公开(公告)号：US07456832B1

公开(公告)日：2008-11-25

申请号：US07352530

申请日：1989-05-15

申请人： Robert Anthony Fabbio ,  Anne Gregory Leonard ,  Conrad William Schneiker

发明人： Robert Anthony Fabbio ,  Anne Gregory Leonard ,  Conrad William Schneiker

IPC分类号： G06T11/20 ,  G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F8/24 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F8/38 ,  G06F9/454 ,  Y10S707/99931

摘要： This invention provides a tool for presenting items for selection by a user of a data processing system and for executing the selected items. Each item of the menus and dialogues is an individual and independent object in an object database, referred to as an interface object. These objects can be added or deleted independent of each other, allowing greater extendability and customization of the interface. The data within each of the interface objects and the selections from a user determine which of the interface objects will make up any one of several logical frame presentations at any one time to be presented to a user. The interface tool of this invention is adaptable for use with any one of a plurality of graphic libraries for presenting the actual screen image of the logical frame presentation to the user. In addition, the interface tool utilizes the message facilities of the system to present the elements of the interface in multiple languages. More specifically, the interface tool of this invention is used for managing the system resources of a data processing system by a user.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种用于呈现用于数据处理系统的用户选择并用于执行所选择的项目的项目的工具。 菜单和对话的每个项目是对象数据库中的单独和独立对象，称为接口对象。 这些对象可以彼此独立地添加或删除，从而允许更大的可扩展性和界面的自定义。 每个接口对象内的数据和来自用户的选择确定哪个接口对象将在任何一个时刻组成多个逻辑帧呈现中的任何一个以呈现给用户。 本发明的接口工具适用于与用户呈现逻辑帧呈现的实际屏幕图像的多个图形库中的任一个一起使用。 另外，接口工具利用系统的消息功能，以多种语言呈现接口的元素。 更具体地，本发明的接口工具用于由用户管理数据处理系统的系统资源。