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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120017182 | Predictive Hover Triggering A method of triggering a hover event for a pointer in a user interface on a display device begins by predicting a future position of the pointer on the user interface. A likelihood that the pointer will hover over a screen object is determined based on the predicting. F... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110307482 | SEARCH RESULT DRIVEN QUERY INTENT IDENTIFICATION A system and method are provided for detecting entity information contained within search results. The detected entity information can be used to determine a category of entity as well as a specific entity within the search results. The entity information can be used to... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110276927 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC LINKING BETWEEN GRAPHIC DOCUMENTS AND COMMENT DATA BASES A method for dynamic linking between graphic documents and comment databases is described and includes entering a base graphic representation of a project in a computer system. The base graphic representation may be the conversion of a user supplied format graphic to a ... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110083108 | PROVIDING USER INTERFACE FEEDBACK REGARDING CURSOR POSITION ON A DISPLAY SCREEN Disclosed herein are systems and methods for providing user interface feedback regarding a cursor position on a display screen. A user may use a suitable input device for controlling a cursor in a computing environment. The displayed objects may provide feedback regardi... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110078636 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INPUT CHARACTER INDICATOR The method for displaying an input character indicator includes generating a first indicator indicative of a first language of input characters when a mouse cursor enters a search field and displaying the first indicator as a separate window screen near the mouse cursor... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20100306688 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREFOR An image display device and an operation method thereof are provided. An object may be displayed on a display. A display characteristic of the object may be changed when no input for the object is received for a predetermined period of time.... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100217661 | System and Method for Advertising to a Wi-Fi Device A method is disclosed for providing information related to goods available for purchase in a building. The method includes establishing a plurality of boundary zones where each of the plurality of boundary zones corresponding to a physical boundary zone within a wireles... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100146454 | POSITION-DEPENDENT INFORMATION REPRESENTATION SYSTEM, POSITION-DEPENDENT INFORMATION REPRESENTATION CONTROL DEVICE, AND POSITION-DEPENDENT INFORMATION REPRESENTATION METHOD The present invention is intended to provide a position-dependent information representation system which can allow persons other than evaluators to readily recognize at which positions the respective evaluators are evaluating information. Control device causes map/layo... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100077310 | FLEXIBLE ARCHITECTURE FOR NOTIFYING APPLICATIONS OF STATE CHANGES Described is a method and system a unified mechanism for storing device, application, and service state, as well as a rich notification brokerage architecture. Clients register with a notification broker to receive notifications for changes to state properties. When a r... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100070916 | Template skimming preview Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system that facilitates selection of a template for a document by a user. During operation, the system displays a graphical object associated with the template to the user and detects a position of a cursor over the gr... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100064260 | Image Display Device The image display includes a bandwidth calculating means that calculates bandwidth of image data transmitted from a plurality of computer devices, based on at least any one piece of information about the position and movement of a cursor displayed in a display image and... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100030075 | ULTRASOUND SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OFFERING PREVIEW PAGES An ultrasound system and a method of offering preview pages on a screen are disclosed. The ultrasound system of the present invention stores a plurality of report pages including information of at least one target object, forms a plurality of preview pages of the report... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100017757 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO REDUCE WORKLOAD AND SKILLS REQUIRED IN USAGE OF MOUSE OR OTHER POINTING DEVICES A method and system are disclosed for controlling operation of a cursor on a display screen of a computer system. In the operation of the computer system, one or more areas on the display screen are designated as user interface areas for receiving input from a user via ... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20090292633 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIEWING AND TRADING FUTURES A method and system for viewing and trading futures and other tradeable objects. The invention includes improved user interfaces for use with trading systems that allows users to more efficiently execute and manage trades. A dynamic price ladder allows a trader to see p... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090288043 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MOVING A CURSOR AND SELECTING OBJECTS ON A TOUCHSCREEN USING A FINGER POINTER A finger pointer is used for moving a cursor and selecting objects on a touchscreen. The finger pointer includes a cursor indicator and a finger contact area. The cursor indicator points to a location on the touchscreen that would be activated when the finger pointer is... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090271745 | MAP DISPLAY SYSTEM, MAP DISPLAY DEVICE, MAP DISPLAY METHOD, AND MAP DISTRIBUTION SERVER A map display system having display means for displaying a map image and object display control means for displaying object images on the map image according to the location of the objects, wherein, when a cursor is moved to a desired object image and operated to select... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271724 | VISUAL CHARACTERISTICS OF USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS IN A UNIFIED INTEREST LAYER A user-activatable dashboard (also referred to as a unified interest layer) contains any number of user interface elements, referred to herein as “widgets,” for quick access by a user. In response to a command from a user, the dashboard is invoked and the widgets ar... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271388 | ANNOTATIONS OF THIRD PARTY CONTENT The subject matter disclosed herein relates to creating a search query based on content and subject of a web page, for example. In one particular example, such a search query may be established by a selection of one or more keywords in a web page. Consequently, the sear... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090254384 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING AND RESERVING AIRLINE SEATS The present invention relates to a system and method for selecting and reserving airline seats. The system or method receives first data representing payment information over the network from a general purpose computer. The system or method also transmits second data to... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090158256 | FEEDING TEST METRICS INTO AN INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT TO AID SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS TO IMPROVE CODE QUALITY A method, apparatus and program product for using test results to improve code quality are provided. An IDE or program operable with an IDE retrieves automated test results for a code sequence. The IDE or separate program detects the code sequence during source code dev... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090144666 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING USER EXPERIENCE WHEN READING A BIDI DOCUMENT A method and apparatus for improving user experience when reading a BiDi document is provided. The method comprises the steps of: receiving the range of a specific text content the reading direction of which needs to be indicated in the BiDi document; determining the re... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090013288 | Video Promotion for Online Directory Listings and Other Search Engine Websites that List Advertisers A webpage file is transmitted to a client computer. The webpage file provides directory listings or search engine results, which are presented in the form of a list of hyperlinks. Each hyperlink corresponds to a directory listing entry or a search engine hit. In respons... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20080294734 | System and Method for E-Mail Client with Proactive Indication Unit A system and method provide an enhanced e-mail (electronic mail) system with a proactive indication of recipient away message. The system and method provide an enhanced e-mail system with a proactive indication of away messages of individuals related to the recipient. T... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080270949 | Methods and Systems for Navigation and Selection of Items within User Interfaces with a Segmented Cursor Methods and systems for navigating and selecting items within a user interface. Various groupings of items may be displayed and selected within the user interfaces which may further include a graphical rounded positioning locator. The locator can be designed to resemble... | 10/30/2008 |
| 20080163129 | ON-SCREEN CURSOR NAVIGATION DELIMITING ON A HANDHELD COMMUNICATION DEVICE A handheld communication device and method for affecting movement of a highlighting cursor amongst an array of icons on a display screen is described. In an embodiment, the handheld communication device includes a lighted display, a keyboard and an auxiliary user input,... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080059914 | INTUITIVE TOOLS FOR MANIPULATING OBJECTS IN A DISPLAY A method and system for providing a user with user-friendly handles for manipulating graphics and other displayed objects using a pointer. An initial toolset of handles can evolve into a toolset with enhanced functionality. Selecting an object can invoke a first toolset... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20070168889 | Method, system, and program product for indicating a state of a value of a property of an application The present invention provides a method, system, and program product for indicating a state of a value of an application. Specifically, under the present invention a graphical state indicator is displayed for a property (e.g., background screen color) of an application.... | 07/19/2007 |
| 20070143713 | Interface apparatus, interface method in information processing apparatus, and interface program An interface apparatus controls at least activation and termination of one or more registered application programs in accordance with user operations. The apparatus includes a first holding section configured to hold information of the application programs; a user opera... | 06/21/2007 |
| 20070143710 | Computing device and method of indicating status of application program A computing device and computing environment displays a graphical user interface that presents a plurality of icons. Each icon is related to a different aspect of a resident software application. The icons are used to indicate the status of their associated aspects of t... | 06/21/2007 |
| 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 |
| 20070061761 | System and method for outputting icons in response to hot-key input A system to output an icon in response to a hot-key input, including a microcomputer to sense an instruction input through a hot-key and to output a scan code corresponding to the instruction, a keyboard launcher to receive the scan code from the microcomputer, to analy... | 03/15/2007 |
| 20070038963 | Methods and apparatus for process thumbnail view The structure and status of a process are displayed jointly. Multiple visualization mechanisms are used to provide the visualization of business process data. Drill-down of the data provides interactivity for a user to access information. In one embodiment color coding ... | 02/15/2007 |
| 20070028192 | Method for providing serialized technical support A method and system for obtaining service information procedures implementing serialized status identifiers. Wherein, the provided information involves the implementation of at least one motion picture demonstrating at least one service procedure of an apparatus. ... | 02/01/2007 |
| 20070022391 | Method and apparatus for changing a shape of a mouse cursor corresponding to an item on which the mouse cursor is located A method and apparatus to change a mouse cursor corresponding to an item on which mouse cursor is located, with the method to change the mouse cursor including: locating the mouse cursor on the predetermined printing option item on the User Interface (UI) corresponding ... | 01/25/2007 |
| 20060288314 | Facilitating cursor interaction with display objects A system and method for facilitating location of cursor position and cursor movement in a computer display. A computer system obtains a user manipulation of a cursor and calculates a movement vector. The computer system then displays visual cues related to the movement ... | 12/21/2006 |
| 20060265671 | Data processing setting apparatus, data processing setting method, data processing setting program, and computer readable recording medium recording the program The present invention provides a data processing setting apparatus which allows a user to easily confirm a function, which has already been set, when setting a desired function from a plurality of functions of data processing. A printer driver UI section 15 inclu... | 11/23/2006 |
| 20060156257 | Method and system for rapid memorization and learning A method of presenting information to be learned includes enabling a user to select a first column of information to display and enabling the user to select a second column of information to hide. A cell in the first column corresponds to at least one cell in the second... | 07/13/2006 |
| 20060156247 | Floating action buttons A user interface (UI) includes floating action buttons. Respective hot zones are established for associated respective UI elements. When a focus is targeting (e.g., located at) a given hot zone, one or more floating action buttons that are associated therewith are prese... | 07/13/2006 |
| 20060036971 | Mouse cursor display The present invention provides a method, data processing apparatus and computer program product which displays status information with the mouse symbol, the status information relating to an operation being performed with a mouse cursor. For example, the status informat... | 02/16/2006 |
| 20060031785 | Rich content download According to the invention, a content download system for downloading a content file and additional content using a window is disclosed. The content download system includes a content site, a content provider and a third party. The content site presents the window that ... | 02/09/2006 |
