Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20070234226
Filing Date: March 29, 2006
Inventors: Christopher Szeto
Assignee: YAHOO! INC.
Current U.S. Classification: 715, 715/769000, 715/821000
View Prior Art for Claim 00020
A computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable medium having computer program instructions stored therein which are operable to cause a computing device to:
provide a user interface including a first interface object operable to be selected and moved within the user interface; and
present at least one additional interface object in the user interface in proximity of the first interface object in response to selection and movement of the first interface object in the user interface, each additional interface object representing a drop target with which the first interface object may be associated.
Patent/Application # 5745111
Description
The patent discloses a system and method for automatically presenting default-drop target icons displayed within a data processing system. On dragging an icon, default-drop target icons are identified and displayed near to the dragged icon to facilitate dropping of the selected icon.
Patent/Application # US5742286
Description
This invention relates to graphical user interfaces in computer display systems and, more particularly, to improved systems and methods for user manipulation of objects in the interface.
Patent/Application # US 7,231,609
Description
A method of displaying target icons in close proximity of a source icon/file being dragged is presented.
Patent/Application # US20040001094 A1
Description
The reference describes a method of highlighting the drop zones when a file/icon/folder is dragged. Note that this reference does not mention the proximity feature claimed in '226.
Patent/Application # 20030160825
Description
The reference describes a drag-and-drop functionality in a graphical user interface environment. As a file is dragged and dropped onto a set of folders using an explorer-like interface, the system automatically determines into which folder the file should be placed. If the folder does not already exist, then it is automatically created.
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