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...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185831 | System and method for creating image screens on a mainframe computer One embodiment of a system and method for creating a macro statement to create a display screen on a mainframe database system includes, in a mainframe computer, reading an image screen datafile including control cards, parsing each of the control cards, and generat... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185830 | Configuring a content document for users and user groups A computer-implemented system and method to distribute a content document with security, customization, and scalability is provided. One or more servers provides a customizable content document associated with a first entity, enables a second entity to specify conte... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8176431 | Overlay menus for web interaction A web-browser add-on is described herein that is configured to enable a web browser to present a menu of options with a web page in a web-browser window. The options are determined by various web-surfing characteristics, device information, network-authentication in... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171395 | Data reporting application programming interfaces in an XML parser generator for XML validation and deserialization A method for interfacing with an XML (Extensible Markup Language) parser generator to generate deserialization information interleaved with XML parsing and validation, including: providing an XML parser generator with information about the schema which the instance ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8156425 | User interface (UI) dimensioning Determining a total dimension of items in computer-based user interface control (e.g., non-uniform items displayed in grid-view), may be accomplished by determining an estimated dimension value (e.g., for all items in a series) and combining (e.g., multiplying) that... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151201 | User interface manager and method for reacting to a change in system status A user interface manager, interposed between a Windows service and user interface modules that communicate with the Windows service in distinct system status scenarios, can record interaction between the Windows service and each of the user interface modules. The re... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150839 | Method and system for offering search results A method of providing a search result and a system for executing the method are provided. A method of providing a search result includes: setting a grade of a category associated with a keyword based on click information; creating a category list to maintain the cat... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146007 | Converting a first graphical program into an intermediate abstract representation for new graphical program generation System and method for programmatically generating a second graphical program associated with a second programming development environment based on a first graphical program associated with a first programming development environment. The second graphical program may... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8146006 | Method and apparatus for obtaining user interface information from executable program code A technique to facilitate the automatic obtaining or extraction of dialogs or screens such as a graphical user interface from executable program code and saving a snapshot of such dialogs or screens in a graphical format. The executable program code is scanned or se... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140985 | Transactions for an application domain manager Through one or more transaction calls, an application domain manager enables a host application to create, initialize, customize, and otherwise manage an isolation construct within the application. ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140986 | Generating test scenarios using reusable triggers indicating graphical user interface (GUI) elements and actions Provided are an article of manufacture, system, and method for generating test scenarios using reusable triggers indicating graphical user interface (GUI) elements and actions. User input is received defining a plurality of triggers for a graphical user interface (G... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136043 | GUI generation apparatus and method for generating GUI A GUI generation apparatus comprises: a storage unit adapted to store association information that associates an input/output GUI component relating to the input and output of data with a data model that stores data; and a reflection unit adapted to, upon receiving ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132113 | REST application exploration A REST application may be explored through discovery of resources and exercising of methods. A user interface displays a graphical representation of the REST application based on a model constructed in memory. User input selects a resource. Methods associated with t... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8132114 | Graphical user interface typing and mapping system A graphical user interface (GUI) type model helps application designers create error free graphical user interface applications (GAPs). The GUI type model provides a reference set of GUI element types. The application designer assigns a selected GUI element type to ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127237 | Active business client Methods and apparatuses enable generation of and consumption of business context data. A server generates business context data that describes a resource, a view, and actionable context data related to a business scenario. The business context data is not specific t... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122366 | Systems and methods for visualization of exception handling constructs Disclosed are various embodiments for visualization of exception-handling constructs. In one embodiment, among others, a system includes at least one computing device; a program maintained in a memory accessible to the at least one computing device; and logic execut... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8112385 | Ready to render business intelligence result sets A query that is based on a predefined format of an arbitrary query language is received. A data analyzing component performs the query to obtain a query result. The query result and a report layout specification are provided from the data analyzing component to a da... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112457 | System and method for dynamically building a web interface per data collecting rules A system and associated method for dynamically building a web interface per data collecting rules. An interface module receives a request to perform a business transaction from a caller application. The interface module determines a series of interface screens pursu... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108371 | Web engine search preview Presenting both hyperlinks and thumbnail versions of search engine results is described in this application. More specifically, a graphical user interface (GUI) having multiple display areas is described. One display area is configured for displaying the hyperlinks ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108783 | System and method of GUI overlaying for migrating from a first application to a second application A system and associated method for migrating from a first application to a second application where the second application is an alternative to the first application with respect to functionality. Overlaying a first graphical user interface (GUI) onto the second app... