically altering a display of said plurality of user selectable menu options, said method comprising the data processing implemented steps of: associating a counter with each of said plurality of user selectable menu options; incrementing said counter in response to each selection by a user of one of said plurality of user selectable menu options; and automatically altering a display of each of said plurality of user selectable menu options in response to a state of said associated counter.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
108 words
A method in a data processing system having a plurality of displayed menus, each of said plurality of displayed menus including a plurality of user selectable menu options for automatically altering a display of said plurality of user selectable menu options, said method comprising the data processing implemented steps of: associating a counter with each of said plurality of user selectable menu options; incrementing said counter in response to each selection by a user of one of said plurality of user selectable menu options; and automatically altering a display of each of said plurality of user selectable menu options in response to a state of said associated counter.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said step of automatically altering a display comprises the step of automatically deleting from a display each of said plurality of user selectable menu options in response to a state of said associated counter.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said step of automatically altering a display comprises the step of automatically altering a display color of each of said plurality of user selectable menu options in response to a state of said associated counter.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said step of automatically altering a display comprises the step of automatically dimming the display intensity of each of said plurality of user selectable menu options in response to a state of said associated counter.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
44 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of restoring said altered display of each of said plurality of user selectable menu options to an original display of each of said plurality of user selectable menu options in response to a user selection.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
47 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of decrementing said counter in response to each deselection by a user of said one of said plurality of user selectable menu options immediately following said selection of said one of said plurality of user selectable menu options.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of: associating a second counter with each displayed menu; and incrementing said second counter in response to each selection by a user of said each displayed menu.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
66 words
The method of claim 7 wherein said step of automatically altering a display of each of said plurality of user selectable menu options in response to a state of said associated counter further comprises the step of automatically altering a display of each of said plurality of user selectable menu options in response to said counter divided by said second counter being greater than a threshold.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of setting said counter to a predetermined value.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
53 words
A data processing system having a plurality of displayed menus, each of said plurality of displayed menus including a plurality of user selectable menu options for automatically altering a display of said plurality of user selectable menu options, comprising means to carry out the method of any one of claims 1 to 9.
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