APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR FACILITATING DRAG-AND-DROP OF AN OBJECT
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a processor configured to;
receive a selection of an object;
identify one or more potential target objects with which the selected object is linkable; and
alter an image on a display screen so as to cause a graphical item associated with at least one of the one or more identified potential target objects to be displayed within a predefined distance from a first location at which either a graphical item associated with the selected object is displayed within the image or a key associated with the selected object is located within a keypad of the apparatus.
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Abstract
An apparatus, method and computer program product are provided for facilitating the drag-and-drop of an object, wherein the distance a user has to drag a graphical item associated with the object may be reduced. Once a user has selected an object, for which a graphical item is displayed on an electronic device display screen, the electronic device may attempt to predict with which target object the user is likely to link, or otherwise associate, the selected object. Once the electronic device has identified one or more potential target objects, the electronic device may cause the graphical item(s) associated with those potential target object(s) to be displayed on the electronic device display screen at a location that is close to the location at which the selected graphical item is displayed.
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30 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
a processor configured to; receive a selection of an object; identify one or more potential target objects with which the selected object is linkable; and alter an image on a display screen so as to cause a graphical item associated with at least one of the one or more identified potential target objects to be displayed within a predefined distance from a first location at which either a graphical item associated with the selected object is displayed within the image or a key associated with the selected object is located within a keypad of the apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method comprising:
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receiving a selection of an object; identifying one or more potential target objects with which the selected object is linkable; and altering an image on a display screen so as to cause a graphical item associated with at least one of the one or more identified potential target objects to be displayed within a predefined distance from the first location at which either a graphical item associated with the selected object is displayed within the image or a key associated with the selected object is located within a keypad. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:
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a first executable portion for receiving a selection of an object; a second executable portion for identifying one or more potential target objects with which the selected object is linkable; and a third executable portion for altering an image on a display screen so as to cause a graphical item associated with at least one of the one or more identified potential target objects to be displayed within a predefined distance from the first location at which either a graphical item associated with the selected object is displayed within the image or a key associated with the selected object is located within a keypad. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving a selection of an object; means for identifying one or more potential target objects with which the selected object is linkable; and means for altering an image on a display screen so as to cause a graphical item associated with at least one of the one or more identified potential target objects to be displayed within a predefined distance from the first location at which either a graphical item associated with the selected object is displayed within the image or a key associated with the selected object is located within a keypad of the apparatus.
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