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Granted Patent B2
US 9,582,176 · App. 13/567,477 · Granted Feb 28, 2017

Moving a drag object on a screen

Inventors: Yoshiroh Kamiyama (Tokyo, JP); Gou Nakashima (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
G06F3/0486
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,582,176
App. No.
13/567,477
Granted
Feb 28, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Moving a drag object on a screen in accordance with an operation of a pointer includes moving, using a processor, the drag object by a movement amount larger than a movement amount of a pointer, wherein a display position of the pointer is moved in accordance with an operation performed by a user, and displaying the drag object.

Claims (4)

1. A method of moving a drag object on a screen in accordance with an operation of a pointer, the display method comprising:

moving, using a processor, the drag object by a movement amount larger than a movement amount of a pointer, wherein a display position of the pointer is moved in accordance with an operation performed by a user;

detecting a target object on the screen, the target object being a destination of the drag object; and

displaying the drag object in a position closer to the target object than the display position of the pointer moved in accordance with the operation performed by the user.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-296834 · Nov 20, 2008 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 13130356
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