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1. A method of indicating by a user of a screen location, on a system having a screen displaying content, comprising:
- entering at least a partial screen address, defining an absolute position on said screen, wherein said screen address can indicate substantially any location on said screen;
determining a screen location corresponding to said at least a partial address; and
pointing, by the system, to the screen location indicated by the at least a partial screen address.
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A method of indicating by a user of a screen location, on a system having a screen (12) displaying content, comprising: entering at least a partial screen address, defining an absolute position on the screen, wherein the screen address can indicate substantially any location on the screen (12); determining a screen location corresponding to the at least a partial address; and pointing, by the system, to the screen location indicated by the at least a partial screen address.
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1. A method of indicating by a user of a screen location, on a system having a screen displaying content, comprising:
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entering at least a partial screen address, defining an absolute position on said screen, wherein said screen address can indicate substantially any location on said screen;
determining a screen location corresponding to said at least a partial address; and
pointing, by the system, to the screen location indicated by the at least a partial screen address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75)
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68. A method of navigating on a screen displaying a plurality of display elements, relating to a plurality of different applications, comprising:
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defining a subset of said display elements to be relevant, including subset display elements from at least two unrelated applications;
receiving a user input indicating a relative motion, said input indicating a count and a direction; and
responsive to said user input, automatically selecting a subset display element of said subset that is distanced the inputted count of subset elements in the inputted direction; and
pointing to said selected display element.
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69. A method of navigating on a screen displaying a plurality of display elements, relating to a plurality of different applications, comprising:
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defining a subset of said display elements to be relevant, including subset display elements from at least two unrelated applications;
receiving a user input an absolute position, which is adjacent to some of said plurality of display elements; and
responsive to said user input, automatically selecting at least one subset display element of said subset included in said some of said plurality; and
pointing to said selected display element.
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