CLASS 715,	DATA PROCESSING: PRESENTATION PROCESSING OF DOCUMENT, OPERATOR INTERFACE PROCESSING, AND SCREEN SAVER DISPLAY PROCESSING
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SECTION I - CLASS DEFINITION

This class provides for data processing means or steps wherein a) human perceptible elements of electronic information (i.e., text or graphics) are gathered, associated, created, formatted, edited, prepared, or otherwise processed in forming a unified collection of such information storable as a distinct entity, b) a user s interaction with a computer system is used to control the presentation of display data; such interaction is interpreted and used by a data processor or computer architecture wherein system level elements of computation or data processing techniques are used prior to use with or in a specific display system, or c) a small program takes over a display screen if there are no keystrokes or mouse movements for a specified duration.

Class 715 is structured into 3 main divisions:

(A) Presentation Processing of Document

(B) Operator Interface Processing

(C) Screen Saver Display Processing

SECTION II - REFERENCES TO OTHER CLASSES

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:

235,	Registers,   appropriate subclasses for data bearing record controlled systems, basic machines and associated indicating mechanisms for ascertaining the number of movements of various devices and machines, plus machines made from these basic machines alone (e.g., cash registers, voting machines), and in combination with various perfecting features, such as printers and recording means.
345,	Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems,   particularly subclasses 418 through 475for computer graphics processing which may include operator interface processing detail; subclasses 156-184 for display peripheral interface input devices, and subclasses 1.1-111 for visual display systems with selective electrical control including display memory organization and structure for storing image data and manipulating image data between a display memory and display device.
358,	Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing,   appropriate subclasses for transmitting, processing, or reproducing a permanent picture or static presentation processing for a hard copy (e.g., printer) device.
379,	Telephonic Communications,   appropriate subclasses for two-way electrical communication of intelligible audio information of arbitrary content over a link including an electrical conductor.
381,	Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices,   appropriate subclasses for wired one-way audio systems, per se.
382,	Image Analysis,   appropriate subclasses for operations performed on image data with the aim of measuring a characteristic of an image, detecting variations, detecting structures, or transforming the image data, and for procedures for analyzing and categorizing patterns present in image data.
600,	Surgery,   subclasses 300 through 595for diagnostic testing applications of computers in the life sciences including patient monitoring and medical imaging.
700,	Data Processing: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications,   subclasses 1 through 89for data processing generic control systems; subclasses 90 through 306 for applications of computers in various environments.
702,	Data Processing: Measuring, Calibrating, or Testing,   appropriate subclasses for application of computers in measuring and testing.
703,	Data Processing: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation,   subclasses 3 through 22for data processing simulation.
704,	Data Processing: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression,   subclasses 1 through 10for linguistics.
705,	Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination,   appropriate subclasses for business data processing.
706,	Data Processing: Artificial Intelligence,   appropriate subclasses for artificial intelligence in general.
707,	Data Processing: Database and File Management or Data Structures,   appropriate subclasses for database and file management or data structures.
708,	Electrical Computers: Arithmetic Processing and Calculating,   subclasses 1 through 9for hybrid computers; subclasses 100-714 for calculators, digital signal processing and arithmetical processing, per se; subclasses 800-854 for electric analog computers.
711,	Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Memory,   subclasses 1 through 6for addressing particular memory configurations and systems; subclasses 100-173 for memory accessing and control, per se; subclasses 200-221 for address formation processing.
717,	Data Processing: Software Development, Installation, and Management,   appropriate subclasses for a data processing software development tool.

SECTION III - GLOSSARY

ALPHANUMERIC

Any symbol found in the ASCII character

CELL

The intersection of a row and a column of DATA*.

COMPUTER

A machine that inputs DATA*, processes data, stores data, and outputs data.

DATA

Representation of information in a coded manner suitable for communication, interpretation, or processing.

DATA PROCESSING

See PROCESSING*, below.

DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS

An arrangement of processor(s) in combination with either memory or peripherals, or both, performing data PROCESSING*.

DISPLAY ATTRIBUTE

A value or code that determines how its representative element is presented.

DISPLAY CONTROLLER

An electrical circuit which actuates a DISPLAY DEVICE* in accordance with received IMAGE DATA*.

DISPLAY DEVICE

A communication device which converts IMAGE DATA* into a VISUAL IMAGE*.

DOCUMENT

An electronic FILE*.

FILE

A block of stored INFORMATION*.

HYPERLINK

An embedded link including code directing process flow to an alternate or additional DOCUMENT* or location in a document.

IMAGE

See VISUAL IMAGE below.

IMAGE DATA

DATA* representing a VISUAL IMAGE*.

INFORMATION

Meaning that a human being assigns to DATA* by means of the conventions applied to that data.

MARKUP LANGUAGE

Any language that provides ways to indicate attributes in TEXT*.

MEDIA/MEDIA TYPES

A way of presenting information, including TEXT, audio, video or image.

PRESENTATION

The visually perceptible display of IMAGE DATA*. This term is synonymous with VISUAL IMAGE (see below).

PRESENTATION PROCESSING

The manipulation of IMAGE DATA* for display.

PROCESSING

Method or apparatus performing systematic operations upon DATA* or INFORMATION* exemplified by functions such as data or information transferring, merging, sorting, and calculating, i.e., arithmetic operations or logical operations.

PROCESSOR

A functional unit that interprets and executes instruction DATA*.

STYLESHEET

A file of DISPLAY ATTRIBUTES* to be applied to a document.

TEXT

DATA* including ALPHANUMERIC* characters representing words and symbols. Usually text characters are coded using a standard such as ASCII, which assigns numeric values to each character, number, or symbol.

VISUAL IMAGE

The image shown by a DISPLAY DEVICE*.

SUBCLASSES

200	PRESENTATION PROCESSING OF DOCUMENT:
	This subclass is indented under the class definition.  Subject matter wherein elements of text-only or diverse media type data* are gathered, associated, created, formatted, edited, prepared, or otherwise processed to be presented or wherein the relationship between the elements in a document or portion thereof is defined. (1) Note. Processes of this subclass type are independent of the content of the document or dependent on it only in a generic sense.

201	Integration of diverse media:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 200.  Subject matter wherein distinct multiple media types* are unified into a single document* presentation*.

202	Authoring diverse media presentation:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 201.  Subject matter wherein a diverse media* presentation is created.

203	Synchronization of presentation:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 201.  Subject matter wherein a particular timing relationship between the presentation of diverse media is achieved.

204	Presentation attribute (e.g., layout, etc.):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 201.  Subject matter wherein a particular characteristic of document presentation is specified, e.g., a color or text attribute, etc. SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS: 207, for hyperlink display attributes.

205	Hypermedia:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 200.  Subject matter wherein textual information in a document* includes an embedded link that directs process flow to an alternate or additional document or location within a document, i.e., a hyper link*.

206	Hyperlink organization (e.g., grouping, bookmarking, etc.):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 205.  Subject matter wherein multiple hyperlinks* are arranged in a particular manner.

207	Hyperlink display attribute (e.g., color, shape, etc.):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 205.  Subject matter wherein a particular visual characteristic of a hyperlink* is specified. SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS: 204, for presentation attributes of diverse media. 275, for color attribute display processing, in general.

208	Hyperlink editing (e.g., link authoring, rerouting, etc.):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 205.  Subject matter wherein some path designated by a hyperlink* is modified. SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS: 255, for editing, composition, or storage control, in general. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 707,  Data Processing: Database, Data Mining, and File Management or Data Structures,   subclasses 609 through 686for database maintenance including synchronizing, archiving, backing up and recovering databases; subclasses 758 through 780 for record, file and data search and comparison; subclasses 687 through 704 for data integrity in databases; subclasses 781 through 789 for access control to a database or file in a computer environment; subclasses 790 through 812 for database design including data structures and data structure management; subclasses 813 through 820 for garbage collection in database environments, and subclasses 821 through 831 for file management, file systems and file directory structures.

209	Compound document:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 200.  Subject matter wherein the document* includes elements having distinct functionalities combined and used together while remaining distinct, e.g., a spreadsheet embedded in a word processing document, etc.

210	Matching application process to displayed media:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 209.  Subject matter wherein processes specific to elements of different types of media* within a common document* are accessed and executed.

211	Drawing:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 200.  Subject matter including simple shapes in a document* combined with other media types*, e.g., an arrow in a word processing document, etc. (1) Note. Graphical representations of spreadsheet information are classified elsewhere. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 345,  Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems,   subclass 440 and 441 for graphic drawings, etc.

