Patent ID: 7797637
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A multi-layer graphical user interface on a computer display, comprising: a type control bar that includes a plurality of controls, the plurality of controls rendered in a window of the graphical user interface and the plurality of controls for selecting graphical displays of object types, the object types rendered in the window of the graphical user interface separate from the plurality of controls, each window having multiple layers, and each of the plurality of controls corresponds to an object type; and a component that graphically renders the object type in an emphasized manner on the window based on a user selecting one of the plurality of controls corresponding to the object type, the user selection of the one of the plurality of controls corresponding to an object type results in the user de-selecting one of the plurality of controls corresponding to a previously selected object type, and the component further graphically renders the object types other than the selected object type in a de-emphasized manner, wherein the object type graphically rendered in the emphasized manner is in a top layer of the window and the object types other than the selected object type are in a layer of the window other than the top layer.