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Graphical user interface for large-scale, multi-user, multi-touch systems

  • US 8,429,568 B2
  • Filed: 05/11/2012
  • Issued: 04/23/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of activating a menu element, the method comprising:

  • invoking a menu element on a display device in response to a generated first stroke made by positioning a first moving pointer element on a display surface of the display device, the display device being a multi-input display device and the menu element having a plurality of selectable menu options, wherein invoking the menu element comprises displaying the menu element and the plurality of selectable menu options on the display surface; and

    selecting one of the selectable menu options as a function of a generated second stroke made by positioning a second moving pointer element on the display surface, the second moving pointer element being positioned on the display surface to select the one of the selectable menu options before the first moving pointer element is removed from the display surface, wherein, once the menu element has been invoked on the display device, the first moving pointer element is unable to select any of the selectable menu options.

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