Patent ID: 7562308
Filing Date: 2009-07-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of providing mass data assignment of user input values in input controls, the method comprising: receiving, in a graphical user interface wherein each of multiple input controls is associated with a common set of predefined alternative input values, a first input identifying user selection of at least a first plurality of the input controls, to group the first plurality of input controls for mass data assignment in the graphical user interface; receiving a second input identifying user selection of at least one of the predefined alternative input values that is associated with each of the selected input controls, the second input being made using one of the selected input controls in the first plurality of input controls and not using any of remaining input controls in the first plurality of input controls; in response to receiving the first and second user inputs, performing the mass data assignment in the first plurality of input controls and not in any of remaining input controls of the multiple input controls, including automatically entering the selected predefined alternative input value in each of the selected input controls in the first plurality of input controls, wherein the entered selected predefined alternative input value replaces any value already entered in the corresponding input control; and displaying at least the first plurality of input controls in the graphical user interface after performing the mass data assignment, the first plurality of input controls having the selected predefined alternative input values visible in the graphical user interface.