Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Menu emulation for content browser clients
- Patent Title (中): 内容浏览器客户端的菜单仿真
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Application No.: US10041136Application Date: 2002-01-03
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Publication No.: US07216303B2Publication Date: 2007-05-08
- Inventor: Radhika Aggarwal , William H. Krebs, Jr. , Elizabeth A. Schreiber , David B. Styles
- Applicant: Radhika Aggarwal , William H. Krebs, Jr. , Elizabeth A. Schreiber , David B. Styles
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Carey Rodriguez Greenberg & Paul LLP
- Agent Gerald R. Woods, Esq.; Steven M. Greenberg, Esq.
- Main IPC: G06F3/00
- IPC: G06F3/00 ; G06F9/00

Abstract:
A network distributable emulated menu. The menu can include one or more composite images, each image including menu text and a graphical icon, the icon denoting a selectable menu; one or more selectable form-based input elements, each element encapsulating one of the composite images; and a graphical image of a menu structure, the graphical image including at least one form-based input element encapsulating a reference to a composite image of menu text and a graphical icon, the icon denoting at least one of a menu action and a selectable menu. Additionally, the emulated menu can include one or more table cells, each cell containing one of the selectable form-based input elements. Finally, the menu structure can include at least one of a textual menu action, a graphically selectable menu action, and a nested menu structure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20030122868A1 Menu emulation for content browser clients background of the invention Public/Granted day:2003-07-03
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