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Fork With Timer

A fork with timer for providing a cue to a user after an elapsed period of time for indicating that another bite of food using the fork may be taken.

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Class 715/844 - Timed


Subclass of Class 715 - Data processing: presentation processing of document, operator interface processing, and screen saver display processing
Definition: Subject matter wherein the displaying of the menu items
No. of applications: 9
Last issue date: 02/02/2012


Application No.Application TitleIssue Date
20120030037Measuring 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
20110258585 Apparatus, Method, Computer Program and User Interface
A method, apparatus, computer program and user interface wherein the method includes displaying, on a display of an apparatus, a first plurality of content items, over a first period of time, in response to the apparatus being positioned in a first position; wherein dur...
10/20/2011
20110166932SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING CONTENT BASED ON USER INTERACTION
Methods and systems provide for displaying advertisement items on mobile devices in response to user selections. Advertisement items may be transmitted to mobile devices ahead of an insertion point and stored in memory. While displaying a content item, mobile devices ma...
07/07/2011
20100169813METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AND OPERATING USER INTERFACE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
A method for displaying and operating a user interface and an electronic device are provided. In the method, a background frame is displayed. Further, a trigger signal triggered by an object on one of a plurality of areas of the background frame is received, in which th...
07/01/2010
20100058246Methods, Systems, and Products for Calendaring Applications
Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for managing events in an electronic calendar. One such method associates an event with a rule, with the rule comprising a reminder and a date and a time of expiration. A calendar entry corresponding to the event is stored. A...
03/04/2010
20070089071Software mechanism for providing distinct types of time dependent event objects for display in a graphical user interface
At a computing device such as a wireless communication device, a software component receives a set of constraints for selecting objects representative of time dependent event objects. The constraints may be generated automatically by a software module for displaying a v...
04/19/2007
20050283732Method for controlling a presentation display
An apparatus, operable to display a plurality of display elements under computer program control, comprises a presentation display component; a memory for storing display element attribute data; and a presentation-only mode control component selectably operable to write...
12/22/2005
20050149880Method and system for user control of secondary content displayed on a computing device
A method of and system for managing online content wherein a user views primary content on a display device associated with a user computing device interconnected to a computer network. A content server computer interconnected to the computer network provides secondary ...
07/07/2005
20050097480Method 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
 
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