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Manipulating objects displayed on a display screen

  • US 7,823,089 B2
  • Filed: 04/18/2008
  • Issued: 10/26/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. One or more computer-readable storage media in a computing device, having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of determining a location where a pointing device is directed, the method comprising:

  • receiving a message at the computing device from the pointing device;

    extracting sensor data from the message, wherein the sensor data includes data provided by an output of an accelerometer;

    identifying a position of the pointing device in three-dimensional space;

    identifying an orientation of the pointing device in three-dimensional space using the sensor data;

    determining a location to which the pointing device is directed by utilizing the identified position of the pointing device and the identified orientation of the pointing device; and

    altering an object on a display screen at the location where the pointing device is directed.

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