Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20070234226
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Prior Art (10)
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.
Title Drag-and-Pop and Drag-and-Pick: Techniques for Accessing Remote Screen Content on Touch- and Pen-ope
Description
A a user interface paradigm that involves displaying drop points near the selected object when the user begins to drag.
Patent/Application # 7055105
Description
This reference describes the marking up of all possible drop locations for a device image upon selection of the displayed device image on a user interface. Note that this reference does not mention the proximity feature claimed in '226. Also, the marking up of drop locations happens in response to the selection of a device image and not necessarily in response to dragging of the device image.
Patent/Application # 20020196271
Description
This prior art relates to highlighting the areas, parts, elements or substructures onto which an object can be dropped, in response to a selection/drag of the object.
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.
Title Improving drag-and-drop on wall-size displays
Description
Upon dragging an icon, all the possible target drop icons and the drag icon are surrounded by a miniature frame (called take-off area). When the user further moves the dragged icon towards one particular target drop icon, the target drop icon is highlighted so athat the user can easily drop the dragged icon in the target drop icon.
Patent/Application # 5774119
Description
The invention presents a method in which once an object is dragged and dropped on a window with a set of multiple objects, a list of the possible target objects are presented to the user for selection of the final target for the object dropped.
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 # 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 # 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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