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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120030584 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY SWITCHING BETWEEN SCALABLE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR MOBILE DEVICES A method, apparatus and system enable mobile platforms to dynamically switch between scalable graphical user interfaces. Mobile device users may couple their mobile devices to computing platforms with larger display devices. Upon detection of the larger display device, ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120005592 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Metadata-Based User Interfaces Methods and apparatus provide for the production of metadata-based user interfaces (UIs) such as graphical user interfaces (GUIs). In one example, keypad descriptor metadata is obtained. The keypad descriptor metadata is data identifying a plurality of available keypad ... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110302487 | Web Client Command Infrastructure Integration into a Rich Client Application A command interface for a software application is implemented on a client computer. A first definition of the command interface is received from a server computer. The first definition includes rules for encoding the command interface on a web browser. A conversion of t... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110289427 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING VISUAL INFORMATION Efficiently managing visual information by small form factor electronic devices having limited display resources using a persistent overlay is described. The persistent overlay can be formed of selected visual information from a first page and can remain viewable over s... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110191690 | Combined Surface User Interface Techniques for utilizing two or more mobile devices equipped with projectors to generate a combined seamless user interfaces by stitching projection areas generated by the projectors.... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110061003 | ADVERTISEMENT DISPLAY METHOD, ADVERTISEMENT DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND ADVERTISEMENT DISPLAY PROGRAM An advertisement display method includes displaying, on a display position on a map displayed on a screen of a communication terminal of a user based on user specified location information specified by the user, location information of an advertiser based on advertiser ... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110041078 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CREATION OF INTEGRATED USER INTERFACE A method and device for creating an integrated User Interface (UI) by combining individual application UIs. The device receives application UIs from individual UI providing devices, combines the application UIs into the integrated UI, and displays the integrated UI. Whe... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20100218113 | FLIP MOBILE LIST TO TABLE A method of presenting data on a mobile electronics device includes initiating an application on a mobile device, requesting data from a server separate from the mobile device, receiving data from the server, displaying the data on the mobile device in a first view, and... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100218114 | Method for Simplifying the Display of Stationary Members of an Onboard Database The invention is situated in the field of displaying on board an aircraft geostationary elements of the navigation database on a screen having different display resolutions for the purpose of this data display, and its subject is a method for simplifying the display of ... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100088613 | VOICE RESPONSE UNIT PROXY UTILIZING DYNAMIC WEB INTERACTION A system, method and program product for providing a voice response unit (VRU) proxy. A system is provided that includes: a graphical user interface (GUI) for dynamically displaying information from a VRU and for receiving data from a user; a system for initiating a cal... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100064208 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USER INTERFACE MODIFICATION A method and apparatus for modifying a user interface. The method comprises receiving user interface data at a client from a first server, receiving modification computer program code at said client, and executing said modification computer program code at said client t... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100064019 | Method for Viewing Non-Image Attachments on a Portable Electronic Device A method for viewing an attachment of an email message on a portable electronic device in which the attachment has a renderable format is provided. The method includes: requesting to view the attachment in an attachment viewer of the portable electronic device, building... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100031326 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SUPERIOR/SUBORDINATE INTERACTIONS A system and method for automating the creation, optimization and deployment of multimedia, interactive, mentoring communication modules (“MIPs”) is provided. Simplified interfaces allow superiors to generate MIPs and asynchronously deploy them to subordinates' mobi... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100005396 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A COMLEMENTARY USER INTERFACE ON A DISPLAY SURFACE An alternate display content controller provides a technique for controlling a video display separately from and in addition to the content displayed on the operating system display surface. Where the display is a computer monitor, the alternate display content controll... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20090292723 | Method and Apparatus to Implement Themes for a Handheld Device A method and apparatus for the delivery, administration and application of themes to a cellular telephone device. The apparatus, in one embodiment, comprises an inbox to receive a multimedia message (MM) containing a theme, a filing logic to place the MM in a themes fol... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090281874 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EMBEDDING INTERACTIVE COMPONENTS WITHIN MOBILE CONTENT A system is provided for providing content including one or more interactive components to a wireless device. The system includes a content server configurable to deliver push content to the wireless device, a processor for controlling operation of the server, a communi... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090193340 | Enabling a Graphical Window Modification Command to be Applied to a Remotely Generated Graphical Window Techniques relating to enabling a graphical window modification command to be applied to a remotely generated graphical window are described. In one instance, a process detects a user command to modify a remotely generated application graphical window in a remote termin... | 07/30/2009 |
| 20090083635 | APPARATUS FOR INTEROPERATION BETWEEN LEGACY SOFTWARE AND SCREEN READER PROGRAMS A computer program for facilitating operation of a screen reader with legacy programs whose user interface definitions do not conform to the design guidelines expected by the screen reader program. A graphical user interface is analyzed to identify a logical sequence of... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20080270613 | Method of Processing a Contact for a Mobile Device and Related Device To add a contact to a mobile device, the mobile device displays a login screen for a first online service, logs into the first online service based on a username and password, retrieves a contact list from the first online service which has a first contact identifier, u... | 10/30/2008 |
