Patent ID: 8726193

Claim:
A display control apparatus comprising: an accepting unit that accepts selection of one of objects displayed on a screen in either a cursor mode in which a cursor is moved to select the object or a pointer mode in which a pointer is moved to select the same object, one of the modes being selected by a user; and a display control unit that, when an instruction to switch the pointer mode to the cursor mode is given, erases the pointer and displays the cursor such that the cursor selects an object closest to a position where the pointer was displayed just before being erased, wherein after the pointer mode is selected, the pointer is movable over an entire screen area in response to user input and remains visible and stationary at any point on the entire screen when no user input is received, wherein the position where the pointer was displayed just before being erased due to the given instruction to switch the pointer mode to the cursor mode is a point where no object is displayed on the screen.