Patent ID: 7755606

Claim:
A method of modifying an operation region displayed on a display screen, comprising the steps of: providing a display screen operably associated with a computer, the computer for executing an application program and for displaying an operation region on the display screen, the computer in communication with a first input device and a second input device, the first input device comprising a digitizer and associated stylus, the digitizer having a digitizer operating area corresponding to the operation region on the display screen, the first input device for performing operations in the operation region, the first input device further including an auxiliary operating area for modifying the positioning state of the operation region in response to an operation in the auxiliary operating area, wherein the digitizer operating area and the auxiliary operating area are simultaneously operable, and the second input device for performing operations differing from operations performed using the first input device; displaying the operation region in a first state; operating the second input device; and displaying the operation region in a second state in response to an operation of the second input device.