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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8191007 | Organizing a browser environment Methods, computer-readable storage mediums encoded with computer programs executed by one or more processors, and systems, for organizing browser windows are disclosed. A selection of one or more tabs of a plurality of tabs arranged on one or more windows of a brows... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8166414 | Tab order mapping of user interfaces An approach is provided to display a common display page on a variety of display devices using the item's tab order property to determine the display order. Controls that are displayed on a display device typically have a tab order. When a window that has controls i... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8127243 | Uninterruptible power system (UPS) with improved manual user interface having a touch screen with main tabs separating pages, sub-menus identifying sub-pages related to certain main tabs, and links to pages or sub-pages An Uninterruptible Power System is described that is configured to operate as a buffer between a supplied power and an electrical load such that if line voltage is interrupted power to the load is maintained for a period of time. The uninterruptible power system is ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8028245 | Method and system for operating multiple web pages with anti-spoofing protection Method and system for operating tabbed browsing with anti-spoofing protection. Tabbed browsing operates to detect pop-up dialogs sent from malicious web pages operating in a background browser. Keystrokes and keyboard messages are prevented from being delivered to b... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8028246 | Concierge—shopping assistant A method for providing access to information related to a digital image record on a data processing device. The digital image record is displayed with a tab emanating from an edge of the digital image record. The tab includes an access point that allows a user to ac... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8006195 | Spectrum analyzer interface A computationally implemented method comprises providing a plurality of spectral data display and manipulation options on a display displaying spectral data, the plurality of data display and manipulation options including providing a region further including a plur... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8001482 | Method of displaying tab titles A method of displaying tab titles in a computer user interface receives a request to display a new tab in a tab area having a length. The new tab has a width and the new tab has a title having a length. The method determines a number of tabs to be displayed in the a... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7996784 | Method and apparatus for controlling tab indexes in a web page A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for managing tab indexes. A Web page is displayed, wherein the Web page includes a plurality of tab indexes for a plurality of components in the Web page. User input is received for setting a... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7954063 | Methods and systems for assigning an attribute value to an object A computer system includes a user interface, which includes a display device for displaying a graphical program interface. The graphical program interface includes one or more controls for assigning at least one attribute value to an attribute of an object. The grap... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7917864 | Automatically scaling the information and controls in navigation tabs per available window area A method in a data processing system for providing a user of the data processing system with control of a software object organized into a plurality of information levels including initially displaying a first display window having a first size. The first display wi... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7853889 | Palette-based graphical user interface A palette-based graphical user interface for a computer-implemented system. The palettes can be customized in a number of different ways to make them more user-friendly. More specifically, methods, computer readable media, and systems for dragging and dropping a sta... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7836406 | Method and apparatus for displaying a user interface enabling selection and instant display and access of pages A method for displaying a user interface that includes displaying a plurality of tabs, wherein each of the plurality of tabs is associated with a selected item, receiving a selection of a first tab of the plurality of tabs, and displaying a selected page associated ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7793226 | Method and system for grouping and stacking tab user interface objects with icon status indicators A method and system for grouping and stacking tab user interface objects with icon status indicators. Tabs are grouped together, and each tab group is visually represented by a single top tab, under which all tabs in the group are stacked. The top tab of a tab group... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7774366 | Systems and methods for implementing multi-application tabs and tab sets A sharing model enables users to easily and conveniently create and share standard and custom database objects, and applications, among users or groups of users. The sharing model includes systems and methods that allow users to conveniently create and customize tab... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7703036 | User interface for displaying selectable software functionality controls that are relevant to a selected object An improved user interface is provided for displaying selectable software functionality controls that are relevant to a selected object and that remain visibly available for use while the selected object is being edited. Upon selection of a particular object for edi... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7665030 | Tabstrip user interface element for formulating boolean statements A user interface element for manipulating Boolean expressions includes at least one tab panel element operable to define a term of a Boolean expression with each term including one or more condition statements, and an add tab element operable to add an additional ta... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7617461 | Information processing device, information processing method, program, and storage medium A host device includes: a basic screen display processing section which selects either a main setting screen or a list display setting screen as a setting screen in accordance with user's input and then causing the selected setting screen to show; a scroll processin... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7596760 | System and method for selecting a tab within a tabbed browser The techniques and mechanisms described herein are directed to a method for managing and selecting one out of large set of open tabs in a tabbed browser. Browsing software is configured to provide a quick pick user-interface that visually displays the content of the... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7587679 | System and method for displaying elements using a single tab A system and method provides a tabbed user interface in which labels may be used to select one of a plurality of data elements, but only the selected label is displayed with a tab, the other labels being displayed without a tab. Feedback, such as by underlining a la... