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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8136042 | Local port browser interface The present invention relates to KVM switches that contain both remote and local ports and provide a user of the local port with a similar WEB based interface experience as that experienced by the remote user. ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132106 | Providing a document preview A system, apparatus, method, and computer-readable media are provided for generating a document preview. According to one method, a preview handler is provided that exposes interfaces that may be called by a host application to generate a document preview without la... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8132107 | Multifunctional apparatus, method for controlling multifunctional apparatus, control apparatus, method for controlling control apparatus, system for controlling multifunctional apparatus, control program, and computer-readable storage medium A multifunctional apparatus is capable of switching between a standard operation mode in which a Web service layer stops operating and an OS mode in which the Web service layer operates. In the OS mode, the multifunctional apparatus informs an external control appar... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8132105 | Control codes for programmable remote supplied in XML format An Internet service makes available control codes for use on a programmable universal remote. The remote controls CE equipment through IR or RF commands. A server supplies the control codes as XML data that gets processed at the receiver's set top box or PC, or the ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8082507 | Scalable user interface The scaling of a user interface according to network or device limitations is disclosed. One embodiment provides a method of scaling a user interface, comprising sending a user interface over a network to a networked device, detecting a performance limitation of the... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8046695 | Methods and systems for incorporating at least one window from a first desktop environment having a first themed graphical display into a second desktop environment having a second themed graphical display A system for incorporating at least one window from a first desktop environment having a first themed graphical display into a second desktop environment having a second themed graphical display includes a first virtual channel, a second virtual channel, and a local... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8046694 | Multi-server control panel Some embodiments of the invention provide a graphical user interface for receiving a server configuration (e.g., receiving a new configuration or a modification to an existing configuration). The graphical user interface (UI) includes several UI control elements for... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042049 | User interface for multi-device control A control server, or similar central processor, manages the distribution of data (including audio and video), voice, and control signals among a plurality of system components connected via a wired and/or wireless communications network. The system components includ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8020103 | Using templates for ensuring visual consistency among portlets The present invention relates to the field of network computing, and in particular to Web contents accessible via a Portal. It particularly relates to a method and system for controlling the layout of markup fragments of a plurality of Portlets aggregated in web pag... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7945859 | Interface for exchanging context data A facility for exchanging context attributes is described. A characterization module receives an invocation request to provide an attribute value that was generated by a requesting attribute consumer. The received invocation request identifies the attribute whose va... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7925980 | N-way multimedia collaboration systems A method (400) for online collaboration among users at different locations sharing common motion imagery (302). The method involves storing data defining the motion imagery (MID) in a data store (104) associated with a motion image server (MIS) ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7913171 | Communication control device, communication control method, and communication control system A receiving unit receives user-specific identification data from a display processing device connected via a network. A transmitting unit transmits operation screen data to the display processing device, which is for displaying an operation screen for receiving an o... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7904817 | Method for controlling and/or monitoring data processing device and computer program A graphical user interface, implemented in a standard system management environment, accepts selections of logical instruction steps that are external to the standard system management environment. The logical instruction steps may include process steps, specify che... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7895521 | Bandwidth usage and latency reduction of remote desktop software based on preferred rendering of a user selected area The present invention discloses a solution for bandwidth usage reduction of remote desktop software based on preferred rendering of a user selected area. The solution can allow a user to select a specified region of a remote desktop to gain precedence over non-selec... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7783980 | Sharing digital items A user may make a digital item available to other users of a computer network, such as an instant messaging system, a chat environment, or a subscription-based computer network. Examples of digital items that may be shared with other users include digital representa... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7770120 | Accessing remote screen content A system and method for facilitating user access to remote content from a current location is presented. The method comprises the following steps. An activation gesture is detected. The activation gesture includes a location. At least one base icon on the display sc... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7739606 | Activity management system and method, active management apparatus, client terminal, and computer program A CRM server sends to a client terminal activity data that has been read from a DB server, and directs the display thereof. When the activity data has been received from the CRM server, a client terminal obtains the screen data of a calendar screen is generated. The... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7703020 | Medical diagnostic system interface A medical diagnostic system and method having an application configured to generate a user-interface screen comprising a plurality of interface items. A configuration file is stored on the system and includes identification data of the items and a guarded designatio... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7689919 | Requesting computer user's context data Techniques are described for providing information about a current state that is modeled with multiple state attributes. In some situations, the providing includes receiving from first and second sources indications of an ability to supply values for, respectively, ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7681133 | Declarative task-based user interfaces In one embodiment, a method for building wizard-style user interfaces (UIs) for a business task includes identifying a collection of metadata associated with the business task, and processing the collection of metadata to provide a set of wizard-style UIs pertaining... