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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1999
Michael P. Mostyn, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Spotware Technologies, Inc., North Sioux, SD (US);
Abstract
A method, system, propagated signal, and software for tracking and identifying moving hotspots allows a user to keep a cursor stationary in a display without causing the cursor to lose any functionality. A dialog box or other highlighting option will result in response to the static cursor co-occupying overlapping regions on the display with a moving hotspot of an animated menu, or a menu in motion. In an animated menu configured with extensive or rapidly moving hotspots, the present invention enables a user to wait for a hotspot to come to the cursor for detection and selection, rather than having to pursue the hotspot such that the cursor recognizes the target as a hotspot.