US 7,477,236 B2
Remote control of on-screen interactions
Eyal Ofek, Beijing (China); and Feng-Hsiung Hsu, Cupertino, Calif. (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash. (US)
Filed on Apr. 29, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/118,720.
Prior Publication US 2006/0248462 A1, Nov. 02, 2006
Int. Cl. G06F 3/033 (2006.01); G09G 5/08 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 345—158  [345/156] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
displaying a selection control to interface with one or more user interface (UI) elements to operate a presentation;
receiving, from a remote handheld device, a set of image frames representing respective snapshots of the selection control;
identifying an initial location of the selection control based on the image frames;
identifying a target location of the selection control after displaying the selection control; and
moving the selection control to the target location.