Patent ID: 6014127
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: G06F,G06T,Y10S

Abstract:
A computer system having a processor for displaying an offset value relative to a reference position on a display, the computer system further comprising:a display coupled to the processor;a user input device coupled to the processor; anda computer readable storage media coupled to the processor comprising:code that directs processor to display the cursor at a first position on the display in response to input from the user input device, the first position associated with an object on the display;code that directs the processor to use the first position on the display as the reference position on the display;code that directs the processor to display the cursor at a second position on the display in response to input from the user input device, the second position not on an edge of the object on the display; andcode that directs the processor to display the offset value on the display, the offset value being determined in response to the reference position and the second position.