Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20070234226
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Summary / Description
| Summary / Description | Upon dragging an icon, all the possible target drop icons and the drag icon are surrounded by a miniature frame (called take-off area). When the user further moves the dragged icon towards one particular target drop icon, the target drop icon is highlighted so athat the user can easily drop the dragged icon in the target drop icon. |
Basic Information
| Type of Prior Art | Online Publication |
| URL | http://www.lirmm.fr/~collomb/pu... |
| Author/Creator | Collomb, Maxime |
| Title | Improving drag-and-drop on wall-size displays |
| Publication Date | May 11, 2005 |
| Publisher | Canadian Information Processing Society |
| Directions to Document Location | http://www.lirmm.fr/~collomb/publi/gi2005collomb.pdf; http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1089514 |
| Additional Information | http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1089514 |
Notes / To Do
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Excerpt
Excerpt A user is dragging a web page icon into the recycle
bin on a wall-size display. The proposed push-and-pop interaction technique has created a world-in-miniature around the user’s finger that contains all valid target icons.(Figure 1 caption; Also see figure 5 and also section 5 "Push-and-pop" in page 4) |
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Claims
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A computer-implemented method for manipulating objects in a user interface, comprising:
providing the user interface including a first interface object operable to be selected and moved within the user interface; and
in response to selection and movement of the first interface object in the user interface, presenting at least one additional interface object in the user interface in proximity of the first interface object, each additional interface object representing a drop target with which the first interface object may be associated.
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In response to dragging an icon, the dragged icon and all relevant drop icons of the dragged icon are brought closer and surrounded by miniature frame. Upon further moving the dragged icon towards one target icon, the target icon is blinked to facilitate dropping of the dragged icon into the intended drop icon. Therefore, the seems to be very close to the above claim.
In response to dragging an icon, the dragged icon and all relevant drop icons of the dragged icon are brought closer and surrounded by miniature frame. Upon further moving the dragged icon towards one target icon, the target icon is blinked to facilitate dropping of the dragged icon into the intended drop icon. Therefore, the seems to be very close to the above claim.
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The method of Claim 1 wherein the first interface object represents any of a data file, a shortcut, an executable, a contact, and a message.
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The drag icon (similar to the first interface object) can be a file or software object.
The drag icon (similar to the first interface object) can be a file or software object.
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The method of Claim 3 wherein the at least one additional interface object is presented closer to the first interface object than the corresponding current interface object.
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In the cited reference, the drag icon and all possible target drop icons are brought closer and confined by a frame. This overlaps the above claim.
In the cited reference, the drag icon and all possible target drop icons are brought closer and confined by a frame. This overlaps the above claim.
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The method of Claim 4 wherein the at least one additional interface object is presented in the user interface simultaneously with the corresponding current interface object.
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The figures 1 and 5 in the prior-art shows the enclosing of the drag icon and drop icons within a frame. This aspect coincides with the above claim.
The figures 1 and 5 in the prior-art shows the enclosing of the drag icon and drop icons within a frame. This aspect coincides with the above claim.
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