Patent Document ID: 7895531
Application ID: 11151686

Base Claim:
1. A method of providing a floating command object that is contextually relevant to selected text, the method comprising: upon receiving a selection of text in an electronic document for editing, displaying a command object adjacent to the selected text such that at least a portion of the selected text remains visible, the command object providing text editing functionality in response to the selection of the text; displaying in the command object a set of functionality commands that are relevant to editing the selected text, the set of functionality commands being a subset of a broader range of functionality commands available for editing the selected text, wherein displaying in the command object the set of functionality commands comprises displaying the set of functionality commands with a first set of visual representations similar to a second set of visual representations associated with displaying the broader range of functionality commands; 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 one of the set of functionality commands.

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Claim 3:
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein continuing to display the command object includes maintaining the command object in its displayed position relative to the selected text until the display of the command object is closed by a user action.