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7681134 | Seamless integration and installation of non-host application into native operating system A method, system and computer program product recorded on a computer-readable medium for execution on at least one processor, for seamless integration of a non-host application into a host OS, including launching a first Virtual Execution Environment (VEE) on a comp... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7620899 | Windows display synchronization Embodiments of the invention, are directed to synchronizing the presentation of windows between two computing systems. A client computing system participates in a terminal server session with a server computing system. Both computing systems identifying their own wi... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7526727 | Marking machine user interface supplementation via added, attached portable electronic device A user interface extension allows data entry into a marking machine user interface field from an electronic device, such as a PDA, attached to the marking machine via compatible communications ports. The marking machine includes a UI field into which data must be en... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7506261 | Remote operation system, communication apparatus remote control system and document inspection apparatus This invention is, in a remote operation apparatus which transmits information to a terminal device having a display part which displays received information, for the purpose of operability improvement on the occasion of inspecting structured documents such as Web p... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7478331 | Interface for exchanging context data A facility for exchanging context attributes is described. A characterization module receives an invocation request to provide an attribute value that was generated by a requesting attribute consumer. The received invocation request identifies the attribute whose va... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7475352 | Layout and management of browser panes The invention presents a system and method for reserving space within a browser for a requesting component. The invention can reserve space above, below, to the right, or to the left of a main browsing section for a requesting component. The invention can adjust the... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7447995 | System and method for cursor calibration A system for controlling a cursor is provided. The system includes a monitored system that generates user interface data and mouse position data, such as would be provided in a monitor window. A remote monitoring system receives the user interface data and mouse con... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7441196 | Apparatus and method of manipulating a region on a wireless device screen for viewing, zooming and scrolling internet content A method and apparatus of simplified navigation. A web page is provided having a link to a sister site. The sister site facilitates simplified navigation. Pages from the sister site are served responsive to actuation of the sister site link. In one embodiment, the s... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7441160 | File system for a stage lighting array system A file system for a stage lighting system that maintains the different files associated with the stage lighting system. Each of the files that can represent an effect are maintained within the system within a configuration file. The configuration file can be updated... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7434166 | Wireless presentation system A system and method for interactive management of multiple wireless devices (such as PDA's or desktop or laptop computers) making graphical or video presentations while connected wirelessly to a display device whose wireless module converts the transmitted data from... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7426694 | System and method for customizing design of settings management user interface systems used to configure settings for intelligent electronic devices A system and method for customization of the settings configuration process for an intelligent electronics device is disclosed. The disclosed system and method permits the end user to customize not only the operation of an intelligent electronics device for a partic... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7366989 | Element management system with data-driven interfacing driven by instantiation of meta-model A network element management system which can exploit the customized interface features of a variety of versions of a variety of complex system products from a variety of manufacturers. This is done by maintaining a meta-model, which is not itself a model until inst... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363587 | Method and apparatus for supporting real-time collaboration A collaboration system synchronizes an application or applications running on one or more computer systems. Each of the applications has a local data copy and the applications commence operation by creating consistent local copies from a common third copy. The consi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358956 | Method for providing feedback responsive to sensing a physical presence proximate to a control of an electronic device In a computer system, a touch sensitive input device having touch sensitive auxiliary controls can be used to provide a user with information regarding the functionality of an auxiliary control. When a user's hand approaches a touch sensitive input device, feedback ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353454 | Web based device management and monitoring interface A web-based management interface, program product for displaying system configuration information and method of providing system or subsystem configuration information, e.g., for a storage subsystem. A web displayable file, e.g., hypertext mark up language (HTML), i... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7346847 | Power tool control system user interface A power tool control system allows a user to operate a power tool through a graphical user interface communicatively coupled with a non-contact measurement and alignment device. The graphical user interface correlates user engageable selectors with a logically relat... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7340682 | Method and system for controlling a complementary user interface on a display surface An alternate display content controller provides a technique for controlling a video display separately from and in addition to the content displayed on the operating system display surface. Where the display is a computer monitor, the alternate display content cont... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7333223 | System and method for electronically delivering documents A system and method are provided for reliable and customer-friendly delivery of documents. One method of the present invention include the steps of: producing document data for printing documents; accepting requests to print selected documents; determining whether a... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7334192 | System and method for enabling manipulation of graphic images to form a graphic image An instrument includes a display screen which includes a bitmap graphical user interface including an on-screen menu, and a control element which enables movement of the on-screen menu corresponding to movement of the control element, enables the user to manipulate ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328412 | Method and apparatus for displaying a gain control interface with non-linear gain levels A method for displaying a gain control interface having a gain level display with non-linear gain levels. The gain level display has a first end having an associated first pixel offset value and a second end having an associated second pixel offset value. A range of... | 02/05/2008 |
