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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1999
Kenneth Ray Banning, Austin, TX (US);
Jack Allen Alford, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Kenneth Ray Banning, Austin, TX (US);
Jack Allen Alford, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method of allowing a user to set relationships between two or more parameters are provided. To set up the relationship, the user invokes a dialog box within which all available parameters, as well as their current relationship, are displayed. The user is allowed to change present relationships or set up totally new relationships using parameters that are presently used or unused or combining presently used and unused parameters. Once done, the new values of the parameters are displayed. Furthermore, if a user changes the displayed value of one parameter, displayed values of the other related parameters are automatically updated.