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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1999
Yuemin Ding, Armonk, NY (US);
Marc J. Pannone, Stamford, CT (US);
Albert Michael Selvin, Pawling, NY (US);
Robert F. Shapiro, White Plains, NY (US);
Ying Sun, Stamford, CT (US);
Telesector Resources Group, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
There is provided a method for specifying an operation via a graphical interface. The method comprises the steps of examining an image to distinguish a first bordered region within the image; examining the image to distinguish a second bordered region within the image; and determining a functional attribute of the second bordered region based on a position of the second bordered region relative to the first bordered region. There is also provided a system for specifying the operation via a graphical interface.