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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2009
Paul R. Chmielewski, Byron, MN (US);
Brian J. Cragun, Rochester, MN (US);
Michael J. Fork, Gibsonburg, OH (US);
William C. Rapp, Rochester, MN (US);
Paul R. Chmielewski, Byron, MN (US);
Brian J. Cragun, Rochester, MN (US);
Michael J. Fork, Gibsonburg, OH (US);
William C. Rapp, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for placing menu items in a cascading radial menu. A cascading radial menu may be displayed upon receiving a gesture that causes a screen pointer to select a radial menu item in a first radial menu. The first radial menu item may be associated with a second radial menu. One or more second radial menu items may be placed in the second radial menu based on a direction of movement of the screen pointer in the gesture to select the radial menu item in the first radial menu.