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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100318928 | USER INTERFACE FOR MEDIA PLAYBACK A graphical user interface made up of icons representing individual files and collectively forming the shape of a spiral is described along with methods of using and creating the graphical user interface. The spiral interface is useful to display detailed information ab... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100295788 | METHOD OF VISUALIZING AN INPUT LOCATION One or more sensors to determine a location of an input. The data related to the location of the input, such as a character, may be displayed on an application on a display device. In addition, data that is related to the proximate areas of the location of the input may... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100257489 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND AN INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD An information processing apparatus which enables a pointer to move a long distance on a screen at a time is provided. The present invention comprises an operation means equipped with a plurality of keys, a display means which displays a po... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100174623 | System and Method for Managing Items of Interest Selected from Online Merchants A system for managing wish list items from a plurality of online merchants is provided. The system includes a memory, processor and item management module executed by the processor. The memory stores data regarding the wish list items that have been selected by a user w... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100171713 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME A method includes displaying information on a touch-sensitive display, detecting a touch at location associated with the information, rendering an indicator and a cursor at a position within the information, detecting a moving touch associated with the indicator, and mo... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100169832 | Floating Hierarchical Menu of Navigation History A method for enabling access to a history of previously accessed data items includes (a) providing a floating hierarchical menu of navigation history which may alternatively be located at any portion of a main window including a hierarchical tree displaying a plurality ... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100146455 | Architecture For Controlling A Computer Using Hand Gestures Architecture for implementing a perceptual user interface. The architecture comprises alternative modalities for controlling computer application programs and manipulating on-screen objects through hand gestures or a combination of hand gestures and verbal commands. The... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100132023 | Machine, Program Product, And Computer-Implemented Method For File Management, Storage, And Display In Albums Utilizing A Questionnaire A database stores a plurality of files assigned by a user to a plurality of categories representing notable events in a life of the user. The user is prompted to fill out a questionnaire associated with a file. The questionnaire data includes album data, a journal entry... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100037183 | Display Apparatus, Display Method, and Program A display method including the steps of displaying document data and/or content data including a plurality of objects, controlling an arrangement position of a translucent focus area on a display unit, where the focus area is provided to make the object enter a selectio... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100005426 | Method for Identifying Phone Numbers and Alphanumeric Sequences A method and system provides the ability to identify phone numbers and alphanumeric sequences in a text source such as a web page and format them and/or convert them into usable information. According to one aspect, the invention automatically identifies and formats pho... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20090289895 | ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM INTERFACE SYSTEM, ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM INTERFACE APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM An electroencephalogram interface system includes: sections for measuring an electroencephalogram and an eye movement; an output section for presenting on a screen an option related to a device operation; a highlight determination section for, if a predetermined time ha... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090265247 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED CUSTOMER KIOSK ORDERING The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for presenting restaurant items for ordering through a customer ordering kiosk, comprising the steps of displaying a list of restaurant items within an ordering interface screen, receiving a selection signal indi... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090100375 | Content Navigation Method and User Interface A content navigation method presents on a screen a number of small boxes, each of which may be a smaller version of another web page or of a portion of a long web page. When a user clicks on a small box, the web page or the portion of a web page corresponding to the sma... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090055778 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ONSCREEN TEXT RECOGNITION FOR MOBILE DEVICES The invention comprises a method of selecting and identifying on-screen text on a mobile device, comprising: a) providing an on-screen selection icon for activation of text selection mode; b) activating a text selection pointer upon activation of the selection icon; c) ... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20080184166 | AIRCRAFT AVIONIC SYSTEM HAVING A PILOT USER INTERFACE WITH CONTEXT DEPENDENT INPUT DEVICES An avionics system having a pilot user interface, and method of interfacing with a pilot, includes providing a display screen and a video processor driving the display screen. A plurality of context dependent input devices is provided. Operation of at least one of the i... | 07/31/2008 |
| 20080141126 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO AID IN VIEWING DIGITAL CONTENT A method designed to include a number of features which facilitate fast and accurate reading of text documents. The design of these features is based on research in the fields of visual perception, ergonomics, and usability. The method applies this research to create so... | 06/12/2008 |
| 20070296711 | Techniques for device display navigation Techniques are provided for vertical navigation of displayed content. A physical wheel on a device is provided for navigating through content displayed on a display associated with the device. The physical wheel is moved in a direction and a distance about its rotationa... | 12/27/2007 |
| 20070256033 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FLAGGING INFORMATION CONTENT The present invention is directed to a decentralized, fraud-resistant flagging system for information content, such as World Wide Web or Internet content. The system includes an information content display module for displaying the information content and an associated ... | 11/01/2007 |
