Patent Document ID: 8621420
Application ID: 11958660

Base Claim:
1. A UML design system for creating a UML model of a user interface environment, comprising: at least one computer system, including: a system for defining use cases within the UML model, wherein the use cases are independent of each other; a system for associating an affinity representing a user-perceived relationship between use cases within the UML model, wherein the affinity is directional from an affinity use case to a target use case; a system for assigning a weight to the affinity within the UML model, wherein the system for assigning the weight assigns a first weight that dictates a strength of the affinity from a first use case to a second use case and assigns a second, separate weight that dictates a strength of the affinity from the second use case to the first use case; a system for incorporating affinity data into the UML model to influence use cases to be displayed in the user interface environment, wherein the affinity data includes assigned weights; and a system for determining whether the affinity use case should be appeared on a selected display type based on the affinity data.

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Claim 2:
2. The UML design system of claim 1 , wherein the user interface environment enables multiple use cases and includes an environment selected from the group consisting of: a website, a visual interface, an aural interface, and a tactile interface.