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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 08, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Manish Modh, Round Rock, TX (US);
Donald Alan James, Round Rock, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
345339 ; 345145 ; 345336 ; 345977 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing visual cues on a display within a data processing system. An animated cross hair having a center that coincides with the cursor hot spot is displayed, wherein attention of a viewer of the animated cross hair is drawn to the cursor hot spot by the animated cross hair.