Double-clicking a point-and-click user interface apparatus to enable a new interaction with content represented by an active visual display element
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1. A method, comprising the steps of:
- ascertaining a double-click input to a point-and-click user interface apparatus when an active visual display element is selected, the active visual display element representing content with which a user can interact, wherein interaction with the content prior to the double-click input occurs using a first version of data representing the content; and
in response to the double-click input to the point-and-click user interface apparatus, enabling interaction with the content using a second version of data representing the content.
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Abstract
The invention enables a new type of interaction with content represented by an active visual display element in response to double-clicking a point-and-click user interface apparatus when the active visual display element is selected.
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44 Claims
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1. A method, comprising the steps of:
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ascertaining a double-click input to a point-and-click user interface apparatus when an active visual display element is selected, the active visual display element representing content with which a user can interact, wherein interaction with the content prior to the double-click input occurs using a first version of data representing the content; and in response to the double-click input to the point-and-click user interface apparatus, enabling interaction with the content using a second version of data representing the content. - 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)
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24. A method, comprising the steps of:
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ascertaining a double-click input to a point-and-click user interface apparatus when an active visual display element that is part of a Web page displayed on a display screen of a visual display device is selected, the active visual display element representing content with which a user can interact; and in response to the double-click input to the point-and-click user interface apparatus, enabling an interaction with the content that is different from any other interaction enabled by a single-click input to the point-and-click user interface apparatus when the active visual display element is selected. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A system, comprising:
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means for ascertaining a double-click input to a point-and-click user interface apparatus when an active visual display element is selected, the active visual display element representing content with which a user can interact, wherein interaction with the content prior to the double-click input occurs using a first version of data representing the content; and means for enabling, in response to the double-click input to the point-and-click user interface apparatus, interaction with the content using a second version of data representing the content.
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42. A system, comprising:
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means for ascertaining a double-click input to a point-and-click user interface apparatus when an active visual display element that is part of a Web page displayed on a display screen of a visual display device is selected, the active visual display element representing content with which a user can interact; and means for enabling, in response to the double-click input to the point-and-click user interface apparatus, an interaction with the content that is different from any other interaction enabled by a single-click input to the point-and-click user interface apparatus when the active visual display element is selected.
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43. A computer readable medium or media encoded with one or more computer programs, comprising:
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instructions for ascertaining a double-click input to a point-and-click user interface apparatus when an active visual display element is selected, the active visual display element representing content with which a user can interact, wherein interaction with the content prior to the double-click input occurs using a first version of data representing the content; and instructions for enabling, in response to the double-click input to the point-and-click user interface apparatus, interaction with the content using a second version of data representing the content.
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44. A computer readable medium or media encoded with one or more computer programs, comprising:
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instructions for ascertaining a double-click input to a point-and-click user interface apparatus when an active visual display element that is part of a Web page displayed on a display screen of a visual display device is selected, the active visual display element representing content with which a user can interact; and instructions for enabling, in response to the double-click input to the point-and-click user interface apparatus, an interaction with the content that is different from any other interaction enabled by a single-click input to the point-and-click user interface apparatus when the active visual display element is selected.
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