Patent ID: 6335738
Filing Date: 2002-01-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A set of components for providing per-value data interpretation information to a user of a data processing system which has an input controller responsive to signals from an input device for moving an input device pointer on a display device, the set of components including:an application component for displaying data values to the data processing system user; a processing component responsive to user selection of an operation to be performed and responsive to user selection of a set of the application component's data values to (a) perform the selected processing operation on the selected set of data values to generate a result, (b) generate per-value interpretation information corresponding to said generated result, and (c) provide said per-value interpretation information to the application component for display to the user; wherein the application component is responsive to positioning of said input device pointer, subsequent to said provision of generated interpretation information, to (d) identify a specific data value of said selected set in response to movement of the input device pointer into a display area displaying the identified specific data value, and (e) display to the user the generated per-value interpretation information for the specific data value on a display device connected to the data processing system.