Patent ID: 7376469

Claim:
A computer system for displaying an interactive graphical user interface on a display device of a computer system, the computer system comprising: at least one memory to store at least one program of machine-readable instructions, where the at least one program performs operations to display the interactive graphical user interface when executed; at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory, where the at least one processor performs at least the following operations when the at least one program is executed: displaying a graphical indicator and control comprising a scale, where a value indicated on the scale corresponds to a setting selected for at least one parameter of a computer system resource by an automated process of the computer system; and displaying an interactive graphical feature that under user command engages and disengages a manual control, wherein when the manual control is engaged the automated process continues to control selection of the setting for the at least one parameter of the computer system resource as represented by the value indicated on the scale of the graphical indicator and control, but subject to a user-selectable moderating effect implemented when the manual control is engaged, where the user-selectable moderating effect prevents large-scale changes to the setting selected for the at least one parameter of the computer system resource by the automated process, but allows small-scale changes to the setting selected for the at least one parameter of the computer system resource by the automated process.