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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7954066 | Interface engine providing a continuous user interface An interface engine provides animated views in a user interface. The interface engine directs the operation of a rendering environment to create an interface in a rendering area. The interface engine includes views, layouts, animators, and constraints. Views identif... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7853892 | Method for displaying a resized window A method for displaying a resized window includes receiving a resizing message, generating a window having a second size according to the resizing message and a window having a first size and located at a position corresponding to a first reference point, and displa... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7844917 | Optimal display of multiple windows within a computer display An apparatus and method for optimally displaying multiple windows on a display is provided. The multiple windows can be sequentially or simultaneously resized and/or repositioned. The method performs at least one of resizing or repositioning operation on at least on... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7818685 | Method for navigating between sections in a display space A computer-implemented method for navigating between sections in a display space is furnished. The sections in the display space are each assigned to a particular location of the display space, and representatives are provided which are each assigned to a particular... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7698653 | Graphical user interface including zoom control box representing image and magnification of displayed image A graphical user interface (GUI) graphically corresponds to an image display window through which a single image or a stream of images or video frames are displayed. The GUI includes a zoom control box having an inner region positioned within an outer region. The si... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7523414 | Method for navigating between sections in a display space A computer-implemented method for navigating between sections in a display space is furnished. The sections in the display space are each assigned to a particular location of the display space, and representatives are provided which are each assigned to a particular... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7443385 | Data processing Data processing apparatus comprises an array of user-operable controls, the controls being adjustable by movement of a user's hand while touching a control; a detector for detecting when a user's hand is touching a control; a display screen for displaying respective... | 10/28/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7415677 | Temporary communication areas 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 at least a first work area. In response to the receipt of a first... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412662 | Method and system for redirection of transformed windows Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are disclosed for redirecting an input to or from an application via a transformed window on a display device while maintaining the transformed window transparent to the application. A window transformation application p... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7400316 | Method and apparatus for dynamically modifying web page display for mobile devices A method of dynamically modifying web page displays used in various mobile devices. The method uses a motion detection mechanism to detect whether the mobile device is moving or in motion and then modifies web page displays sent to the device based upon the sensor r... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7385592 | Graphic user interface for data processing device Graphic User Interface for Data Processing Device A handheld data processing device (82) has a touch-sensitive display screen (84) and interface means for generating a graphic user interface (GUI) on the screen, the GUI having one or more image element... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7366995 | Combination tool that zooms in, zooms out, pans, rotates, draws, or manipulates during a drag After positioning the cursor and pressing-and-holding a mouse button to begin a drag, a user continues to drag the cursor out of and into plural popped up regions. While the cursor is within a region, an associated function effects the displayed graphical informatio... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365758 | System and method for scaling data according to an optimal width for display on a mobile device A system and method is included for scaling blocks of data according to an optimal width to increase usability of the data when scaling the blocks of data to fit a screen on a mobile device. The optimal width provides a minimum width to which the block of data may b... | 04/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7358965 | Tapping to create writing The present invention provides a method and system for tapping to create document structure, such as writing. A tapping gesture received from the user is interpreted by a writing application to indicate that the user is about to write in a certain location on the pa... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7360157 | Aligning content in an electronic document Aligning the contents of document objects on an electronic document page. Organizing a page of document objects so textual content is aligned to natural eye scanning patterns promotes readership and usability. When a user creates a new island of text, the new text c... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356777 | System and method for providing a dynamic user interface for a dense three-dimensional scene A system and method for providing a dynamic user interface for a dense three-dimensional scene is presented. Clusters are placed in a three-dimensional scene arranged proximal to each other such cluster to form a cluster spine. Each cluster includes one or more conc... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355610 | Method and apparatus for expanding image data to create enlarged images for display In a method, a plurality of scale factors and a plurality of sets of pixel replication sequences are provided. A scale factor, a pixel replication sequence, a first pixel of an original image, and a scale offset parameter are selected. The selected first pixel is ma... | 04/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7312803 | Method for producing graphics for overlay on a video source Discloses a method for producing graphical overlay elements on a source video program stream using Microsoft PowerPoint slides as a source of the graphical overlay elements to be overlaid on the source video program stream, including representations of real-time inf... