Patent ID: 9612670
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method for placing a cursor on a display screen of a computing device displaying a string of characters comprising a plurality of lines of text, each line of text extending in a first direction and the plurality of lines of text being offset from one another in a second direction, the method comprising: displaying a portion of the plurality of lines of text as selected text, the portion having a beginning location and an ending location; and based at least on user input indicating updates to the ending location of the selected text, wherein an initial line includes the ending location prior to the updates and wherein a current line is initially the initial line, interactively adjusting the portion of the plurality of lines of text displayed as the selected text while updates to the ending location are still being received, by: updating the ending location along the current line of the text based on a position in the first direction indicated by the user input; and updating the ending location based on a position in the second direction indicated by the user input, updating the ending location in the second direction comprising: