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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2015
Flow Labs, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Willem Morkel Van Der Westhuizen, Stellenbosch, ZA;
Flow Labs, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a method of interacting with interactive items in a user interface. A user interface is provided which includes a control region and a display region. A plurality of interactive items are displayed in the display region. The user interface tracks the position and movement of a pointer in the control region, and interprets the movement and/or position of the pointer. Movement along a first predefined axis is interpreted as focus pointing only, movement along a second predefined axis is interpreted as view pointing only. Movement having components along both axes is interpreted as both view pointing and focus pointing, enabling both view pointing and focus pointing to be substantially simultaneously performed.