Patent ID: 7372473
Filing Date: 2008-05-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method to implement a graphical user interface on a display device of a data processing system having an input device, the method comprising: receiving an input which indicates a movement of the input device while a cursor of the graphical user interface is outside a first region on the display device, the input comprising: controlling a position of the cursor on the display device in response to the first component and the second component of the input; and adjusting a first parameter corresponding to a scale of data, under control of a first user interface element of the graphical user interface according to the first component of the input, the first user interface element being located within the first region, wherein the adjusting the first parameter causes a range of the data displayed by another user interface element of the graphical user interface to be adjusted based on a value of the first parameter, wherein adjusting the first parameter comprises remapping the first component of the input to control a change in the scale of data.