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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161414 | Method and system for displaying a cursor on a trading screen A method, system, and computer program products are provided for updating the location of a cursor in a display window on a trading screen when certain events occurs. In a preferred embodiment, as market conditions change, the market information may be rearranged on... | 04/17/2012 |
| 7908570 | Method and system for displaying a cursor on a trading screen A method, system, and computer program products are provided for updating the location of a cursor in a display window on a trading screen when certain events occurs. In a preferred embodiment, as market conditions change, the market information may be rearranged on... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7904835 | Synchronizing keyboard cursor and mouse cursor movements A system and method for moving a mouse cursor along with the keyboard cursor on a display. The method extracts a location of the keyboard cursor on a display, and locates the mouse cursor into the location of keyboard cursor automatically. The method of an embodimen... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7844920 | Modular entertainment system with movable components A system for playing audio content, visual content, or audio-visual content includes a base panel that incorporates loudspeakers, amplifiers, a display/control surface, charging circuitry for any objects placed upon the display surface, and capacitive sensors to dis... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7523418 | Techniques for choosing a position on a display having a cursor Techniques are provided for choosing a position on a display having a cursor. In one aspect, an exemplary method, which can be computer-implemented, includes the steps of automatically moving the cursor in a predetermined during-selection mode in response to a first... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7405733 | Spline drawing in a computer-implemented graphics program A computer-implemented graphics program for drawing a spline. The spline is drawn using a first method in the graphics program. Thereafter, the graphics program seamlessly switches from drawing the spline using the first method to drawing the spline using a second m... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7394453 | Method for scrolling and edge motion on a touchpad A method of using capacitance-sensitive touchpad, wherein the touchpad includes a plurality of zones on a surface thereof, wherein detection of a finger within one of the plurality of zones determines a direction and a speed of scrolling within a window in a graphic... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7395515 | Method and apparatus for screen object manipulation The present invention comprises a method and apparatus for manipulating screen objects utilizing multiband regions of influence. Positioning a reference point of an object within a particular band invokes a particular functionality or operation related to that band.... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7383517 | System and method for acquiring a target with intelligent pointer movement The present invention is generally directed to assisting users to position a pointer on a target. Embodiments of the present invention provide a system, method, and computer-readable medium that guide a pointer toward a target. After the pointer is located on a targ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7372453 | Foot operated computer mouse A computer cursor control system (10) including a foot operated cursor control device (16) connected to a Central Processing Unit (CPU) (12). The cursor (20) is positioned by the operator (18) by depressing a left pedal (24)... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7327347 | Image classifying systems and methods Methods and systems for classifying images, such as photographs, allow a user to incorporate subjective judgments regarding photograph qualities when making classification decisions. A slide-show interface allows a user to classify and advance photographs with a one... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7315638 | Image display system An arbitrary cross section of an object is designated and a depth perpendicular to the designated cross section is designated. A cross-section projected-image data representing a cross-section projected-image obtained by projecting, onto a plane parallel to the desi... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7302649 | Operation method for processing data file In an operation method for processing data file of the present invention, reduced-size images and file icons of small area associated with the reduced-size images are displayed in pairs at predetermined interval between a reduced-size image and a file icon in each p... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7293246 | System and method for aligning objects using non-linear pointer movement The present invention provides a system, method, and computer-readable medium that adjusts pointer movement when an input device causes the pointer to intersect one or more alignment areas. Pointer movement is adjusted in the alignment areas to allow users to easily... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287241 | Snaplines for control object positioning A visual code designer is provided that allows a user to manipulate control objects on a common design surface. Each control object has extensible snaplines that define alignment characteristics for the control. The snaplines are extensible in that a developer can d... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7268829 | Display apparatus A display apparatus including a display to display a picture; a signal processor to format a video signal to be output to the display; and a controller to output a control signal to the signal processor on the basis of a picture display state controlled through a co... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7260789 | Method of real-time incremental zooming a method for navigating a pointer on a graphical user interface (GUI) includes the steps of: scrolling an input device to locate the pointer corresponding to the input device on a point of interest within the GUI, depressing an actuating button associated with the i... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254775 | Touch panel system and method for distinguishing multiple touch inputs Touch panel systems and methods are disclosed that can distinguish temporally overlapping touch inputs from single touch inputs so that valid touch position coordinates can be determined. Touch panel systems and methods of the present invention can distinguish overl... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7240299 | Method for improving usage of a graphic user interface pointing device A two part method for improving the usage of a pointing device by a physically impaired user is disclosed. A first method is provided for learning how a user moves the pointing device by acquiring motion data for a user and generating motion vectors corresponding to... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7231609 | System and method for accessing remote screen content A system and method for facilitating user access to remote content from a current location is presented. The invention monitors for and detects an activation gesture. The activation gesture may include an empty or nonempty selection, the nonempty selection having a ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7193609 | Constraining display motion in display navigation Navigating on a display includes tracking motion of an input tool on a display, comparing a motion of the input tool to a threshold, and changing a position of the visible portion of a page of information on the display if the input tool motion exceeds the threshold... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194702 | System method apparatus and software for minimizing unintended cursor movement A system for minimizing unintended cursor movement in computer display systems, using GUI operating systems or software, that can result from such things as muscle spasms, or rough travel is disclosed. A cursor control device, such as a mouse, is monitored for signa... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7184592 | Information processing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and program for causing a computer to execute such a method An information processing apparatus includes a command region determination part determining a command region based on a stroke formed by an array of points indicated by coordinates input to a predetermined plane and a data transmission part transmitting, to the out... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7148892 | 3D navigation techniques A system and method is provided for facilitating navigation techniques in a three-dimensional virtual environment. The present invention couples input driving techniques to the state of one or more workspace variables (e.g., object state, virtual body state, environ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7073138 | Method and apparatus for cursor positioning in bi-directional text A cursor is moved through regions of text 300 having differing directions to a location visually adjacent to a previous cursor location. The cursor is moved in the direction of requested cursor movement even when moving from text having a first direction to t... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7046232 | Information processing apparatus, method of displaying movement recognizable standby state, method of showing recognizable movement, method of displaying movement recognizing process, and program storage medium The information processing apparatus allows, based on an image obtained by photographing a user by the CCD camera 8, to recognize the movement direction of the user and when generating a command corresponding to the recognized movement direction, to create th... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7042449 | Push-tumble three dimensional navigation system The present invention relates to a system of interactive navigation of a tool relative to three-dimensional volumetric data. The tool may be a camera or a brush and the volume data may be points, curves, iso-surfaces, geometric surfaces or combinations thereof. More... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7016941 | Web-site host consistency administration among inconsistent software-object libraries of remote distributed health-care providers A method of Web-site host consistency administration provides for consistent presentation of data despite presentation on client machines with inconsistent software-object libraries. The host sends screen images which contact the client's onboard DLLs as little as p... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6971071 | System and method for implementing an image ancillary to a cursor A system and method to display an ancillary image which is movable with a cursor image. A cursor image indication is obtained which is indicative of the cursor image. An ancillary image indication is generated based on the cursor image indication. The cursor image a... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6961911 | DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA AS A COMBINATION OF THREE SECTIONAL IMAGES, RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH A COMPUTER READABLE PROGRAM IS SAVED FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD A method and apparatus for displaying three-dimensional CT (Computed Tomography) data as a combination of three sectional images defined by an X-section, a Y-section and a Z-section orthogonalizing each other and the recoding medium saving a program for realizing th... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6954899 | Human-computer interface including haptically controlled interactions The present invention provides a method of human-computer interfacing that provides haptic feedback to control interface interactions such as scrolling or zooming within an application. Haptic feedback in the present method allows the user more intuitive control of ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6938212 | Web collaboration through synchronization The present invention provides a collaboration technique for synchronizing display scrolling and the locations of remote pointers in the windows of web browsers, independent of the types and the setups of the web browsers. An example embodiment of an information pro... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6907574 | System and method of hyperlink navigation between frames A system and method for navigating between hyperlinks and frames on a Web page within a Web browser in a client system in communication with one or more server systems. A plurality of hyperlinks and frames are displayed on a display of a user device via the Web brow... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6889365 | Terminal operation apparatus The terminal operation apparatus of the present invention is used for an electronic conference and the like, in which an operated terminal having a shared screen is remotely operated through a network, the amount of information flowing through the network is adjuste... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6683626 | Focus-based scrolling Scrolling through one or more focusable and/or non-focusable items may be accomplished by: scrolling the display a set number of pixels in said direction if the cursor location is on a non-focusable item and an end border in said direction of said non-foc... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6677928 | Method and system for improved communication between human and computer System for controlling a marker on data screen using a pointer tool, the pointer tool comprising an indication device for tactile feedback to the user for transferring information about the marker's movements on the screen, the indication device for tacti... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6678865 | Method for adding a cell to the side of an existing table in a document A method and system for inserting a table over text, for splitting a cell with text into two or more cells, for converting a bordered paragraph into a table, and for adding cells to a table. A table drawing tool allows a user to insert a table over existi... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6664989 | Methods and apparatus for graphical display interaction The present invention includes systems and methods which overcome the shortcomings of the prior art by providing improved control of cursor commands directed by a user (such as a pilot). Various embodiments of the invention include such user interface cur... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6620206 | White space equalization around features placed on a page A method for the equalization of white space around multiple placements of photographs or other placement items with optional, associated captions on a medium such as a page or a computer screen. The method provides techniques for creating aesthetically p... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6137487 | Method and apparatus for manipulating graphical objects in a data processing system A method and apparatus for providing visual cues for a graphical object displayed in a graphical user interface in a data processing system. The graphical object is displayed in a first state in which the graphical object includes text and a first color. ... | 10/24/2000 |
