Appeal No. 96-1396
Application 08/176,335
all the claims in the application. An amendment after final
rejection was filed on April 10, 1995 and was entered by the
examiner.
The invention pertains to a method and apparatus for
operating a graphical user interface on the display of a
computer. More particularly, an icon is placed in the menu
bar of a window being displayed. The icon is associated with
one or more actionable objects, and a selection message is
sent to the associated actionable objects in response to
selection of the icon in the menu bar.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. An apparatus for operating a user interface
having one or more icons in a menu bar of a window on a
display, comprising:
(a) means for producing a menu bar in a window on
the display;
(b) means for placing a menu bar icon in the menu
bar;
(c) means for associating one or more actionable
objects in said window with said menu bar icon, each of said
actionable objects represented by a different icon, said
actionable objects having data and procedural information and
being operable independent of said menu bar icon; and
(d) means for sending a selection message to the one
or more associated actionable objects in response to operator
selection of the menu bar icon
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