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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1993
Eric A Bier, Mountain View, CA (US);
William A Buxton, Toronto, CA;
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A user interface technique operates in the environment of a processor-controlled machine for executing a program that operates on a set of underlying data and displays a visible representation thereof. The system generates a visual depiction of a movable sheet having a number of delineated regions (active areas), responds to a first set of signals for positioning the sheet relative to the visible representation, responds to a second set of signals characterized by position information (typically cursor position) relative to the sheet and the visible representation, and generates a third set of signals to the program. The third set of signals depends on the relative position of the sheet and the visible representation and on the position information that characterizes the second set of input signals. The delineated regions may be thought of and referred to as click-through tools.