Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7934150 | Method and GUI for managing output settings in a form-based application A computer-readable medium includes instructions for managing output settings in a form-based application by modifying a first output setting control associated with a first output version of a form of the form-based application, initiating outputting the first outp... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7552381 | Check boxes for identifying and processing stored documents A user selects one or more check boxes on a collection coversheet to identify, by location on the coversheet, target documents within a previously stored collection of documents. The check boxes also specify actions to be performed on the target documents. The cover... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7409646 | System and method for manipulating toolbar component dimensions A system and method for manipulating toolbar dimensions are provided. Each toolbar includes a number of toolbar components having a textual representation and a graphic representation. As the toolbar dimensions are adjusted, a first size threshold defines when to ad... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7404151 | System and method for providing a dynamic user interface for a dense three-dimensional scene A system and method for providing a dynamic user interface for a dense three-dimensional scene is presented. Clusters are placed in a three-dimensional scene arranged proximal to each other such cluster to form a cluster spine. Each cluster includes one or more conc... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7363128 | Application launcher A computer, connected to a communications bus, includes a display that selectively displays a user interface. A plurality of diagnostic applications installed on the computer are capable of receiving data from the communications bus via the connection. Instructions ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7278116 | Mode switching for ad hoc checkbox selection Controlling checkbox status by selecting and deselecting checkboxes in a GUI according to a mode of operation, the GUI having displayed upon it a set of checkboxes comprising a multiplicity of checkboxes, wherein each checkbox comprises a selection status indicating... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7269799 | Method for developing adaptive menus The present invention relates to a method for adaptive menu design and items presentation reflecting cognitive characteristics. More particularly, the present invention relates to a technique to provide menu items reflecting human cognitive characteristics so as to ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263418 | Method and device for visualizing a vehicle repairing A method is provided for providing image data for visualizing a defective part and/or a repair process and/or a maintenance service of a road-bound vehicle, in particular a car or motorcycle. The aim is to reduce the translation costs for repair manuals. The method ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7187394 | User friendly selection apparatus based on touch screens for visually impaired people A selection apparatus providing user friendly interface for visually impaired people. The selection apparatus may contain a touch screen and a guide structure. The guide structure is disposed along the touch buttons in the touch screen, and contains touch points cor... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7181700 | Method and system for simulating hypetext markup language control components with graphical control components A method and system for web based graphical control components. Specifically, the present invention describes a method of graphically displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) control component within a hypertext markup language (HTML) web page. The present invent... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7131072 | Command input device, command input method, and storage medium The execution process registration unit is a function unit for causing a user to register in advance the information about the process (function) that is assigned to each button, and for storing the information. A command display unit controls an initial screen disp... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130726 | Method and device for visualizing an automotive repair cycle The invention relates to a method for providing image data for visualizing a defective component and/or a repair cycle and/or a maintenance cycle of a road-bound motor vehicle, especially a passenger case or a motorbike. In order to reduce translation costs occurrin... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7117451 | Method and apparatus in a data processing system for list ordering with multiple selection A method, apparatus, and computer implemented instructions for ordering multiple elements within a set of elements in a list in a data processing system. The set of elements are presented in a list format in a graphical user interface. The present invention waits fo... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7091964 | Electronic device with bezel feature for receiving input An electronic device includes a bezel feature, a connector and a processor. The bezel feature is provided on the front panel and interfaces with the processor. The bezel feature includes a circumferential track provided on the front panel and is formed by a contact-... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7093200 | Instance browser for ontology An instance browser including a repository of class and relation definitions, a server for responding to queries relating to class and relation definitions in the repository, and a graphical user interface including icons for representing instances of classes. A met... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7076275 | Method and system for single-step enablement of telephony functionality for a portable computer system A method and apparatus for automatic delivery of a phone call on a device (e.g. a portable computer system) regardless of whether other tasks are running on the operating system. A separate background task (“thread”), independent of the operating system, enables... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7055110 | Common on-screen zone for menu activation and stroke input A common on-screen zone provides two or more methods of activating a command. The user can perform a first action, such as a stroke or gesture within the zone to activate a command according to one method, or can perform a second action, such as clicking or pressing... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7003735 | Calendar desktop graphical user interface (GUI) for computer workstations, personal computers, and personal digital assistants A structure and method for supplying a graphic user interface for a computer. The graphic user interface comprises a schedule having at least one time slot identifying at least one activity and at least one link associated with the activity. The link starts at least... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6981254 | Delay timer for printing from the driver The present invention includes computer programs on computer-readable media that allows for controlling a computer system to perform a delayed operation such as, but not limited to, a print command, an e-mailing distribution, a software installation, a file transfer... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6968245 | Flexible recipe modeling and recipe cluster management system A flexible recipe modeling system and method is provided for improving the processing reliability of a fabrication process by customizing recipes processed by fabrication equipment including associated different chambers of a multi-chamber processing machine by allo... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6959423 | Stateful ad hoc check box selection A method for stateful toggling of check box status, implemented as a software program installed and operating on a computer comprising a computer processor coupled to computer memory. Embodiments of the invention include detecting a touch event on a first check box,... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6925611 | Navigational interface for mobile and wearable computers The navigational interface allows a user to control computer operations and input text into applications running on the computing system with a single input device. The navigational interface operates by receiving selection signals from the input device. The navigat... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6904569 | Link-level browser instance control A method for processing data contains links to information in a data browsing system, thereby providing user control over link activation behavior. As data is received, it is parsed to identify a link. Link-option data is then generated and inserted into the receive... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6883140 | System and method for editing digitally represented still images A method of selecting and editing a plurality of digitally represented still images in a computer environment is provided. The method includes the use of a graphical user interface having a display and a user interface selection device, and includes the steps of ope... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6883145 | Arrow logic system for creating and operating control systems A graphic programming system for associating distinctive arrow appearances to specific transaction(s) that the arrow may convey among and between on-screen objects. The distinctive appearance features include arrow color, arrow style, and double-headed arrows, among... | 04/19/2005 |
| 5276797 | Dynamically extending selection choices An extended selection field for use in selecting one or more choices from a list on an information system display. The extended selection field exhibits the behavior and appearance of a standard single choice field, with the additional capability to switc... | 01/04/1994 |
