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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161386 | Method and apparatus for remote web-based technical support A system provides task-oriented enhancement of a software application that allows for remote, Web-based, technical support. The system observes user-interactive elements in the software application. Based on the observed user-interactive elements, the system generat... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8126895 | Method, apparatus, and computer program product for indexing, synchronizing and searching digital data A system, method and computer program product provide a search module for searching digital data. The search module operates, according to an embodiment, by indexing stored data without interrupting use of the stored data, synchronizing the indexed data with data st... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7904439 | System and methods for constructing personalized context-sensitive portal pages or views by analyzing patterns of users' information access activities The present invention relates to a system and methodology to assist users with data access activities and that includes such activities as routine web browsing and/or data access applications. A coalesced display or montage of aggregated information is provided that... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7877686 | Dynamically displaying current status of tasks The current status of a list of tasks to be performed is dynamically displayed. The tasks may be performed by a user (e.g., data entered by the user, words spoken by the user, actions taken by the user, and so forth) or alternatively by a computer (e.g., the steps i... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7861170 | Graphical user interface for creating content for a voice-user interface In one embodiment, the invention provides a method for creating a voice application, the method being implemented by a computer system and comprising generating a graphical user interface comprising a text-to-topic button; receiving first input identifying a locatio... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7644360 | Patent claims analysis system and method A system and method for facilitating patent grant and patent application claims examination; including the functions of automated importing of patent claims, automated parsing of the claims into their hierarchy, and compression/expansion of the parsed claims to/from... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7634732 | Persona menu Methods and systems provide for aggregating person-centric data from one or more data sources and for providing the aggregated data to a user via a computer-displayed user interface that is keyed on or otherwise associated with an identified name in electronically p... | 12/15/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7373603 | Method and system for providing data reference information Reference information related to data that is copied using computer software is provided. The data can be copied from a first computer application to a memory. Reference information related to the data can also be copied to the memory. The copied data can be pasted ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7363593 | System and method for presenting information organized by hierarchical levels A system and method for presenting information organized by hierarchy levels displays navigation bars related to the hierarchy of nodes from the root node to the one or more sub-nodes having the lowest hierarchy level and hides unrelated sub-nodes, such as siblings ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362922 | Image database apparatus and method of controlling operation of same Ten representative images are extracted from an image database storing images of a number of frames. The extracted representative images are displayed in a coordinate area, along the coordinate axes of which the image characteristics of the images are plotted, in a ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7350147 | System and method for graphically displaying relationships among sets of descriptors A method and system of graphically displaying relationships among a hierarchy of descriptors facilitates an easy-to-read depiction of the relationships. Descriptors are grouped into a first, second, and third set of descriptors. These three sets of descriptors are a... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343303 | Global asset risk management system and methods A method and system for providing a risk assessment are disclosed. The method includes receiving intelligence from at least one intelligence source, and generating a risk assessment report based on the intelligence. ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7334190 | Interactive video tour system editor A computer system, method, and apparatus for editing an interactive image video tour. The system may include a computer including an image editor for providing a visual program interface for editing an interactive image video tour; a database in communication with t... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325204 | Slideout windows An apparatus, method, computer system, and computer program product that provide a slideout window. The slideout window presents content related to original content displayed in a host window when the user clicks on the original content. The related content can be d... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7284208 | System and method for enabling at least one independent data navigation and interaction activity within a document The inventive system and method are directed to novel embodiments of various tools and infrastructures that enable a user of a document viewed on a data processing system using a document handling application, to engage in at least one additional concurrent data nav... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280241 | Print driver user interface A print driver user interface method for printing copies of a document, which includes receiving a number corresponding to the number of copies to be printed from an application, receiving at least one command relating to an operation to be performed on each of the ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7266775 | Method for retrieving information from an information repository A user interface system employed in retrieving information from an information repository used in exchanging data between different electronic data systems includes the following method. A first menu is displayed which supports user selection of a bi-directional com... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7240297 | User assistance system A method and system for providing user assistance in utilizing a computer program is disclosed that provides the capability for combining an active display of the past, current, and future steps in an ongoing process with a series of associated decision panels and f... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7213207 | System and method for accessing registers of a hardware device in a graphical program A system and method for creating a graphical program which accesses registers of a hardware device. In one embodiment, a register access node or primitive may be included in a graphical program, such that when the graphical program is executed on the computer system... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7194685 | Method and apparatus for tracking usage of online help systems One or more embodiments of the invention provide a method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for presenting a help source. A help system is maintained that comprises a single set of one or more help source files. A request is received by the help system to prese... