Patent ID: 7620915

Claim:
A method for facilitating computer editing of an electronic document, said electronic document comprising a plurality of objects that are graphically rendered in a layout comprising a plurality of unique locations, said method comprising: positioning a first cursor at a first location within said electronic document responsive to user input from a first sensor associated with a user interface device; positioning a second cursor at a second location within said electronic document responsive to user input from a second sensor associated with said user interface device, wherein said first and second cursors are independently displayable, positionable, and operable at any of said plurality of unique locations of said electronic document; defining a selection string, via the first cursor, based upon a selected contiguous arrangement of at least one object of said plurality of objects; transferring said selection string to a location within said electronic document as determined by said second location of said second cursor; and wherein the first and second sensor are of different types located in different regions of the user interface device.