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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2005
Robert Alan Buchanan, Dousman, WI (US);
John D. Hoford, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Pawan P. Singh, Waukesha, WI (US);
Robert Alan Buchanan, Dousman, WI (US);
John D. Hoford, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Pawan P. Singh, Waukesha, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer system includes a display and a processor. The processor operable to implement a user interface on the display. The user interface including a plurality of program controls for initiating processing tasks. The processor is operable to, responsive to an activation of a selected program control, place an I/O control associated with the selected program control proximate the selected program control to allow visual association between the I/O control and the selected program control.