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...that two musicians were responsible for the invention of color print film? Fascinated by photography, Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes worked together to produce an easy-to-use, practical color film. They worked full time as music teachers and gave concerts while experimenting during their off hours in Mannes' kitchen. Their success earned them full-time, well-paying jobs at Kodak and their efforts resulted in Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
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| 8108794 | Method and apparatus for supporting context links for application program text Methods and apparatus are provided for supporting text-based context links for application programs. An embodiment includes a first computer to maintain a database of data objects and a second computer to execute an application program that operates on a file having... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8024668 | Receiving and reporting page-specific user feedback concerning one or more particular web pages of a website A method for receiving page-specific user feedback concerning a particular web page of a website includes using a comment icon viewable on the page to solicit one or more page-specific open-ended comments concerning the page from a user. In one embodiment, the metho... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7992083 | Image processing apparatus, and method for controlling the same An information processing apparatus fully utilizing contents available on a network by processing content that cannot be displayed on a built-in browser. A web browser displays in a pop-up fashion a dialog window that queries a user about the process to be performed... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7958459 | Preview related action list Previewing content included in an enterprise database associated with an enterprise system is disclosed. A first indication is received for an overlay object associated with an object from the enterprise database that is being displayed. an action list is dynamicall... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7925990 | Methods, systems, and products for calendaring applications Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for acknowledging a reminder in a calendaring application. One such method stores a calendar entry corresponding to an event and a rule. The rule comprises a reminder of the event. The reminder is presented according to t... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7913185 | Graphical insertion of JavaScript pop-up menus A graphical user interface allows a user to create an image having a pop-up menu which is exportable to a target computer without the creating user being required to know how to program in JAVASCRIPT™. Using menu selection in the application in which the image is ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7895184 | Automatic filtering and scoping of search results A method and system for customizing a search of a data source linked to a computer in response to a search request from a user. A search tool application (STA) is executed on a client computer in response to the search request received from the user. The STA determi... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7890885 | Content navigational shortcuts for portal environments Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to user interface navigation and provide a method, system and computer program product for content navigational shortcuts for portal environments. In one embodiment of the invention, a c... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7873915 | Suppressing dialog boxes A method for browser software with a tabbed interface to suppress, or delay, the display of a dialog box that is initiated by an inactive, or background, tab. An indication may be provided to the user that a dialog box needing user attention may be provided. When th... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7865840 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing program, and mobile terminal device An apparatus includes a content detector portion, a display controller portion, an operation state detector portion, and a popup display controller portion. The content detector portion detects contents belonging to a same time range The display controller portion c... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7836410 | Window positioner/sizer Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for a window positioner/sizer. A computer-implemented method of displaying information on a computer display device includes displaying a first popup window on a primary window, the first popup window compr... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7743340 | Positioning and rendering notification heralds based on user's focus of attention and activity The present invention relates to a system and method to facilitate providing computer users with efficient access to electronic notifications while minimizing disruption in the context of ongoing tasks. A notification system provides visual information heralds that ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7725823 | Information processing apparatus capable of displaying scheduler In an information processing apparatus, even when a large volume of data is displayed in a limited display area in which the number of data items that can be displayed at once is restricted, rough searching for data and specific identification of data are facilitate... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7487466 | Command line provided within context menu of icon-based computer interface In an icon-based computer interface, a context menu includes a command line prompt for entry of textual parameter data for application programs. Computer operators may enter textual parameter data for the application via the command line prompt and launch the applic... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7464333 | Image processing apparatus, and method for controlling the image processing apparatus to process displayable and non-displayable data received from a server An information processing apparatus fully utilizing contents available on a network by processing content that cannot be displayed on a built-in browser. A web browser displays in a pop-up fashion a dialog window that queries a user about the process to be performed... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7444598 | Exploded views for providing rich regularized geometric transformations and interaction models on content for viewing, previewing, and interacting with documents, projects, and tasks The present invention relates to a system and method to facilitate efficient and automated presentation of information to users. A decomposition component automatically decomposes an information item into sets of subcomponents in a two- or three-dimensional isometri... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7437680 | Timed text display for communications devices Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for displaying text on a communications device. One method controls a display using a Subscriber Identity Module application. The Subscriber Identity Module application specifies a duration for which text is displayed on the com... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433581 | Interactive video playback A system for interactive video playback includes a store for holding a set of video streams and an input device for obtaining a set of action inputs. The system includes a video processor that generates the interactive video playback by switching among the video str... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7434207 | Floating debugger Floating or movable windows are provided to display information during debugging, either above the source code, or attached to the source code in the locations that they are relevant to. The floating windows can be semi-transparent in order to allow visibility to bo... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7421657 | Handling open browser requests in a single window environment In a single window browser environment, a request to open a new browser window is either allowed or ignored, depending on whether the request was generated in response to user input. The request is ignored if it was not generated in response to user input. If, on th... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7421661 | Instant messaging interface having an informational tool tip An interface enables perception of information regarding a communications session that leverages an instant messaging platform. The user interface includes an instant messaging application user interface that enables perception and selection of instant messaging com... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7406664 | System for integrating HTML Web site views into application file dialogs A Web view page is provided by a browser module operating with a dialog box of an application program. The browser module displays a Web view page in a browser window within the dialog box of the application program, enabling a user to perform browser functions and ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7401297 | Method of and device for controlling display of window, and computer product A window display control device comprises of a computer unit and a display unit. The computer unit has a display position determining section that determines a display position of a window on a screen based on data related to center point of vision of the user store... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7392486 | Method and apparatus for automatic display and removal of required synoptic pages in a checklist context The completion of an electronic checklist is facilitated by the automated display of certain data while completing the checklist. The disclosed program presents an automated display of synoptic, navigational, or flight management data for each task in a checklist. F... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7380218 | Method and apparatus for managing windows A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for managing windows in a foreground and a background in a data processing system. A buffer is monitored for user input in response to receiving a request to present a pop-up window in a foreground. A determination is m... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376913 | Navigation and selection control for a hand-held portable computer A hand-held portable computer is provided with a control wheel to accelerate navigation and selection that is otherwise difficult due to the small form factor of the portable computer. The wheel is turned in a first or in a second direction to scroll through an on-s... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7369864 | Electronic short messaging and advertising method and means An electronic short messaging and advertising method and means relates to an electronic advertising method, where minimal initiative is required from the consumer. Some embodiments of the invention may also be applied to an electronic sales method. The invention may... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370285 | Receiving and reporting page-specific user feedback concerning one or more particular web pages of a website In one embodiment, a method for receiving page-specific user feedback concerning a particular web page of a website includes using a comment icon viewable on the page to solicit one or more page-specific open-ended comments concerning the page from a user. The metho... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369130 | Method and apparatus for editing image data, and computer program product of editing image data A method for editing an image on a display unit, an apparatus for executing the method and a computer program product for the method, wherein a predetermined CG object is designated in an image on the display unit, and in order to edit the image, a first command lis... | 05/06/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7370276 | Interface for collecting user preferences Various techniques are disclosed for accepting preference information from a user, where the preference information is specific to content elements within a media asset, and the preference information is collected while the user is viewing a display of the media ass... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369260 | Method of managing e-mail attachments A method of managing e-mail attachments in a data transmission system comprising a data transmission network and at least one workstation connected thereto and wherein the user of the workstation can receive e-mails from at least one server within the network, at le... | 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 |
| 7353358 | System and methods for reporting storage utilization Storage arrays are subdivided into a plurality of physical and logical entities to provide a framework of the available storage. In a large SAN, the network of storage arrays may define a complex arrangement of such physical and logical entities to partition the tot... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350152 | System and method for providing a server control interface A method and system for providing a computing device control interface are provided. A system administrator accesses a graphical user interface and selects a group of actions that are to be executed by a number of computing devices. The actions selected by the syste... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7340677 | Methods and apparatuses of presenting categorical programs in progressive levels of content details Methods and apparatuses for presenting categorical programs. The method causes information of a plurality of programs fitting categories defined in a request to be retrieved from a database. The method then causes a first tabular layout to be generated. The first ta... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337408 | System and method for providing a server control interface A method and system for providing a computing device control interface are provided. A system administrator accesses a graphical user interface and selects a group of actions that are to be executed by a number of computing devices. The actions selected by the syste... | 02/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7320110 | Multiple language user interface for thermal comfort controller A multiple language user interface system for a thermal comfort controller. The user interface system has a central processing unit coupled to a memory, a language selector and a touch sensitive display unit. The memory can store at least one user interface object a... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7318036 | Method of advertising and conducting electronic commercial transactions through a communication network The present invention relates to a method of discounting a multi-media content item, which is to be sold at a purchase request through a communication network, such as the Internet. The discount is offered in proportion to the number of advertisement (ad) items chos... | 01/08/2008 |
