Patent ID: 7506245
Filing Date: 2009-03-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for performing a load-on-demand operation, said method comprising: displaying first and second graphic objects on a surface of a computer operating environment; assigning said first graphic object to said second object such that said first graphic object is placed in said second graphic object; activating a load-on-demand setting for said second graphic object, said activating being independent of any other load-on-demand settings for other assigned-to graphic objects in said computer operating environment; loading a computer file that includes said other assigned-to graphic objects and said second graphic object without said first graphic object to produce a computer environment having said other assigned-to graphic objects and said second graphic object; activating said second graphic object in said computer environment; and loading said first graphic object in said computer environment in response to said activating of said second graphic object without loading any graphic objects for said other assigned-to graphic objects, wherein said assigning said first graphic object includes drawing a graphic directional indicator to said second graphic object in an original computer environment, including associating said first graphic object with said graphic directional indicator to assign said first graphic object to said second graphic object.