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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2012
Applicant:
France Telecom, Paris, FR;
Inventors:
Alain Saas, Selestat, FR;
Hyacinthe Briand, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
FRANCE TELECOM, Paris, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04806 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and device are provided for enabling drag and drop targets of a first object onto one of a plurality of second objects in a graphical user interface (GUI), each object being characterized by a respective size. The method includes receiving a drag input on the first object, determining one or more second objects onto which the first object may is likely to be dropped using at least the received drag input, and altering the size of the first object based on the determined one or more second objects respective sizes.