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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120130521 | Visual Assembly Tool An assembly model is identified including a plurality of part models. Each part model is a predefined, selectable model corresponding to at least one part in a plurality of assembly parts. The assembly model is presented and a sequence of user selections identifying par... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120131484 | COHORT-SELECTABLE FACETED DISPLAY A computer-implemented display of semantically characterized information can include cohort indicators representing a group of one or more specified cohort parameters applied in such a way so as to filter a dataset comprising RDF structured data items. Each cohort indic... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120131485 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INTERACTIVE TAB MANAGEMENT IN TABBED BROWSERS The invention is directed to a method, computer system, and computer program for providing grouped tabs in a web browser. When multiple web pages are open in multiple tabs, a user initiated event indicating the creation of a group of tabs can be detected and at least tw... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120110485 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF FIELD MAPPING A system for and method of field mapping utilizing a user interface allows efficient and accurate mapping of fields on two or more devices. Fields that match between a first device and a second device are automatically mapped. For the fields that do not match, the user ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120084690 | GESTURE BASED APPLICATION MANAGEMENT Methods and apparatus for controlling one or more displays using an application manager. The application manager may be displayed in response to a received gesture input. The application manager may provide information regarding applications or screens executing in one ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120084694 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING DRAG AND DROP OPERATIONS ON A DEVICE VIA USER GESTURES A multi-screen user device and methods for performing a drag and drop operation using finger gestures are disclosed. A first finger gesture is used to select a display area from which data is to be copied. Subsequently, a drag finger gesture is used to identify where th... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120084688 | MANIPULATING PREVIEW PANELS IN A USER INTERFACE Methods, machine media, and systems that can manipulate preview panels are disclosed. In one embodiment, a preview panel can be transformed, in response to user interaction with the preview panel, into an icon representing the file containing the content displayed in th... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120084689 | Managing Items in a User Interface User interface changes related to moving items in a user interface are disclosed. An operation (e.g., a drag operation) can be initiated on selected items by moving a cursor or pointing device in the user interface, and an animation can be presented illustrating represe... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120084691 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A MOBILE TERMINAL A mobile terminal and a method of controlling a mobile terminal are provided. According to one embodiment, a mobile terminal includes: a touch screen for displaying and receiving information; and a controller for: controlling the touch screen to display a lock screen up... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120084693 | MODALS IN DUAL DISPLAY COMMUNICATION DEVICES The present disclosure is directed to methodologies and devices for handling modals in a set of related windows.... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120084692 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE MOBILE TERMINAL A mobile terminal is disclosed. The mobile terminal may include a touch screen configured to display a specific page a plurality of pages including at least one icon and a controller configured to move a specific icon displayed on the specific page to a page correspondi... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120072853 | Cooperative Drag and Drop A method for communicating a data object between sending and receiving portable electronic devices (200′, 200) is disclosed. Both devices have graphical user interfaces including display means having respective display areas. The method involves detecting (4... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120054656 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ADAPTING MOVEMENT OF CONTENT SEGMENTS An apparatus may include a data manager configured to manage data segments such as user contacts and communications. The apparatus may further include an importance level determiner configured to determine an importance level for each of the data segments. The importanc... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120054657 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR ENABLING EFFICENT COPYING AND PASTING OF DATA VIA A USER INTERFACE An apparatus for providing a user-friendly and reliable manner for copying and pasting data may include a processor and memory storing executable computer program code that cause the apparatus to at least perform operations including copying a selected item(s) of data r... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120054331 | CORRELATION OF METRICS MONITORED FROM A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT Correlation of metrics monitored from a virtual environment is described herein. A method for detecting correlations between metrics monitored from a virtual environment includes monitoring network operation metrics of network devices in the virtual environment. Network... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120054635 | TERMINAL DEVICE TO STORE OBJECT AND ATTRIBUTE INFORMATION AND METHOD THEREFOR A terminal device stores augmented reality generated by merging an image of an object and attribute information associated with the object. The terminal device, and a method therefor, allow for retrieval of stored augmented reality information about selected objects if ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120044138 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING USER INTERACTION IN LASeR A method and an apparatus for providing user interaction are provided. The apparatus for providing user interaction includes an input unit configured to receive control by a user; a control processing unit configured to analyze the control and generate drag event inform... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120042271 | ENABLING USER INTERACTIONS BETWEEN USER INTERFACE COMPONENTS An apparatus, method, and computer program product are disclosed for enabling user interactions between user interface components. An initial event module detects an initial user input event to a graphical user interface. The initial user input event is associated with ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120042272 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method of controlling a mobile terminal includes displaying, on a display module of the mobile terminal, an operation screen on which a plurality of icons including a first icon and a second icon are arranged, displ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120036461 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR EMERGENCY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME A communications system for emergency services personnel can include portable devices to be carried by emergency services personnel while at an emergency site. The portable devices each may have at least a first transceiver configured to communicate over a first network... