Umted States Patent
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`[19]
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`[11] Patent Number:
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`5,754,306
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`Taylor et al.
`[45] Date of Patent:
`May 19, 1998
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`US005754306A
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`[54] SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A
`COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
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`[75]
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`Inventors: David R. P. Taylor. Stanford;
`Lawrence A. Lynch-Freshner. Boulder
`CICCK; Eric W. McKinlay. MODIC
`Vista; Stephen P. Pacheco. San
`Francisco; Dinesh K. Goyal. San Jose.
`all of Calif.
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`............................. 379/67
`ll/1990 Brown et al.
`4,972,461
`5,072,309 12/1991 Brown ........... ..
`353/403
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`....... 358/407
`5,146,348
`9/1992 Kaneyama
`.......................... 358/400
`5,291,302
`3/1994 Gordon et al.
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`FOREIGN PATENT
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`239647 A 2/1990
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`Japan ..................................... 358/402
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`[73] Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company. Palo Alto.
`C31if-
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`Primary Examiner—-Thomas D. Lee
`Assistant Examiner—lerome Grant. II
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`[21] Appl. No.: 523,565
`[22] Filed:
`Sep. 5, 1995
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`Rehted U~S- Allphcatlon Data
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`[63] Commuahm of Set‘ N0" 77’4m" Jun’ 15’ 1993’ abandoned’
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`ABSTRACT
`[571
`A method and a structure for providing electronic mail.
`facsimile transmission and file transfer maintain a data base
`in which the communication parameters of a local computer
`are maintained separately from the communication param-
`eters of a remote computer which communicates the local
`computer. The data base includes an clcctronic address book
`in whjch a method and 3 structure 31-5 pl-ovidgd for sped-
`fying person, group. computer. calling card and service data.
`Thc person type data includcs specification of a preference
`for data. or facsimile transmission. Service information are
`eificiently added because of modularly designed application
`programming interface. A method and a structure are also
`provided to allow synchronization between files residing on
`different computers.
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`4,790,003
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`12/1933 Kepley et al.
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`............................ 379/ss
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`8 Claims. 27 Drawing Sheets
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`COMPUTER
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`Jane Patten (ATTMail:!patten)
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` 3 Eric Mcclapton
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`Middle Manager
`Business
`Howling Pickers
`EMai|: AT&T: |.EMCclapton
`9999 Ark Street
`MCl:EricMcC
`Ctoudyville. CA 94044
`Work Phone: (408) 720-3000
`Home Phone: (408) 476-5555
`Beeper: (408)720-3001
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`Si Eric McClapton
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`Middle Manager
`Howling Pickers
`9999 Ark Street
`Cloudyville, CA 94044
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`SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A
`COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
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`CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED
`APPLICATION
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`This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/077.402
`filed on Jun. 15. 1993. now abandoned.
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`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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`1. Field of the Invention
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`The present invention relates to the automation of elec-
`tronic communication systems; and in particular. relates to
`an integrated system for electronic mail. facsimile
`transmission. terminal emulation and file synchronization
`among distributed computers.
`2. Discussion of the Related Art
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`In addition to the telephone. electronic mail and facsimile
`transmission (“fax") have become indispensable comrnuni-
`cation tools in the information age. File transfers between
`computers are also frequently invoked communication func-
`tions. File transfers traditionally occur when information is
`shared among ditferent computer users. More recently. as
`more users have multiple computers which are used. for
`example. at the work place. at home and during business
`travel. file transfers also occur when the same user maintains
`the same file in multiple machines. Further. portable com-
`puters have now made it possible for a computer user to send
`and receive electronic mail. a file or a fax at any time and
`anywhere. The frequency at which electronic mail. fax and
`file transfers occur has render manual management of each
`of these communication functions increasingly burdensome.
`Thus. an integrated system capable of both performing these
`communication tasks with minimal user intervention. and
`maintaining the necessary information for accomplishing
`each function is highly desired
`In the prior art. systems for generating and receiving
`electronic mail have at least two major weaknesses. First.
