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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| 20120084718 | CHANGING THE SCREEN STACK UPON APPLICATION OPEN Systems and methods are provides for opening a full screen window in a window stack for a multi-screen device. The window stack can change based on the opening of a window. The system can receive a gesture indicating an application with a new window is to be executed or... | 04/05/2012 |
| 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 |
| 20110258530 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, which facilitates a terminal to be used in further consideration of user's convenience. According to at least one of embodiments of the present invention, while a webpage is being displayed in a mobile term... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110161869 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE IN DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS A method and digital image processing apparatus for outputting a graphical user interface (GUI), the apparatus including: a graphical user interface (GUI) display device; and a digital signal processor (DSP) configured to reposition a GUI according to display informatio... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110099496 | APPLICATION SHARING SECURITY A method, apparatus and computer-readable medium for facilitating application sharing. In operation, a user selects at least one of a plurality of applications operating on a first computer to share with at least a second computer. The user then selects at least one of ... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20100287496 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING LAYOUT OF A WINDOW An apparatus and method for managing the layout of a window is provided. The apparatus includes a display unit that displays the window on a screen; the screen is divided into a plurality of display areas; a pointer-position-checking unit that checks the coordinate posi... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100192090 | ORDER RECEIVING APPARATUS AND ORDER RECEIVING METHOD An order receiving apparatus includes: a display control unit configured to display an order input screen in which function information concerning menu order functions is arranged in a plurality of areas; a moving unit configured to move a boundary between the areas adj... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100070914 | EXPANDABLE AREA FOR HOST TABLE DATA DISPLAY IN A MOBILE DEVICE A system, method and computer-readable medium is disclosed for providing improved display of a host terminal application interface. A host application translator reads characters stored in a character buffer of a computer host terminal application that is displayed to a... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100036734 | Delivering Advertisement Messages to a User by the Use of Idle Screens of Electronic Devices A method is disclosed by the use of an idle display screen of an electronic device to render one or a plurality of advertisement messages. The method requires no extra effort from a user since the displayed message is replaced by a default display screen when the first ... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100031187 | Input Method and Touch-Sensitive Display Apparatus An input method is applied to a touch-sensitive display apparatus. The touch-sensitive display apparatus has a display area and the display area displays a first frame. The input method include a step of a pointer pressing the display area and moving to change the first... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20090106691 | Systems and Methods for Displaying and Visualizing Information Certain embodiments of the present technology provide a method of displaying and visualizing information in accordance with the amount of screen space available. Other embodiments provide a system for displaying and visualizing information in accordance with the amount ... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20080184163 | RESIZING INTERNET DOCUMENT FOR DISPLAY ON TELEVISION SCREEN Methods and systems for scaling down a Web page image enables the image to be displayed on a standard television without horizontal scrolling of the image. A Web page image that initially has a horizontal dimension larger than the horizontal dimension of a television di... | 07/31/2008 |
| 20080104536 | Information Processing Apparatus, Control Method For Same, Program, And Storage Medium An information processing apparatus includes a display unit configured to display a plurality of objects, a first movement unit configured to move one or more of the plurality of objects to one or more movement destination areas on the display unit in response to a user... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20080077879 | Interface with multiple rows of tabs having tabs at fixed relative positions A method that includes presenting in a first area of a graphical interface a plurality of graphical items arranged in one or more sequences of graphical items, each of the graphical items associated with a set of data items, with the plurality of graphical items arrange... | 03/27/2008 |
| 20080005692 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESIZING A DISPLAY WINDOW ALONG A DIMENSION A method, apparatus, and computer usable program to adjust a display window along a dimension. The method includes displaying a display window on a desktop, the display window having a first boundary, a second boundary opposite the first boundary, a third boundary about... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20070180402 | Method for managing dynamic chat objects A method of managing chat objects includes receiving dropped chat object and dragged chat object commands associated with chat objects at a chat management system and determining space availability of the chat management system. The method further includes determining a... | 08/02/2007 |
| 20070162868 | Window positioner/sizer Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for a window positioner/sizer. A computer-implemented method of displaying information on a computer display device includes displaying a first popup window on a primary window, the first popup window comprisin... | 07/12/2007 |
| 20070136684 | Dynamic resizing of dialogs A method and system is provided for dynamically resizing dialogs of a computer software application while the application is running. Dialog windows may be resized by user action, such as by hooking on to one side or to a corner of the dialog window and dragging the sid... | 06/14/2007 |
| 20070033543 | Virtual magnifying glass with intuitive use enhancements A display screen magnifier is controllable by a user to magnify selected portions of a desktop including windows open on the screen. A moveable magnifier frame is provided, within which a magnified image is presented. The magnified image corresponds to screen content lo... | 02/08/2007 |
