METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MOVEMENT OF GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE OBJECTS
First Claim
1. A method for controlling movement of at least one graphical user interface object comprising:
- determining a destination position of the at least one graphical user interface object based on content identification information associated with display content; and
controlling movement of the graphical user interface object from a start position to the destination position by applying a display content based warp operation to the graphical user interface object.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus provides for controlling movement of one or more graphical user interface (GUI) objects such as a cursor and/or a window. In one example, the method and apparatus applies a warp operation to the GUI object that uses display content information to determine where to move the cursor and/or window. The destination position of the GUI object is determined based on content identification information associated with display content such as name, serial number or label that identifies the display content. The display content may be any visible object to be displayed on the display screen, including but is not limited to, windows, taskbars, sidebars, docks, program launchers, icons, controls, and background (wallpaper). The warp operation may be an immediate relocation of the GUI object to the destination position without any user intervention during the relocation.
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30 Claims
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1. A method for controlling movement of at least one graphical user interface object comprising:
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determining a destination position of the at least one graphical user interface object based on content identification information associated with display content; and controlling movement of the graphical user interface object from a start position to the destination position by applying a display content based warp operation to the graphical user interface object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus for controlling movement of at least one graphical user interface object comprising logic comprising display content based warp service operative to:
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determine a destination position of the at least one graphical user interface object based on content identification information associated with display content; and control movement of the graphical user interface object from a start position to the destination position by applying a display content based warp operation to the graphical user interface object. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A computer readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that when executed by one or more processors causes the one or more processors to:
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determine a destination position of at least one graphical user interface object based on content identification information associated with display content; and control movement of the graphical user interface object from a start position to the destination position by applying a display content based warp operation to the graphical user interface object. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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