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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2002
Radhika Aggarwal, Raleigh, NC (US);
William H. Krebs, Jr., Cary, NC (US);
Elizabeth A. Schreiber, Apex, NC (US);
David B. Styles, Cary, NC (US);
Radhika Aggarwal, Raleigh, NC (US);
William H. Krebs, Jr., Cary, NC (US);
Elizabeth A. Schreiber, Apex, NC (US);
David B. Styles, Cary, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A network distributable emulated menu. The menu can include one or more composite images, each image including menu text and a graphical icon, the icon denoting a selectable menu; one or more selectable form-based input elements, each element encapsulating one of the composite images; and a graphical image of a menu structure, the graphical image including at least one form-based input element encapsulating a reference to a composite image of menu text and a graphical icon, the icon denoting at least one of a menu action and a selectable menu. Additionally, the emulated menu can include one or more table cells, each cell containing one of the selectable form-based input elements. Finally, the menu structure can include at least one of a textual menu action, a graphically selectable menu action, and a nested menu structure.