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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8156446 | Information processing device, and control method A digital camera as an information processing device comprises a storage unit which stores a taken still image and which includes a history information storage section to store history information associated with the still image, a CPU which includes a history infor... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8146015 | Dynamic configuration of unified messaging state changes The subject invention relates to systems and methods that enable dynamic programming and execution of an electronic communications dialog. In one aspect, a configurable messaging system is provided. The system includes a configuration file to describe interface opti... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8127250 | Method for displaying menu items in a mobile device The method for managing menu functions in a mobile station includes the steps of executing menu edition, selecting menu items the user uses frequently in the executed menu edition, to set up a menu, executing the menu, and displaying the menu of the selected menu it... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122374 | Dynamic value sets in a service-oriented business framework A method includes receiving a representation of a service, the service including handling of a request for a context-dependent data set derived from one or more collections of data elements. The representation includes a specification of a first data field, a specif... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8122375 | Electronic device and method for controlling its menu display An electronic device which displays a function setting menu for managing plural items by a hierarchical structure on a display and sets setting contents of various functions based on the function setting menu displayed on the display, comprising: a display control u... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8112454 | Methods and systems for ordering content items according to learned user preferences A method of segmenting relative user preferences into fine-grain and coarse-grain collections is provided. The method includes providing a set of content items having associated descriptive terms. The method also includes receiving user search input and, in response... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112720 | System and method for automatically and graphically associating programmatically-generated media item recommendations related to a user's socially recommended media items A system and method for automatically, programmatically generating media item recommendations on a graphical user interface (GUI) based on a friend media item recommendation selected by a user. In the preferred embodiment, a selected media item recommendation is dis... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8103967 | Generating and organizing references to online content Systems, methods, and computer storage media for generating a virtual workspace that references online media content of interest, facilitates re-visitation of encountered instances of content, and shares those instances with other software applications are provided.... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8095890 | Method for user interface, display device, and user interface system A home system for supporting a life behavior, in which a user can effectively select a function or content quickly according to attributes and states of display devices arranged in respective locations and the user behavior. A storage unit holds location attribute i... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095889 | Heuristic and intuitive user interface for access control systems The present invention advantageously provides a method for interfacing an access control system and an input device, comprising the steps of displaying, on the input device, a set of choices from a plurality of choices, receiving one choice, and modifying the displa... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8042060 | Mini toolbar user interface A toolbar in a client application such as a web browser may be miniaturized. The miniature toolbar annexes itself to a part of the chrome region of the client application, modifying the functionality of the annexed part. The annexed part may be a search box. At leas... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8042061 | Method and system for interface presentation Methods and systems for interface presentation are described. A user interface for the user may be selected among a plurality of available user interfaces in accordance with the personal characteristic information. A user access profile level for the user may be sel... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8037421 | System and method for organizing application indicators on an electronic device A device for and a method of dynamically refreshing presentation of icons for objects processed on an electronic device are provided. The method comprises: establishing a triggering event to initiate refreshment of a layout of the icons displayed on a display in the... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032839 | User interface experience system A method includes determining an initial experience-level of a user based on an initial usage of an application by the user, where the application includes a plurality of selectable features, selecting one or more first features from the selectable features to provi... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7949959 | Target estimation device and target estimation method A target estimation device that appropriately estimates a function targeted by a user from among functions of an operated apparatus includes: an item inputting unit (102) that obtains an item; a function representation storing unit (107) that stores fu... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945864 | Operation assisting apparatus and operation assisting method An operation assisting apparatus includes: an option-function distance storage unit that stores a semantic distance between each of the options displayed on a menu screen and each of functions positioned at an end in the hierarchical structure; an operation history ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7925991 | Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for displaying user-selection controls associated with clusters on a GUI Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for displaying user-selection controls associated with clusters on a GUI are provided. One exemplary method includes automatically generating a first table having URLs associated with websites accessed by at least one us... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7890888 | Systems and methods for configuring a user interface having a menu Systems and Methods for configuration of a menu for display via a user interface are described. In an implementation, a method includes monitoring text input by a user via a user interface. A menu is configured, based on the monitoring, to display actions to be perf... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7870506 | Audit trail management for a menu system in a digital consumer product A digital consumer product having a menu system includes an audit trail system having an audit trail management system that removes screens from an audit trail triggered by the addition of a new screen to the audit trail. Menu screens and/or video screens are added ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7865841 | Input/output device, input/output method, and program An input/output device enables a system to adapt its operation to the user's learning the system without interfering with what the user has already learned about operating the system. In an input/output device enabling a system to adapt to how frequently the user us... