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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171421 | Portable electronic device and method for displaying large format data files A portable electronic device includes a rendering circuit to visualize large format data files on a narrow display. The large format data files are rendered using either a desktop display mode or a mobile display mode. The desktop display mode renders the data file ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8156094 | Efficient navigation of search results Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for navigating search results are provided. In response to receiving a search query, at least one individual search result is presented in an overlay window, the overlay window being configured to overlay at least a port... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8117559 | Method and apparatus for virtualizing window information A method and apparatus for virtualizing access to windows includes a hooking mechanism, a window name virtualization engine, and an operating system interface. A request relating to a window from a process executing in the context of a user account is received, the ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8095886 | Context based navigation When navigating in a screen view composed of entities of differing types, a user may want to focus on any particular entity. Depending on the type of entity the user wants to focus on, the invention system adapts the screen view, as well as navigation behavior, to n... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095885 | Counting references to images displayed in multiple views Methods and apparatus provide for a Cache Manager to display a scaled image in an active view. The scaled image comprises the same content as an image from a stored collection of images, which is accessible by a plurality of active views in a user interface. The Cac... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8082516 | Preview panel Generating a preview panel includes generating an auxiliary display in response to an action performed in a primary display, where the primary display is for presenting one or more entries that correspond to results of a Web-based search, receiving data identifying ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8082517 | Application sharing viewer presentation An improved application sharing system and method are described wherein an application sharing viewing display is modified to increase the likelihood that a viewing user is able to see without scrolling the entirety of a window of interest displayed by a sharing use... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8074180 | Information processing apparatus and program product When a print instruction is input, an information processing apparatus of the invention converts designated data to print data appropriate for print setting information of a designated printing device, inputs the print data to the printing device, and forms an image... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069418 | Medical information system and user interface supporting treatment administration A system advantageously populates Flowsheet data fields with predetermined exemplary patient parameter data in response to user selection of a designated displayed trigger parameter and enables user preview of Flowsheet format including the exemplary data resulting ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8046710 | Weather information display device with display icon A rectangular area containing sections corresponding to same weather information is set. If sections at four corners of the set area are sections corresponding to the same weather information, a numerical value “1” is set as a weighting score to the sections. If... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8037419 | Electronic system for collecting and automatically populating clinical order information A graphical user interface for use on a computer coupled to an enterprise electronic medical records system for accepting order data including an order entry window corresponding to an identified order, the identified order including one or more parameters. The grap... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032554 | Stream data processing method and system Stream data is provided for realizing precise calculation processing to keep a constant memory usage of a query including a time-based window, and to take all of input data into consideration. A stream data processing server sections the time-based window into sub-w... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8015500 | Data retrieval device with function for modifying retrieval condition classes When a digital camera is set to retrieval mode, a map-style retrieval screen having a matrix structure is displayed on a display device. The digital camera searches for images photographed in the regions corresponding to each cell in the matrix structure, based on s... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7992096 | Data browsing method and system for user interface Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and devices for graphically managing and manipulating calendar data in a database, in a weekly view and in a monthly view. In either mode, a highlighted element is selected thereby causing a preview window to po... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7966352 | Context harvesting from selected content A system and process for harvesting context information from selected content is described. One may use a stylus to indicate what content is to be captured. The context information that may be associated with selected content may include URLs, file names, folder nam... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7966570 | Graphical user interface for detail-in-context presentations A method for displaying a region of interest within visual information on a display screen of a computer, the region of interest including a focal region and a base region. The method includes the steps of: providing means for selecting at least one parameter for tr... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7953631 | Paid inclusion listing enhancement The subject invention provides for systems and methods that visually enhance paid inclusion listings to facilitate offering a clear and substantial value to paid inclusion advertisers while retaining ordering rights to keep listings relevant to users. More specifica... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7937667 | Multimedia mirror assembly for vehicle A user-interactive display system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly, a portable hand-held device, and a display device. The portable hand-held device is operable to communicate a first signal to a vehicle-based receiver. A user input is act... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7921375 | Integrating user interfaces from one application into another The invention discloses a system and method for integrating user interfaces (UI) within an application. The invention can be configured to display an UI of a second application within a first application in a manner that the user cannot identify that the second appl... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7908565 | Voice activated system and method to enable a computer user working in a first graphical application window to display and control on-screen help, internet, and other information content in a second graphical application window A system is disclosed for displaying a second window of a second application while a first window of a first application has input focus in a windowed computing environment having a voice recognition engine. The system comprises a retriever for launching the second ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7865837 | User interface including an element for selecting customization or help screens A software application displays user interfaces for functionality of the software application. A user interface element is displayed on a user interface for the software application. A configuration screen for user configuration of the software application is displa... