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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8146003 | Efficient text input for game controllers and handheld devices The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates entering a character via an input device. An interface can receive a portion of input data from an input device, wherein the input data is at least one of an analog input from an analog di... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7865834 | Multi-way video conferencing user interface A videoconferencing application includes a user interface that provides multiple participant panels, each of which is displayed with perspective with the panels appearing to be angled with respect to the user interface window. The participant panels display live vid... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7395508 | Method and apparatus for providing an interactive presentation environment An interactive presentation environment for eMeetings or the like that provides participants with more control over what they see and hear. One embodiment of the interactive presentation environment comprises a meeting recorder adapted to create a recording of a liv... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7395509 | Temporal visualizations of collaborative exchanges A user interface (UI), which reflects exchanges in the past and the future between a user and entities. The UI includes a background having a user defined granularity, a plurality of dots, which can represent at least one collaborative exchange of a user and which a... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7386784 | Universal media player A universal media player designed to improve a user's online media experience that is preferably embedded in an Internet browser is disclosed. The universal media player allows a user to navigate between different sources of media without requiring the downloading o... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7233807 | Device and method for displaying data in mobile terminal equipped with camera A device and method for displaying image data and user interface (UI) data in a mobile terminal. A camera outputs captured image data to be displayed and a synchronous signal. The mobile terminal generates UI data. In response to the synchronous signal from the came... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7203693 | Instantly indexed databases for multimedia content analysis and retrieval Techniques for indexing multimedia data substantially concurrently or contemporaneously with its capture to convert a real world event into an accessible database in real time are provided. The present invention introduces a new paradigm of converting a real world e... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7181696 | System and method for performing market research studies on online content A system and method for conducting market research studies on online content utilizing moderator and respondent computers connected over a network. A moderator at the moderator computer directs a plurality of respondents at the respondent computers to view preselect... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7158675 | Interfacing with ink The present invention relates to interfacing with electronic ink. Ink is stored in a data structure that permits later retrieval by applications. The ink includes stroke information and may include property information. Through various programming interfaces, one ma... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7084874 | Virtual reality presentation A real-time virtual presentation method is provided. The method includes capturing motion of a user, capturing audio of the user, transforming the audio of the user into audio of an opposite gender of the user and animating a character with the motion and transforme... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7054660 | Multimedia broadcasting, broadcast services for cell phone and other users and modified SIM card and related means for enabling such broadcast reception Preferred embodiments enable cell phone users to plug in a novel SIM card and receive a multimedia broadcast of their choice, television, celebrity broadcast calls, newspapers, games, video and the like, without initializing with a service provider. Adapters can pro... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7003728 | System for knowledge transfer in a group setting A system for knowledge transfer in a group setting comprises a plurality of participant work areas and a moderator work area. Each of the plurality of participant work areas has at least one corresponding participant input-device, and each of the participant input-d... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7003139 | Method for using facial expression to determine affective information in an imaging system A method for determining affective information for at least one image in an imaging system includes displaying a digital image for viewing by a user; monitoring the facial expression of the user as the user views the digital image; and using the facial expression of... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6985966 | Resynchronizing globally unsynchronized multimedia streams Media streams are provided from a server computer to client computers in a network system. The media streams are monitored and the streams becoming globally unsynchronized is detected. When the streams become unsynchronized, action is taken to resynchronize the stre... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6941344 | Method for managing the simultaneous utilization of diverse real-time collaborative software applications The present invention describes a system 10 and method for managing the simultaneous utilization of diverse real-time collaborative software applications. This method allows linking of multiple computer operators or users in a single collaborative session, in... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6904567 | Portable electronic device updated via broadcast channel A system is provided for transmitting generally static media. The system (10) comprising an electronic device (12) and a digital audio transmitter (14). The electronic device (12) has a CPU (16), a storage medium (18), a dis... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6205716 | Modular video conference enclosure A secure, modular and movable interactive two-way telecollaborative video conferencing and imaging enclosure for conducting business or privileged medical, legal, or other confidential matters in private, being particularly equipped for remote monitoring ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6058430 | Vertical blanking interval encoding of internet addresses for integrated television/internet devices A television and Internet system combine a television receiver and an Internet access subsystem. The system includes a television with the usual subsystems including a tuner, color demodulator and R-G-B video amplifiers, deflection amplifiers and high and... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5857189 | File sharing in a teleconference application A system and method which enables teleconference members to share files during a teleconference. An endpoint including a processor with a memory coupled thereto. The memory stores a teleconferencing application. A file sharing mechanism is associated with... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5634018 | Presentation supporting method and apparatus therefor When presentation is made while displaying presentation information on both of audience-site and presenter-site screens, presenter-site additional information for supporting the progress of presentation is not displayed on the audience-site screen but dis... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5594859 | Graphical user interface for video teleconferencing A video teleconferencing workstation includes a video teleconference session window displayed on the workstation display. The session window includes a video image area for displaying video information associated with the video teleconferencing session, a... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5499335 | Method and system for providing standard resources in different natural languages An operating system includes standard resources in a number of different natural languages. The standard resources are utilized to display window elements in windows. The operating system and application programs run on the operating system may utilize th... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5309555 | Realtime communication of hand drawn images in a multiprogramming window environment An advanced user interface operates in an integrated operating environment which supports realtime handwriting, graphical and image data. The integrated operating environment is capable of running several application programs on a standard stand-alone pro... | 05/03/1994 |
