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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:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1999
Yoshinori Tahara, Yamato, JP;
Daisuke Tomoda, Yokohama, JP;
Norikazu Ichikawa, Yamato, JP;
Yohichiroh Matsuyama, Kawasaki, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An icon/window which a user is selecting is precisely predicted to improve the operability of a GUI. This invention displays a GUI picture, including an icon/window and a pointer of a mouse or the like in a display screen of a computer, predicts an icon which the user is selecting based on the moving speed and the direction of movement of the pointer, and displays a tool tip or the like which indicate the function of the icon. This invention also predicts an operation which the user is effecting on the window based on the moving speed of the pointer and a distance between the pointer and a window, changes the display of the pointer from a conventional arrow head during the movement to a bidirectional arrow head appearing in changing the size of the window, for example, depending on the prediction, and further assists an operation to change the size of the window in response to clicking by the user.
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