Patent ID: 8910078
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of providing a graphical user interface (GUI) on a computer screen, the method comprising: displaying the GUI on the computer screen for user interaction with a computer, the GUI being formed of a plurality of user interactive command regions in a circular arrangement and surrounding a pointer such that the pointer is equidistant from at least two of the command regions, each command region corresponding to one respective computer operation initiated upon user selection; predicting a target object to be selected among the command regions of the GUI, the target object corresponding to one of the command regions, wherein the pointer is equidistant from at least two of the command regions; wherein predicting includes creating a vector based on a detected movement of a cursor from a first position to a second position and determining one of the plurality of command regions that intersects the vector, said determining being independent of the cursor reaching the target object; and enlarging the command region corresponding to the predicted target object to facilitate user acquisition and selection of the predicted target object, wherein said enlarging occurs before the pointer reaches the predicted target object and before the predicted target object has been acquired.