Author: Umakant Mishra
Abstract:
A command button may contain a textual label or a graphic
image or both. It may be static or animated. There can be many different
features to make a command button attractive and effective. As command button
is a typical GUI element, most improvement on GUI in general will also be
applicable to command buttons. Besides, there are also inventions to improve
various aspects of command buttons in specific. This article illustrates 10
selected inventions from US patent database. Each invention is followed by a
TRIZ based analysis in brief.
Keywords: TRIZ, Software Inventions, Graphical User
Interface, Software inventions, Software Patents, Inventive Problem Solving,
Command buttons, push buttons, GUI, Invention, Patent,
Mishra, Umakant, 10
Inventions on Command Buttons in a Graphical User Interface. (December 6,
2006) Available at SSRN:
http://ssrn.com/abstract=949240
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