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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8126885 | History based search service operable with multiple applications and services A method, a device and a computer readable storage medium for enhancing user experience associated with searching data associated with one or more applications/services accessible on a mobile computing device. The result of the search is selected organized based on ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7793231 | Method and system for providing a primary window overlay A method for providing a primary window overlay includes providing a primary window on a desktop and designating an overlay window. The method further includes implanting the overlay window on the primary window, receiving activity input to the primary window, and m... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7389477 | Legibility of selected content Systems and methods for repositioning selectable content. Content that includes selectable items is displayed on a display device through a user interface. When an item is selected, the item is repositioned and sometimes resized so that the selected item is more eas... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7386807 | System and method for monitoring application response and providing visual treatment A system and method are provided for determining the status of an application and altering the corresponding application window if necessary in order to convey information to the user and improve the user experience. The system and method of the invention allow visu... | 06/10/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7353459 | Legibility of selected content Systems and methods for repositioning selectable content. Content that includes selectable items is displayed on a display device through a user interface. When an item is selected, the item is repositioned and sometimes resized so that the selected item is more eas... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350156 | Audio signal editing apparatus and control method therefor Interlocking flag, indicating whether or not an interlocked display should be made, can be set in association with predetermined editing operators. When any of the operators is operated, a displayed screen on a display is switched over to a screen related to the ope... | 03/25/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7185290 | User interface for a system and process for providing dynamic communication access and information awareness in an interactive peripheral display The system and method of the present invention provides a user interface for providing peripheral awareness of information to a user. The information to be provided is either determined automatically, or specified by the user. Once the information to be provided is ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7171474 | Persistent repository for on-demand node creation for fabric devices An application may query a fabric driver to obtain a list of devices visible through a fabric host adapter port(s). The fabric driver may obtain the list of devices by querying a fabric name server. For direct attach devices, device nodes may be created during drive... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7127673 | Electronic document display system In a display system and a display control method according to the present invention, a display specification data, which represents specifications of a display unit, is detected. A layout data of a document data is detected, the layout data being integrally stored w... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7100184 | Method and apparatus for rapid access of program guide information A method for rapidly accessing program guide information is described. The method includes displaying program guide information on a grid showing a channel axis and a time axis, with each program positioned at a location in the grid representing a channel of transmi... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7091994 | Method, system, and computer program for displaying screen information A plurality of windows are contracted in scale and presented on the same display without interfering with a main display window. By dragging and dropping any contracted window with a mouse, the contracted window is displayed on a sub display in an expanded scale. Fu... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7091980 | System and method for communicating digital display data and auxiliary processing data within a computer graphics system A method for communicating digital display data and associated auxiliary processing data from a frame buffer to a post processor. The method includes storing the display data and the auxiliary processing data in the frame buffer, forming video scan lines from the fr... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7039872 | Method and system of creating floating windows for displaying sponsor information, messages or programs in non-obtrusive areas of the graphic user interface of a software application Most software applications of the present time have graphic user interface comprising of a document display window and a document supporting substrate area. The document display window is the area where the application user inputs the data and views the results. The... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7020690 | Inactivity timer for an internet client In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a client application for enabling access to an online service and displaying advertisements while the user is accessing the online service. The client application receives play lists from the online service... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6999875 | Display method and apparatus for navigation system A display method and apparatus for a navigation system continuously provides the user the predetermined type of information, typically, the route to the destination even when the user changes the screen to any type of screen in the middle of the route guidance mode.... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6966036 | Method and system for displaying data in a second display area A method for creating and accessing a graphical user interface in the overscan area outside the area of the display normally visible to users of the common operating systems. This normal display area is generally known as the “desktop”. The desktop serves as the... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6915401 | System and method for managing off-screen buffers for electronic images An off-screen buffer manager controls when the off-screen buffer is destroyed and re-created improving system performance. A screen request is received for a Java screen component and a determination is made whether there is already an off-screen buffer. If there is... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6907576 | Legibility of selected content Systems and methods for enlarging selectable content. Content that includes selectable items is displayed on a display device through a user interface. When an item is selected, the item is enlarged such that the selected item is more easily viewed. If the item incl... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6836870 | Method and system for incorporating a dynamic situation display in a powerpoint slide show presentation A slide show presentation “plug-in” that permits the user to control an animated dynamic situation display during a PowerPoint slide-show presentation without interrupting the slide-show mode to edit the slide. A dynamic situation display file is encapsulated in... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6661435 | Secondary user interface A method for creating and accessing a graphical user interface in the overscan area outside the area of the display normally utilized by the common operating systems. This normal display area is generally known as the "desktop". The desktop serves as a gr... | 12/09/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6031530 | Always-visible window class with overlap prevention A method and apparatus for establishing an always-visible class of windows in a computer-implemented windowing environment is provided. A user may designate one or more windows as always-visible windows. If an always-visible window overlaps with a non-alw... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5745096 | Desk drawer user interface A display oriented software user interface for the generation and display of a secondary display region within a primary display region of a computer controlled information management system having windows or localized sections of displayable information ... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5602996 | Method and apparatus for determining window order when one of multiple displayed windows is selected The display system includes at least one central processing unit (CPU) which is coupled through appropriate input/output (I/O) circuitry to input devices, such as a keyboard, digital pad, mouse and/or trackball. The CPU is coupled to a hard disk drive for... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5195174 | Image data processing apparatus capable of composing one image from a plurality of images An image data processing apparatus including a scanner for individually reading first and second image information from first and second documents, a page memory for storing the first image information into its first memory area, a display device for disp... | 03/16/1993 |
| 4959803 | Display control system A display control system which includes a display memory having a serial access port for sending data to a display device and a random access port for data communication with a graphic drawing device. The system further includes a window buffer memory for... | 09/25/1990 |
