Appeal No. 2000-0146 Page 3
Application No. 08/979,069
In contrast, the appellants’ invention provides visual
feedback to a user who is moving selected text on the screen
of a computer. When the user selects text at a source
location, the selected text is visually de-emphasized and a
text object resembling the selected text is created. After
the user moves the screen’s cursor, the text object is
“snapped” to the cursor to move therewith. The user is then
free to move text on the screen in search of an insertion
point. When the user selects the insertion point, the
selected text is visually “zoomed” from the source location to
the insertion point. Consequently, the user has a feeling of
physical control while moving selected text within a document.
Claim 21, which is representative for present purposes,
follows:
21. A method for providing visual feedback to a
computer user while manipulating selected text
displayed on a display device of a computer system,
the computer system including a control device for
interactively positioning a visible symbol on the
display device, the control device having a button
having a first position and a second position, the
method comprising:
a) creating a text object from the selected text
when the button is in the second position while the
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