Method of Real-Time Incremental Zooming
AssigneeHillcrest Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsFrank A. HUNLETH, Daniel S. SIMPKINS
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Abstract
A method for navigating a pointer on a graphical user interface (GUI) includes the steps of: scrolling an input device to locate the pointer corresponding to the input device on a point of interest within the GUI, depressing an actuating button associated with the input device on the point of interest, obtaining a detailed view of the point of interest while centering the point of interest on the GUI and maintaining a position of the pointer on the point of interest.
Claims18
A computer readable medium containing executable instructions which, when executed in a processing system, cause the system to perform a method comprising:
- moving a cursor from a first display point on a user interface to a second display point on said user interface;
- receiving a selection input associated with said second display point;
- providing a detailed view of the second display point and centering the user interface around the second display point;
- and
- maintaining a position of the cursor on the second display point.
A method for handling a cursor on a user interface, comprising the steps of:
- moving a cursor from a first display point on a user interface to a second display point on said user interface;
- receiving a selection input associated with said second display point;
- providing a detailed view of the second display point and centering the user interface around the second display point;
- and
- maintaining a position of the cursor on the second display point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.