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Uniform mnemonic associations of computer resources to graphical images

Patent 6067086 Issued on May 23, 2000. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject September 4, 2018. 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.

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Inventor

Application

No. 148928 filed on 09/04/1998

Examiners

Primary: Bayerl, Raymond J.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

G06F 003/14

Abstract

A graphical user interface arrangement for use in connection with a computer system, the computer system providing a plurality of accessible resources. The graphical user interface arrangement enables the computer system to display graphical images from one or more of a plurality of image sets as selected by the user, and is responsive to user resource information display input to enable the display of resource identification information from a resource list that is associated with a displayed image. In response to user resource selection input selecting a resource identified in the displayed resource identification information, the graphical user interface arrangement provides access to the associated resource.

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