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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7823071 | User interface start page In an implementation of user interface start page, the start page includes a user-identifiable indicator associated with a user of a computing system to indicate that the user is logged-on to the computing system. The user interface start page also includes user-sel... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7669115 | Method and system for facilitating information exchange A method and system for facilitating information exchange between individuals and entities interacting on a shared project are provided, and more particularly to a method and system for horizontal. i.e. non-hierarchical, participation in and/or contribution to a spr... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7581165 | Method and system for facilitating information exchange A method and system for facilitating information exchange between individuals and entities interacting on a shared project are provided, and more particularly to a method and system for horizontal. i.e., non-hierarchical, participation in and/or contribution to a sp... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7568160 | System and method for real-time observation assessment Techniques for real-time observation assessment are provided. The techniques, which are designed for educators, take advantage of handheld computers, desktop/laptop computers and Internet access in order to reduce the paperwork associated with conventional education... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7539945 | Computer system with graphical user interface including drawer-like windows A window management mechanism allows a user to open a window as a drawer or, perhaps more appropriately named, a pop-up window. The drawer is an opened window that a user has dragged down to a drawer region at the bottom of the screen such that only the title bar or... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7493566 | Display of information for two oppositely situated users Display of information for two oppositely situated users is improved. A computing device includes a display and a mechanism. A first user views the display at a first end thereof, and a second user views the display at a second end thereof opposite the first end. Th... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7464338 | Information processing apparatus and method for controlling the same An information processing apparatus connects a plural coordinate input apparatus to a common screen display apparatus. The common screen display apparatus displays a common screen shared by a plurality of users. The plural coordinate input apparatus detects coordina... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7428454 | Electronic control system built into vehicle An on-vehicle electronic control system has an input device for performing a plurality of manual input operations, wherein the input operations can be simultaneously and independently input; a processing device for independently processing the input operations and o... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7421472 | System, method, and computer program product for providing a multi-user e-mail system A system, method, and computer program product for providing a multi-user shared e-mail system on a single computer is described. The system enables multiple users to use a single computer to provide for each user, one at a time, access to a personal secure e-mail a... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7421697 | Information processing apparatus having simplified user switching function and program used therefor In a simplified user switching function for switching to another user without terminating an application of a current user, data of an application started up a user before switching is included and temporarily stored in a temporary storage file. Data generated by us... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7414638 | Application sharing user interface improvements An improved application sharing system and method are described wherein shared window data is treated according to different sets of rules depending upon the fraction of the shared window data that corresponds to the actual shared window. In this manner, occlusions ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7395509 | Temporal visualizations of collaborative exchanges A user interface (UI), which reflects exchanges in the past and the future between a user and entities. The UI includes a background having a user defined granularity, a plurality of dots, which can represent at least one collaborative exchange of a user and which a... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7370330 | Information processing apparatus having simplified user switching function and program for use therewith An information processing apparatus having a simplified switching function of a user is disclosed that can reduce the processing burden upon a CPU and eliminate an action that is not intended by its user. If an application, which implements a function of a device or... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7353465 | Method for managing personal and work-related matters A family management system provides a family manager with family-related and work-related information. This information may be provided to the family manager in the form of one or more screens depicting calendars, e-mail, and/or other tasks. In particular, family-re... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7346912 | Method and system for managing video devices Hot deployable video management modules maintain a video device management platform by integrating independently developed support for new or updated video devices at runtime. A video device module loader builds a management interface for the new or updated video de... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7296237 | Data replication system and method A data replication system and method. The method and apparatus provides for an efficient means of replicating data over a network in the form of a file between two individuals, or within defined groups of individuals, using a variety of devices to access the Interne... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7278108 | System and method of displaying multiple pending notifications in a single window A system and method of displaying multiple, concurrent instant messaging (IM) sessions is described. The system and method includes providing multiple IM sessions, displaying a first one of the IM sessions in an IM session window. Representing each one of the IM ses... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7260784 | Display data mapping method, system, and program product A method, system, and program product are provided in which display data for a display area that includes at least one window is mapped to a shared format. Attribute information for each window in the display area is determined and stored in a unique node. A hierarc... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7243334 | System and method for generating user interface code A system for generating user interface code is provided. The system includes a user interface class system generating a user interface class that has two or more user interface features that can be assembled into a user interface by an operator, such as field entry ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7181696 | System and method for performing market research studies on online content A system and method for conducting market research studies on online content utilizing moderator and respondent computers connected over a network. A moderator at the moderator computer directs a plurality of respondents at the respondent computers to view preselect... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7161563 | Electronic vehicle registration and license plate A method and apparatus is provided for electronically providing vehicle identification and registration information to a vehicle. The system includes a remote control unit, which receives and stores vehicle identification and registration information. At least one c... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7130863 | Method for enhancing object-oriented programming through extending metadata associated with class-body class-head by adding additional metadata to the database The invention relates to a method for enhancing an object-oriented programming language. The method includes declaring one or more class structures in databases having metadata describing characteristics defining the class structures. The method also includes extend... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7116438 | Terminal for information processing An electronic notice-board system for allowing information to be contributed to an electronic notice board. A first short-distance communication device carries out communication with the mobile terminal located in a predetermined communication range and a second com... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7114126 | System and method for real-time observation assessment A system, method and computer program product for real-time observation assessment is provided. The invention, designed for educators, takes advantage of handheld computers, desktop/laptop computers and the increasing presence of Internet access in order to reduce t... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7093199 | Design environment to facilitate accessible software The present invention generally is directed to a method of associating a label with a component in a graphical user interface panel. The method comprises: displaying an image of the panel containing an image of the component and an image of the label; receiving a se... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6934913 | Graphical data entry screen A graphical user interface and method for data entry of a plurality of fields of information in a computer system, such as a web browser interface, using small scrolling and paging of tabular data and entry fields. A JAVA script is employed to produce a form-like us... | 08/23/2005 |
