Animated cursor
First Claim
1. A method of indicating to a user of a terminal which includes a display, of the occurrence of an external stimulus unrelated to operation of a current user program by a terminal user, allowing operation of a function associated with said external stimulus which can be implemented on the terminal, comprising displaying a cursor on the display which cursor is moveable by the user and which has a form and position on the display which is related to said user program currently being used by the user and which is unrelated to the function, and changing the form of the movable cursor at said position to one which relates to said function upon occurrence of the external stimulus.
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Abstract
A method of indicating to a user of a terminal which includes a display, of the occurrence of a function which can be implemented on the terminal, comprising displaying a cursor on the display which cursor is moveable by the user and which has a form and position on the display which is related to a program currently being used by the user and which is unrelated to the function, and changing the form of the moveable cursor at the position to one which relates to the function upon occurrence of the function.
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10 Claims
- 1. A method of indicating to a user of a terminal which includes a display, of the occurrence of an external stimulus unrelated to operation of a current user program by a terminal user, allowing operation of a function associated with said external stimulus which can be implemented on the terminal, comprising displaying a cursor on the display which cursor is moveable by the user and which has a form and position on the display which is related to said user program currently being used by the user and which is unrelated to the function, and changing the form of the movable cursor at said position to one which relates to said function upon occurrence of the external stimulus.
- 6. A method of displaying a cursor to a user of a terminal, comprising displaying a cursor to a user, the location of the cursor being moveable by the user, and automatically changing the form of the cursor at said location upon occurrence of an external event which requires attention by the user.
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