Title: Method and apparatus for user customized shading of a graphical user interface
Type: issued patent
Patent number: 7,184,056
Issue date: February 27, 2007
Filing date: November 20, 2002
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(12 pages)
AIPW Summary: A user can select the shading of the GUI elements on the screen. The shading can be adjusted by using a user interface widget, such as a slider, a radio-dial knob, or a digital display with adjustment buttons. The various elements of the GUI are adjusted based on the selected shading level.
The patent shows screen shots from Final Cut Pro. This patent is a little different in that it uses actual screen shot photographs, instead of line drawing reproductions of screen shots. Generally speaking, photographs can only be used in a patent application when there would be no other way to show what the invention is.