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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181120 | TV widget animation An example television Widget movement method involves receiving a dedicated command from a remote controller that activates the plurality of Widget programs, wherein the Widget programs, when in Display mode, display Widget representations on a display; receiving a ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8136051 | Method and apparatus for automatically updating a primary display area Receiving commands from a remote controller and automatically activating display areas for cursor navigation. Content display areas within a display frame respectively correspond to a variety of content items and include a primary display area wherein cursor navigat... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8082522 | Electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus capable of a suppress area for user interface parts and improving operability, including a touch sensor for detecting contact by an object on a predetermined detection area and operation buttons for detecting press imposed at predetermined po... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8001487 | Method and system for organizing and displaying data A method and system are provided for a user interface. The system can include a plurality of information categories and option nodes organized into a hierarchy. A plurality of menu columns can be contained within a window. The menu columns can each be configured to ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7992101 | Method and apparatus for controlling a display of a data processing system Method and apparatus for controlling a display of a data processing system. According to one embodiment of the invention, a method of controlling a display of a data processing system includes: displaying a first list as a scrollable view of items in a first mode; r... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7937672 | System and method for scrolling through a list A system and method for scrolling through a list uses control and display algorithms for scrolling through a long list of text strings. The control algorithm interfaces to the user via a rate-based scheme to switch the display through various levels of abstraction w... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7900161 | Data display apparatus, data display method, data display program and graphical user interface A data display apparatus includes: an extraction condition setting section that sets, based on an original data row where a plurality of data are arranged in a predetermined order, an extraction condition of extraction data that is to be displayed on a predetermined... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7856602 | Updatable menu items A menu is displayed within a graphical user interface. The menu of one exemplary embodiment includes a plurality of selectable menu items within the menu. One of the menu items includes a first region and a second region. The first region presents a static title for... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7730424 | Methods and systems for displaying information on a graphical user interface Methods and systems for facilitating communications and commerce between remote device users and merchants or sponsors, particularly adapted for small-screen portable devices such as cellular telephones and personal digital assistants. The invention enables sponsors... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7703043 | Electronic apparatus, display controlling method for electronic apparatus and graphical user interface A graphical user interface is disclosed which achieves an easy search for a desired item upon scrolling. Plural first icons representing first items of a high hierarchy are arrayed along a direction of a display screen, and plural second icons representing second it... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7669143 | Information reading apparatus with a screen for displaying stored symbol images An information reading apparatus such as a handheld personal device comprises a memory having a plurality of cells arranged in a two-dimensional array of rows and columns. Each cell stores a symbol image to be displayed on a screen. When a matrix array of cells is d... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7665039 | Method and apparatus for controlling a display of a data processing system Method and apparatus for controlling a display of a data processing system. According to one embodiment of the invention, a method of controlling a display of a data processing system includes: displaying a first list as a scrollable view of items in a first mode; r... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7665038 | Method and apparatus for controlling a display of a data process system Method and apparatus for controlling a display of a data processing system. According to one embodiment of the invention, a method of controlling a display of a data processing system includes: displaying a first list as a scrollable view of items in a first mode; r... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7574672 | Text entry interface for a portable communication device A method includes displaying a first tray and a second tray in a display of the portable communications device. The first tray is configured to display one of more characters that were selected by a user using a click wheel. The second tray includes a first pluralit... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7444599 | Method and apparatus for controlling a display of a data processing system A method of controlling a display of a data processing system includes displaying a first list as a scrollable view of items in a first mode; receiving an input to switch from the first mode to a second mode; and displaying, in the second mode, a representation of a... | 10/28/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7343367 | Optimizing a database query that returns a predetermined number of rows using a generated optimized access plan An apparatus and method to optimize a query access plan in a computer database system. In preferred embodiments, the query optimizer determines the query can be optimized and generates for the query an optimized access plan that eliminates records defined by a Where... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340688 | Application of paging to a dataset, graphical display window and graphical scrollbar grip A dataset is divided into overlapping logical pages, each associated with a different page index. A graphical display window is then filled with data corresponding to a current page offset which is mapped into a subset of data in a logical page corresponding to a cu... