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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7984376 | Frame page displaying method, frame page displaying device, and program In a state in which an operation screen for operating a frame in a frame page has been displayed, whether a change occurring to a frame in the page different from the currently displayed frame is a change arising from an operation satisfying a condition that is rega... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7966575 | Menu display for a graphical user interface Methods of providing a menu display 1 for a GUI 31 are disclosed together with a computer program, a computer-readable storage medium 34 and apparatus 31 for the same. Methods include the steps of displaying a menu 1 in the form of... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7904830 | HVAC zone control panel A zone control panel that is easy and intuitive to use and to program. In some embodiments, a zone control panel may be configured to have an easy to use, single level menu structure with, for example, a configuration mode and/or a checkout mode. The configuration m... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7810048 | Method and apparatus for retrieving information from an information source Apparatus for displaying information from at least one information source, the information being arranged, labeled or indexed to define a hierarchical information structure, the apparatus comprising: a display controller for displaying information and user selectabl... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7752572 | Method of grouping objects in a graphical user interface Systems and techniques related to generating a GUI. In general, in one implementation, a GUI may be generated by grouping objects into object groups; defining an arrangement for the object groups, where each object group corresponds to at least one relationship in t... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7600197 | Graphical user interface having contextual menus A contextual pop-up menu of frequently used commands is displayed by an application whenever a user carries out a particular action. The contextual menu appears at the location of a cursor, so that the displayed commands are spatially very close to an item on which ... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7432928 | User interface state reconfiguration through animation The size of a tool displayed in a user interface can be dynamically adjusted based on the current needs of the tool. When the user chooses a new function to perform using the tool, the tool's size and appearance is adjusted to an interface tailored for the selected ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7401299 | Method and apparatus for providing a presumptive drafting solution A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for providing a presumptive drafting solution. Input from a cursor control device is received, wherein the input reflects a movement in a computer drawing program of a cursor over a drawing having one or more geometric... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7385590 | Surveillance system workstation A workstation for a surveillance system comprising a display, a user input device and a control unit in communication with the display and the user input device. The user input device has a plurality of keys and a light source to light the keys with a plurality of d... | 06/10/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7350159 | Integrated diagnostic system An integrated diagnostic system includes interface connectors to connect to a plurality of instruments/instrument modules, including engine analyzers, gas analyzers, oscilloscopes, scanners, network connections, and/or other desired peripheral modules. These modules... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7350157 | Filtering by broadcast or recording quality within an electronic program guide A memory associates a media quality indicator with each media program in a set of media programs. A filter selects from the set those media programs having at least a specified media quality. A display interface displays a list of the selected media programs in an e... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7328409 | Method, system, and computer program product for user customization of menu items A method, system, and computer program product is disclosed that enables a user to customize selection elements of a GUI. For example, menu entries in a GUI can be customized so that the user can specify the font, the language, character sets, color, and other attri... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7278114 | Method and apparatus for managing display of popup windows The present invention relates to various aspects of managing display of supplemental on-screen windows known as popup windows. In one embodiment, an exemplary method includes detecting a first window on a screen, determining whether the first window qualifies as a p... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7272800 | Message analysis device and method for displaying messages A message analysis device is described including a storage device, display device, and a selection device. The storage device can be used to store messages in a file in chronological order, and the a display device can be used to display at least one first and one s... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7248809 | Method of indicating a paper insertion direction and a printer driver using the same A method of indicating a paper insertion direction, the method including displaying an image of a paper cassette when a user tries to insert a paper on which other contents are previously printed into the paper cassette to print predetermined contents; displaying an... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7246328 | Method, computer program product, and system for performing automated linking between sheets of a drawing set A method, computer program product and system are provided for performing automated linking between sheets of a drawing set depicting an electronic representation of an electrical wiring diagram. The method, computer program product, and system automatically transfo... | 07/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7190351 | System and method for data input The invention provides a system and a method for data input that can be used with or incorporated into electronic, computer, and portable devices. The interface includes a small set of control buttons or keys that are used to provide access to an associated set of s... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7124373 | System and method for rearranging run-time ordering of open tasks Provided for run time ordering open tasks are a status bar; a plurality of task tabs presented in the status bar in sequential order, with a task tab for each open task within an open application; a content window for displaying task content associated with a curren... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7051283 | Portable electronic apparatus and method for providing visual and/or audio information A portable electronic apparatus and method for receiving information from a transmitter and providing the information to a user are disclosed. A display provides visual information to the user, and the visual information includes an image and at least one active are... