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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2021
Filed:
May. 03, 2020
Applicant:
David Graham Boyers, Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventor:
David Graham Boyers, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/04812 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mobile computing device with a touch-sensitive display wherein: a pointer is displayed; a control icon is displayed; a contact on the touch-sensitive display is detected; and in response to detecting a change in a horizontal position of the contact beginning anywhere on the control icon, a horizontal position of the pointer is changed wherein the horizontal position of the pointer with respect to the control icon is changed; and in response to detecting a change in a vertical position of a contact beginning anywhere on the control icon: a vertical position of the pointer is changed; and a vertical position of the control icon is changed.