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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181118 | Personal information device on a mobile computing platform A method and apparatus for integrating a personal information device (PID) on a mobile computer that includes activating a first mode to display data originating with the PID in a first display area of a display. The mobile computer switches to a second mode to disp... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8108793 | Zone-associated objects Zone-associated objects enable easier consumption of electronic media items that are presented to a user on a screen of a computing device. Zone-associated objects enable displaying electronic content on the screen of the computing device, the screen having multiple... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8078987 | Display screen generating apparatus According to an aspect of an embodiment, a display screen having multiple functions is displayed by a computer that processes a screen part for displaying the display screen and for receiving an event from the user. The computer processes a functional part provided ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7840908 | High resolution display of large electronically stored or communicated images with real time roaming A video display system, which enables users to navigate (by panning and zooming) throughout very large digital images. The digital images are stored on a disk drive in a proprietary file format (which is optimized for speed) and then viewed via a VGA connection. The... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7823080 | Information processing apparatus, screen display method, screen display program, and recording medium having screen display program recorded therein In a personal broadcasting system, a user terminal vertically divides a window serving as a main screen into separate elements corresponding to a plurality of functions on a display screen and causes a display unit to display the separate elements side-by-side, the ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7810045 | Configurable user interface system for processing patient medical data A system provides an improved clinician workflow by providing a composite display image supporting documenting clinical actions, reviewing previous actions and other clinical information and automatically indicating impact of changed clinician data on worker task li... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7788595 | Method and system for switching among management system applications A method of switching among management system applications includes displaying data associated with at least a first one of the management system applications using a graphical user interface screen for use with a computerized management system for at least one of p... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7747966 | User interface for providing task management and calendar information An electronic “To-Do” bar is provided in which displayed upcoming tasks, meetings, appointments and the like. The electronic To-Do bar is displayed in a lightweight menu of tasks, meetings and appointments and is displayed persistently in addition to other softw... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7739618 | Information processing apparatus and information processing method An information processing apparatus having an input configured to receive a first operation and a second operation input by a user, a playback unit configured to obtain predetermined data and play back the data based on the operation input by the user from the input... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7703040 | Local search engine user interface A search engine user interface that reduces the need for explicit search rules; dynamically responds as user input is entered to give immediate feedback to a user; is not limited to searching data residing in a single store; and may be used with a plurality of searc... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7689909 | System and method for generating photo collages and photo album pages A system and method that enables a user to efficiently manage graphical information is disclosed. In one embodiment, tools are provided that enable a user to creatively assemble, chronicle and modify photo album pages having a variety of graphical elements. ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7624354 | Efficient workspace management using content groups A system and method for efficiently managing desktop content is presented. A plurality of content groups are defined on a computer system. Upon activating the content management system on the computer, representative views are displayed on an associated display devi... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7584424 | Automated product layout Methods and computer programs for automatically creating a text layout in an electronic design for a product to be printed. A number of defined text elements are available for user text entries. The product layout is based a user-selected image, if any, and on the t... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7549128 | Building macro elements for production automation control A macro element template is replicated to build a macro element library. A macro element is associated with executable instructions for controlling a plurality of production devices to produce a special effect or segment of a media production. One or more automation... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7543241 | GPS receiver and depth sounder unit having an adjustable display screen A navigational device (10) having a display screen (14) that simultaneously displays two different sets of information and that permits an operator to selectively and smoothly adjust the portion of the display screen (14) that is devoted to each... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7478322 | Method and arrangement for displaying hypertext pages The invention relates to a method and arrangement for reading hypertext pages especially on mobile phone display screens. A device is provided with a program which “understands” some basic rules of written language such as punctuation, conjunctives connecting pa... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7444216 | User interface for display of task specific information A graphical user interface is configured to display information related to diagnosis and/or repair of various objects, such as automobiles. The GUI displays relevant reference information, of any type, next to procedure steps of a selected diagnostic or repair proce... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7437671 | Computer system control with user data via interface and sensor with identifier A method and system for enabling user interaction with computer software running in a computer system. The user is provided with an interface surface containing information relating to the computer software and including coded data indicative of at least one interac... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7428709 | Multiple-panel scrolling In a scrollable user interface window including two or more panels, a single scroll bar scrolls all of the panels. Panels move in lock-step with one another at certain times, but not at other times, depending on whether the lock-step scrolling would cause blank area... