| US 7,614,007 B2 | ||
| Executing multiple file management operations | ||
| Vijaylaxmi Chakravarty, Austin, Tex. (US); Oltea Mihaela Herescu, Austin, Tex. (US); Claudia Andrea Salzberg, Austin, Tex. (US); and Robert Lee Snider, Cedar Park, Tex. (US) | ||
| Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 16, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/759,932. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0160373 A1, Jul. 21, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 3/048 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 715—772 [715/808; 715/809; 715/837; 715/769; 715/770] | 18 Claims |
| 1. A method for applying a set of operations for execution on a corresponding file displayed on a graphical user interface,
such that the set includes a plurality of different operations, the method comprising:
associating a different operation with each of a plurality of active icon inputs;
associating a distinct visual display feature with each of the plurality of active icon inputs for each of the different operations;
selecting a first active icon input to apply a first operation to be executed on a displayed file;
selecting a file display for the displayed file on a graphical user interface (GUI) to associate the selected first active
icon input with the displayed file;
presenting a first distinct visual feature associated with the first operation in a first portion of the file display of the
displayed file;
selecting a second active icon input to apply a second operation to be executed on the displayed file;
reselecting the file display for the displayed file to associate the selected second active icon input with the displayed
file; and
presenting a second distinct visual feature associated with the second operation in a second portion of the reselected file
display of the displayed file such that the first distinct visual feature is also being presented.
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