Jennifer Lee Noble

US Patent:

6489976, Dec 3, 2002

Filed:

Dec 6, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/455493

Inventors:

Rajesh Patil - Northborough MA
Jennifer H. Noble - Shrewsbury MA
Robert Shaver - Watertown MA

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G09G 500

US Classification:

345827, 345779, 345808

Abstract:

A system, method, and computer readable medium containing computer readable instructions for displaying pop-up accelerator key symbols that indicate accelerator keys that may be activated by a user to select a user selectable portion in a graphical user interface to initiate an option corresponding to the user selectable portion. When a user holds down the âALTâ key, the pop-up display includes a letter, number or other symbol that, when depressed (alone or with the âALTâ key), functions to select an option. Pop-up symbols may also be provided for selecting a group of icons and presenting symbols for each group of icons when a user selects the group symbol corresponding to that group of icons.