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A microwave oven adapted for use within a motor vehicle dashboard area. The microwave oven has a removable storage cassette, and slidable platforms for securing and serving containers of beverages and foods.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8166406 | Internet privacy user interface A method and system that provide an intuitive user interface and related components for making Internet users aware of Internet cookie-related privacy issues, and enabling users to control Internet privacy through automatic cookie handling. Default privacy settings ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161044 | Faceted web searches of user preferred categories throughout one or more taxonomies A system and method of web searching is provided. The method comprises defining one or more user preferred categories and conducting a search within the one or more user preferred categories based upon search criteria by comparing the search criteria to content info... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8140978 | System and method for providing information in a virtual world Providing tracking information about events in a virtual world using a computer is presented including: causing the computer to provide a re-usable code portion, the re-usable code portion configured with a unique identifier and an address of an external data storag... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8112715 | Content management system that renders a document to a user based on a usage profile that indicates previous activity in accessing the document A content management system (CMS) monitors a user's activity for a document, generates corresponding usage data for the user, and binds the usage data to corresponding sections of the document. A relevance policy may be defined for a user and/or for a user's role. T... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8095565 | Metadata driven user interface Metadata is used to create customized user interface (UI) portions for an application. The metadata may be XML-based and can be interpreted and then rendered to implement a customized UI that also supports data binding between data and the UI controls. Once created,... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8078974 | Relating web page change with revisitation patterns Web page change may be related to revisitation patterns to support web interaction. In an example embodiment, a method involves analyzing change and revisitation data for a web page, determining a relationship between the data, inferring consumption intent by a user... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8069416 | Learning computer-generated screens based on user key selections As a user navigates through a sequence of screens by selecting certain “aid” keys, a graph will be built reflecting the navigation history of the user. When a user requests a certain screen by selecting a particular key, screen data is received from a host on a ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8060827 | Method and system for preloading suggested content onto digital video recorder based on social recommendations Systems and methods provide users with suggested content that is preloaded on a media player. The suggested content is selected based on playback data from individuals and groups in a social network or playback data from anonymous users, or explicit suggestions from... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060828 | Window overlay for online collaboration platform In an example embodiment, an online advertising management platform maintains an account that includes data relating to an order for advertising provided by an ad network affiliated with the platform. When the platform receives a login that identifies a user as havi... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8046697 | System and method for customizing an interface related to accessing, manipulating and viewing internet and non-internet related information A system and method are disclosed for accessing, generating, presenting and manipulating Internet and non-Internet related information, data and content, including information netcast over the Internet. The system is also capable of controlling operatively connected... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042035 | Method and system for rapid access to frequently used or searched objects A method and system to rapidly access frequently used objects and/or items is provided. More particularly, the method and system is designed to rapidly access frequently used or search objects and/or items using a placeholders (e.g., Memory Indicators) in a graphica... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8032556 | Systems and methods for user profile data delivery Systems and methods for delivery of user profile data are disclosed. An exemplary method includes detecting a request for a full copy of a user profile data package maintained by a user profile data source subsystem, creating an illusion that the request has been fu... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8024660 | Method and apparatus for variable help content and abandonment intervention based on user behavior Method and apparatus for variable help content and abandonment intervention based on customer behavior in computer applications. A pattern detection and intervention mechanism may be provided that may collect usage and possibly other data for the application for a p... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8001478 | Systems and methods for context personalized web browsing based on a browser companion agent and associated services Computer software, systems and methods for providing context personalized browsing over computer networks. In the foregoing, an intelligent agent referred to as a “browser companion agent” includes a service component for holding one or more service modules that... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7987426 | Personalising content provided to a user A method for personalizing content such as user interface items provided to a user during a session of an interactive application is disclosed. One or more environmental context attribute values for the session are determined. Responsive to a request for content, fo... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7966564 | Web page server process using visitor context and page features to select optimized web pages for display Embodiments of a web page optimization system are described. The system utilizes an accumulated body of visitor data regarding interaction with one or more web pages to determine an optimized web page to display to a visitor. Various types of session data, including... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7945545 | Method and system for utilizing user information to provide a network address A method and system for utilizing user information to provide a network address. The method collects user information about a user from at least one electronic device that is associated with the user. In addition, a network address activity pattern is identified bas... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7921366 | Information processing apparatus, assignment method and display method of information processing apparatus, and computer-readable program product An information processing apparatus includes: a plurality of displays; a plurality of display instruction units; and an assignment unit that assigns a target selected on at least any one of the displays to one of the display instruction units so as to configure the ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7899814 | Contents information search control system and contents information search control method Disclosed is a contents information search control system that, when automatic search of contents, such as game software, is performed with a terminal, such as a cellular phone, according to a user's preference, can reflect a change in user's interest or expansion o... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7890850 | Method and system for displaying a hyperlink at multiple levels of prominence based on user interaction Prominence data resulting from user interaction with a hyperlink on a page may be stored in one or more repositories. Prominence data may be collected automatically when the user views a page or clicks on a hyperlink without requiring separate action from the user t... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7870491 | System and method for user support based on user interaction histories In various embodiments, user support in computer software applications may be provided on the basis of user interaction histories. Critical points may be defined throughout the applications and the user interaction histories at these critical points may be stored an... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7865395 | Media content notification via communications network The notification system identifies media content based on personal preferences of individual users and provides notification of identified media content to the users. In one embodiment, the system (100) includes a number of user nodes (102, 104, and | 01/04/2011 |
