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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7818669 | Scrolling facility with fixing mechanism The invention relates to a scrolling facility for moving information (I) shown in a display area (3), with recognition means for identifying higher-ranking elements (1) from the displayed information (T) and fixing means for fixing the position (Fix) o... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7408538 | Enhanced scrolling A scrolling device for a computer may include a touch-sensitive surface, which may be elongated and/or have one or more active regions. Scrolling may be performed in manual as well as automated ways that may result in more accurate and efficient scrolling. Scrolling... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7401298 | Streaming algorithm that populates user information from database based on scrolling activity Displaying requested data from a database includes providing a display containing a scroll bar with a scroll tab therein, determining a total amount of the requested data, sizing the scroll tab in the scroll bar according to the total amount of the requested data an... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7365740 | Scroll wheel device with a thin film type command switch A scroll wheel device with a thin film type command switch mainly replaces conventional optical grating switch during rotation of a wheel for outputting a signal. The thin film type command switch is a flexible circuit board, and is provided with a circuit arrangeme... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7318196 | User interface for presenting media information A user interface and methods for using a user interface for controlling processing of time-based media files. In one exemplary method, a graphical representation of a time line for a time-based media is displayed along with a graphical representation of a current ti... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7159188 | System and method for navigating content in an item A system and a method for a user interface which generates a preview display to aid in the navigation of items of content on a computer. A screen displays an item to a user. Upon receipt of a user input representing a proposed navigational action to be performed wit... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7111240 | User interface for presenting media information A user interface and methods for using a user interface for controlling processing of time-based media files. In one exemplary method, a graphical representation of a time line for a time-based media is displayed along with a graphical representation of a current ti... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7100121 | Franking system user interface A franking machine control panel and its associated method provide users with touch screen displays in which the main screens contain history tabs. When a history tab is pressed, the display reverts to the previous status of the category of interest, and allows the ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7061474 | Automatic scrolling A scrolling device for a computer may include a touch-sensitive surface, which may be elongated and/or have one or more active regions. Scrolling may be performed in manual as well as automated ways that may result in more accurate and efficient scrolling. Scrolling... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6975306 | Automatic scrolling A scrolling device for a computer may include a touch-sensitive surface, which may be elongated and/or have one or more active regions. Scrolling may be performed in manual as well as automated ways that may result in more accurate and efficient scrolling. Scrolling... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6968508 | Rotating user interface A wireless communication handset (100) having a movable bezel input device (230) coupled to a housing portion (220) that rotates in substantially parallel planes. Rotation of the bezel input device in a first direction moves information on a dis... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6700564 | Input device including a wheel assembly for scrolling an image in multiple directions A computer input device having a housing and an engagable scroll wheel. The scroll wheel is rotatable about an axis to preferably cause vertical scrolling of an image on a display. The rotatable member is laterally movable relative to the housing. A senso... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6690365 | Automatic scrolling A scrolling device for a computer may include a touch-sensitive surface, which may be elongated and/or have one or more active regions. Scrolling may be performed in manual as well as automated ways that may result in more accurate and efficient scrolling... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6683627 | Scroll box controls A method and implementing computer system are provided in which a user is able to customize pointer movements on a display screen corresponding to physical mouse movements. In an exemplary embodiment, a menu is presented on a display screen to allow a use... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6662366 | Television receiver The present invention relates to a television receiver capable of receiving at least digital satellite broadcasting such as CS broadcasting. The television receiver according to the present invention comprises first means for displaying a plurality of pro... | 12/09/2003 |
| 5872566 | Graphical user interface method and system that provides an inertial slider within a scroll bar A method and system for use with a graphical user interface having a cursor, scroll bar, and slider provide consistent granularity in scrolling through various differently sized viewable objects displayed within a window of a graphical user interface. The... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5828374 | Method and apparatus for selecting characters along a scroll bar with a slider An object oriented graphic user interface having overlapping windows and an access window having topics, index and look for button functions may be selected by the user. Through the use of the topics, index, or look for functions, a help inquiry is define... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5828370 | Video delivery system and method for displaying indexing slider bar on the subscriber video screen A system and method which displays a graphical icon, such as a slider bar, on a subscriber's television or display unit for indexing to different positions in a video stream in an interactive video delivery system. The interactive video delivery system pr... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5825355 | Method and apparatus for providing a help based window system using multiple access methods The 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 track ball. The CPU is coupled to a hard disk drive for the st... