Patent ID: 6484189
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: G06F,G09B,G11B,Y10S

Abstract:
In a data processing system, apparatus, including a display screen, for graphically programming a multimedia program, comprising:menu means for displaying on the display screen a menu comprising a plurality of simultaneously displayed icons; selection means for selecting of the plurality of icons; submenu means having a plurality of submenus wherein (a) each of the plurality of submenus corresponds to a respective one of the plurality of icons, (b) each of the plurality of submenus includes a respective plurality of further icons which are simultaneously displayed, and (c) each further icon represents a respective action to be performed during execution of the multimedia program; means, responsive to the one of the plurality of icons selected by the selection means, for displaying at an initial position on the display screen the submenu which corresponds to the selection icon; further selection means for selecting and dragging a first icon and at least one additional icon of the plurality of further icons from any of said plurality of submenus in the initial position for including in the multimedia program the respective action which each selected further icon represents; wherein said first icon and said at least one additional icon representing a set of interrelated actions to be performed together during execution of the multimedia program; and wherein at least one of said interrelated actions is dependent on at least one other of said interrelated actions.