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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2004
Sean Christopher Endler, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joseph Steven Herres, Seattle, WA (US);
Ippei Tambata, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sean Christopher Endler, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joseph Steven Herres, Seattle, WA (US);
Ippei Tambata, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses detect an input; display a plurality of selections; detect a location of a first segment relative to the plurality of selections; highlight a particular selection from the plurality of selections when the first segment is within an area of the particular selection; and select the particular selection based on the first segment being located within the area of the particular selection.