Appeal No. 1998-1388 Page 3
Application No. 08/357,678
The invention at issue in this appeal enables a user to
move or resize a window without having to depress a button on
a mouse.
Specifically, a display screen features specialized regions
called “object handles.” Associated with each object handle
are a geometric shape and an object handle type. The
geometric shape of the object handle identifies its bounds;
the shape is designed so that the user is unlikely to cause a
cursor to enter the associated object handle region by
mistake. The object handle type identifies the manipulation
enabled by the handle.
To manipulate a window according to the invention, a user
employs a mouse to move the cursor into the object handle
region of a handle corresponding to the desired manipulation.
To move a window, for example, the user moves the cursor into
an object handle region corresponding to a window move
operation. The user then moves the window by causing the
cursor to move to another location on the display screen.
Once the window has been moved, the user moves the cursor out
of the object handle region identified by the object handle.
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