Automatic hiding and revealing of a pointer during keyboard activity
First Claim
1. In a computer system having a keyboard, a visual display, and a pointing device, a method of displaying a pointer controlled by said pointing device on said visual display comprising:
- removing said pointer from a presentation on said visual display upon receipt by said system of an event generated by said keyboard; and
displaying said pointer on said visual display after passage of a chosen time delay which begins in association with said event.
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Abstract
A pointer controlled by a pointing device, such as a mouse, is temporarily removed from a visual display screen when a first character is being updated on the screen. The pointer is left hidden from the screen until the event causing screen updating has been idle for a predetermined period of time. The pointer is not removed from the screen if the keystroke or other hiding event is invalid in the current context of the application program. The pointer is also immediately redisplayed if an event associated with the pointing device, such as either pointing device movement of pointing device button clicking, is detected.
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20 Claims
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1. In a computer system having a keyboard, a visual display, and a pointing device, a method of displaying a pointer controlled by said pointing device on said visual display comprising:
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removing said pointer from a presentation on said visual display upon receipt by said system of an event generated by said keyboard; and displaying said pointer on said visual display after passage of a chosen time delay which begins in association with said event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. In a computer system having a keyboard, a visual display, and a pointing device, the improvement for displaying a pointer controlled by said pointing device on said visual display comprising:
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means for removing said pointer from a presentation on said visual display upon receipt by said system of an event generated by said keyboard; means for generating a time delay which begins in association with said event; and means for displaying said pointer on said visual display after the completion of said time delay. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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