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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120131511 | OUTPUT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PORTABLE TERMINAL An output apparatus capable of grouping menu items is configured for operation of a portable terminal into items with similar functions and outputting the grouped items. The apparatus includes an output management unit for determining sub-menu items included in a select... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120110508 | ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING ORIENTED CONTEXT-AWARE USER INTERFACE An Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) context-aware user interface may be provided. A task list comprising a plurality of objectives may be displayed. Upon receiving a selection of at least one of the plurality of objectives, a context state may be updated according to ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120004902 | Computerized Selection for Healthcare Services A method for producing healthcare data records from graphical inputs by computer users. Includes generating a plurality of user input categories, displaying on a graphical display icons that correspond to a first of the user input categories and receiving a first user s... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110320947 | METHOD OF GENERATING A GUIDANCE ROUTE TO A TARGET MENU AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS USING THE SAME A method of guiding a menu, including storing route information generated based on hierarchical relationships of menus according to a tree structure, and displaying menu items using an on screen display and displaying a location and a function of a menu a user would lik... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110320984 | Selectable Parent and Submenu Object Display Method Selectable objects in a computer display are arranged in a cascading menu including parent menu and submenu objects in which an activation area is provided in association with each submenu displayed which spans between the submenu and the associated parent menu object. ... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110302515 | MOBILE TERMINAL CAPABLE OF PROVIDING MULTIPLAYER GAME AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE MOBILE TERMINAL A method of operating a mobile terminal is presented. The method includes displaying a list comprising at least one item on a display module, displaying a first display screen showing a content of a first item on the display module when the first item is selected from t... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110296351 | User Interface with Z-axis Interaction and Multiple Stacks A user interface presents a plurality of items configured as a stack in a display of a device. The stack is scrollable in a direction oblique to a plane of the display for successively viewing the items in the stack. Some implementations provide multiple stacks of items... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110289458 | USER INTERFACE ANIMATION FOR A CONTENT SYSTEM A computer-implemented system and method for providing a user interface for content browsing and selection in a content system. Embodiments include: gathering available content information related to particular items of content from at least one source of a plurality of... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110276906 | NAVIGATIONAL INFORMATION USER INTERFACE A navigational information display panel is provided for presenting information associated with a location and relationship of a particular web page in context of hierarchical nodes above the web page. The panel may be displayed at a fixed or movable location upon activ... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110258524 | GROUPING QUICK HYPERLINK A hyperlink and navigation apparatus for providing a fast and flexible form of user navigation is presented. The hyperlink may be configured to simultaneously open multiple destinations when activated. The multiple destinations may include any number of applications or ... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110258582 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF THE MOBILE TERMINAL A method of displaying items on a mobile terminal includes displaying a first icon group of a plurality of icons on a display of the mobile terminal, such that each icon of the first icon group is associated with an application that is executable on the mobile terminal.... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110244922 | MENU ICONS WITH DESCRIPTIVE AUDIO A mobile phone comprising: a user interface configured to display a menu system and to receive input; and an electronic device configured to: provide the menu system having menu levels with each menu level comprising distinct menu items, enable the user to make a prelim... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110225550 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AND NAVIGATING LIBRARY INFORMATION WITH A VIRTUAL LIBRARY COLLECTIONS BROWSER A system and method of displaying and navigating library information includes the steps of: receiving, from a user, a selection of a category of library materials; displaying part of that category of library materials the order they appear in an indexed catalog system b... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110202837 | MULTI-LAYER USER INTERFACE WITH FLEXIBLE PARALLEL AND ORTHOGONAL MOVEMENT A user interface (UI) system calculates movements in a multi-layer graphical user interface. The UI system receives user input corresponding to gestures on a touchscreen. The UI system calculates a movement of a first layer in a first direction (e.g., a horizontal direc... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110197165 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ORGANIZING A COLLECTION OF WIDGETS ON A MOBILE DEVICE DISPLAY A system renders a collection of widgets, hosted by a respective widget engine, on a mobile device display. The collection comprises at least one first widget representation that, when selected, invokes a first widget, and a first widget sub-collection representation th... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110191722 | NESTED CONTROLS IN A USER INTERFACE A method, system and computer-readable medium are provided in a user interface, for presenting information for a plurality of items and selecting one of the plurality of items. Embodiments include displaying a first user interface element for listing a plurality of item... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110173571 | Graphical User Interface Guide A graphical user interface (GUI) is disclosed. The GUI includes a menu bar to display one or more menus, a GUI guide button and a GUI guide to simultaneously display commands in each of the one or more menus in response to a selection of the GUI guide button.... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110173097 | CONSOLIDATING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CUSTOMER TRACKING OF CUSTOMER'S ON-LINE TRANSACTIONS Methods and hardware systems are described to enable an online customer to easily track or find the status of his purchases or inquires from various merchandisers without having to individually recall each merchandiser-sent emails. A software tool, operating under a har... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110161849 | NAVIGATIONAL TRANSPARENT OVERLAY A method performed on a user device includes displaying a source user interface that includes one or more selectable objects; receiving a user input with respect to one of the one or more selectable objects of the source user interface; determining, in response to the u... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110154264 | Methods and Systems for Selecting and Presenting Content Based on Learned Periodicity of User Content Selection A method of selecting and presenting content based on learned user preferences is provided. The method includes receiving search input from the user for identifying desired content items and receiving content selection actions from the user. The method further includes ... