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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120084717 | WINDOW MANAGEMENT METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTING DEVICE A window management method, apparatus and a computing device are provided. The window management apparatus comprises a window rendering management device for managing the at least two windows in response to an input operation, to change the size and location of a target... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20110010193 | ZOOM PANE FOR A CENTRAL MONITORING DEVICE In a clinical environment, where multiple patients reside at any given time, central patient monitoring stations (10), such as nurses stations exist to consolidate information gathered concerning physiological parameters of the patients. The data is displayed in ... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100325577 | WINDOW BROKER ARCHITECTURE Retrieving information from a display server. Information about all visible windows displayed on a display by the display server is retrieved. Descriptive information about visible windows displayed on the display, and windows on a shelf is retrieved from the display se... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100313165 | 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 |
| 20100313156 | 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 |
| 20100281390 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER MODIFICATION OF METADATA IN A SHELL BROWSER A system and method for user modification of metadata in a shell browser. A group of items and associated metadata values are displayed in a window of the shell browser. An edit control permits user modification of metadata values displayed in the window. The user can m... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100241960 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD An information processing apparatus having an input configured to receive a first operation and a second operation input by a user, a playback unit configured to obtain predetermined data and play back the data based on the operation input by the user from the input; an... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100095240 | Card Metaphor For Activities In A Computing Device In various embodiments, a card metaphor is established, in which each activity can be represented within an area of the screen referred to as a card. In various embodiments, any of several display modes are available for viewing, interacting with, manipulating, initiati... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20090295826 | System and method for interaction of graphical objects on a computer controlled system A user interface method and system for performing sensemaking tasks using visual information objects. The present invention provides techniques for the system to perform operations for creating, rearranging visual information objects, reallocating display space and scal... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090298545 | Display Device Managing Method The invention relates to a method for managing a display device (DSP) of a portable communications device (MFG) having the following characteristics: said display device is used for displaying graphical subject matter, it also comprises a processing device (LAE) for car... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090235202 | Organizing Session Applications Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for organizing session applications. Briefly described, in architecture, one embodiment of the system, among others, includes logic configured to display a user interface for initiating a command to launc... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20080320413 | Dynamic user interface for previewing live content A dynamic user interface for previewing live content includes multiple tiles. Information for multiple pieces of live content available from a gallery is obtained, and this information is presented in the multiple tiles of the user interface in accordance with a current... | 12/25/2008 |
| 20080216012 | INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING TOOL An instruction and training tool which facilitates access to instructional materials and provides a simulated training environment for personnel. By integrating the instruction and training tool with resource planning and scheduling tools, personnel can easily review th... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080192059 | Multi-user display The sharing of data via a multi-user data sharing display device is described. One disclosed embodiment comprises a body, a display disposed on the body, a first data input disposed on the body, and a second input disposed on the body. The device also comprises a contro... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080189653 | Display container cell modification in a cell based EUI In a cell based EUI, existing display container cells nested within a “host” display container cell are automatically shifted and/or downsized, if necessary, to increase available space to facilitate the creation of another display container cell nested within the ... | 08/07/2008 |
| 20080148179 | Displaying relatedness of media items In a method in a computer system for displaying on a display device a plurality of media items as selectable media tiles, a focus media item and a plurality of related media items are received. The plurality of related media items are related to the focus media item. Re... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080120569 | System and method for providing dynamic user information in an interactive display The present invention is directed to a method and system for use in a computing environment to present and provide access to information that a user cares about. A scheme is provided for presenting frequently used controls and information in tiles within a sidebar. Tile... | 05/22/2008 |
| 20070266336 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING FEEDBACK FOR DOCKING A CONTENT PANE IN A HOST WINDOW A method and system for providing feedback for docking a content pane in a host window is disclosed. The method and system include providing a docking map. The docking map includes a plurality of docking areas there within. The method and system also include positioning... | 11/15/2007 |
| 20070186177 | Content navigation interfaces and associated methods In one aspect provided herein, a content navigation interface is described. In one example, the content navigation interface includes display logic for displaying a plurality of icons, each icon associated with content (e.g., services, applications, content, etc.). The ... | 08/09/2007 |
| 20070136683 | Graphical user interface for generic listing of managed objects Methods for efficiently filtering and sorting a large number of managed objects of different object types are presented. A single context-sensitive listing form is employed, the operation and display of which changes dynamically according to the selection of a target ob... | 06/14/2007 |