212	Spreadsheet:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 200.  Subject matter wherein the elements include data values organized in cells* where the relationship between the cells* is defined by formulas.

213	Alternative scenario management:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 212.  Subject matter wherein multiple instances of spreadsheet input values with their resulting calculated output values in a given spreadsheet are produced and manipulated. (1) Note. Often, scenario management is used to optimize in some fashion the result in a particular spreadsheet cell.

214	Having dimension greater than two:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 212.  Subject matter wherein cells* are organized in structures of three or more dimensions.

215	Including graph or chart of spreadsheet information:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 212.  Subject matter wherein spreadsheet data is represented in equivalent pictorial form. SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS: 211, for drawing presentation processing. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 345,  Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems,   subclasses 440 through 443for graph generating via computer graphics.

216	Cell protection:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 212.  Subject matter wherein modification of the content of a spreadsheet cell* is inhibited.

217	Cell format:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 212.  Subject matter wherein the display attributes* within a spreadsheet entry are edited.

218	Cell hiding:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 217.  Subject matter wherein the display of the contents of a spreadsheet cell* is inhibited.

219	Particular calculation of cell content:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 212.  Subject matter wherein a specific mathematical technique is used to generate cell contents. SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS: 267, for equation or formula processing, in general.

220	Particular cell content modification:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 212.  Subject matter wherein a particular method of filling or changing the content of a cell* is specified, e.g., the translation of the contents of a cell from one location to another, etc.

221	Form:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 200.  Subject matter wherein the elements of data define specific locations reserved for entering data. (1) Note. This subclass does not cover the processing of entered data.

222	Form creation:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 221.  Subject matter wherein a form document* is generated.

223	By editing existing form:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 222.  Subject matter wherein a new form is created by modifying a previously stored base form.

224	Form filling:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 221.  Subject matter wherein detail of information is placed in a specified location.

225	Fitting data into field on form:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 224.  Subject matter wherein the entered detail of information or the entered data is modified to meet the geometric limitation of an existing location. (1) Note. This subclass includes both changing the size of the field and formatting the data to fit within the field.

226	Automatic:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 224.  Subject matter wherein data is filled into a form without direct user intervention.

227	Table:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 200.  Subject matter wherein a block of text is organized in rows and/or columns.

228	Ruled lines:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 227.  Subject matter wherein straight lines indicate rows or columns of text. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 345,  Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems,   subclass 443 for the generation of lines.

229	Version management:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 200.  Subject matter wherein multiple embodiments of a document* (including those which are current or earlier) are retained and organized through the use of various display attributes* for the multiple embodiments. (1) Note. Processing of multiple versions of one or more documents* through a plurality of display views or simultaneous presentation is classified herein. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 707,  Data Processing: Database, Data Mining, and File Management or Data Structures,   subclasses 609 through 686for database maintenance including synchronizing, archiving, backing up and recovering databases; subclasses 758 through 780 for record, file and data search and comparison; subclasses 687 through 704 for data integrity in databases; subclasses 781 through 789 for access control to a database or file in a computer environment; subclasses 790 through 812 for database design including data structures and data structure management; subclasses 813 through 820 for garbage collection in database environments, and subclasses 821 through 831 for file management, file systems and file directory structures.

230	Annotation control:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 200.  Subject matter wherein the elements of data * include an optional or selectable limited display of textual data related to data unconditionally displayed, e.g., memo field display related to text, etc.

231	Automatically generated:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 230.  Subject matter wherein the annotation is generated without direct user intervention.

232	Positioning of annotation:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 230.  Subject matter wherein the manner of spatially locating some type of annotation is specified.

233	Annotation by other than text (e.g., image, etc.):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 230.  Subject matter wherein annotation is represented by other than textual data, e.g., a paper clip marks the location and presence of an annotation, etc. SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS: 201, for integration of diverse media.

234	Structured document (e.g., HTML, SGML, ODA, CDA, etc.):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 200.  Subject matter wherein the document* is created and processed according to a standardized arrangement of interrelated hierarchical processing flow and page layout, e.g., hypertext markup language* (HTML), standard generalized markup language (SGML), office document architecture (ODA), or content document architecture (CDA), etc. (1) Note. The processing of a document according to a standard which directs a receiving application as to the layout of its content is classified herein.

235	Stylesheet layout creation/editing (e.g., template used to produce stylesheet, etc.):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 234.  Subject matter wherein a detail of a stylesheet* generation or modification is specified.

236	Stylesheet based markup language transformation/translation (e.g., to a published format using stylesheet, etc.):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 234.  Subject matter wherein some modification to original markup language* is performed utilizing stylesheet* information. SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS: 239, for conversion between markup languages.

237	Markup language syntax validation:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 234.  Subject matter wherein the proper form of markup language* is confirmed.

238	Accommodating varying screen size:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 234.  Subject matter wherein structured document processing adapts to presentation* on multiple displays with different linear dimensions. (1) Note. Subject matter of this subclass type includes changing the actual structure of the document as opposed to changing merely the size of the rendering of the document.

239	Conversion from one markup language to another (e.g., XML to HTML or utilizing an intermediate format, etc.):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 234.  Subject matter wherein a first variety of structured document is transformed into a second variety of structured document, e.g., XSL transformation, etc. SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS: 236, for stylesheet based markup language transformation or translation.

240	Frames:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 234.  Subject matter wherein structured document processing includes separately scrollable areas.

241	Placemark-based indexing:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 234.  Subject matter wherein location of desired relevant portions of a structured document utilizes a previously established location in the document.

242	Structured document compression:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 234.  Subject matter wherein structured document presentation processing includes overall file size reduction of the structured document.

243	Layout:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 200.  Subject matter wherein the geometric position of an element within the document* is altered or specified.

244	Spacing control:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 243.  Subject matter wherein a distance between elements within a document is altered or specified.

245	Horizontal spacing:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 244.  Subject matter wherein the distance between elements in the left and right orientation, e.g., kerning, etc., within a document is altered or specified.

246	Area designation:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 243.  Subject matter wherein a geometric subset of a presentation surface is specified, e.g., a frame, etc.

247	Boundary processing:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 243.  Subject matter wherein a perimeter of a geometric subset of a presentation surface within a document or document subset, e.g., flow of text, figure, column or page balancing, etc., is specified, modified, or controlled. (1) Note. The layout of elements around other elements whose location has been pre-specified, e.g., a method in which a set of figures flow around a geometrically locked figure, etc., methods for flowing text around figures, or methods for handling text across boundaries, such as line breaks or column breaks, are classified herein. SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS: 251, for pagination control.

248	Format information in separate file:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 243.  Subject matter wherein a layout specification is stored separately from the data to which such specification is applied.

249	Format transformation:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 243.  Subject matter wherein a layout specification is modified automatically or a translation is performed between specifications.

250	Detecting format code change:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 243.  Subject matter wherein a modification in a layout specification is recognized.

251	Pagination:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 243.  Subject matter wherein the document is divided into units, i.e., pages, which are sized according to a display or print medium. SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS: 247, for boundary processing.

252	Resizing document:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 243.  Subject matter wherein some overall modification to the linear dimensions of a document is performed. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 345,  Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems,   subclasses 660 through 663for scaling utilized in computer graphics processing.

253	Automatic placement of document portion:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 243.  Subject matter wherein an individual component of a complete document is positioned therein without direct user intervention.

254	Text summarization or condensation:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 200.  Subject matter wherein an original body of text is transformed into another more compact equivalent.

255	Edit, composition, or storage control:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 200.  Subject matter including means or steps for developing or changing a document* wherein one or more elements of it, e.g., text data, graphics data, control, or format codes, etc., are added, deleted, or modified, or including means or steps for storing such an altered document or the alteration

256	Text:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 255.  Subject matter wherein the editing, composition, or storage is peculiar to textual information, e.g., hyphenation or punctuation, etc.

257	Spell check:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 256.  Subject matter including a means for checking the spelling of a word. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 382,  Image Analysis,   subclass 231 for checking spelling for pattern recognition.

258	Determining word hyphenation location:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 256.  Subject matter wherein a lookup table supplies the proper place where a given word may be broken into syllables.

259	Dictionary:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 256.  Subject matter including a file for maintaining a collection of words related to a language. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 704,  Data Processing: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression,   subclass 10 for dictionary building, modification, or prioritization.

260	Providing synonym for input word:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 259.  Subject matter wherein the dictionary supplies a word having meaning close to a designated word.

261	Input of abbreviated word form:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 256.  Subject matter wherein a relatively short group of pre-selected characters or a symbol is entered and subsequently automatically replaced by a corresponding longer whole word, i.e., long form.

