Patent ID: 6279005
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A software system on a computer processor used to generate menu data comprising:means for processing a set of input;means for opening an external file object;means for locating a source of menu data in said external file object;means for copying a topic object and a link object from said external file object;means for adding memory for a new node in an open hierarchical data structure;means for assigning said topic object to said new node in said open hierarchical data structure;means for assigning a pointer to said new node that links and said new node to a node in said open hierarchical data structure, wherein the node in said open hierarchical data structure serves as a parent node to said new node;and means for using said link object to determine a child node assignment for said new node in said open hierarchical data structure.