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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 01, 1999
Catherine Christensen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ricardo L. Gonzalez, Huron, CA (US);
David Brooks Hamilton, Milpitas, CA (US);
Daina Edvina Pupons Wickham, Laurel, MD (US);
Robert Edward Medl, San Jose, CA (US);
Catherine Christensen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ricardo L. Gonzalez, Huron, CA (US);
David Brooks Hamilton, Milpitas, CA (US);
Daina Edvina Pupons Wickham, Laurel, MD (US);
Robert Edward Medl, San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Described is a system and method for visually delineating a relationship between diverse, but related graphical objects in a graphical user interface. An icon that has a specified color scheme is associated with the diverse, but related graphical objects. When one of the related graphical objects is displayed, the icon is displayed within the displayed graphical object. The persistence of the icon with the specified color scheme in the displayed graphical objects them to to be recognized as related.