Patent ID: 7441191

Claim:
A method for configuring a graphical user interface in a computer system to provide a graphical presentation of an object and/or a technical process on a screen of the graphical user interface, wherein the object and/or the technical process are presented on a display area of the screen, the method comprising: providing a tooltip if an input device remains for a predetermined time over a predetermined area of the display area, wherein the tooltip shows at least a part of the object and/or of the process graphically in a modified way compared to the graphical presentation of the object and/or a technical process shown on the display area, wherein a functional, organizational and/or chronological sequence of a manufacturing or working process is shown by the tooltip, and wherein the tooltip shows another directional view of the object compared to a directional view of the object shown in the display area; monitoring at least one condition indicative of a status of the functional, organizational and/or chronological sequence of the manufacturing or working process; determining the status of the functional, organizational and/or chronological sequence of the manufacturing or working process based on the monitored at least one condition; and displaying on the tooltip the status of the functional, organizational and/or chronological sequence of the manufacturing or working process.