United States Patent (19) 11 Patent Number: 6,011,546 Bertram (45) Date of Patent: *Jan
US00601-1546A United States Patent (19) 11 Patent Number: 6,011,546 Bertram (45) Date of Patent: *Jan. 4, 2000 54 PROGRAMMING STRUCTURE FOR USER 58 Field of Search ..................................... 345/326, 327, INTERFACES 345/339, 352, 353, 354; 348/6, 10, 734, 725, 601,906, 473, 563-565, 589, 584, 75 Inventor: Randal Lee Bertram, Raleigh, N.C. 586, 588; 455/3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1, 6.2 73 Assignee: International Business Machines 56) References Cited Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS * Notice: This patent is Subject to a terminal dis- 5,422,674 6/1995 Hooper et al. .............................. 34.8/6 claimer. 5,539,479 7/1996 Bertram .................................. 34.8/564 5,548,340 8/1996 Bertram .................................. 34.8/559 5,657,091 8/1997 Bertram .................................. 34.8/559 21 Appl. No.: 08/937,056 5,801,941 9/1998 Bertram .................................. 364/188 22 Filed: Sep. 24, 1997 Primary Examiner-John W. Miller Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Daniel E. McConnell; Bernard Related U.S. Application Data D. Bogdon 63 Continuation-in-part of application No. 08/700,606, Aug. 57 ABSTRACT application12, 1996, Pat. No. No. 08/899,038, 5,801.941, andJul. a 23,continuation-in-part 1997, abandoned, of E. Stored E. t asSociated with irrn which is a continuation of application No. 08/551,620, Nov. COntrollerS contro Ing a display to a user are constructe 1, 1995, Pat. No. 5,657,091. a language which uses layered Statements, each of which can 7 have a description portion,s an action portion,s and a unique 51 Int.
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