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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. 03, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2004
Applicants:
Patrick M. Baudisch, Seattle, WA (US);
Adam Eversole, Redmond, WA (US);
Paul S. Hellyar, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Patrick M. Baudisch, Seattle, WA (US);
Adam Eversole, Redmond, WA (US);
Paul S. Hellyar, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is generally directed to assisting users to position a pointer on a target. Embodiments of the present invention provide a system, method, and computer-readable medium that guide a pointer toward a target. After the pointer is located on a target, pointer movement continues to be adjusted so that the user may easily keep the pointer located on the target.