Patent ID: 8635541

Claim:
A method of managing a graphical user interface (GUI), comprising: determining a change made by a user to a data value corresponding to an element in the GUI, the change requiring a first pending asynchronous update of a first set of elements of the GUI by a server, wherein each of the element and each element in the first set of elements displays a single, unique data value of a plurality of related data values, and wherein the data value corresponding to the element can be initially set by the user and subsequently modified by the server; indicating the first pending asynchronous update of the first set of elements with a first set of indicators in response to the determining of the change made by the user, wherein the first set of indicators visually identify each of the first set of elements; receiving at least one user interaction for a second set of elements of the GUI during the first pending asynchronous update of the first set of elements including the data value set by the user, the at least one user interaction including at least one of: a change made to a data value corresponding to a second element in the second set of elements or a selection of a second element in the second set of elements; and indicating a second pending asynchronous update of the second set of elements with a second set of indicators in response to the receiving of the user interaction, the second set of indicators visually identify each of the second set of elements, wherein the indicating of the first pending asynchronous update and the indicating of the second pending asynchronous update occur simultaneously, and wherein each element in the first set of elements and the second set of elements comprise a text box.