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5739817 | Method and apparatus for displaying position information adjacent to a scroll box A method and apparatus for locating a predetermined position in a computer file. A continuous, static ECG waveform is displayed in rows on a CRT screen. A scroll bar permits a user to use a computer mouse to click and drag the scroll box to display differ... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5734805 | Apparatus and method for controlling navigation in 3-D space An apparatus and method for virtual navigation includes a control which controls the dimensional appearance of a first image on a display. The control comprises a second image associated with the first image and a mechanism for altering the appearance of ... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5623613 | System for displaying programming information A system for retrieving and displaying programming information in response to selection of a category of programming information. Programming information is presented via a schedule display having a category display, a subcategory category display, and a ... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5553225 | Method and apparatus for combining a zoom function in scroll bar sliders The screen display scale is changed in an easy and intuitive manner, without intermediate steps or operations, and without taking up additional screen display area. At least one so-called scroll bar must be displayed on the screen and be functional at any... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5550559 | Method and apparatus for locating a point in a list A method and apparatus for locating a point in a list are provided. The method includes the steps of indexing the list into segments, placing the segments into a viewer on a display, and selecting a desired segment from the viewer to scroll the list to th... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5550969 | Graphical method of indicating the position of and performing an operation on a plurality of selected objects in a computer system A method of indicating the position of multiple selections of objects in a windowed computer user interface. The method includes displaying objects to be selected in a window which includes a scroll bar. When objects in the window are selected, a marker i... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5528259 | Method and system for multi-dimensional scrolling of displayed data collections in a data processing system A method and system are disclosed for permitting multi-dimensional scrolling of overlapping data collections which are displayed in multiple layers or in a simulated three-dimensional manner within a data processing system. A moveable and selectable contr... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526480 | Time domain scroll bar for multimedia presentations in a data processing system A method and system in a data processing system for efficiently managing the selection and/or presentation of a multimedia data set comprised of multiple topics. A display is provided for presenting a multimedia data set. A graphic control mechanism havin... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5491781 | Method and apparatus for displaying a graphic image A selected portion of a graphical image is displayed in a window on a monitor. A scroll box on one side of the window is provided for changing the displayed portion of the image responsive to the movement of the scroll box. The scroll box includes end por... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5488685 | Method and apparatus for providing visual cues in a graphic user interface A user interface includes an object oriented graphic user interface having overlapping windows and provides an access window having topics, index and look for button functions for selection by a user. Through the use of the topics, index or look for funct... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5237648 | Apparatus and method for editing a video recording by selecting and displaying video clips A video editing system comprising a computer system having a mass storage and a display, a video source, such as a video cassette recorder (VCR), camera, or optical disc player, and a video processor/controller linking the computer to the video source. Th... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5122785 | Squeezable control device for computer display system A squeezable cursor control device provides movement of moveable entities displayed on a computerized display. In one application the squeezable cursor control device provides scrolling of window contents as a function of cursor position relative to the w... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5095448 | Data displaying apparatus with novel graphic position and ratio display means A data displaying apparatus including a storing device for storing one or more data, a displaying device for displaying one or more data stored in the storing device on a screen and a processor, wherein the processor calculates a sum of the maximum length... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5073771 | Control method of zooming screen A display device which has a zooming function and is required to display a logical screen larger in size than a physical screen, is operated in the following manner. When an action for indicating a zooming command is taken, a first rectangular frame simil... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5039937 | Method and apparatus for providing compressed and expanded displays on a digital oscilloscope A digital oscilloscope displays two waveforms on the CRT screen, a scroll bar waveform which is an abstracted representation of the full waveform data stored in memory and a generally expanded portion of the full waveform data in the memory. The portion o... | 08/13/1991 |
| 4896291 | Valuator menu for use as a graphical user interface tool The system and method provides a user interface tool for simultaneously selecting a menu item and a value, from a range of values, for the menu item. The user interface tool is referred to as a valuator menu, since it allows both the selection of a value ... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4794386 | Data integrator for video display including windows A computer-controlled video display presents alphanumeric or graphic data to a human user in a fashion selected to provide user control of the data transfer rate and to increase mental concentration, comprehension and creativity. A set of video display re... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4786897 | Display screen control method A display screen control method for a display device capable of supporting a logical screen larger in size than its physical screen is provided. This method enables a desired area to be displayed on the display device by a single operation. According to t... | 11/22/1988 |
