METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SYNCHRONIZING CURSOR EVENTS

• US 20100199225A1
• Filed: 01/30/2009
• Published: 08/05/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Navico Incorporated (Brunswick Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Navico Holdings AS (Brunswick Corporation)
• Inventors: Brown, Kevin, Lybarger, Lance, Coleman, Aaron
• Granted Patent: US 8,601,401 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/858
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0383 Remote input, i.e. interface arrangements in which the signals generated by a pointing device are transmitted to a PC at a remote location, e.g. to a PC in a LAN
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry

Abstract

An apparatus for synchronizing cursor events may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive an indication of a cursor event of a cursor presented within and associated with a sourcing window of a user interface that also includes a sourced window, wherein the cursor of the sourcing window indicates a geographical location within the geographical area presented by the sourcing window. Additionally, the processor may be configured to communicate information reflecting the cursor event to the sourced window. The processor may further be configured to subject the cursor of the sourced window to the cursor event reflected by the information to thereby synchronize a cursor event of the cursor of the sourced window with the cursor event of the cursor of the sourcing window, wherein the cursor of the sourced window indicates the geographical location indicated by the cursor of the sourcing window.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving an indication of a cursor event of a cursor presented within and associated with a sourcing window of a user interface that also includes a sourced window, wherein the cursor of the sourcing window indicates a geographical location within the geographical area presented by the sourcing window;

communicating information reflecting the cursor event to the sourced window, wherein another cursor is presented within and associated with the sourced window; and

in response thereto,

subjecting the cursor of the sourced window to the cursor event reflected by the information to thereby synchronize a cursor event of the cursor of the sourced window with the cursor event of the cursor of the sourcing window, wherein the cursor of the sourced window having been subjected to the cursor event indicates the geographical location indicated by the cursor of the sourcing window.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising comparing a type of information presented by the sourcing window with a type of information presented by the sourced window, wherein subjecting the cursor of the sourced window to the cursor event includes subjecting the cursor of the sourced window to the cursor event based at least in part on the comparison.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein communicating information reflecting the cursor event comprises communicating geographical coordinates of the geographical location indicated by the cursor of the sourcing window.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface includes a plurality of windows, and wherein the method further comprising identifying one of the windows as the sourcing window and another of the windows as the sourced window.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the plurality of windows include a window presenting a sonar chart, a window presenting a map and a window presenting a radar plan position indicator, each of the sonar chart, map and plan position indicator presenting a respective geographical area.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving an indication of a cursor event comprises receiving an indication of a movement of the cursor of the sourcing window from indicating one geographical location to indicating another geographical location within the geographical area presented by the sourcing window.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein subjecting the cursor of the sourced window to the cursor event includes modifying a view of the sourced window.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the cursor of the sourced window having been subjected to the cursor event indicates the geographical location indicated by the cursor of the sourcing window but within the geographical area presented by the sourced window.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the cursor of the sourced window and the cursor of the sourcing window indicate the same geographical location but the cursor of the sourced window indicates a position within the sourced window different from the position indicated by the cursor of the sourcing window within the sourcing window.

10. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:

program code instructions for receiving an indication of a cursor event of a cursor presented within and associated with a sourcing window of a user interface that also includes a sourced window, wherein the cursor of the sourcing window indicates a geographical location within the geographical area presented by the sourcing window;

program code instructions for communicating information reflecting the cursor event to the sourced window, wherein another cursor is presented within and associated with the sourced window; and

in response thereto, program code instructions for subjecting the cursor of the sourced window to the cursor event reflected by the information to thereby synchronize a cursor event of the cursor of the sourced window with the cursor event of the cursor of the sourcing window, wherein the cursor of the sourced window having been subjected to the cursor event indicates the geographical location indicated by the cursor of the sourcing.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, further comprising program code instructions for comprising comparing a type of information presented by the sourcing window with a type of information presented by the sourced window, wherein subjecting the cursor of the sourced window to the cursor event includes subjecting the cursor of the sourced window to the cursor event based at least in part on the comparison.

12. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein program code instructions for communicating information reflecting the cursor event comprises program code instructions for communicating geographical coordinates of the geographical location indicated by the cursor of the sourcing window.

13. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the user interface includes a plurality of windows, and wherein the computer program product further comprising program code instructions for identifying one of the windows as the sourcing window and another of the windows as the sourced window.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the plurality of windows include a window presenting a sonar chart, a window presenting a map and a window presenting a radar plan position indicator, each of the sonar chart, map and plan position indicator presenting a respective geographical area.

15. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein program code instructions for receiving an indication of a cursor event comprises program code instructions for receiving an indication of a movement of the cursor of the sourcing window from indicating one geographical location to indicating another geographical location within the geographical area presented by the sourcing window.

16. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein program code instructions for wherein subjecting the cursor of the sourced window to the cursor event comprises program code instructions for modifying a view of the sourced window.

17. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the cursor of the sourced window having been subjected to the cursor event indicates the geographical location indicated by the cursor of the sourcing window but within the geographical area presented by the sourced window

18. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the cursor of the sourced window and the cursor of the sourcing window indicate the same geographical location but the cursor of the sourced window indicates a position within the sourced window different from the position indicated by the cursor of the sourcing window within the sourcing window.

19. An apparatus, the apparatus comprising a processor configured to:

receive an indication of a cursor event of a cursor presented within and associated with a sourcing window of a user interface that also includes a sourced window, wherein the cursor of the sourcing window indicates a geographical location within the geographical area presented by the sourcing window;

communicate information reflecting the cursor event to the sourced window, wherein another cursor is presented within and associated with the sourced window; and

in response thereto,

subject the cursor of the sourced window to the cursor event reflected by the information to thereby synchronize a cursor event of the cursor of the sourced window with the cursor event of the cursor of the sourcing window, wherein the cursor of the sourced window having been subjected to the cursor event indicates the geographical location indicated by the cursor of the sourcing window.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, further comprising the processor configured to compare a type of information presented by the sourcing window with a type of information presented by the sourced window, wherein the processor is configured to subject the cursor of the sourced window to the cursor event by subjecting the cursor of the sourced window to the cursor event based at least in part on the comparison.

21. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the processor is configured to communicate information reflecting the cursor event by communicating geographical coordinates of the geographical location indicated by the cursor of the sourcing window.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the user interface includes a plurality of windows, and wherein the processor is further configured to identify one of the windows as the sourcing window and another of the windows as the sourced window.

23. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the plurality of windows include a window presenting a sonar chart, a window presenting a map and a window presenting a radar plan position indicator, each of the sonar chart, map and plan position indicator presenting a respective geographical area.

24. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the processor is configured to receive an indication of a cursor event by receiving an indication of a movement of the cursor of the sourcing window from indicating one geographical location to indicating another geographical location within the geographical area presented by the sourcing window.

25. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the processor is configured to subject the cursor of the sourced window to the cursor event by modifying a view of the sourced window.

26. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the cursor of the sourced window having been subjected to the cursor event indicates the geographical location indicated by the cursor of the sourcing window but within the geographical area presented by the sourced window.

27. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the cursor of the sourced window and the cursor of the sourcing window indicate the same geographical location but the cursor of the sourced window indicates a position within the sourced window different from the position indicated by the cursor of the sourcing window within the sourcing window.