Patent ID: 7676754

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of resolving an ambiguous input to a computer system, said computer-implemented method comprising: programming a specific processor with computer executable instructions that, when executed within the computer system, execute steps comprising: receiving a user tactile input that has been input by a user on a display screen, wherein said user tactile input is an ambiguous input due to an imprecise location of the user tactile input on a display monitor; in response to receiving said ambiguous input, displaying said ambiguous input to said user in a way that indicates an ambiguity of said ambiguous input to the user by graphical means; in response to displaying said ambiguous input in a way that indicates the ambiguity of said ambiguous input to the user by graphical means, waiting a predetermined period of time to receive a corrective input from the user; and fading a display of the ambiguous input during said predetermined period of time, wherein said fading occurs gradually during said predetermined period of time, wherein said ambiguous input is displayed as a geometric shape having an initial thickness, and wherein the initial thickness of the geometric shape decreases during said predetermined period of time.