Patent Document ID: 9015624
Application ID: 13027289

Base Claim:
1. A method of providing a floating command object that is contextually relevant to selected document contents, the method comprising: displaying a command object adjacent to selected document content, the command object comprising at least one functionality command that is relevant to editing the selected document content; associating an opacity of the displayed command object to a distance between an electronic pointer and the displayed command object; and continuing to display the command object after receiving a selection of the at least one functionality command, wherein continuing to display the command object comprises maintaining the command object in its displayed position relative to the selected document content until additional document content is received.

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Claim 7:
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein associating the opacity of the displayed command object to the distance between an electronic pointer and the displayed command object comprises causing the displayed command object to grow increasingly translucent as the distance between the electronic pointer and the displayed command object increases.