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7574669 | User interface control for navigating, selecting, and organizing document pages A user interface control is provided for navigating, selecting, and organizing document pages. The user interface control includes page tabs corresponding to document pages within an electronic document. The page tabs are organized and displayed adjacent to one anot... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7574670 | Systems and methods for interfacing with a user of a computer system Systems and methods are provided for interfacing with a user of a computer system. In one implementation, a method is provided that comprises providing a tabstrip controller to display different components of an application in a display, wherein in the display the c... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7543231 | Systems, methods and computer program products for printing a document with a portion of the document in color and a portion of the document in black and white Systems, methods and computer program products for printing a document. Exemplary embodiments include retrieving a document having text and images, displaying the document on the display, displaying a print menu on the display, displaying a properties menu on the di... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7523409 | Methods and systems for operating multiple web pages in a single window Methods and systems for operating multiple web pages in a single browser window. The methods and systems include providing tabbed browsing whereby a user may select a tab to open a web page associated to it. A set of tabs and buttons are located on a tab band within... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7516414 | System and method for tab order mapping of user interfaces A system and method is provided to display a common display page on a variety of display devices using the item's tab order property to determine the display order. Controls that are displayed on a display device typically have a tab order. When a window that has co... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7475359 | User interface for a tabbed pane The present invention provides a user interface for a tabbed pane. A method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: displaying a plurality of ordered tabs in a tab folder; selecting one of the tabs; scrolling through the plurality of tabs... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7447998 | Graphical interface for tree view Various embodiments of a computer-implemented method, system and computer program product provide a graphical interface. At least one tab is presented on a display. The tab comprises one or more child objects of a parent object of a hierarchy of objects. The tab has... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7428708 | Image processing apparatus and storage medium storing image processing program An image processing apparatus includes a CPU core, and displays a related image according to selection of a main menu icon. For example, in a case that a timer counting for each frame holds a predetermined value, it is determined whether or not the display of the re... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7424685 | Providing access to database objects Providing access to database objects is described. An object selection area capable of presenting representations of a plurality of database objects is displayed. Each of the database objects is associated with one of a plurality of predetermined contexts. A plurali... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421663 | Graphical user interface design for multiple settings/values related to an item A Graphical User Interface is provided that presents multi-level configurable parameter values for an item in a condensed and scannable format. The GUI enables a user to clearly and quickly discern the relationship between the parameters. The GUI can also reflect mo... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7412660 | Automatically centered scrolling in a tab-based user interface A method and apparatus for presenting a tab-based graphic user interface (GUI) having more tabs than can be fitted across a screen side for a computer system. The computer system can be handheld devices such as personal digital assistants (PDA's) and cell phones. Th... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7379977 | System and method for display of multiple electronic pages A system and method for providing a distributed software application is disclosed. The application includes multiple browser window components that run together within a single browser window. Each component manages and displays data independently, so that a series ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7373592 | Modeless child windows for application programs A computer system that assists the user of computer drawing programs is described. The computer system runs an application that displays modeless windows by first displaying an application window that presents information associated with the application. After the a... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368653 | Electronic musical apparatus and program for controlling the same An electronic musical apparatus in which operators for changing pages on a musical instrument function-related screen and history pages on a Web screen are shared, so that those pages can be changed using similar operating systems to improve the userfriendliness. A ... | 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 |
| 7360168 | Automatically scaling the information and controls in navigation tabs per available window area A method in a data processing system for providing a user of the data processing system with control of a software object organized into a plurality of information levels including initially displaying a first display window having a first size. The first display wi... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356569 | Apparatus and method for tracing the distribution of diversely sourced internet content The invention includes a method of tracking distributed content within a computer network. The method includes the step of identifying the delivery of a set of Network Information Monitors (NIMs). Information about each NTM within the set of NIMs is tracked. The inf... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7334194 | Text editing apparatus It is one object of the present invention to improve the text editing operation provided by document creation application software. A text editing apparatus that is implemented by a computer under the control of document creation application software comprises: a do... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325204 | Slideout windows An apparatus, method, computer system, and computer program product that provide a slideout window. The slideout window presents content related to original content displayed in a host window when the user clicks on the original content. The related content can be d... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319538 | Using embedded links for modifying printing attributes in a graphical user interface A method and apparatus for using embedded links for modifying printing attributes in a graphical user interface is provided. According to one embodiment, a user interface object, which is associated with a printing attribute, is displayed on a GUI. The user interfac... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7320104 | Text grid creation tools Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for controlling typesetting and layout editing (2a). Data being typeset or laid out are displayed on a display (3). A first menu (20) having a u... | 01/15/2008 |
