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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8141000 | Destination retrieval apparatus, communication apparatus and method for retrieving destination When an initial character is specified by striking a character input key, the first destination candidate, according to the alphabetical order, is displayed. After this, in response to each striking of the same character input key, the display screen is switched to ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7805684 | Mobile communications terminal A mobile communication apparatus including a display and means for navigating among items displayed on the display, arranged to display a first list of items belonging to a higher hierarchical level on the display and being capable of enabling selection of a first i... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7441207 | Method and system for improved viewing and navigation of content A system and method for small computing devices that present a thumbnail image of content such as a web page, allows a viewer to select a region, and zooms in on the selected region in a way that reduces scrolling and helps users to understand the content they are r... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7434170 | Drag and drop metadata editing A method and system for modifying metadata of one or more media files via a drag and drop operation. A media library stores one or more media files. A graphical user interface displays the one or more media files in the media library via a display. The graphical use... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7426696 | Method and system for image windowing Improved techniques for managing image data associating with asset records in an electronic media programs catalog list between a media server (e.g., a video-on-demand server) and a terminal device or a client system (e.g., a set-top box) is disclosed. The catalog l... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7421664 | System and method for providing a category separator in a list of documents A system and method is provided to assist a user in selecting, identifying, and handling email messages. A selection color module may provide for the display of color coding and selection highlighting. The selection color module may provide a secondary highlighting ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418670 | Hierarchical in-place menus A hierarchical menu system displays submenus in place of parent menus, and vice versa, when appropriate menu items are selected from within parent menus and submenus. Parent menu items selected from within parent menus are displayed within submenus as links back to ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7418671 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing program and storage medium containing information processing program with rotary operation There is provided a novel menu selection method in a mobile phone. Also provided is a cursor displaying method with which a user can intuitively recognize a moving direction and moving speed. In addition, a novel scrollbar with which the user can recognize, in a cas... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7293244 | Computing device with user interface for navigating a contacts list A computing device comprises a display screen, the computing device is able to display on the screen a contact list automatically causes the relative prominence of one or more letters in one or more names to alter. For example, only the first letter of each name may... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7191411 | Active path menu 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 ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7176899 | Display screen operation device In a state in which any one of selection buttons is selected (state in which a color is reversed), a touch panel in a controller is operated, and, the selected state of the selection button is released when an operation signal from the above controller is correspond... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7137073 | Method for managing menu function in mobile station 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... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7117441 | Grid-based system and method for interacting with electronic program guide grid An embodiment of the invention is a technique to navigate a user interface for program selection. Program information of a plurality of program cells is displayed in a visible window. The plurality of program cells is in an electronic program guide (EPG) grid. A vis... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7035720 | In-car computer system and method for selecting and activating option menus The present invention relates to an in-car computer system which comprises a control device 12 for displaying a main menu and plural sub-menus, each containing at least one selectable menu item, an operating unit 12 for selecting and activating a menu ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6661437 | Hierarchical menu graphical user interface A disclosed processing device, including an on-screen User interface display, incorporates a means for generating a display of a plurality of hierarchically ordered menus. The menus include a current menu) and a preceding parent menu showing a selection p... | 12/09/2003 |