| 20070094619 | Cursor management method and program for the same When a user inputs an instruction to execute cursor addition processing, an information processing unit (2a) of a computer (2) writes cursor information consisting of cursor number and index information indicating a position of a current cursor and ... | 04/26/2007 |
| 20070067744 | System and method for the anticipation and execution of icon selection in graphical user interfaces A process for anticipating and executing icon selection in graphical user interfaces is disclosed. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a method is provided for selecting an icon in a graphical user interface based on the movement of a cursor and the ... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070016870 | Control panel framework A control panel having task pages is described. State information is retained through interaction with various task pages and pushed to other task pages to eliminate redundant information or requests for previously provided information. ... | 01/18/2007 |
| 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 |
| 20060271886 | Character entry system and method for electronic devices A text entry system enables efficient entry of characters on an electronic device. The electronic device includes a display for displaying characters, an input device moveable between selectable positions and a processor operable to map a first one of the selectable pos... | 11/30/2006 |
| 20060197746 | Method and apparatus for navigation guidance in user interface menu A navigation guidance structure is provided for an unstructured user interface menu in an electronic device. According to the invention, selection components are provided in the unstructured user interface menu, and paths connect the selection components. A user may mov... | 09/07/2006 |
| 20060059437 | Interactive pointing guide Maximizing the utilization of screen space by introducing an interactive pointing guide called the Sticky Push. The present interactive pointing guide (IPG) is a software graphical component, which can be implemented in computing devices to improve usability. The presen... | 03/16/2006 |
| 20060020905 | Graphical cursor navigation methods A method for actuating a button on a graphical user interface (GUI) is disclosed. The method includes navigating a graphical cursor corresponding to an input device onto the button, activating a fence around a border of the button if the navigation occurs via a pre-defi... | 01/26/2006 |
| 20060015823 | DISPLAY AND PREVIEW METHOD FOR DISPLAY APPARATUS A display and preview method for a display apparatus is disclosed. The display method provides a method of distinguishing a current preview image from other preview images on a screen. The display method includes proportionately enlarging the current preview image after... | 01/19/2006 |
| 20060005143 | Method for managing media files, an electronic device utilizing the method and a computer program implementing the method The invention relates to a method for classifying a file to be saved in a mobile terminal device, in which method a visible visual identifier is added to the file information of the media record. The visual identifier describing the classification is visible always when... | 01/05/2006 |
| 20060005151 | Graphical interface for adjustment of text selections A computer implemented technique for manipulation of either endpoint of a selected text. One method includes selecting a subset of substantially sequential discrete tokens from a set of available discrete tokens on a human interface device by placing a interface adjustm... | 01/05/2006 |
| 20050223329 | Method for controlling filename display for image and video file types A method, system and medium suitable for rendering substantially instantaneously thumbnail data pre-cached in a volatile memory. The thumbnail data is rendered once an indicator or pointer is hovered over an icon that has associated thumbnail data stored in the volatile... | 10/06/2005 |
| 20050204311 | Photographing apparatus for displaying OSD menu and method thereof A photographing apparatus in which a menu is displayed in an on screen display (OSD), the apparatus having an OSD generating part for generating a plurality of OSD menu items in different colors, a displaying part for displaying a list of menu items on a screen, and a c... | 09/15/2005 |
| 20050198591 | Lasso select A lasso select tool that allows a user to draw a flexible line of selection ink in order to select one or more graphical objects for manipulation. As the user draws this selection line, the lasso select tool continuously redraws and displays a connection line connecting... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050198590 | Lasso select A lasso select tool that allows a user to draw a flexible line of selection ink in order to select one or more graphical objects for manipulation. As the user draws this selection line, the lasso select tool continuously redraws and displays a connection line connecting... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193350 | Display method and display device The composition mentioned hereinafter has been chosen to enable switching over the window targeted for manipulation by manipulating an arrow key, in case a subwindow which can be manipulated with a free cursor is present inside a main window which can be manipulated wit... | 09/01/2005 |
| 20050188332 | Color key presentation for a graphical user interface A graphical user interface with a selection menu having an inherent color key implemented therein is presented. The selection menu displays a plurality of selectable menu items each associated with different characteristics of possible elements to be displayed in an ima... | 08/25/2005 |
| 20050188333 | Method of real-time incremental zooming a method for navigating a pointer on a graphical user interface (GUI) includes the steps of: scrolling an input device to locate the pointer corresponding to the input device on a point of interest within the GUI, depressing an actuating button associated with the input... | 08/25/2005 |
| 20050188325 | Highlighting panning window interface The present invention is a graphical user interface with a panning window interface that allows presentation of a high-level view of a dense graphical map structure simultaneously with a detailed sub-portion of the dense graphical map structure. The graphical user inter... | 08/25/2005 |
| 20050160375 | System for managing data objects A device for managing image and audio files displays thumbnails, which are representative of the files, on a screen in different arrangements, depending on the selected layout and order. When the user enters input to indicates that he or she wishes to browse through the... | 07/21/2005 |
| 20050160377 | System for managing data objects A device for managing image and audio files displays thumbnails, which are representative of the files, on a screen in different arrangements, depending on the selected layout and order. When the user enters input to indicates that he or she wishes to browse through the... | 07/21/2005 |
| 20050160376 | System for managing data objects A device for managing image and audio files displays thumbnails, which are representative of the files, on a screen in different arrangements, depending on the selected layout and order. When the user enters input to indicates that he or she wishes to browse through the... | 07/21/2005 |
