US Patent 7019743 Performing operations using drag and drop features

A method and apparatus for performing operations using drag and drop features is provided. For example, a source object, which includes instructions that perform the operations, is applied to a target object, such as a graphical object or a window, by a user performing a drag and drop gesture. This can be accomplished by the user clicking on an icon or an item in a menu, which results in a representation of the source object being displayed on the user's computer. The representation moves across the display as the user performs the drag. When the user drops the representation on the intended target object, the instructions are executed and the operations are performed.