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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8065629 | Displaying icon layouts in different resolutions A method for displaying icons layouts in different resolutions where data representing a layout is preserved for a particular resolution and is later used to display another layout at the same resolution. The data indicates positions of icons in the layout, contains... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7904828 | Computer system with graphical user interface including drawer-like windows A window management mechanism allows a user to open a window as a drawer or, perhaps more appropriately named, a pop-up window. The drawer is an opened window that a user has dragged down to a drawer region at the bottom of the screen such that only the title bar or... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7487443 | Portal page view layout based on weights Techniques are disclosed for controlling where dynamically-added content will be positioned within the layout of a content aggregation view (e.g., for controlling where content that is created by a portlet will be rendered within a portal page). In preferred embodim... | 02/03/2009 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7415676 | Visual field changing method In an image display system for changing a display of image data based on a visual field changing instruction, one or a plurality of visual field changing start region associated with a visual field changing operation, which defines display update processing contents... | 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 |
| 7386810 | Information processing apparatus and method, and information processing program To improve the convenience in picture processing of a target picture, a filtering unit (102) and patterning unit (103) are supplied with information on a target one selected by a touch pad (6) from a plurality of pictures to minify to thumbnail ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7366979 | Method and apparatus for annotating a document An apparatus for annotating a document is presented. The invention allows the addition of verbal annotations to a digital document such as a movie script, book, or any other type of document. In an embodiment, the invention the stores audio comments in data storage ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362331 | Time-based, non-constant translation of user interface objects between states The present invention relates to a method for moving objects within the graphical user interface (GUI) of an operating system in a manner that provides a transitional effect between window states, which is pleasing to the user. This transitional effect includes chan... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7296243 | Animating display motion Navigating on a display includes providing a navigation control operable to change a viewable portion of a page of information on a display from a first view to a second view. In response to operation of the navigation control, the display is animated to create an a... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293246 | System and method for aligning objects using non-linear pointer movement The present invention provides a system, method, and computer-readable medium that adjusts pointer movement when an input device causes the pointer to intersect one or more alignment areas. Pointer movement is adjusted in the alignment areas to allow users to easily... | 11/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7251788 | Simulated speed-of-light delay for recreational benefit applications Recreations which simulate space travel with space communication simulate the communication delays that would inhere at space distances. Recreation-related communications are passed through a store-and-forward server in which they are stored before forwarding for a ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7185278 | Separating and moving document objects using the movement of a wiper bar A tool is provided for managing the available space in an electronic document. The tool can be used to move document objects and/or expand the boundaries or margins of a page to enable the addition or expansion of one or more document objects. The tool also can be u... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7181699 | Dynamic resizing of dialogs A method and system is provided for dynamically resizing dialogs of a computer software application while the application is running. Dialog windows may be resized by user action, such as by hooking on to one side or to a corner of the dialog window and dragging the... | 02/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7159189 | Method and system for controlling cascaded windows on a GUI desktop on a computer The present invention provides a method and system of maintaining and controlling the ordering and placement for display of individual GUI windows into groups or “decks” similar to a deck of playing cards on a desktop area of a computer display. The decks compri... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7117452 | System and method for customizing workspace A system, method, and computer readable medium creating a custom frameset within at least one non-based computer application. The system enables a user to customize a view containing a plurality of documents in frames, the documents may include web documents and non... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7111044 | Method and system for displaying group chat sessions on wireless mobile terminals A system and method for presenting chat group sessions at wireless mobile terminals is disclosed. The system includes plural wireless mobile terminals, each having a display screen. Each mobile terminal is capable of displaying a chat conversation that is updated in... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7093196 | Method and apparatus for aligning items relatively within an electronic document A method and apparatus allowing items to be relatively positioned within an electronic document is disclosed. By positioning the items relative to each other, as opposed to absolutely with respect to the page, this allows for a greater versatility in the page layout... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7069003 | Method and apparatus for automatically updating a mobile web log (blog) to reflect mobile terminal activity A mobile terminal includes a memory storing application software and data that is descriptive of the use of the mobile terminal, a display and a controller that is coupled to the memory. The controller is responsive to the application software and to at least a sub-... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7065713 | Apparatus and method for keeping aggregated portions of multiple web sites simultaneously displayed and updated An apparatus and method for creating and automatically refreshing a composite web page. The present invention is a method, implementable in computer software, for selecting areas of interest from a plurality of web pages. The user creates a boundary around the areas... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7043695 | Object positioning and display in virtual environments A virtual environment for user interaction, and virtual objects for use therein, the virtual objects having an internal co-ordinate system with natural language definition to allow simplified inter-object relationships. The internal co-ordinate system is used to def... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036089 | Distribution of application windows in a computing device display A method for distributing windows in a computing device desktop, comprises opening at least one window in the computing device desktop. The method continues with distributing the at least one window in response to a control input such that at least one window is res... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7028265 | Window display system and method for a computer system An example window display device on a window-system type computer system displays a main window and a sub-window. The window display device includes a sub-window moving mechanism for moving the sub-window in accordance with movement of the main window so that the su... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6954906 | Image display processing apparatus that automatically changes position of sub-window relative to main window depending on distance at watch sub window is commanded to be displayed To display a window for displaying auxiliary information near a window for displaying main information. When a drag operation is performed to move a multiuser window to a predetermined position and display there, if the distance of the multiuser window to the main w... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6915490 | Method for dragging and dropping between multiple layered windows Methods for manipulating a plurality of layered windows on a display are described. Specifically, the manipulation of layered windows includes moving a pointer to a visible portion of a partially hidden window and holding the pointer at the visible portion for a pre... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6683628 | Human interactive type display system A human interactive type dynamic display system including an electronic whiteboard, a pen-like member for marking a point on the whiteboard, and a computer for controlling an image displayed on the whiteboard. On the whiteboard, there is defined an operat... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6661436 | Method for providing window snap control for a split screen computer program GUI A method for window snap control for a split screen computer program GUI is provided. In the method, an area between a first and second display windows of a computer program is selected. The selected area activates a snap function of the computer program.... | 12/09/2003 |
| 5621435 | Computer user interface for non-dominant hand assisted control A computer terminal user interface control is provided for allowing input from an operators non-dominant hand. Force sensitive transducers are provided at right angles to one another. Forces applied to these transducers move a tool set to various sub-port... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5581670 | User interface having movable sheet with click-through tools A user interface technique operates in the environment of a processor-controlled machine for executing a program that operates on a set of underlying data and displays a visible representation thereof. The system generates a visual depiction of a movable ... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5544300 | User interface for dynamically converting between a single top level window and multiple top level windows A central processing (CPU) is coupled both to a display that displays graphic and other data and to a pointer control device that permits a user to selectively position a pointer at a desired location on the display, and to signal the CPU of user selectio... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5497454 | System for presenting alternate views of a computer window environment A system for presenting an alternate view of computer windows on a display device. Upon selection by a user, the system presents the alternate view, which may include a top, side, or bottom view of the windows. These alternate views are indicators, such a... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5289574 | Multiple virtual screens on an "X windows" terminal A system providing multiple virtual screens that are associated with one or more display elements in a server within an "X Window" system environment. Only the server within this environment has knowledge that the multiple virtual screens are not multiple... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5283863 | Process for effecting an array move instruction, a graphics computer system, a display system, a graphics processor and graphics display system A graphics data processor which includes the capability of determining whether a defined pixel location in a graphics display is within a window in an X Y coordinate system. The respective X and Y coordinates of the selected pixel are separately compared ... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5249296 | Information processing apparatus for controlling window positions An information processing apparatus for controlling window positions comprising a pen for inputting coordinate information, a tablet for generating coordinate data based on coordinate information input by the pen onto the tablet, a display placed under th... | 09/28/1993 |
