System and method of cursor-based content delivery
OwnerCraig Pisaris-Hendersoninventor
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Abstract
A data updating method for modifying a cursor image, comprising the steps of: in response to moving a cursor on a display of a user computer, changing cursor image data corresponding to specific images, with the specific images having content corresponding to information to be displayed on the display of the user computer; and executing at least one cursor display instruction associated with the cursor image data of the specific image to provide updated data from a remote data source, the updated data being associated with the cursor by initiating modification of the cursor image data to display the specific images on the display of the user computer.
Claims20
A data updating method for modifying a cursor image, comprising the steps of:
- in response to moving a cursor on a display of a user computer, changing cursor image data corresponding to specific images, with the specific images having content corresponding to information to be displayed on the display of the user computer;
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- executing at least one cursor display instruction associated with the cursor image data of the specific image to provide updated data from a remote data source, the updated data being associated with the cursor by initiating modification of the cursor image data to display the specific images on the display of the user computer.
A data updating method for a game, comprising:
- in response to moving a cursor on a game displayed by a user computer, changing cursor image data corresponding to specific images, with the specific images having content corresponding to information to be displayed on a display of the user computer;
- executing at least one cursor display instruction associated with the cursor image data of the specific image to provide updated data from a remote data source, the updated data being associated with the cursor by initiating modification of a cursor image to display the specific images on the display of the user computer.
A data updating method for a cursor controlled by an operating system, comprising:
- in response to moving a cursor of an operating system on a display of a user computer, changing cursor image data corresponding to specific images, with the specific images having content corresponding to information to be displayed on the display of the user computer;
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- executing at least one cursor display instruction associated with the cursor image data of the specific image to provide updated data from a remote data source, the updated data being associated with the cursor by initiating modification the operating system controlled cursor with the updated data on the display of the user computer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.