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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8015504 | System and method for communicating information over a network A system and method displays information for a multiple programs, each containing zero or one agent, an application, and zero or more pods. The agent communicates with another device such as a network to retrieve or provide information. Information to or from the ag... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8001485 | Method, system and apparatus using a sensory cue to indicate subsequent action characteristics for data communications A communications device provides a user with a sensory cue that informs the user of certain characteristics of a subsequent action that includes data communications. By informing the user of the data communication characteristics before the user initiates the data c... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7971154 | Text box numbering and linking visual aids A graphical user interface is disclosed for tracking and managing the use of text boxes by providing visual aids that make it easy for a user to see which text boxes are linked to which, as well as the order of text boxes in a linked chain. The present system also m... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7865839 | Focus stealing prevention One implementation provides monitoring a user's activity within a first window that is visible to the user in a graphical user interface (GUI), receiving notification of an incoming message intended for the user, and, upon receipt, opening a second window that is vi... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7793233 | System and method for customizing note flags A method and system for customizing note flags allows a user to change the look or “feel” of a note flag. A user can be provided with several options in order to create note flags that are visually distinguishable from one another. In this way, the note flags ca... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7792817 | System and method for managing complex relationships over distributed heterogeneous data sources A relationship and navigation data repository can interface with a central data model and contains templates that define relationships among data from a number of distributed heterogeneous data sources. An integration engine is coupled to the relationship and naviga... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7774717 | Method and apparatus for detecting device support in a graphical user interface Embodiments of the invention comprise techniques to detect support for a given input device by a screen element of a graphical user interface (GUI). In one embodiment of the invention, a runtime version of a screen element's program code is examined to detect an abi... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7765489 | Presenting notifications related to a medical study on a toolbar Participants of a medical study are notified of and perceive information related to adverse events on a toolbar. The configuration of a toolbar may be different if a serious adverse event is being presented than if an insignificant adverse event is being presented. ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7712047 | Motion desktop A motion desktop, including a moving image, may be presented on a display screen of a processing device. Foreground items such as, for example, icons and associated text, or other information, may appear on a surface of the motion desktop. In embodiments consistent ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7689929 | Methods and systems of providing information to computer users Methods and systems of providing information to computer users are described. In one embodiment, multiple different algorithms are displayed for a user to select. The algorithms are configured to display quick links to which a user can navigate. Individual algorithm... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7594187 | Bookmarking and placemarking a displayed document in a computer system While viewing an electronically displayed document, a user creates a bookmark by selecting a desired part of a document to be marked. In response, a visual indicator is displayed and a bookmark object is created preferably separate from the document. The bookmark ob... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7587681 | Method and apparatus for presenting information Files such as musical pieces are represented in symbols such as a star, and are clustered based on the attribute of each file so as to be allocated in an information space. An impression, such as “refreshing”, on the musical piece corresponding to the file is re... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7565621 | Methods and apparatus for providing graphical indicators and inline controls for relating and managing portlets in a graphical user interface The present invention concerns methods and apparatus for implementing an interactive graphical user interface having the ability to graphically depict the relationships between or among multiple portlets. In one aspect, the present invention relates a child sub-port... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7536652 | Using structures and urgency calculators for displaying information to indicate both the importance and the urgency of the information Data items contained in personal information are displayed in manner that is indicative of both the importance and the urgency of the data items. A first visual cue is assigned to the data item based on an importance of the data item. The first visual cue may cause ... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7526734 | User interfaces for developing enterprise applications Methods and apparatuses for providing a user interface for editing and deploying an enterprise application are described herein. In one embodiment, an exemplary user interface includes, but not limited to, a first window to display a graphical representation of a fi... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7526733 | Visual watermark Techniques are provided for establishing an association between a code and a user. Before a software product is provided to the user, the code is stored within the software product. The software product is configured to convert the code into a visual watermark, whic... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7487465 | Application clippings A method, apparatus and computer-usable medium for: receiving a user input to activate a clip utility within an open application window; enabling a selection of a particular portion of the open widow using a selection functionality of the clip utility, wherein the p... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7437378 | Schema-dominant mapping user interface A scalable graphical user interface that may be used to map two or more schemas is provided. Elements of a dominant schema are displayed in a first column. Elements of a subordinate schema are displayed in a second column. A user may drag elements of the subordinate... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437679 | Displaying information with visual cues to indicate both the importance and the urgency of the information Data items contained in personal information are displayed in manner that is indicative of both the importance and the urgency of the data items. A first visual cue is assigned to the data item based on an importance of the data item. The first visual cue may cause ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7421665 | Node scrollers Techniques employed in displays of graphs with large numbers of nodes for viewing details of an area of interest while preserving context. The techniques take advantage of parent-child and sibling relationships. Sibling nodes and children of sibling nodes are displa... