Appeal No. 1997-1199
Application No. 08/309,366
5 to 14 and 18 to 27, all the pending claims in the
application.
The disclosed invention relates to a computer program,
implemented through a graphical user interface (GUI), that
simplifies the manipulation by a user of attributes of a
computer workstation. An attribute is not only a task
supported by a workstation but also any task that the
workstation will support. The invention separates the
attributes into groups of related attributes. The groups of
attributes are further divided into sets of similar attributes
with each set containing individual attributes. The
workstation retrieves from a data base all the groups of
related attributes and stores those groups in a workstation
memory. Responsive to a user input selecting one group for
display, the workstation displays in a template types pane all
sets of attributes comprising the group of related attributes.
Furthermore, the workstation displays the individual
attributes of one set in a template pane responsive to either
user input or a default selection. With the sets of one group
of related attributes displayed along with the individual
attributes
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