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7143362 | System and method for visualizing and navigating content in a graphical user interface A system and method for visualizing and navigating document content using a condensed representation of a document to provide both a global overview of the distribution of key search terms as well as their immediate context. The invention supports rapid skimming of ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7127527 | Network element terminal data interface system and method A NETWORK ELEMENT TERMINAL DATA INTERFACE (NETDI) system and method incorporating a terminal user interface which permits manipulation of network elements using a hardware-specific control language is disclosed. The present invention teaches automatic generation of ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7127704 | Interactive software engineering tool with support for embedded lexical contexts In response to programmer input of a trigger token, a program editor creates a pair of boundary tokens encapsulating an embedded lexical context and positions an insertion point within the embedded lexical context. The operations on the embedded lexical context are ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7099855 | System and method for electronic communication management A system and method for electronic communication management comprises a universal data model, a modeling engine, and an adaptive knowledge base. The modeling engine includes a natural language processor and a statistical modeler. A communication is translated from i... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7082571 | Map display method, map display device and map display system A map display method, a map display device and a map display system which improve visibility by changing its display mode when a map is to be displayed on the screen. A predetermined map is displayed on the screen, a route is specified on the map displayed on the sc... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7076741 | Point-of-interest icon and point-of-interest mark display method In a point-of-interest (POI) icon display method for displaying a POI icon at a position of a point of interest on a map, when a large number of POI icons are densely displayed, one representative icon is displayed instead of these POI icons. When the representative... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7073121 | Web page thumbnails and user configured complementary information provided from a server A method for presenting content from the page in a distributed database. In a preferred embodiment, a server receives a request from a client for a page from the database wherein the page has a plurality of links to linked pages in the database. The server retrieves... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7069509 | Using introspection for access of class resource bundle information for messages Using introspection for access to class resource bundle information for the display and update of pairs of related graphical user interface (“GUI”) panels. In preferred embodiments, a Java resource bundle is provided with a first array containing pairs of key st... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7039868 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, storage medium, and program A graphical user interface allows a user to easily input a character via a small-sized display screen without having to use a keyboard, wherein first and second page bars are displayed in a page bar display area, and a first and second display windows are displayed ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6990637 | Graphical user interface for 3-dimensional view of a data collection based on an attribute of the data A three-dimensional (3D) view of a data collection based on an attribute is disclosed. A timeline is provided for displaying files and folders. The timeline may include a focal group that displays detailed information about its contents to the user. Remaining items ... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6968505 | Use of conceptual diagrams to support relationships between launchpads and its wizards The present invention provides launch pads on the display of a computer system as interactive interfaces between a user and wizards. The present invention includes: (a) providing a link on a launch pad, where the link is associated with a wizard, where the launch pa... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6948124 | Graphical user interface utilizing three-dimensional scatter plots for visual navigation of pictures in a picture database A novel graphical user interface (GUI) using metadata, generates three-dimensional scatter plots (100, 200, 300, 400) for the efficient and aesthetic navigation and retrieval of pictures in a picture database. The first and second dimensions (102, 104, 202... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6938207 | Method and system for indicating document traversal direction in a hyper linked navigation system A direction indicator for navigating within a web site is installed relative to a link shown on a web page within the web site. The direction indicator is surfaced prior to selection of the link in order to inform the user whether the link will take the user forward... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6920612 | Systems and methods for providing dedicated help services in a graphical user interface-based computer application A method for providing help services in a graphical user interface-based computer application includes providing a first display portion and a second display portion. The first display portion provides standard application services and the second display portion pro... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6918097 | Method and apparatus for displaying literary and linguistic information about words A method for displaying literary and/or linguistic information about a “lookup” word/phrase from an information set is provided. The information set is comprised of one or more node link structures. Each node link structure is comprised of a plurality of related... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6871322 | Method and apparatus for providing user support through an intelligent help agent A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for providing user support. In response to receiving a request of real-time user support from a user, the request is placed in a service queue for processing. Prior actions taken by the user are identified. Access is se... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6691159 | Web-based method and system for providing assistance to computer users The system provides an integrated approach to providing users of the computer system with education, information and computer assisted help on a specific subject, problem or a project. The system further offers flexibility in providing direct human intera... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6091413 | Device setup support system and method and recording medium An HTML file corresponding to the current selected step is displayed by a WWW browser as a display screen 160. A link title 168 represents the preceding step; the link titles are linked with the HTML files corresponding to the preceding steps separately. ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 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 |
