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Class 715/831 - With specific input device


Subclass of Class 715 - Data processing: presentation processing of document, operator interface processing, and screen saver display processing
Definition: Subject matter configured for a particular input device.
No. of patents: 11
Last issue date: 09/21/2010


NumberTitleIssue Date
7802202Computer interaction based upon a currently active input device
Described is a computer-implemented system and method that dynamically detects which input device (e.g., pen or mouse) is currently in use, and based on the device, varies a program's user interaction model to better optimize the user's ability to interact with the ...
09/21/2010
7385590Surveillance 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
7370275System and method for providing context to an input method by tagging existing applications
An improved system and method for providing context information of executable code to an input method is provided. Advanced text input methods may be made aware of the type of text expected to be received as input so that input methods may achieve a higher accuracy ...
05/06/2008
7320112Information processing apparatus and method, and information processing program
Executing a desired processing immediately by a simple operation using a jog dial for example. The display unit (3) has a jog dial (4) (a first operating means) and a back button (5) (second operating means) provided vertically at the right uppe...
01/15/2008
7293244Computing 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
7246321Editing data
The invention relates to a method of editing data generated by handwriting. The method comprises the steps of detecting an initiation of an editing; identifying a marking stroke which marks data that is to be edite...
07/17/2007
7120880Method and system for real-time determination of a subject's interest level to media content
A system and method for unobtrusively detecting a subject's level of interest in media content, includes detecting to what a subject is attending, measuring a subject's relative arousal level; and combining information regarding the subject's arousal level and atten...
10/10/2006
7062714Imaging system having preset processing parameters adapted to user preferences
An imaging system has a computer which monitors changes to any given front-panel control setting for a particular image processing parameter (e.g., dynamic range, transmit foci position, Doppler wall filter setting, etc.) as compared to its default or preset value. ...
06/13/2006
7062717Method and device for navigating functional display regions of a graphical display
Digital television allows access to the Internet. However, arrow keys on a remote control are not suited for navigating web pages containing non-uniformly spaced selectable hypertext links. A web-browser or operating system window manager may be modified to allow mo...
06/13/2006
7017125Portable terminal system, portable terminal, method of controlling portable terminal, and storage medium storing program for controlling portable terminal
A portable terminal provided with a text browser for perusing text contents which are supposed to be displayed on a display of the portable terminal, and a help browser for perusing help contents showing methods of utilizing the text contents. When a certain message...
03/21/2006
6657645System, method, and computer-readable medium for displaying keyboard cues in a window
A mechanism for predicting whether user interface elements, such as keyboard cues, would be helpful to a computer user and either displaying or hiding the user interface elements based on that prediction is disclosed. Briefly described, an identification ...
12/02/2003
 
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