262	Ideographic generator:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 256.  Subject matter wherein the construction of word, phrase, or sentence is in a pictographic form. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 345,  Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems,   subclasses 467 through 473for computer graphics processing character, particularly subclass 472.3 for generation, per se.

263	Utilizing geometric (e.g., stroke, etc.) data:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 262.  Subject matter wherein the ideographic character is created from selected components of such characters.

264	Multilingual:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 256.  Subject matter wherein the processing involves text of more than one spoken language. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 703,  Data Processing: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and Emulation,   appropriate subclasses for an operator interface which is culturally based, e.g., based on a particular language, etc. 704,  Data Processing: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression,   subclass 8 for national language support.

265	Having desired language selection:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 264.  Subject matter wherein a choice of languages is provided to a user for utilization in text processing.

266	Footnoting:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 256.  Subject matter including primary and related data, i.e., an explanation or comment, where related data is presented at a position separate from but marked as related to primary data.

267	Equation or formula processing:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 256.  Subject matter wherein an element or other formal code sequence includes an alphanumeric ideogram, e.g., a mathematical or formulaic expression, etc. SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS: 219, for particular calculation of spreadsheet cell content.

268	Handwritten textual input:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 256.  Subject matter wherein the text includes symbolic data entered by manual transcription of such symbols. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 345,  Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems,   subclass 179 for stylus-type display peripheral interface input devices. 382,  Image Analysis,   subclasses 119 through 123for an image analysis application using a signature; and subclasses 186-189 for pattern recognition of handwritten characters.

269	Font selection:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 256.  Subject matter wherein a feature of a character set for a specified collection of information is determined. (1) Note. The subject matter of this subclass includes the automatic or user-specified selection of a predefined font. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 345,  Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems,   subclass 467 for the generation of fonts.

270	Outlining:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 256.  Subject matter wherein the text may vary in scope of context and may contain or be contained by information of different scope.

271	Replacement of element:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 256.  Subject matter wherein a selected text element is replaced with another text element in the document.

272	Block control:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 255.  Subject matter wherein a subset of elements in a document delineated by a technique of marking such elements is edited.

273	Display processing:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 200.  Subject matter wherein the document* is prepared for visual output. (1) Note. Subject matter of this subclass includes processing of a document to enhance the visibility of particular elements through the addition of various display attributes*.

274	Print preview:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 273.  Subject matter wherein an image of data as interpreted by an output device is displayed for operator approval prior to output on a hard copy. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 358,  Facsimile and Static Presentation Processing,   subclasses 1.1 through 1.18for the specific static presentation processing to create the image, e.g., for printing, etc.

275	Color attribute:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 273.  Subject matter wherein data specifying a color code is defined or modified.

276	Utilizing page description language:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 273.  Subject matter wherein a particular type of programming language, i.e., PDL, provides a detailed specification to an output device for document display.

277	Plural documents or plural portions of single document:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 273.  Subject matter wherein multiple distinct documents or multiple portions of the same document are processed for display.

700	OPERATOR INTERFACE (E.G., GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE):
	This subclass is indented under the class definition.  Subject matter wherein a user’s interaction with a computer system is used to control the presentation of display data; such interaction is interpreted and used by a data processor or computer architecture wherein system level elements of computation or data processing techniques are used prior to use with or in a specific display system. (1) Note. Significantly claimed structure external to the user interface methods or apparatuses, claimed in combination with subject matter under this operator interface subclass, which displays or produces an image or sensory message related to such external structure or its function, is classified in the class appropriate to the external structure; however, nominally claimed structure external to this subclass, claimed in combination with subject matter under this subclass definition (e.g., creation or manipulation of icons, menus, windows, and user interactive functions, etc.), is classified in these subclasses unless provided for in the appropriate external subclass. (2) Note. Processing of interactive data for presentation with at most a nominal recitation of the input device (e.g., where the user’s input is used to control the presentation of display data, etc.) is classified herein. (3) Note. Windowing techniques that can include interactive processes are classified herein. (4) Note. A graphical user interface in a television environment will be classified elsewhere, see the SEE OR SEARCH CLASS notes below. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 345,  Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems,   subclasses 418 through 475,for a specific hardware for performing graphical data processing; subclasses 155-184, for details of a user input interface device with a specific display system, per se, both physical (e.g., mouse, joystick, keyboard, light pen, touch screen, etc.) and logical (e.g., cursor-pick, select-choice, etc.); subclass 521 for specific display systems that include display memory organization and structure for storing an image and manipulating image data between the display memory and the display system. 705,  Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination,   subclasses 1.1 through 45for use of operator interface in electronic financial or business management systems, particularly subclasses 26.1 through 27.2 for electronic shopping systems using an operator interface. 725,  Interactive Video Distribution Systems,   subclasses 37 through 61,for a graphical user interface in a television environment.

701	Force feedback interaction:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 700.  Subject matter wherein a mechanical resistance is applied to the user in response to a user initiated event (i.e., resistance to movement of a mouse when a region of the display is traversed).

702	Tactile based interaction:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 700.  Subject matter wherein there is tactile as well as visual interaction between a user and an operator interface (i.e., vibration).

703	Cultural based (including language, time, monetary unit displayed):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 700.  Subject matter wherein the interface customization is based upon the ideas, activities, or ways of behaving that are special to a country, people, or region.

704	Playback of recorded user events (e.g., script or macro playback):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 700.  Subject matter wherein user interactions on the interface are stored and regenerated.

705	Help presentation:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 700.  Subject matter wherein a user can access assistance or information regarding an application or operation interactively.

706	Virtual character or avatar (e.g., animated person):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 705.  Subject matter wherein the assistance or information is given via a metaphorical graphical image.

707	Adaptive to user skill level:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 705.  Subject matter wherein the assistance or information provided is adjusted according to determined user proficiency

708	Context sensitive:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 705.  Subject matter wherein the assistance or information provided is determined by current conditions or a desired operation.

709	Coaching (e.g., animated example, or handholding or show me execution):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 708.  Subject matter wherein the user is shown a pattern to follow in order to achieve a desired result.

710	Input alert:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 708.  Subject matter wherein the current conditions pertain to warning or reminding a user about an input event.

711	Tool tip (e.g., cursor position based):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 708.  Subject matter wherein the condition is based on the graphical location of a user controlled tool.

712	Topic roadmap or index:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 708.  Subject matter wherein the on-line help provides either a detailed explanation or an ordered list of items that guide a user s progress towards a desired outcome.

713	Hierarchical:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 712.  Subject matter wherein the explanation or list is organized in a pyramidal manner in which each item is linked to items directly beneath it.

714	Combining diverse help information (e.g., different sources):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 705.  Subject matter wherein a user can simultaneously access assistance or information regarding plural diverse applications or operations interactively.

715	Balloon or bubble appearance:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 705.  Subject matter wherein the assistance or information is presented in a balloon or bubble format.

716	On screen video or audio system interface:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 700.  Subject matter wherein the interface is used for interacting with video or audio systems and applications.

717	Multiple diverse systems:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 716.  Subject matter wherein a user can simultaneously access plural diverse systems interactively.

718	Mode switching interface (e.g., switching between TV and computer):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 717.  Subject matter wherein a user can traverse between the plural diverse systems (i.e., switching between TV and computer).

719	Video interface:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 716.  Subject matter wherein the system or application deals specifically with video data.

720	Video traversal control:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 719.  Subject matter wherein the video data segments may be traversed interactively.

721	Indexed control:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 719.  Subject matter wherein the video program segments are indexed for accessibility (e.g., program guide, etc.).

722	Video parameter control:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 719.  Subject matter wherein the parameters of the video data are controlled interactively (e.g., brightness control, etc.).

723	For video segment editing or sequencing:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 716.  Subject matter wherein portions of video material are arranged into a different order than that in which it was originally arranged.

724	Cut and paste operation:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 723.  Subject matter wherein the arranging is performed by selecting material from one location, removing it to storage, and placing it in another.

725	Trimming:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 723.  Subject matter wherein the arranging causes a reduction to specific video material (i.e., deleting excess frames to save on memory space).

726	Effects or transitions interface:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 723.  Subject matter wherein the arranging causes video special effects and juxtapositions (e.g., scene meshing, etc.).

727	Audio user interface:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 700.  Subject matter wherein there is audio as well as visual interaction between a user and an operator interface. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 340,  Communications: Electrical, subclass 692 for electrical audible alarms, and subclasses 384.1-404.3 for electrical audible indication. 381,  Electrical Audio Signal Processing Systems and Devices,   appropriate subclasses, for audio signal processing in general. 704,  Data Processing: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression,   subclasses 200 through 278, for speech signal processing.

