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Dining Table Having Integral Dishwasher
A space-saving dishwasher, which may be installed within a counter top or table, having a dish-carrying rack that is vertically shiftable through the open top of the dishwasher for facilitating loading and unloading of the dishes.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120131502 | On-screen reminder program A computer program for instructing a processor to display to a user of a computing device a reminder for the user to perform an action, the computer program comprising a series of instructions for:
| 05/24/2012 |
| 20120072867 | PRESENTING POP-UP CONTROLS IN A USER INTERFACE Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for presenting pop-up controls in a user interface are disclosed. When input instructing presentation of a pop-up control within a display area of the device is received, a display object that has current input focus in the ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072494 | SOCIAL NETWORKING MANAGEMENT SERVER A social media management server (MS) provides a single authentication point for a client device to log in to multiple social networking accounts. Through the MS, the client device can pull social networking updates to it or have them pushed to the client device. Also, ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072367 | DRY-RUN DESIGN TIME ENVIRONMENT This disclosure provides various embodiments for performing a dry-run of a business process model in a design-time environment. A start event and end event of the business process model are identified, defining a path of a flow map including a sequence of a plurality of... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120030037 | Measuring Quality of User Interaction with Third Party Content An online services system provides monitoring of user interaction with third-party content. The monitoring is performed by a script in a web page provided by the online services system, which script provides a timer invoked when the browser leaves the online services sy... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120011408 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE SYSTEM FOR BACKGROUND INTELLIGENT TRANSFER SERVICE A graphical user interface system for BITS. The system includes a set of input modules, a set of output modules, and notification modules. The set of input modules allow selection of files for transfer to the BITS Server Virtual Directory and activate BITS functions. Th... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120011192 | EMAIL SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING INADVERTANT TRANSMISSION OF PROPRIETARY MESSAGE OR DOCUMENTS TO UNINTENDED RECIPIENT A system that alerts a sender of an email message as to the addressees of the email when the email is determined to be sensitive, such as when it includes a word such a “confidential”. The user can allow the message to be sent or go back to a mail create/edit operat... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120005074 | INLINE LINK PAYMENT One or more pay links are provided on a content page, where the user can select the pay link to make a payment directly through a payment provider. A window is opened for the payment provider, and the user access a user account. The user makes the payment and returns to... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120005624 | User Interface Elements for Use within a Three Dimensional Scene Improved user interface elements for use within a 3D scene. The 3D scene may be presented by at least one display, which includes displaying at least one stereoscopic image of the 3D scene by the display(s). The 3D scene may be presented according to a first viewpoint. ... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110320479 | COLLECTIONS FOR STORAGE ARTIFACTS OF A TREE STRUCTURED REPOSITORY ESTABLISHED VIA ARTIFACT METADATA At least one unique collection of storage artifacts can be specified to indicate that the storage artifact is a member of the unique collection. Each storage artifact can be a discrete object comprising digitally encoded content that is stored as a node within a tree st... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110314415 | Method and System for Providing Custom Tooltip Messages A computer-implemented method for providing custom tooltips to an end-user of a software application. The method includes receiving a selection of a user interface (UI) element associated with the software application; and causing a custom tooltip to be displayed on a d... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110313751 | Providing Compartmentalized Security in Product Reviews A mechanism is provided for providing compartmentalized security in product reviews. A central authoritative state module within a compartmentalized security mechanism identifies a clearance level associated with a user that has been authenticated. Responsive to the cle... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110289451 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CUSTOMIZING USER NOTIFICATIONS Methods and systems are provided that aid users in customizing notification graphical user interface (GUI) components. In some aspects, the customization interface is driven from the notification interface or window. Users may then manage the position and appearance of ... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110283228 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM An information processing apparatus includes a displaying section that displays a page including a plurality of text elements, a detecting section that detects a position designated by the user to be magnified, on the page displayed by the displaying section, a selectin... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110276918 | ONE STEP SELECTION OF DISABLED OPTIONS Information associated with an unavailable option is provided to a user upon detecting the user's interest in that option in a configuration environment or user interface control environment. The provided information may explain why the option is unavailable, what alter... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110276917 | User Interface Providing Summary Information or a Status Pane in a Web Analytics Tool A system and method provide a summary comparison of data. The summary may compare filtered and unfiltered data or one set of filtered data to another. The system presents a status pane or window to a user in conjunction with filtered data that is dynamically updated to ... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110271229 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING POP-UP MENU IN PORTABLE TERMINAL An apparatus and a method for touch input in a portable terminal, more specifically, an apparatus and a method for determining a pop-up menu set in a particular menu using a short touch. The apparatus preferably includes a controller for detecting a menu touch input for... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110271222 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING TRANSLUCENT POP-UP INCLUDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CORRESPONDING TO INFORMATION SELECTED ON TOUCH SCREEN A method of displaying a translucent pop-up including additional information corresponding to information selected on a touch screen includes receiving a first touch input for selecting first information on the touch screen; displaying a first translucent pop-up includi... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110239158 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SOFT REMINDERS An approach is provided for presenting soft reminders (e.g., reminders for notes with no triggering criteria). A reminder manager receives an input, from a user, for specifying a note. The note is not associated with triggering criteria. In response to the request, the ... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110225539 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING APPLICATION OF A TOUCH DEVICE WITH TOUCH-BASED INPUT INTERFACE A method and system is disclosed that allows a user to easily and intuitively operate applications that require contact information, in a touch device, via a tray item associated with the contact information. The method for operating applications includes: displaying a ... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110219333 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF A mobile terminal and a control method thereof are discussed. According to an embodiment, the mobile terminal includes a display unit configured to display a plurality of selectable items including a first selectable item and a second selectable item, each of the first ... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110218928 | AUTOMATED LICENSE DETERMINATION Described herein are methods and systems for automated license determination. In one aspect, an interface repository comprises a set of data schemas defining a license determination rule structure for all available control regulations offered by data providers. In anoth... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110218825 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTERACTIVE VEHICLE DAMAGE CLAIM INTERFACE A three-dimensional vehicle scene including an image can be rendered within an interactive user interface. The image can be generated from a model and can be rotatable by user selections of user selectable rotation controls. Vehicle panels can be shown and hidden within... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110219334 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF A mobile terminal and a control method thereof are provided. The method according to an embodiment includes displaying, on a screen of a display unit of the mobile terminal, a first image including a plurality of items; receiving a selection of at least one item among t... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110219332 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF A mobile terminal and a control method thereof are provided. The method according to an embodiment includes displaying, on a screen of the display unit, a first image including a plurality of items; receiving a selection of at least one item among the plurality of displ... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110214057 | INPUT APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INPUT CONTROL PROGRAM An input apparatus including: a display device on which at least one operational image is displayed; a selected image determining section which determines, as a selected image, an operational image displayed at a position designated by an input operation; and a display ... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110164058 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface with Interactive Popup Views A method of operating a multifunction device includes: displaying a respective view of a first application on the touch screen display, detecting a first touch gesture within the respective view, and in response to detecting the first touch gesture, displaying a popup v... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110167383 | Notification In Immersive Applications A notification framework delivers notifications in a manner that is appropriate for a user's current experience. An API is implemented in the notification framework and provided to developers to develop applications utilizing such API to communicate with the framework. ... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110161853 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME A mobile terminal and a method of controlling the same are provided. The mobile terminal comprises a display unit displaying a list of items, and a controller receiving a touch input signal for moving at least one of the items to a first region, deleting the at least on... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110161792 | PRODUCING INTERACTIVE DOCUMENTS A method for converting a source document having graphical subject matter into an interactive document includes receiving, via a user interface, input regarding information to be tagged to objects on the source document and tagging information to objects on the source d... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110161857 | Graphic for Displaying Multiple Assessments of Critical Care Performance Systems and methods for rendering a graphic that describes multiple dimensions of performance for a subject intensive care unit (ICU) over a predefined period of time are provided. One method involves measuring the performance of the subject ICU against various metrics ... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110161866 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING NOTIFICATIONS FOR A LONG SCROLLABLE CANVAS A method, apparatus, user interface and computer program product for detecting an update to a widget on a content page, at least a portion of the content page being presented in a viewable display area of a screen of the device, determining that the updated widget is no... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110153754 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING TIME-SENSITIVE ALERTS IN A MOBILE DEVICE In various embodiments, a method for receiving alerts through a network includes providing a device having a pop-up management module and a display; providing a communications interface between the device and one or more database systems located outside the network; pro... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110154252 | E-MAIL INTERFACE HAVING AN INFORMATIONAL TOOL TIP An interface enables perception of information regarding e-mail communications. The interface includes an e-mail application user interface that enables perception of e-mail message information for one or more e-mails received by an e-mail participant and that enables a... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110138294 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ELECTRONIC PHONEBOOK A method for providing a phonebook in a mobile terminal and a mobile terminal for performing the method are provided. The method for providing a phonebook in the mobile terminal includes displaying a phonebook list, searching, if a phonebook entry is selected from the p... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110138326 | Apparatus and Method for Tagging Media Content and Managing Marketing A method that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, the steps of transmitting media content to a group of set top boxes for presentation with an overlay superimposed onto the media content, where the overlay can include a timeline co... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110138267 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF THE MOBILE TERMINAL A mobile terminal and a method may be provided for controlling an operation of the mobile terminal. This may include displaying a first webpage on a display module, and if a second webpage is chosen to be displayed, determining whether the second webpage is provided by ... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110131526 | OVERLAY USER INTERFACE FOR COMMAND CONFIRMATION Confirmation is provided each time a command is initiated at an application program in the form of a temporary non-modal user interface (UI) overlay that is displayed in front of the UI windows generated by the application program that received the command. The overlay ... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110131527 | Method and apparatus for displaying pop-up A pop-up display method and apparatus allows a user to selectively check a desired pop-up in a convenient manner. A screen is divided into a main page display portion and a pop-up display portion. A web page is displayed in the main page display portion, and a pop-up co... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110126147 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF A display apparatus and a control method thereof are disclosed. The display apparatus includes: a display unit; a receiving unit which receives a preset input command; and a control unit which displays an image including a plurality of objects corresponding respectively... | 05/26/2011 |