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120036460 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Creating a New Folder An electronic device concurrently displays a plurality of user interface objects and a list of folder icons. The list of folder icons includes a first new folder icon. The device detects a first input by a user using a first user input device, selects a folder icon in t... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120029668 | AUDIO PLAYING METHOD AND APPARATUS Provided are a method and apparatus thereof for setting a marker within audio information, the method including: receiving the audio information including a silent portion and a non-silent portion; receiving a selection for a selected marker insertion point; determining... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120023424 | Apparatuses and Methods for Generating Full Screen Effect by Widgets An electronic interaction apparatus with a touch screen coupled thereto is provided. In the electronic interaction apparatus, a processing unit executes a widget, and the widget generates a widget image and at least one display object. Also, the widget displays the widg... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120023426 | Apparatuses and Methods for Position Adjustment of Widget Presentations An electronic interaction apparatus for position adjustment of widget presentations is provided. In the electronic interaction apparatus, a touch screen comprising a first area and a second area is coupled thereto. A processing unit determines that an image of a widget ... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120023427 | USER INTERFACE FOR PROVIDING CONSOLIDATION AND ACCESS Methods and systems for providing graphical user interfaces are described. To provide greater access and consolidation to frequently used items in the graphical user interface, a userbar is established which includes a plurality of item representations. To permit a grea... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120023425 | Live Wallpaper Display of on-screen elements is coordinated, which includes generating a graphical wallpaper representation in a first process on a first visual layer on a display of a computing device, generating one or more graphical objects in a second process on a second visual la... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120011456 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM There is provided an information processing device including an imaging section configured to image an object, a display section configured to display at least an icon for controlling the imaging section, an operation section configured to acquire a first operation and ... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120011457 | VISUALIZING A VIEW OF A SCENE A system for visualizing a view (1) of a scene (2) comprising a three- dimensional image and an object (3) is provided. View parameter establishing means (5) are arranged for establishing a first view parameter value based on a first object p... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120005607 | FLOATING WINDOW A method is provided for creating a floating window in a perspective view of data, such as network management data. The floating window can be moved freely about the perspective and resized, thereby allowing other data of importance which is tied to areas of the perspec... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120005577 | Building Mashups on Touch Screen Mobile Devices Systems and methods of constructing mashups may involve receiving a mashup creation input via a touch screen of a mobile device. A mashup can be built based on the mashup creation input, wherein the mashup is presented to a user via the touch screen. In one example, the... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110316858 | Apparatuses and Methods for Real Time Widget Interactions An electronic interaction apparatus is provided with a touch screen and a processing unit. The processing unit executes a first widget and a second widget, wherein the first widget generates an animation on the touch screen and modifies the animation in response to an o... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110314044 | FLEXIBLE CONTENT ORGANIZATION AND RETRIEVAL Among other things, one or more techniques and systems are disclosed for saving and retrieving browser-based content or portions thereof for browser-based interactions. Metadata is generated for a selection of a portion or an entire browser page, when a user selects con... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110307817 | Secure Application Interoperation via User Interface Gestures Techniques for facilitating secure application interoperation via user interface (UI) gestures in computing devices that strictly isolate applications operating thereon are described herein. For instance, applications may define one or more specific UI gestures that, wh... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110307771 | METHOD FOR GENERATING FINANCIAL REPORT The present invention relates to data query technologies, and provides a method for generating a financial report, comprising: generating a query instance module in an operation window when a user dragging and dropping a query instance button in the operation window is ... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110307818 | WORKFLOW AUTHORING ENVIRONMENT AND RUNTIME A workflow authoring system is described herein that provides a design-time authoring environment and a runtime component for displaying interactive, structured instructional content. The authoring environment provides custom controls, templates, and sample pages that a... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110307883 | Web Application Pinning Including Task Bar Pinning Various embodiments provide a mechanism to allow end users to install web applications and websites onto their desktop. In accordance with one or more embodiments, client-side code can be utilized to allow developers associated with a website to define boundaries associ... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110296329 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a first touch screen display, a second touch screen display, a detector and a moving module. The detector is configured to detect a touch operation, which indicates a moving direction of a first object displa... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110296328 | DISPLAY METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS A display method executed by an information processing apparatus having an operating section, a display section, and a control section exercising display control over the display section, wherein a folder having a plurality of objects stored therein includes: displaying... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110295616 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SITUATIONAL APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT WITH PATIENT EVENT MONITORING Systems and methods for clinical event processing with situational awareness to dynamically facilitate a clinician's workflow are provided. An example clinical event processing and situational awareness system includes a clinical event processor including a clinical eve... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110289515 | GENERATING SERVICE-ACCESS ACTIVITIES FOR WORKFLOW APPLICATIONS The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for generating service-access activities for workflow applications. Embodiments of the invention automatically generate service-access activities based on (e.g., Web) service metadata. One-... | 11/24/2011 |
