Virtual backlight framework

A computer system for interacting with at least one user to design a backlight, the computer system being configured for:

• receiving a plurality of design information relating to at least one backlight or component(s) thereof from at least one user;
• generating at least one backlight design as a function of the design information;
• simulating the at least one backlight design to produce performance results;
• analyzing automatically at least one of:
• (a) the plurality of design information, or (b) the at least one backlight design or the component(s) thereof, or (c) the performance results, to produce analytical information;
• and
• providing the analytical information to the at least one user.

A computer system for interacting with at least one user to design a backlight, the computer system being configured to execute the steps of:

• (a) providing a first graphical user interface containing a plurality of selectable cavity design options;
• (b) receiving the selected cavity design options from the user;
• (c) after step (b), providing a second graphical user interface adapted to receive cavity detail information, the type of cavity detail information being a function of the cavity design options selected by the user;
• (d) receiving the cavity detail information from the user;
• (e) providing a third graphical user interface containing a plurality of selectable backlight component options;
• (f) receiving the selected backlight component options from the user;
• (g) after step (f), providing a fourth graphical user interface adapted to receive component detail information, the type of component detail information being a function of the backlight component options selected by the user;
• and
• (h) receiving the component detail information from the user.