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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120109923 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SEARCH RESULTS ON ELECTRONIC DEVICES A system and method are provided for displaying search results on an electronic device. The method includes: displaying at least a portion of a first set of search results; capturing one or more images using a camera device of the electronic device, the camera device be... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120084716 | CHANGING THE SCREEN STACK UPON DESKTOP REVEAL Systems and methods are provides for revealing a desktop in a window stack for a multi-screen device. The window stack can change based on the revealing of a desktop. The system can receive a gesture indicating an application with the desktop, which was previously creat... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120084709 | FILLING STACK OPENING IN DISPLAY The present disclosure is directed to methodologies and devices for quitting an active application and controlling displayed images as a result of quitting the application.... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120084715 | REPOSITIONING APPLICATIONS IN A STACK A dual-screen user device and methods for revealing a combination of desktops on single and multiple screens are disclosed. A number of desktops and/or running applications can be selectively displayed on dual screen displays conditioned upon inputs received and the sta... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120084714 | WINDOW STACK MODELS FOR MULTI-SCREEN DISPLAYS Systems and methods are provides for creating a window stack for a multi-screen device. The stack is an arrangement of an active window and at least one other active or inactive window for at least one of the two displays. The system can receive activation of a window i... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120054167 | QUICK APPLICATIONS FOR SEARCH A system and method for search, including steps of: receiving one or more search terms; searching an index for the one or more search terms to generate search results; retrieving the search results, wherein some of the search results include web pages associated with ap... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120005198 | DYNAMIC VISUALIZATION OF SEARCH RESULTS ON A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE Various embodiments of systems and methods for dynamic visualization of search results on a GUI are described herein. A search query received by a user is divided into a plurality of search parts. One or more search results for each of the plurality of search parts are ... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110320944 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR GENERATING AN INTEGRATED USER INTERFACE Methods and apparatuses are provided for generating an integrated user interface. A method may include obtaining, in a client apparatus, first user interface information generated by a client application residing on the client apparatus. The method may further include o... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110296342 | TRANSLATING OVERLAPPING STATES INTO REPRESENTATIVE STATES A computer application program can comprise multiple overlapping states associated with functionality or components of the application program. Simultaneous output of all such states can be impractical. Representative states can be defined in terms of the statuses of in... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110271226 | Integrated Icon View in a Server-Based Computing Environment In a networked computing environment, a method for providing, by a server, access to graphical data associated with at least an application configured to run on a client computer includes receiving, at the server, information on a first icon associated with the applicat... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110265031 | Multi-layer window display system and method for real-time translation A multi-layer window display system for real-time translation and the method thereof show the contents for multiple windows in alternating directions. The user can see more contents in a limited screen. Moreover, the invention reduces user's mouse motion during the oper... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110265030 | REPRESENTATION OF OVERLAPPING VISUAL ENTITIES Various embodiments present a combined visual entity that represents overlapping visual entities. The combined visual entity can include a primary visualization that represents one of the overlapping visual entities and annotations that represent others of the overlappi... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110252364 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Navigation of Multiple Applications A method a multifunction device with a touch-sensitive display includes: detecting a first user input on a first application icon on the display; in response to detecting the first user input: activating and displaying a first application associated with the first appli... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110246933 | Information processing apparatus, information processing program, storage medium storing an information processing program and window controlling method An information processing apparatus (10) includes an LCD (12) as a first display area and an LCD (14) as a second display area, and on the second display area, a touch panel (22) as an input means is set, for example. On the first display are... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110225541 | INTERACTIVE REPRESENTATION OF CLUSTERS OF GEOGRAPHICAL ENTITIES Various embodiments enable, in a mapping context, various visual entities to be clustered into groups that do not occlude one another. In at least some embodiments, individual clusters are represented on a map by a puddle defined by a computed contour line. Users can in... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110202872 | Apparatus and method for performing multi-tasking Disclosed is an apparatus and method for performing multi-tasking, and more particularly to a multi-tasking performance apparatus and method which easily enable a shift between a plurality of applications being executed and a shift into an initial application. A current... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110179383 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR AUTOMATICALLY SELECTING OBJECTS IN A PLURALITY OF OBJECTS Methods and systems are described for automatically selecting objects in a plurality of objects. In one aspect, a method and system receives, based on a user input detected by an input device, an iterate indicator for automatically iterating through a plurality of objec... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110173565 | VIEWING MEDIA IN THE CONTEXT OF STREET-LEVEL IMAGES A system for displaying hybrid image data produced by embedding additional media objects within street-level panoramic images includes a user interface through which a user may view, search for, and/or navigate through additional media objects in the context of browsing... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110163970 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Manipulating Information Items in Folders A method includes: displaying a group of selectable objects in a first region of a display, each selectable object corresponding to a respective information item; detecting selection of a plurality of selectable objects in the group of selectable objects; in response to... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110106963 | STREAMING CONTENT DELIVERY MANAGEMENT FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE A wireless communication device comprises a wireless communication interface, a user interface, and a processing system. The wireless communication interface is configured to receive streaming content from a communication system. The user interface is configured to disp... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110099513 | Multi-Touch Graphical User Interface for Interacting with Menus on a Handheld Device A computer-implemented method for interacting with a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed on a multi-touch surface. The method includes segmenting the GUI into a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion and second portion do not overlap, causing... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110099512 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING WINDOWS A method for displaying a plurality of windows includes dividing a display screen into first and second display areas. The plurality of windows may be rearranged in the first and second display areas and new windows may be displayed in the first and second display areas... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110083100 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INVOKING A FUNCTION BASED ON A GESTURE INPUT An electronic apparatus is provided including an input assembly. The input assembly includes a graphic display layer, a masking layer, and an input device. The graphic display layer includes a plurality of function icons. The masking layer includes a plurality of functi... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110080359 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE AND MOBILE TERMINAL USING THE SAME An apparatus and method for providing a user interface for interacting to various touch events detected by multiple touch sensors formed on the different surfaces of a mobile terminal are provided. The method, for a mobile terminal having a first touch area and a second... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110060666 | Presentation of Information or Representations Pertaining to Digital Products Available for Digital Distribution Improved methods, systems, graphical user interfaces and computer program code for presenting representations or information concerning digital products are disclosed. The representations of digital products can serve to promote certain digital products at an online dig... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110061020 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF THE SAME An image processing apparatus and a controlling method of the same are provided. The method includes displaying a first screen corresponding to a first application; displaying a second screen corresponding to a second application above the first screen such that the sec... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110061019 | Portable Electronic Device for Providing a Visual Representation of a Widget There is disclosed a portable electronic device comprising a display providing a visual representation of a widget. For one embodiment, the visual representation comprises a first window including a textual content and a second window including a graphical content. The ... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110029864 | Touch-Optimized Approach for Controlling Computer Function Using Touch Sensitive Tiles An approach is provided that receives a request from a user while a system is in a desktop environment, such as windowing computer interface. The desktop environment includes graphical user interface elements, such as standard icons, that are not optimized for touch-ena... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110016417 | Selective Hibernation Of Activities In An Electronic Device In an electronic device capable of running multiple software applications concurrently, applications, documents, cards, or other activities can be selected for hibernation so as to free up system resources for other activities that are in active use. A determination is ... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110010660 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD HAVING TABBED USER INTERFACE FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM A display apparatus for a control unit in an environmental control system; the display apparatus including: a display area presenting a plurality of first loci, a plurality of second loci and at least one third locus; each respective first locus of the plurality of firs... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110004843 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM To simplify an operation for displaying or hiding windows, depending on a user or usage by the user. An information-processing device, according to the present invention, stores for each window, a time during which the window has been displayed together with another win... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110004844 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM To control display or hiding of windows simultaneously available based on a configuration used by a user. An information-processing device according to the present invention identifies applications that the device is able to execute; and when an instruction to display a... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100325576 | DISTRIBUTING MULTIPLE CLIENT WINDOWS USING A DISPLAY SERVER Displaying overlapping windows from a client device. Windows are displayed at a client device with a first window overlapping a second window on a single display. The first window is a current window. The current window is based on front to back ordering of windows disp... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100313164 | USER INTERFACE FOR MULTIPLE DISPLAY REGIONS User interfaces for multiple display regions are described. One embodiment provides an array of non-overlapping windows that are created from a set of overlapping windows, and a user can select one of the non-overlapping windows to obtain an enlarged view of that select... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100312528 | GENERATING DIGITAL TERRAIN MODELS REPRESENTING SUB-SURFACE STRATA Integrated computing systems and methods for applying sub-surface material location and composition information to engineering plans for designing, highways and other roadways, are provided. Utilizing the described systems and methods, surfaces, highways, may be more ef... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100299627 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTENT BOUNDARY DETECTION AND SCALING A method and apparatus for displaying content on a communication device is provided. The method may comprise receiving content with a first display format in a communication device, wherein the communication device comprises a display having a device display area, detec... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100293489 | METHOD OF SETTING DRIVER PROGRAM OF IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH TRANSPARENT FUNCTION A method of setting a user interface of a driver program of an image processing device includes applying a transparent setting to display the driver program in a transparent state on a display device to the driver program, and displaying the driver program with the appl... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100287494 | User Interface Presentation of Information in Reconfigured or Overlapping Containers A graphical user interface provides a display of multiple items of information in a manner such that the user can comprehend the relationship of various items to one another over a wide span. To achieve this result, at least some information containers are allocated a r... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100287476 | SYSTEM AND INTERFACE FOR MIXING MEDIA CONTENT A visual display interface involving an associated display icon. The display icon is dragged across the visual display interface in a movement so as to cause the mixing of media streams. The output is a new mix of the various media streams.... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281422 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND PROGRAM A communication terminal stores charge information representing the charge schemes (usage-based billing, flat-rate billing, etc.) of the terminal. In addition, for each charge information item, the communication terminal stores priority information representing the disp... | 11/04/2010 |