`these systems are incomplete. For example. facsimile trans-
`mission and electronic mail are not seen as satisfying the
`same communication need. but rather as two distinctly
`different applications. Consequently. the products available
`today typically address only one or two aspects of commu-
`nications. For example. the prior art provides a program for
`sending and receiving facsimile transmission. and a program
`for providing both facsimile transmission and terminal emu-
`lation. No product to date provides. under a single user
`interface. and in a uniform manner. the ability to send and
`receive fax. file transfer. terminal emulation. and electronic
`mail.
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`The second weakness of prior art communication pro-
`grams results from the designers’ of such programs seeing
`communication as a function distinct from other functions
`carried out in the computer. and not as a supporting function
`to such other functions of the computer. For example. to
`send an electronic mail message today. the electronic mail
`application program would provide its own text processor
`for composing the message. This electronic mail application
`program may not necessarily be compatible with the other
`application programs the computer user uses. duplicates the
`functions performed by these other application programs.
`and demands both valuable memory space and screen “real
`estate.”
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`Suitable management of communication data is also lack-
`ing in prior art communications products. For example.
`programs in the prior art do not automatically provide a
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`different dialing sequence when a normally local call
`becomes a long distance call. or requires an access prefix to
`a private telephone exchange (PBX). such as when the
`computer user is away from his usual
`location during
`business travel or at a different oflice. In these situations. the
`user of the prior art program is required to manually edit the
`configuration. or even individual telephone numbers. stored
`in the data base of these programs.
`Further. electronic address books of the prior art. such as
`those found in organizer programs. are generally suited only
`for maintaining databases designed for memorializing per-
`sonal and business contacts. These programs. however. are
`not designed for creating an electronic communication envi-
`ronment. Specifically. electronic address books sufier at
`least two major weaknesses.
`First. the type of information typically stored in such
`programs are insufficient for use in electronic communica-
`tions. In general.
`these address book programs are not
`designed to handle electronic mail addresses. and usually
`provide little support for maintaining multiple fax and voice
`phone numbers. For example. none of these programs allows
`the user to specify a given recipient’s preferred mode or
`method of receiving communication. e.g. facsimiles or elec-
`tronic mail. so that an automatic procedure which sends a
`mes sage to the recipient using the preferred mode or method
`of communication cannot be designed using databases of
`such programs.
`Second. address book programs are structured to store
`information about individuals. Such programs do not pro-
`vide support in maintaining information about other entities
`which may also be sources or destinations of communica-
`tion. These entities. which include groups of people. bulletin
`board services. mainframe computers and desktop personal
`computers. all have attributes of communication dilferent
`from such attributes of an individual. ‘Thus. an environment
`for supporting electronic communication involving these
`entities cannot be created within the framework of these
`programs. Other deficiencies of prior art address book
`programs also include the absence of a flexible way to
`specify a communication medium. or to support telephone
`calling card usage. often necessary when the computer user
`is a traveller.
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`As to file transfers. prior art remote file transfer utilities
`are deficient in several areas. Firstly. these programs lack
`“user-friendliness.” Typical prior art file transfer utilities are
`difficult to use. Often. to be able to properly set up these
`programs. the user is required to have detailed knowledge of
`data communications. such as the configuration of a modem.
`Further. these prior art file transfer programs do not support
`file management operations (e. g. marking a file for deletion.
`or updating a file when a new version of the file becomes
`available) when the communicating computers are not con-
`nected. These programs examine and operate on remote files
`only when the local and remote computers are connected.
`Thus. in these programs. file management operations are
`often manually performed in an interactive mode when the
`communicating computers are connected. Consequently. as
`such functions are often accomplished over along distance
`telephone connection. substantial expense can be incurred.
`Another deficiency in prior art file transfer utilities is the
`lack of support for file synchronization. The prior art file
`transfer utilities rest upon the human user the responsibility
`of remembering files or directories that need to be kept
`synchronized among the computers in which versions of
`these files or directories reside. While some products pro-
`vide some support for performing such synchronization
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`manually. none of the prior art file transfer utilities supports
`persistent synchronization. i.e. automatic resynchronization
`of such files upon connection of the computers.
