Quotables
"We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology."
Carl Sagan
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110205582 | GUIDE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND GUIDE DISPLAY METHOD A guide display apparatus includes a display portion, an input portion, a guide display portion, a pop-up display control portion, a setting column display portion, and a setting command portion. The guide display portion makes the display portion display a guide screen... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20100313128 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FREE FORM COMMENTS FOR A PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER A method of annotating a specification of a programmable logic controller is provided that includes displaying a graphical element in a first graphical language for programming the programmable logic controller, and displaying a comment associated with the graphical ele... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100229092 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING MULTIPLE LEVELS OF HELP INFORMATION FOR A COMPUTER PROGRAM A method and system for providing help information for a computer program. The help system provides help information based on a schema that specifies the structure of a valid computer program. The schema provides definitions of program element types that are specific in... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100205530 | Device, system, and method for providing interactive guidance with execution of operations Device, system, and method for providing interactive guidance with execution of operations. For example, a method of providing interactive guidance to a user of a computerized application includes: receiving a user request to obtain interactive guidance with respect to ... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100042923 | Touring In A Geographic Information System The present invention relates to navigating in a geographic information system. In an embodiment, a method tours geographic information in a geographic information system. A set of actions for a tour is received. Each action includes a tour time. A tour time of at least... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100010840 | METHOD FOR SELECTING A SPATIAL ALLOCATION A method of displaying a selected spatial allocation is provided. The method includes but is not limited to associating spatial allocation characteristic data stored in a database with corresponding spatial location data representing a location of a spatial allocation o... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20090249205 | DISPLAY POSITION DETERMINATION APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF A display position determination apparatus has a selection unit selecting a first part from a parts group of display objects, an acquisition unit acquiring display occupancy in a display screen for each of said display objects, a judgment unit judging whether a balloon ... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090231362 | Method of Reproducing Microscope Observation, Device of Reproducing Microscope Observation, Program for Reproducing Microscope Observation, and Recording Media Thereof A plurality of data of still image for screening and zooming shot at maximum magnification to perform magnified observation with regard to a plurality of divided areas obtained by dividing a shoot target area in a microscopic image such that a portion of a peripheral po... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090222728 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PRODUCING USER INTERFACE INFORMATION MESSAGES A system and method for producing notification objects conveying computer warning or error notification information to a computer user is provided. The notification objects point to a target to which the information contained therein relates and are persistent until dis... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090177964 | VISUAL WIZARD LAUNCH PAD A computer-readable medium for interfacing with a plurality of wizards in a computer system includes programming instructions for providing the plurality of wizards, providing a launch button on a launch pad, the launch button associated with a wizard, where selection o... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20090119271 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING A SUMMARY OF SELECTED VALUES A method, system, and article of manufacture for quickly and easily obtaining information about a list of elements. One embodiment of the invention comprises receiving a selection of at least one desired summary function, generating a configuration file containing the a... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20080195946 | Online personal coach for software applications An “online personal coach” provides a mechanism for leading a computer application user in performing tasks using the application, by coaching the user while the user is executing real tasks. Once a user requests help, the coach provides the help inside the applicat... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080120545 | INTERACTIVE ALERT BUBBLES FOR ALERT MANAGEMENT Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to alert bubble management and provide a method, data processing system and computer program product for interactive alert bubbles for alert bubble management. In one embodiment of the inven... | 05/22/2008 |
| 20060179408 | System and method of producing user interface information messages A system and method for producing notification objects conveying computer warning or error notification information to a computer user is provided. The notification objects point to a target to which the information contained therein relates and are persistent until dis... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060010383 | Content providing system, information processing device and method, output device, and method, and program The present invention relates to a content provision system, an information processing apparatus and method, an output apparatus and method, and a program therefor, which makes it possible to use content easily and quickly. When a DVD disc 3 is inserted into a DV... | 01/12/2006 |
| 20050283727 | Non-resident methods and systems for providing clickless user actuation of a webpage The present invention provides methods and systems for clickless user actuation of a webpage through a non-resident application. The non-resident application provides clickless web browsing by determining the position of a user-controlled pointer, displaying an indicato... | 12/22/2005 |
| 20050246659 | Method and system to display a pop-up window when a user leaves a website A method and system to display a pop-up window when a user leaves a website are disclosed. A user accesses a website with a web browser. When a web page from the website is loaded into the user's browser, a client-side variable is set to a particular value, such as the ... | 11/03/2005 |
| 20050246638 | Presenting in-game tips on a video game system A system architecture within a multimedia console having a host application that provides information to a user related to a multimedia application with which user is currently interacting A system application residing in the memory and running concurrently with a multi... | 11/03/2005 |
