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"The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys."
Sir William Preece, chief engineer, British Post Office ; 1878
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| 8019741 | Apparatus and methods for locating data The present invention provides for quick and efficient searches. In one embodiment, a search system, comprises an email search interface having at least a first email-specific attribute search field, a file search interface having at least a first file-specific attr... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8015072 | Shipping address population using online address book A method for automatically generating a custom name list for use in an order form which can be submitted to an Internet shopping site to complete an order. The method utilizes address book data, stored primarily online utilizing a third party service. In one method ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7941752 | System and method for representation of user preference and policy in contact list System and method for representing preference and policy in a contact list are described. One embodiment is a graphical user interface (“GUI”) for displaying a directory of contacts of a user. The GUI comprises a list of contacts displayed in a first window of t... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7810035 | Browsing web content using predictive navigation links A predictive travel log system using one or more ranking schemes to predict the location that a user would seek to navigate to through back and forward navigation in a web browser is provided. The navigation functionality can be exposed through traditional back and ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7802191 | Contact picker interface An interface for enabling a user to quickly access contact information automatically displays a list of expected contacts that are most likely to be selected by the user when attention is directed to an appropriate object requiring contact information. When a contac... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7783979 | Methods and apparatus for generation and execution of configurable bookmarks Methods and apparatus for configuring a bookmark are disclosed. A bookmark is configured such that the bookmark has one or more variables and/or one or more commands associated therewith. A value is dynamically substituted for each variable of the bookmark. The book... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7665023 | Electronic telephone directory A system for providing directory information is disclosed. The system includes a computer and a directory device connected to the computer. The directory device includes a memory storage device for storing directory information and telecommunications information obt... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7584429 | Method and device for operating a user-input area on an electronic display device There is disclosed a method and a device for inputting a character into an electronic device, said method comprising detecting an input, activating a temporary input area upon detection of said input, displaying said temporary input area on a display of said electro... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7555720 | System and user interface for processing and navigating patient record information A system facilitates the secure access, transfer and update of patient record information and the creation and navigation of image menus supporting the location and access of desired patient record data by a user. A system provides a user interface for use by a port... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7549125 | Information picker A user is able to informatively control how contact information is provided to one or more applications through the use of a persona interface object, corresponding personas and contact information, and an information picker interface. The persona interface identifi... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7437676 | Methods and apparatus for managing network resources via use of a relationship view A processing device generates a relationship view of managed entities in a storage area network based on objects stored in a relational database. Each managed entity (e.g., file system, database, volume, storage device, etc.) in the storage area network has a corres... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7430719 | Contact text box A contact text box interface for resolving user input with contact information selected from contact directories and compared against usage patterns. Users are provided with a list of potentially relevant contacts from which a selection can be made. When a contact i... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7421657 | Handling open browser requests in a single window environment In a single window browser environment, a request to open a new browser window is either allowed or ignored, depending on whether the request was generated in response to user input. The request is ignored if it was not generated in response to user input. If, on th... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418663 | Contact picker interface An interface for enabling a user to quickly access contact information automatically displays a list of expected contacts that are most likely to be selected by the user when attention is directed to an appropriate object requiring contact information. When a contac... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7386804 | Method, system, apparatus, and computer program product for controlling and browsing a virtual book A hardware and software system including a controller that can be operatively combined with several methods of display on a display screen under software and hardware control for the purpose of browsing through data stored in a memory device. The browsing of the dat... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7379965 | System and method for searching data partially displayed on a user interface The present invention includes systems and methods for customization of internet applications. Multiple levels of customization are applied to both static and functional aspects of user interface elements including, for example, tab-order, tab-over, immediate access... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7363594 | Workflow event editor A workflow manager which executes software having one or more channels configured to communicate events-based messages between processes. Events are associated with transitions between states, which mark the progress of an order. An event remains in an associated ch... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7353251 | Automated call launching According to the principles of the invention, there is provided a system, apparatus, and method for automated call launching in a call conferencing network. The system includes computer executable code for sharing information among a plurality of multipoint conferen... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353460 | Web site navigation under a hierarchical menu structure A method, system, and computer display device that uses a hierarchical menu structure to enable a user navigate through a linked web-page system. A computer code and a display screen of the computer display device enables the user to navigate through the linked web-... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7343559 | Computer-readable recorded medium on which image file is recorded, device for producing the recorded medium, medium on which image file creating program is recorded, device for transmitting image file, device for processing image file, and medium on which image file processing program is recorded A computer readable recording medium on which an image file, including data used to display an image, is recorded, wherein at least one of identification information inherent to the image file, pointers of one or a plurality of information, an index of a menu item c... