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| 8191003 | Managing transparent windows Methods and arrangements to manage transparent windows are described herein. Embodiments may comprise logic such as hardware and/or code to select one or more windows to make transparent and to switching the active window between source and target windows via the po... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8191004 | User feedback correlated to specific user interface or application features A user interface display for software has a user satisfaction portion displayed on each page. The user satisfaction portion includes a user selectable element which allows a user to provide a user satisfaction score (or level) with a single mouse click. In response ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185839 | Browsing or searching user interfaces and other aspects User interfaces for browsing and/or searching are described. In one embodiment, a method includes displaying a first display area for display representations of documents matching a search query, the first display area configured to display content of the documents ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8176047 | Methods and systems for locating information in a computer system A computer system includes a user interface. The user interface includes at least one control for inputting at least one search criterion for searching in a database. The user interface also includes a visual result interface for visually outputting the result, at l... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171390 | Method and system for viewing and transferring data between documents A method and system for viewing and transferring data between documents whereby source data a user desires to transfer from a source document to the one or more data fields and/or locations of a given target electronic form, or other target document, is transformed ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166411 | Data transferring system and method, and electronic device having the same A data transferring system includes a reading unit, a display unit, a selecting unit, an orientation sensing unit, an analyzing unit and a transferring unit. The reading unit is configured for reading contents. The display unit is configured for displaying the read ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161400 | Apparatus and method for processing data of mobile terminal An apparatus and method for processing data of a mobile terminal are disclosed to easily and quickly process data stored in a mobile terminal. When particular data is associated with a particular menu linked to a program for processing the particular data by a user,... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8151204 | Document viewing and management system A document management and thumbnail image viewing system enables a user to display separate pages in individual different documents as well as to expand an image to view more detail in a single document, move pages across documents, and insert/delete pages or docume... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8151203 | Manipulating a data source using a graphical user interface A target audience for a marketing campaign is selected using a graphical user interface. A first graphical representation of a customer data attribute is dragged from a first window and dropped in a second window. A second graphical representation of a customer data... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150829 | Facilitating display of an interactive and dynamic cloud of terms related to one or more input terms According to certain embodiments, facilitating display of terms includes facilitating display of a graphical user interface. One or more first input terms entered into a user entry window of the graphical user interface are received. One or more first output terms r... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8140991 | Drag and drop rule topology The Rule Editing Program (REP) displays a rule in a hierarchical tree topology, wherein individual rule portions can be reordered by moving them to different locations within the rule using drag and drop interaction. Dragging and dropping rule portions results in th... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8131747 | Live search with use restriction An apparatus, device, methods, computer program product, and system are described that determine a search parameter in association with an operation of an instance of an application, determine a search result based on the search parameter, in association with a use ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127240 | Seamless drag and drop operation with multiple event handlers A computer-implemented method of selecting event handlers can include initiating a drag and drop operation for a source object and, responsive to detecting contact between the source object and a window of a graphical user interface (GUI), displaying a plurality of ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8127218 | Information processing method and apparatus The state of a label at an optional time point, such as a past time point, can be recognized, while the label can be regenerated even when the label has been deleted. When a label on which can be pasted an object, such as text, picture or sound, is acted upon (yes a... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8117556 | Target-alignment-and-drop control for editing electronic documents A target-alignment-and-drop control for an electronic document editing tool which ensures that objects are inserted only in valid drop target areas and are aligned according to predetermined alignment rules. ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117555 | Cooperating widgets Methods and apparatuses enable interaction with an end-user application to perform functional operations with selected elements of the end-user application or an operating environment of the end-user application. An application runtime receives an indication of a se... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8108789 | Information processing device, user interface method, and information storage medium To group a plurality of data items through a simple operation, an information processing device includes a displaying unit for displaying an image of a virtual space where a plurality of data-related positions respectively associated with a plurality of data items a... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8082513 | Method and system for saving images from web pages An exemplary method of saving images, the method comprising: selecting a set of characters displayed on the web page to be use as the name of the image to be saved; dragging and releasing the character set above the image. Saving the image with the character set bei... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8078963 | Efficient creation of documents Some embodiments provide a method that efficiently designs a document. The method initially provides the user with a selection of templates, each with a default configuration for content. After the user selects a template, the method provides the user with a selecti... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078982 | Automatic creation of data relationships The disclosed implementations allow automatic and transparent creation of data relationships in a database application or other application in response to user generated trigger events. Related data records can be stored and displayed in layouts, screens, forms and ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8074163 | Information processing method and apparatus The state of a label at an optional time point, such as a past time point, can be recognized, while the label can be regenerated even when the label has been deleted. When a label on which can be pasted an object, such as text, picture or sound, is acted upon (yes a... