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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2008
Mary Ellen Arndt, Macedon, NY (US);
Michael Kerrigan Hawes, Pittsford, NY (US);
Anna Forte, Rochester, NY (US);
Mary Ellen Arndt, Macedon, NY (US);
Michael Kerrigan Hawes, Pittsford, NY (US);
Anna Forte, Rochester, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A system and method for displaying and providing access to information on a display unit are provided for combining a plurality of logical progression steps into a plurality of predetermined groups. Each of the plurality of predetermined groups includes a subset of data. The system and method includes displaying the plurality of predetermined groups in a collapsed format; prompting a user to expand a first group of the plurality of predetermined groups; allowing the user to access and input data into the first group; and allowing the user to access a second group of the plurality of predetermined groups once all logical progression steps in the first group have been completed by the user.