`Finally. to add a new communication service. prior art
`software products generally require a complete update of
`many or all system components. Installing a new service
`would therefore require substantial cost and significant
`disruption of service due to the technical complexity of
`configuring and testing these software products.
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`SUMMARY OF THE lNVENT'ION
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`receives (i) a distribution list specifying a number of recipi-
`ents; and (ii) a message to be sent as electronic mail by the
`mail service provider. This second method then. for each
`recipient in the distribution list. retrieves from the data base
`values of the relevant data fields and uses these values to
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`compose, according to the format specified in an address
`template. an electronic mail address suitable for use with the
`mail service provider. The message and the composed
`electronic mail address are then combined to form a package
`10 of a format acceptable for processing by the electronic mail
`provider.
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`Ih that e‘hh°‘h-mehh several mehshhs are Provided fer
`In accordance with the present invention. a method and a
`reeehhhg 3 package hhhl the eleehehie shah Provide‘ Ohe
`structure provide an electronic address book which allows
`method exhaets the message hhm the Package ahethee
`infomiation to be efficiently sent to users of both electronic
`mail and facsimile transmission. In one embodiment of the 15 method extracts the dishsbhhoh hsh hhh '3 thhh ’heth"d
`present invention. a data base stores in a local computer
`exhaets ahy hle ehaehshehts
`the present
`information aboutanumber of recipients.where each recipi-
`In accordance With another aspect Of
`ent is represented by a record holding (i) a telephone number
`invention. 8 system and a method are provided for file
`at which the recipient receives facsimile transmissions; (ii) 20 SYnch1'0niZfiti0ll between 3 10031 complltet system and a
`an electronic mail address at which the recipient receives
`remote c0mPlltef system In One embodiment. a communi-
`electronic mail messages; and (iii) data elements indicating
`Cation link can be provided on demand between the local
`whether the recipient prefers to receive the communication
`computer system and the remote computer system. In each
`in the form of electronic messages. facsimile transmissions
`computer system is kept a synchronization file which con-
`or both.
`tains the list of files or directories to be synchronized. The
`In accordance with another aspects of the present 25 syhehmhszhhoh hle Ca'_n he hhxhhed by each h‘hehshe~ e‘_’eh
`invention. a structure and a method are provided to auto-
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`matically generate correct dialing sequences. for use in
`hhk eshsts heh”_e_eh the leeal eeshphser ahd the rehsese
`sending electronic mail messages or facsimile’ according to
`computer. In addition. each computer keeps a snapshot of its
`the physical location of the dialer. This aspect of the present 30 °wh hse system ahh 3 shapshht ef the olher ehmhhter
`invention is particular useful for users of portable computers
`system s hse system‘ These shepshets are thkeh wheh the
`who travels widely and frequently. In one embodiment. a
`l°ea_1 hhh 1'e‘h°te °°1'hP“te‘s are h1ss_Phys1°”-hy e°hhees_eh~
`data base stores a number of records each corresponding to
`Dhnhg the Pehhd Wheh he Physleal eehheeheh, exlsts
`a recipient of the information to sent by electronic messages
`heh’V_eeh the_ e°‘hP'hess~ eheh_ °°h1P_h‘eT ehh e°hh-hhe t0
`or facsimile. each record specifying (i) the area or country 35
`hesh hs ewh hles ehd ‘h‘ees°hes~ as Weh as hses hhh
`code portion of said recipient’s telephone number. and (ii)
`h_hees°hes hf ‘he °h‘e‘ e°'hPhteI system when 1'h°‘hhe3‘
`the local portion of said recipient’s telephone number.
