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Navigating with direction keys in an environment that permits navigating with tab keys

  • US 6,072,485 A
  • Filed: 08/28/1997
  • Issued: 06/06/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/28/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of adapting a GUI in which a focus is moved nondirectionally among a plurality of active areas located in a display such that the GUI can be used with a directional pointing device that specifies a desired direction relative to a current location in the display, the method comprising the steps of:

  • receiving an indication of the desired direction for moving the focus, the indication being specified by the direction pointing device;

    taking at least one of the active areas in an order in which the active areas would normally receive the focus when the focus is moved nondirectionally;

    returning a location in the display for each of the active areas taken;

    comparing the location of each active area taken with the current location of the focus in the display; and

    moving the focus from the current location to one of the plurality of active areas whose location in the specified direction is closest to the current location in the display.

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