Patent ID: RE41500

Claim:
In a computer system having input means for entering data, a plurality of objects to form an object list, data and commands into said system by a system user, an operator display module for displaying information to said user, a memory for storing said data and instructions commands , and processing means for performing processing operations in response to the entry of said data and said commands by said user, a method for generating a display on said operator display module comprising the steps in sequence of: (a) entering a command into said system by said user to display a form; (b) in response to said command, using said processing means to obtain obtaining said object list, corresponding to said form, from said memory; (c) using in response to said command, said processing means, automatically assigning a plurality of tiles to each one of said objects , in said object list, in the following manner: at least one of said tiles being assigned to a group of said objects, and at least a second of said tiles being assigned to an individual a single one of said objects; and (d) using said processing means, displaying said tiles on said operator display module ; (e) receiving a manually input object in a cell of a yet another one of said first tiles of the first form from said user; (f) receiving a second command in said system from said user to display a second form having associated second tiles; (g) in response to said second command, obtaining a second object list, corresponding to said second form, from said memory; (h) in response to said second command, said processing means automatically associating said second tiles and said manually input object in said second object list; and (i) in response to said second command, said processing means, displaying those of said second tiles on said operator display module that are associated with said manually input object received from said user, while automatically refraining from displaying those of said second tiles on said operator display module that are not associated with said manually input object .