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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8095887 | Apparatus for providing multiple screens and method of dynamically configuring multiple screens An apparatus for providing multiple screens and a method of dynamically configuring multiple screens are provided. The apparatus for providing multiple screens includes a service processing module which generates logical screens displaying services and a display scr... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7971150 | Document categorisation system A document categorization system, including a clusterer for generating clusters of related electronic documents based on features extracted from the documents, and a filter module for generating a filter on the basis of the clusters to categorize further documents r... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7958454 | Graphical state machine based programming for a graphical user interface Systems and methods are provided for the design, development and execution of a graphical user interface using a state machine based programming paradigm integrated with a componentized graphical user interface. The present invention generates a graphical state mach... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7921373 | Display screen management apparatus A display screen management unit is provided which can reduce a screen resource required to switch screens and simultaneously display a pre-transition screen and a post-transition screen. A screen control section requests a screen discard determination section to de... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7921378 | Information processing device An information processing device is provided with a display unit, a selecting unit which allows a user to select one of the icons displayed on a display unit. A relevance acquisition unit is provide to acquire the degree of relevance between a selected setting item ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7913192 | Methods and apparatus for retrieving and displaying map-related data for visually displayed maps of mobile communication devices One method involves causing a viewable map region of a map to be displayed, the viewable map region having points of interest (POI) indicators; monitoring to detect a user selection of one of the POI indicators; causing information corresponding to the POI indicator... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7913177 | System and method for managing instantiation of interface elements in rich internet applications A system and method are described for managing instantiation of interface elements in a rich Internet application (RIA) that includes systematically creating a tree of descriptive nodes that describe the visual interface elements of the application. Only interface e... | 03/22/2011 |
| 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 |
| 7890882 | Content and proximity based window layout optimization A content and proximity based window layout optimizer is described, including receiving a request to adjust one or more windows in a user interface, the one or more windows having content, determining an adjustment order based on the request, the adjustment order co... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7890869 | Network security visualization methods, apparatus and graphical user interfaces A method for a computer system including a display includes determining a plurality of security metrics associated with a plurality of servers within a network, displaying a tree map on the display representing at least a portion of the network, wherein the tree map... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7886230 | Scale with automatic offline indication and related method A scale and associated methods automatically identify when a food product pricing scale is in an offline condition and changes a color condition on the scale display to alert scale operators of the offline condition. ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7877699 | Multilayered task supporting apparatus and method for supporting multilayered task A multilayered task supporting apparatus includes: a display area that is divided into three or more; an input unit that is provided with a group of control buttons for assigning a display object; and a control unit that controls a content to be displayed on the dis... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7877701 | In-context total document views for manipulating data A computer-implementable method, system and computer-readable medium for providing in-context total document views for manipulating data are presented. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of: displaying an active context of a software program on a User ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7873911 | Methods for providing information services related to visual imagery Methods for providing information services related to visual imagery and operational details of various methods are described. The methods enable the capture of visual imagery, the request and presentation of information services related to the visual imagery, augme... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7870495 | Method of offering a service provided by a server computer in a communication network A method of offering a service provided by a server computer in a communication network comprises a step (E11) of sending a service description document comprising a description of a functionality implemented during a preprocessing or post-processing of data ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 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 |
| 7827507 | System to navigate within images spatially referenced to a computed space A system for navigating images spatially referenced to a plurality of location coordinates from at least one coordinate location within a computed space provides travel with a non-linear itinerary. Specifically, serial navigation of a plurality of geographic images ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7823070 | Methods and systems for extending existing user interfaces Methods and systems that can be used to dynamically restructure user interfaces into a set of communicating processes. The methods and systems update new and wrapped legacy user interface components for repurposing of user interfaces. The methods and systems provide... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7810040 | Document processing apparatus, control method therefor, computer program, and computer-readable storage medium This invention enables storing and managing one document of respective parts as electronic data created by a plurality of applications regardless of the type of application program which creates each part of one document. For this purpose, a plurality of shared fold... | 10/05/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7805682 | Method and apparatus for editing a playlist Techniques for editing a list of items are disclosed and may be used advantageously in portable devices without the drag-and-drop utility. According to one aspect of the present invention, a highlighting bar is provided to facilitate the selection of the item(s), th... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7802200 | Detecting inconsistencies and incompatibilities of selected items A computer system and method for detecting conditions resulting in an inconsistency and/or an increased likelihood of a return is presented. The computer system comprises an evaluation component and a notification component. The evaluation component is configured to... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7802187 | Method for displaying user interface in accordance with user's intention A user interface is controlled to support a user using an image processing apparatus which can perform a task, for example, for storing image data obtained by a scanner in a memory or printing the image by a printer. In a display apparatus which can display a user i... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7793231 | Method and system for providing a primary window overlay A method for providing a primary window overlay includes providing a primary window on a desktop and designating an overlay window. The method further includes implanting the overlay window on the primary window, receiving activity input to the primary window, and m... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7788604 | Three state icon for operations A three state icon for a computer is disclosed. The icon prevents inadvertent starting of an operation on a computer. The icon has a first state which conceals a second state. Upon selection of the first state with a computer pointing device (i.e., mouse), the icon ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7788591 | Configurator using structure and rules to provide a user interface A configurator using structure and rules to provide a user interface. According to one embodiment of the invention, a customizable product class is created. The customizable product class includes a set of one or more attributes to define the customizable product cl... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7779357 | Audio user interface for computing devices An audio user interface that generates audio prompts that help a user interact with a user interface of a computing device is disclosed. The audio prompts can provide audio indicators that allow a user to focus his or her visual attention upon other tasks such as dr... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7774718 | Time handle in a media diary application for accessing media files A media management application implemented in a digital device that incorporates a media handle. The media handle is moveable within a display to provide the user of the application with viewable access to media file representations or calendar events. The media han... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7765480 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and a computer-readable storage medium containing a computer program for image processing recorded thereon An image processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a reference image extracting section for extracting a reference image as an object for display; a parameter managing section for managing a plurality of parameters and their values for the ex... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7743340 | Positioning and rendering notification heralds based on user's focus of attention and activity The present invention relates to a system and method to facilitate providing computer users with efficient access to electronic notifications while minimizing disruption in the context of ongoing tasks. A notification system provides visual information heralds that ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7739591 | Structuring graphics with placeholders Structuring graphics with placeholders may be provided. A first diagram may be displayed configured to display data associated with a data model. The first diagram may have a first diagram type. Next, a request may be received to display the data model in a second d... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7735012 | Audio user interface for computing devices An audio user interface that generates audio prompts that help a user interact with a user interface of a device is disclosed. One aspect of the present invention pertains to techniques for providing the audio user interface by efficiently leveraging the computing r... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7730412 | System and method for model-based user interface using transformation nodes Methods and systems to include transformation nodes in a business system are provided. A transformation node may provide controlled redundancy of data within the business object hierarchy. Transformation nodes may store data from core nodes without persistency, and ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7725831 | Communication device, communication system, communication method, program and recording medium A communication device which urges a user to select another communication device with which communication should be performed in a plurality of communication devices existing as candidates for communication, and which performs communication with the selected communi... | 05/25/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7703035 | Method, system, and apparatus for keystroke entry without a keyboard input device A method, system, and apparatus for entering alpha-numeric and non-alpha numeric data without the use of a keyboard input device are provided. According to one method, a grid is displayed on a display screen that includes one or more alpha-numeric characters. Distin... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7703037 | Searchable task-based interface to control panel functionality A computer-implemented method is disclosed. The method is for enabling a user to efficiently navigate to a portion of a user interface configured to support performance of a particular task. The method includes receiving from the user an input that includes a descri... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7694225 | Method and apparatus for producing a packaged presentation Some embodiments of the invention provide a computerized method for creating a scene selection from a marker for a multi-image content. The method allows identification of a multi-image content. The multi-image content includes several markers. Each marker represent... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7669148 | System and methods for portable device for mixed media system A Mixed Media Reality (MMR) system provides mechanisms for forming a mixed media document that includes media of at least two types (e.g., printed paper as a first medium and digital content and/or web link as a second medium). The MMR system pr... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7661073 | User interface of a machine tool A user interface of a machine tool includes a display that is divided into at least a first display region and a second display region. The first display region permanently displays a main menu, and the main menu includes a menu bar that provides a selection of diff... | 02/09/2010 |
