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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120030615 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD In order to efficiently determine a screen to be displayed when the operation mode is changed, an information processing apparatus is provided that is configured to display a user interface (UI) screen on a display unit, and includes an acquisition unit configured to ac... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120017171 | INTERFACE DISPLAY ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME An interface display adjustment method applied to a touch display module is disclosed. The interface display adjustment method includes the following steps: displaying a first interface and a second interface at the touch display module, in which the second interface in... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110283226 | WINDOW DISPLAY MANAGEMENT IN A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE The present invention provides a computer implemented method and data processing system for effectively presenting popup and related windows on a computer GUI. An example system may include a computer processor coupled to the computer readable memory. The computer proce... | 11/17/2011 |
| 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 |
| 20110225542 | APPLICATION SHARING WITH OCCLUSION REMOVAL Techniques are disclosed for window sharing with occlusion removal. In an embodiment, the techniques begin with a blank composition image, to which shared windows are added. For each window of a desktop from which at least one window is shared, traversing the windows fr... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110185311 | MOTION ENABLED MULTI-FRAME CHALLENGE-RESPONSE TEST A method for generating a multi-frame image rendering of a challenge-response test on a display is presented. The method begins by identifying a pattern with graphical elements, and a display region for rendering an entry object of the multi-frame image of the challenge... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110145758 | DISPLAY NAVIGATION SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT According to one aspect of the present disclosure a method and technique for navigating between windows is disclosed. The method includes providing a graphic user interface (GUI) including a plurality of windows ordered along a depth (Z) axis. The method also includes, ... | 06/16/2011 |
| 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 |
| 20100287495 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM An information-processing device stores information as assignment information to assign associated hardware or software to each window that displays processing details of an application. An association between a window and hardware or software is different for each appl... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281423 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM An information processing device stores a window of an application and designation information for designating an external device associated with the window. The information processing device detects an external device located near the information processing device in S... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100257090 | System and Method for Event Driven Virtual Workspace A system and method for an event driven virtual workspace are described. According to one example method, a trader can define a plurality of windows to be associated with a virtual workspace. Also, the trader could define one or more triggering events, the combination o... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100257482 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING WINDOWS Methods and apparatuses to manipulate a window during a drag-and-drop operation. In one aspect of the invention, a method to manipulate a window includes: receiving input of dragging an item to a first window in a first state in which the first window is not completely ... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100169826 | PRIORITIZED PRESENTATION OF CONTENT A method is provided for determining content to present on a display of a device. The method comprises presenting a first content in a first location in an application window of an application and presenting a second content in a second location in the application windo... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100088623 | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT COMPUTER PROGRAM AND OPERATIONAL ASSITANCE COMPUTER SYSTEM It is an object to provide an operational support computer program and an operational support computer system that carry out a simple and convenient input operation by means of an input button, such as a keyboard or the like. An operational... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20090288036 | MULTI-WINDOW DISPLAY APPARATUS, MULTI-WINDOW DISPLAY METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT A multi-window display apparatus capable of displaying a plurality of windows on a screen thereof is provided with means for, when a new window is displayed so as to be superimposed on a window which has already been displayed, displaying the new window without covering... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090254852 | USER INTERFACE OVERLAY SYSTEM A method and system for providing an overlay window for an application to display augmentation data over the user interface of the application is provided. An overlay system includes an overlay component and an engine component that interface with the application and a ... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249235 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SPLITTING AND DISPLAYING SCREEN OF TOUCH SCREEN An apparatus and method for splitting and displaying a screen of a touch screen are provided. The method includes splitting a screen of the touch screen into at least two display areas in response to an input for splitting the screen, storing split information of the at... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090094523 | Methods and Systems for Maintaining Desktop Environments providing integrated access to remote and local resourcses A method for maintaining a full-screen, integrated desktop environment on a remote machine for display to a user by a local machine includes monitoring, by a first agent on the remote machine, a desktop environment providing integrated access to a resource provided to a... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20080301577 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM An information processing device according to the present invention stores user attribute data and pieces of application attribute data. The information processing device retrieves the user attribute data (Sa1), retrieves application attribute data of running app... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080282190 | CONTENT DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTENT DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD Content items that have the same metadata are grouped together as content groups out of content items to which metadata of different categories has been added, and a content group having a previously selected category and metadata thereof is taken as a criterion. The ar... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080005694 | WINDOWS DISPLAY SYNCHRONIZATION In one embodiment of this invention, a computing system may be configured to perform a method for synchronizing the presentation of windows between two computing systems, where the first computing system has initiated a terminal server session with a second computing sy... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20070180401 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for displaying windows on a graphical user interface based on relative priorities associated with the windows Methods, systems, and computer program products for displaying windows on a graphical user interface based on relative priorities associated with the windows are disclosed. According to one method, relative priorities of a plurality of windows of a graphical user interf... | 08/02/2007 |