728	Audio input for on-screen manipulation (e.g., voice controlled GUI):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 727.  Subject matter wherein audio input is used to interact with the interface (e.g., voice controlled GUI, etc.).

729	For a visually challenged user:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 727.  Subject matter designed to help a user who has impaired eyesight.

730	Presentation to audience interface (e.g., slide show):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 700.  Subject matter wherein the interface is used interactively to convey data to an audience.

731	Authoring tool:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 730.  Subject matter wherein a user creates a presentation interactively.

732	Slide manipulating or editing:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 730.  Subject matter wherein the data is presented on slides (e.g., slide show, etc.).

733	For plural users or sites (e.g., network):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 700.  Subject matter wherein concurrently established related or collaborative interfaces are provided to multiple displays. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 345,  Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems,   subclasses 418 through 475, for plural displays. 709,  Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Multicomputer Data Transferring,   appropriate subclassesfor details of the transfer of data among a plurality of computers or digital data processing systems.

734	Interactive network representation of devices (e.g., topology of workstations):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 733.  Subject matter wherein an interface permits a user to perceive or control the distribution or operation of the components making up an arrangement of interconnected systems.

735	Configuration:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 734.  Subject matter wherein the interface permits the user to observe, control, or modify the layout or specific function of the individual components. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 709,  Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Multicomputer Data Transferring,   subclasses 220 through 222,for details of the configuration of computer networks.

736	Network managing or monitoring status:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 734.  Subject matter wherein the interface permits the user to conduct administrative operations or perform observations of the current state of the components. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 709,  Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Multicomputer Data Transferring,   subclasses 223 through 226,for details of the management of computer networks.

737	User navigation between devices:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 734.  Subject matter wherein a user’s central point of focus in the interface may traverse from one network node to another. SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS: 854 through 855, for navigation throughout a hierarchy or network-structured interface.

738	Network resource browsing or navigating:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 733.  Subject matter wherein a user has interactive access to distributed information or functions made available through a certain given user site. SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS: 205, through 208, for hypermedia document processing.

739	Selecting from a resource list (e.g., address book):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 738.  Subject matter wherein the items of information are organized into a group from which the user makes a choice.

740	Remote operation of computing device:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 733.  Subject matter wherein a user has access to and control of a data processing system or component at a location removed from the user.

741	Access control or permission:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 733.  Subject matter wherein a user must have permission before gaining control of a graphical user interface. (1) Note. Permission is usually granted by correctly entering a password. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 726,  Information Security,   subclasses 1 through 36for information security in computers or digital processing system.

742	Interactive portal (e.g., secure point of access):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 741.  Subject matter wherein a network location acts to coordinate availability, retrieval, or execution of resources associated with that location.

743	Access rights to interactive controls:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 741.  Subject matter wherein the user interface is capable of establishing, modifying, or observing the function of processes enabled by one or more of the plural sites.

744	Interface customization or adaption (e.g., client server):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 733.  Subject matter wherein an interactive user environment is specifically established or modified to suit the needs of the user at a given site.

745	Based on stored usage or user profile (e.g., frequency of use, cookie):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 744.  Subject matter wherein the user environment is established using memory contents developed during previous user interactions.

746	Interface conversion:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 744.  Subject matter wherein the user environment is transformed to a different environment affording similar or analogous function through a new presentation mode.

747	End user based (e.g., preference setting):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 744.  Subject matter wherein the operator has direct access to and control of the particulars of the interactive environment.

748	User interactive multicomputer data transfer (e.g., file transfer):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 700.  Subject matter wherein information is accessed at one site and made available at a second site. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 709,  Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Multicomputer Data Transferring,   subclasses 217 through 219for details of accessing data across a computer network.

749	Downloading remote executable (e.g., JAVA CGI):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 748.  Subject matter wherein the information enables a function or functions not initially held at the second site. (1) Note. The executables are usually program modules or scripts designed to run on either the platform of the first (i.e., server) side or second (i.e., client) side. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 709,  Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Multicomputer Data Transferring: subclasses 201 through 203for details of processes distributed among a number of networked systems.

750	Multiple users on a single workstation:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 700.  Subject matter wherein a plurality of operators are given access to or control of the functions or data maintained in one computer system.

751	Computer supported collaborative work between plural users:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 700.  Subject matter wherein users at the multiple displays join in completing a given task as a group. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 709,  Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Multicomputer Data Transferring, subclasses 201 through 203for data processing that is distributed across a computer network.

752	Interactive email:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 751.  Subject matter wherein specifically addressed messages are created and transmitted between sites. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 709,  Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Multicomputer Data Transferring,   appropriate subclasses and particularly subclass 206 for email systems, per se.

753	Computer conferencing:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 751.  Subject matter wherein data from participants at the display sites is distributed to other participants at other collaborative sites. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 709,  Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Multicomputer Data Transferring,   subclasses 204 through 207for email systems, per se.

754	Multicursor (e.g., multiple on-screen pointers):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 753.  Subject matter wherein a plurality of representations corresponding to individual user pointing device inputs are represented at a single site.

755	Floor control:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 753.  Subject matter having the ability to moderate meetings and prevent everyone from talking at once by controlling "who has the floor."

756	Real Time Video:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 753.  Subject matter wherein the distributed data includes moving images that are immediately displayed. SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS: 716 through 726, for details of textual form filling.

757	Virtual 3D environment:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 753.  Subject matter wherein an artificial workspace is created and presented to user in such a way that it appears like a real volumetric spatial region. SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS: 848 through 852, for details of operator interfaces involving video for details of operator interfaces represented by a three-dimensional space. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 345,  Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems,   subclasses 419 through 427for details of three-dimensional graphics processing.

758	Chat room:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 753.  Subject matter wherein the distributed data comprises a series of messages submitted and made available to other participants.

759	Group window:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 751.  Subject matter wherein a display representing the group s work appears at the sites in a constrained screen region.

760	Mark up language interface (e.g., HTML):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 700.  Subject matter wherein a document-based protocol is used to implement the components of an interactive environment. SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS: 234, through 242, for detail of structured documents such as HTML.

761	Plural adjacent interactive display devices:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 700.  Subject matter wherein the display data is presented in two or more display devices.

762	User interface development (e.g., GUI builder):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 700.  Subject matter wherein a user is able to author, create, or manage the user interface. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 717,  Data Processing: Software Development, Installation, and Management,   subclasses 100 through 167for details of software programming development tools.

763	Graphical or iconic based (e.g., visual program):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 762.  Subject matter wherein a graphical shape or picture to be selected and manipulated by a user is created directly on a display part of a monitor.

764	On-screen workspace or object:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 700.  Subject matter providing a specific element in an interface with which a user can interact.

765	Customizing multiple diverse workspace objects:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 764.  Subject matter wherein distinct interface elements, such as icons, buttons, or menus, may be manipulated.

766	Z order of multiple diverse workspace objects:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 764.  Subject matter wherein the priority or overlap of distinct elements may be altered.

767	Focus control of multiple diverse workspace objects:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 764.  Subject matter wherein the element that is made the active component may be altered.

768	Translucency or transparency interface element (e.g., invisible control):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 764.  Subject matter wherein the relative transparency of an interface element may be modified.

769	Data transfer operation between objects (e.g., drag and drop):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 764.  Subject matter wherein data is moved from one location on the screen to another by dragging elements on the screen. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 719,  Electrical Computers and Digital Processing System: Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (IPC),   appropriate subclassesfor details of interprogram and interprocess communication.

770	Cut and paste:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 769.  Subject matter wherein data to be moved is selected, removed to storage, and then placed at a different location.

771	Instrumentation and component modeling (e.g., interactive control panel, virtual device):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 764.  Subject matter wherein graphical representations of systems elements are used to display variable information relating to operating state or acquired parameter values.

772	Progress or activity indicator:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 771.  Subject matter wherein the interface element indicates the status or progress of a task being processed.

773	Virtual input device (e.g., virtual keyboard):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 771.  Subject matter wherein a user can enter information from an on-screen representation of an input device.

774	Ticker metaphor:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 764.  Subject matter wherein the interface element resembles a scrolled region that dynamically displays information in real time.

775	Office layout metaphor (e.g., filing cabinet, desk):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 764.  Subject matter wherein the metaphoric object or objects suggest a business environment, enabling access to various items commonly found in a real-world workspace.

776	Indexed book or notebook metaphor:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 764.  Subject matter wherein the metaphoric object suggests a multi-page text-or document-based item, and wherein user interaction with an associated sub-element causes a corresponding page to be displayed or selected. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 345,  Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems,   subclass 473 for details of the animation procedure used to indicate progression to various book pages.