| 7849409 | System and method for transferring Web-based information A method for transferring Web-based information over a network to a personal information management system includes selecting a set of Web-based information and creating a transfer request. The transfer request includes the set of Web-based information and an addres... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7836403 | Persistent dashboard for user interface A method, user interface module, application program interface, computer program product and system that provides access to context information in a display window that remains persistent as the user navigates the application and views application data. The persiste... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7831577 | System, method, and program for content search and display A content search and display system capable of increasing opportunities for a user to encounter more unknown contents than ever. Operating situation detecting device detects an operating situation of search condition specifying device. According to the operating sit... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7823069 | Method and application tool for dynamically navigating a user customizable representation of a network device configuration In one embodiment of the invention, a method and an application tool for dynamically representing configuration commands of a network device on a user interface are provided. According to the method, a data model is stored with the application tool. Thereafter, the ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7761799 | Mobile information services Mobile communications devices display contextually relevant information based on the presence, status, and identification of a user. Lens templates control how the information is displayed and can be customized and designed for specific usage profiles. The lenses th... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7747955 | Controlling of loading of information A method for browsing a document comprising analyzing at least a part of a structure of the document; providing an icon for an element in the structure; and accessing at least part of the document corresponding to the icon. Also disclosed is a device, a document bro... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7735013 | Method and apparatus for tailoring content of information delivered over the internet Adapting information to a user of an application program is provided. An arbiter receives a request object from the application program. The request object contains profile elements that convey characteristics of the user. The profile elements are analyzed by the ar... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7725833 | Community providing system, community providing method and computer readable storage medium storing execution program for that method Disclosed are a community providing system, a community providing method, and a computer-readable recording medium for storing a program capable of carrying out the method. In one embodiment, community configuration items including at least one of a template and a b... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7703023 | Multipersona creation and management Multipersona creation and management is described. In one of a variety of examples, a system provides creation and management of multiple personas of a single user. Each of the personas, for instance, may have an associated external representation of the user, such ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7694227 | Method, system, and computer readable medium for managing resource links Resource links also known as Unified Resource Links (URL's), bookmarks, hyperlinks etc. located in a category hierarchy. The resource links are used to navigate on the world wide web, on a local machine, on the internet, or on an intranet. A method of assessing a us... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7676753 | Methods, systems, devices and computer program products for collecting and sharing selected personal data Methods, systems, devices and computer program products obtain and share personal data of celebrities and others over a communications network. The methods include; (a) electronically capturing personal data associated with a plurality of celebrities; (b) electronic... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7665024 | Methods and apparatus for controlling a user interface based on the emotional state of a user Methods and apparatus for modifying a user interface as a function of the detected emotional state of a system user are described. In one embodiment, stress analysis is performed on received speech to generate an emotional state indicator value, e.g., a stress level... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7627826 | System for organization, display, and navigation of digital information A system and method for the organization, display, and navigation of digital information. The system allows for the easy navigation of a primary source of information, as well as the navigation of secondary information related to the primary information source. The ... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7614002 | Method and system for protecting internet users' privacy by evaluating web site platform for privacy preferences policy A system and method that evaluates privacy policies from web sites to determine whether each site is permitted to perform operations (e.g., store, retrieve or delete) directed to cookies on a user's computer. Various properties of each cookie and the context in whic... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7610556 | Dialog manager for interactive dialog with computer user A dialog manager module accesses a dialog model, a discourse model and a domain model to render information to a computer user through the course of a dialog exchange with the computer user. Actions are performed according to a set of rules during the dialog. Each o... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7574661 | Application program prediction method and mobile terminal A mobile terminal that appropriately predicts an application that a user is likely to use that includes: an input device that selects and executes any of two or more applications; a GPS reception unit; a behavior pattern extraction unit that creates a usage predicti... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7565612 | Method and system for transmitting information over a communication network A method and system for transmitting information over a communication network comprising a user device and a server, wherein the user device receives the information from or via this server. The method comprises the step of triggering an interactive session between ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7565613 | User interface incorporating data ecosystem awareness A graphical user interface is disclosed. The interface includes an active document that has been created or opened by a user. The interface also includes a plurality of data display components that are displayed simultaneously with the active document. A user illust... | 07/21/2009 |
