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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8117565 | Digital image magnification for internet appliance A magnifying tool that enlarges a selected region of displayed image surrounding a cursor in a graphical user interface (GUI), and superimposes the enlarged region directly over the selected region (and a portion of the adjacent non-selected region). The location of... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7904836 | Image reproduction method, image reproduction device and digital camera An image reproduction method includes: a reduced-size image reading step of reading a plurality of reduced-size images from a recording medium and storing the reduced-size images in a memory; a display step of multi-displaying the plurality of reduced-size images on... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7895536 | Layer editor system for a pen-based computer The present invention is a system that provides a layer editor representing layers using box like controls. The layer controls are arranged in vertical stack representing the ordering of the layers in the paint application and provided with a highlight frame that in... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7861187 | User interface to support a user selecting content A user interface provides a representation of content items that are selected based on a duration of time of a selection action of the content items if the duration of time of the selection action exceeds a given time interval. An association between a plurality of ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7665041 | Architecture for controlling a computer using hand gestures Architecture for implementing a perceptual user interface. The architecture comprises alternative modalities for controlling computer application programs and manipulating on-screen objects through hand gestures or a combination of hand gestures and verbal commands.... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7620916 | User interface navigation in software applications Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implement techniques for rendering application user interfaces. Application data is displayed in user interface elements including two or more independent elements and one or more dependent elements. One of... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7484185 | Searching and displaying hierarchical information bases using an enhanced treeview The invention relates to a method and apparatus for specifying a criteria for searching an information hierarchy and displaying search results in a tree-based view that indicates the location of matching elements within the information hierarchy. The location of mat... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7454702 | Tool for selecting ink and other objects in an electronic document A note-taking application is provided which includes a free-form selection tool. In certain embodiments, a particular selection may be based in part on the speed or velocity of a user selection. The free-form selection tool is configured to provide more or less prec... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7434177 | User interface for providing consolidation and access Methods and systems for providing graphical user interfaces are described. To provide greater access and consolidation to frequently used items in the graphical user interface, a userbar is established which includes a plurality of item representations. To permit a ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7383515 | Previewing next state based on potential action in current state A method, program and system for displaying the consequence of an input in a graphical user interface (GUI) are provided. The invention comprises displaying a GUI including a plurality of interaction control mechanisms (controls) having a selected or a deselected st... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7372371 | Notification lights, locations and rules for a computer system Notifications to computer users are provided via indicators such as lights. The indicators are controlled according to rules, to convey computer-related state information to users in a consistent manner. Locations of visible indicators are chosen to facilitate easy ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370288 | Method and system for selecting objects on a display device Different levels or categories of text or images or both can be selected on a display device with simple commands. A selection region including one of selected text and selected images can be increased or decreased depending upon an executed command. A first command... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363593 | System and method for presenting information organized by hierarchical levels A system and method for presenting information organized by hierarchy levels displays navigation bars related to the hierarchy of nodes from the root node to the one or more sub-nodes having the lowest hierarchy level and hides unrelated sub-nodes, such as siblings ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358965 | Tapping to create writing The present invention provides a method and system for tapping to create document structure, such as writing. A tapping gesture received from the user is interpreted by a writing application to indicate that the user is about to write in a certain location on the pa... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7337396 | Methods and systems for transitioning between thumbnails and documents based upon thumbnail appearance A thumbnail of an original document has at least one appearance characteristic that is different from a corresponding appearance characteristic in an original document. When retrieving a document associated with the thumbnail, a document version is displayed that is... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7327349 | Advanced navigation techniques for portable devices The present invention provides a unique system and method that facilitates navigating smoothly and gracefully through any type of content viewable on portable devices such as cell-phones, PDAs, and/or any other hybrids thereof. In addition, such navigation can be pe... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7304637 | Puck-based input device with rotation detection The present invention includes a pointing device having a first surface on which a puck field of motion is defined, a moveable puck, and a position detector. The moveable puck is confined to move on the first surface within the puck field of motion. The position det... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7290217 | Managing position and size for a desktop component In a graphical desktop environment displaying desktop components, a control is provided to track the position of a pointer on a screen, and when the pointer enters relevant regions with respect to a desktop component, a thin or thick border in displayed around the d... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7260789 | Method of real-time incremental zooming a method for navigating a pointer on a graphical user interface (GUI) includes the steps of: scrolling an input device to locate the pointer corresponding to the input device on a point of interest within the GUI, depressing an actuating button associated with the i... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7259752 | Method and system for editing electronic ink A computer-implemented method and system for erasing and editing an electronic document. A goal for computing devices that support the use of a stylus that can record handwriting strokes and present them in an electronic document is to present electronic ink that be... