Patent ID: 9619103
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A prompting method applied to a portable electronic apparatus, comprising: moving a cursor on a display of the portable electronic apparatus: detecting a location of the cursor in the display of a sub-screen of a bigger virtual screen in which the cursor indicates an indicated direction, wherein the location corresponds to at least one set direction; determining whether the at least one set direction corresponding to the location of the cursor is different from the indicated direction; displaying a directional adjustment prompting information and prompting at least one adjustable direction when at least one of the at least one set direction corresponding to the location of the cursor is different from the indicated direction wherein the directional adjustment prompting information is displayed on the display around the cursor, and a display position of the directional adjustment prompting information changes based on user settings or changes in the location of the cursor and wherein the display is divided into a plurality of areas and each area corresponds to at least one set direction respectively; receiving a direction-changing instruction; and adjusting the indicated direction of the cursor based on the direction-changing instruction wherein the directional adjustment prompting information is an icon button, and when the icon button is detected as being touched and pressed, the direction-changing instruction is received.