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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161407 | Multiple sorting of columns in a displayed table in a user interactive computer display interface through sequential radial menus Multi-sorting of displayed columns representative of a tabular display is carried out by displaying a table of a plurality of columns, selectively displaying a first radial menu having a plurality of sectors, each sector representative of one of the plurality of col... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8037422 | System and method for displaying a constant time selection context menu interface A system and method are provided for a context menu pop-up interface. In one embodiment, the context menu interface may be activated in relation to a second interface, and may include a plurality of selection areas organized around a central selection area. In a pre... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8001488 | User interface dial with display An interface dial with display. In one embodiment, a user interface is comprised of a display device for displaying images which is situated as part of a mechanical dial device. The display device is located in an inner portion of the mechanical interface dial. A ro... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7996788 | System and method for navigating a dynamic collection of information A graphical user interface is provided that permits the navigation of dynamic collections of information. A simplified presentation allows navigation between multiple levels of information content. Navigating through the various levels of the collection of informati... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7992102 | Graphical user interface with circumferentially displayed search results A method and system for processing user information are described. A graphical user interface is provided to include a display region, a first bounded region circumferentially surrounding the display region, and a second bounded region circumferentially surrounding ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7941765 | System and method of controlling variables using a radial control menu A graphical user interface for displaying actions of an input device on a display is provided. The interface includes a radial menu having an origin disposed at a center thereof and at least a first wedge defining an area extending outwardly from the origin. The fir... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7921379 | System and method for displaying results of search The present invention relates to the system and the method for graphically displaying the results of search engine on a terminal of client, so that client can see a search process at first glance and move between a higher category and a lower easily and earn the res... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7913188 | Graphical selection of objects The present invention is directed to the graphical selection of objects. A selection indicator, one or more object indicators, and a position indicator are presented on a display. The selection indicator may be manipulated to indicate object indicators by rotating t... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7765492 | System for consolidated associated buttons into easily accessible groups A system for consolidating associated buttons on a screen into easily accessible groups includes: a control button and at least one other button that appears when the control button is selected, where the at least one other button is contiguous with the control butt... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7716603 | On screen display for alpha-numeric input An alpha wheel display, which is an image of a series of segmented concentric rings the segments of which indicate letters, is presented on a TV as a graphical user interface (GUI) that can be operated by a remote control point-and-click device for data input, e.g.,... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7712049 | Two-dimensional radial user interface for computer software applications An improved user interface is provided for allowing the application of two properties or pieces of metadata to an object with a single user action. A two-dimensional radial menu (user interface) is provided. The radial menu is a generally pie-shaped user interface t... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7707516 | Embedded navigation interface A navigation interface is embedded in imagery and includes various controls for manipulating the imagery. The controls provide various navigation operations, including but not limited to: rotation, tilt, zoom and 360 degree. In some implementations, one or more cont... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7644372 | Area frequency radial menus System and method of adjusting selection areas of menu options in a radial menu utilize the frequency of selection of each of the menu options to adjust the size of various selection areas over time. The sizes of menu options or selection areas with relatively high ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7559037 | Pen-based interface for a notepad computer A notepad computer with a page display region displaying a page of a document on which a user can write using a pen or stylus type writing tool is provided. Associated with the page is an interface that can be used with the pen. The interface includes a core task to... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7559036 | System and method for displaying a constant time selection context menu interface A system and method are provided for a context menu pop-up interface. In one embodiment, the context menu interface may be activated in relation to a second interface, and may include a plurality of selection areas organized around a central selection area. In a pre... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7546550 | System and method for displaying a constant time selection context menu interface A system and method are provided for a context menu pop-up interface. In one embodiment, the context menu interface may be activated in relation to a second interface, and may include a plurality of selection areas organized around a central selection area. In a pre... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7516419 | Information retrieval device An information retrieval device, including a jog-dial, a screen, a first level item processing unit to display at least a part of first level information items in a virtual ring segment on the screen, wherein first level information items are rotated and thereby the... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7461354 | System and method for consolidating associated buttons into easily accessible groups A method for consolidating associated buttons on a screen into easily accessible groups includes: a control button and at least one other button that appears when the control button is selected, where the at least one other button is contiguous with the control butt... | 12/02/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7404146 | Input device for portable handset There is disclosed an input device including a display for displaying a plurality of icons, and a selector for selecting a displayed icon. At least a portion of the display is an electronic display. The device is adapted such that the selector moves relative to the ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7373310 | Workflow system matrix organization search engine A rule-based search engine is used in conjunction with an automated network-based workflow system (which in turn is interfaced with an organizational database) to efficiently determine service routing requests from users/clients. The search engine employs search tec... