Data processing: presentation processing of document – operator i – Operator interface – On-screen workspace or object
Reexamination Certificate
2011-01-11
2011-01-11
Huynh, Ba (Department: 2179)
Data processing: presentation processing of document, operator i
Operator interface
On-screen workspace or object
C715S772000, C715S823000, C715S837000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07870501
ABSTRACT:
An improved approach to highlighting a graphical object in a graphical user interface is disclosed. A body of a highlighted graphical object may, upon selection or highlighting, be changed to a transparent color, and a graphical outline, or “halo,” is added surrounding the original graphical object's body. The halo may be in the same color as the graphical object originally was, preserving any meaning attributed to the color of the graphical object and simplifying the user's ability to identify the selected object(s), as well as the ability to select the highlighted object for further processing. The highlighted graphical object may also be displayed with a bounding box to further identify the selected object(s). A moving version of the highlighted graphical object may be drawn during a moving process, in which the moving version has an appearance distinct from the original object.
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Barker Guy
Davis Shawna
Dresevic Bodin
Iwema Marieke
Jarrett Robert J.
Huynh Ba
Microsoft Corporation
Shook Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
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