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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8108800 | Calculating cognitive efficiency score for navigational interfaces based on eye tracking data A method and apparatus for computing efficiency score of a page is provided and using the efficiency score to optimize page design. Eye tracking study is performed on a group of subjects where eye fixation data, gaze plot data, and qualitative information data are c... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8095874 | Inputting data on a portable computing device A method for displaying input from a portable computing device on a second computing device is described. Later inputs on the portable computing device are displayed in a scrolling fashion on the second computing device with later input being displayed below previou... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8091045 | System and method for managing lists A computer-implemented method for displaying and managing lists on a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display includes displaying a list of items, detecting a finger contact on a moving-affordance icon, detecting movement of the finger contact on th... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086971 | Apparatus, methods and computer program products providing finger-based and hand-based gesture commands for portable electronic device applications A method includes executing a gesture with a user-manipulated physical object in the vicinity of a device; generating data that is descriptive of the presence of the user-manipulated object when executing the gesture; and interpreting the data as pertaining to at le... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082523 | Portable electronic device with graphical user interface supporting application switching A portable electronic device displays, on a touch screen display, a user interface for a phone application during a phone call. In response to detecting activation of a menu icon or menu button, the UI for the phone application is replaced with a menu of application... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8065603 | Hiding portions of display content A computer-implemented method includes generating code for displaying a two-dimensional media programming schedule grid, receiving a command to compress the grid at a first location along a first dimension, and generating code for displaying the grid with visible gr... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060841 | Method and device for touchless media searching A method and device for media searching based on touchless finger signs (312) and gestures (313) is provided. The device (100) can include a controller element (110) that receives a search string from a touchless sensing device and presen... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8046721 | Unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image A device with a touch-sensitive display may be unlocked via gestures performed on the touch-sensitive display. The device is unlocked if contact with the display corresponds to a predefined gesture for unlocking the device. The device displays one or more unlock ima... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8028251 | Touch screen device and method of selecting files thereon A touch screen device and a method of operation are provided. The device and method allow for scrolling and selection of files from a file list, and for skipping or reversing an execution order of the selected files simply by performing a drag on a touch screen. The... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8020119 | Engine support for parsing correction user interfaces A parsing system provides a parsed document to a user application labeling the document with indication symbols according to a scheme associated with the parsing results. Users are enabled to insert correction indicators such as handwritten gestures, icon selections... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8015508 | Method for executing user command according to spatial movement of user input device and image apparatus thereof A method for executing a user command based on spatial movement of a user input device and an image apparatus having the same are provided. According to the method for executing a user command, a user command which is determined based on the spatial movement of the ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010911 | Command input method using motion recognition device A command input method makes use of a three-dimensional motion recognition device embodied with an inertia system and is particularly directed to extend the total number of inputable commands using initial posture information as well as movement pattern of a motion ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7996792 | Voicemail manager for portable multifunction device A computer-implemented method for management of voicemail messages, performed at a portable electronic device with a touch screen display, includes: displaying a list of voicemail messages; detecting selection by a user of a respective voicemail message in the list;... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7979795 | System and method for inputting syllables of a phonetic script into a computer A practical and natural way of inputting syllables of scripts into a computer. In one example embodiment, This is achieved by selecting a base character from a set of characters using a digitizing tablet [1216]. The selected base character is then modified by... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7979809 | Gestured movement of object to display edge The use of gestures to organize displayed objects on an interactive display. The gesture is used to move the displayed object to the edge of the interactive display so that the displayed object is only partially displayed after being moved. The size of the displayed... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7975243 | System and method for television control using hand gestures Systems and method which allow for control of televisions and other media device are disclosed. A television set is provided with a gesture capture device configured to receive a gesture input directed to at least one of a plurality of predefined areas related to th... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7975242 | Portable multifunction device, method, and graphical user interface for conference calling In some embodiments, a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display performs a method that includes: displaying a phone call user interface on the touch screen display, wherein the phone call user interface includes: a first informational item associate... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7971156 | Controlling resource access based on user gesturing in a 3D captured image stream of the user A computer-implemented method, system, and program product comprises a gesture processing system for capturing a three-dimensional movement of a user, wherein the three-dimensional movement is determined using at least one stereoscopic image device aimed at the user... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7971157 | Predictive determination Systems, methods and computer readable media are disclosed for a gesture recognizer system architecture. A recognizer engine is provided, which receives user motion data and provides that data to a plurality of filters. A filter corresponds to a gesture, that may th... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7966578 | Portable multifunction device, method, and graphical user interface for translating displayed content A computer-implemented method, for use in conjunction with a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display, comprises displaying a portion of page content, including a frame displaying a portion of frame content and also including other content of the pa... