Appeal No. 2000-0467
Application 08/511,645
dragging the representation of the first object from a first
location on the display to a second location associated with a
second object;
determining whether said second object is either a service
object which performs a service that provides a computational
result on data or a container object;
performing a service with respect to said first object if
said second object is a service object; and
moving the representation of the first object from said
first location to a new location associated with said second
object if said second object is a container object, regardless of
a source of the first object.
18. A method for manipulating objects in a graphical user
interface for a computer, of the type in which representations of
objects stored in a memory are displayed to a user on a display,
comprising the steps of:
selecting a first object whose representation is displayed
on said display;
dragging the representation of the first object from a first
location on the display to a second location associated with a
second object;
determining whether said second object is a container
object;
detecting whether there is an indication of a user-initiated
modified operation; and
if said second object is a container object, always
performing a move operation if there is no indication of a user-
initiated modified operation, regardless of a source of the first
object.
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