Cursor for presenting information regarding target
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1. A method comprising:
- moving a cursor on a display of a computing device in response to a first user input to the computing device; and
while the cursor is positioned at a first location to point to a user-activatable element referencing a link that corresponds to content;
presenting, alongside the cursor, a user interface element including a preview of the content at a first size;
while displaying the user interface element alongside the cursor, detecting a press input with an input mechanism; and
responsive to receiving the press input, displaying additional information in the preview of the content, the additional information being displayed only as long as the press input is held down.
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Abstract
In a graphical user interface, when a cursor is positioned over an icon or link associated with a target, the appearance of the cursor changes to present information describing or related to the target. Such information can include, for example, an excerpt of the contents of the target, and/or meta-data for the target, and/or an indication of what application or applications may be used to open the target. The information presented in the cursor can be shown in graphical form or in text form, or in a combination of both.
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1. A method comprising:
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moving a cursor on a display of a computing device in response to a first user input to the computing device; and while the cursor is positioned at a first location to point to a user-activatable element referencing a link that corresponds to content; presenting, alongside the cursor, a user interface element including a preview of the content at a first size; while displaying the user interface element alongside the cursor, detecting a press input with an input mechanism; and responsive to receiving the press input, displaying additional information in the preview of the content, the additional information being displayed only as long as the press input is held down. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method comprising:
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displaying a web page comprising a plurality of links; moving a cursor in response to a first user input; responsive to the cursor being positioned at a first location to point to a link referencing a target; determining that a thumbnail representation of at least a portion of the target is not available; presenting, alongside the cursor, information about the target comprising meta-data associated with the target and an excerpt of contents of the target, wherein responsive to determining that the thumbnail representation is not available, the information excludes the thumbnail representation; and responsive to receiving a press input requesting additional information, presenting additional information about the target, the additional information being presented only as long as the press input is held down.
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13. A method comprising:
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displaying a plurality of graphical user interface elements, each graphical user interface element referencing a corresponding link, each link having corresponding content; receiving a first user input to position a cursor; displaying the cursor at a first location specified by the received first user input; and responsive to the cursor being positioned at a second location to point to one of the graphical user interface elements; presenting, alongside the cursor, a user interface element including a preview of the content corresponding to the link corresponding to the graphical user interface element at a first size; while displaying the user interface element alongside the cursor, detecting a press input with an input mechanism; and responsive to receiving the press input, displaying additional information in the preview of the content, the additional information being displayed only as long as the press input is held down. - View Dependent Claims (14, 25)
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15. A computer system, comprising:
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an input device configured to receive a first user input to position a cursor; and a processor coupled to a display device configured to; display a plurality of graphical user interface elements, each graphical user interface element referencing a corresponding link, each link having corresponding content; display the cursor at a position specified by the first user input; responsive to the cursor being positioned at a first location to point to one of the graphical user interface elements; present, alongside the cursor, a user interface element including a preview of the content corresponding to the link corresponding to the graphical user interface element at a first size; while displaying the user interface element alongside the cursor, detect a press input with an input mechanism; and responsive to receiving the press input, displaying additional information in the preview of the content, the additional information being displayed only as long as the press input is held down. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product comprising:
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a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium; and computer program code, encoded on the medium, for operations comprising, in a user interface; moving a cursor on a display of a computer in response to a first user input to the computer; responsive to the cursor being positioned at a first location to point to a user-activatable element referencing a target; determining that a thumbnail representation of at least a portion of the target is not available; presenting, alongside the cursor, first information about the target comprising an excerpt of contents of the target, wherein responsive to determining that the thumbnail representation is not available, the first information excludes the thumbnail representation; and responsive to receiving a press input requesting additional information, presenting, alongside the cursor, the first information and the additional information about the target, the additional information being presented only as long as the press input is held down. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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