The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2006
David Frederick Champion, Durham, NC (US);
Vincent Rocco Lanzolla, Clayton, NC (US);
Timothy Andreas Meserth, Durham, NC (US);
Mark E. Molander, Cary, NC (US);
David Thomas Windell, Raleigh, NC (US);
David Frederick Champion, Durham, NC (US);
Vincent Rocco Lanzolla, Clayton, NC (US);
Timothy Andreas Meserth, Durham, NC (US);
Mark E. Molander, Cary, NC (US);
David Thomas Windell, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention concerns methods and apparatus for generating and controlling a slider control for simultaneously changing values of two variables. In the methods and apparatus of the invention a graph having two axes is displayed, wherein the axes correspond to first and second variables. The values of the first and second variables may be simultaneously adjusted using a slider control displayed in a two-dimensional region between the axes. As a user adjusts the slider control and changes values associated with the two variables, the methods of the present invention calculate the effects of the adjustment on a value of a third variable. A graphical component is then used to depict the updated value of the third variable. Additionally, curves corresponding to constant values, or ranges of values, of the third variable are displayed in the two-dimensional region to assist a user in selecting values for the first and second variables.