Patent ID: 9075514
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: under the control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions, displaying content on a display screen of a computing device, wherein the display screen is a touch screen; detecting a location of a finger of a user within a predetermined range from a surface of the display screen; positioning a selection element displayed on the display screen offset from the finger such that the selection element is visible from a point of view of the user when the finger is at the location; detecting movement of the finger from the location and within the predetermined range from the display screen; causing the selection element to move across the display screen based at least in part on the movement of the finger within the predetermined range from the display screen; detecting the finger approaching the display screen; prior to the finger touching the display screen, causing the selection element to become fixed to a graphical object on the display screen upon the finger reaching a threshold distance from the surface; preventing movement of the selection element away from the graphical object to which the selection element is fixed, while the finger remains at or below the threshold distance from the surface; detecting a touch event by the finger; and selecting the graphical object to which the selection element is fixed.