Patent ID: 7565618
Filing Date: 2009-07-21
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, operable on an application within a computer system, for streamlining manual dropping of a plurality of objects within a display using an input device, the display presenting a surface suitable for dropping objects into, the input device being capable of converting user input into a two-dimensional position to drive a position of a cursor on the display, the method comprising: detecting user action of dragging at least two objects from another application or a source of draggable objects in the application over said display using said input device, said at least two objects forming a list of attached objects, and entering a dropping mode while the at least two objects are attached to the cursor; while at least one of said at least two objects remains undropped, continuing to execute the following actions while in the dropping mode: a) displaying a visual representation of each of said objects in said list proximal to a current position of said cursor, as a set of thumbnails, and b) when the user's intention to drop an object is detected, executing the following actions: c) performing steps b1), b2) and b3) for each object to be dropped, so that each of said at least two objects are sequentially dropped at unique locations independently of other objects in said list of attached objects; and exiting said dropping mode when the list of attached objects is empty.