777	Tab metaphor (e.g., property sheet):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 764.  Subject matter wherein the on-screen object simulates a short projecting extension of a larger region.

778	Multiple virtual screen or desktop switching:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 764.  Subject matter wherein the display includes plural configurations of a desktop configuration.

779	Task bar or desktop control panel:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 764.  Subject matter wherein the interface element is an arrangement of graphic indicia that is used to select one of a number of application processes.

780	Entry field (e.g., text entry field):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 764.  Subject matter wherein information is entered at a particular location. SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS: 224, through 226, for details of textual form filling.

781	Window or viewpoint:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 764.  Subject matter wherein all interactions are constrained to one or more portions or regions of the display, which may display all or part of their related information.

782	3D Perspective view of window layout:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 781.  Subject matter wherein the windows are displayed so as to simulate a volumetric spatial arrangement. SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS: 848 through 852, for details of operator interfaces represented by three-dimensional space. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 345,  Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems,   subclasses 419 through 427for details of three-dimensional graphics processing.

783	On-screen window list or index:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 781.  Subject matter wherein the interface element is a list of windows from which the user may select.

784	Window scrolling:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 781.  Subject matter wherein, when a window displays only part of its related information, the user can selectively control which portion is displayed.

785	Autoscroll:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 784.  Subject matter wherein the determination of whether to scroll is based upon factors other than user input.

786	Scroll tool (e.g., scroll bar):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 784.  Subject matter wherein there is displayed an object which, when manipulated by a user, causes a display to show consecutive lines of data.

787	With content attribute on scroll tool:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 786.  Subject matter wherein the object displays a value related to a characteristic.

788	Layout modification (e.g., move or resize):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 781.  Subject matter wherein the placement, location, or size of windows relative to the display may be modified.

789	Based on usage or user profile (e.g., frequency of use):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 788.  Subject matter wherein the layout modification is based upon significant features of how an individual has used the interface.

790	Overlap control:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 788.  Subject matter wherein the placement of displayed windows relative to each other is such that one window may extend over or past and cover a part of another window.

791	Always on top:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 790.  Subject matter wherein one window is, at all times, displayed as if it were placed so as to cover a portion of another window. (1) Note. "A portion" as used herein includes all and none as well as any portion in between.

792	Tiling or split pane:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 790.  Subject matter wherein windows are displayed as if arranged so that no portion of one window overlaps a portion of another window.

793	Cascading:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 790.  Subject matter wherein windows are displayed in an arrangement such that they overlap one another.

794	Priority or overlap change (e.g., z-order):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 790.  Subject matter wherein priority is used to determine which window of a plurality is in the foreground when windows overlap.

795	Minimizing or send to bottom:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 794.  Subject matter wherein the window is hidden, or the priority of the window is modified so that the window appears in the background behind all other windows.

796	Bring to top:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 794.  Subject matter wherein the window is restored to its previous size and the priority of the window is modified so that the window appears in the foreground above all other windows.

797	Viewing lower priority window (e.g., overlapped windows):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 790.  Subject matter wherein the priority attributes are changed when the user needs to operate within a lower priority window.

798	Combining moving and resizing operations (e.g., moving causes resizing):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 788.  Subject matter wherein a window’s place or position relative to the display and size relative to the display may both be modified.

799	Moving (e.g., translating):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 788.  Subject matter wherein a window’s place or position relative to the display may be modified.

800	Resizing (e.g., scaling):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 788.  Subject matter wherein a window’s size relative to the display may be modified.

801	Contained object scale change:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 800.  Subject matter wherein an interface element within the window is sized relative to the window.

802	Focus control:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 781.  Subject matter wherein the active window may be altered.

803	Window differentiation:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 781.  Subject matter wherein windows have attributes that distinguish them from other windows.

804	Interwindow link or communication:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 781.  Subject matter wherein windows have established relationships to other windows, allowing communication between windows, grouping of related windows into sets, or allowing operations to be applied in common to groups of windows. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 719,  Electrical Computers and Digital Processing System: Interprogram Communication or Interprocess Communication (IPC),   subclass 329 for details of data transfer between two windowed programs.

805	On-screen link or communication (e.g., cue):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 804.  Subject matter wherein an interface element provides visual feedback of the link or communication between windows.

806	Window memory structure:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 781.  Subject matter wherein a storage system is used for storing window data for display.

807	Stored priority attribute:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 806.  Subject matter wherein the priority attribute that is ued to determine which window of a plurality is in the foreground when windows overlap is copied into a memory device.

808	Pop-up control:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 764.  Subject matter wherein an interface element not previously displayed appears on the screen in response to user interaction or when user interaction is required.

809	Dialog box:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 764.  Subject matter wherein there is displayed an enclosed, immovable, area, resembling a window, on the screen that requests some type of information from a user.

810	Menu or selectable iconic array (e.g., palette):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 764.  Subject matter wherein the interface element is a list of items from which the user may choose.

811	Based on usage or user profile (e.g., frequency of use):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 810.  Subject matter wherein which particular item is displayed depends upon a past history of user selections.

812	Preselection (e.g., best guess before mouse click):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 811.  Subject matter wherein the interface element is a predicted list of likely items from which the user may choose.

813	Default selection item:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 811.  Subject matter wherein an item is presented for user selection by default.

814	Limited time selection opportunity:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 810.  Subject matter wherein the items listed depend upon a history over a given interval of time.

815	Sizing modification (e.g., scaling):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 810.  Subject matter wherein the dimensions of the list of items is modified.

816	Partial input lookup (e.g., partial string lookup):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 810.  Subject matter wherein a complete item is presented based upon a partial input.

817	Context location indication (e.g., previous or next menu item indication):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 810.  Subject matter wherein indications are provided for navigating among the items.

818	Simultaneous next and previous indication (e.g., menu road map):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 817.  Subject matter wherein the indications include next and previous items.

819	Next menu indication:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 817.  Subject matter wherein the indications include next item indication.

820	Previous menu indication:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 817.  Subject matter wherein the indications include previous item indication.

821	Emphasis:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 810.  Subject matter wherein the particular menu displayed is dependent on what a user is doing at a particular moment.

822	Preselection emphasis:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 821.  Subject matter including a visual indication of a selectable item in focus, e.g., highlighting, etc.

823	Selection or confirmation emphasis:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 821.  Subject matter wherein a particular visual intensity is given to that part of the menu that has been selected.

824	Unavailable emphasis:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 821.  Subject matter wherein visual attention is given to items that are not selectable.

825	Dynamically generated menu items:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 810.  Subject matter wherein the list of menu items is developed during the course of user interaction.

826	Add on item (e.g., software developed, customized):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 810.  Subject matter wherein an item is appended to the interface.

827	Mnemonic (e.g., accelerator key):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 810.  Subject matter wherein instructions are assigned to abbreviated inputs.

828	Partial menu display (e.g., one menu item at a time):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 810.  Subject matter wherein the list of items is partially displayed in response to user interaction.

829	Advancing to next menu item in the same menu:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 828.  Subject matter wherein selection emphasis is moved to a next menu item in the list.

830	Scrolling (e.g., spin dial):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 829.  Subject matter wherein the list of items is moved to a particular portion.

831	With specific input device:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 828.  Subject matter configured for a particular input device.

832	Analog selection style:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 810.  Subject matter wherein selection takes place over a continuously variable range (e.g., dial, etc.).

833	Slider control:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 810.  Subject matter wherein a graphical control appears to move smoothly along a surface.

834	Radial based (e.g., radial or pie menu):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 810.  Subject matter wherein each item is displayed in the form of a sector of a circle.

835	Selectable iconic array:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 810.  Subject matter wherein an interface element is a graphical representation of a function or system resource that is accessed when the graphical representation is selected by user interaction.

836	3D icons:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 835.  Subject matter wherein displayed icons have a three-dimensional appearance.

837	Compound or aggregate icon:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 835.  Subject matter wherein icons are a collection of smaller units.

838	Thumbnail or scaled image:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 835.  Subject matter wherein the icons are reduced scale images.

839	Imitating real life object:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 835.  Subject matter wherein an icon graphically suggests a real-world item that performs a function analogous to a function invoked by selection of the icon.

840	Using button array:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 810.  Subject matter wherein the menu is composed of an arrangement of symbolic graphical selection indicia (e.g., pick region, etc.).

841	Sub-menu structure:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 810.  Subject matter wherein the user may traverse a number of related and linked menu lists, based upon successive choices.

842	Tear off:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 841.  Subject matter wherein a sub-menu can be moved around the screen.