| 20050223338 | Animated user-interface in electronic devices A method for displaying a message on an electronic device. The device has a display screen to display one or more menu items, allowing a user to highlight the menu items by scrolling the menu. When a menu item is highlighted, a text message is displayed on a designated ... | 10/06/2005 |
| 20050216861 | Interactive user interface for displaying supply chain information An interactive user interface is disclosed. According to various embodiments, the interface includes a first field and at least one additional field. The first field lists a focal item and the at least one additional field contains a listing of items related to the foca... | 09/29/2005 |
| 20050144560 | System and method for viewing information underlying lists and other contexts A system and method is provided for viewing extended text information associated with a particular item in place. A user may invoke a text scrolling area in order to view extended text in place with out obstructing the view of other screen items. Multiple scrolling area... | 06/30/2005 |
| 20050138572 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCING RECOGNIZABILITY OF OBJECTS IN A WORKSPACE Systems and methods for enhancing recognizability of objects/groups in a workspace are provided, wherein the objects/groups are free-format. In an exemplary method, it determines whether a first object/group is moved to a location within a predetermined distance of a se... | 06/23/2005 |
| 20050138559 | Method, system and computer program for providing interactive assistance in a computer application program Provided are methods for providing assistance to the user of a computer application program having a main user interface window, the methods comprising the steps of: determining when a user needs assistance to perform a program task; contextually displaying an assistanc... | 06/23/2005 |
| 20050132303 | Showing ancestors in tree view while scrolling A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for indicating the current ancestor hierarchy in a graphical user interface while scrolling through a tree structure. A determination is made as to the current ancestor hierarchy of an item displayed in a designated section... | 06/16/2005 |
| 20050125744 | Systems and methods for providing menu availability help information to computer users Systems and methods for automatically providing assistance to a user of a system controlled through menus. Features and aspects hereof include detecting user input requesting information regarding an unselectable (or grayed-out) menu item presently displayed. The user i... | 06/09/2005 |
| 20050120308 | Method and system for providing an accessible object on a modal dialog box A method and system for creating a fully accessible display object is disclosed, that may advantageously be used to provide a fully accessible object within a modal dialog box displayed in association with Web page. A fully accessible object is formed using an image com... | 06/02/2005 |
| 20050114779 | Enhanced data tip system and method Displaying data sub-items corresponding to a cursor-selected object displayed on a computer screen involves determining that a cursor is positioned to point at an object on the computer screen, loading the cursor-selected object, evaluating the cursor-selected object to... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050114778 | Dynamic and intelligent hover assistance A method, system and article of manufacture for hover help management in data processing systems and, more particularly, for providing dynamic and intelligent hover assistance in graphical user interfaces. One embodiment provides a method of displaying hover assistance ... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050091602 | System and method for programmatically generating a second graphical program based on a first graphical program A system and method for automatically generating a second graphical program based on a first graphical program. The first graphical program may be associated with a first programming development environment. For example, a user may have interactively created the first g... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050086610 | Systems and methods for effective attention shifting Techniques are provided to improve communication through selective display of attention shifting display elements. A focus of attention is determined, display events located and attention shifting display elements displayed. The attention shifting display elements sugge... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050076302 | Display apparatus A display apparatus attachable to and removable from a plurality of processing apparatuses used for various purposes, includes a display unit for displaying information, an input unit for inputting information, an input detector for detecting an input at the input unit,... | 04/07/2005 |
| 20050071761 | User interface on a portable electronic device An electronic device capable of carrying out a plurality of commands, which are symbolized by a plurality of icons displayed on a touch screen so as to allow a user to select a command by contacting the screen at the icon with a pen, or other object. If the contact is b... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050050470 | Interactive tooltip An interactive tooltip provides access to help information and enhanced editing capabilities. The interactive tooltip is especially useful for a user editing a function within a spreadsheet formula. The present invention integrates HTML-like interactivity with a convent... | 03/03/2005 |
| 20050044500 | Agent display device and agent display method The agent information setting unit (110) transmits agent information to be displayed to the drawing data generation unit (160) while the object data storage unit (170) stores object data necessary for displaying the agent information. The agent impo... | 02/24/2005 |
| 20050039127 | Electronic navigation of information associated with parts of a living body A stylized graphical image of a human body is displayed on a mobile computer, cell phone or other device. The user selects a body part of interest in a standard manner as dictated by the host platform. In response to the user selecting a body part, information is provid... | 02/17/2005 |
| 20050039138 | Method and system for displaying comic books and graphic novels on all sizes of electronic display screens. A method and system for displaying comic books, and graphic novels on all sizes of electronic display screens. This method maximizes visual quality and text legibility by: displaying one panel, e.g., image at a time, and by generating and sizing the text balloons based ... | 02/17/2005 |
| 20050022126 | Methods and systems for inputting data into a computer system A computer system includes a user-interface. The user-interface includes a graphical program interface with one or more input controls. The input controls are arranged for inputting data into the computer system. The graphical program interface also includes a graphical... | 01/27/2005 |
