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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2009
Howard Locker, Cary, NC (US);
Eric Edward Dudkowski, Raleigh, NC (US);
Matthew P. Lietzke, Cary, NC (US);
Jeffrey E. Skinner, Raleigh, NC (US);
Adam Miles Smith, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Aaron Michael Stewart, Raleigh, NC (US);
Russell Speight Vanblon, Brentwood, NC (US);
Howard Locker, Cary, NC (US);
Eric Edward Dudkowski, Raleigh, NC (US);
Matthew P. Lietzke, Cary, NC (US);
Jeffrey E. Skinner, Raleigh, NC (US);
Adam Miles Smith, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Aaron Michael Stewart, Raleigh, NC (US);
Russell Speight VanBlon, Brentwood, NC (US);
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
An approach is provided to join graphical user interface objects into a group. A request is received at a touch-enabled display screen to join a first graphical user interface object with a second graphical user interface object. The request is from a user of the system. The first and second graphical user interface objects are then associated with each other. The first and second graphical user interface objects are displayed on the touch-enabled display screen adjacent to each other and a visual indicator is also displayed near the objects that indicates that the objects have been joined in a group.