| 20070033542 | Virtual magnifying glass system architecture A display screen magnifier is controllable by a user to magnify selected portions of a desktop including windows open on the screen. A magnified image is presented within a moveable magnifier frame. The magnified image corresponds to screen content located within a magn... | 02/08/2007 |
| 20070016875 | Method and system for partial sizing adjacency constraint in a multi-pane window frame A system for managing panes in a multi-pane window frame. A multi-pane window frame application program displays the multi-pane window frame in a graphical user interface. Subsequent to displaying the multi-pane window frame, the multi-pane window frame application prog... | 01/18/2007 |
| 20060095863 | Creating views on a computer screen To create a new view on a computer screen (3), the computer receives a request from a user, the request comprising location information such as a point indicated by the user. On the basis of the location information, the computer determines both the location of t... | 05/04/2006 |
| 20060080621 | Method of controlling location of display window on display screen of information processing device and apparatus using the method Provided is a method of controlling a location of a display window on a display screen of an information processing device, and an apparatus using the method. The method of controlling location of a display window includes: displaying the display window on the display s... | 04/13/2006 |
| 20060070010 | System status visualization method and system Embodiments of the present invention relate to a system and method for system status visualization. In one embodiment in accordance with the present techniques, an operating system may comprise an expandable component tree graphic. The expandable component tree graphic ... | 03/30/2006 |
| 20050289482 | Graphical user interface for 3-dimensional view of a data collection based on an attribute of the data A three-dimensional (3D) view of a data collection based on an attribute is disclosed. A timeline is provided for displaying files and folders. The timeline may include a focal group that displays detailed information about its contents to the user. Remaining items on t... | 12/29/2005 |
| 20050223335 | Button processing method and data processing apparatus A button processing method and a data processing apparatus that improve the operability of buttons when a display device with a display screen of small size is employed. In cases where an output image includes a button, when a display image is displayed on a display dev... | 10/06/2005 |
| 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 |
| 20050198582 | User interface expander and collapser A method of indicating expanded states and collapsed states of lower level expander/collapser items in a higher level visual control of a user interface display. The method includes providing, in the higher level visual control, a lower level expander/collapser indicato... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193337 | Method and apparatus for adjusting font size in an electronic program guide display A method and apparatus for adjusting font size in an electronic program guide display are provided. A multiple channel broadcasting system generates an electronic program guide identifying channels and corresponding programs in a broadcasting system. The broadcast syste... | 09/01/2005 |
| 20050177798 | Method and system for automatically displaying content of a window on a display that has changed orientation A method and system for automatically displaying content of a window on a display that has changed orientation is described. The content of a window, such as a dialog box, that has been authored for a particular size is repositioned and resized such that the window is v... | 08/11/2005 |
| 20050160370 | Graphical list grouping widget and methods of use thereof Apparatus and methods for segmenting sets of distinct entities into groups with associated boundaries, wherein the associated boundaries have an associated logic are disclosed. The interaction of an object, a set of objects, another group, or combinations thereof with a... | 07/21/2005 |
| 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 |
| 20050138572 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCING RECOGNIZABILITY OF OBJECTS IN A WORKSPACE Systems and methods for enhancing recognizability of objects/groups in a workspace are provided, wherein the objects/groups are free-format. In an exemplary method, it determines whether a first object/group is moved to a location within a predetermined distance of a se... | 06/23/2005 |
| 20050138575 | Information processing apparatus with display An information processing apparatus comprises a display which is capable of displaying a display area thereon, and the display area is associated with a running program and is either active or inactive. The information processing apparatus also comprises a first user in... | 06/23/2005 |
| 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 |
| 20050108656 | Controlled non-proportional scaling display An adjustment is made to the size of an original graphic data object in a substantially rectangular original screen to obtain a target graphic data object on a substantially rectangular target screen having a different aspect ratio than that of the original screen. The ... | 05/19/2005 |
| 20050108655 | User interface for displaying multiple applications Multiple applications are displayed. A request to change a display of a first application is received. A determination is made regarding how displays for one or more other applications should change in response to changing the display of the first application in order t... | 05/19/2005 |
| 20050055646 | Method for controlling a window-based user interface and an HMI device for carrying out said method A control of a window-based interactive user interface (210) includes at least two overlapping display and control windows (220, 230). When one display and control window (220) is activated, the other display and control window (230) is autom... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050039137 | Method, apparatus, and program for dynamic expansion and overlay of controls A set of replacement system window controls is provided that are instantiated as the result of the receipt of create control messages into the system message queue, instead of the built-in system window controls. The replacement window controls result in replacement con... | 02/17/2005 |
| 20050022136 | Methods and systems for manipulating an item interface A graphical user interface includes a graphical user interface, which includes an item interface in which at least two items can be listed. In an expanded state, the item interface has a collapse control for bringing the item interface in a collapsed state in which the ... | 01/27/2005 |
