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US 6,618,063 B1Granted
Method and apparatus for producing, controlling and displaying menus
AssigneeSilicon Graphics, Inc.
InventorGordon P. Kurtenbach
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Abstract
A system that combines a radial marking menu portion with a linear menu portion in a single menu display. Item selection in the linear portion is performed by location selection using a pointing device. Item selection in the marker portion is determined by the pattern of a stroke made by the pointing device with the system ignoring linear menu items across which the stroke completely passes.
Claims5
A display, comprising:
- a menu pattern selection portion comprising regions where a method of selection based on a pattern of a mark made by a pointing device indicates selection criteria for a selected menu item;
- and
- a menu location selection portion spatially associated with and simultaneously displayed with the pattern selection portion and where a method of selection based on a location indicated by the pointing device indicates selection criteria for a selected menu item.
A display, comprising:
- a menu pattern selection portion comprising regions where only a method of selection using a pattern of a mark made by a pointing device indicates selection criteria for a selected menu item;
- and
- a menu location selection portion spatially associated with and simultaneously displayed with the pattern selection portion and where only a method of selection using a location indicated by the pointing device indicates selection criteria for a selected menu item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.