System for generating an audible cue indicating the status of a display object
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1. A method for indicating the status of display objects, the method comprising the steps of:
- associating an audible cue with a display object, wherein the audible cue indicates the access status of the display object;
generating the audible cue associated with the display object if a pointer is positioned proximate the display object; and
arbitrating, if said pointer is proximate to plural remote networked objects, to determine a selected one of said plural objects according to a maximum intersection area between said pointer and said plural objects.
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Abstract
A system indicates the status of a display object using an audible cue. The system associates a particular audible cue with each display object. The audible cue associated with the display object is generated if a pointer is positioned proximate the display object. The display object has an associated object activation region and the pointer has an associated activation region. The audible cue associated with the display object is generated when the object activation region intersects the activation region associated with the pointer.
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1. A method for indicating the status of display objects, the method comprising the steps of:
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associating an audible cue with a display object, wherein the audible cue indicates the access status of the display object; generating the audible cue associated with the display object if a pointer is positioned proximate the display object; and arbitrating, if said pointer is proximate to plural remote networked objects, to determine a selected one of said plural objects according to a maximum intersection area between said pointer and said plural objects. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for generating an audible cue indicating the status of a display object, comprising:
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identifying an object activation region associated with the display object; identifying a cursor activation region associated with a cursor; arbitrating, when said cursor intersects plural object activation regions, to determine the display object being selected by said cursor; and generating the audible cue when the object activation region intersects the cursor activation region, wherein the audible cue indicates the access status of the display object; wherein a display contains a plurality of display objects, and wherein said arbitrating determines the display object according to a maximum intersection between said cursor and said plural activation regions. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for generating audible cues indicating the status of display objects, the method comprising the steps of:
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identifying an object activation region associated with each display object; associating an audible cue with at least one display object, wherein the audible cue indicates the access status of the display object; identifying a cursor activation region associated with a cursor; and generating the audible cue associated with a particular object if the particular object has an associated audible cue and if the object activation region associated with the particular object intersects the cursor activation region; wherein said identifying includes arbitrating when plural activation regions are associated with the cursor, said arbitration determining the cursor activation region as that region having a largest intersection with the cursor. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A computer software product including a medium readable by a processor, the medium having stored thereon:
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a first sequence of instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to associate an audible cue with a display object, wherein the audible cue indicates the access status of the display object; a second sequence of instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to generate the audible cue associated with the display object if a pointer is positioned proximate the display object; and a third sequence of instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to determine if said pointer is proximate to plural remote networked objects, and if so, to arbitrate to determine a selected one of said plural objects according to a maximum intersection area between said pointer and said plural objects. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for indicating the status of display objects, the system comprising:
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a display device configured to display a plurality of display objects; and a processor coupled to the display device, wherein the processor is configured to associate an audible cue associated with a display object, generate the audible cue associated with the display object if a pointer is positioned proximate the display object, and arbitrate if said pointer is proximate to plural display objects to determine a selected one of said plural objects, wherein the audible cue indicates the access status of the display object. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A method for indicating the status of display objects, the method comprising:
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associating an audible cue with a display object, wherein the audible cue indicates the status of the display object; generating the audible cue associated with the display object if a pointer is positioned proximate the display object; arbitrating, if said pointer is proximate to plural display objects, to determine a selected one of said plural objects according to a maximum intersection area between said pointer and said plural objects; wherein the display object is a navigational link.
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22. A method for generating an audible cue indicating the status of a display object, the method comprising:
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identifying an object activation region associated with the display object; identifying a cursor activation region associated with a cursor; generating the audible cue when the object activation region intersects the cursor activation region, wherein the audible cue indicates the status of the display object; arbitrating, if said pointer is proximate to plural remote networked objects, to determine a selected one of said plural objects; wherein the display objet is a navigational link. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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