843	Pull down:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 841.  Subject matter wherein a sub-menu appears directly beneath a selected item

844	Timed:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 810.  Subject matter wherein the displaying of the menu items is influenced by time.

845	Multiple selections in a single menu:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 810.  Subject matter wherein a plurality of menu items can be simultaneously selected.

846	Non-array icons:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 764.  Subject matter wherein the icons are not linked to each other.

847	Shortcut:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 846.  Subject matter wherein the interface element is a graphical representation that provides an immediate access to a file or function.

848	Interface represented by 3D space:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 764.  Subject matter providing a simulation of the workspace in volumetric space. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 345,  Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems,   subclasses 419 through 427for details of particular three-dimensional graphics manipulation, rendering, or presentation techniques used to generate the interface.

849	Individual object:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 848.  Subject matter wherein graphical elements having three-dimensional attributes are used.

850	Navigation within 3D space:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 848.  Subject matter including traversing in the 3D workspace.

851	On-screen navigation control:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 850.  Subject matter including on-screen controls for traversing the 3D workspace.

852	Picking 3D object:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 848.  Subject matter wherein a user selects an object that is graphically represented in three dimensions.

853	Hierarchy or network structure:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 764.  Subject matter wherein interface elements are organized into a tree structure type or a linked node grouping.

854	Navigation within structure:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 853.  Subject matter wherein the user can navigate through the interface by following the links from one node to another.

855	On-screen roadmap or index:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 854.  Subject matter wherein there is provided either a detailed explanation or an ordered list of items that guide a user s progress towards a desired outcome.

856	Cursor:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 764.  Subject matter wherein there is an on screen object that moves as a mouse is moved, and where commands and options are selected by positioning a portion of cursor or pointer over the desired choice and clicking a mouse button.

857	Pointer direction adjustment:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 856.  Subject matter wherein the orientation of the pointer or cursor is changed interactively.

858	Automatic position adjustment:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 856.  Subject matter wherein the position of the pointer or cursor is corrected automatically (i.e., after an interface is changed in some fashion).

859	Status indicator:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 856.  Subject matter wherein an object that has a cursor or pointer over it is graphically modified.

860	Selection emphasis:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 859.  Subject matter wherein the modification is highlighting.

861	Dynamically changed appearance (e.g., animated or live action):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 859.  Subject matter wherein a simulation of movement of a pointer is created by displaying a series of pictures, or frames (i.e., animated or live action). (1) Note. The difference between animation and video is that video takes continuous motion and breaks it up into discrete frames, animation starts with independent pictures and puts them together to form the illusion of continuous motion.

862	Proximity detection:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 856.  Subject matter wherein, for selection of an on-screen object, a portion of the cursor or pointer is placed anywhere in a region close to the selected object.

863	Gesture-based:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 700.  Subject matter wherein a path or shape described by user input is indicative of a desired operation. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 345,  Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems,   subclasses 156 through 184for the details of user input devices used to accomplish such input. 382,  Image Analysis,   appropriate subclasses for details of the detection of the identity of a desired operation on the basis of an image defined by the path or shape.

864	For a small display screen (e.g., personal digital assistant, palm-top):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 700.  Subject matter wherein the interface is used on a portable system.

865	Miscellaneous interface for the handicapped or disabled user:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 700.  Subject matter designed to help physically or mentally impaired users. SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS: 729, for audio user interfaces designed for visually impaired users.

866	Miscellaneous customization or adaptation:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 700.  Subject matter wherein an aspect of the operator interface is modified or established.

867	SCREEN SAVER DISPLAY:
	This subclass is indented under the class definition.  Subject matter wherein a small program takes over the display screen if there are no keystrokes or mouse movements for a specified duration.

CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS

961	OPERATOR INTERFACE WITH VISUAL STRUCTURE OR FUNCTION DICTATED BY INTENDED USE:
	This cross-reference art is indented under the class definition. Collection of art wherein a user interactive arrangement is designed around and specific to a given task. (1) Note. This cross-reference art collection is intended to include subject matter relating to more than nominal details of operator interfaces which are characteristic of the given task. It is not intended to include subject matter directed to details of the task itself. SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS: 700 through 867, for specific details of the visual structure of an operator interface. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 345,  Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems,   subclasses 700 through 867, for specific details of the visual structure of an operator interface.

962	Operator interface for marketing or sales:
	This cross-reference art is indented under subclass 961. Collection of art wherein the given task is a commercial function involving user response. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 705,  Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination,   appropriate subclasses when the recitation of user interface is nominal and secondary to the commercial function itself, as may appear in an automated financial, business practice, or management system.

963	Calendar or scheduling:
	This cross-reference art is indented under subclass 961. Collection of art wherein the given task is designating the time or date of one or more events. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 705,  Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or Cost/Price Determination,   subclasses 7.13 through 7.26for automated scheduling related to operations research in a business environment.

964	CAD or CAM (e.g., interactive design tool):
	This cross-reference art is indented under subclass 961. Collection of art wherein the given task is a part of computer aided design or computer aided manufacturing. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 345,  Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems,   subclasses 419 through 427for specific three-dimensional object processing used with such an interface and subclass 619 for specific three-dimensional object processing used with such an interface. 700,  Data Processing: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications,   subclasses 95 through 212, for use of operator interface in CAD or CAM product manufacturing.

965	For process control and configuration:
	This cross-reference art is indented under subclass 961. Collection of art wherein the given task is specifying or modeling system functions or connections. (1) Note. This cross-reference art collection is intended to include operator interface having only nominal details of the structure of associated system components. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 700,  Data Processing: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications,   subclasses 83 through 85,for the particular details of control systems including a device or apparatus controlled thereby in which an operator control interface is used with the control system.

965	For process control and configuration:
	This cross-reference art is indented under subclass 961. Collection of art wherein the given task is specifying or modeling system functions or connections. (1) Note. This cross-reference art collection is intended to include operator interface having only nominal details of the structure of associated system components. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 700,  Data Processing: Generic Control Systems or Specific Applications,   subclasses 83 through 85,for the particular details of control systems including a device or apparatus controlled thereby in which an opera control interface is used to com with the control system.

966	Computer process (e.g., operation of computer):
	This cross-reference art is indented under subclass 965. Collection of art wherein the system is a data processing system. (1) Note. Examples of such an operator interface are those in which a data processing system is controlled or configured in a supervisory manner. This cross-reference art collection is not intended to include operator interfaces whose display content is determined by an arbitrary function of the data processing system. SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS: 700 through 867, for general use of operator interfaces for display.

967	Visual or iconic programming:
	This cross-reference art is indented under subclass 966. Collection of art wherein the functions or connections are graphically and symbolically designated, represented, and edited. (1) Note. This cross-reference art collection is intended to include subject matter directly relating to operator interface details involved in the manipulation of computer system functions or connections.

968	Interface for database querying and retrieval:
	This cross-reference art is indented under subclass 966. Collection of art wherein the function of the data processing system is accessing stored information on the basis of user specification. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 707,  Data Processing: Database, Data Mining, and File Management or Data Structures,   subclass 634 for synchronization maintenance interface, subclass 654 for backup interface, and subclasses 805 through 806 for database, schema, and data structure creation and/or modification with operator interface.

969	Network layout and operation interface:
	This cross-reference art is indented under subclass 965. Collection of art wherein connections are designated which establish associative links between a plurality of system components or nodes. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 709,  Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Multicomputer Data Transferring,   appropriate subclassesfor means or steps for detecting or observing characteristics or conditions of the network.

970	Instrumentation and component modelling (e.g., interactive control panel):
	This cross-reference art is indented under subclass 965. Collection of art wherein graphical representations of system elements are used to display variable information relating to operating state or acquired parameter values.

970.1	Amusement or marital aid interface:
	This cross-reference art is indented under subclass 961. Collection of art wherein the given task is the operation of an amusement device or relating to the state of marriage.

971	COOPERATIVE DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR GROUP OF USERS:
	This cross-reference art is indented under the class definition. Collection of art wherein a group of users at plural display interface sites join in the collaborative effort required to effect a single desired choice related to a common task.

972	INSERTED REAL-TIME VIDEO IN OPERATOR INTERFACE:
	This cross-reference art is indented under the class definition. Collection of art wherein a computer graphics display is capable of supporting, within its interactive screen region, the depiction of a live-action sequence or a captured still image from such a sequence.

973	SCROLL TOOL (E.G., WINDOW SCROLL BAR):
	This cross-reference art is indented under the class definition. Collection of art wherein operator interface display elements may be used to select a portion to be displayed in a constrained region by interaction with on-screen tools which graphically represent the location of the selected portion. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 345,  Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems,   subclass 684 , display control scrolling in general.

