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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2009
David J. P. Baar, Vancouver, CA;
Ali Solehdin, Vancouver, CA;
David J. P. Baar, Vancouver, CA;
Ali Solehdin, Vancouver, CA;
Noregin Assets, N.V., LLC, Dover, DE (US);
Abstract
Methods for initiating an electronic shopping transaction, for initiating a control operation for a user-selectable video game character, for emphasizing an advertisement in a computer generated display, and for presenting multiple GUIs in desktop user interfaces using detail-in-context graphical distortions. The method for initiating an electronic shopping transaction, for a user-selectable item presented in a computer generated original image on a display, comprising: receiving a selection signal for the item from a user; distorting the original image to produce a distorted region for the item to provide the user with detailed information for the item; and, receiving a purchase signal for the item from the user.