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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Yoshiroh Kamiyama, Yamato, JP;
Kotaro Shima, Setagaya, JP;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
[Object] To facilitate user's operations. [Solution] An editing apparatus is provided including: a component output unit for outputting a display screen on which a plurality of components are displayed; a node output unit for outputting a plurality of nodes respectively corresponding to the plurality of components on the display screen so that the nodes are displayed along with the plurality of components so as to overlap the display of the plurality of components; and a setting unit for setting, in response to a user's instruction of association between two or more of the nodes, an association between two or more of the components corresponding to the two or more of the nodes.