974	SLIDER CONTROL AS ON-SCREEN OBJECT IN OPERATOR INTERFACE:
	This cross-reference art is indented under the class definition. Collection of art wherein an interactive user controls the setting of a value or condition within a computer system by the motion of one sub-portion of an interface element with respect to others.

975	POP-UP DIALOG BOX FOR ENTRY:
	This cross-reference art is indented under the class definition. Collection of art wherein a display region appears for an interactive user where it had not been previously for the purpose of obtaining input or information indications from the user. SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS: 808, for pop-up control in general. 809, for a dialog box in general.

976	3-D ICON:
	This cross-reference art is indented under the class definition. Collection of art wherein a symbolic representation of a function or system resource in an interactive user display appears with a perspective appearance. SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS: 836, for a selectable array of 3D icons. 846 through 847, for non-array icons. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 345,  Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems,   subclasses 419 through 427, for computer graphics methods or apparatus for generating the perspective display.

977	DYNAMIC ICON (E.G., ANIMATED OR LIVE ACTION):
	This cross-reference art is indented under the class definition. Collection of art wherein a symbolic representation of a function or system resource in an interactive user display appears with an attribute of real-time motion within the display screen space. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 345,  Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual Display Systems,   subclasses 473 through 475for details of animation processing used to create the attribute of real-time motion.

978	AUDIO INTERACTION AS PART OF AN OPERATOR INTERFACE:
	This cross-reference art is indented under the class definition. Collection of art wherein sounds are used as input to or output from an operator interface. (1) Note. This collection is intended to include interface arrangements which, in addition to graphical features, provide the user with auditory control or feedback to enhance the graphical effect. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS: 704,  Data Processing: Speech Signal Processing, Linguistics, Language Translation, and Audio Compression/Decompression,   subclasses 200 through 278, for speech signal processing.

