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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2008
Method and system to reduce workload and skills required in usage of mouse or other pointing devices
Sara H. Basson, White Plains, NY (US);
Peter G. Fairweather, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Alexander Faisman, Croton-on-Hudson, NY (US);
Genady Grabarnik, Scarsdale, NY (US);
Sara H. Basson, White Plains, NY (US);
Peter G. Fairweather, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Alexander Faisman, Croton-on-Hudson, NY (US);
Genady Grabarnik, Scarsdale, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system are disclosed for controlling operation of a cursor on a display screen of a computer system. In the operation of the computer system, one or more areas on the display screen are designated as user interface areas for receiving input from a user via a Graphical User Interface. The preferred method of this invention comprises the steps of, for each of the user interface areas, designating an area on the display screen as an associated cursor-auto area; and the user applying input to the computer system to move the cursor on the display screen and into one of the cursor-auto areas. When the cursor moves into said one of the cursor-auto areas, the computer system automatically performs a predefined operation to associate visually the cursor with the user interface area associated with said one of the cursor-auto areas.