| 20070150833 | Method for the management of pop up windows displayed on user screen in television environment The present invention relates to a method for the management of pop-up windows displayed on a user screen in a television environment. The pop-up window management method according to the present invention is characterized in that to each of pop-up windows is assigned a... | 06/28/2007 |
| 20060253791 | Simplified interactive graphical user interfaces for sorting through a stack of overlapping windows on a display in order along the Z (depth) axis An implementation to simplify GUI display interfaces having stacks of overlapping windows by enabling an interactive user to sort through the stacks of windows in a user friendly intuitive manner without resizing or moving any of the windows in the stack. A computer con... | 11/09/2006 |
| 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 |
| 20060161861 | System and method for visually browsing of open windows A method referred to as visual window browsing allows a user to browse through windows on their desktop. Aspects of the invention include responsive to a command, moving open windows to form a visual stack with the topmost window in the stack being in focus. Responsive ... | 07/20/2006 |
| 20060041846 | Method of window management for a windowing system A method of organizing a plurality of windows for display to a user is described. The windows are displayed in a cascade stack. One of the windows is selected as an active window and is displayed in a preferred display state such as a maximized window, a window having a... | 02/23/2006 |
| 20050223340 | Method of navigating in application views, electronic device, graphical user interface and computer program product The invention relates to a method of navigating in application views of an electronic device, to an electronic device, to a graphical user interface, and to a computer program product. The electronic device is configured to: display an initial application view on the di... | 10/06/2005 |
| 20050223342 | Method of navigating in application views, electronic device, graphical user interface and computer program product The invention relates to a method of navigating in application views of an electronic device, to an electronic device, to a graphical user interface, and to a computer program product. The electronic device is configured to: display an initial application view on the di... | 10/06/2005 |
| 20050223334 | Affinity group window management system and method Windows in a GUI environment may be grouped by a user into one or more affinity groups. When one of the windows in the affinity group receives window focus, all of the windows in the affinity group shift to a z-order level above windows not in the affinity group. The wi... | 10/06/2005 |
| 20050210400 | Controlling display screen legibility Computer screen legibility is controlled. A logically topmost software window of a particular color and of a certain transparency is created. The window allows screen objects logically beneath it on a z-axis to be viewed and manipulated and the window reduces a contrast... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050210410 | Display controlling apparatus, display controlling method, and recording medium A display controlling apparatus is disclosed which displays icons representative of data in layers on a screen, the display controlling apparatus including: an operating section which, based on operations performed by a user, obtains at least instructions for how to dis... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050193350 | Display method and display device The composition mentioned hereinafter has been chosen to enable switching over the window targeted for manipulation by manipulating an arrow key, in case a subwindow which can be manipulated with a free cursor is present inside a main window which can be manipulated wit... | 09/01/2005 |
| 20050188329 | System for and method of generating and navigating within a workspace of a computer application A computer application and method for generating a workspace and navigating therein are disclosed. Code can be used to generate an application workspace for an associated computer application, wherein the application workspace is comprised of a plurality of screens and ... | 08/25/2005 |
| 20050149879 | Computer interface having a single window mode of operation A computer-human interface manages the available space of a computer display in a manner which reduces clutter and confusion caused by multiple open windows. The interface includes a user-selectable mode of operation in which only those windows associated with the curre... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050125741 | Method and apparatus for managing input focus and z-order An improved system for managing user inputs and z-order in a graphic user interface (GUI) environment is disclosed. A GUI element may include a plurality of keys corresponding to keys on a typical keyboard, and may serve as a replacement for the keyboard. The system per... | 06/09/2005 |
| 20050125742 | Non-overlapping graphical user interface workspace A user interface mechanism that introduces a novel concept referred to as a “non-overlapping workspace”. A system user can switch between the traditional overlapping workspace and the novel non-overlapping workspace, depending upon how they wish to move and manage o... | 06/09/2005 |
| 20050125740 | Method and apparatus for managing input focus and Z-order An improved system for managing user inputs and z-order in a graphic user interface (GUI) environment is disclosed. A GUI element may include a plurality of keys corresponding to keys on a typical keyboard, and may serve as a replacement for the keyboard. The system per... | 06/09/2005 |
| 20050108654 | Method, system and program product for processing requests in a web application An improved solution for processing requests in a web application. In particular, the invention provides a method, system and program product that ensure that a page, such as a login page, that may be displayed as a result of the request is displayed in a top level wind... | 05/19/2005 |
| 20050097480 | Method and apparatus for displaying status of hierarchical operations A method, apparatus, and computer instructions are disclosed for displaying the true status of hierarchical operations being performed in a data processing system. For example, a Z-order layering technique can be used to display simultaneously on a screen the status of ... | 05/05/2005 |