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7418669 | Method for controlling a window-based user interface and an HMI device for carrying out said method A control of a window-based interactive user interface (210) includes at least two overlapping display and control windows (220, 230). When one display and control window (220) is activated, the other display and control window (230) is a... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7412651 | Computer system interface surface with reference points and sensor with identifier A method and system for enabling user interaction with computer software running in a computer system. A user is provided with an interface surface containing information relating to the computer software and including coded data indicative of an identity of the int... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7362341 | System and method for customizing the visual layout of screen display areas A target acquisition model is used to position the screen display areas. An area is docked by acquiring the screen display area to be docked and dragging a representation of the screen display area towards the desired location. As the mouse pointer enters the bounda... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358974 | Method and system for minimizing an amount of data needed to test data against subarea boundaries in spatially composited digital video A method and system for minimizing an amount of data needed to test data against subarea boundaries in spatially composited digital video. Spatial compositing uses a graphics unit or pipeline to render a portion (subarea) of each overall frame of digital video image... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7302644 | Real time production system and method An integrated, fully automated video production system that provides a video director with total control over all of the video production devices used in producing a show. Such devices include, but are not limited to, cameras, robotic pan/tilt heads, video tape play... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7302650 | Intuitive tools for manipulating objects in a display A method and system for providing a user with user-friendly handles for manipulating graphics and other displayed objects using a pointer. An initial toolset of handles can evolve into a toolset with enhanced functionality. Selecting an object can invoke a first too... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7287233 | Minimization function for a computer user interface Techniques are disclosed for displaying information to a user on a display device of a computer system. In one general aspect, a first view is displayed on the display device, where the first view has a plurality of objects in a first format and a first object contr... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7287232 | Information display system having graphical user interface switchingly controlling information display on display screen Disclosed is an information display system capable of efficiently browsing items of information related by links. When displaying the information obtained by accessing a network, a plurality of display areas are formed, and plural items of information are displayed ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7278109 | System and method for dynamic uploading of user interface generation logic A system and method for generating a user interface by, responsive to end user input, building a text file including data source and formatting logic; instantiating an uploadable skin; binding the text file to the skin; responsive to command from the end user, dynam... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7251693 | System and method for data quality management and control of heterogeneous data sources System and method for data quality management and control of heterogeneous data systems. In a preferred embodiment, the system functions as a resource management tool that simplifies the process of managing data systems. More specifically, the system provides connec... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7210093 | Method, system, and program for displaying pages downloaded from over a network in an application window Disclosed is a system, method, and program for displaying pages in a viewer program on a computer display monitor. The viewer program displays an application window. The viewer program downloads a first and second pages from one of multiple servers over a network an... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7203691 | System and method for retrieving information from a database A method for retrieving information from a database includes identifying a cylinder. The cylinder includes a plurality of data segments. The method also includes retrieving the plurality of data segments from the cylinder during a single retrieval operation. In addi... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7185288 | Operator interface module segmented by function in an automatic clinical analyzer A method for displaying the status of a clinical analyzer on an operator interface in a manner that minimizes the effort required by the operator to access pertinent data. In one aspect the method includes displaying routine and non-routine information about the ope... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178109 | Process/viewer interface A user interface for viewing reference data associated with a conceptual entity and for execution of one or more complex processes for manipulating the data includes a process panel having one or more on-screen objects for the execution of the complex processes and ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7176943 | Intelligent windows bumping method and system A system and method for bumping graphical components between display regions of a graphical computer interface are provided. The present invention bumps a selected graphical component in response to a signal from an input device. Bumping involves locating a destinat... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7168038 | System and method for scaling and repositioning drawings A computer system and method relating to editing an electronic document having both text and drawings is disclosed. Drawings may be rescaled and/or repositioned responsive to a change in line height or font size of text. The resealing may be done in proportion to th... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7165215 | Pane element Subject matter includes an exemplary pane element for use in a web page document to generate a pane consisting of a division of a computer display screen. When a web browser encounters the exemplary pane element, the browser is directed to pane-generating instructio... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7162623 | Method for reading images A method for reading images on a diagnostic workstation, wherein the method comprises the steps: a sequence of images is loaded into the workstation, a Dynamic Display Protocol (DDP) containing a set of rules included in a hanging protocol that automatically determi... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7152210 | Device and method of browsing an image collection A device for browsing an image collection shows a continuously scrolling sequence of representations of images and commands in browsing area. A user can select a representation, which results in the full image being shown in a display area, or in the command being e... | 12/19/2006 |
