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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20080046816 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING THE VISIBILITY OF A TREEMAP The visibility of a treemap is improved by offsetting the area of a parent node relative to a bounding box containing all of its child nodes while constructing the treemap, so that a part of the bounding box lies outside the area of the parent node, and the area of each... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20070294615 | Personalizing a search results page based on search history The invention discloses a system and method for personalizing a search results mix based on a user's search history. The invention can use an individual user's search history to personalize a search results page that may be unique for the specific user. The invention ca... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070288843 | AUTOMATIC LAYOUT SYSTEM AND AUTOMATIC LAYOUT METHOD In a variable printing system, content of a merchandise or the like (e.g., merchandise advertisement) extracted from a database can be arranged at the optimal position depending on a level of appeal or a priority of the content. In an automatic layout method for varying... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070260975 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GRAPHICALLY DELIMITING TEXT MESSAGE CONTENT FOR A MOBILE RADIO TERMINAL A method for displaying written text during the preparation of a text message to be transmitted by a mobile radio terminal. Written text entered by a user is displayed. A graphical text message break is displayed between characters of the written text associated with a ... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070256010 | Document layout verification A test document is parsed into components which may include bounding boxes, segments, and points. Test code makes calls to properties and methods of components in order to verify document layout. Rather than take absolute measurements of component placement, components ... | 11/01/2007 |
| 20070234196 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SELECTION OF MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATIONS Described are a variety of techniques for viewing multimedia-based information in accordance with user controls for the speed and direction of the multimedia presentation. Different techniques for presenting multimedia data items are disclosed. User controls providing c... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070234205 | Defining virtual shapes to position text and graphics Virtual shapes are defined that are referenced to one or more actual, printable sheets for printing. The virtual shapes are referenced to the actual sheet using a rotation and x-axis (left-to-right) and y-axis (top-down) coordinates. The coordinates are typically specif... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070220422 | Method for achieving accurate page margins on a media and duplex imaging apparatus thereof A method for achieving accurate page margins on a media and a duplex imaging apparatus thereof. The method comprises: detecting a leading edge position by an edge sensor and a first left-to-right position of the media by an alignment sensor in a first imaging path; imag... | 09/20/2007 |
| 20070214409 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF An image-forming apparatus includes a database storing a layout template made up of containers, each representing a display area for a part of a user interface (UI). The user interface is configured by embedding display content in each container of the layout template i... | 09/13/2007 |
| 20070204220 | RE-LAYOUT OF NETWORK CONTENT Techniques for modifying network content layout to be presented by an application are disclosed. More specifically, the content layout or portions thereof can be altered to facilitate specific tasks including, but not limited to, enhancing readability. For example, cont... | 08/30/2007 |
| 20070198922 | Dynamically placing resources within a graphical user interface A technique dynamically places resources within a graphical user interface (GUI). According to the novel technique, a resource (e.g., an image of the resource) of the GUI is assigned a filename (e.g., by a graphic designer) having position information encoded therein. F... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070192686 | Figure sizing and positioning on dynamic pages Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that provide ways to position, size, and/or anchor page elements for display on varying output devices. A user can assign rendering specifications to both text and graphic elements. Rendering specifications include, but ... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20070186154 | Smart arrangement and cropping for photo views A random yet smart selection of layouts is provided when viewing a set of photos. A set of layouts may be chosen such that a reasonable sense of variety and uniqueness is provided when viewing the photos. For instance, photos may be randomly assigned to one of a plurali... | 08/09/2007 |
| 20070180374 | Resolution reduction technique for displaying documents on a monitor A method of generating an output image having a lower resolution than that of a source image is provided. A thinned image is generated by discarding outer pixels of the source image. In parallel with generation of the thinned image, an averaged image is generated, such ... | 08/02/2007 |
| 20070174764 | Data Collection Data collection is described. A network-based data collection service enables users to define and manage data collections. Data items can be selected from any type of data source (e.g., a web page, a local document, an image file, an audio file, a video file, etc.) and ... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070157080 | Systems and methods for re-purposing content objects for media production Various systems and methods for re-purposing content objects are described herein. As just one example, a method is disclosed that includes receiving a content element and reducing the content element to a maintenance form. The content element in the maintenance form is... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070157082 | Web portal layout manager system and method In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a web portal layout manager system and method are provided. In particular embodiments of the present invention, the method includes receiving at a layout manager an indication selecting one of multiple predeterm... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070136696 | System and Method for Enabling at Least One Independent Data Navigation and Interaction Activity Within a Document The inventive system and method are directed to novel embodiments of various tools and infrastructures that enable a user of a document viewed on a data processing system using a document handling application, to engage in at least one additional concurrent data navigat... | 06/14/2007 |
| 20070124669 | Presentation of large objects on small displays A method for presenting at least a part of an object is shown, comprising at least partially dividing at least one object into a plurality of sub-objects, presenting the plurality of sub-objects in a first representation, making at least one sub-object of the plurality ... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070113176 | Method of and apparatus for displaying messages on a mobile terminal A method and apparatus simultaneously displays the main text and/or more attached filed of a message received in a mobile terminal. This simultaneous display allows a user to confirm the main text and attached files in the message. The main text and attached files may b... | 05/17/2007 |
