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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2003
Brian Meyers, Bellevue, WA (US);
Tim Regan, Sammamish, WA (US);
Greg Smith, Bellevue, WA (US);
Mary Czerwinski, Woodinville, WA (US);
Brian Meyers, Bellevue, WA (US);
Tim Regan, Sammamish, WA (US);
Greg Smith, Bellevue, WA (US);
Mary Czerwinski, Woodinville, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for bumping graphical components between display regions of a graphical computer interface are provided. The present invention bumps a selected graphical component in response to a signal from an input device. Bumping involves locating a destination location for the graphical component to be bumped, and moving the graphical component to the destination. The destination can be determined in any one of a number of different manners. Destinations can be located at a predetermined distance from an original location of a graphical component, at an 'analogous' location on another display region, or at an open location in the same display region or another display region.