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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2005
Helmut Windl, Peising, DE;
Helmut Windl, Peising, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for the input and display of information, data and/or input elements in drop-down menus of graphical user interfaces, the drop-down menus or layered menu levels having a number of menu items of any type, the number of menu items comprising at least a number of menu items which may be selected and deselected in any combination in the form of a check box list and/or mutually exclusive and thus merely switchable menu items in the form of a radio button list, the menu item in the form of a check box list and the menu item in the form of a radio button list respectively comprising its own significant status recognition describing the character of the menu item in the drop-down menu and in the layered menu.