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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7849402 | Interface and method for exploring a collection of data An interface and a method is provided for permitting a user to explore a collection of data. The data collection provides nodes as structural elements, and references which are assigned to nodes and hold the address of another node. Multiple references can be assign... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7698651 | Heuristic knowledge portal A user interface method for executing one or more operations in a computer for interfacing an associated user with a knowledge portal (10) that is operatively associated with a plurality of data objects in a data store (12) includes the steps of: recei... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7380217 | Method of graphical presentation of relationships between individuals, business entities, and organizations A method of graphical presentation of relationships with business significance between business related entities such as individuals, business entities, and activities of human endeavor. Information retrieved from databases about relationships between business relat... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7373377 | Interactive virtual thematic environment The present invention is directed to a method of integrating information, including real-time information, into a virtual thematic environment using a computer system, including accessing the stored information from a database or downloading the real-time informatio... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370277 | E-mail interface having an informational tool tip An interface enables perception of information regarding e-mail communications. The interface includes an e-mail application user interface that enables perception of e-mail message information for one or more e-mails received by an e-mail participant and that enabl... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7358965 | Tapping to create writing The present invention provides a method and system for tapping to create document structure, such as writing. A tapping gesture received from the user is interpreted by a writing application to indicate that the user is about to write in a certain location on the pa... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359946 | System and method for an event planner The present invention relates to method and system for implementing a web-based, passive, user-active, event-centric event planner application for a club. The club has a group of members 30 with one or more of the member 30 being an administrator 31... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356823 | Method for displaying single monitor applications on multiple monitors driven by a personal computer A direct access driver solves limitations of DirectX operation under the Microsoft architecture when using multiple monitors. The direct access driver allows applications employing DirectX application program interfaces to use hardware acceleration without display e... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350154 | Virtual desktop manager A method for a user to preview multiple virtual desktops in a graphical user interface is described. The method comprises receiving an indication from a user to preview the multiple virtual desktops and displaying multiple panes on the display. Each pane contains a ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7299421 | Screen change control apparatus and method using tabs A plurality of displayable screens are classified into a plurality of screen groups in such a manner that two or more of the screens belong to each individual screen group. Once a desired one of the screen groups is designated by activation of a shift switch, respec... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7260547 | System for aiding to make medical care schedule and/or record, program storage device and computer data signal embodied in carrier wave A system for aiding to make a medical care schedule and/or record is provided with: a plurality of files for respectively including medical care data in correlation with execution timing data; a display controlling device for (i) generating first display data to dis... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7259752 | Method and system for editing electronic ink A computer-implemented method and system for erasing and editing an electronic document. A goal for computing devices that support the use of a stylus that can record handwriting strokes and present them in an electronic document is to present electronic ink that be... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257777 | System and method for automatic control of window viewing A system and method for automatic ways of prioritizing the presentation of windows on a graphical user interface (GUI) and for prioritizing and accessing information stored in cache that is used by a web browser. The viewing (tiling) priority of windows, the size of... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7248299 | Image reproducing apparatus An image reproducing apparatus includes a slot which holding a magnetooptical disk. A plurality of image folders are formed in the magnetooptical disk. The folders manage a plurality of image files. When the magnetooptical disk is inserted in the slot and an informa... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248269 | Magnification methods, systems, and computer program products for virtual three-dimensional books A system is described for displaying images of a virtual three-dimensional book having one or more virtual pages. The system comprises a display system capable of executing a display program wherein images of the virtual three-dimensional book are produced on the di... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7231611 | Apparatus and method for dynamically building a context sensitive composite icon A method and apparatus for dynamically building a context sensitive composite icon are provided. A base icon is used to represent a particular object in a graphical user interface. This base icon has addition points where icon additions may be attached to the base i... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7212885 | System for selecting and retrieving shoes from an automated shoe rack Shoe organization and selection system whereby a person can easily and conveniently find a pair of shoes desired from their closet by selecting the shoe from a computer screen that contains pictures of all of the shoes in the shoe organizer (FIG. 1A), and the... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7188309 | Resolving document object collisions Collisions between document objects on a document page are resolved. A collision is identified and a two-dimension resolution of the collision is provided by moving the object the shortest distance from a pre-collision location that would avoid the collision. The pr... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7185278 | Separating and moving document objects using the movement of a wiper bar A tool is provided for managing the available space in an electronic document. The tool can be used to move document objects and/or expand the boundaries or margins of a page to enable the addition or expansion of one or more document objects. The tool also can be u... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7181249 | Anthropomorphic mobile telecommunication apparatus The mobile telecommunication apparatus (1) comprises a microphone (4), a loudspeaker (3), a transmitter/receiver (7), a control circuit (8) with a memory (9) and a control interface (5, 6) with a display (2). T... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7178095 | Method and apparatus for sending E-mail, method and apparatus for receiving E-mail, sending/receiving method and apparatus for E-mail, sending program supplying medium, receiving program supplying medium and sending/receiving program supplying medium A method and apparatus for sending or receiving an E-mail using animated representation as if a pet were going out of or coming into a GUI picture simulating the insides of both a sender's room and a receiver's room for letter delivery and dispatch. Moreover, the pe... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7174042 | System and method for automatically recognizing electronic handwriting in an electronic document and converting to text A user can enter handwritten electronic ink into a writing guide on an electronic page of an electronic tablet. An ink processing module can display the handwritten electronic ink as it is rendered on the electronic page by the user. Upon the occurrence of a predefi... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7171622 | Method, apparatus and computer program product for projecting objects in a display unit In a method form of the invention, objects are projected in a first display unit for a computer system. The computer system enables designating one of the objects projected in the first display unit. The designated object is projected in a second display unit commun... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7162054 | Augmented reality technology A tracker system for determining the relative position between a sensor and an object surface, generally comprising a sensor or sensors for detecting a pattern of fiducials disposed on an object surface and a processor connected to the at least one sensor. An augmen... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7149810 | System and method for managing calendar items A system and method for managing calendar items in a calendar software application. The method and system preserve calendar data associated with past dates. In addition, the method and system manage modification requests associated with future dates. In response to ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146569 | Method, apparatus, and program for visual representation of an address space A mechanism is provided for generating visual representations of an address space. More particularly, the dotted quad notation of an Internet Protocol address space is illustrated. A discovery process is performed to identify addresses of entities in the network, as... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7131579 | Automatic journalizing method and system An automatic journalizing method and system enable even a novice in accounting to conduct automatic journalizing of transaction data by employing a reverse-journalizing technique. Further, the automatic journalizing method and system are capable of conducting exact ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7103606 | Method and apparatus for removing information from a server A method and apparatus for managing confidential information in a data processing system server. Information is received from a plurality of users. The information is stored on a server for many different uses and in many different files and databases. A request is ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7090253 | Customized calendar and calendar generation software and method A customizable theme calendar includes a set of date cells corresponding to an arbitrarily designated time period (e.g., a starting date and a target date), and a theme applied to the calendar. The theme corresponds to an event associated with the arbitrarily design... | 08/15/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7055106 | File management method A file management method prohibits a thumbnail image of an arbitrary file. The method displays files as thumbnail images on a display each of which show contents of the file, and detects a drag and drop operation between a specific thumbnail image and the arbitrary ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7055104 | System and method for focused navigation using filters A sequence of cards representing filters is displayed along a first axis of a user interface with a single card being displayed in a focus area. The card in the focus area defines a selected filter, which is applied to another sequence of available options. The filt... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7024626 | System and method of producing user interface information messages A system and method for producing notification objects conveying computer warning or error notification information to a computer user is provided. The notification objects point to a target to which the information contained therein relates and are persistent until... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7013433 | System and method for providing a dynamically updating legend Generating a dynamic legend for a drawing developed by a diagramming software program. A drawing sheet module and legend module, logically-coupled to the drawing sheet module, are useful for generating and updating a dynamic legend. The legend module can support the... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6970600 | Apparatus and method for image processing of hand-written characters using coded structured light and time series frame capture The present invention provides an image processing apparatus that efficiently identifies input characters and the like by an intensity image analysis based on range information. The image processing apparatus performs distance measurement by performing three-dimensi... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6938215 | Display apparatus and methods, and recording medium for controlling same In order to enable a user to obtain information about a large number of recorded images, a display apparatus includes a browser window that can be switched between two modes. In the first mode, a first screen, referred to as an Icon Browser Screen, displays a list o... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6931597 | Indications of secured digital assets Techniques for indicating secured files among other files in a graphic operating system are disclosed. According to one aspect of the techniques, each file has a standard or default icon to be associated with. When one of files in a selected place is detected in a s... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6690400 | Graphic user interface for resources management of super operating system based computers This invention is a Graphic User Interface (GUI) that enables a user to virtualize the system and to define secondary storage physical devices through the graphical depiction of cabinets. The GUI allows the user to assign each cabinet a name, and to defin... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6664983 | Method and apparatus for configuring sliding panels A graphical user interface (GUI) is configurable in an embodiment of the invention. A user configures sliding panels located on the edges of the GUI. A sliding panel is configured with an application that runs in the sliding panel. The sliding panel is pr... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6642944 | 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 t... | 11/04/2003 |
