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Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20070271526

User interface paradigm for manufacturing applications

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Roger Bohn (10 months ago)

This seems to correspond to a common method for moving through selection and display of information in many databases. For example, an Amazon shopping page gives a choice of filters by brand, price, seller, and others. As each selection is made from a category, a new display appears showing the choice that was made, which is referred to as the "data selector" in the application. Amazon does not have anything corresponding exactly to a "lens" for selecting what to display, but it is common in many other database applications.

The application states that it is specific to manufacturing. It states that "Manufacturing applications are used for controlling and monitoring processes." However this restriction plays no role in subsequent discussion. When a shopper is selecting among product configurations that will be made to order, such as a Dell computer, that qualifies as a "manufacturing process control," with the control by a buyer, not an employee of Dell.

The application Claim 1 also has some specific restrictions on the geometry of information display, such as successive selections be shown "linear and sequential." Amazon's page is linear but not sequential.

Jayakanth Govindarajan (10 months ago)

US20070113199 patent application describes a user interface for a machine tool. The user interface has a main menu/first display region (3) with a set of modes (31-37) for selection by the user. A second display region (5) presents a main window depending on the modes selected in the main menu. {This is similar to the primary focus area of 526 patent.) The main window can have a submenu (6) {similar to subordinate focus region} in the form of a tab for selecting a set of sub-modes {similar to sub-components} by the user. Each of the sub-modes is associated with a sub-window such that a sub-window is opened when a corresponding sub mode is selected.The sub window can have a sub-sub-menu {like lens components, I believe the lens components are not limited to zooming along} in the form of a tab for selecting sub-sub-modes. On selecting a sub-sub-mode, a sub-sub window is opened. Additionally, the patent publication says that there can be activity window and activity button {similar to pop-up window} in the main window, sub window or sub-sub window.
In another patent application-20060013609, a user interface includes a series of icons in a work area for selecting a set of machine functions. The user interface further includes a content well 160 {similar to main display area} for displaying details and additional information associated with a selected machine function. In light of these two patents, the 526 patent can be anticipated.

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