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7028257 | System and method for rapid creation and display of stylized digital content items Stylized digital content is rapidly created by reading a first file and a plurality of second files. The first file contains a digital content item and each second file contains at least one style definition. At least one display instance of stylized digital content... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7024626 | System and method of producing user interface information messages A system and method for producing notification objects conveying computer warning or error notification information to a computer user is provided. The notification objects point to a target to which the information contained therein relates and are persistent until... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7020849 | Dynamic display for communication devices Techniques for displaying information on communication devices are disclosed. The techniques are highly beneficial for devices with relatively small viewing areas (e.g., remote wireless phones). An enhanced communication device can be implemented which can dynamical... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7017122 | Method for displaying menu screen of video apparatus A method for displaying a menu screen of a video apparatus which displays images, in which a finally selected menu of the menus displayed on a screen is displayed in a predetermined color, and the upper menus corresponding to the path of the finally selected menu ar... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7007246 | Information input device, operation method for information processing device, information processing device, recording medium and program As a rotating member of an operating unit is operated, a graphical user interface works so that a band-shaped display area wound on a roll-shaped object looks like being extended upward in visually the same direction as the direction of rotation of the rotating memb... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6986145 | In-context access to relevant services from multiple applications and information systems by object schema traversal Composite applications combine services from plurality of existing applications and information sources. Via user interface of such a composite application, an end-user wants to access different combinations of existing services in different usage contexts. This inv... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6976227 | Dynamic indication of field status A browser displays a web page having a plurality of first input fields, on a display device at a client computer. The web page also has a second input field for use as a status indicator, positioned adjacent one of the first input fields. When a user enters data int... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6948135 | Method and systems of providing information to computer users Methods and systems of providing information to computer users are described. In one embodiment, a user interface is provided having a display area that permits a user to accomplish various tasks. Individual tasks can be associated with individual different function... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6938216 | Menu system requiring reduced user manipulation of an input device A graphical user interface (GUI) for a computer system reduces the amount of manipulation of an input device required in accessing a selected item on a menu. The GUI displays a selected menu on the display screen on the basis of the number of consecutive actuations ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6938207 | Method and system for indicating document traversal direction in a hyper linked navigation system A direction indicator for navigating within a web site is installed relative to a link shown on a web page within the web site. The direction indicator is surfaced prior to selection of the link in order to inform the user whether the link will take the user forward... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6907575 | Method of scrolling a display window A scrollable selection highlighter for viewing and selecting an element in a list of elements on a data processing device display. A selection highlighter may be stationary near the middle of the display while the list of elements moves in response to user input if ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6868527 | Controlling processor-based systems A system enables a user to select one of a plurality of user selectable options in a processor-based system. In one embodiment of the present invention, the selections may be made using a wireless remote control unit. Each of a plurality of graphical user interfaces... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6664991 | Method and apparatus for providing context menus on a pen-based device The present invention provides a user interface for a pen-based device that allows users to activate the full "card" for an entry using a single tap while also giving the user the ability to reach a menu of context dependent commands using a simple gestur... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6658386 | Dynamically adjusting speech menu presentation style A method for adjusting a speech menu interface in a speech recognition system. The method can include a series of steps which can include identifying one or more menu items from a data structure in memory for presentation using the speech menu interface. ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6633316 | Method and apparatus for implementing direct link selection of cached, previously visited links in nested web pages A pointer is added to each web page identifier which points to the previous linking web page in the navigational path. Another pointer maybe added to each web page identifier which points to the next linking web page in the navigational path. In other emb... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6618061 | Input display device and method for switching the processing functions displayed in a plurality of display areas Process conditions for which setting operation is being accepted are displayed occupying a large area, by displaying no contents relevant to processing functions irrelevant to the setting of process conditions on screen. In order to improve the visual rec... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6618063 | Method and apparatus for producing, controlling and displaying menus A system that combines a radial marking menu portion with a linear menu portion in a single menu display. Item selection in the linear portion is performed by location selection using a pointing device. Item selection in the marker portion is determined b... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6614455 | Directional navigation within a graphical user interface In a graphical user interface, preferably for use with a television and set top box, menu navigation is achieved through use of a directional input. From the directional input and a current position, a fitness measure is derived for each menu option. From... | 09/02/2003 |
