Patent ID: 6690356
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A computer implemented method of providing visual feedback to a computer user during manipulation of selected text on a display device of a computer system, the computer system including a control device for interactively positioning a visible symbol on the display device, the computer also having a signal generation device for signaling an active state and an inactive state, the method comprising:a) creating and displaying a text object of the selected text in response to an active state of the signal generation device while the visible symbol is over the selected text at a source location on the display device; b) moving the text object on the display device along a line between the source location and the visible symbol until the text object reaches the visible symbol; c) in response to an inactive state of the signal generation device while the visible symbol is over a destination location: 1) on the display device zooming from a first bounding rectangle for the selected text at the source location to a second bounding rectangle for the selected text at the destination location; and 2) displaying on the display device the selected text at the destination location.