Patent ID: 7137891
Filing Date: 2006-11-21
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A method of designating candidate objects with respect to an initial object in a virtual environment of an information processing system, comprising: displaying a plurality of candidate objects on a display screen; displaying a candidate range indicator on the display screen in response to actuation of a candidate input interface on an input device, the candidate range indicator comprising a visual indication of a candidate range for the initial object; displaying a visual indication in association with a first candidate object of the displayed plurality of candidate objects in response to the first candidate object intersecting at least a portion of the candidate range indicator on the display screen, the visual indication being displayed in association with a first designation input interface comprising a system-assigned button on the input device; and causing a predetermined action from the initial object with respect to the candidate object in response to actuation of the first designation input interface button of the input device.