Computer controlled user interactive display system with each of a plurality of windows having a border of a color varied to reflect a variable parameter being tracked for the window

In a computer controlled interactive display system, a method for alerting interactive users to variable parameters relative to the display comprising:

• storing a plurality or displayed overlapping windows comprising data,
• tracking for each of said plurality of windows a variable a limited time period for user access to the window, and
• displaying along at least a portion of the borders of each of said windows a color varying with said time period being tracked for said window.

A computer program having program code included on a computer readable medium for the interactive control of a display system comprising:

• means for storing a plurality of displayed overlapping windows comprising data,
• means for tracking for each of said plurality of windows a limited time period for user access to the window, and
• means for displaying along at least a portion of the borders of each of said windows a color varying with said time period being tracked for said window.

A computer controlled user interactive display system comprising:

• means for setting a time period during which data may be accessed,
• means for tracking said time period, and
• means for displaying a color continuously varying with the passage of the tracked time in said period.

In a computer controlled user interactive display system, a method of alerting a user to the passage of a time period comprising:

• setting a time period during which data may be accessed,
• tracking said time period, and
• displaying a color continuously varying with the passage of the tracked time in said period.

A computer program having program code included on a computer readable medium for alerting a user of a computer controlled display system to the passage of a time period comprising:

• means for setting a time period during which data may be accessed,
• means for tracking said time period, and
• means for displaying a color continuously varying with the passage of the tracked time in said period.