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7404148 | Method, system and apparatus using a sensory cue to indicate subsequent action characteristics for data communications A communications device provides a user with a sensory cue that informs the user of certain characteristics of a subsequent action that includes data communications. By informing the user of the data communication characteristics before the user initiates the data c... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7386801 | System and method that facilitates computer desktop use via scaling of displayed objects with shifts to the periphery The present invention relates to a system that facilitates multi-tasking in a computing environment. A focus area component defines a focus area within a display space—the focus area occupying a subset area of the display space area. A scaling component scales dis... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7370284 | User interface for displaying multiple applications Multiple applications are displayed. A request to change a display of a first application is received. A determination is made regarding how displays for one or more other applications should change in response to changing the display of the first application in ord... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370066 | System and method for offline editing of data files A system and method that enables a user to edit a data file offline is described. This system and method can enable a user to edit a data file without the user having to discover or deploy a solution application governing the data file. For security, this system and... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363310 | Mapping of data from XML to SQL A method, an apparatus and a computer program product for converting an XML encoded dataset into a minimal set of SQL tables are provided. In the method, a hierarchical structure in the XML encoded dataset is identified. A node element set for the XML encoded datase... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360170 | Graphical user interface and background search methodology for creating references between software components According to one aspect of the invention a graphical user interface is provided. The graphical user interface includes a window displaying a first item and a menu listing a second item. Selection of the first item within the window and the second item in the menu he... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7360166 | System, method and apparatus for selecting, displaying, managing, tracking and transferring access to content of web pages and other sources A method, system and apparatus for selecting, displaying, managing, tracking and transferring access to content of Internet web pages and other sources along with custom text messages has programming permitting a user to create custom selections of selected image, a... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359977 | Ubiquitous visited links Where a user logs on to a web page server, the server can maintain a history of links to web pages hosted by the server to indicate which links are visited by the user. In consequence, a user may log on to the web page server from any web page-enabled device and the... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356775 | Focus priority in window management A method for managing windows in a window-based display system, the method comprising providing a plurality of windows, each window being associated with an application, at least one of the plurality of windows being able to accept focus, assigning, to each one of t... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353234 | Customized user interface based on user record information A user interface including one or more references to content is customized. Several user profiles are provided from which a user may be associated. Each user profile includes user profile information. The user profile associated with a user to whom a user interface ... | 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 |
| 7343605 | System and method for communicating between software applications, particularly MES (manufacturing execution system) applications Applications to be connected, particularly MES (manufacturing execution system) applications, as well as the communications mechanisms are depicted in the object model of the framework (IF; IF meaning industrial framework) by using wrappers and/or adapters and, as a... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340745 | Systems and methods for mapping API calls The invention is related to methods and apparatus that provide a graphical-user-interface-based tool using drag and drop functionality to manipulate descriptions of the interface between two dissimilar API functions. A graphical-user-interface-based tool advantageou... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340456 | System, apparatus and method for using and managing digital information A system, apparatus and method for using, identifying, interacting and managing digital information in a useful and convenient manner. When a digital representation of information is loaded, an index is constructed of unique terms in the information, which index inc... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337093 | Systems and methods for collaborative shape and design One embodiment of the invention provides a computer-implemented method for collaborative three-dimensional (3D) markup. In this embodiment, the method includes obtaining a 3D representation of a shape on a client using a web-based interface, displaying the 3D repres... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337409 | Customizable drag and drop for industrial software applications Customizable Drag & Drop enables easy activation of user defined or project specific functions concerning two related objects: A user interface graphically displays objects of a particular module. An extending function extends the drag and drop operation to allow th... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331019 | System and method for real-time configurable monitoring and management of task performance systems The system and method of the present invention enable the user to build and/or use an interactive visual instrument panel for monitoring and/or managing one or more target systems locally or remotely in real-time, with the instrument panel being configured based on ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7315403 | Image data sorting system and method thereof An image sorting system storing a plurality of image data, comprising a management apparatus for managing the plurality of image data using a management folder, and an image selecting device for selecting from a print out one of the plurality of image data by detect... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7302638 | Efficiently displaying and researching information about the interrelationships between documents A system for displaying, on a computer screen, information concerning the interrelationships of documents. A system employing the present invention also allows for the efficient research of documents that cite a document shown on the computer screen. In one embodime... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7296241 | System and method for managing a message view Described is a system and method for managing a message view on a mobile device. The system includes a switch manager and a plurality of message stores. Message stores may include an email account, SMS account, and a MMS account. A message view may include a custom ... | 11/13/2007 |
