Patent ID: 8028243
Filing Date: 2011-09-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for selectively displaying user interface configurations comprising: generating at least two different user interfaces, each having a corresponding set of circuit design graphical user-operable controls, said circuit design graphical user-operable control sets of said interfaces being different from one another, wherein each said user interface is configured specifically for one of a plurality of different types of data view representations for a circuit design; storing in a persistent storage system, through a reference to a data view representation, a list for each user interface defining a set of adjustable configurations of said circuit design graphical user-operable controls; each of said data view representations comprising at least one cellview of a cell; wherein said cell includes at least one abstraction level of representation for said circuit design; retrieving said list for a corresponding user interface from said persistent storage system by said reference responsive to an event associated with selecting a data view representation; and displaying said user interface adaptively configured based on the different types of said data view representations selected, said corresponding set of said circuit design graphical user-operable controls configured in accordance with said retrieved list specific to the selected data view representation.