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An intuitive graphical user interface is based upon a geographic map structure, and includes a system for controlling remote external electronic devices. In the defined graphical user interface, each Space of the geographic map structure is rendered on a touch screen display as a graphic image of a

An intuitive graphical user interface is based upon a geographic map structure, and includes a system for controlling remote external electronic devices. In the defined graphical user interface, each Space of the geographic map structure is rendered on a touch screen display as a graphic image of a geographic space. Within each Space are colored cartoon-like icons called "objects" which can be Selected and manipulated by the user. Certain objects, referred to as portals, transport the user from one Space to another Space when Selected. Other objects, referred to as buttons, perform associated actions or functions when Selected. The graphical user interface is displayed on a hand-held display device used to control remote devices. Each remote electronic device transmits a user interface program object that defines a graphical user interface to the display device. The hand-held display devices displays the graphical user interface associated with the remote device when a user selects an icon associated with the remote device on the display device's touch screen display.

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1. In an object-oriented graphic user interface, said object-oriented graphic user interface illustrating objects as graphical icons, a method of providing information to a program object, said method comprising the steps of:rendering a graphic image of a data object at an initial position on a grap

1. In an object-oriented graphic user interface, said object-oriented graphic user interface illustrating objects as graphical icons, a method of providing information to a program object, said method comprising the steps of:rendering a graphic image of a data object at an initial position on a graphics display screen; receiving input from a user comprising a command to move said data object to a space linked to the program object; receiving input from a user comprising a destination position on the graphics display screen to locate said data object, said program object located at said destination position; rendering a ghost image comprising an exact copy of said graphic image of said data object drawn in muted colors of said data object at said initial position on said graphics display screen, wherein in response to the command to move said data object, said ghost image and said data object are moved together; modifying the appearance of said program object to indicate that said program object will accept said data object; receiving input from a user comprising a command to provide said data object to the space associated with said program object when the appearance of said program object has been modified; and merging said ghost image and said graphic image of said data object to provide feedback that the data object has been moved.