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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7107543 | Single applet to communicate with multiple HTML elements contained inside of multiple categories on a page A method and a system for communicating with multiple user interface elements contained in multiple categories on a web page with a single client application program at the client computer. Messages are communicated both to and from users interface elements through ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7103428 | Remote display module A portable display unit includes a serial port to connect to a device such as a vacuum network controller, cryopump, turbomolecular pump, gauges or compressor. In particular, the display unit can be plugged and unplugged to devices of different types. The portable d... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7093198 | Skins for mobile communication devices A skin is provided for the user interface of a mobile communication device. The skin is obtained by providing a data file including information defining characteristics of the skin, providing a markup language style sheet describing a manner in which data is to be r... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086006 | Component user interface management A user interface framework management system for managing the user interface of a software application is provided. The user interface framework management comprises a merged application user interface for receiving a software application user interface element of t... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7073130 | Methods and systems for creating skins Methods and systems for creating and rendering skins are described. In one described embodiment skins can be defined as sets of script files, art files, media files, and text files. These files can be used to create new and different skin appearances, layouts and fu... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7051281 | Remotely controllable user interface display apparatus and method of controlling same A remotely controllable apparatus has a control panel for specifying a processing operation and is operated in accordance with an indication from the control panel and/or an externally supplied command. A storage device stores control-panel data that represents the ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7046250 | Caching fonts for improved bandwidth of transmitted text Caching fonts on a display computer may be performed in order to reduce network bandwidth utilization and/or to improve CPU usage. Text commands may be recorded when they are executed to create a portion of a graphics image. These text commands may be used to update... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7031888 | Deep design filter method for design A method for the development of a design in which design decisions are shaped in part by the conscious and subconscious thoughts of future users of an designed object or occupants of a designed space. Future users or occupants are preferably interviewed by a metapho... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7012612 | Context dependent image caching A mechanism is provided that identifies certain classes of images that are likely to be re-used, and utilizes this information to manage a cache better. This may include flushing certain classes of images that are less likely to be re-used before flushing the classe... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7000220 | Networked software development environment allowing simultaneous clients with combined run mode and design mode A software application development system and method of developing and running software is disclosed that allows multiple developers to access, develop and run a common software application simultaneously; even while others are running and using the same software ap... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6992681 | Theme aware management using fusion A system and method are described that use theming functions of a theme manager to render graphical components in a themed fashion. The theme manager uses a theme file that has theme properties for graphical components of all types. When an application is started a ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6968370 | Method of transferring resources between different operation systems A method for transferring resources between a first group of computers executing a first operating system and a second group of computers executing a second operating system is provided. Each group of computers has at least one file server executing its respective o... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6964051 | Enabling and disabling remote features dynamically in software applications Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing technology that allows two or more computer program applications on a client computer to learn about the availability and use of remote features through a shared component that uses information... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6957391 | Application program interface that can maintain similar look and feel of a displayed image regardless of whether the interface is platform dependent or platform independent A system and method are disclosed whereby the look and feel of the OS/2 operating system is added to the Swing application program interface (API), in an enhanced version of the API, referred to herein as AWTSwing. A further disclosure is the creation of a thread-re... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6957392 | Interface engine providing a continuous user interface An interface engine provides animated views in a user interface. The interface engine directs the operation of a rendering environment to create an interface in a rendering area. The interface engine includes views, layouts, animators, and constraints. Views identif... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6941520 | Method, system, and program for using a user interface program to generate a user interface for an application program Disclosed is a system, method, and program for generating a user interface for an application program. A determination is made of application program interfaces (APIs) in an application program that are members of a set of standard API interfaces. The application pr... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6941382 | Portable high speed internet or desktop device A portable device that allows accessing the Internet and World Wide Web wirelessly through a cellular telephone. A host computer, which may also be a Web server, translates and compresses into bitmap or raster images the information received from the Internet. The c... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6925604 | Software controlled imaging system with an application module interconnected to a user interface controller module in a data driven organization A software controlled imaging system wherein an application module is interconnected to a user interface controller module and which also includes user interaction elements and an imaging subsystem. The user interface controller module is arranged to generate a pull... