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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171420 | Automatic management of the visual space while performing a task A graphical user interface and method for displaying on an agent's desktop. The graphical user interface of the present invention being capable of automatically displaying, in a designated area, a managed application according to a workflow. The graphical user inter... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8140993 | Notification of state transition of an out-of-focus application with state and notification priority filtering A method, a computer program product, a computer system and a method for supporting an application. The method includes: starting one or more applications, each application of the one or more applications having multiple possible states; displaying a taskbar on a co... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8122370 | Visual bookmarks for home and landscape design A method includes receiving a request to generate a visual bookmark for a home design product based on a selection of the home design product from a website and extracting information about the home design product from the website. The method also includes categoriz... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117558 | Converting web content into two-dimensional CAD drawings and three-dimensional CAD models This patent application relates generally to systems, methods, and computer program products for home and/or landscape design. This application also relates to scrapping and extracting information from websites and converting this information into 2D CAD (computer-a... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8001483 | Selective display of cursor An application may be provided with an interface for hiding a cursor from or showing a cursor to a video driver and for causing cursor information to be saved in data storage and retrieved from data storage. The interface may include an application program interface... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7984384 | Web view layer for accessing user interface elements A user-activatable dashboard (also referred to as a unified interest layer) contains any number of user interface elements, referred to herein as “widgets,” for quick access by a user. In response to a command from a user, the dashboard is invoked and the widget... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7979806 | Un-intrusive display areas A method and user interface permits the display of objects in a portion of a display. The objects may initial be a first size, then shrink to a smaller size after a period of time. The objects may stack on top of each other. In addition, the objects may disappear al... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7954064 | Multiple dashboards Systems, methods, computer-readable mediums, user interfaces and other implementations are disclosed for organizing, managing and presenting widgets in display areas associated with multiple dashboard environments. In some implementations, a first display area assoc... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7941761 | Third party service switching through command bar user interface A graphical user interface allows users to access multiple third party services (e.g., online media services) and enables the services to provide functionality within the GUI adjacent to core functionality of a host application (e.g., a media player application, ope... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7930645 | Systems and methods for providing a persistent navigation bar in a word page Computer implemented methods for defining a navigation control, located inside of a shell of a word page are provided. The navigation control includes a plurality of dynamic controls defined as part of the navigation control. An associated dynamic control of the plu... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925988 | System and method for providing sticky applications A system and method for providing sticky applications are provided. A “sticky application” is an operating system (OS) level application that has the ability to “stick” to web applications and become a part of the web page on which the web application is run... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7913183 | System and method for managing software applications in a graphical user interface A system and method for managing software application windows in a graphical user interface having a desktop and taskbar display area are provided. Each instantiated program is represented as one or more graphical windows in the desktop and as a control tile in the ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7882448 | Taskbar configuration tool for computer systems A taskbar control permits system operators to group application instances according to their own preferences. The taskbar control system groups application instances according to a default grouping scheme but permit the default grouping to be managed by operator con... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7793227 | Method and system of providing customizable buttons An embodiment of the invention provides for one or more customizable buttons, used with a downloadable toolbar for an Internet browser. The method may comprise directing an Internet browser user, using a computer, to a button modification medium, receiving modificat... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7757182 | Taskbar media player A system and method for controlling media through a user interface integrated within a taskbar is described. This system and method enable a user to control media while a user interface of another application remains in perspective. Further, this system includes a t... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7707512 | Context switching and method Systems and methods for context switching within enterprise resource planning systems are contemplated, including a first and second user context. A user performing tasks in the first user context actuates an actuator in communication with a context switcher. The co... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7703037 | Searchable task-based interface to control panel functionality A computer-implemented method is disclosed. The method is for enabling a user to efficiently navigate to a portion of a user interface configured to support performance of a particular task. The method includes receiving from the user an input that includes a descri... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7669140 | System and method for providing rich minimized applications The present invention is directed to a method and system for use in a computing environment to present and provide access to user information. The system may include a sidebar for hosting a plurality of tiles. Applications may be minimized and inserted into the side... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7665031 | Method and system of taskbar button interfaces The present invention provides a system or method for displaying rich presentation taskbar buttons for a corresponding application. In one example, the rich presentation taskbar button may receive content from an application through a programming interface. The pres... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7665032 | Sidebar engine, object model and schema An engine is provided for displaying an application for hosting a second application. The hosting application can be a sidebar on a display. The engine can contain a part or program which can include a manifest file, a definition file and/or a script file. The manif... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7596761 | Application user interface with navigation bar showing current and prior application contexts A graphical user interface for a portable electronic device includes an application display region that displays a current application context of an application and a navigation bar adjacent to the application display region. The navigation bar includes two horizont... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7568165 | Sidebar engine, object model and schema An engine is provided for displaying an application for hosting a second application. The hosting application can be a sidebar on a display. The engine can contain a part or program which can include a manifest file, a definition file and/or a script file. The manif... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7543240 | Conserving space on browser user interfaces A user interface enables the display of browser information in a space conserving fashion. A plurality of icons may be displayed along a bar adjacent a browser display window. When an icon is selected, an appropriate panel may be displayed. A uniform resource locato... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7530029 | Narrow mode navigation pane A narrow mode navigation pane is provided that may be selectively displayed as a replacement of a normal mode or full-size navigation pane to allow more display space for other user interface content. The narrow mode navigation pane is divided into sections, each se... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7512896 | Task-sensitive methods and systems for displaying command sets Methods and systems present commands to a user within a software application program by determining the user's context within the application program and automatically presenting in a user interface commands that pertain to the user's current context. When the user'... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7493569 | System and method for visually encoding related functions on a multi-function document output device control interface A system and method for visually encoding related functions on a multi-function document output device control interface is provided. A set of main functions are configured as hardware buttons, capable of being distinguished from each other through the use of backli... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7478339 | Method and apparatus for application window grouping and management A method for managing a plurality of application window representations is described. The method includes steps of defining a set of application window representation positions in a predefined region, displaying a plurality of application window representations in t... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7434177 | User interface for providing consolidation and access Methods and systems for providing graphical user interfaces are described. To provide greater access and consolidation to frequently used items in the graphical user interface, a userbar is established which includes a plurality of item representations. To permit a ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7426697 | Multi-application tabbing system A method for displaying a plurality of windows on a display screen is described. The method includes steps of associating a first window with at least one second window, the at least one second window being independent of and external to the first window, and combin... | 09/16/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7417625 | Method and system for providing input mechanisms on a handheld electronic device Reassigning direction-related keys in a handheld device is disclosed. Activation of one of at least two direction-related keys on a rotatable panel of a hand held device is detected, wherein the activation is based on user input for navigating a display of the handh... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7412661 | Method and system for changing visual states of a toolbar A method and system for changing the area in which to view the content of a document while maintaining access to various viewing options. In a first state, toolbar items are displayed in a toolbar area while a document is displayed in a document area. In changing to... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7412655 | Method and system of providing dynamic dialogs Methods and systems for providing dynamic dialogs, used with a downloadable toolbar for an Internet browser. In an embodiment of the invention an add-on browser toolbar, which may be implemented as a downloadable toolbar application that adds functionality to a Web ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7401294 | Method and system for collaborative web browsing A Web browser is augmented with collaborative features to support community aware browsing sessions. The augmentation provided includes a data mining plug-in for the browser to establish collaborative context based on Uniform Resource Locator (URL) meta data keyword... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7370289 | Method and apparatus for notification on an electronic handheld device using an attention manager A method and system for notification in a palm-sized computer system. Specifically, the present invention discloses an Attention Manager that manages application demand for a user's attention. The Attention Manager receives multiple attention requests from varying a... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363592 | Tool group manipulations Herein discloses interactive user manipulations of tool groups within toolbars User-responsive tool group manipulation facilitates greater utility, user control, and customization potential, for toolbars. ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7355586 | Method for associating multiple functionalities with mouse buttons The present invention is method for simultaneously associating different functionalities with different mouse buttons. The method of the present invention also provides an enhanced toolbar (60) that displays the mouse key (84, 85, 86) associated with a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356770 | System and method of graphically managing and monitoring a compute environment Presented is a graphical interface for managing at least reservations and jobs within a compute environment such as a cluster or a grid. A user can graphically view reservations and jobs in the environment and interact with the interface to modify and create reserva... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353234 | Customized user interface based on user record information A user interface including one or more references to content is customized. Several user profiles are provided from which a user may be associated. Each user profile includes user profile information. The user profile associated with a user to whom a user interface ... | 04/01/2008 |
