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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8156445 | Controlled interaction with heterogeneous data A two-dimensional canvas onto which heterogenic objects of various types may be arranged side-by-side. Each type of object has an associated set of control(s), the control(s) at least partially differing from one type to the next. The two-dimensional canvas is fixed... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8145995 | Scalable display of internet content on mobile devices Mobile devices enabled to support resolution-independent scalable display of Internet (Web) content to allow Web pages to be scaled (zoomed) and panned for better viewing on smaller screen sizes. The mobile devices employ software-based processing of original Web co... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8078988 | Information display system, apparatus and method of displaying electronic information according to schedule information A technology for displaying managed image information is disclosed. A schedule information item is acquired, a document is acquired as an image information item in an electronic format, the image information item and the schedule information item are registered in a... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078989 | Internet access GUI for mobile devices An apparatus and system for transforming a web page for display on a mobile device is described. In one embodiment, a graphical representation of a document object model associated with a URL is displayed. Selections of at least one element of the document object mo... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8074182 | Work procedure display method and system, production process management method and system, and computer program of the same A work procedure display method of displaying a work procedure on a work object by a computer displaying a moving image, the method comprising: (a) displaying an entire image of the work object so that start of work is recognizable by a worker; (b) increasing displa... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7984386 | Print page user interface Print page user interface is described, including receiving a request to open a printing interface, the printing interface being substantially transparent such that content positioned underneath the printing interface is visible, determining a print area, the print ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7949954 | Dynamic functionality based on window characteristics A system and method are described for changing window's functionality upon detecting resizing events. According to one example method, a plurality of size thresholds is defined that are associated with a plurality of functional states for a window. Upon detecting th... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7877703 | Intelligent rendering of information in a limited display environment Methods for the intelligent rendering of information in a limited display environment are provided. Display environments, especially in mobile devices, are limited with regard to physical space and technical capability. The present invention provides for the scaling... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7861166 | Resizing document pages to fit available hardware screens An electronic book having various features for manipulating text or other information. The subscriber may highlight, cut and paste, copy and paste, and annotate information within an electronic book. A multiple page view feature permits the subscriber to simultaneou... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7831926 | Scalable display of internet content on mobile devices Mobile devices enabled to support resolution-independent scalable display of Internet (Web) content to allow Web pages to be scaled (zoomed) and panned for better viewing on smaller screen sizes. The mobile devices employ software-based processing of original Web co... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7831925 | Method for content-sensitive resizing of display A method of displaying data on a display screen is provided wherein first and second display zones are provided on the display screen. The display zones are sized so that, in combination, they substantially occupy a predetermined display area of the display screen w... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7788596 | Image distribution system and client terminal and control method thereof When a viewer resizes an image window while displaying image data distributed from a server on the image window of a client terminal, the client terminal notifies the server of the size of the image window after resizing. The server resizes the image data so that an... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7730418 | Size to content windows for computer graphics Described is a method and system by which a computer program window is sized based on the content to display. The window may automatically resize itself as content changes. When laying out an element tree of elements that contain the content, the elements provide de... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7590947 | Intelligent automatic window sizing A system and method is described that attempts to increase the presentation of information in dynamic information objects arranged on a graphical user interface (GUI) designed for a specific display size and resolution. When such a GUI application window is displaye... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7552398 | Systems and methods for semantically zooming information Techniques are presented to semantically zoom information to fit within a bounded display space. A bounded display space optionally constrained by size or shape is determined. Semantically coherent portions of information to be displayed within the bounded space are... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7493570 | User interface options of a data lineage tool Provided are techniques for viewing data lineage of objects. A data lineage view that includes at least one data lineage path is displayed. The data lineage view is generated by a data lineage tool that tracks an original object through processes that touched that o... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7461352 | Voice activated system and methods to enable a computer user working in a first graphical application window to display and control on-screen help, internet, and other information content in a second graphical application window This invention provides systems and methods for displaying and controlling the content of a second graphical application window while in a first graphical application window in a windowed computing environment having a voice recognition engine. The present invention... