Patent ID: 6246403
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
An apparatus for generating a graphical user interface to be displayed on a display monitor, the apparatus comprising:a computer configured to run an editor software program that enables a user to create and view on a display monitor a text file, the user creating, the text file by manipulating an input device in communication with the computer, the text file displayed on the display monitor being a two-dimensional visual representation of a graphical user interface being created, the computer being configured to run a graphical user interface constructing software program which receives the text file as input and which generates a data tree structure associated with the graphical user interface being created, the data tree structure being suitable for processing by a graphical user interface generating software program to generate a graphical user interface and to cause the graphical user interface to be displayed on a display monitor.