Patent Document ID: 20020171683
Application ID: 09816162
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A system, comprising: an input device configured to receive input events; a display device configured to display an image for each of at least two objects in a user interface (UI); a memory comprising a display program comprising (i) an image tracking mechanism configured to contain a reference to each image and (ii) an active panel method configured to request a key for an image to be displayed, wherein the key is a unique value for the image to be displayed; and a processor operably connected to the display device and the input device and configured to receive the input events; wherein the processor, when executing the display program, is configured to: (a) track each image that is currently active using the reference associated with each image and contained in the image tracking mechanism; (b) receive an event indicating that a first image associated with a first object is to be displayed on the display device; (c) determine whether the first image is already active by determining whether a match exists between a first image key associated with the first image and a unique image value for each active image; (d) if the first image is already active, reposition the image into a viewable position in the display device; and (e) if the first image is not already active, create the image, store a reference to the image in the image tracking mechanism and display the image in the prominent viewing position.