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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110296349 | RECENT CONTACTS AND ITEMS The present invention provides a method and system of displaying items that gives the user the ability to easily access recently accessed items. The recent items list includes both incoming and outgoing correspondences that are attempted to be matched to the correspondi... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110264442 | VISUALLY EMPHASIZING PREDICTED KEYS OF VIRTUAL KEYBOARD A computing system includes a touch display and a virtual keyboard visually presented by the touch display. The virtual keyboard includes a plurality of touch-selectable keys each having a visual appearance that dynamically changes. A touch-selectable key has a deemphas... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110209090 | DISPLAY DEVICE A display device including a display driver configured to drive a display to display images, a controller configured to control the display driver to drive the display to display an array of selectable items, and a user interface including at least one movement sensor c... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110173533 | Touch Operation Method and Operation Method of Electronic Device A touch operation method and an operation method of an electronic device are provided. The touch operation method comprises judging whether an await-selection object displayed on a touch screen is touched; outputting a floating menu corresponding to an attribute of the ... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110167369 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Navigating Through a Range of Values A multifunction device displays a navigation user interface that includes: a navigation bar having a plurality of unit regions and a plurality of subunit regions. Each of the unit regions represents a range of values. Each subunit region represents a subset of a respect... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110107262 | Motor Vehicle Operating Device A motor vehicle operating device has a display device, an operating element and a control device, which are mutually coupled and set up such that an operating element symbol that corresponds to the operating element with respect to its outline shape is displayed on the ... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110055244 | ADAPTIVE MAPPING OF SEARCH RESULTS Systems and methods are provided for processing user search request information and for updating the presentation of a map based on the processed search request information. User search information may be associated with one or more locations shown by the map. Each loca... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110035451 | Systems and Methods for Spam Filtering Systems and methods to reduce false positives in spam filtering. In one aspect, a method includes automatically generating profiles for persons identified in messages, such as incoming and outgoing emails. Messages flagged as spam can be checked against the profile to i... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110010668 | Automatic Enlargement of Viewing Area with Selectable Objects A system (and method) are disclosed for enlarging a portion of a view of a user interface displayed within a touch-sensitive screen. The system is configured to determine a predetermined touch area corresponding to a touch applied on the screen. The system provides, for... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100281429 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING A PRODUCT USING AN ARRAY OF CONFIGURATION SETS Methods and apparatus for configuring a product using an array of configuration sets is disclosed. A user enters a size attribute indicating how many different versions of an attribute will be selected. The client device then displays multiple copies of a configuration ... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100223556 | OPERATIONAL STATUS DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING APPARATUS In an analyzing system including a plurality of analyzing apparatuses and an operational status collector for collecting the analyzing apparatus' operational status by way of a data communication network, each status of the plurality of analyzing apparatuses is conventi... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100180254 | Graphical Mashup This document describes various techniques for creating, modifying, and using graphical mashups. In one embodiment, a graphical mashup is created based on locations of graphical representations of objects in a working area. Logical connections between the objects are cr... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100107150 | TERMINAL HAVING APPLICATION UPDATE MANAGING FUNCTION, AND APPLICATION UPDATE MANAGING PROGRAM AND SYSTEM A basic information recording unit 122 stores version data in which the versions of a plurality of application programs stored in a portable information device is written. An update verifying unit 110 receives update status data indicating whether an updat... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100088596 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING AN IMAGE ON A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICE A method and method for displaying an image via a graphical user interface on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device includes detecting a predetermined relation between a selection tool and the image. The image is panned in response to movement of the selecti... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100085304 | MODIFYING THE APPEARANCE OF A MOVABLE POSITION-MARKER ON A DISPLAY SCREEN OF A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICE Modifying the appearance of a movable position-marker on a display screen of an electronic device is disclosed. A graphical user interface program is run on a microprocessor module of the electronic device that controls display of images on a display screen. Designating... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100005389 | Apparatus and method for a user to select one or more pieces of information An apparatus and method for a user to select pieces of information. The apparatus comprising a rotatable part or a touch pad for the user to operate to scroll between the pieces of information using a movement along a closed path. Touch or engagement at predetermined po... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20090271269 | METHOD FOR INTEGRATING INTERACTIVE ADVERTISING INTO VISUAL CONTENT The present invention is a method and apparatus that relates to inserting contextual advertising into interactive visual content. The present invention provides a means to visually highlight elements within images, video, interactive applications and other visual conten... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090265628 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING USER INTERFACE AND RECORDING MEDIUM USING THE SAME A method and an apparatus for operating a user interface, and a recording medium using the same are provided. First, a plurality of user interfaces is provided and one of them is displayed on a touch screen of a portable electronic device. Then, the touch screen is used... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090171920 | ADAPTIVE PAGE LAYOUT UTILIZING BLOCK-LEVEL ELEMENTS Computer-storage media, computerized methods and systems for formatting a page layout according to form factors of a display area are provided. Initially, search results are received and dynamically converted into respective block-level elements, where each of the block... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090119619 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SOFTWARE FOR PROVIDING PATH USAGE DATA FOR LINKS BETWEEN DATA PAGES IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM A method, apparatus and software is disclosed in which links in web pages are provided with an indication of the most frequently used path from a given link. The most frequently used path is selectable by a user so as to enable the user to directly view the web page at ... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20080320417 | Mail Status Notification System The present invention provides a mail status notification system including a software application, at least one item of mail, a colour-coded identification means and at least one functional feature whereby the mail status notification system provides a means of enabling... | 12/25/2008 |