| 20080104522 | Methods and systems for modifying raster graphics software programs A method for enabling raster image editing software to work with geospatial imagery includes identifying geospatial metadata for an image upon opening of the image, and monitoring all raster image editing operations performed on the image to determine if the geospatial ... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20080065994 | Systems and methods for adapting service interface behaviors In one embodiment, the present invention includes a computer-implemented method of adapting software component interfaces by providing a user interface for specifying a provided interface, a required interface and interface operators. In another embodiment the present i... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20070271520 | Method for transforming a graphical user interface A computer readable medium includes executable instructions for transforming a graphical user interface by accessing a transformation mode of the graphical user interface, where the graphical user interface includes multiple graphical elements, selecting a first graphic... | 11/22/2007 |
| 20070204057 | Systems and methods for providing a similar offline viewing experience of online web-site content The present invention provides a comprehensive development platform and client-side technology for intelligent and cost-effective delivery of video, audio and broadband content over a network, such as the Internet, to desktop, mobile computing, and network connected dev... | 08/30/2007 |
| 20070180387 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING MEDIA EVENT A media event of a host system is controlled by a controller as a function of Device Independent Instructions (software not specific to the host system); Device Dependent Instructions (software specific to the host system); and user input. The Device Independent Instruc... | 08/02/2007 |
| 20070130523 | User interface automatic transform system and method based on display device Provided is a user interface automatic transform system and method based on a display device. The system includes: a graphic user interface (GUI) managing unit for storing and managing style information of the display device and managing mapping information of a GUI lib... | 06/07/2007 |
| 20070124688 | METHOD FOR EXCHANGING PORTLET CONFIGURATION DATA The invention relates to method for exchanging portlet configuration data. The method includes: providing a graphical user interface (GUI) component as part of a portlet view provided by a portal page for triggering a portlet configuration exchange process between a fir... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070113189 | Specifying per theme styles for custom graphical elements Theme changes for a custom graphical element are facilitated by providing a mechanism for storing theme specific data for the custom graphical element, providing a software object, independent of the custom graphical element, that monitors theme change events and, in re... | 05/17/2007 |
| 20070094604 | Converting between user interface technologies Converting components for a first user interface (UI) technology into components for a second UI technology includes enabling the second UI technology to access first components of the first UI technology, modeling second components of the first UI technology as native ... | 04/26/2007 |
| 20070061737 | Media and functional objects transmitted in dynamic picture files A method for transmitting media, data, and text files in a manner that minimizes the use of bandwidth and memory comprises a BSP file containing a picture of the contents, as well as links to the content of the various components. When the recipient opens the message, t... | 03/15/2007 |
| 20070055943 | Command user interface for displaying selectable functionality controls in a database applicaiton An improved user interface is provided for displaying selectable software functionality controls of a database application. When a task-based functionality tab is selected from the user interface, selectable functionality controls provided by the associated database app... | 03/08/2007 |
| 20060168528 | Method for arranging user interface glyphs on displays The present invention provides a graphical user interface where a pointing device can move desktop objects accurately and across large distances on a display. A screen map is created on the desktop in which is displayed a bitmap of the desktop. Objects in the screen map... | 07/27/2006 |
| 20060123345 | PLATFORM-INDEPENDENT MARKUP LANGUAGE-BASED GUI FORMAT Methods, systems and program products are disclosed for implementing a platform-independent markup language-based GUI format that includes a plurality of markup language-based platform-independent GUI objects. The platform-independent GUI format allows translation to/fr... | 06/08/2006 |
| 20060048060 | Intelligent personalization based on usage analysis The present system provides a computer interface manager that allows the user to intelligently customize their personal interface with a computer application. The present invention provides an interface engine that enacts a plurality of algorithms that prompt and guide ... | 03/02/2006 |
| 20060026526 | Interface engine providing a continuous user interface An interface engine provides animated views in a user interface. The interface engine directs the operation of a rendering environment to create an interface in a rendering area. The interface engine includes views, layouts, animators, and constraints. Views identify ch... | 02/02/2006 |
| 20060020897 | Method for showing a component on a user interface A method for showing a component on a user interface is disclosed. A style maker provides some style options, each style option including associated configurations. When constructing the component on the user interface, one of the style options is selected for showing t... | 01/26/2006 |
| 20050268246 | Apparatus and method of displaying electronic desktops based on a scheduler or network connection A method and apparatus for selecting a desktop from a plurality of desktops for use upon turning on a computer system are provided. When the computer system is turned on, it is first determined whether there is more than one desktop available in the computer system. If ... | 12/01/2005 |
| 20050246645 | System and method for selecting a view mode and setting A method and apparatus for selecting a view mode from a plurality of view modes and for selecting a setting within the selected view mode for displaying one or more items in a screen display. A single user input indicates both a selected view mode and a selected setting... | 11/03/2005 |
| 20050246647 | System and method for selecting a view mode using a control including a graphical depiction of the view mode A method and apparatus for selecting a view mode and a preferred setting within that view mode for displaying one or more items in a screen display. A single user input indicates the selected view mode. The input mechanism can be a hardware device, such as a keyboard or... | 11/03/2005 |
| 20050246646 | System and method for selecting a setting by continuous or discrete controls A method and apparatus for selecting a setting within a selected view mode for displaying one or more items in a screen display. Continuous and discrete controls are simultaneously presented to the user. Input is accepted from either the continuous control or from the d... | 11/03/2005 |
| 20050246644 | Application program interface that can maintain similar look and feel of a displayed image regardless of whether the interface is platform dependent or platform independent A system and method are disclosed whereby the look and feel of the OS/2 operating system is added to the Swing application program interface (API), in an enhanced version of the API, referred to herein as AWTSwing. A further disclosure is the creation of a thread-relati... | 11/03/2005 |
