Patent ID: 7496851
Filing Date: 2009-02-24
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implementable method comprising: receiving, by a computer logic, a selection of an object graphical depiction of a data source software object, wherein the data source software object supports at least one data entry field that is represented by at least one field graphical depiction in a Graphical User Interface (GUI), wherein the object graphical depiction is selected from a plurality of object graphical depictions that are presented in the GUI, wherein the field graphical depiction is one of a plurality of field graphical depictions that are presented in the GUI for multiple data entry fields, and wherein the multiple data entry fields include separate data entry fields for a user's name, a user's password, a user's e-mail address, a user's credit card account number, and a user's credit card type that is associated with the user's credit card account number; in response to receiving the selection of the object graphical depiction, altering a physical appearance of the field graphical depiction, wherein altering the physical appearance of the field graphical depiction illustrates, in the GUI, a logical relationship between the data source software object and the at least one data entry field by coloring the data source software object and the at least one data entry field with a same color and brightness, and wherein altering the physical appearance of the field graphical depiction is performed in response to: in response to receiving a selection of a specific data field represented by one of the field graphical depictions, automatically drawing a line from the specific data field to an appropriate data source software object that supports the specific data field; and in response to the line being drawn from the specific data field to the appropriate data source object that supports the specific data field, automatically erasing any other line between another data field and another data source software object that supports said another data field.