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Mouse device with a built-in printer
A mouse device for use as an input device of a computer is provided that includes a housing in which recording paper is loadable, and a printer unit provided within the housing for printing on the recording paper print information received from the computer.
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| 7197708 | Set top to internet device communication and use A method and system for providing Web-based information that is relevant to a program being viewed on a television. A data stream providing a set of Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) is provided along with the program content. The URLs identify Web sites that are rel... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7178162 | Incorporating graphics and interactive triggers in a video stream Triggers for interactive television display are incorporated into a video stream in coordination with graphics associated with the triggers. Graphic sources such as channels (16,18) of a character generator (21) supply graphics associated with the trig... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7155676 | System and method for multimedia authoring and playback A system and method for authoring and playback of multimedia content together with sharing, interconnecting and navigating the content using a computer network is disclosed. Creation, presentation and sharing of multimedia content and applications takes place within... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151920 | System for protecting pictures used in wireless communication messages A wireless terminal (10) (and associated method) for protecting pictures (11a, 11b) stored in the wireless terminal for use in messages communicated via a wireless communication system. The wireless terminal includes a picture mana... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7139617 | Systems and methods for authoring lighting sequences The systems and methods described herein relate in part to intuitive methods for creation and design of lighting sequences, e.g., for theatrical, entertainment, or advertising purposes, using a software interface. Additionally, the lighting sequences can be coordina... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7124366 | Graphical user interface for a motion video planning and editing system for a computer A graphical user interface for a computer-assisted motion video editing system directs a user through the process of editing a video program. The graphical user interface may also enables a user to plan a video program. Alternatively selectable interfaces within a s... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7103842 | System, method and program for handling temporally related presentation data Realizing a presentation system which can present picture data and voice data in a simplified manner after shooting and picking up pictures by a digital still camera, etc. and recording voices by a voice recorder, etc. Firstly, when the presentation system executes ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7062714 | Imaging system having preset processing parameters adapted to user preferences An imaging system has a computer which monitors changes to any given front-panel control setting for a particular image processing parameter (e.g., dynamic range, transmit foci position, Doppler wall filter setting, etc.) as compared to its default or preset value. ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7058889 | Synchronizing text/visual information with audio playback A method of synchronizing visual information with audio playback includes the steps of selecting a desired audio file from a list stored in memory associated with a display device, sending a signal from the display device to a separate playback device to cause the s... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7031495 | Data authoring device A data authoring device sets predetermined relevant information for an information presenting apparatus which outputs the predetermined relevant information by use of spatial orientation information meant by an object of the real world and/or a previously decided ma... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028325 | Annotating programs for automatic summary generation Audio/video programming content is made available to a receiver from a content provider, and meta data is made available to the receiver from a meta data provider. The meta data corresponds to the programming content, and identifies, for each of multiple portions of... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7028324 | Digital broadcasting system and event message transmission method A digital broadcasting system includes an authoring apparatus and a transmission apparatus. The authoring apparatus generates event information, which defines an event message that should be transmitted immediately after an operator's instruction to transmit the eve... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7028253 | Agent for integrated annotation and retrieval of images A method for integrated retrieval and annotation of stored images involves running a user application in which text entered by a user is continuously monitored to isolate the context expressed by the text. The context is matched with metadata associated with the sto... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7003727 | User identification and password field determination The present invention is a method for automatically determining a user identification (user ID) display field and a password display field during a logon process. The present invention comprises identifying the password display field based on a characteristic associ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6999963 | Methods, apparatus, and data structures for annotating a database design schema and/or indexing annotations An authoring tool (or process) to facilitate the performance of an annotation function and an indexing function. The annotation function may generate informational annotations and word annotations to a database design schema (e.g., an entity-relationship diagram or ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6988244 | Image generating apparatus and method An index picture as a still picture obtained by summarizing the contents of a moving picture, which is generated by using a video browser technique can be formed in various modes. A plurality of kinds of generating modes for generating an index picture by summarizin... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6957389 | Animation on-object user interface A system and method for graphically showing the animation order of animated elements in a presentation program or other software. More particularly, the invention consists of a User Interface (UI) widget which shows the order of the animation in the presentation. Th... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6957388 | Scenario editing device capable of automatically supplementing scenario on the basis of received additional data A scenario editing device comprises a scenario supplementing unit supplements a scenario memorized in a scenario memory according to a scenario basic rule memorized in a scenario rule memory when it receives additional data set from a receiving unit. The scenario su... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6948128 | Nonlinear editing system and method of constructing an edit therein A nonlinear editing system for audio, video and/or other source materials comprises a system to define at least one time line representing the edit, the time line being represented in the editing system as an operator graph. The operator graph includes operators, re... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6941517 | Low bandwidth television The present invention is concerned with client-side production in a personal computer environment of low bandwidth images and audio. A series of low bandwidth still images along with a “script” and audio data is sent over a network in a client/server architectur... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6941515 | Method and apparatus for controlling a graphics engine The invention relates to method and apparatus for controlling a graphics engine, the graphics engine being suitable for creating graphics in a broadcast system. The apparatus generates a user interface allowing a user to control a graphics engine. The apparatus has ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6931597 | Indications of secured digital assets Techniques for indicating secured files among other files in a graphic operating system are disclosed. According to one aspect of the techniques, each file has a standard or default icon to be associated with. When one of files in a selected place is detected in a s... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6643663 | Method and system for operating a content management system The present invention is directed to a content management system for receiving, editing, and distributing data across a network. The method includes accessing the data stored in a database, presenting the data for inspection, and assigning the data to at ... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6633311 | E-service to manage and export contact information A method of providing an electronic business card (EBC) access and organization service on the Web. The cardholder database is accessible and searchable from any browser connected to the Internet or the EBC service may be installed behind a conventional f... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6615204 | Method and system for hybrid mapping of objects into a relational data base to provide high-speed performance and update flexibility A clock edge placement circuit for implementing source synchronous communication between integrated circuit devices. The clock edge placement circuit includes a delay line having an input to receive a clock signal from an external clock source. A correspo... | 09/02/2003 |
| 4575579 | Editing arrangement for videotex system with public terminals In public videotex (Btx) terminals, different pages are displayed successively on the screen in the off-line mode (e.g., advertisements and user instructions). To be able to update such off-line pages at low cost, a page memory in the terminal is construc... | 03/11/1986 |