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103961 | Method for integrating user models to interface design Designing user interfaces includes categorizing users, by at least one processor, into a predetermined number of behaviorally distinct groups each specified by behavioral characteristics. The users are re-categorized, by the at least one processor, into the predeter... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099673 | User interface annotations Some embodiments of user interface annotations have been presented. In one embodiment, comments are retrieved from a database coupled to a client machine executing an application program, wherein subjects of the comments comprise at least one of a graphical user int... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099672 | System and method for continuous online safety and reliability monitoring A system and method for generating instantaneous safety availability information relating to an instrumented function is described. In one embodiment, a time of a test performed on an instrumented function component of the instrumented function is received, and an e... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8091036 | GUI builder tool for designing cross platform layout A GUI builder tool in which input of a layout of one or more components in a container component is received and a new cross platform layout of the one or more components in the container component is generated. The cross platform layout includes at least one automa... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8082268 | Multimedia inspection database system (MIDAS) for dynamic run-time data evaluation An object-oriented system provides a comprehensive and integrated tool to manage, operate, analyze and inspect structures by providing 3-D visualization of the structures, a database interface, connectivity with one or more databases, a data display and analysis cap... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8065621 | System and method for graphical creation, editing and presentation of scenarios The present invention discloses a system and a method for creating, editing, reusing and presenting of scenarios. The scenario may comprise events, where each event nay comprise instance and/or class components. The system may comprise a processor and a GUI that is ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060831 | User interface visual cue for use with literal and non-literal values A property value associated with a property of a graphical object is retrieved. A visual cue associated with the property value is displayed, wherein the visual cue indicates whether the property value is a literal value or a non-literal value. ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8051381 | Appliance with a graphical user interface for configuring an accessory An appliance configured to perform a physical cycle of operation on an article includes a controller that controls the cycle of operation, an interface in network communication with the controller and adapted to connect to an accessory configurable to affect the cyc... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8046702 | Screen editing apparatus, screen editing method, and computer program product An attribute storing unit stores a type attribute indicating a type of a selection component for defining how a selection component having a plurality of options is to be displayed and a display attribute indicating a display status of an operation component represe... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042054 | System for managing media content A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a device having a controller to create metadata corresponding to an identity of an entity, incorporate in a media file the metadata that identifies the entity with metadata that... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8042053 | Method for making digital documents browseable A method for making one or more digital documents browseable. In one implementation, the digital documents may be automatically, topically segmented into one or more topical segments. A topical segment may be selected from the topical segments. One or more topical s... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8028239 | Context-based management user interface supporting extensible subtractive filtering A management user interface can be generated at run time via subtractive extensible context-based filtering. Definitions of user interface elements can include an indication of appropriate contexts for which the user interface elements are to be shown. Context facto... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8020108 | Separation of presentation and business models for common management platform tasks in a storage area network Methods and systems for separating presentation and business models for common management platform tasks in a storage area network (SAN) are disclosed. A graphical user interface (GUI) object may be mapped to a task object, which include action(s) performed on a SAN... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8006192 | Layered graphical user interface A method of creating a graphical user interface having control(s) to direct any task through a computer system is provided. One application of the user interface is for manipulating a time based stream of information to create a presentation. The methods use a layer... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7996781 | List entry selection for electronic devices A system (and method) for selecting an entry from a list of entries on an electronic device is disclosed. The system is configured to display a plurality of banks to a user and to receive a bank selection event from the user for selecting a bank containing a set of ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7996780 | Block visualization Block layout features in an interface under design are visually enhanced for a designer. When viewing the interface in a graphical design view of a development environment (DE), the DE adds a fill color for certain layout blocks making up the interface. The color se... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7987427 | Graphical editor for program files An editor for creating and editing user-guidance information employs multiple interrelated interfaces. One such interface allows the user to create a user-guidance sequence from a series of component script file module objects and panel display objects. Each object ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7987428 | Dashboard editor A user interface programmed to create a digital dashboard includes a dashboard workspace including one or more zones, and a dashboard elements area including a plurality of dashboard elements. A dashboard element of the dashboard elements is dragged and dropped onto... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7987429 | Data management apparatus and method, recording medium recording data management program, and camera There is disclosed a data management apparatus having a display screen, which includes (1) a first area for displaying a list of title information representing data belonging to a specified category and capable of changing the list in response to changing the catego... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7979803 | RSS hostable control The embodiments described above utilize and leverage RSS to enable a user to interact more easily with different types of data, or data from different sources that are available over the web. In accordance with at least some embodiments, a hostable and/or customizab... | 07/12/2011 |
