Patent ID: 6714222
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A method of operating a graphical user interface comprising:displaying a background on a touch screen; displaying a first virtual magnet on the background; relocating the first virtual magnet from a first location on the background to a second location on the background in response to a drag operation performed on the first virtual magnet by a user; activating an application program in response to a tap operation performed on the first virtual magnet by the user; displaying an application window on the background in response to the tap operation performed on the first virtual magnet by the user; and moving the virtual magnet from a main page location to an application window location in response to the tap operation performed on the first virtual magnet by the user, wherein the application window location is such that part of the virtual magnet covers a portion of the application window and a remaining part of the virtual magnet covers a portion of the background, thereby creating the illusion that the virtual magnet is affixing the application window to the background.