Hierarchy of saving and retrieving control templates
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsJonathan D. Levine, David M. Parsons
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Abstract
A method of storing and retrieving a customized interface control from a user display. The user display includes an array of pathway buttons and is interconnected to plural devices on a network. The method includes displaying and activating a job programming button to display programming options including save and save as options, engaging the save option to store the customized interface control in a general saved interface control category or store the customized interface control under a user defined reference. Included are techniques for expanding the features of selected machines on the network and creating selected multi-function operations not previously available.
Claims17
A hierarchical method of retrieving an interface control to a user display, the user display including an array of pathway buttons, the user display being interconnected to a plurality of devices on a network, comprising the steps of:
- displaying job programming, job status and machine status options,
- activating the job programming option to display a second level of programming options including feature library, save customized panel, and retrieve customized panel options,
- engaging the retrieve customized panel option to display a third level of programming options including multiple customized panel icons,
- selecting a customized panel icon for a given device on the network, and
- responsive to the selection of a customized panel icon for a given device on the network, accessing said customized panel from a memory connected to the display.
A method of retrieving an interface control to a user display, the user display including a pathway job programming button, the user display being interconnected to a plurality of devices on a network, comprising the steps of:
- displaying a first level of programming options including the pathway job programming button,
- activating the job programming button to display a second level of programing options including a retrieve customized panel indicator,
- engaging the customized panel indicator to display a third level of programming options including multiple customized panel options,
- selecting a customized panel option for a given device on the network, and
- responsive to the selection of a customized panel option for a given device on the network, accessing said customized panel from a memory connected to the display.
A hierarchical method of retrieving an interface control to a user display, the user display including an array of pathway buttons, the user display being interconnected to a plurality of devices on a network, comprising the steps of:
- providing a retrieve customized control panel button,
- engaging the retrieve customized control panel button to display multiple customized control panel indicators of said devices,
- selecting a customized control panel indicator, and
- responsive to the selection of the customized control panel indicator, accessing a customized control panel from a memory connected to the display.
A hierarchical method of retrieving a control panel to a user display, the user display inducing an array of pathway buttons, the user display being interconnected to a plurality of devices on a network, comprising the steps of:
- providing a control panel selector,
- engaging the control panel selector to display control panel identifiers,
- selecting a control panel identifier for a given device on the network, and
- responsive to the selection of the control panel identifier for a given device on the network, accessing said control panel from memory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.