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7325195 | Adjustable-speed electronic method of composing information A method of composing information by electronically advancing a sequence of information elements at controlled speed in an even step-wise fashion into a fixed transfer location while visibly displaying each of them there during a dwell time to permit the operator to... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7315809 | Computer-aided reading system and method with cross-language reading wizard A computer-aided reading system offers assistance to a user who is reading in a non-native language, as the user needs help, without requiring the user to divert attention away from the text. In one implementation, the reading system is implemented as a reading wiza... | 01/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7260788 | List display device In a list display device, a current item frame being selectively intended at present is arranged in a central zone of a display screen, and precedent item frames and subsequent item frames of the current item frame are separated and arranged in a staircase pattern o... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254527 | Computer-aided reading system and method with cross-language reading wizard A computer-aided reading system offers assistance to a user who is reading in a non-native language, as the user needs help, without requiring the user to divert attention away from the text. In one implementation, the reading system is implemented as a reading wiza... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7248263 | User interface for representing multiple data sets on a common graph A method and user interface are provided for independently and conveniently scaling y-values of multiple data sets whereby the data sets may be plotted against a common y-axis and provide satisfactory variability. A multiplier is selected by which data points in a d... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245286 | Cellular telephone A cellular telephone with a pointing device that facilitates operations for line scrolling and page scrolling, in which the moving speed of a pointer can be controlled with respect to each on-screen display. The pointing device includes a pointer-operating button ha... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7228268 | Computer-aided reading system and method with cross-language reading wizard A computer-aided reading system offers assistance to a user who is reading in a non-native language, as the user needs help, without requiring the user to divert attention away from the text. In one implementation, the reading system is implemented as a reading wiza... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7228269 | Computer-aided reading system and method with cross-language reading wizard A computer-aided reading system offers assistance to a user who is reading in a non-native language, as the user needs help, without requiring the user to divert attention away from the text. In one implementation, the reading system is implemented as a reading wiza... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7197759 | Electronic program guide displayed simultaneously with television programming A method for displaying an electronic program guide (EPG) to a viewer. The method includes displaying one or more data slices representative of broadcast programming to a viewer. In response to input from the viewer, the displayed number of data slices is increased,... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7176884 | Displayed viewing area switching device in a computer A displayed viewing area switching device has a switch support, at least three button switches disposed separately in a radial manner on the switch support, each with operating buttons toward the center of the switch support, a manipulation lever having a plurality ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7170497 | Electronic device and control element An electronic device (1) comprises a control element (6) for receiving user input, and the control element (6) comprises at least a first input means (6b), a second input means (6c) and a protective cover (2) w... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170491 | Accelerated scrolling A system and method for accelerating scrolling of a display is disclosed. When a wheel of a wheeled pointing device is actuated by a user at a first rotational rate, the display in a window scrolls up or down one line at a time. When the wheel is rotated at a second... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165227 | Scalable scroll controller A method for accessing a data field having fine resolution is disclosed. The method includes providing a scalable scroll controller with a scale controller to modify a scale for controlling a magnification for accessing data within the data field. The method also in... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7137135 | Electronic program guide with interactive areas A television schedule system and method for displaying television schedule information on a television screen includes a program guide having a schedule information area that depicts the programs that are being presented on each channel at each time during the day. ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7116317 | Systems and methods for user interfaces designed for rotary input devices Systems and methods for providing visual navigation cues in user interfaces for use with rotary input devices are described. One described method comprises causing a plurality of graphical objects to be displayed in an arc. The curvature of the arc is configured to ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7111240 | User interface for presenting media information A user interface and methods for using a user interface for controlling processing of time-based media files. In one exemplary method, a graphical representation of a time line for a time-based media is displayed along with a graphical representation of a current ti... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7103851 | Scroll bar for computer display An improved scroll bar arrangement for a window (canvas) displayed on a computer screen includes a computer display canvas comprised of a wire frame and a scroll button (fader cap) at a side edge and/or bottom edge of the canvas. The fader cap is a rectangular box h... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7058903 | Image database jog/shuttle search A computerized system, comprising: manipulating a dial; interacting with software, wherein the dial is interactive with the software for sequentially viewing a plurality of files. Additionally, manipulation of the dial by rotation sequentially moves the plura... | 06/06/2006 |