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7954054 | Insertion point bungee space tool A computer system and method for providing user feedback when creating, modifying, or editing electronic documents. An insertion point icon is placed in a document at a position for insertion and/or deletion of text, graphics, data, etc. Upon receiving a user input ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7945865 | Information processing system, information processing apparatus, and method A degree of confidence is objectively evaluated without permitting a user's subjective evaluation, and a content to be output is determined based on this evaluation. An information processing system comprising: an input section for receiving an input from a u... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941766 | Method and apparatus for the selection of records An improved method and system for record selection. Specifically, one embodiment of the present invention interprets the “gesture” of swiping the pen, from left to right, across a line-item of a record entry as a command to highlight the line-item and to select ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7925996 | Method and system for providing multiple input connecting user interface A plurality of elements is identified by a user for input to the computing system by at least one of sequential and simultaneous selection of elements presented on a display of a computing system. Based on the elements thus identified, which may include at least one... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7904837 | Information processing apparatus and GUI component display method for performing display operation on document data An information processing apparatus includes an interpretation unit configured to interpret a command written on computerized document data, a creation unit configured to create a graphical user interface (GUI) component used to perform execution of the command inte... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7904810 | System and method for editing a hand-drawn list in ink input A system and method for editing ink objects recognized in ink input is provided. An ink parser may recognize an ink object in ink input and then an ink editing user interface may edit the ink object recognized by the ink parser. The ink parser may include a chart de... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7895537 | Method and apparatus for setting attributes and initiating actions through gestures An apparatus and method is provided for setting attributes and initiating actions associated with list items. An action icon menu is displayed with options for a user to select related to each item in the list. The user may set an item from the list for a selected a... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7890890 | Lasso select A lasso select tool that allows a user to draw a flexible line of selection ink in order to select one or more graphical objects for manipulation. As the user draws this selection line, the lasso select tool continuously redraws and displays a connection line connec... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7886236 | Dynamic feedback for gestures Gesture feedback techniques are discussed that provide prompt feedback to a user concerning the recognition of one or more gestures. The feedback may be employed to confirm to a user that a gesture is being correctly recognized. The feedback may alternately warn a u... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7877706 | Controlling a document based on user behavioral signals detected from a 3D captured image stream A computer-implemented method, system, and program product comprises a behavior processing system for capturing a three-dimensional movement of a user within a particular environment, wherein the three-dimensional movement is determined by using at least one image c... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7877707 | Detecting and interpreting real-world and security gestures on touch and hover sensitive devices “Real-world” gestures such as hand or finger movements/orientations that are generally recognized to mean certain things (e.g., an “OK” hand signal generally indicates an affirmative response) can be interpreted by a touch or hover sensitive device to more e... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7865845 | Chaining objects in a pointer drag path An apparatus and method for a graphical user interface allow performing operations simply by dragging a first object to touch a second object. The selection of the first object places a corresponding first object in a chain of objects. When the selected first object... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7861188 | Electric device control apparatus and methods for making and using same An electrical switch apparatus including a movement sensitive form is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing, a motion sensor and a processing unit, where motion on, near or about the motion sensor is translated into output commands adapted for list scrolling, ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7849421 | Virtual mouse driving apparatus and method using two-handed gestures A virtual mouse driving apparatus and method for processing a variety of gesture commands as equivalent mouse commands based on two-handed gesture information obtained by a video camera are provided. The virtual mouse driving method includes: keeping track of an inp... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7844921 | Interface apparatus and interface method An apparatus for a user to interface with a control object apparatus by a posture or a motion of the user's physical part. An image input unit inputs an image including the user's physical part. A gesture recognition unit recognizes the posture or the motion of the ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7840912 | Multi-touch gesture dictionary A multi-touch gesture dictionary is disclosed herein. The gesture dictionary can include a plurality of entries, each corresponding to a particular chord. The dictionary entries can include a variety of motions associated with the chord and the meanings of gestures ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7831933 | Method and system for implementing a user interface for a device employing written graphical elements A method and system for implementing a user interface for a device through user created graphical elements. The method includes recognizing a graphical element icon created by a user. Once recognized, a function related to the graphical element icon is accessed and ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7831932 | Electric device control apparatus and methods for making and using same An electrical switch apparatus including a movement sensitive form is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing, a motion sensor and a processing unit, where motion on, near or about the motion sensor is translated into output commands adapted for list scrolling, ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7831934 | User-interface features for computers with contact-sensitive displays Embodiments described herein provide for a portable computer with a contact-sensitive display having a user-interface that is configurable through user-contact with the display. An active input area may be provided that is configurable in appearance and functionalit... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7823089 | Manipulating objects displayed on a display screen The present invention is directed toward a system and process that controls a group of networked electronic components using a multimodal integration scheme in which inputs from a speech recognition subsystem, gesture recognition subsystem employing a wireless point... | 10/26/2010 |