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110145765 | MENU NAVIGATION METHOD, APPARATUS AND USER INTERFACE HAVING MENU NAVIGATION FUNCTION, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREON PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING THE MENU NAVIGATION METHOD Provided are a menu navigation method using a user interface (UI), an apparatus and UI having a menu navigation function, and a computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the menu navigation method. The menu navigation method incl... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110145767 | OPERATION MONITORING APPARATUS An operation monitoring apparatus capable of displaying right click menus varying in configuration from each other according to a select object on an operation-monitoring screen is realized. The operation monitoring apparatus comprises an object file holding means for h... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110138334 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF NETWORK INFORMATION A display device includes a display, a user interface to receive command signals, and a controller to control display of information. The controller to controls display of a first screen identifying a plurality of content providers, setting of a content provider based o... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110119630 | NOTIFICATION BREAKTHROUGH STATUS AND PROFILE Techniques and tools are described for notifications of events, such as receipt of messages, and specifically to tools and techniques related to breakthrough notification profile and status. For example, it is determining whether a profile is active and whether a contac... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110119626 | ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM SMART KEYS A method of operating an entertainment system having a user interface including a plurality of menus may include computer-implemented steps. Steps may include receiving a menu selection via the user interface. The menu selection may be associated with a menu. The menu m... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110113380 | Audio/Visual Device Graphical User Interface Submenu A user interface for an audio/visual device incorporates one or both of a touch sensor having a touch surface on which is defined a racetrack surface having a ring shape and a display element on which is displayed a racetrack menu also having a ring shape, and where the... | 05/12/2011 |
| 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 |
| 20110107266 | APPLICATION AGNOSTIC UI INTEGRATION FRAMEWORK FOR WEB BASED APPLICATIONS This disclosure describes, generally, methods and systems for implementing application agnostic UI integration. Aspects of the invention relates to a generic architecture and a framework, which leverage the capabilities of a middleware server and application integration... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110107261 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF FOR MANAGING APPLICATION MENU STRUCTURE The disclosure relates to an electronic device and a method thereof for managing an application menu structure. The application menu structure includes a main menu having a list of main options. The electronic device includes a display module, a calculation module, and ... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110107267 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND MENU SELECT AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF Disclosed are an image forming apparatus and a menu select and display method thereof. A select and display method of a menu which is displayed on a (touch) screen of an image forming apparatus, the method includes: displaying an initial screen including at least one me... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110093817 | IMAGE DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME Provided are an image display device, a key input for controlling the image display device, and a corresponding operating method. The method includes detecting an input of at least one of control keys provided at a predetermined area on the image display device and disp... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110083564 | Programmable device and method for storing food An improved food storage device for holding food items in a controlled environment, typically heated, is disclosed. The device can hold different foods under different conditions for different amounts of time. Among the improvements is an intuitive programming interface... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110078629 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE CAPABLE OF AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING USER INTERFACE AND METHOD THEREOF An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an input unit, a display unit and a storage unit. The storage unit stores a product function list and a plurality of UI profile files. Each of the UI profile files defines one display format. A UI (user in... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110072396 | Gallery User Interface Controls A computing system for providing a user interface control to modify properties of items within a main application window. The computing system has a main application window, a gallery control window, a control object selection processing module, and a control object foc... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110055767 | System and Method for Providing Graphical User Interface Displaying Muiltiple Views Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques for displaying hierarchy information. In one embodiment, a graphical user interface (“GUI”) is provided that displays hierarchy information, the displayed information comprising multiple nodes and hierarchical ... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110055768 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE WITH CONTEXTUAL VIEW A method and system for providing a graphical user interface with contextual views. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a graphical user interface that allows the changing contents of a global menu in the graphical display based upon the selected node... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110055758 | SMART NAVIGATOR FOR PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARE A productivity software application in which a user chooses actions, from at least one of a menu bar, a tool bar, or a task pane, runs on a computer. While running the productivity software application, the computer monitors actions chosen by the user. Data is generated... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110047514 | RECORDING DISPLAY-INDEPENDENT COMPUTERIZED GUIDANCE A method for recording a display-independent computerized guidance script, the method comprising capturing a screenshot of a GUI of a computerized application, analyzing an area, in the screenshot, surrounding a determined cursor position, to identify a GUI control, rec... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110040633 | Multi Layered Webpage Tool A system and method for creating online advertising economies of scale by maximizing quantity, applicability, accessibility and distribution of advertisements on a webpage that includes providing a tool to reside on a webpage that presents a first tier of data to a user... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110041097 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING SELECTABLE ALTERNATE MENU VIEWS In a method for providing a menu display, in response to a menu item selection, the method may determine whether a menu map selection event or a cascading menu selection has occurred, may display a plurality of menus including those that are of a hierarchical level belo... | 02/17/2011 |
