Xerox Corporation

Mathieu Knibiehly

Victor Ciriza

Yves Hoppenot

Grégoire Gerard

Jean-Michel Renders

Jutta Willamowski

Caroline Privault

Maria Antonietta Grasso

Jacki O'Neill

Ana Fucs

Ye Deng

Gregory Bauduin

A computer implemented tactile user interface (TUI) and a method of manipulating objects with a virtual magnet are provided. The TUI includes a display comprising a touch-screen. The display is configured for displaying a set of graphic objects, each graphic object representing a respective one of a set of items, such as documents, e.g., text documents or images. A virtual magnet is caused to move on the display, in response to touching on the touch-screen, e.g., by dragging a finger or other implement across. The magnet is associated with a particular function command such that a subset of the graphic objects exhibits a response to the virtual magnet (e.g., is caused to move, relative to the virtual magnet or exhibits another visible response), each graphic object in the subset moving or otherwise responding as a function of an attribute of the underlying item represented by the graphic object.

Manipulation of displayed objects by virtual magnetism

A system and method for promoting environmental behavior by device users are provided. The method includes allocating 'green' points to each of a plurality of users. A job request, such as a print job request, is received from one of the users. A cost in points is computed for executing the job request, based on a formula which is designed to promote environmental behavior by the user. The user's allocated points are reduced by the computed cost when the job is performed.

Virtual printing currency for promoting environmental behavior of device users

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Lyons, France

Mathieu Knibiehly