Global Patent Index - EP 1390836 A1

EP 1390836 A1 20040225 - METHOD FOR PRESENTING CIRCULAR DIALOG WINDOWS

Title (en)

METHOD FOR PRESENTING CIRCULAR DIALOG WINDOWS

Title (de)

VERFAHREN ZUM PRÄSENTIEREN ZIRKULÄRER DIALOGFENSTER

Title (fr)

PROCEDE DE PRESENTATION DE FENETRES CIRCULAIRES DE DIALOGUES

Publication

EP 1390836 A1 20040225 (EN)

Application

EP 02717814 A 20020416

Priority

  • US 0211957 W 20020416
  • US 28392101 P 20010416
  • US 28396701 P 20010416
  • US 28439901 P 20010417

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO02084472A1] A method is provided for guiding a user through a multi-step process on a computer-generated display. Layered dialogs are displayed, including a currently active dialog and remaining dialogs. Each dialog provides text for guiding the user through a corresponding step. After the current step is completed, the currently active dialog is removed so that a remaining dialog is viewable, for guiding the user through an additional step. Additionally, a method for displaying a text string in a computer-generated dialog includes storing the text string (316) as a number of tokens (e.g., words), determining widths of lines (320) in the dialog in which text is to be written, and determining which tokens are to be displayed on which line so that a boundary of the dialog is not exceeded. The line widths may be determined based on chord widths (324) of the dialog according to the dialog's geometry.

IPC 1-7

G06F 3/00; G06F 11/00; G06F 15/00; G06F 17/21; G06K 15/00

IPC 8 full level

G06F 3/0481 (2013.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G06F 3/0481 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 02084472 A1 20021024; EP 1390836 A1 20040225; EP 1390836 A4 20060614

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 0211957 W 20020416; EP 02717814 A 20020416