Context sensitive menu system/menu behavior
April 30, 2016. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesMethods of displaying help information nearest to an operation point at which the help information is requested Method and apparatus for displaying context sensitive help information on a display Application independent (open) hypermedia enablement services Computer system for creating and manipulating subsets of dynamic information systems models Method and apparatus for selecting button functions and retaining selected options on a display System and method of constructing models of complex business transactions using entity-set variables for ordered sets of references to user data Hypermedia link marker abstract and search services Method of graphically accessing electronic data Method and system for in-place interaction with contained objects Patent #: 5581686 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 648807 filed on 04/30/1996US Classes:345/902MENU DISPLAYExaminersPrimary: Tung, Kee M.Assistant: Chauhan, U. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 015/00AbstractA method and system are described for a computer system for retrieving and presenting a set of commands in the form of a pop up context menu for a selected object. The context menu is displayed in the proximity of the selected object and is determined primarily by the class of the selected object and secondarily by the particular container in which the selected object resides at the time of selection. The context menu displays a number of useful features which enable the user to quickly and easily invoke commands upon the selected object.Other References
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