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7313764 | Method and apparatus to accelerate scrolling for buffered windows Methods and apparatuses to accelerate scrolling for buffered windows. In one aspect of the invention, a method to scroll a buffered window on a data processing system includes: determining a second region of a second pixel image of a window in a frame buffer, which ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7302648 | Method and apparatus for resizing buffered windows Methods and apparatuses for resizing buffered windows. In one aspect of the invention, a method to resize a buffered window on a data processing system includes: determining an estimated size for a window which has a first pixel image of a first size buffered in a f... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7296093 | Network processor interface system A heterogeneous and scalable bridge capable of translating a plurality of network protocols is adapted for coupling to a network switch fabric. The bridge uses at least one egress buffer interface and can perform port aggregation and bandwidth matching for various d... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7274382 | Customizable background sizes and controls for changing background size This invention provides systems and methods that allow a user to change the size of a background used with a graphics-based user interface. This enables tailored background sizes based on user preference and allowable conditions, which are particularly useful with d... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7275169 | Graphical view of shutdown process A method of controlling shutdown of processes on equipment powered through a UPS comprises: providing a graphical display system and a graphical pointing device; displaying on the graphical display system a graphic having a time access and a process access; arrangin... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7269797 | Mechanism to organize windows in a graphic application A method and system for organizing windows associated with an application are described. In one embodiment, a user command pertaining to multiple internal windows is received. The multiple internal windows are contained within a first frame controlled by an applicat... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263668 | Display interface to a computer controlled display system with variable comprehensiveness levels of menu items dependent upon size of variable display screen available for menu item display A display interface system for computer controlled displays including a window in a display screen, for the display of visible data; a set of selectable items in the portion of said display screen; an implementation for varying the area of the display screen portion... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259752 | Method and system for editing electronic ink A computer-implemented method and system for erasing and editing an electronic document. A goal for computing devices that support the use of a stylus that can record handwriting strokes and present them in an electronic document is to present electronic ink that be... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7216302 | Method and system for automatically resizing and repositioning windows in response to changes in display Windows in a graphical user interface are automatically repositioned and resized in response to changes in a display configuration. If a window is not capable of being fully displayed within the reconfigured display area, it is constrained to fit the available space... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7216293 | Display control method, program product, and information processing apparatus for controlling objects in a container based on the container's size The present invention provides a technique to improve productivity on a task for redesigning a screen depending on change in a display size of the screen displayed on a display unit. In a computer environment, a display of a screen composed of a container for defini... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7216291 | System and method to display table data residing in columns outside the viewable area of a window A portion of a table is displayed in a window having a viewable area. For at least one row, information from one or more columns outside the viewable area of the window is displayed in a hovering row, which may be displayed below the associated row. Column headers m... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7213229 | Content-based graphical user interface A computer program, computer-readable media and data signal for providing a content-specific graphic user interface each includes a plurality of code segments for rendering a user interface having at least one graphic manipulation icon, said at least one graphic man... | 05/01/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7197719 | Graphical user interface for detail-in-context presentations A method for displaying a region of interest within visual information on a display screen of a computer, the region of interest including a focal region and a base region. The method includes the steps of: providing means for selecting at least one parameter for tr... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197718 | Interactive virtual area browser for selecting and rescaling graphical representations of displayed data A computer implemented graphical user interface and data processing method is provided that facilitates manipulation of objects on a display by directly manipulating a graphic representation of an active area of data. The user can select an active region of a larger... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7194697 | Magnification engine An improved graphics processing system and method are described for magnifying visual output information for printing, display, or other output. A graphics engine transforms display information so as to magnify one or more components or areas of an output image for ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191407 | Method and apparatus for learning computer interface attributes The invention is a method and apparatus for automatically opening files of particular types in a computer application program using certain attributes, such as window size and position, as dictated by user preferences based on the user's previous habits in opening f... | 03/13/2007 |