| 20080244452 | Method and terminal for implementing preview function A method for implementing a preview function which enables a user to easily view any user data on a mobile terminal having two display units is disclosed. When a request for checking user data is input, the mobile terminal displays a list of corresponding user data file... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080221871 | HUMAN/MACHINE INTERFACE A method to allow a user to cause a machine to make an utterance, together with apparatus for obtaining input from a user. The method comprises the steps of: analysing the context within which the utterance is to be made; creating a list of utterances appropriate to the... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20080201634 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CUSTOMIZING A USER INTERFACE Described is a system and method for customizing a user interface. A method according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises receiving a given content item and scoring the given content item. When the score exceeds a threshold, at least a portion of the gi... | 08/21/2008 |
| 20080172634 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING ROTATING INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE MOBILE TERMINAL A method for displaying icons on a mobile terminal having a front side and an opposing rear side includes displaying a plurality of icons on a display located on the front side of the mobile terminal, receiving user input responsive to user-driven rotation of a rotatabl... | 07/17/2008 |
| 20080163117 | User Interface for Appointment Scheduling System Showing Appointment Solutions Within a Day Two parallel time lines are displayed. On a first time line all possible solutions for scheduling an appointment within a preset period of time, such as a day or a part of the day, are displayed. Such a possible solution can be selected. Triggered by such a user selecti... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080082940 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for controlling presentation of a resource based on position or movement of a selector and presentable content Methods, systems, and computer program products for controlling presentation of a resource based on position or movement of a selector and presentable content are disclosed. According to one method, input including movement of a selector in a view comprising a portion o... | 04/03/2008 |
| 20080034294 | Tactile presentation of properties of a resource referenced through a link A method includes determining, in response to focus being set on a link referencing a resource, one or more properties of the resource referenced by the link. Data is selected corresponding to one or more of a plurality of tactile feedback patterns based on the properti... | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080005696 | System and method for adjusting a media-playing set A system and method enabling comparative and interactive preview of the effects of different operational settings to facilitate adjustment of a media-playing set includes providing a memory to store a test sample for each control item and a demonstrational tool to gener... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20070294638 | Input apparatus and method using optical masking An input apparatus and method using optical masking which enable a user to intuitively manipulate a menu by mapping light sources of an optical masking sensing unit and icons displayed on a display panel to corresponding positions. The input apparatus includes a display... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070234231 | Method and apparatus for inputting text effect item A function is implemented for inputting a text effect item to place various effects on text when the text is edited. By using the function, a user can easily select a text effect item for personalizing text in a text editing mode by reducing a panel in which at least on... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070226650 | Apparatus and method for highlighting related user interface controls An apparatus and method is described for highlighting related user interface controls to selected items in order to improve the ease of use and the intuitiveness of a graphical user interface. In preferred embodiments, user interface controls that are related to a selec... | 09/27/2007 |
| 20070220447 | User Interface Having a Search Preview A user interface having a search preview is described. In an implementation, one or more characters are received that are input via a search portion of a user interface. When a cursor is positioned proximally to one of a plurality of services in the user interface after... | 09/20/2007 |
| 20070204237 | Method and apparatus for matching a control with an icon A user interface uses color to match icons displayed to the user on a display with one or more corresponding input controls. Text or graphic icons representing functions of a portable electronic device are color coded, and the corresponding input controls are illuminate... | 08/30/2007 |
| 20070150838 | Method and System for Finding and Visually Highlighting HTML Code by Directly Clicking in the Web Page The present invention is directed to a method and system for finding and visually highlighting HTML code by directly clicking in the web page. According to one embodiment of the present invention, an event interface of each browser Document Object Model (“DOM”) elem... | 06/28/2007 |
| 20070136690 | Wedge menu A unique menu user interface that facilitates more efficient viewing and selection of menu items is provided. The menu user interface involves arranging a plurality of menu items around a semicircular portion of an action area. The action area is constructed by creating... | 06/14/2007 |
| 20070094614 | Data processing device A cursor position determination unit 101 determines that a cursor 201 has been aligned, for instance, on an object 206 among a plurality of objects 202 to 209. Then, an object selection determination unit 105 receives selection ... | 04/26/2007 |
| 20070067732 | Method and apparatus for highlighting buttons on screen on which a plurality of applications are displayed, and information recording medium thereof Provided are an information storage medium on which contents for interactively providing a user with audio/visual data are recorded, and a method and an apparatus for highlighting buttons on a screen on which a plurality of applications are displayed so as to interactiv... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20060224962 | Context menu navigational method for accessing contextual and product-wide choices via remote control An exemplary method includes selecting a media content item displayed on a graphical user interface, issuing a command via a remote control and, in response to the command, displaying a context menu on the graphical user interface wherein the context menu comprises one ... | 10/05/2006 |
| 20060090142 | Systems and methods for configuring a user interface having a menu Systems and Methods for configuration of a menu for display via a user interface are described. In an implementation, a method includes monitoring text input by a user via a user interface. A menu is configured, based on the monitoring, to display actions to be performe... | 04/27/2006 |
