Patent ID: 6664989
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A system for providing feedback on a graphical display to a user, the system comprising:a control device responsive to user inputs; a processor configured to receive said user inputs from said control device and to generate an output in response to said user inputs, said output being based at least in part upon a distance algorithm; and a display configured to produce said feedback and said graphical display comprising a cursor and at least one button in response to said output from said processor; wherein said processor is further configured to process said output with an enhanced cursor control technique such that said cursor is positioned on said display in response to said user inputs, and wherein said enhanced cursor control technique comprises skewing said distance algorithm when said cursor is positioned in proximity to said at least one button to slow the rate at which the cursor passes over the button to thereby form a hysteresis effect.