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7861184 | Method for displaying menu items in a mobile device The method for managing menu functions in a mobile station includes the steps of executing menu edition, selecting menu items the user uses frequently in the executed menu edition, to set up a menu, executing the menu, and displaying the menu of the selected menu it... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7836411 | Search framework metadata A user selectable evaluation indicia associated with a displayed unit of information within an application is provided. Responsive to a user interaction with the evaluation indicia, an evaluation opportunity is presented to the user. At least a portion of a user's a... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7831929 | Method, system, and program product for controlling a display on a data editing screen The invention provides a method, system, and program product for controlling a display on a computer-aided design (CAD) data editing screen, whereby commands more likely to be utilized are preferentially displayed. ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7814434 | Operation system In a navigation device, multi-layered menu windows are sequentially displayed in a display unit and narrowed down by repeatedly selecting an item in each menu window to thereby consequently display a certain instruction window for instructing an execution of a funct... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7802200 | Detecting inconsistencies and incompatibilities of selected items A computer system and method for detecting conditions resulting in an inconsistency and/or an increased likelihood of a return is presented. The computer system comprises an evaluation component and a notification component. The evaluation component is configured to... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7730421 | Method for controlling a screen display system in motor vehicles A method for controlling a screen display system in vehicles is provided, including a setting element or actuator that can be arbitrarily operated, and information that can be displayed on a screen according to the setting of the setting element. According to the in... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7725836 | Active path navigation system A method for navigating within a multi-level hierarchical collapsing menu structure is disclosed. Each level in the menu structure contains plural items, each item being at least one of a function, a pointer to a location, and a pointer to another level. The method ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7712048 | Task-sensitive methods and systems for displaying command sets Methods and systems present commands to a user within a software application program by determining the user's context within the application program and automatically presenting in a user interface commands that pertain to the user's current context. When the user'... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7673253 | Systems and methods for inferring concepts for association with content A system indirectly infers concepts associated with a document. The concepts may be indirectly inferred based on information that does not include characteristics of the document, such as the characteristics that include a textual content of the document not associa... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7634718 | Handwritten information input apparatus A handwritten information input apparatus includes: a tablet including a handwriting input region and a text input item region; a pencraft selection processing part for receiving a handwritten input that selects at least a part of the pencraft displayed in the handw... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7634741 | Method and apparatus for managing a selection list based on previous entries A computer implemented method and apparatus for managing a selection list include accessing previous entries in the history log for a particular field and displaying such entries in a selection list pull-down menu. A determination is made whether the selection is re... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7624356 | Task-sensitive methods and systems for displaying command sets Methods and systems present commands to a user within a software application program by determining the user's context within the application program and automatically presenting in a user interface commands that pertain to the user's current context. When the user'... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7610562 | Task-sensitive methods and systems for displaying command sets Methods and systems present commands to a user within a software application program by determining the user's context within the application program and automatically presenting in a user interface commands that pertain to the user's current context. When the user'... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7603630 | Method, system, and program product for controlling a display on a data editing screen The invention provides a method, system, and program product for controlling a display on a computer-aided design (CAD) data editing screen, whereby commands more likely to be utilized are preferentially displayed. ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7600195 | Selecting a menu option from a multiplicity of menu options which are automatically sequenced System, method and program for user selection of a menu option. A multiplicity of menu options are automatically and sequentially displayed, one at a time, in a display window of a computing device. A user selection is received at a time during the automatic and seq... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7594189 | Systems and methods for statistically selecting content items to be used in a dynamically-generated display An apparatus and methods advantageously select content items for dynamically-generated web pages in an intelligent and virtually autonomous manner. This permits the operator of the web site to rapidly identify and respond to trends, thereby advantageously updating t... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7584436 | Method, system, and program product for controlling a display on a data editing screen The invention provides a method, system, and program product for controlling a display on a computer-aided design (CAD) data editing screen, whereby commands more likely to be utilized are preferentially displayed. ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7543244 | Determining and displaying a list of most commonly used items An operating system program launch menu, such as a Start menu, provides various mechanisms for a user to quickly and efficiently locate and launch desired data items such as programs, data files, storage locations, and the like. A search box within the program launc... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7543243 | Identifying likely recipients of a message The present invention is directed to a system and method for identifying the most likely recipients for a message or other communication from a source and building a most frequently used list of recipients. The present invention utilizes a contact list and determine... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7427933 | Data entry device A self-service terminal alphanumeric data entry device comprises a multi-button input device and processing circuitry comprising a letter selector. At least one of the buttons is associated with a number and with at least two alphabetic letters. The input device is ... | 09/23/2008 |
