Patent ID: 7873906

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of presenting a visual notification and delaying an action responsive to an onscreen selection, said method comprising: a computer system receiving specification of a plurality of presentation parameters that includes a pre-defined delay time period and a type of a visual notification; said computer system displaying a presentation and a cursor onscreen to an audience, wherein said presentation includes a selectable item, and wherein said presentation is selected from the group consisting of an application page of a software application and a web page of a website; subsequent to said receiving said specification of said plurality of presentation parameters, said computer system detecting a position of said cursor and a corresponding click selection of said selectable item via a user-input device coupled to said computer system; responsive to said detecting said click selection, said computer system initiating said pre-defined delay time period, wherein said pre-defined delay time period was defined, via said receiving said specification, prior to said computer system detecting said click selection of said selectable item via said user-input device; responsive to said initiating said pre-defined delay time period, said computer system presenting said visual notification onscreen to said audience, wherein a result of said presenting said visual notification comprises a detection of said cursor at said position by said audience and an indication to said audience that an action responsive to said click selection is to be executed; said computer system determining a completion of said pre-defined delay time period; and responsive to said computer system detecting said click selection and responsive to said determining said completion of said pre-defined delay time period, said computer system executing said action.