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Crispy Chip Sandwich and Process of Producing a Sandwich Product
A food product comprising a multilayer cookie or snack having outer layers formed from a crispy type edible food product such as a potato chip or corn chip, etc. with an intermediate marshmallow layer being in contact with the inner surface of each crispy chip and one or more filler substances.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120110514 | Graphical User Interface for Managing Virtual Machines A graphical user interface (GUI) for managing virtual machines (VMs) that are running in one or more hosts provides a search interface that is intuitive and presents search results in a tree structure that lists or marks items that meet user-designated search criteria. ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120110513 | AGGREGATING BASED ON HIERARCHY AND SCALING INPUT According to an example embodiment, a method may include accessing, by at least one processor from at least one non-transitory computer-readable memory device, a map and a hierarchy of places included in the map. The method may also include accessing, by the at least on... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120110511 | INTEGRATING USER INTERFACES An external interface to a portable device that has its own native interface is provided. The native interface of the portable device presents options of a first level of a hierarchy, and upon selection of a first one of the options, replaces the display of options with... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120072665 | Caching of a Site Model in a Hierarchical Modeling System for Network Sites Disclosed are various embodiments for caching of a hierarchical model of a network site. Upon receiving a request to resolve a network site, a hierarchical site model associated with a network site is retrieved. A directory model associated with the network site is also... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120054226 | Multi-Faceted Visualization of Rich Text Corpora Methods and apparatus are provided for multi-faceted visualization of rich text corpora. A data set comprising a plurality of entities, facets and relations is visualized by generating a visualization of a plurality of the facets in the data set, wherein the visualizati... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120054714 | INTERACTIVE LAYERED VISUALIZATION OF A LAYERED SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE A system to generate an interactive layered visualization of a software system includes a storage device to storage a model of the system that defines entities and relationships among entities. The system also includes a visualization tool to generate nodes representing... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120047467 | PORT COMPATIBILTY CHECKING FOR STREAM PROCESSING A port compatibility connection engine for a large scale stream processing framework is provided. The port compatibility management unit analyzes port definitions of processing elements (PEs) to validate interconnectivity between said elements. In particular, the port c... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120036484 | RELATIONSHIP VISUALIZATION AND GRAPHICAL INTERACTION MODEL IN IT CLIENT MANAGEMENT Displaying a hierarchy. A method includes identifying a set of nodes representing sites in a hierarchy. The set of nodes share one or more common characteristics not shared by any other nodes in the hierarchy. The method further includes determining that the set of node... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120023455 | HIERARCHICAL ORGANIZATION CHART FOR MOBILE APPLICATIONS According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for creating and displaying a hierarchical organization chart in a mobile application is provided. The method includes obtaining information from a database. The information represents a first node, second node,... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120023454 | SCHEDULE MANAGEMENT USING LINKED EVENTS An event scheduler may schedule a first event having a first recurrence characteristic within a scheduling module, and to schedule a second event having a second recurrence characteristic within the scheduling module. A link manager may store a link between the first ev... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120023453 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Navigating Through a Hierarchy A multifunction device displays a view of a top level of a hierarchical user interface. The hierarchical user interface has a plurality of levels including the top level and one or more lower levels. In response to detecting a first input, the device displays a view of ... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120005630 | Highly Responsive Screen Output Device, Screen Output System, and Screen Output Method An input information acquisition unit in an information processing device acquires information related to a user operation provided in an input device. A screen data generation unit generates data for a basic screen that should be displayed in response to the user opera... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120005631 | TECHNIQUES FOR DISPLAY OF INFORMATION RELATED TO POLICIES Techniques for displaying information. Policy violations are identified, based at least in part on data stored in a data store. For the policy violations, a plurality of semantic objects related to the violations are identified. Arrangements of graphical objects are dis... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120005577 | Building Mashups on Touch Screen Mobile Devices Systems and methods of constructing mashups may involve receiving a mashup creation input via a touch screen of a mobile device. A mashup can be built based on the mashup creation input, wherein the mashup is presented to a user via the touch screen. In one example, the... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110320985 | INFORMATION LANDSCAPE MODELING, ANALYSIS & VALIDATION Managing and validating a project using an information landscape. Embodiments include providing an information landscape including a topology of landscape elements for the project, linking the topology of landscape elements to a plurality of solution artifacts, and vali... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110302537 | Systems And Methods For Facilitating Access To Documents Via A Set Of Content Selection Tags Systems and methods are provided to facilitate access to documents via a set of content selection tags. According to one embodiment, information is received from a content reader. For example, a content controller may receive information from a content reader via a Web ... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110289119 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING SERVER CLOUD TOPOLOGY AND RESOURCES Systems, methods and articles of manufacture for monitoring server cloud topology and resources are described herein. An embodiment includes determining a topological relationship of the computing nodes in the server cloud and constructing a data structure representing ... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110283240 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS Systems and methods whereby, for example, one or more functional elements can be established and/or employed. Such functional elements might serve a number of purposes. For instance, such functional elements might be employable in interoperating with devices, software, ... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110283211 | METHODS FOR DESIGNING IMAGE-BASED PRODUCTS THROUGH A COMPUTER NETWORK A method for assisting a user to design an image-based product includes storing a component dependency map on a computer device that defines relationships among a first component, a second component, and a third component, which each comprises functions that define acti... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110283239 | VISUAL ANALYSIS AND DEBUGGING OF COMPLEX EVENT FLOWS Methods, systems, and computer-readable media to generate a user interface (UI) to analyze a complex event processing (CEP) query are disclosed. A particular method includes receiving data representing an event flow associated with execution of a CEP query. The CEP quer... