US 2008/0168380 A1 · SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A USER INTERFACE HAVING A CUSTOMIZED FUNCTION INDICIA

Abstract

The subject application is directed to a system and method for customizing a user interface for a document processing device. Data representing the document processing operations capable of being performed by the document processing device is first stored and used to generate indicia representing first level document processing operations on an associated user interface. Upon receipt of user selection data corresponding to a selected first level document processing operation, a set of second level document processing operations is isolated. Indicia representative of the second level document processing operations are then generated. User selection data representative of a second level document processing operation is then received. A customized indicia is then generated corresponding to the commencement of the first and second level document processing operations.

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Dependent claims

A system for customizing a user interface for a document processing device comprising:

storage means adapted for storing function data representative of each of a plurality of document processing operations associated with a document processing device;
a display generator, the display generator including means adapted for generating, on an associated user interface, indicia representative of each of a plurality of first level of document processing operations on an associated user interface in accordance with the function data;
means adapted for receiving, from an associated user via the user interface, first document processing operation selection data representative of at least a selected one of the first level of document processing operations;
means adapted for isolating a subset of second level document processing operations corresponding to received document processing operation selection data;
the display generator further including means adapted for generating, on the user interface, indicia representative of each of the subset of secondary document processing operations;
means adapted for receiving, from an associated user via the user interface, second document processing selection data representative of at least a selected one of the second level of document processing operations;
and
the display generator further including means adapted for generating, on the user interface, a customized indicia corresponding to a commencement of a document processing operation including the selected first and second level document processing operations.

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A method for customizing a user interface for a document processing device comprising the steps:

storing function data representative of each of a plurality of document processing operations associated with a document processing device;
generating, on an associated user interface, indicia representative of each of a plurality of first level of document processing operations on an associated user interface in accordance with the function data;
receiving, from an associated user via the user interface, first document processing operation selection data representative of at least a selected one of the first level of document processing operations;
isolating a subset of second level document processing operations corresponding to received document processing operation selection data;
generating, on the user interface, indicia representative of each of the subset of secondary document processing operations;
receiving, from an associated user via the user interface, second document processing selection data representative of at least a selected one of the second level of document processing operations;
and
generating, on the user interface, a customized indicia corresponding to a commencement of a document processing operation including the selected first and second level document processing operations.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and method for generating a user interface having a customized function indicia

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System and method for generating a user interface having a customized function indicia

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Abstract

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