US 2014/0195969 A1 · Zeroclick

Abstract

A GUI interface, a method of programming a GUI interface, and an apparatus which enables functions of controls in the GUI to be activated by a movement to a control and then another subsequent movement related to that control. It may be defined more precisely below, A GUI in which, when a pointer 0 is immediately adjacent or passes over a control area 1, a procedure is initiated whereby subsequent movement of the pointer over a predetermined path area 3 generates a ‘click’ event which simulates direct clicking of the control 1 and moving outside the predetermined path area 3 prior to completion of the path 3 resets the control to as if the pointer has never started along the predetermined path area 3.

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Dependent claims

A device capable of executing software comprising:

a touch-sensitive screen configured to detect being touched by a user's finger without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be sensitive to a pressure of the finger contact on the screen;
a processor connected to the touch-sensitive screen and configured to receive from the screen information regarding locations touched by the user's finger;
executable user interface code stored in a memory connected to the processor, the user interface code executable by the processor;
the user interface code being configured to detect one or more locations touched by a movement of the user's finger on the screen without requiring the touch-sensitive screen to be sensitive to the pressure of the finger contact on the screen and determine therefrom a selected operation.

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A method of operating a computer apparatus capable of operating software by a graphical user interface GUI characterized by the GUI detecting a coordinate input of pointer movement alone from a pointing device and thereby activate one or more functions available to the GUI.

A method of operating a GUI in which by pointer movement alone may activate functions, which were previously activated in existing programs by other methods.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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