Patent ID: 7685528

Claim:
A computer-implemented method executable on an electronic computer to: (i) present on a graphical user interface at least a first and second position value display element displaying position values by displacement of a graphical marker along a path; (ii) present on the graphical user interface at least a first and second clipper display element positioned adjacent to the first and second position value display elements, respectively, along the path to define a range of position values between position values defined by an upper clipper limit and a lower clipper limit; and (iii) accept instructions from a program user linking an upper clipper limit of the first clipper display element to a lower clipper limit of the second display element so that the lower clipper limit automatically follows the upper clipper limit so that a lower clipper value associated with the lower clipper limit of the second display element is equal to the upper clipper value associated with the upper clipper limit of the first display element as the upper clipper limit of the first display element is changed; whereby a sequence of contiguous clipper ranges can be established among position value elements.