Patent Document ID: 6011546
Application ID: 08937056

Base Claim:
1. Apparatus comprising: a memory device storing digitally encoded data retreivable by a microprocessor; and digitally encoded control program data stored in said memory devices and effective on execution by microprocessor for driving a display of a graphic user interface, said program data having at least two layered statements executed sequentially, each said statement being a selected one of a menu statement and a flow statement, said menu statement having at least a description portion for directing display to a user and selectively having an action portion for directing data structure flow to another statement, said flow statement having at least an action portion for directing data structure flow to another statement and selectively having a description portion for directing a display to a user, each of said menu and flow statements having common programming syntax which statement has both description and action portions also having a unique connector character disposed between said portions for identifying the distinction therebetween.

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Claim 3:
3. Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said unique connector character is other than numeric.