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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 03, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Edmond Berry, Georgetown, TX (US);
Susan Faye Henshaw, Cary, NC (US);
David John Roberts, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
345340 ; 345347 ; 345352 ; 345348 ;
Abstract
A method, system and program for including selections in the menu bar that are icons. The support for menus containing icons includes an algorithm in the memory of a processor that presents a menu bar with imbedded icons. The icons can be selected and directly manipulated to perform operations associated with the particular icon upon another icon or other object on a display.