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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8191010 | Method, system, and computer program product for providing enhanced dropdown selection lists and combination boxes The present invention provides enhanced dropdown selection lists and combination boxes. A method in accordance with an embodiment includes: providing a graphical user interface (GUI) control that displays a dropdown list when actuated, and displaying indicia in the ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185817 | Utilizing spreadsheet references with grouped aggregate views Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for utilizing spreadsheet references with grouped aggregate views. A grouped aggregate view feature enables a user to create a grouped aggregate view of data. A calculation feature enables the user to calculations fo... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181119 | User interface with inline customization A graphical user interface (GUI) having functionality for inline customization is disclosed. A first set of user manipulable elements are displayed within a GUI object. Each of the user manipulable elements of the first set is selectable for display within the GUI o... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176437 | Responsiveness for application launch The technology generally relates to predictively launching applications and powering up devices. Embodiments may include a computer-implemented method that maintains a plurality of individual folders. The individual folders may include one or more applications. A co... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171424 | Method, system, and graphical user interface for meeting-spot maps for online communications A method, system, and graphical user interface for meeting-spot maps for online communications are disclosed. A “meeting spot” is a specific physical location where two or more people can arrange to meet face to face. One aspect of the invention involves a compu... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171425 | User interface method of multi-tasking and computer readable recording medium storing program for executing the method Provided are a user interface method of enabling a user to conveniently use a terminal allowing multi-tasking, and a computer readable recording medium storing the method. The user interface method includes classifying applications capable of being executed by the a... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165908 | Tool tip with additional information and task-sensitive direct access help for a user An interactive software application provides workflow assistance related to the proper performance of work steps in the workflow. The workflow assistance may include step by step instructions detailing the proper operation of the user interface to complete the curre... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8166384 | Environment-based bookmark media A server within an online environment is configured to store a set of bookmark media objects that provide a multimedia preview of the destinations within the environment. The bookmark media objects can be graphic thumbnails of corresponding web pages, audio streams,... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161405 | Accepting a user's selection of sort options for sorting a table Methods, systems, and computer program products are provide for accepting a user's selection of sort options for sorting a table according to embodiments of the present invention. Embodiments include selecting a representative shape for displaying sort options; iden... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161404 | Vehicle multimedia system A vehicle multimedia system includes a display that displays a hierarchically structured menu. The hierarchically structured menu may have a main menu and a plurality of submenus. Each menu has at least one menu item. Upon selection and activation of the menu item, ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161406 | Image processing device An image processing device 100 includes a mode selection processing portion 50 capable of selecting a desired operational mode, a program registration processing portion 51 for storing in a program memory portion 57 the selected operation... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155881 | Selection item display device, selection item display method, selection item display program, and recording medium in which selection item display program is recorded A selection item display device allows the user to select a desired selection item in the case where a surrounding situation changes, with improved operability. The device includes: storage element for storing a selection item; retrieval element for retrieving a sel... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151178 | Associative media architecture and platform An associative media architecture and platform that enables communication of media objects between participants using a variety of communication infrastructures and media presentation devices as determined by the users and owners of the media assets. Media assets fo... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8151211 | Copying keys to create a custom remote A home entertainment device eliminates the need to use multiple remotes. The device is connected (by wired and/or wireless links) to electronic consumer devices (ECDs) to be controlled. A user uses a portable display device to view pages served by the device, and th... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146014 | Controlling a message display in an electronic device A method of controlling a display of an electronic device for displaying a list of electronic messages. The method includes comparing a width of a designated space for a field of the electronic messages to a minimum width to determine if the width is sufficient, and... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140998 | Imaging device An imaging device with an enhanced degree of freedom in device settings based on commands, thereby improving the usability of an imaging device. When the user of an imaging device operates a menu switch, a composite image of a top menu image superimposed on a curren... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136048 | Methods and apparatus for providing menu data to a storage automation library In a method for displaying menus on a storage automation library, a user's input to the library is processed and, in response thereto, either 1) a menu derived from a local menu structure is displayed, or 2) a remote menu mode is activated. Between activation and de... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8136049 | Image processing apparatus The present invention provides an image processing apparatus which improves processing efficiency by allowing display of a message according to a usage status of a user and also has good operability. The image processing apparatus includes a setting section 9... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8127229 | Controlling focus, and movement of the focus, between focus items in a multi-frame document The present invention enables a focus to be moved easily among focus items in different frames when frames are displayed. To do so, the last focused item in an in-frame document once activated is stored (S11) and, when a frame movement event is caused by a fo... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8112718 | Playback apparatus, menu display method, and recording medium recording program implementing menu display method A playback apparatus includes a menu screen display unit for displaying a content menu screen, an input unit for detecting a user's input operation to detect a selection of the content, and a control unit for causing the menu screen display unit to switch the menu s... