Patent ID: 6535229
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for providing a graphical user interface between a computer and a user to select options within a plurality of mutually exclusive subsets, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:a) displaying on a computer display a set of selectable items, wherein the set of selectable items is partitioned into the plurality of mutually exclusive subsets, wherein at least one of the plurality of mutually exclusive subsets contains multiple items, wherein the multiple items in each one of the at least one of the plurality of mutually exclusive subsets are mutually non-exclusive; b) receiving input specifying a user-specified item in the displayed set of selectable items; c) altering a setting of the user-specified item; d) if the user-specified item is contained in a subset A of the set of selectable items, then preserving settings of any items in subset A other than the user-specified item, and automatically altering settings of items in a subset B of the set of selectable items to ensure that settings of items in the subset A other than a predetermined combination of settings in subset A are exclusive of settings of items in the subset B other than a predetermined combination of settings in subset B; and e) displaying on the computer display the set of selectable items having altered settings.