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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2008
Filed:
May. 04, 2006
Tracy Hutcheson, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Michael Wei Mao, San Jose, CA (US);
Debra Lee Mayhew, San Jose, CA (US);
Tracy Hutcheson, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Michael Wei Mao, San Jose, CA (US);
Debra Lee Mayhew, San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of a computer-implemented method, system and computer program product provide a graphical interface. At least one tab is presented on a display. The tab comprises one or more child objects of a parent object of a hierarchy of objects. The tab has a three-dimensional effect. The tab has an apparent bend into the display. The apparent bend into the display increases as a depth of the one or more child objects of the hierarchy increases.