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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1999
Rachel Katherine Emma Bellamy, Bedford, NY (US);
Vicki Lynne Hanson, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Wendy A. Kellogg, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
John Thomas Richards, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Calvin Bruce Swart, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for displaying information on a display device of limited display area. More specifically, an array of elements is formed on the display where each of the elements represents an attribute and has graphical information indicating the state of the attribute. Further, the position of each element in the array represents its position in a collection of attributes. Each element is also user selectable, so that when the element is selected, further information on the attribute is displayed.