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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7249321 | System and method for selection of a voice user interface dialogue A communication system includes a criteria matrix for calculating a dialogue score in response to a request for a dialogue model from a dialogue node within a communication action. The criteria matrix also incorporates a dialogue selection table for selecting an app... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7159174 | Data preparation for media browsing A system is described which includes a content retriever to retrieve and format data and a media file playlist generated by the content retriever from the data. The media file playlist includes a playlist entry title identifying a title for a media file, a filename ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7103841 | Method and arrangement for providing an expanded desktop The invention relates to a method and arrangement for expanding a desktop. Especially the invention relates to a method and arrangement for expanding a desktop virtually. The objects of the invention are fulfilled by relating an audible sound to the application, win... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7080323 | Dynamic and adaptable system and method for selecting a user interface dialogue model A communication system includes a selection module for selecting appropriate user interface types for nodes within a task. The selection module interacts with a selection criteria library and a user interface dialogue model library to determine an appropriate user i... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6862713 | Interactive process for recognition and evaluation of a partial search query and display of interactive results A method for presenting to an end-user the intermediate matching search results of a keyword search in an index list of information. The method comprising the steps of: coupling to a search engine a graphical user interface for accepting keyword search terms for sea... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6245014 | Fitness for duty testing device and method A fitness for duty (FFD) testing device and method for determining fitness for duty using a testing unit that is held in two hands by a human test subject. Two handles are provided for holding the unit which includes a video screen with an image of a movi... | 06/12/2001 |
| 5559301 | Touchscreen interface having pop-up variable adjustment displays for controllers and audio processing systems A touchscreen interface for a sound processing system, such as music synthesizers, which has a display panel and a touch sensitive panel overlying the display panel, includes an icon which represents an adjustable parameter used by the processing system. ... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5557724 | User interface, method, and apparatus selecting and playing channels having video, audio, and/or text streams A user interface is displayed on a computer system capable of processing one or more data streams. The user interface has one or more displayed representations, where each of the displayed representations corresponds to one of the data streams. A user of ... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5488686 | Data processing system A data processing system which defines a plurality of logical workspaces for performing tasks in response to operations performed by a system user and provides communication between two or more of the workspaces. When a user in a first workspace selects a... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5303388 | Method to display and rotate a three-dimensional icon with multiple faces A manipulable icon is displayed with multiple faces having particular application to computer displays and systems. The icon, which represents information about an object available within the computer, can be manipulated by the user to display different f... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5287102 | Method and system for enabling a blind computer user to locate icons in a graphical user interface Disclosed is a computer audio interface adapted to enable blind or visually impaired users to locate icons positioned in rows in the background of a graphical user interface. Whenever the pointer of the interface is positioned on the background, the syste... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5252951 | Graphical user interface with gesture recognition in a multiapplication environment An advanced user interface for use with a computer system operating on an integrated operating environment. The integrated operating environment allows a plurality of application programs to be running simultaneously, one of which is designated the active... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5247433 | Man-machine system A man-machine system connected to a plant has a storage device for storing data of an ideal operator model and recognizing section for inputting voice information generated by the operator and information about the operator's line of sight. When informati... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5241671 | Multimedia search system using a plurality of entry path means which indicate interrelatedness of information A database search system that retrieves multimedia information in a flexible, user friendly system. The search system uses a multimedia database consisting of text, picture, audio and animated data. That database is searched through multiple graphical and... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5223828 | Method and system for enabling a blind computer user to handle message boxes in a graphical user interface Disclosed is a system and method that enables blind or visually impaired computer users to handle message boxes in a graphical user interface. When a message box first appears, the textual content of the box is announced audibly and an audible homing sign... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5212733 | Sound mixing device A system for interactively controlling multiple parameters affecting an audio output, the system employing a controller with a visual display (e.g., a cathode ray tube) for displaying an icon that is a visual representation of an input sound signal in a m... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5208745 | Multimedia interface and method for computer system A multimedia interface presents information and receives user commands and data for a computer system. The multimedia interface operates in parallel with another application software module, such as an expert system. To add multimedia features to the appl... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5204969 | Sound editing system using visually displayed control line for altering specified characteristic of adjacent segment of stored waveform A hardware and software system and method for a personal computer such as the Macintosh allows recording, editing, and playback of sound. The system includes a sound editor which displays sound waveforms, and permits the user to mix together several simul... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5201034 | Interactive intelligent interface An interactive intelligent interface in a system which performs an interactive processing making the system recognize the capacity of a user of the system. The system has a function of providing a processing method conformable to the recognized capacity o... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5121470 | Automated interactive record system An automated interactive record system for automatically indexing a set of data obtained from a number of internal and external input sources. A set of data is organized along at least one indexing dimension. Specific data events are identified from the s... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5042006 | Method of and circuit arrangement for guiding a user of a communication or data terminal Visual and/or audible user prompts are adaptively provided to different users of a public video phone terminal (or other data or communication terminal) on the basis of user data which is determined during a predetermined sequence of user actions and comp... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4931950 | Multimedia interface and method for computer system A multimedia interface presents information and receives user commands for a computer system. The multimedia interface operates in parallel with another application software module, such as an expert system. To add multimedia features to the application s... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4858152 | Operator access to monitoring applications Information from multiple CICS host applications is gathered and the information is displayed on a single display screen. The information includes graphics, reports, and monitoring information. The display screens that the user is presented with are in a ... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4569026 | TV Movies that talk back A video entertainment system by which human viewers conduct simulated voice conversations with screen actors or cartoon characters in a branching story game shown on a television screen. The actors and cartoon characters reply responsively with lip-sync s... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4445187 | Video games with voice dialog A video game system by which human viewers conduct simulated voice conversations with game characters or cartoon characters in a branching story game shown on a television screen. The characters and cartoons reply responsively with lip-sync sound to words... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4422105 | Interactive system and method for the control of video playback devices The invention provides an interactive system and method for the control of video playback devices such as video tape recorders. The system allows user interaction with a prerecorded program which includes live video displays and alphanumeric displays. The... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4333152 | TV Movies that talk back A video entertainment system by which human viewers conduct simulated voice conversations with screen actors or cartoon characters in a prerecorded branching movie shown on a television screen. The actors and cartoons reply responsively with lip-sync soun... | 06/01/1982 |
