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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1997
Jeremy A Jones, Arlington, MA (US);
Neil L Mayle, Cambridge, MA (US);
Paige K Parsons, Cambridge, MA (US);
Andrew L Shalit, Somerville, MA (US);
William W St Clair, Jr., Brighton, MA (US);
Oliver W Steele, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Steven H Strassmann, Cambridge, MA (US);
Derek R White, Reading, MA (US);
Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A graphical user interface comprises aspect and style elements for controlling the type of information associated with objects displayed on a display screen of a computer system when browsing through the objects. The aspect element controls the particular type of information displayed for an object on a portion of a window, called a pane, while the style element controls the types of information displayed for all objects within that pane.