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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5732230 | Computer user interface for manipulating image fragments using drag, drop and merge operations A system for manipulating image fragments so that image processing devices such as copiers, fax machines and scanners may efficiently process oversize images. The system provides a user interface so that when an oversize image is scanned in multiple parts... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5594856 | Computer user interface for step-driven character animation A character animation system executing on a computer. The system provides a simple, efficient and powerful user interface that allows the user to specify complex animations of multi-legged characters by placing footprints on a surface. The system automati... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5583763 | Method and apparatus for recommending selections based on preferences in a multi-user system A system for determining selections that a user is likely to be interested in. The determination is made based on the user's prior indicated preferences. The user designates his or her preferred selections as entries in a user's preference list. Entries i... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5581684 | Application-external help system for a windowing user interface Context sensitive help is provided by an application-external help system for a windowing environment. The help system is application-external in that it operates without the cooperation of an application or the help system supplied as part of the applica... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5566328 | Reconstructing directory pathnames from file handles in a computer system Link Ids are associated with file handles in a directory structure in a computer operating system. The Link Ids allow a file handle to be mapped uniquely to a pathname for a file associated with the file handle. In one implementation lists are used to fac... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5546943 | Stimulating a beneficial human response by using visualization of medical scan data to achieve psychoneuroimmunological virtual reality A visualization system using a computer to provide a patient with a view of their internal anatomy based on medical scan data. The medical scan data is obtained from three-dimensional scanning system, such as Magnetic Resonance Imagery (MRI), Computer-Aid... | 08/20/1996 |
