Patent ID: 6362840
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A computer method comprising the steps of:creating a computer graphic display with one or more link areas, each particular link area corresponding to a specific service that is provided in response to execution of a link instruction associated with the particular link area by interpreting a display format instruction, each link area on the graphic display corresponding to a service; and responsive to a cursor entering each particular link area, presenting an icon on the computer graphic display, the icon visually representing the specific service provided as a result of executing the link instructions associated with the particular link area if the particular link area is selected, such that a user interacting with the graphic display is informed of the service provided upon execution of a particular link prior to the link instruction associated with the particular link being executed and wherein the visual representation of the icon is uniquely associated with the service such that for each link area that provides a different service, a different icon is presented to the user which represents that different service.