Patent ID: 8274534
Filing Date: 2012-09-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of selecting and activating a tool, comprising: a. providing an electronic screen display and a microprocessor for displaying a graphical content; and b. providing an input device for performing a drag operation, said drag operation defines a new fixed reference point location and a new movable selection point location on said screen display, where said reference point location is the location said drag starts, and where said selection point location is the current location of said drag; and c. responsive to starting said drag providing a new first region containing and spatially relative to said reference point location and further providing two or more new additional regions contiguous with at least one previously provided new regions, wherein at least three of said regions are each assigned a substantially different corresponding function, activating at least one said function in response to said selection point location moving out of the corresponding function's region without entering any of the other contiguous regions; whereby a user may start a drag at an arbitrary location to display pop-up menu items then activate a desired item by continuing to drag the selection point out of the item's corresponding region without entering a contiguous region, with results such as pop-up new menu items or activate a file save action.