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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2015
Orange, Paris, FR;
Cedric Floury, Perros Guirec, FR;
Violaine Mercier, Pleumeur Bodou, FR;
Orange, Paris, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for masking an item among a plurality of items displayed on a touchscreen terminal, the method being such that it has, following an action () by a user, steps of display () of a masking symbol associated with an item at a first location; of detection () of contact with the screen on a non-masked item; of continuous movement () of the masking symbol on the item in correlation with movement of the contact detected on the screen and of masking of that portion of the item that is situated between the masking symbol and the first location; and of masking () of the whole of the item when the masking symbol is at a second location and the contact is no longer detected. The invention likewise relates to a device and a terminal that implement this method.