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6920488 | Server assisted system for accessing web pages from a personal data assistant Server assisted system for accessing web page fields comprising a wireless Personal Data Assistant (PDA) communicating with the Internet by the intermediary of a wireless Internet gateway and a portal server capable of accessing the resources of the Internet such as... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6915486 | Customizing a graphical user interface of a host application A method in a data processing system for customizing a graphical user interface of an application on a data processing system is provided. A first customization format is determined. A second customization format is determined. Then customization of the graphical us... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6904563 | Editing platforms for remote user interface translation Techniques for editing the text displayed by a computer program are disclosed. The present invention allows a translator to translate the text with minimal assistance from software developers or programmers. In one embodiment the text may be edited in its on-screen ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6895558 | Multi-access mode electronic personal assistant A system enables communication between server resources and a wide spectrum of end-terminals to enable access to the resources of both converged and non-converged networks via voice and/or electronically generated commands. An electronic personal assistant (ePA) inc... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6704032 | Methods and arrangements for interacting with controllable objects within a graphical user interface environment using various input mechanisms Improved methods and arrangements provide user interface platforms that are capable of meeting the unique requirements of manufacturers, while also advantageously supporting the development of independently designed software applications. In accordance wi... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6691130 | Method for creating browsing data of an information searching apparatus and method for searching information A browsing data creation system of an information searching apparatus includes a data storage for storing plural kinds of data that are to be searched for. Each of the data having a data format corresponding to the kind of data that is is. Instructions ca... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6636246 | Three dimensional spatial user interface A method and system of providing a three dimensional spatial user interface (SUI) to a user of a computing device. The SUI may be manipulated in three dimensions and contains a plurality of portals. A portal may contain a sensory cue that provides a remin... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6630943 | 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 c... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6081265 | System for providing a same user interface and an appropriate graphic user interface for computers having various specifications A method or system to change a display output by a program without modifying the program. The invention also provides a program or computer to accomplish this change in display output. The invention intercepts and converts a graphics display command into ... | 06/27/2000 |
| 5831607 | Method for adapting multiple screens of information for access and use on a single graphical panel in a computer system A screen conversion mechanism is disclosed that converts character-based data information from multiple screens to graphical-based data information for display in a single graphical panel. The screen conversion mechanism allows the functions and options a... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5831609 | Method and system for dynamic translation between different graphical user interface systems The present invention is directed towards a translation software that provides remote access to an application program that is executing on a host machine in its native operating system environment. The translation software monitors messages that are rela... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5818446 | System for changing user interfaces based on display data content The computer is enhanced to include software processes for detecting the contents of data to be displayed and, responsive thereto, for changing the user interface selected for display and use. These processes determine which of a plurality of possible use... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5815148 | Multi-media data communication system having a plurality of types of graphical user interfaces In a multi-media data communication system, there are in a server a plurality of user graphic interface (GUI) structures which are different in metaphor image from each other but function to provide the same service. A service request including a metaphor... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5801691 | Method and apparatus for mobile device screen reformatting utilizing hypertext The present invention is directed to an improved mobile data processing device and a method of operating a mobile data processing device. The mobile data processing device includes a relatively small display screen. The present invention utilization by th... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5627977 | Trainable user interface translator An apparatus and method for converting a first user interface used for existing applications running on a host computer to a second user interface for use on a client computer. The apparatus intercepts prompts and request for input from the host, converts... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5596702 | Method and system for dynamically sharing user interface displays among a plurality of application program There is provided a system and method for the dynamic sharing of user interfaces and portions of user interfaces. A user interface server coupled to applications, a display object store, and a window management system. The user interface server allows an ... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5530961 | Terminal emulator enhancer with local configurability A computer terminal is disclosed which allows enhanced local configurability by permitting the user of the terminal to display information received from a remote host in a variety of ways which may be customized by the user without any programming efforts... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5416903 | System and method for supporting multilingual translations of a windowed user interface A system and method for improved user interface screen generation for an application program which supports multilingual users. Dynamic generation of subscreens, or subpanels, which conform to a given country's language requirements is provided. These sub... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5212770 | Data-handling and display system capable of supporting multiple application programs and output devices An interface system that facilitates user interaction with a plurality of document-management programs, each of which may require different data formats, and convenient output of data generated by such programs to recording or display devices. The inventi... | 05/18/1993 |
