Patent ID: 7017119
Filing Date: 2006-03-21
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of informing a user that data associated with one or more unselected components of a single application has changed, comprising: providing a plurality of tabs, each tab associated with an independent component running on an electronic device, each independent component having data associated therewith; receiving a signal representative of a selection of a first component from the plurality of independent components; in response to the signal, displaying a GUI associated with the selected component on a display screen of the electronic device; detecting that data associated with an unselected component has changed; in response to the step of detecting, modifying the display of the tab associated with the unselected component whose data has changed; detecting that the tab associated with the unselected component whose data has changed is not currently displayed on the electronic device's display screen; and in response to the second detecting step, modifying the display of another element displayed on the electronic device's display screen wherein the another element comprises an arrow.