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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2006
Filed:
May. 07, 2002
Applicants:
Sami Ronkainen, Oulu, FI;
Sami Paihonen, Oulu, FI;
Inventors:
Sami Ronkainen, Oulu, FI;
Sami Paihonen, Oulu, FI;
Assignee:
Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a method and arrangement for expanding a desktop. Especially the invention relates to a method and arrangement for expanding a desktop virtually. The objects of the invention are fulfilled by relating an audible sound to the application, window or other user interface element as it is shifted out of the display. The sound related to the user interface element may also be characteristic for the element it is related to. In addition, the element can be located by only listening to the sound related to the element.