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110282873 | Mind Map with Data Feed Linkage and Social Network Interaction Embodiments of the disclosed technology comprise a method of augmenting a mind map of a plurality of objects based on at least one data feed. The method comprises providing an interface which contains visual representations of objects and associates semantic data with t... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110276924 | PERSONAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT CONTEXT LINKS An apparatus and method for managing information in a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes selecting a first object to be linked, selecting a second object for linking with the first object, and linking the first object with the second object. By linking tw... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110252382 | PROCESS PERFORMANCE USING A PEOPLE CLOUD A method, data processing system, and computer program product are present for managing projects in a network data processing system. A computer system identifies a plurality of tasks for a project. The computer system creates a model for the project using the plurality... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110238715 | COMPLEX OBJECT MANAGEMENT THROUGH FILE AND DIRECTORY INTERFACE A method for representing a computer-related resource in a computer-related system environment comprises creating an object model of the resource, the object model including objects that correspond to components of the resource, configuration information of the objects,... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110239163 | DISPLAY SCREEN CONTROL METHOD, GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM There is provided an information processing apparatus including a tree structure generation unit that generates a tree structure in which a leaf node represents content data associated with position information, serving as metadata, representing a location of a feature ... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110231802 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE THEREOF An electronic device and a method for providing an User Interface (UI) are disclosed. The method for providing a User Interface (UI) in an electronic device according to the present invention, the method may includes receiving a request for provision of the UI, collecti... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110225548 | REORDERING NODES IN A HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE This disclosure describes a user interface and methods for quickly and easily modifying graphical content. Specifically, content having a hierarchical format may be received in a content pane. The hierarchical format may include one or more hierarchical levels and a plu... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110225551 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING CHANGES TO A SET OF DATA A method and apparatus for tracking changes to a set of data stored in association with a first time period in a memory device are provided. Change data indicative that the set of data is to be associated with a second time period is received. The set of data is associa... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110225541 | INTERACTIVE REPRESENTATION OF CLUSTERS OF GEOGRAPHICAL ENTITIES Various embodiments enable, in a mapping context, various visual entities to be clustered into groups that do not occlude one another. In at least some embodiments, individual clusters are represented on a map by a puddle defined by a computed contour line. Users can in... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110219324 | HIERARCHICAL DATA DISPLAY A graphical hierarchical data wheel for displaying hierarchical nodes includes a top level circle on a central axis of the wheel representing a top level node. The wheel further includes a first concentric ring adjacent to the top level circle and comprising a plurality... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110214080 | Taxonomy Editor This patent application relates to taxonomy editing. One implementation involves a taxonomy editor configured to generate a visual representation of a taxonomy associated with a set of scientific papers. The taxonomy editor includes a properties module configured to ide... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110209079 | GRAPHICAL DISPLAY WITH HIERARCHICAL GAUGE PLACEMENT A graphical display is provided to allow a user to dynamically customize the location, appearance, priority, and arrangement of virtual gauges displayed on an instrument panel of a vehicle. A user can select a virtual gauge and move to a desired location in the instrume... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110209081 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONSTRUCTING MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DATA MODELS FOR DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS Methods, systems, and computer-readable medium are provided for constructing multi-dimensional data models for distribution networks. Geometric features are extricated from a 2D representation of a distribution network comprising a plurality of objects having a relation... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110202887 | Automatically Suggesting Graphical Program Elements for Inclusion in a Graphical Program System and method for editing a graphical program. One or more nodes are included in a graphical program in response to user input selecting the one or more nodes, where each node has a respective one or more terminals for receiving input to or providing output from the... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110202886 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING DOCUMENTS A computer system that includes a graphical user interface used to organize a group of documents is provided. The system includes a processor that is adapted to execute machine-readable instructions. The system also includes a storage device that is adapted to store dat... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110188199 | PORTABLE TABLET COMPUTING DEVICE WITH A LOW POWER OPERATION MODE AS A MEDIA PLAYER A portable computing device is disclosed. The device may be based upon a laptop/a netbook computer according to the preferred embodiment. The device comprises a pivotable display screen. The device is operated as a general purpose computing device when the display scree... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110181518 | NETBOOK WITH A DISPLAY SCREEN ON TOP FACE FOR DELIVERING MEDIA ASSETS A portable computing device is disclosed. The device may be based upon a netbook according to the preferred embodiment. The device comprises an additional display screen on the top face of the device. The device is used as a media player in a folded form and as a genera... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110185315 | SIMPLIFIED USER CONTROLS FOR AUTHORING WORKFLOWS A workflow design system provides user interface controls that allow a workflow author to focus on the steps of the workflow before deciding on how to control the flow of the workflow. With the system, an author can change the control flow of a workflow without re-order... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110172973 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING EQUIPMENT FAILURES AND MAINTENANCE SCHEDULES A computer implemented method may be used for analyzing equipment failures and maintenance schedules. An equipment maintenance system generates a model of equipment and components of each piece of equipment. In one embodiment, the model is a tree representation. The equ... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110173546 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT An approach to managing information makes use of a multi-program graphical user environment (e.g., a virtual desktop). The graphical environment includes a first part in which information elements are presented to a user. A user selection of one or more information elem... | 07/14/2011 |
