Patent ID: 7624350

Claim:
A dynamic composite source user interface generator comprising: means adapted for receiving text data corresponding to a plurality of machine operation functions of an associated document processing device into a data document stored in an associated memory; means adapted for receiving data representative of each of a plurality of graphical elements that correspond to the received text data, wherein each graphical element of the plurality thereof is associated with data corresponding to a function of the document processing device; means adapted for displaying a visual indicator corresponding to each of the plurality of graphical elements; means adapted for receiving selection data representative of a selected one of the plurality of graphical elements; means adapted for associating pointer data with the selected one of the plurality of graphical elements, which pointer data is associated with the received text data; means adapted for displaying the selected one of the plurality of graphical elements on a display of the document processing device in conjunction with the received text data as referenced by the pointer data; means adapted for receiving selection data corresponding to a selected graphical element and corresponding text data; and means adapted for commencing operation of the document processing device with a function corresponding to received selection data.