| 20070136674 | STRUCTURED DOCUMENT BROWSER A structured document browser includes a constant user interface for displaying and viewing sections of a document that is organized according to a pre-defined structure. The structured document browser displays documents that have been marked with embedded codes that s... | 06/14/2007 |
| 20070130538 | Single page website organization method Single page website organization method featuring multiple functions in a single page, previewing of multimedia, and the use of scrolling controls to fit multiple products into a smaller area over a period of time instead of spreading them over a large space. Control me... | 06/07/2007 |
| 20070130537 | Single page website interface A single page website interface featuring multiple functions in a single page, previewing of multimedia, and the use of scrolling controls to fit multiple products into a smaller area over a period of time instead of spreading them over a large space. Multimedia control... | 06/07/2007 |
| 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 |
| 20070118811 | Information display system having graphical user interface switchingly controlling information display on display screen Disclosed is an information display system capable of efficiently browsing items of information related by links. When displaying the information obtained by accessing a network, a plurality of display areas are formed, and plural items of information are displayed in t... | 05/24/2007 |
| 20070074129 | Method for generating a flexible display field for a video surveillance systesm A method for generating a flexible display field on a monitor includes providing a display field with a main window, into which a plurality of information windows are incorporatable and which has a basic grid with a regular raster, allocating individual grid fields to a... | 03/29/2007 |
| 20070074130 | Automated placement of fields in a data summary table A graphical user interface for creating a data summary table includes a pane including a plurality of fields, and a data summary table. Upon selection of a field to include in the data summary table, the user interface is programmed to analyze the field and automaticall... | 03/29/2007 |
| 20070067735 | Graphical user interface A graphical user interface includes a main screen adapted to display a graphical output from a processor and data input fields adapted to receive data. The graphical user interface also includes at least one expandable tile, the expandable tile having a closed state and... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20060265669 | Method and apparatus for retrieving information from an information source Apparatus for displaying information from at least one information source, the information being arranged, labelled or indexed to define a hierarchical information structure, the apparatus comprising: a display controller for displaying information and user selectable m... | 11/23/2006 |
| 20060253797 | Presentation of user-specified display regions The reproduction of one or more selected regions from a primary desktop onto an extended desktop, without any other portion of the primary desktop, is disclosed. The user or a software application may thereby have discretion as to what is and is not presented on the ext... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060224963 | System and methods to access computer files and position and control application window(s) on a graphical user interface The invention enables a computer user to issue voice commands to open computer readable files and control and/or position their associated graphical application windows on a graphical user interface. Further, the operator can issue voice commands to precisely position a... | 10/05/2006 |
| 20060184895 | Visibly persisting one or more computer desktop windows A method and system for allowing selected applications to be visually persistent without obscuring or being obscured by other visually non-persistent applications is presented. Selected visually persistent applications are permanently assigned a first portion of a Graph... | 08/17/2006 |
| 20060174214 | System and method for navigation of content in multiple display regions A system and method for a user interface which allows for the navigation of content in multiple display regions. Each of two or more sets of content is associated with regions on a display. A unitary navigation control enables simultaneous navigation of the two or more ... | 08/03/2006 |
| 20060174212 | Information presentation on wide-screen displays A graphic user interface optimized for the presentation of information from a file on a wide-screen display comprising: a) a windowed display having at least first and second information presentation sections for concurrently displaying portions of sequential informatio... | 08/03/2006 |
| 20060101353 | Multi-pane navigation model for graphical user interfaces A graphical user interface for navigating a hierarchical tree of items wherein a top level pane, a first detail-level pane, and a second detail-level pane are utilized to display contents of tree items being navigated. ... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060020903 | Window split system and method A window split system and method. The window split system includes a window, a splitter, and a module. The splitter is set on the window to split the window into a first part and a second part according to the split direction and the position of the splitter. The module... | 01/26/2006 |
| 20050278655 | Multiple application viewing Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for managing computer application presentations. Briefly described, in architecture, one embodiment of the system, among others, can be implemented as follows. In particular, one embodiment comprises firs... | 12/15/2005 |
| 20050278654 | Organizing session applications Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for organizing session applications. Briefly described, in architecture, one embodiment of the system, among others, includes logic configured to display a user interface for initiating a command to launc... | 12/15/2005 |
| 20050268247 | System and method for controlling a user interface A system and method permits user control of a graphical user interface displayed to the user. The system comprises a user input device communicatively connected to a computing device. The computer device includes a display to display a graphical user interface, and a co... | 12/01/2005 |
| 20050251760 | Portable electronic device, display method, program, and graphical user interface thereof The present invention provides a portable electronic device including an operator block, a display block, detection means, and control means. The operation block has a plurality of operation buttons arranged in matrix. The display block, arranged in the vicinity of the ... | 11/10/2005 |
