Patent ID: 7992107
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for using a circle of light to cause a text, an image, an icon or a control to appear on a computer screen, the apparatus comprising: a computer having a processor and a memory, the computer connected to a display having a screen; a program stored in the memory, the program containing a plurality of instructions adapted to cause the processor to perform steps comprising: creating the text, the image, the icon, or the control in the screen so that, when a user chooses to hide the text, the image, the icon, or the control, the text, the image, the icon, or the control will only appear in the screen when a first set of coordinates in the circle of light coincides with a second set of coordinates in the text, the image, the icon, or the control; using a cursor operable in the screen, the cursor having a tip, establishing the circle of light to have a center at the tip, a configurable radius, a configurable color, and a configurable intensity so that the circle of light will move with the cursor and the center will always be at the tip; and moving the cursor on the screen until the circle of light causes the text, the image, the icon, or the control to appear.