Interaction with a graph for device control

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9773329
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14936881

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Controlling an electronic device includes: detecting a touch contact with a touch-sensitive display; detecting a first intersection of the contact location with a first edge between first and second nodes; exclusively linking the first edge at the first intersection of the contact location; detecting movement of the contact location and causing the linked first intersection of the first edge to move in concert with the contact location so as to extend the first edge on the display at the intersection, while maintaining a link of the first edge to the first and second nodes; detecting the exceeding of an extensibility limit of the first edge; and based on the exceeding, removing the first edge from the displayed graph and breaking the connection between the first and second nodes of the graph, wherein the signaling connection between the first and second components is broken.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Borley, Andrew J Hursley, GB 12 143
Jackson, Callum P Hursley, GB 16 172
McMullan, Kathryn M Hursley, GB 8 122
Norton, Philip L Hursley, GB 12 143

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