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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2008
Filed:
May. 25, 2004
Ken Skistimas, El Sobrante, CA (US);
Robert Cook, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ken Skistimas, El Sobrante, CA (US);
Robert Cook, San Francisco, CA (US);
Applied Minds, Inc., Glendale, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for use within a graphical user interface visually associate a graphical representation of a file and a graphical representation of an application, and select an action from a menu appearing in proximity to the association. In the invention, selecting a file icon or file listing with a pointing device and drags it to an application icon or taskbar button. As the file icon is dragged over the application icon, a menu appears listing actions that can be taken on the file by the selected application. The user can select an action listed in the menu by dragging the file icon over the action. Releasing the button over the selected action causes the application to take that action on the file.