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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
May. 19, 2011
Mark Molander, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
William G. Pagan, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Devon Snyder, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Patrick Bohrer, Austin, TX (US);
Todd Eischeid, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Mark Molander, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
William G. Pagan, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Devon Snyder, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Patrick Bohrer, Austin, TX (US);
Todd Eischeid, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for providing control signals may include, but is not limited to: detecting a first user input associated with at least one graphical user interface element; transmitting one or more control signals associated with the at least one graphical user interface element in response to the first user input; detecting a second user input associated with a grouping of two or more graphical user interface elements; and transmitting one or more control signals associated with the grouping of two or more graphical user interface elements in response to the second user input.