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...that two musicians were responsible for the invention of color print film? Fascinated by photography, Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes worked together to produce an easy-to-use, practical color film. They worked full time as music teachers and gave concerts while experimenting during their off hours in Mannes' kitchen. Their success earned them full-time, well-paying jobs at Kodak and their efforts resulted in Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185814 | Differential dynamic delivery of content according to user expressions of interest More particularly, methods, systems, and computer program products are disclosed for differential dynamic content delivery. Typical embodiments include providing a session document for a presentation, wherein the session document includes a session grammar and a ses... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8161385 | System and method for enabling users to interact in a virtual space The present invention provides a highly scalable architecture for a three-dimensional graphical, multi-user, interactive virtual world system. In a preferred embodiment a plurality of users interact in the three-dimensional, computer-generated graphical space where ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8151189 | Computer-implemented systems and methods for an automated application interface In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for an automated application interface. One or more wizards may be used to receive user input in order to perform one or more software interface operations to manipulate a first set ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8112710 | Providing run book automation via manual and automatic web-based procedures Providing run book and web user interface automation via and manual and automatic web-based procedures. An application engages a teaching mode in a web-based graphical user interface (GUI), wherein a collection of selectable portions of the web-based GUI is accentua... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8103150 | System and method for video editing based on semantic data Systems and methods for video editing are described. At least one embodiment includes a method for editing a video comprising: extracting semantic data from the video, searching the extracted semantic data to identify characteristics that match a pre-defined set of ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8056002 | Image forming apparatus, image forming method, computer program, and computer-readable storage medium An image forming apparatus for performing image forming processing of a structured document after analyzing the structured document into a tree structure including a plurality of element blocks includes a controller and an image forming device. The controller is ada... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8032831 | Computer-implemented workflow replayer system and method Systems and methods for replaying historical workflow information. Workflow information is collected while tasks and documents are being processed. The collected workflow information is stored in a database so that at a later point in time, the historical workflow i... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8001468 | Method and system for accelerating test automation of software applications Disclosed is a method and system for capturing a user action on a user interface and fetching user interface elements in the user interface into a first list and operations of the user interface elements into a second list. A test case for the user action is created... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7987423 | Personalized slide show generation A personalized slide show generation system is comprised of a script generator and a personalized slide show generation engine. The script generator is configured for employing a user interaction associated with an image to generate an interaction script. The person... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7934158 | Graphical user interface (GUI) script generation and documentation There is disclosed a method and system for generating documentation for a graphical user interface (GUI) usage scenario. There is also disclosed a method and system for assembling a GUI script from a plurality of pre-scripted parts. In an embodiment, shadow objects ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930329 | System, method and medium browsing media content using meta data A system, method and medium for browsing media content using meta data, in which media content stored in the system is efficiently browsed using meta data of media content currently in use and media content related meta data. The system includes a media reproducing ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7870487 | Inserting into a document a screen image of a computer software application Inserting into a document at least one screen image of a computer software application including inserting a macro at a location in the document for the screen image, the macro including instructions for navigating the computer software application to the screen ima... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7861169 | Multimedia print driver dialog interfaces The system of the present invention includes a media-printing interface that allows users to interact with a multimedia transformation process and format multimedia data to generate a representation of multimedia data. The present invention provides a user interface... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7827486 | Evaluation of visual content usage A method may include determining a plurality of sets of interaction events, each set of interaction events associated with a use of a user interface. Determining common interaction events among the sets. Determining a common interaction path including an ordered seq... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7805675 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for recreating events occurring within a web application A method, system, and computer program product for re-creating events occurring within a Web application is provided. The method includes receiving a request to perform an action from a client system accessing the Web application over a network. The method also incl... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7694223 | Methods and systems for recording user actions in computer programs A method for recording a sequence of user actions made when interfacing with objects associated with an executable code is provided. In this method, a selection of a level of detail to record when user actions enable interfacing with the objects associated with the ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7665019 | Method for recording and replaying operations in a computer environment using initial conditions A method for recording and replaying operations in a computer environment utilizes initial conditions of the computer environment at the start of a recording to configure a replay computer environment during replay. The initial conditions of the computer environment... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7627821 | Recording/playback tools for UI-based applications Techniques and tools are described for recording input from user actions in a user interface (UI) and replicating the UI activity on a computing device. When recording and replicating UI activity, these techniques and tools improve the readability of the recorded in... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7574654 | Application unit monitoring and reporting system and method A system for monitoring a user's usage of a target application. Such a target application can, as examples, be a software program running on a computer or a workstation, an image forming device, an appliance, etc. The target application includes a user interface wit... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7500190 | Visual feedback to illustrate effects of editing operations Techniques for providing visual feedback to illustrate the effects of editing operations are provided. This visual feedback may be provided in the form of an animated image that visually represents the pre-operation data gradually “morphing” into the data as aff... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7500191 | Systems and methods for using media upon insertion into a data processing system Methods and apparatuses for operating with writeable media. In one aspect of the invention, an exemplary method includes inserting a writeable media into a drive system which is coupled to a data processing system, instructing the data processing system to write or ... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7493558 | System and method for enabling users to interact in a virtual space The present invention provides a highly scalable architecture for a three-dimensional graphical, multi-user, interactive virtual world system. In a preferred embodiment a plurality of users interact in the three-dimensional, computer-generated graphical space where ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7461342 | Graphical user interface (GUI) script generation and documentation There is disclosed a method for generating documentation for a GUI usage scenario. There is also disclosed a method for assembling a GUI script from a plurality of pre-scripted parts. In an embodiment, shadow objects are created to listen to and report activities of... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7437715 | System and method for generating a set of robot commands based on user entry events in a user interface A system for generating a set of robot commands uses user entry events in a user interface. Such a system may include an event queue to which the events are sent from the user interface and a RobotCreator tool for receiving the events as those events are submitted t... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7424715 | Method and system for presenting events associated with recorded data exchanged between a server and a user Events associated with recorded data exchanged between at least one user and at least one server are presented to a user. A set of events associated with the recorded data is defined, and each event within the set is represented by an event identifier, e.g., a time ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424718 | Method and system for presenting events associated with recorded data exchanged between a server and a user Events associated with recorded data exchanged between at least one user and at least one server are presented to a user. A set of events associated with the recorded data is defined, and each event within the set is represented by an event identifier, e.g., a time ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421654 | Method, system, software, and signal for automatic generation of macro commands A method, signal, system, software, and user interface for selecting command sequences and saving the sequences as a macro. The invention includes sourcing input devices and graphical user interfaces for both input commands and referencing macro elements. Macro elem... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7410475 | Graphical user interface for automated dialysis system A method, system and apparatus for performing peritoneal dialysis are provided. To this end, in part, a dialysis system is provided. The dialysis system includes a display device and a web browser and web server embedded in the dialysis system. The browser and the s... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7398469 | Automated test system for testing an application running in a windows-based environment and related methods Methods and systems disclosed herein can be used for testing an application's rendering of output to individual controls of a Graphical User Interface (GUI), displayed on a target device executing the application. A system according to the present invention includes... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7386794 | Apparatus and method for performing the management of operation history A detecting section 21 detects a conceptual meaning of a respective operation performed upon the execution of a plurality of application programs 11, 12, . . . The result of each detection is stored as respective operation history information in a hist... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7376896 | System for recording world wide web browsing sessions navigation on a real-time basis and for subsequently displaying the recorded sessions as surrogate browsing sessions with user enabled real-time modification An implementation for the generation of a surrogate Web browsing session at a Web receiving display station by a user who does the basic browsing or searching for a principal user, e.g. the physically limited individual or the executive/professional ordering the bro... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373604 | Automatically scalable presentation of video demonstration content A system and method are disclosed for creating an electronic demonstration. The method includes capturing video of a demonstrated process that includes a plurality of steps. Each of the steps are analyzed to determine if the steps may be represented by a single fram... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370289 | Method and apparatus for notification on an electronic handheld device using an attention manager A method and system for notification in a palm-sized computer system. Specifically, the present invention discloses an Attention Manager that manages application demand for a user's attention. The Attention Manager receives multiple attention requests from varying a... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7360159 | System for creating media presentations of computer software application programs A system for producing presentations of computer application programs that also allows the inclusion of advertising, or other information, into a presentation and which can be updated by a central ad server. When the presentation is viewed offline, default ads are k... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7349578 | System and method for editing digital images A system and method for editing digital images are described. The system for editing digital images forms an image template containing a selected record of one or more image editing operations performed on a first image to obtain a first edited image. The image temp... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349946 | Information processing system The system includes a computer for transmitting news information and a computer communicably connected to the computer for receiving the news information. The computer outputs the content of the news information as voice in an order predetermined based upon the cont... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7324983 | Reproducible selection of members in a hierarchy A method for selecting members in a hierarchy includes determining a sequence of one or more actions associated with a member selection tree. The actions collectively selecting one or more members from a hierarchy of members. The hierarchy of members is associated w... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7313808 | Browsing continuous multimedia content A program distribution system includes a plurality of set-top boxes that receive broadcast programming and segmentation data from content and information providers. The segmentation information indicates portions of programs that are to be included in skimmed or con... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7290211 | Method and system for reconfiguring a selection system based on layers of categories descriptive of recordable events A method and system for selection of recordable events from among a set of recordable events, based on categories and sub-categories, that cumulatively describe a substantial portion of the entire set of recordable events. After receiving a first set of categories, ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7287223 | System for editing and aligning captured events and data to a common time base to create customer service engagement multimedia document When a hardware or software problem reoccurs, a customer is rarely able to remember and repeat the process that was performed by a customer service representative to correct the problem the first time. By capturing desktop events and/or one or more other available d... | 10/23/2007 |
