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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8127248 | Computer interface having a virtual single-layer mode for viewing overlapping objects A computer-human interface provides a mechanism to manage the available space of a computer display in a manner that facilitates navigation among multiple windows that are overlaid upon one another. The interface includes a user-selectable mode in which the windows ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8091040 | Method and system for displaying a plurality of discrete files in a compound file A method for managing and displaying related information in a graphical user interface includes storing each of a plurality of related datasets in a discrete file. A compound file is stored linking the discrete data files to each other. A common window for the combi... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8091039 | Authoring interface which distributes composited elements about the display Techniques are described for providing a display of visual elements representing various media elements on a composite media presentation, wherein the display may be altered such that the visual elements transition from an overlapping arrangement to an arrangement w... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8060837 | Information processing device and program An information processing device includes: a receiving unit configured to receive an instruction input by a user; a display control unit configured to control a display unit to display a plurality of windows in a display area of the display unit; and a window contro... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8015503 | Part table creating apparatus and part table creating method To solve an overlap between a part table and components automatically and adequately in a drawing using a CAD. In a part table creating method for creating a part table including a plurality of rows of CAD data, an overlap between the part table and other geometric ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7971153 | Weather information display apparatus and program A weather information display apparatus comprising a map information retrieving device, a weather information retrieving device, a display device, a command receiving device, and a display controlling device. Each of weather information sets has a predetermined disp... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7930648 | Expanded stack view A feature for visibly distinguishing multiple containers within an application being edited in an ADE is described. When the user selects to activate the container expansion, the ADE identifies an active target container in the application and then analyzes a contai... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7900139 | Layout control apparatus, layout control method, and layout control program In a case where a link associating a plurality of partial display areas with one another is not set, the partial display areas overlap with one another. There is a fear that appearance is deteriorated. In a case where a link for preventing overlap is set in the part... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7840907 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program thereof The present invention provides an information processing apparatus that can make the user easily search for desired data. By mutually superposing and displaying icons of respective plural files and folders, and carrying out the flipping operation for thus superposed... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7823079 | Computer readable recording medium recorded with graphics editing program, and graphics editing apparatus When an element is interactively arranged in cooperative with an input device and a display device, if at least a part of the arranged element is overlapped with an already arranged element, the relation of the already arranged element is inherited and association i... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7802198 | Centralized control and management system for automobiles In a control and management system for automobiles, a central processor in the system connects traditionally unrelated vehicle subsystems together to realize synergistic functions such as smart driving, automatic parking, etc. A master interface having a display is ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7765488 | System and computer-readable medium for ordering on-screen windows for display A system for ordering on-screen windows for display is disclosed in which an active window partially overlaps an inactive window and hides a portion of the inactive window. The movement of a mouse pointer is monitored to determine its location on the screen. In resp... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7739617 | Computer interface having a virtual single-layer mode for viewing overlapping objects A computer-human interface provides a mechanism to manage the available space of a computer display in a manner that facilitates navigation among multiple windows that are overlaid upon one another. The interface includes a user-selectable mode in which the windows ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7721223 | Application sharing user interface improvements An improved application sharing system and method are described wherein shared window data is treated according to different sets of rules depending upon the fraction of the shared window data that corresponds to the actual shared window. In this manner, occlusions ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7694233 | User interface presentation of information in reconfigured or overlapping containers A graphical user interface provides a display of multiple items of information in a manner such that the user can comprehend the relationship of various items to one another over a wide span. At least some information containers are allocated a reduced amount of are... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7681144 | Prioritized presentation of content A method is provided for determining content to present on a display of a device. The method comprises presenting a first content in a first location in an application window of an application and presenting a second content in a second location in the application w... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7636899 | Multiple application and multiple monitor user interface image format selection system for medical and other applications A screen sharing function enables a main executable application, which typically uses more than one monitor, to switch to single-monitor usage as necessary to allow a user to directly interact with other applications that the main executable application invokes. A s... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7620909 | Interactive image seamer for panoramic images An interactive computer program for seaming a number of images into a panorama. Various parameters which affect how the images are seamed can be changed interactively. Parameters such as position, orientation, focal length, which image will be visible where images o... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7620910 | Image display method and program with usage of numeric keys and cursor keys To improve ease of operation with which a user selects an image when many images are simultaneously displayed on a screen, a frame, which divides many images into 12 areas, is superimposed and displayed on a screen displaying thumbnail exhibition thereon. For exampl... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7607106 | Image display system An image display system is disclosed that enables users to navigate very large digital images quickly and seamlessly. The system is optimized to transmit image data from a disk drive to a display at high data rates. The image data is stored on the disk drive in a fi... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7600191 | Image display method, program, and image display apparatus A table is allocated indexes corresponding to display positions on a monitor screen, respectively, and data indicating an unexposed part at each of the display positions is stored in each index of the table. Focal position information is acquired from Exif header in... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7523389 | Document display device, method, and program product The present invention makes it possible to quickly identify a place where a hyperlink is located in a document being displayed, and to design the document without caring about the indication of the location of the hyperlink. When a control thread is activated, a tra... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7478341 | Apparatus and method for persistent display interface An apparatus and method for maintaining a graphics display window on a display screen that will not be obscured by any other graphics display window. The graphic display apparatus comprises an arbiter, a gatekeeper and an access control table. The arbiter selects fr... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7437678 | Maximizing window display area using window flowing A method, system, and a computer program product that enables a second window opened on a display screen to “flow” into and fill/occupy all available space within the displayable area of the display screen without overlapping a first window occupying less than t... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7409248 | Layer based paint operations A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to conduct a paint operation in a procedural renderer and a reveal paint operation while dynamically selecting multiple layers. For the procedural renderer based paint operation, a schematic view of... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7404147 | System and method for dynamic space management of a display space A method for space management of a workspace provided on a display includes defining a first data structure of full-space rectangles present on the workspace, wherein at least a portion of the full-space rectangles are permitted to overlap. A second data structure o... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7395515 | Method and apparatus for screen object manipulation The present invention comprises a method and apparatus for manipulating screen objects utilizing multiband regions of influence. Positioning a reference point of an object within a particular band invokes a particular functionality or operation related to that band.... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7386807 | System and method for monitoring application response and providing visual treatment A system and method are provided for determining the status of an application and altering the corresponding application window if necessary in order to convey information to the user and improve the user experience. The system and method of the invention allow visu... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7383515 | Previewing next state based on potential action in current state A method, program and system for displaying the consequence of an input in a graphical user interface (GUI) are provided. The invention comprises displaying a GUI including a plurality of interaction control mechanisms (controls) having a selected or a deselected st... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7373592 | Modeless child windows for application programs A computer system that assists the user of computer drawing programs is described. The computer system runs an application that displays modeless windows by first displaying an application window that presents information associated with the application. After the a... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7363589 | System and method for generating invisible notes on a presenter's screen Disclosed is a system and method for electronic-based communication between a plurality of remote users. The system includes a plurality of remote workstations, interconnected via a communication network, so that users may simultaneously view a target file. Further,... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360169 | Web page display system A display system displays web pages from web sites located on data communications networks such as the Internet network. The display system has display controls and a plurality of non-overlapping display areas. Each display area has independent display area controls... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355609 | Computing visible regions for a hierarchical view A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that in an embodiment determines the visible regions of potentially overlapping views and writes the visible regions to an output device. The visible regions may be determined using the visible-above region asso... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353461 | Method and apparatus for selection control The present invention provides a method and apparatus for selection control using a touch screen, wherein first and second intersecting bars (1, 2) are displayed, preferably near the edge, on the screen (3), and the first bar (1) displays contai... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353459 | Legibility of selected content Systems and methods for repositioning selectable content. Content that includes selectable items is displayed on a display device through a user interface. When an item is selected, the item is repositioned and sometimes resized so that the selected item is more eas... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350156 | Audio signal editing apparatus and control method therefor Interlocking flag, indicating whether or not an interlocked display should be made, can be set in association with predetermined editing operators. When any of the operators is operated, a displayed screen on a display is switched over to a screen related to the ope... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343566 | Method and apparatus for displaying a window for a user interface Methods and apparatuses to display windows. In more than one embodiments of the invention, a window is closed automatically (e.g., after a timer expires, or when a condition or criterion is met, or a system input is received) without user input. In some examples, th... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343415 | Display of software notes indicating that content from a content provider site is available for display First program code is executed at a content recipient so as to identify a content provider having posted content of interest to the content recipient. Second program code is executed at the content recipient so as to automatically access the content provider and ini... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337394 | Digital content production system and digital content production program The invention provides a digital content production system which is appropriate for use in preventing a layout intended by a designer from being destroyed and provides freedom in the order of posting information. A content delivery terminal processes a flow object u... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337389 | System and method for annotating an electronic document independently of its content A system, method, and apparatus for annotating an electronic document independently of its content is provided. According to one variation, a tablet and stylus-based computer is programmed with a document browser that permits a user to annotate documents viewed thro... | 02/26/2008 |
