System and method for dual browser modes
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1. A method for controlling a user interface including one or more hyperlinks activatable by clicking a cursor pointing device, comprising:
- calculating distances in a predetermined area of a screen between a location of a cursor and positions of said one or more hyperlinks, said one or more hyperlinks defined by visible hyperlink regions and invisible framing regions, a predetermined number of said positions being defined by points on said framing regions of said one or more hyperlinks; and
selecting one of said one or more hyperlinks responsive to a determination that a distance between said location of said cursor and a position of said one is a minimum.
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Abstract
A system and method for determining the relative distances from a plurality of hyperlinks 206 to a cursor 202 when a select button is depressed. The relative distances are compared and the hyperlink corresponding to the shortest distance has its function activated. If the distances are determined to be identical or if the distances are determined to be within a predetermined range of one another, the hyperlinks 206 are not activated. Instead, the user positions the cursor 202 such that it is relatively closer to one of the two or more relatively equidistant hyperlinks 206 and clicks again.
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8 Claims
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1. A method for controlling a user interface including one or more hyperlinks activatable by clicking a cursor pointing device, comprising:
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calculating distances in a predetermined area of a screen between a location of a cursor and positions of said one or more hyperlinks, said one or more hyperlinks defined by visible hyperlink regions and invisible framing regions, a predetermined number of said positions being defined by points on said framing regions of said one or more hyperlinks; and selecting one of said one or more hyperlinks responsive to a determination that a distance between said location of said cursor and a position of said one is a minimum. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A computer system, comprising:
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a central processing unit (CPU); a cursor pointing device operably coupled to said CPU; and a video monitor, said video monitor being configured to display a graphical user interface, said graphical user interface displaying a cursor controlled by said cursor pointing device and a plurality of hyperlinks, said hyperlinks defining a function to be performed by said CPU, said plurality of hyperlinks defined by visible hyperlink regions and invisible framing regions; wherein said CPU is configured to calculate a distance between a cursor reference point on said cursor and a hyperlink reference point of said plurality of hyperlinks responsive to an input from said cursor pointing device, and is configured to activate a function defined by a closest of said hyperlinks to said cursor pointing device, one or more of said hyperlink reference points being points on framing regions of said one or more hyperlinks. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. A computer system comprising:
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means for determining distances between a cursor on a video screen and points on framing regions of a plurality of hyperlinks on said video screen, said plurality of hyperlinks defined by visible hyperlink regions and invisible framing regions; and means for actuating one of said hyperlinks as a function of said distances. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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