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Patent Title: Conceptual map showing the windows of a complex task

Assignee: IBM
Patent Number: US5594857
Issue Date: 01-14-1997
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File Date:03-04-1996

Abstract: A visual conceptual map is displayed on each window of a program for accomplishing a complex task. In the preferred embodiment, the conceptual map includes all of the program's action dialogs and the potential paths between the action dialogs. The action dialog corresponding to the current window, the action dialogs that can presently be selected from the current window, and the other action dialogs are visually distinguished from each other. In addition, the potential paths from the action dialog corresponding to the current window to the action dialogs that may presently be selected from the current window are visually distinguished from the other potential paths.

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