Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20070234226
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Prior Art Detail
Summary / Description
| Summary / Description | The invention presents a method in which once an object is dragged and dropped on a window with a set of multiple objects, a list of the possible target objects are presented to the user for selection of the final target for the object dropped. |
Basic Information
| Type of Prior Art | Issued Patents - US |
| Country | United States of America |
| Patent/Application # | 5774119 |
| Kind Code | United States (US) - United STATES Patent - A |
| Patentee Name | IBM |
| Relevant Pages, Columns, or Lines | |
| URL | |
| Filing Date | June 30, 1998 |
| Additional Information | The reference does not explicitly mention the proximity feature of claim 1. |
Notes / To Do
| Notes | Please note that in case of this reference the target options associated to a particular object appears in a separate window only after the object has been dragged and dropped in the target containing window. |
Excerpt
Excerpt CLAIM 3: A method for selection of one or more target objects as controlled by a computer system having at least a visual operator interface, an operating system for controlling the operation of program applications within the computer system, and memory for storing a program application therein, said method comprising the steps of:
selecting an object;
ambiguously dragging and dropping the selected object onto a window containing multiple possible target objects, where the selected object is intended to operate on at least one of the possible target objects, but the selected object is not dropped directly onto one or more of the possible target objects and the computer system is not sure which of the possible target objects is intended to be selected;
generating a selection window listing all of the possible target objects in response to an ambiguous drop; and
selecting in the selection window the one or more possible target objects on which the selected object is to act. |
Relevance
Claims
1
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.
Relevance
CLAIM 3. A method for selection of one or more target objects as controlled by a computer system having at least a visual operator interface, an operating system for controlling the operation of program applications within the computer system, and memory for storing a program application therein, said method comprising the steps of: selecting an object; ambiguously dragging and dropping the selected object onto a window containing multiple possible target objects, where the selected object is intended to operate on at least one of the possible target objects, but the selected object is not dropped directly onto one or more of the possible target objects and the computer system is not sure which of the possible target objects is intended to be selected; generating a selection window listing all of the possible target objects in response to an ambiguous drop; and selecting in the selection window the one or more possible target objects on which the selected object is to act.
CLAIM 3. A method for selection of one or more target objects as controlled by a computer system having at least a visual operator interface, an operating system for controlling the operation of program applications within the computer system, and memory for storing a program application therein, said method comprising the steps of: selecting an object; ambiguously dragging and dropping the selected object onto a window containing multiple possible target objects, where the selected object is intended to operate on at least one of the possible target objects, but the selected object is not dropped directly onto one or more of the possible target objects and the computer system is not sure which of the possible target objects is intended to be selected; generating a selection window listing all of the possible target objects in response to an ambiguous drop; and selecting in the selection window the one or more possible target objects on which the selected object is to act.
Claim Chart
Some
12
The method of Claim 1 wherein the user interface is provided on a display associated with any of a personal computer, a media computing platform, a wireless device, a telecommunications device, and a handheld computing device.
Relevance
[Col 3 Lines 29-33]: Still another object of the present invention is to provide an application which may be employed in a number of different computers, may be transported between different computers, and may be loaded into various computer environments.
[Col 3 Lines 29-33]: Still another object of the present invention is to provide an application which may be employed in a number of different computers, may be transported between different computers, and may be loaded into various computer environments.
Claim Chart
Some
16
A device comprising a processor, memory, and a display, the processor and memory being configured to:
provide a user interface on the display including a first interface object operable to be selected and moved within the user interface; and
present at least one additional interface object in the user interface in proximity of the first interface object in response to selection and movement of the first interface object in the user interface, each additional interface object representing a drop target with which the first interface object may be associated.
Relevance
The reference mentions an apparatus along with a method and an application for selecting a designated object in a window representing multiple objects. [Col 3 Lines 22-25]: In view of the above, it is a principal object of the present invention to provide a method, application and apparatus to select a designated object in a window representing multiple objects.
The reference mentions an apparatus along with a method and an application for selecting a designated object in a window representing multiple objects. [Col 3 Lines 22-25]: In view of the above, it is a principal object of the present invention to provide a method, application and apparatus to select a designated object in a window representing multiple objects.
Claim Chart
Some
17
The device of Claim 16 wherein the device comprises one of a personal computer, a media computing platform, a wireless device, a telecommunications device, and a handheld computing device.
Relevance
Same as text provided for claim 12 above.
Same as text provided for claim 12 above.
Claim Chart
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