`hohs aIe.’h"’_he s? the ‘_hhehh1e systehh whhe h° Physleal
`separate from the mcipicms. communicau-on infoflmfiom
`communication link is in existence. the intended operations
`the data base stores connection information in a “Connection
`are ‘lheheh- Ah ehhhges th hles °1' hheethhes marked f°r
`Manager» pmgram Such connection information includes 40 synchronization. whether local or remote. are loggedin each
`(i) an access code to along distance carrier. for use when the
`mhehshe ih the fhhh °f “delta h1es"~ which shhe ihf°hhhh°h
`computer is in an out-of-state or out—of-the-country location
`°f the aehhh ‘he shtehded ehhhges At the hext Physical
`and (ii) an access code to an outside line. for use when the
`ehhheehhh °f the ehshphtes sysseh’s~ she reshete eeshlshter
`computer is in a frequented location. such as the home base
`sysfem sehhs h’ the lhefh e°h‘Pht’e’ system hs heha h_les-
`of the travelling user. Such access code to an outside line 45 Whseh are the“ reselved ‘h the leehl emhhhter system hgahsst
`cambe zero or more digits long to accommodate_ for
`the local computer system s delta files. The changes result-
`exarnple. access to a PBX. The present invention thus
`{he hem resehhhg the hehh hles he the ehhhges heeesshryi
`provides an automatic method for assembling the correct
`sh eaeh hse _syst_eh1~ t° syhehrhhlhe the hses marked for
`dialing sequence based on the location of the Computer as
`synchronization in the synchronization file. Files are then
`indicated by the user. In addition. the data base also includes 50 exchangcd t° P'=ff°fm the SYn°h-'°mZa“°D- The f°5_°1“‘=d
`authorization information about the user’s telephone credit
`hehh shes ‘he hseh to hl-‘hate heth the shhPshf"‘ hles ‘h she
`cant which can also be automaficauy incorporated in the
`local computer system and the snapshot files in the remote
`dialing scquenog
`computer system.
`In accordance with another aspect of the present
`The the SYl1°h1'°l1i_Z3l?l°l1 f9a“11'CS 315 P3-1't1'C'-1131" '-l5°f“1f°1'
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`electronic mail service provider. The convenient method
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`allows integrating the electronic service provider in an
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`FIG. 1 shows is a model of communication among a
`to reinstall the other components of the communication
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`FIG. 2 shows an overall graphical interface of an inte-
`In one embodiment, the interface provides a method for
`grated communication system (ICU) in accordance with the
`retrieving from the data base an address template specifying 65 PWSCM i11V€I1tl°l1-
`data fields of an electronic mail address suitable for use with
`FIG. 3 is a block diagram summarizing the interactions
`the electronic mail service provider. A second method
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`sponding to Connection Manager. Address Cards. In Tray.
`Out Tray. Terminal Emulator. File Manager. Log and Service
`components of the ICU of the present invention.
`FIG. 4 shows the window of the Communication Address
`Book (CAB) in accordance with one embodiment of the
`present invention.
`FIG. 5 shows an example of a Group type address card
`500 of the present invention.
`FIG. 6 shows an example of a Computer type address card
`600 of the present invention.
`FIG. 7 shows an example of a Calling Card type address
`card 700 of the present invention.
`FIG. 8 shows an example of a Service Type address card
`800 of the present invention.
`FIG. 9 shows a dialog box 900 used for associating the
`fields of a file containing information to be imported with the
`corresponding fields in the CAB.
`FIG. 10 shows a dialog box 1000 for specifying the page
`format for printing address cards of the CAB.
`FIGS. 11a and 11b show respectively an address card
`being printed as a card image and in a list format.
`FIG. 12 shows the card order dialog box 1200 used to
`specify the order of address cards displayed in the card stack
`of the CAB. in accordance with the present invention.
`FIG. 13 shows a dialog box 1300 which is used to edit a
`tagged list associated with one of the “Voice” or “Fax” fields
`in a Person type address card.
`FIG. 14 shows a dialog box 1400 which is used to edit a
`tagged list associated with the “config" field in a Computer
`type address card.
`FIGS. 15a. 15b and 15c show respectively a dialog box
`1500. a dialog box 1550 and a dialog box 1580. which are
`used alternatively to edit a tagged list associated with the
`“Email” field in a Person type address card
`FIG. 16 shows a Service type address card 1901 providing
`service parameters to a service DLL 1902. to assemble a
`package from an envelope.
`FIG. 17 shows a dialog box 1900 of the Connect Manager
`component in an embodiment of the present invention.