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8060833 | Method and system for computer folder management Disclosed are a method and system for managing groups of folders on a computer. The method comprises the step of presenting a graphical user interface (GUI) view to a user, said view identifying a multitude of folders, wherein some of said folders are empty, and in ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8051382 | Displaying rating indications for drop targets in response to user dragging of mobile icon When a user drags a mobile icon, ratings indications are displayed for target icons on which said mobile icon can be dropped. ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8005857 | Object search UI and dragging object results A unique object navigation system, user interface, and method that facilitate faster and smoother navigation of objects are provided. For example, the system can generate a plurality of objects that can be rendered on a display space that spans a single page in leng... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7992092 | Information processing apparatus, control method for same, program, and storage medium An information processing apparatus includes a display unit configured to display a plurality of objects, a first movement unit configured to move one or more of the plurality of objects to one or more movement destination areas on the display unit in response to a ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7984382 | User interface action processing using a freshness status A system for processing user interface actions generated from a user interface device, including generating a freshness status for the user interface action. The freshness status indicates a freshness state associated with the user interface action. The freshness st... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7962856 | Lookup control configuration A system and method for facilitating lookup control configuration is provided. The system incorporates the persistence of the metadata required to associate a field and a display value of a lookup list, and facilitates creation of a lookup type user interface contro... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7954061 | Creation and manipulation of internet location objects in a graphical user interface environment Internet location objects are created and displayed as icons in a graphical user interface environment. When an object is dragged from within an application into a system window, a drag object describing what is being dragged is passed from the application to the op... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7934165 | System and method for drag-and-drop workflow editing in a multifunction peripheral (MFP) The invention relates to a drag-and-drop workflow editor associated with a multifunction peripheral (MFP). In one embodiment, a drag-and-drop workflow allows a user to define multiple source, transformation, and destination processes in a graphical, drag-and-drop wo... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7917848 | Online publishing tools Online publishing tools, which provide browser-based publishing services available through the Internet for preparing content for publication, include a preview interface which generates and displays an accurate representation of the client's work, with proportionat... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7913166 | Method and apparatus for implied editing action through directional and ordered data selection Provided are a computer implemented method and apparatus for manipulating data through directional or ordered selection of data. A first user input is received for selecting a section of data in a direction of selection, or an order of selection, from a source. A se... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7913179 | Method and apparatus for sending, retrieving and planning location relevant information The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for sending and retrieving location relevant information to a user by selecting and designating a point of interest that is displayed on a graphical user interface and sending the location information assoc... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7900142 | Selective undo of editing operations performed on data objects An undo process performed on a data object includes selecting a stored prior state of the data object; comparing the stored prior state with the current state of the data object to determine differences between the stored prior state and the current state of the dat... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7895170 | Document management apparatus, document management program, and recording medium A document management apparatus for managing stored documents together with document properties that are attribute information attached to the documents includes a document property continuous setting unit that continuously changes the document properties of each do... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7877700 | Adding accessibility to drag-and-drop web content Techniques for enhancing accessibility to web content are described herein. In some embodiments, a method includes presenting an activation element in association with a web page and detecting activation of the activation element, wherein the detection occurs follow... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7877699 | Multilayered task supporting apparatus and method for supporting multilayered task A multilayered task supporting apparatus includes: a display area that is divided into three or more; an input unit that is provided with a group of control buttons for assigning a display object; and a control unit that controls a content to be displayed on the dis... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7861182 | Dynamic printer driver user interface generation After print path construction logic has established a print path to convert print data from a source format to a target format, the print path construction logic determines, for each print filter that is contained in the print path, the set of print options that suc... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7849415 | Communication terminal A communication apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus has an input/output (I/O) controller and a processor hosting a number of applications. The I/O controller responds to messages encoded according to a defined markup language. The applications communicate using th... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7844913 | Information processing apparatus and method, and program An information processing apparatus is provided including a first display control unit for controlling display of an area to which to paste an image representing a content and selected to start reproduction of the content. A second display control unit displays a li... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7827503 | Automatically generating a search result in a separate window for a displayed symbol that is selected with a drag and drop control A system and method are directed towards using an icon, animation, or other indicator to search for content associated with one or more words, language characters, or other symbols on a display. A pointing device, such as a mouse, is used to drag and drop the indica... | 11/02/2010 |
