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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:
Jun. 27, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2003
Lance E. Good, Cupertino, CA (US);
Mark J. Stefik, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Patrick Baudisch, Seattle, WA (US);
Jock D. Mackinlay, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Polle T. Zellweger, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Lance E. Good, Cupertino, CA (US);
Mark J. Stefik, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Patrick Baudisch, Seattle, WA (US);
Jock D. Mackinlay, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Polle T. Zellweger, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A user interface method and system for positioning graphical objects in the display area of a free form system. A selected object may operate in a first state where it can be moved to different positions within the display area. The selected object may further operate in a second state where movement of the selected object causes other graphical objects within its path of movement to also move. The state of the selected object is indicated by a visually distinct presentation of the graphical object, for example when in the first state the graphical object is shown to have shadow to provide the visual clue that it is 'above' the other graphical objects in the display area. A user may dynamically switch between states based on signals provided to the system.
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