Providing Enhanced Information When a Pointing Device Points to a Specific Area In a Graphical User Interface
First Claim
1. A method of providing enhanced information when a pointing device is used in relation to a graphical user interface, said graphical user interface being displayed on a display screen, said method comprising:
- receiving a first indication indicating that a first input is received from an input device when said pointing device points to a first area on said display screen;
displaying a first message on said display screen;
receiving a second indication that a second input is received from said input device when said pointing device points to said first area; and
displaying a second message on said display screen, wherein said second message is not identical to said first message,wherein said first message and said second message contain respective enhanced information related to a graphical element present in said first area.
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Abstract
Providing enhanced information when a pointing device points to a specific area in a graphical user interface. In one embodiment, on receiving an indication indicating that the pointing device is pointing to a specific area on a display screen (displaying the graphical user interface) and that an input is received from an input device, a message corresponding to the input and the specific area is displayed on the display screen. Further, on receiving a new input from the input device (with the pointing device pointing to the same specific area), a new message corresponding to the new input and the specific area is then displayed on the display screen.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of providing enhanced information when a pointing device is used in relation to a graphical user interface, said graphical user interface being displayed on a display screen, said method comprising:
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receiving a first indication indicating that a first input is received from an input device when said pointing device points to a first area on said display screen; displaying a first message on said display screen;
receiving a second indication that a second input is received from said input device when said pointing device points to said first area; anddisplaying a second message on said display screen, wherein said second message is not identical to said first message, wherein said first message and said second message contain respective enhanced information related to a graphical element present in said first area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A machine readable medium storing one or more sequences of instructions for causing a system to providing enhanced information when a pointing device is used in relation to a graphical user interface, said graphical interface comprising a plurality of graphical elements being displayed on a display screen, wherein execution of said one or more sequences of instructions by one or more processors contained in said system causes said system to perform the actions of:
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receiving an indication that a graphical element is initially being pointed to by said pointing device, wherein said graphical element is contained in said plurality of graphical elements; displaying a default message on said display screen;
receiving a first indication that a first set of keys is pressed in a keyboard when said pointing device points to said graphical element;displaying a first message on said display screen, wherein said first message is not identical to said default message; receiving a second indication that a second set of keys is pressed in said keyboard when said pointing device points to said graphical element; and displaying a second message on said display screen, wherein said second message is not identical to said first message and said default message, wherein said default message, said first message and said second message contain enhanced information related to said graphical element. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A digital processing system comprising:
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a display screen to display a graphical user interface comprising a plurality of graphical elements; a pointing device to point to a first graphical element on said display screen in relation to said graphical user interface; a keyboard to provide a first input and a second input when said pointing device points to said first graphical element; and a processor to display a first message on said display screen in response to said first input and to display a second message on said display screen in response to said second input, when said pointing device points to said first graphical element, wherein said first message and said second message contains enhanced information related to said first graphical element. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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