PEN-MOUSE SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A graphical user interface, comprising:
- a pen cursor tracking graphic for providing mouse pointing and mouse button emulation.
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Abstract
The present invention is a system that provides a pen based computer user with a graphical user interface tool, a pen-mouse, that looks like and functions like a mouse but that is controlled by a limited input device such as a pen or stylus of the pen based computer. The pen-mouse is a tracking menu that tracks the position of the pen. A pen cursor that corresponds to the pen is allowed to be moved about within the pen-mouse graphic by the pen and the pen-mouse remains stationary. The pen-mouse is moved when the location of the pen encounters a tracking boundary of the pen-mouse. The tracking boundary typically coincides with the graphic representing the mouse. While moving within the pen-mouse, the pen can select objects within the pen-mouse body, such as buttons, wheels, etc. The selection of a button or other virtual control causes a corresponding computer mouse button function to be executed. The execution focus is directed at any object designated by a pen-mouse tracking symbol, such as an arrow, that is part of the pen mouse graphic. The pen-mouse can emulate functions or operations of a mouse including single button clicks, double button clicks, finger wheels, track balls, etc.
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10 Claims
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1. A graphical user interface, comprising:
a pen cursor tracking graphic for providing mouse pointing and mouse button emulation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A graphical user interface, comprising:
a dragable graphic dragable by an input cursor and that is used to interpret events associated with the input cursor as computer mouse events. - View Dependent Claims (5)
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6. A method, comprising:
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producing a graphical user interface on a display that has an appearance of a computer mouse;
moving the graphic on the display as a tracking menu responsive to movement of a pen; and
interpreting input events initiated by the pen as mouse events. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. An apparatus, comprising:
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a display;
a pen type input transducer; and
a computer coupled to the display and transducer and providing a tracking menu having the appearance of a mouse on the display and interpreting transducer input events as computer mouse input events.
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9. A computer readable storage controlling a computer via a tracking menu having the appearance of a mouse on the display and interpreting transducer input events as computer mouse input events.
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10. A computer readable storage controlling a computer by producing a graphical user interface on a display that has an appearance of a computer mouse, moving the graphic on the display as a tracking menu responsive to movement of a pen, and interpreting input events initiated by the pen as mouse events.
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