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7353464 | Hierarchical data navigation tool populated by a web service A method of navigating data associated with a plurality of nodes in a hierarchy stored in a database. The nodes are organized in a plurality of levels of the hierarchy where each node has a label. Software of the invention requests and receives a set of labels assoc... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353457 | Graphical access to data objects A method, apparatus and system for accessing data objects from a storage medium includes rendering a combination of graphical structures. Each graphical structure depicts a storage hierarchy or logic, and can include a link or reference to stored data objects. The c... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350158 | Icon display system and method, electronic appliance, and computer program An icon display system is provided in which an icon train selectable on an icon menu screen is managed by a display icon management table and non-display icon management table to visualize a part of the entire icon train. This is done by disposing the visualized ico... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7333977 | Knowledge management tool A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for managing data across an enterprise. A request for information is received from a user. Data relating to the user request is searched for in at least two geographically separated information repositories. T... | 02/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7310782 | Method and apparatus for arranging program and I/O controls A computer system includes a display and a processor. The processor operable to implement a user interface on the display. The user interface including a plurality of program controls for initiating processing tasks. The processor is operable to, responsive to an ac... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7298373 | Method and user interface for modifying at least one of contrast and density of pixels of a processed image An image which has been subjected to image processing wherein contrast amplification and density can be specified independently is displayed on a display screen. An initial density level is specified. The contrast of pixels in the displayed image having a density su... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7296242 | Information processing apparatus and method and program and program storage medium The thumbnail icons representing content items stored in a Memory Stick are displayed as aligned in a linear manner. The sequence of the alignment of the thumbnail icons follows the sequence of the sort icons displayed in the control area. By rotating the jog dial, ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7287232 | Information display system having graphical user interface switchingly controlling information display on display screen Disclosed is an information display system capable of efficiently browsing items of information related by links. When displaying the information obtained by accessing a network, a plurality of display areas are formed, and plural items of information are displayed ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286115 | Directional input system with automatic correction A system associated with a text entry application, such as email or instant messaging, comprises an optional onscreen representation of a circular keyboard, a list of potential linguistic object matches, and a message area where the selected words are entered. The c... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281219 | Blended learning experience tool and method A blended learning solution is defined by determining degrees of elements in learning zones. The zones are defined by the types of interactions of the learners. Both formal and informal learning is defined for each zone. A specialized circular display is constructed... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7279629 | Classification and use of classifications in searching and retrieval of information A method and apparatus are provided for classification of information and using the classification information in search and retrieval of information. In one embodiment, musical compositions having various highly subjective characteristics and features are classifie... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7266512 | System and method for establishing business to business connections via the internet A comprehensive and searchable network of on-line directories of service providers and a method for a user to use this network is disclosed. The network enables a user to obtain or market products and services on the Internet. The system includes the following softw... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7266781 | Method and apparatus for generating a graphical display report A method and apparatus for generating a graphical display report. The method includes representing a plurality of events as one or more icons; and positioning the icons inside two or more concentric circles defining at least an outer circle and an inner circle dispo... | 09/04/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7254785 | Selection interface system A user selection interface system comprises one or more circular selectors linked to selectable characteristics, and a display linked to the selectors, for display of an image which corresponds to the selected characteristics. The interface is typically linked to a ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249325 | Automatically centered scrolling in a tab-based user interface A method and apparatus for presenting a tab-based graphic user interface (GUI) having more tabs than can be fitted across a screen side for a computer system. The computer system can be handheld devices such as personal digital assistants (PDA's) and cell phones. Th... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7246329 | Multiple menus for use with a graphical user interface An approach for using multiple menus with a graphical user interface is disclosed. A multiple menu comprises a menu panel with two or more selection regions, each of which is associated with a base menu. A user requests the menu panel without selecting a menu object... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240347 | Systems and methods for preserving the order of data A device includes an input processing unit and an output processing unit. The input processing unit dispatches first data to one of a group of processing engines, records an identity of the one processing engine in a location in a first memory, reserves one or more ... | 07/03/2007 |