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254775 | Touch panel system and method for distinguishing multiple touch inputs Touch panel systems and methods are disclosed that can distinguish temporally overlapping touch inputs from single touch inputs so that valid touch position coordinates can be determined. Touch panel systems and methods of the present invention can distinguish overl... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7237199 | Architecture for an application framework The present invention discloses a framework for monitoring workflow within an application having multiple levels of functionality, the framework being capable of combining a plurality of components from different sources and comprising a process level for selecting ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7237186 | Exiting a spreadsheet edit mode during a mouse drag operation A user can click on a spreadsheet cell to enter edit mode and alter the contents of the cell. Edit mode can be exited through a click and drag maneuver. The click and drag maneuver not only exits edit mode, but also selects a range of cells. The click and drag is pe... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231609 | System and method for accessing remote screen content A system and method for facilitating user access to remote content from a current location is presented. The invention monitors for and detects an activation gesture. The activation gesture may include an empty or nonempty selection, the nonempty selection having a ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7188008 | System for controlling the operation of at least one aircraft engine A system for supervising the speed of at least one engine of an aircraft includes three independent information sources determining first, second and third values for an aerodynamic parameter of the aircraft and precision information indicating the precision of thes... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7167585 | Interfacing with ink The present invention relates to interfacing with electronic ink. Ink is stored in a data structure that permits later retrieval by applications. The ink includes stroke information and may include property information. Through various programming interfaces, one ma... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7168047 | Mouse having a button-less panning and scrolling switch A mouse for controlling movements on a display screen is disclosed. The mouse includes a housing that is gripped by a user during manipulation of the mouse and a sensor configured to detect the presence of a user's hand or portions thereof located outside of and in ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7158675 | Interfacing with ink The present invention relates to interfacing with electronic ink. Ink is stored in a data structure that permits later retrieval by applications. The ink includes stroke information and may include property information. Through various programming interfaces, one ma... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154473 | Method for controlling position of indicator An apparatus and process for controlling the position of an indicator in a user interface using a menu is disclosed. By the method, when a menu having items selected and adjusted by an indicator is displayed, and the position and a size of the menu are changed, the ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7142192 | Cursor locator for multi-monitor systems Embodiments of the present invention generally provide methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for locating a cursor displayed on one of a set of one or more monitors. According to some embodiments, in response to receiving specified user input, visual indicat... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7134095 | Simulated three-dimensional navigational menu system A user interface, system, method and software for displaying a simulated three-dimensional display of menu options to a user, thereby maximizing use of a display's real estate by presenting all available options at once while at the same time presenting certain opti... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7123947 | Communication terminal The control circuit 11 causes display of messages received through the communication unit 1 in the display unit 14 in list form. A cursor for making selections from the messages displayed in list form has different patterns. The control circuit ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7116374 | Method and system for enhanced modulation of video signals A method for encoding a carrier signal in a video signal, the video signal having one or more frames, the frames each having a first field and a second field, the first field and the second field of each frame having a plurality of scan lines, each having a pluralit... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7107545 | System and method for providing a graphical user interface display with a conspicuous image element A system and a method are described for providing a graphical user interface display with a conspicuous image element. In one example, a particular image element is first identified. Predetermined rules are then applied to ensure that the particular image element in... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7086013 | Method and system for overloading loop selection commands in a system for selecting and arranging visible material in document images A graphical input and display system having a user interface for selecting object(s) to be operated on by the system includes input devices permitting a user to select and establish image object(s) received from various image input sources. A processor, connected to... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7082577 | Method for displaying an internet web page with an area of focus A method for displaying an internet web page with an area of focus to reduce viewer distraction. The selected area of focus is displayed with the normal text, graphic and background color attributes as created by the web page designer. The area of focus may be, for ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7062723 | Systems, methods and apparatus for magnifying portions of a display Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which meaningful or semantic portions of displayed visual information, are modified in order to improve their visual perception by a user. In some embodiments, the meaningful portion is limited to a word, a plurali... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7031885 | Method and apparatus for measuring accuracies of fixed-point computations Method and apparatus for measuring accuracies of fixed-point computations are described herein. In one embodiment, the exemplary process includes identifying an operation involving a plurality of input values, invoking an object associated with the identified operat... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7015920 | Method and system for providing useable images on a high resolution display when a 2D graphics window is utilized with a 3D graphics window A graphics pipeline for use with a high resolution display is disclosed. The graphics pipeline comprises a frame buffer configuration. The frame buffer configuration includes a first mode area and a second mode area. The graphics pipeline further includes a display ... | 03/21/2006 |
