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  • Method and apparatus for navigating displayed elements
    Patent number: 6317144
    Abstract: The invention is a method and apparatus for navigating displayed screen elements. In accordance an embodiment of the invention, the method comprises the steps of generating a reference anchor, accepting a navigation input from a user, and determining a next displayed element to be selected based on the user-entered navigation input and the positions of the displayed elements to the reference anchor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Kuldipsingh Pabla, Yu-Tung Kan, Eric Bergman, Venkatesh Narayanan