Positioning pads for moving a position of interest on a display

An apparatus, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more memory devices coupled to the one or more processors, the one or more memories storing machine readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
• determine in which level, among a plurality of levels of a structure object displayed on a display device, a position of interest is currently located, wherein the plurality of levels are in a hierarchy or corresponding to a multi-dimensional coordinate space, and wherein the plurality of levels includes a first level and a second level, and
• when the one or more processors determine that the position of interest is currently located in the first level:
• determine, based on the hierarchy or the multi-dimensional coordinate space, a next location in the second level of the structured object, the next location being a prediction, based on the hierarchy or the multi-dimensional coordinate space, of where a user will choose to move the position of interest subsequently from the current location,
• generate first display data that, when displayed by the display device, shows a positioning pad corresponding to the next location, wherein the positioning pad is to enable the user to move the position of interest to the next location, and
• when the one or more processors detect activation, via a user interface device, of the positioning pad, generate second display data that, when displayed by the display device, (i) shows the position of interest at the next location in the second level, and (ii) no longer shows the positioning pad.

A tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium, or media, storing machine readable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

• determine in which level, among a plurality of levels of a structure object displayed on a display device, a position of interest is currently located, wherein the plurality of levels are in a hierarchy or corresponding to a multi-dimensional coordinate space, and wherein the plurality of levels includes a first level and a second level, and
• when the one or more processors determine that the position of interest is currently located in the first level:
• determine, based on the hierarchy or the multi-dimensional coordinate space, a next location in the second level of the structured object, the next location being a prediction, based on the hierarchy or the multi-dimensional coordinate space, of where a user will choose to move the position of interest subsequently from the current location,
• generate first display data that, when displayed by the display device, shows a positioning pad corresponding to the next location, wherein the positioning pad is to enable the user to move the position of interest to the next location, and
• when the one or more processors detect activation, via a user interface device, of the positioning pad, generate second display data that, when displayed by the display device, (i) shows the position of interest at the next location in the second level, and (ii) no longer shows the positioning pad.