Inventions on Menu Interfacing for GUI Applications, A TRIZ based Analysis, Part-1

Author: Umakant Mishra

Abstract:

During last two decades, the computer menu system has been improved from a text based multiple choice to highly adaptive, self organized menu system. This has been possible by hundreds of inventions. This article analyses 15 patents on Menu System from a TRIZ perspective to find out their IFRs and Contradictions. Besides we will also see what Inventive Principles have been applied to achieve those solutions.

Keywords: TRIZ, Innovation, Inventive Problem Solving, Invention, Software Patents, GUI, Computer Software, Software inventions, Graphical User Interface, GUI design, Windows applications, Menu design

http://works.bepress.com/umakant_mishra/40

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261949214_Inventions_on_Menu_Interfacing_for_GUI_Applications_A_TRIZ_based_Analysis_Part-1?ev=prf_pub