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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 14, 1996
Claudia C Alimpich, Boulder, CO (US);
Joan Stagaman Goddard, Boulder, CO (US);
Deborah Elizabeth Neuhard, Longmont, CO (US);
Cheryl Steinmeyer, Franktown, CO (US);
Minh Trong Vo, Mountain View, CA (US);
James Philip Wittig, Boulder, CO (US);
Rachel Youngran Yang, Superior, CO (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention is carried out in the following environment. The computer system has at least a visual operator interface, an operating system for operating applications within the computer system, and memory for storing at least part, preferably all, of an application. The present invention provides a method, apparatus, and application for constructing in a graphical user interface a list of values from pre-defined and user-defined values. Also disclosed is a means for adding, modifying, and deleting values. Additionally disclosed is a means for copying selected values from one entry to another entry in the list of values.