Abstract: A method of designating an object including the steps of: designating a certain point on a display unit 3 utilizing an input unit 2 such as a mouse and coordinate-transforming at a coordinate transformation unit 4, calculating an association degree between a detection point and an object displayed on display unit 3 according to a table 7 of association coefficients defined between attributes provided to objects displayed on display unit 3 depending upon the distance between them and an attribute provided to the detection position, thereby selecting an object having the maximum association degree.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for an improved interface for controlling transactions in a manufacturing execution system. A common display interface is displayed on a computer system display which represents a series of transactions for a single manufacturing process, The common display interface includes a plurality of subdisplays each separately accessible through the common display interface. Each of the plurality of subdisplays includes various information related to the step in the manufacturing process represented by the subdisplay, The common display also can access a first group of the plurality of subdisplays in a sequential order and perform transactions related to the subdisplays in a sequential order. The common display also can access a second group of the plurality of subdisplays at arbitrary time intervals, and performing transactions associated with the second group of the plurality of subdisplays at the arbitrary time intervals.

Abstract: A system and method (100,200) which uses a spreadsheet computer program having linked files in which the network architecture and the network element properties are entered and stored by the user. The overall network configuration information is input into a first, (INPUT) file type (102), which includes general parameters such as the battery terminal voltage, cable temperatures, bus (or node) names and bus interconnection information such as cable sizes and number of conductors per node. Cable impedance tables are available in a second, auxiliary (RESIST) file (112). Detailed loading information is entered in a third, (PANEL) file (128), which includes load description, load type (constant power or constant impedance), and load rating data and load status (on or off), which can be sequenced over time. These spreadsheets, or files, cooperate to automatically set up the appropriate YBUS admittance matrix file (120,124) and interactively compute voltages and currents using fourth type (CALC) files (122,126).

Abstract: A group working system includes a plurality of work stations interconnected through a network and each having a multi-window function. Each work station is provided with a group working user interface program executed under the control of a control program for transferring control information for a group work with the other work stations. When input operation is performed for a window of a group working mode in any one of the work stations, indication information for identifying an operator or work station performing the input operation is output to an additional window which is paired with the above-mentioned window. By making reference to the indication information, each user can avoid conflict in the input operation to the same window of the group working mode with other users.

Abstract: A graphical user interface for a data processing system includes a method of generating a popup menu of actions allowed on an object represented in the graphical user interface. The method includes the steps of interrogating extended attributes for an object and each elder object to the object. Interrogation is for default actions and suppression markers. With each interrogation step the method adds actions linked to the object or to an elder object by another application and removes actions identified by suppression markers by another application from an interim list. After interrogation of the layers for modifications from other applications, the method provides for determining if any user defined actions and suppression markers are present for the object. If yes, the user defined actions are added to the interim list and actions matched by the suppression markers are removed from the interim list. A popup menu is then generated from the interim list.

Abstract: A computer editing system graphical user interface includes at least one central processing unit (CPU) coupled through appropriate input/output (I/O) circuitry to input devices, such as a cursor control device, and a display device. The CPU is further coupled to a storage device for the storage of data and programs including a database. The database comprises a plurality of source logs indicating a beginning point and an ending point defining all the available source material for the corresponding source log. An output sequence of selected source material is displayed on a timeline as source material blocks, wherein the source material blocks are defined by a head point and a tail point. Through the computer editing system, a user performs a variety of re-editing functions to trim existing source material and to insert new source material on the timeline. When performing a re-edit function, all available source material blocks for a source log selected for re-edit is displayed.