Patent ID: 8078970

Claim:
A graphical user interface for configuring a programmable integrated circuit, the graphical user interface comprising: a graphical representation of said programmable integrated circuit displayed on a display device coupled to a computer system, wherein said displayed graphical representation physically resembles the shape of the programmable integrated circuit and comprises a plurality of pin images, wherein said plurality of pin images represent actual pins operable to couple said programmable integrated circuit to hardware separate from said programmable integrated circuit; and a user-selectable list box displayed on said display device coupled to said computer system, wherein said user-selectable list box comprises a plurality of selectable items for configuring a portion of said programmable integrated circuit associated with a selected pin image of said plurality of pin images, wherein said user-selectable list box is further for configuring said portion of said programmable integrated circuit in accordance with a selected item of the plurality of selectable items, wherein said user-selectable list box is automatically displayed in response to a selection of said selected pin image, wherein said user-selectable list box is displayed simultaneously with said selected pin image, and wherein said user-selectable list box automatically disappears in response to a user interaction outside said user-selectable list box.