Appeal No. 1998-3379
Application No. 08/724,088
1, element 106. Thus, the user would enter the cash flow
amount for each accounting period by simply using a cursor to
pull down arrows 105 which would enter a value into box,
element 106. Once the cash flow value is entered, the
computer will update the account balance and display a new bar
code graph, element 104, and a new account balance value would
be placed in digital form shown in upper boxes, element 103.
Independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method for operating a digital computer to provide a
display for inputting values needed in a computation in a cash
flow computation and for displaying the results of said
computation, said method comprising the steps of:
displaying a graphical element comprising a symbol having
a linear dimension representing the magnitude of one of said
input values, said magnitude being changeable by using a
pointing device to manipulate a specified region on said
graphical element thereby changing said linear dimension, said
graphical element being displayed on a display screen
connected to said digital computer, said input value
determining a cash flow in at least one of a plurality of time
periods;
repetitively monitoring said graphical element to detect
a change in said graphical element; and
displaying said results of said computation in a first
graphical display on said display screen in response to said
detected change in said input value represented by said
graphical element, said results of said computation comprising
a graph of a set of points, one of said points corresponding
to each of said time periods wherein one coordinate of each of
said points is determined by said computed result for that
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