`FIG. 18 shows a dialog box 1950 of the Connect Manager
`component. which is invoked to receive input configuration
`information regarding the calling location. in accordance
`with the present invention.
`FIG. 19 summarizes the portions of a telephone number
`contributed by the Connection Manager component and the
`Communication Address Book (CAB) component to build a
`telephone number to be used to reach an addressee. in
`accordance with the present invention.
`FIG. 20A shows a window of the File manager displaying
`the file systems of two computers. in accordance with the
`present invention.
`FIG. 2013 shows the window of FIG. 21a. after sub-
`directories are selected in each of panels 2102a and 2102b.
`FIG. 21 shows a dialog box 2200 illustrative of the
`“Properties” item under the File Menu. in accordance with
`the present invention.
`FIG. 22 shows a dialog box 2300 showing the “Confirm”
`Menu under the “Options” Menu of the File Manager of the
`present invention.
`FIGS. 23a-23e shows the events under control of the File
`Manager of the present
`invention during a connection
`between a local computer and a remote computer.
`DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE
`PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
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`FIG. 1 is a model of communication among several
`computers. As shown in FIG. 1. computer systems
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`100a—100c are each a single-user computer system. Com-
`puter systems 100a. which can be a desktop computer either
`operating as a stand-alone machine. or as a node in a local
`area network. has access to a modem 102a which provides
`an interface to a telephone network 103. Telephone network
`103 provides access to other computers. such as computer
`100c. Computer 1001: is a portable computer which connects
`to telephone network 103 via a built-in modem 102b (not
`shown). A number of modems are available for mobile use.
`including those that couples through a cellular telephone
`link. Portable computer 100!) can also send and receive
`facsimile transmission. Facsimile transmissions are typi-
`cally stored as images (i.e. bitmaps).
`l. The Control Panel
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`One embodiment of an integrated communication system
`or utility (ICU) provided by the present invention has an
`overall graphical user interface 200 shown in FIG. 2. Pro-
`vided in graphical
`interface 200 are square icon boxes
`representing the functions selectable by the user to be
`performed by the ICU. Graphical interface 200 acts as a
`top-level entry point for the various functional components
`of the ICU.
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`invention provides a control panel-based
`The present
`ICU. A control panel is an effective means to provide users
`with convenient and quick access to all necessary commu-
`nications utilities. while incurring very little screen space.
`Using the control panel approach.
`the user can use the
`remaining screen space for other application programs.
`These application programs operate in conjunction with the
`ICU as if the ICU is part of the functionalities provided by
`application programs. The implementation of the ICU con-
`forms to a common application program interface. so as to
`allow an application program. such as a word processor. to
`access the component functionalities of the ICU. As a result.
`existing application programs can be integrated with a wide
`range of communications facilities through the ICU.
`Selection of icon boxes in the graphical user interface 200
`can be accomplished either by a pointing device. e.g. a
`mouse. or by pressing on a keyboard a predetermined key or
`a predetermined combination of key strokes. For example.
`as shown in FIG. 2. an “Out Tray” icon 206 represents the
`function which prepare an “envelope” for an electronic mail
`message or a facsimile transmission. for transfer out of the
`user’s work space. An envelope comprises the recipient and
`destination information. configuration settings for the com-
`munication hardware involved. priority. and references to
`file attachments included in the communication.
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`To initiate the “out tray” function. the user “drags" the
`envelope. e.g. a text file and “drops" it on the “out tray" icon.
`Dragging and dropping are operations of the pointing device
`familiar to a computer user. One implementation of dragging
`is initiated when the user presses a button on a mouse device
`while the cursor on an associated display device is at an
`initial screen position. The pressing of the button indicates
`a selection. While holding the button down. the user moves
`the mouse to associate the selected item to another item
`displayed. Typically. when the mouse is moved. the com-
`puter generates a visual feedback to the user by generating
`on the display device a corresponding motion of the cursor.
`Also. while the button is held down. visual feedback. such
`as a dashed box resembling the outline of the item selected.
`can be generated to follow the cursor. so as to indicate to the
`user that a “dragging" manipulation is initiated. The user
`then selects