Feedback mechanism for use with visual selection methods
First Claim
1. An image displaying system, comprising:
- a graphical display device usable to display an image having at least one of at least one hyperlink target and at least one active area provided in the displayed image; and
a user input device usable to locate, identify or select one of the at least one of at least one hyperlink target and at least one active area provided in the displayed image, wherein;
in response only to a user inputting a first gesture made relative to the displayed image that does not correspond to any of the at least one of at least one hyperlink target and at least one active area, the image display system generates at least one human-sensable output that communicates a location indication to the user of at least one of at least one of at least one hyperlink target and at least one active area, andin response to at least a designated time period expiring, the image display system removes the at least one human-sensable output from the displayed image.
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Abstract
A feedback mechanism usable with graphical user interface systems that do not have a cursor improves the usefulness of such graphical user interfaces. Locating, identifying and/or selecting hyperlink targets or active areas within a displayed image map or within a Web page is facilitated by providing distinctions to the hyperlink targets or active areas or by providing other locational indicators for a designated time period in response to a single user gesture. The distinctions or locational indicators may be provided in combination with other distinctions or locational indicators to further aid the hyperlink target or active area location, identification and/or selection process. After a designated time period expires, the distinctions, locational indicators, or their combination, are removed from the display without any additional user gesture. This increases the efficiency and convenience of locating, identifying and/or selecting hyperlink targets or active areas in a graphical user interface system.
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46 Claims
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1. An image displaying system, comprising:
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a graphical display device usable to display an image having at least one of at least one hyperlink target and at least one active area provided in the displayed image; and a user input device usable to locate, identify or select one of the at least one of at least one hyperlink target and at least one active area provided in the displayed image, wherein; in response only to a user inputting a first gesture made relative to the displayed image that does not correspond to any of the at least one of at least one hyperlink target and at least one active area, the image display system generates at least one human-sensable output that communicates a location indication to the user of at least one of at least one of at least one hyperlink target and at least one active area, and in response to at least a designated time period expiring, the image display system removes the at least one human-sensable output from the displayed image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of locating at least one of at least one of at least one hyperlink target and at least one active area in an image displayed on an image displaying device, comprising:
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inputting a first gesture made relative to the displayed image; determining whether the first input gesture does not correspond to any of the at least one of at least one hyperlink target and at least one active area; generating, only if the first gesture does not correspond to any of the at least one of at least one hyperlink target and at least one active area, at least one human-sensable output for each of at least one of the at least one of at least one hyperlink target and at least one active area; and in response to at least a designated time period elapsing, removing the at least one human-sensable output from the displayed image. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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