Object entry into an electronic device
First Claim
1. A system for selecting and entering objects from a set of objects into an electronic device, said system comprising:
- display means and input means, wherein said input means are operatively arranged to determine an initial point position, said display means are operatively arranged for display, surrounding the initial point position, a first plurality of individually selectable fields, each of which represents a subset of objects from the set of objects, said input means are operatively arranged to allow movement of the pointer to either of the first individually selectable fields for performing a selection of the indicated field, the display and input means being further operatively arranged to alternately display, surrounding a selected field, an additional plurality of individually selectable fields, each of which represents either an individual object or a further subset of objects from the subset of objects represented in the previously selected field and allowing movement of the pointer to either of the additional individually selectable fields for performing a selection of the indicated additional field until the additional field selected represents an individual object, whereupon said input means are further operatively arranged to allow performance of entry of this individual object into the electronic device.
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Abstract
A system for entering objects from a set of objects into an electronic device is arranged to determine a first pointer position (11) on a display (10) and display, surrounding the first point position, a first plurality of individually selectable fields (12), each of which represents a subset of objects from the set of objects. Selection of a subset is performed by moving the pointer to the field (12a) containing the desired subset. The system then alternately displays, surrounding a selected field (12a), at least one additional plurality of individually selected fields (13), each of which represents either an individual object or a further subset of objects from the subset of objects represented in the previously selected field, and moving the pointer for selecting an additional field, until a field (13a) which represents an individual object has been selected. The selected individual object can then be entered by the user.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for selecting and entering objects from a set of objects into an electronic device, said system comprising:
display means and input means, wherein said input means are operatively arranged to determine an initial point position, said display means are operatively arranged for display, surrounding the initial point position, a first plurality of individually selectable fields, each of which represents a subset of objects from the set of objects, said input means are operatively arranged to allow movement of the pointer to either of the first individually selectable fields for performing a selection of the indicated field, the display and input means being further operatively arranged to alternately display, surrounding a selected field, an additional plurality of individually selectable fields, each of which represents either an individual object or a further subset of objects from the subset of objects represented in the previously selected field and allowing movement of the pointer to either of the additional individually selectable fields for performing a selection of the indicated additional field until the additional field selected represents an individual object, whereupon said input means are further operatively arranged to allow performance of entry of this individual object into the electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for entering objects from a set of objects into an electronic device, the method comprising the steps of:
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determining a first pointer position and displaying on a display, surrounding the first pointer position, a first plurality of individually selectable fields, each of which represents a subset of objects from the set of objects; moving the pointer to either of the first individually selectable fields for selection of the indicated field; alternately displaying on the display, surrounding a selected field, an additional plurality of individually selectable fields, each of which either represents an individual object or a further subset of objects from the subset of objects represented in the previously selected field, and moving the pointer to either of the additional individually selectable fields for selection of the indicated additional field until the additional field selected represents an individual object; performing an entry into the electronic device of this individual object. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product stored on a computer-readable storage medium, comprising computer-readable program code means for causing a computer to perform the following steps:
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determining, on a display, a first pointer position and displaying, on the display, surrounding the first pointer position, a first plurality of individually selectable fields, each of which represents a subset of objects from a set of objects; moving the pointer to either of the first individually selectable fields for selecting the indicated field based on user input; alternately displaying, on the display, surrounding the selected field, an additional plurality of individually selectable fields, each of which either represents an individual object or a further subset of objects from the subset of objects represented in the previously selected field, and moving the pointer to either of the additional individually selectable fields for selecting the indicated additional field based on user input until the additional field selected represents an individual object; performing an entry of the individual object represented into the selected additional field based on user input. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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