Method and software for navigation of data on a device display
AssigneeSummus, Inc.
InventorBjorn Jawerth
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Abstract
Preferred embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and software for providing a navigable, context-sensitive electronic display. A preferred embodiment comprises providing a cross hairs that consists of objects forming an intersection, each object corresponding to a different geometrical dimension of the display; communicating with an input device that provides signals to control movement of the cross hairs; and in response to signals received from said input device, configuring the cross hairs to point to a region on the display; wherein at least some data displayed on the display has an associated context; and wherein movement of the cross hairs on the display is based at least in part upon that context.
Claims25
A method for providing a navigable, context-sensitive electronic display, comprising:
- providing a cross hairs that consists of objects forming an intersection, each object corresponding to a different geometrical dimension of the display;
- communicating with an input device that provides signals to control movement of said cross hairs;
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- in response to signals received from said input device, configuring said cross hairs to point to a region on said display;
- wherein at least some data displayed on said display has an associated context;
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- wherein movement of said cross hairs on said display is based at least in part upon said context.
Software for providing a navigable, context-sensitive electronic display, comprising:
- software for providing a cross hairs that consists of objects forming an intersection, each object corresponding to a different geometrical dimension of the display;
- software for communicating with an input device that provides signals to control movement of said cross hairs;
- and
- software for configuring said cross hairs to point to a region on said display in response to signals received from said input device;
- wherein at least some data displayed on said display has an associated context;
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- wherein movement of said cross hairs on said display is based at least in part upon said context.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.