Data processing: presentation processing of document – operator i – Operator interface – On-screen workspace or object
Reexamination Certificate
2008-07-22
2008-07-22
Hailu, Tadesse (Department: 2173)
Data processing: presentation processing of document, operator i
Operator interface
On-screen workspace or object
C715S763000, C715S856000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07404149
ABSTRACT:
Techniques are disclosed for enabling users to define one or more areas of a graphical user interface (“GUI”) as being “glue-like”. When the user moves a pointing device (e.g., a mouse, joystick, track ball, etc.) and as a result, the graphical pointer moves into a painted area, the speed at which the graphical pointer will then traverse the GUI is programmatically slowed. Upon exiting the painted area, the graphical pointer speed is preferably restored to its prior setting. In this manner, the user achieves user-specific, application-independent control over the speed at which the graphical pointer moves.
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Fox James E.
Leah Robert C.
Chaudhuri Anita D
Doubet Marcia L.
Gibbs Andre M.
Hailu Tadesse
International Business Machines - Corporation
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