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112719 | Method for controlling gesture-based remote control system A method for controlling a gesture-based remote control system (100) is provided to control a controlled electronic appliance by detecting an image of a user's gesture. A movement area in the image of the user's gesture detected. The user's gesture is judged ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108795 | System and method for the visualization of sports information The present invention is directed to a system and method for visualizing information, e.g., information regarding a sporting event. The method may comprise identifying an event type and generating a plurality of buttons, the plurality of buttons arranged in a button... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103966 | System and method for visualization of time-based events A method for visual representation of time based events in a target system comprises analyzing content related to occurrence of one or more events in a target system, wherein the content comprises information from which type of an event and time of occurrence of the... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099332 | User interface for application management for a mobile device This specification describes technologies relating to user interfaces for mobile devices. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include the actions of receiving a touch input to access an applica... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8091041 | Identifying grouped toolbar icons A method of identifying grouped toolbar icons. An application program displays a graphical user interface (GUI) that includes multiple toolbar icons. The application iteratively determines whether or not a graphical cursor is in proximity to a first toolbar icon. If... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086968 | Dynamic E-mail signature manager A dynamic electronic mail signature manager for managing a user's electronic mail signatures inserted into electronic mail messages. An electronic mail signature is displayed within a message composition user interface such that each component of the electronic mail... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8086969 | System and method for graphical user interface The present invention provides a system and method (60) for providing a graphical user interface. The proposed method (60) for graphical user interface includes generating an application window (10) containing a plurality of controls (12-... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082521 | DVD changer UX A user experience for displaying and organizing content available on discs in an external media changer is provided. A media content organizer for identifying discs, retrieving supplemental information, and presenting a display of the discs and disc information is a... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8082497 | System and method for adaptive document layout via manifold content A user interface for improving document layout on arbitrary devices of different resolutions and size using manifold representations of content. Manifold representations of content are: multiple versions of anything that might appear in a document, from text, to ima... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8082520 | System and method for database management A method, system and article of manufacture for database management and, more particularly, for managing multiple information management tools in a data processing system. One embodiment provides a method of managing multiple information management tools in a data p... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8078992 | Rendering a customized list of controls Form controls can be reused so that the control can be bound to large volumes of data without adverse performance issues because of a large number of controls. A maximum number of rows of data N that can appear in a form are calculated. A container in memory is crea... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078615 | Method and system for single-action personalized recommendation and display of internet content A method and system for single-action personalized recommendation and display of content via the Internet. The recommendation is given by a server system and received by a client system. The content itself has been previously recommended to the server system by the ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8065631 | System and method for vertical path navigation Methods, devices and systems are provided that display images in a manner that provides for effective space management. At least one item is horizontally displayed in a first display area. Upon selection by a user of at least one item from the first display area, an... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8065630 | System and method for vertical path navigation Methods, devices and systems are provided that display images in a manner that provides for effective space management. At least one item is horizontally displayed in a first display area. Upon selection by a user of at least one item from the first display area, an... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060838 | Portable terminal and display data editing method for the same The present invention is a portable terminal and a display data editing method for the same capable of easily changing preliminarily stored display data to any expression preferable to the user. A display processor 3e1 controls the writing and r... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8056015 | Method for displaying message of a mobile terminal and mobile terminal using the same A method for displaying a message in a mobile terminal. The method includes selecting a message history option on an input unit of the mobile terminal, displaying a list of messages, and displaying a message type of at least one message included in the displayed lis... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8051386 | CAD-based navigation of views of medical image data stacks or volumes Systems, processors and methods display image views of stacks or volume image data and allow a user to navigate the data and/or views using CAD findings. The systems, methods or processors can generate vicinity CAD marks that have an appearance that varies depending... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8046714 | Method, program and device for displaying menu A menu displaying method for displaying a menu containing a plurality of menu items on a display screen comprises a menu item arrangement step of arranging the menu items in a prescribed three-dimensional virtual body to squarely face the display screen so that each... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8015506 | Customizing a menu in a discovery interface A system provides customized user interface data to a media application, such as a media discovery interface, or to any application for that matter, thereby extending the original application. Via a network connection, elements of a menu in a user interface can be d... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010581 | Knowledge discovery tool navigation A system including a knowledge model is provided. The system includes an interface for presenting a relationship between two entities of a knowledge model. The interface includes a method that accepts a first input representative of a selection of a first interface ... | 08/30/2011 |
