Patent Document ID: 6125342
Application ID: 08972861

Base Claim:
1. In a natural language application running on a computer system, said natural language application for allowing a user to manipulate a plurality of displayed objects on a display device through natural language commands, said plurality of displayed objects being generated by a computer system, a method of interpreting a word sequence including a verb and a pronoun comprising: if said word sequence includes a noun referred to by said pronoun, then ignoring said pronoun; if one of said plurality of displayed objects is presently selected, then interpreting said pronoun as referring to said presently selected displayed object; and if none of said plurality of displayed objects are presently selected, then interpreting said pronoun as referring to one of said plurality of displayed objects which is proximate to a current insertion point on said display device.

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Claim 2:
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of interpreting said pronoun as referring to one of said plurality of displayed objects which is proximate to a current insertion point on said display device further includes the steps of: causing said one displayed object which is proximate to a current insertion point on said display device to be selected; causing said selected display object to be manipulated according to said verb in said word sequence; and causing said selected display object to be unselected.