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7451405 | Method for requesting and viewing a zoomed area of detail from an image attachment on a mobile communication device A process is set forth for viewing an enlarged area of an image. The image is stored on a server and re-sized for viewing on a mobile communication device based on screen size and colour display capabilities of the device. The image is enlarged within the server by ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7434174 | Method and system for zooming in and out of paginated content A method and system for changing the zoom applied to a document. A request is received to change the zoom of a document displayed in a viewing area. A focal point is determined based on whether an insertion point or active selection is currently displayed in the vie... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7425958 | Perspective editing tools for 2-D images Methods and apparatus, including computer systems and program products, to provide an image editing application including a perspective editing tool for performing edits in regions of an image having perspective. The perspective editing tool enables the user to iden... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7406663 | Graphical input device with dynamic field width adjustment for input of variable data via a browser-based display A graphical input device having the appearance of a drop-down menu in a browser-based display is generated locally, within a user's computer, in place of a pull-down menu expressed in a mark-up language such as HTML or its derivatives downloaded into the user's comp... | 07/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7398478 | Controlled non-proportional scaling display An adjustment is made to the size of an original graphic data object in a substantially rectangular original screen to obtain a target graphic data object on a substantially rectangular target screen having a different aspect ratio than that of the original screen. ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7386790 | Image processing apparatus, server apparatus, image processing method and memory medium An image processing apparatus is disclosed which processes a document described in a structured description language to generate an image. The apparatus analyzes the document and recognizes the size of a font contained in the document. The user is allowed to enter a... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7373593 | Apparatus and method for automatically setting constraints within a document layout A user can efficiently perform a setting operation in an automatic layout system. An information processing apparatus having an automatic layout function includes a function for, in editing containers, measuring a distance between a first container placed on the doc... | 05/13/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7360156 | Method and system for performing actions on content in a region within a free form two-dimensional workspace A method and system are provided for performing actions on content in a region within a free form two-dimensional workspace. In a computer software application, a region is defined within the workspace, an action is associated with the region, content is received wi... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358960 | System and method for displaying two-dimensional data on small screen devices An invention is provided for displaying two-dimensional data on small screen devices. The invention includes providing a first data set display section on a screen, which is capable of presenting a list of entries in a first data set. In addition, a second data set ... | 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 |
| 7352864 | Display device A display device comprises a nonvolatile memory for storing an amount of adjustment obtained in a blanking adjustment most recently performed for a particular video signal, means for judging whether or not the particular video signal is inputted, means for masking a... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350155 | Resizing internet document for display on television screen Methods and systems for scaling down a Web page image enables the image to be displayed on a standard television without horizontal scrolling of the image. A Web page image that initially has a horizontal dimension larger than the horizontal dimension of a televisio... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346856 | Apparatus and method for distributing portions of large web images to fit smaller constrained viewing areas A methodology for displaying a website on a hand held display device (HHDD) is disclosed. The present invention comprises an Image Modification Program (IMP) and a Navigation Program (NP). The IMP analyzes the webpage HTML to determine if an image is present and if ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343567 | System and method for providing dynamic user information in an interactive display The present invention is directed to a method and system for use in a computing environment to present and provide access to information that a user cares about. A scheme is provided for presenting frequently used controls and information in tiles within a sidebar. ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342581 | Method and apparatus for displaying 3-D state indicators A method for presenting a user selected status of an object in a three dimensional graphic display is disclosed. The method includes the step of receiving a request to select a property of an object for display. The method further includes the step of displaying at ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340689 | Method, system and program product for automatically modifying a display view during presentation of a web page A system and method are disclosed for displaying a web page on a computer screen. The method and system provide zoom in and out viewing of the web page as the web page is constructed. In accordance with the method, a browser determines whether web object display has... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336263 | Method and apparatus for integrating a wide keyboard in a small device The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for using a wide keyboard including a wide range of keys in small mobile devices. A method relates to operating a mobile device having a touch sensitive display divided in input and output portions. A first location... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7330189 | Information processing system for displaying image on information terminal An information display device and an information processor for performing, in the case where an image is delivered to information terminals such as a mobile phone varied in display, optimum image processing in accordance with performance of the display of each of th... | 02/12/2008 |