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7853891 | Method and apparatus for displaying a window for a user interface Methods and apparatuses to display windows. In more than one embodiments of the invention, a window is closed automatically (e.g., after a timer expires, or when a condition or criterion is met, or a system input is received) without user input. In some examples, th... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7844915 | Application programming interfaces for scrolling operations At least certain embodiments of the present disclosure include an environment with user interface software interacting with a software application. A method for operating through an application programming interface (API) in this environment includes transferring a ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7797640 | Method for generating a flexible display field for a video surveillance system A method for generating a flexible display field on a monitor includes providing a display field with a main window, into which a plurality of information windows are incorporatable and which has a basic grid with a regular raster, allocating individual grid fields ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7793229 | Recording relevant information in a GUI window of a panel dump browser tool An embodiment of the present invention is a technique for recording relevant information in a graphical user interface (GUI) window. Relevant information on an analysis window is saved in a summary report array using one of an automatic recording mode and a selectiv... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7769745 | Visualizing location-based datasets using “tag maps” The visualization of datasets by associating text (keywords) with location and optionally with time is provided. This visualization may help the user better understand and analyze the contents of the dataset. The visualization takes as input a keyword and related pa... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7757183 | Timing adaptive patient parameter acquisition and display system and method A system and a method are described for allowing a user to generate a timeline and display patient data with varying time intervals. The time intervals can range from a few minutes to several hours. By allowing a user to select start time and end time when a time in... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7747964 | Operation unit for an image forming apparatus A readable operation unit for an image forming apparatus displays items representative of various functions relating to image formation while classifying and dividing them on a switchable screen. The operator can therefore easily understand the contents of operation... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7747965 | System and method for controlling the opacity of multiple windows while browsing A method referred to as x-ray browsing for allowing a user to browse through windows on their desktop is provided. Aspects of the invention include responsive to a command, making a first window the window in focus on the display screen and changing the relative opa... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7743338 | Image rendering with image artifact along a multidimensional path Display positions are arranged along a multidimensional path. Images and blurred versions of the images are displayed in one or more of the of the display positions. An opacity value of one or more of the blurred versions of the images is adjusted based the display ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7743337 | Electronic map apparatus and electronic map display method In an electronic map apparatus, an electronic map is displayed in accordance with map data read out from a DVD-ROM. Then, distance display circles which have a common center located at a point on the electronic map and each interconnect points on the electronic map ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7712042 | Techniques for viewing mappings and nodes Techniques are provided for viewing mappings between objects. A main view is displayed, wherein the main view shows one or more source objects, one or more target objects, and zero or more mappings between the one or more source objects and the one or more target ob... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7712043 | System and method for dynamically viewing and navigating hierarchical data A system, method, program product and service for navigating and displaying hierarchically structured data. A system is provided that includes: a graphical data display system for displaying a structured diagram having a plurality of nodes; a navigation system for a... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7703038 | Methods and apparatus for creating a quick canvas A system renders a graphical user interface to allow editing of graphics within a work area. The system receives a start input to define a start of the work area at a start location of a pointing device on the graphical user interface. The system receives a motion i... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7689926 | Selective window exclusion for captured content Described is the selective exclusion of content returned in a requested screen capture operation, wherein exclusion may be determined by a window category and the requesting application program. For example, a magnification program will not received content captured... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7669141 | Visual interface element transition effect In an electronic interaction space, transitioning between a first and second screen layout includes determining a difference between the first and second screen layouts, wherein the first and second screen layouts include at least one pod each, and rendering the dif... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7661070 | Source identification on a display screen A display application can be configured to provide a visual indication associating a dialog box (that was not invoked for display by a user) to a user selectable source on a display screen. In such circumstances, because the dialog box was not actually invoked based... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7627832 | Dynamically placing resources within a graphical user interface A technique dynamically places resources within a graphical user interface (GUI). According to the novel technique, a resource (e.g., an image of the resource) of the GUI is assigned a filename (e.g., by a graphic designer) having position information encoded therei... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7620908 | Managing a user interface Systems and techniques for managing a user interface are disclosed. In general, in one implementation, a technique includes: generating a page for a user interface, the page comprising a pane; receiving an indication of user interaction with a portion of the page; d... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7614009 | Method for controlling filename display for image and video file types A method, system and article of manufacture suitable for rendering a graphical user interface including at least one viewable graphical element, the graphical element having a filename associated therewith, the filename being absent from the user interface. ... | 11/03/2009 |
