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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2009
Melody Shores, Excelsior, MN (US);
Thao Bich Nguyen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ray Soon Waldin, Jr., San Francisco, CA (US);
Joyce Etsuko Ohgi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kathleen Maguire Candland, San Francisco, CA (US);
Melody Shores, Excelsior, MN (US);
Thao Bich Nguyen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ray Soon Waldin, Jr., San Francisco, CA (US);
Joyce Etsuko Ohgi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kathleen Maguire Candland, San Francisco, CA (US);
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for providing access to actions and information are described in the present disclosure. According to one example, an embodiment of a method is described. The method comprises analyzing a position of a mouse pointer on a graphical user interface (GUI), the mouse pointer being controlled by a user-operated mouse. Also, a glyph is displayed on the GUI, wherein the glyph is associated with an object that is displayed on the GUI. The method also includes displaying a target in the location of the glyph when the mouse pointer is positioned within a field of the glyph. Furthermore, a dialog box is opened when a mouse click is detected and when the mouse pointer is within a field of the target.