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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shih-Gong Li, Austin, TX (US);
John S Wang, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395161 ; 395155 ;
Abstract
A data processing system for permitting a user to efficiently create an application utilizing a plurality of objects in a graphic user interface. Objects are graphically presented to the user in the graphic user interface. The user is permitted to create a compound object utilizing at least two of the plurality of objects. The compound object is automatically associated with the objects in response to a user input, wherein the compound object thereafter may be selected by the user to efficiently create an application.