Appeal No. 1997-1199 Application No. 08/309,366 of one set, the user may easily manipulate the workstation to perform a desired task. The invention is further illustrated by the following claim. 1. A method for controlling a computer workstation to display attributes of the computer workstation, comprising the computer-implemented steps of: displaying a template area on a display, said template area comprising a template types pane and a template pane; retrieving each group of attributes of the computer workstation from a database; storing each group of attributes in a workstation memory; selecting one group from the group of attributes for display; retrieving sets of attributes from the selected group of attributes from the workstation memory; selecting one set from the sets of attributes for display; retrieving individual attributes of the selected set of attributes from the workstation memory; displaying icons representing the sets of attributes in said template types pane; and displaying icons representing the individual attributes of the selected set in said template pane area. 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007