FOREIGN ART COLLECTIONS

The definitions below correspond to abolished subclasses from which these collections were formed. See the Foreign Art Collection schedule of this Class for specific correspondences. [Note: the titles and definitions for indented art collections include all the details of the one(s) that are hierarchically superior.]
FOR 176	OPERATOR INTERFACE (345/326):
	This foreign art collection is indented under the class definition. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein a user’s interaction with a computer system is used to control the presentation of display data. Such interaction is interpreted and used by a data processor or computer architecture wherein system level elements of computation or data processing techniques areused prior to use with or in a specific display system. (1) Note. Significantly claimed structure external to the user interface methods or apparatuses, claimed in combination with subject matter under this operator interface subclass, which displays or produces an image or sensory message related to such external structure or its function, is classified in the class appropriate to the external structure; however, nominally claimed structure external to this subclass, claimed in combination with subject matter under this subclass definition (i.e., creation or manipulation of icons, menus, windows, and user interactive functions), is classified in these subclasses unless provided for in the appropriate external subclass. (2) Note. Processing of interactive data for presentation with at most a nominal recitation of the input device (i.e., where the user s input is used to control the presentation of display data) is classified herein. (3) Note. Windowing techniques which can include interactive processes are classified herein.
FOR 177	Interaction in a television environment (345/327):
	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 176. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the user is given control over operations involving broad, real-time, or live-action video signals.
FOR 178	For video segment editing or sequencing (345/328):
	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 177. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the operations include arranging portions of acquired video material into a different order than that in which it was originally obtained.
FOR 179	For plural users or sites (345/329):
	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 176. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein concurrently established related or collaborative interfaces are provided to multiple displays.
FOR 180	Computer conferencing (345/330):
	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 179. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein data from participants at the display sites is distributed to other participants at other collaborative sites.
FOR 181	Computer supported cooperative work (345/331):
	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 179. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein users at the multiple displays join in completing a given task as a group.
FOR 182	Group window (345/332):
	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 181. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein a display representing the group s work appears at the sites in a constrained screen region.
FOR 183	Interface customization or edition (345/333):
	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 176. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein an aspect of the operator interface is modified or established.
FOR 184	Graphical appearance (345/334):
	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 183. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein a visual attribute of an element in the operator interface is modified.
FOR 185	Link between object and task or function (e.g., client/server) (345/335):
	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 183. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the aspect is a relationship between interface feature and routine performed.
FOR 186	Having on-line help (345/336):
	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 176. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein a user can access assistance or information regarding an application or operation interactively.
FOR 187	Adaptive to user skill level (345/337):
	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 186. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the assistance or information provided is adjusted according to a determined user proficiency.
FOR 188	Context sensitive (345/338):
	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 186. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the assistance or information provided is determined by current conditions or a desired operation.
FOR 189	On-screen workspace or object (345/339):
	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 176. Foreign art collection including subject matter providing a specific element in an interface with which a user can interact.
FOR 190	Window (345/340):
	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 189. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein all interactions are constrained to one or more portions or regions of the display, which may display all or part of their related information.
FOR 191	Window scrolled to needed portion (345/341):
	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 190. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein, when a window displays only part of its related information, the user can selectively control which portion is displayed.
FOR 192	Layout modification (e.g., move or resize) (345/342):
	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 190. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the place, location, or size of windows relative to the display may be modified.
FOR 193	Window differentiation (345/343):
	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 190. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein windows have attributes which distinguish them from other windows.
FOR 194	Priority (345/344):
	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 193. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the attribute is priority, which is used to determine which window of a plurality is in the foreground when windows overlap.
FOR 195	Viewing lower priority window (345/345):
	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 194. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the priority attributes are changed when the user needs to operate within a lower priority window.
FOR 196	Interwindow link or communication (345/346):
	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 190. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein windows have established relationships to other windows, allowing communication between windows, grouping of related windows into sets, or allowing operations to be applied in common to groups of windows.
FOR 197	Pop-up control (e.g., message or dialog box) (345/347):
	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 189. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein an interface element not previously displayed appears on the screen in response to user interaction or when user interaction is required.
FOR 198	Icon (345/348):
	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 189. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein an interface element is a graphical representation of a function or system resource which is accessed when the graphical representation is selected by user interaction.
FOR 199	Metaphoric icon object (345/349):
	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 198. Foreign art collections including subject matter wherein an icon graphically suggests a real-world item which performs a function analogous to a function invoked by selection of the icon.
FOR 200	Indexed book or notebook (345/350):
	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 199. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the meta object suggests a multi-page text- or document-based item, and wherein user interaction with an associated sub-element causes a corresponding page to be displayed or selected.
FOR 201	Office layout (e.g., filing cabinet, desk) (345/351):
	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 199. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the metaphoric object or objects suggest a business environment, enabling access to various items commonly found in a real-world workspace.
FOR 202	Menu (345/352):
	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 189. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the interface element is a list of items from which the user may choose.
FOR 203	Sub-menu structure (345/353):
	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 202. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the user may traverse a number of related and linked menu lists, based upon successive choices.
FOR 204	Using button array (345/354):
	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 202. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the menu is composed of an arrangement of symbolic graphical selection indicia (e.g., pick region).
FOR 205	Interface represented by 3D space (345/355):
	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 189. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the user appears to move within a 3D space of interface elements.
FOR 206	Hierarchy or network structure (345/356):
	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 189. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein interface elements are organized into a tree structure type or a linked node grouping.
FOR 207	Navigation within structure (345/357):
	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 206. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the user can navigate through the interface by following the links from one node to another.
FOR 208	Gestured-based (345/358):
	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 176. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein a path or shape described by user input is indicative of a desired operation.
FOR 209	PRESENTATION PROCESSING OF DOCUMENT (715/500):
	This foreign art collection is indented under the class definition. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein humanly perceptible elements of electronic information (i.e., text or graphics) are gathered, associated, created, formatted, edited, prepared, or otherwise processed in forming a unified collection of such information storable as a distinct entity.
FOR 210	Synchronization of diverse media (715/500.1):
	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 209. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein a presentation includes elements having more than one data type where the elements are presented in a predetermined order and timing relationship. (1) Note. Authoring, playing, or recording a presentation which includes synchronization of different media is classified herein.
FOR 211	Hypermedia (715/501.1):
	This foreign art collection is indented under subclass FOR 209. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the textual information includes embedded links or format codes that direct process flow to alternate or additional displays. (1) Note. Authoring, playing, or recording a presentation which includes synchronization of different media is classified herein.
FOR 212	Drawing (715/502):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 209. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the textual information may include a graphic presentation formatted as a drawing document, such as CAD and CAM designs.
FOR 213	Spreadsheet (715/503):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 209. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the textual information include may include numerical information and is formatted into a ledgerlike worksheet. (1) Note. The processing of the informational content within cells of a ledgerlike sheet is classified herein.
FOR 214	Cell format control (715/504):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 213. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the format within each spreadsheet entry is controlled.
FOR 215	Form (715/505):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 209. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the information is inserted at a designated geometric location within a document.
FOR 216	Form creation (715/506):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 215. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the geometric location is specified.
FOR 217	Form filling (715/507):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 215. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein placing information in the location provided for such information is performed.
FOR 218	Fitting data into field on form (715/508):
	This subclass is indented under FOR subclass 217. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the textual information or the geometric location is modified to meet the limitations of an existing field geometric constraint.
FOR 219	Table (715/509):
	This subclass is indented subclass FOR 209. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the textual information may include numerical information and is formatted into a tabular format.
FOR 220	Ruled lines (715/510):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 219. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein straight linear curves are created to indicate rows or columns in the tabular presentation. (1) Note. The processing of lines for the division of cells within a table is classified herein.
FOR 221	Version management (715/511):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 209. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein previous embodiments of documents are retained and organized through the use of various display attributes for the multiple embodiments. (1) Note. Processing of multiple versions of one or more documents through a plurality of display views or simultaneous presentation is classified herein.
FOR 222	Version management (715/512):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 209. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein an optional or selectable limited display of textual data related to data unconditionally displayed (e.g., memo field display related to text) is performed.
FOR 223	Structured document (e.g., HTML, SGML, ODA, CDA) (715/513):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 209. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the document is created and processed according to a standardized of interrelated hierarchical flow and page layout (e.g., office document architecture (ODA), content document architecture (CDA), standard generalized markup language (SGML), or hypertext markup language (HTML)). (1) Note. The processing of a document according to a standard which directs a receiving application as to the layout of its content is classified herein.
FOR 224	Hierarchical control (715/514):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 209. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the textual information may vary in scope of context and may contain or be contained by information of different scope. (1) Note. This includes subject matter where textual information is divided into sets, at least one of which contains a subset and where each subset may in turn contain subsets, and where the data is controlled by each set and subset.
FOR 225	Compound document (715/515):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 224. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the document includes elements having different data types. (1) Note. The processing of a document containing multiple types of elements is classified herein.
FOR 226	Matching application process to displayed data type (715/516):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 209. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein processes specific to elements of different data formats within a common document are accessed and executed.
FOR 227	Layout (715/517):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 500. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein geometric positioning of elements within the document is altered or specified.
FOR 228	Spacing control (715/518):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 227. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein a distance between elements within documents is altered or specified.
FOR 229	Horizontal spacing (715/519):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 228. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the distance between elements in the left and right orientation (e.g., kerning) within documents is altered or specified.
FOR 230	Area designation (715/520):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 227. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein a geometric subset of a presentation surface is specified (e.g., a frame).
FOR 231	Boundary processing (715/521):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 227.Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein perimeters of geometric subsets of a presentation surface within documents or document subsets (e.g., flow of text, figures, column or page balancing) are specified, modified or controlled. (1) Note. The layout of elements around other elements whose location has been pre-specified (e.g., a method in which a set of figures flow around a geometrically locked figure), methods for flowing text around figures, or methods for handling text across boundaries, such as line breaks or column breaks, is classified herein.
FOR 232	Format information in separate file (715/522):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 227. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein layout specifications are stored separately from the data to which such specifications are applied.
FOR 233	Format transformation (715/523):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 227. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein layout specifications are modified automatically or translated between specifications.
FOR 234	Detecting format code change (715/524):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 227. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein a modification in a layout specification is recognized.
FOR 235	Pagination (715/525):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 227. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the document is divided into units (i.e., pages) which are sized according to a display or print medium.
FOR 236	Display processing (715/526):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 209. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the document is prepared for visual output. (1) Note. Processing of a document to enhance the visibility of particular elements through the addition of various attributes is classified herein.
FOR 237	Print preview (715/527):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 236. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein an image of data as interpreted by an output device is displayed for operator approval prior to output on a hard copy output device.
FOR 238	Color attribute (715/528):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 236. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein data specifying a color code is defined or modified.
FOR 239	Text attribute (715/529):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 236. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein data specifying a font text characteristic (e.g., italics, bold, underline, size, or highlighting) is defined or modified.
FOR 240	Edit, composition, or storage control (715/530):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 209. Foreign art collection including subject matter including means or steps for developing or changing a document wherein one or more elements of a document (i.e., text, graphics, control, or format codes) are added, deleted, or modified, or including means or steps for storing the resultant altered document or the alterations.
FOR 241	Text (715/531):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 240. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the editing, composition, or storage is peculiar to the textual information (e.g., hyphenation or punctuation).
FOR 242	Dictionary (715/532):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 241. Foreign art collection including subject matter including a memory means for storing a collection of words related to a language.
FOR 243	Spell check (715/533):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 241. Foreign art collection including subject matter including a means for checking the spelling of a word.
FOR 244	Input of abbreviated word form (715/534):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 241. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein a group of pre-selected characters or a symbol (i.e., short form) is replaced by a whole word (i.e., long form).
FOR 245	Ideographic generator (715/535):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 241. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the construction of word, phrase, or sentence is in a pictorial character form or a non-Roman phonetic symbol.
FOR 246	Multilingual (715/536):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 241. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the processing of the textual information is performed in more than one language.
FOR 247	Footnoting (715/537):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 241. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the elements include primary and related data (i.e., an explanation or comments) where related data is presented at a position separate from but marked as related to primary data.
FOR 248	Equation or formula processing (715/538):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 241. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the elements or other formal code sequences include a mathematical or formulaic expression.
FOR 249	Block control (715/539):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 240. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein a subset of elements in a document delineated by a technique of marking such elements is edited.
FOR 250	Replacement of element (715/540):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 240. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein a selected element is replaced with another element in the document.
FOR 251	Handwritten textual input (715/541):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 240. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the textual information includes symbolic data entered by manual transcription of such symbols.
FOR 252	Font selection (715/542):
	This subclass is indented under subclass FOR 209. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the features of a character set for a specified collection of information are determined. (1) Note. The automatic or user-specified selection of a predefined font is classified herein.
FOR 253	DOCUMENT STRUCTURAL ELEMENT (715/900):
	This cross-reference art is indented under the class definition. Foreign art collection including subject matter comprising methods or apparatus for processing data formatted for presentation in a unified collection of such information (document) with special structural element that are not provided for elsewhere.
FOR 254	Active document (715/901):
	This cross-reference art is indented under subclass FOR 253. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein a document contains elements or attributes which include or procedural instructions which are executed upon the document or its environment.
FOR 255	Multilayer document (715/902):
	This cross-reference art is indented under subclass FOR 253. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein textual information within documents contains multiple textual elements in depth layers allowing for transparency, opacity, and coloration based on layers.
FOR 256	3-D spreadsheet (715/903):
	This cross-reference art is indented under subclass FOR 253. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein textual information within spreadsheet documents is contained within spreadsheets having the dimensions of depth, height, and width.
FOR 257	Details of spreadsheet data records (715/904):
	This cross-reference art is indented under subclass FOR 253. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein textual information within spreadsheet documents contain presentation data specified at individual data record levels.
FOR 258	Spreadsheet cell protection (715/905):
	This cross-reference art is indented under subclass FOR 253. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein textual information within spreadsheet documents is write-protected.
FOR 259	Creating one form from another (715/906):
	This cross-reference art is indented under subclass FOR 253. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein textual information within a form specifies a new set of field relationships based on an existing set of relationships.
FOR 260	Hierarchical document control with vary levels of detail (715/907):
	This cross-reference art is indented under subclass FOR 253. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein textual information is presented in greater or lesser relative amounts of data based on the level of precision (e.g., outlining).
FOR 261	Document format layout template (715/908):
	This cross-reference art is indented under subclass FOR 253. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein textual information predefines the geometric positioning of text.
FOR 262	Document page collating (715/909):
	This cross-reference art is indented under subclass FOR 253. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein textual information orders and numbers document pages.
FOR 263	Document presenting plural pages on a single sheet (715/910):
	This cross-reference art is indented under subclass FOR 253. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein textual information presents multiple pages of information on a single substrate which can be cut or folded to present each page as a separate physical entity.
FOR 264	Document page description processing (715/911):
	This cross-reference art is indented under subclass FOR 253. Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein textual information presents the display of textual data based on the interleaved data and instructions for display.