| 20070113175 | METHOD OF PERFORMING LAYOUT OF CONTENTS AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME A layout apparatus for laying out a plurality of contents determines the sizes of areas corresponding to respective contents that are required for accommodating the contents and lays out the areas corresponding to the respective contents. The layout apparatus adjusts th... | 05/17/2007 |
| 20070113174 | METHOD OF PERFORMING LAYOUT OF CONTENTS AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME A layout apparatus recognizes a blank area in a layout area in which first contents have been laid out and controls a layout in the blank area in which second contents are to be laid out based on the recognized blank area. ... | 05/17/2007 |
| 20070106935 | Apparatus and method for implementing flexible page layout An apparatus and a method for implementing a flexible page layout. The apparatus includes: a page presentation unit, for providing at least one presentation mode of the page layout; a page control unit connected with the page presentation unit, for selecting resources s... | 05/10/2007 |
| 20070101260 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF In order to set correlations of contents to be displayed, a layout edit application which runs on a host computer selects containers, and decides the layout of the containers based on the selected containers and a correlation table which defines the layout of the contai... | 05/03/2007 |
| 20070074108 | Categorizing page block functionality to improve document layout for browsing Categorizing page block functionality to improve document layout for browsing is described. In one aspect, document content is analyzed with respect to multiple block function criteria. Results of this analysis are used to assign a respective block function to blocks of... | 03/29/2007 |
| 20070074110 | Media display collages A system and method for generating collections of media are provided. A media collage is constructed such that all its contained media, such as digital images, are selected and organized according to an associated characteristic. Sequential media collages can be generat... | 03/29/2007 |
| 20070055946 | Apparatus for providing multiple screens and method of dynamically configuring multiple screens An apparatus for providing multiple screens and a method of dynamically configuring multiple screens are provided. The apparatus for providing multiple screens includes a service processing module which generates logical screens displaying services and a display screen ... | 03/08/2007 |
| 20070038929 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM Association information representing the association between the first information and the second information is set in the first record belonging to the first information and the second record belonging to the second information that are stored in a storage medium. A f... | 02/15/2007 |
| 20060294460 | Generating a text layout boundary from a text block in an electronic document Methods, systems and machine-readable instructions for processing an electronic document are described. In one aspect, logical blocks that were extracted from the electronic document, including a text block comprising text lines each encompassed by a respective bounding... | 12/28/2006 |
| 20060288277 | Communication apparatus and display method A communication apparatus and display method are capable of displaying one frame of a plurality of frames, and displaying automatically an appropriate frame for a user in the case that there are changes in display contents. A display part displays screen data while enla... | 12/21/2006 |
| 20060288279 | Computer assisted document modification A method, apparatus, and system are disclosed for computer assisted document modification. One embodiment is a method for software execution. The method automatically extracts articles, in a first phase, from documents to generate different zones of the articles. Differ... | 12/21/2006 |
| 20060271834 | Dynamic personal homepage: tracing web block The invention provides a method of creating a personal home page containing information of interest assembled from various web sites. The method includes the partitioning of web pages into web blocks. Users may collect various web blocks from different web pages and uti... | 11/30/2006 |
| 20060259859 | System and method for formatting and displaying frameset documents The present invention relates to a method, terminal, and computer program for presenting a markup language document which contains a frameset. The method comprises the steps of interpreting the instructions in the document so that no scrollbars are displayed in the indi... | 11/16/2006 |
| 20060224954 | Method and system to determine area on a user interface A method and system to determine the size of a first area on a user interface that is utilized to display data items. The system receives a request for a user interface that includes a first area and a second area that are complementary in size. The system utilizes the ... | 10/05/2006 |
| 20060212804 | Method and system for formatting web pages having constrained dynamic regions on content templates The present invention generally relates to methods, systems, and data structures for creating web pages. In embodiments of the present invention, a web page template is created. One or more instructions are received to construct a web page template with a zone. A constr... | 09/21/2006 |
| 20060212803 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY RESIZING EMBEDED WEB PAGE CONTENT A system and method for extending the utility of an HTML IFrame web page element by enabling the IFrame to dynamically resize its viewing boundaries according to the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the secondary content to be displayed within the IFrame is disclos... | 09/21/2006 |
| 20060212805 | Systems and methods for remote access media production Systems and methods for remote access document production are disclosed herein. As an example, one such method includes providing a first computer executing a document production suite. The first computer is communicably coupled to a computer network, and provides a lay... | 09/21/2006 |
| 20060179406 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RENDERING ELECTRONIC DATA Methods and a system are provided to receive electronic data in their native format and to deliver automatically revised electronic data in a new format and new layout. The received data are decomposed into their constituent parts including text and floating objects, ge... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060150094 | Web companion Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for presenting network content, such as web documents. Briefly described, in architecture, one embodiment of the system, among others, includes logic configured to retrieve a network document, where the n... | 07/06/2006 |
| 20060117255 | Applying type fitting across grouped text frames in a page layout application Methods are disclosed for type-fitting text in multiple text frames of a page layout application. The text frames are associated with a group, and permissible variances of parameters of type fitting attributes are assigned to the group using a graphical user interface. ... | 06/01/2006 |
