Patent ID: 6392651
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: G06F,G06T

Abstract:
A computer program product for use on a computer system for graphically displaying an item on a display device as the item appears at a preselected time in a timeline, the item having a plurality of elements, each of the elements having an associated time in the timeline, the computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code thereon, the computer readable program code including:program code for determining which of the plurality of elements that are later in the timeline than the preselected time: program code for defining first and second sets of elements, the elements in the first set of elements each having a respective associated time that is no later than the preselected time, the elements in the second set of elements each having the elements not in the first set of elements; program code for drawing the elements in the first set in a first format on the display device; and program code for drawing the elements in the second set in a second format on the display device, the second format graphically indicating that the elements in the second set have respective times that each are later than the preselected time.