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7313760 | Contact picker An interface for enabling a user to quickly access contact information automatically displays a list of expected contacts that are most likely to be selected by the user when attention is directed to a type-in line requiring contact information. When a contact is se... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305625 | Data networking system and method for interfacing a user An interface is provided for data networking. Included is a network browser window associated with a network browser for displaying content associated with uniform resource locators (URLs) during network browsing. Also displayed is a plurality of identifiers adjacen... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7281216 | Method and apparatus of selecting local or remote processing A user is provided with the choice of selecting either a client or a server for providing either local or remote services on a data file, respectively, if both the server and the client have the resources for the desired service. The user may select the client or th... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275214 | Method of setting destinations of electronic mail An addition symbol to add two destinations selected from a list of destinations including a group name representing mail addresses of multiple members, and a subtraction symbol to subtract a mail address of an arbitrary member from a group destination are predefined... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7275215 | System and method for managing contacts in an instant messaging environment A computer-implemented method is described for instant messaging comprising: categorizing two or more instant messaging contact names into a single meta contact; receiving a request to transmit an instant message directed to the meta contact; selecting one of the tw... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272630 | Locating potentially identical objects across multiple computers based on stochastic partitioning of workload Potentially identical objects (e.g., files) are located across multiple computers based on stochastic partitioning of workload. For each of a plurality of objects stored on a plurality of computers in a network, a portion of object information corresponding to the o... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7251775 | System and method for visual history presentation and management A method and computer program for managing and presenting a visual history of web pages accessed by a user. This method and computer program is able to create a screen of thumbnail snapshots of web pages for presentation to a user. These thumbnail snapshots are redu... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7249315 | System and method of creating and following URL tours A browsing method encoded on a computer-readable medium is provided. The method creates customized summaries of web pages and comprises multiple steps. In a first step, from a thematic or project-based listing of URL links, a selected URL link is activated. In a sec... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7246320 | Process for optimized navigation in display menus of a mobile terminal and associated mobile terminal A mobile wireless communication terminal endowed with a user interface having a display means and a navigational cross. The navigational cross has functionalities complementary to the functionalities for up/down movement. The process includes displaying with the dis... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7228408 | Computer system capable of operating in multiple operation modes and the operating method thereof A multi-mode operation system and method for computer systems is proposed. The system includes a storage device having first and second disk partitions, a mode controller and a master boot program. The master boot program checks the status of the mode controller. If... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7228335 | Method of automatically populating contact information fields for a new contract added to an electronic contact database Automatically populating contact information fields of a contact information database, such as for instance an electronic address book is performed without requiring an individual to manually enter data for the contact. A message is sent to the newly added contact r... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7216301 | Active path menu navigation system A method for navigating within a multi-level hierarchical collapsing menu structure is disclosed. Each level in the menu structure contains plural items, each item being at least one of a function, a pointer to a location, and a pointer to another level. The method ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7200853 | Electronic information content distribution processing system, information distribution apparatus, information processing apparatus, and electronic information content distribution processing method A system is provided to distribute electronic information contents D0 containing advertisement to a user, and process advertisement information D2 at the user side. This system comprises an information distribution apparatus 19 for distributing ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194691 | Network browser window with adjacent identifier selector interface for storing web content A network browser graphical user interface is provided for use in association with a network browser. Included is a network browser window associated with a network browser for displaying content associated with uniform resource locators (URLs) during network browsi... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7185271 | Methods and systems for implementing auto-complete in a web page A computer-implemented method for facilitating auto-completion of user data input in a web page. The method includes receiving, during execution time of the web page, first user data input in a first data input field of the web page. The method also includes analyzi... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7165220 | Apparatus and method for processing bookmark events for a web page An apparatus and method define one or more events that run a Java script when a web page is bookmarked. In the preferred embodiments, a browser determines whether a requested web page was requested from a bookmark, whether the requested page is currently bookmarked,... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7162515 | Expanded addressee sort/listing An enhanced email program/service is provided to facilitate provisioning for a user an expanded addressee ordered listing of emails including expanded listing entries for emails addressed to one or more addressees of interest as secondary and/or member addressees, i... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162223 | System and method for notifying users of an event using alerts An alert engine module receives an alert for an event in a generic communications format and delivers an alert for the event to a target address in a communications format that is preferred by a user based on the alert content. The generic format can be an e-mail me... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7155683 | Communication terminal having a predictive editor application A communication terminal having a display; a keypad having a plurality of keys associated with several letters each; a processor for controlling the display in accordance with the operation of the keypad; a selectable predictive editor program for generating an outp... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7117443 | Network browser graphical user interface for managing web content A network browser graphical user interface is provided for use in association with a network browser. Included is a network browser window associated with a network browser for displaying content associated with uniform resource locators (URLs) during network browsi... | 10/03/2006 |
