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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8166414 | Tab order mapping of user interfaces An approach is provided to display a common display page on a variety of display devices using the item's tab order property to determine the display order. Controls that are displayed on a display device typically have a tab order. When a window that has controls i... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161405 | Accepting a user's selection of sort options for sorting a table Methods, systems, and computer program products are provide for accepting a user's selection of sort options for sorting a table according to embodiments of the present invention. Embodiments include selecting a representative shape for displaying sort options; iden... | 04/17/2012 |
| RE43318 | User interface for removing an object from a display A digital system that may be used by children two years old and older. The digital system is contained in a child-proof case and has an upward-facing display with a touch-sensitive screen that is within easy reach of a child. Other I/O devices include proximity and ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156443 | Facilitating communications between computer users across a network A stand-alone icon (i.e., an icon that is not part of an application interface) is provided to facilitate communications across a network between users of at least one communications program. The icon represents a contact or a set of contacts. Status information reg... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151203 | Manipulating a data source using a graphical user interface A target audience for a marketing campaign is selected using a graphical user interface. A first graphical representation of a customer data attribute is dragged from a first window and dropped in a second window. A second graphical representation of a customer data... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8136047 | Multi-application tabbing system A method for displaying a plurality of windows on a display screen is described. The method includes steps of associating a first window with at least one second window, the at least one second window being independent of and external to the first window, and combin... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8127232 | Method and apparatus for editing heterogeneous media objects in a digital imaging device A method and apparatus for editing heterogeneous media objects in a digital imaging device having a display screen, where each one of the media objects has one or more media types associated therewith, such as a still image, a sequential image, video, audio, and tex... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8127233 | Remote user interface updates using difference and motion encoding Frames of user interface graphical data can be remotely rendered at a client during a remote session with a server by providing graphical data commands to the client. The commands include motion commands derived from objects that change position between a current fr... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122362 | Control and visibility for digital calendar sharing A digital calendar sharing control and visibility system and method for providing a user with control and visibility of digital calendar sharing. The system and method enhance and improve the sharing capabilities of current digital calendar applications. The system ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8122375 | Electronic device and method for controlling its menu display An electronic device which displays a function setting menu for managing plural items by a hierarchical structure on a display and sets setting contents of various functions based on the function setting menu displayed on the display, comprising: a display control u... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117552 | Incrementally designing electronic forms and hierarchical schemas A system and method that enables a designer to build electronic forms and corresponding hierarchical schemas are described. Displays of hierarchical schemas, electronic forms, and components used to build the hierarchical schemas and electronic forms are provided to... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117564 | Systems and methods for generating a media guidance application with multiple perspective views Systems and methods are provided for navigating a media guidance application with multiple perspective views. A first of a plurality of media guidance objects may be displayed in a first perspective view that appears flat on the screen. A second media guidance objec... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117556 | Target-alignment-and-drop control for editing electronic documents A target-alignment-and-drop control for an electronic document editing tool which ensures that objects are inserted only in valid drop target areas and are aligned according to predetermined alignment rules. ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8091037 | Providing an overview of an object A request is received to display a first object in a graphical user interface (GUI) of a computer system containing several objects having more than one type, some of the several objects being associated with each other. An operation mode setting is accessed. In res... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8078991 | Electric appliance, image display controlling method, and computer-controlled readable recording medium storing image display controlling program An electric appliance according to an embodiment of the present comprises a graphical image generation unit generates a graphical image from frame data and pane images generated by a pane image generation unit, and allows the display unit to display the graphical im... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078985 | Scrolling of ordered series with item highlighting indicating relevance A graphical user interface displays an ordered series of items. Each of the items has an index value indicating a position of the item within the series. The graphical user interface includes a scroll bar to scroll through the first ordered series. Items with index ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8065626 | Input/output device, input/output method and program therefor A dragged portion is moved by easily operating a mouse. An input/output device using a graphical user interface, includes: a display section that displays a dragged portion and a movement region in which the dragged portion is moved on a display screen; a dragged po... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060840 | Orientation free user interface Generation and display of a dynamically orientable graphical user interface (GUI) is described. The GUI can include user input controls that are configured to receive user input. In one exemplary embodiment, the GUI is displayed as a band around a perimeter of a hor... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8056018 | Implementing registration and conflict resolution of web application keyboard shortcuts Conflict resolution of web application keyboard shortcuts implementation includes a web application being loaded in a web browser and application keyboard shortcuts for the web application are registered with the web browser. The web browser identifies application k... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8051377 | Method and apparatus for displaying multiple page files Embodiments for displaying multiple page files are disclosed. In an example embodiment, a plurality of files may be automatically displayed. For the respective files of the plurality of files, a count of pages may be determined, and at least one of the pages of the ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8046714 | Method, program and device for displaying menu A menu displaying method for displaying a menu containing a plurality of menu items on a display screen comprises a menu item arrangement step of arranging the menu items in a prescribed three-dimensional virtual body to squarely face the display screen so that each... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042050 | Method and apparatus for interactive broadcasting A method of creating an interactive broadcast, comprising allowing a plurality of participants to vote on an aspect of a scenario in a virtual space, the broadcast being a computer-generated animated scenario comprising graphics and audio, the participants voting by... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8042051 | Apparatus for navigation and interaction in a virtual meeting place An apparatus for providing for virtual communication and collaboration comprises a collaborative virtual environment (CVE) application executing within a distributed data processing system, and a navigation module implemented within the CVE application. The CVE appl... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8042045 | Full time on-screen assistance for video games and other computer software Help implementation feature for video games. A two-tiered approach for offering guidance and assistance to the user of a computer software program. Event-generated help is activated when the user first initiates an event within the video game software program. Conte... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8032836 | Configuring a graphical user interface on a multifunction peripheral A method and apparatus for customizing a graphical user interface on a multifunction peripheral is provided. User interface specification data is transmitted from a device to the multifunction peripheral. User interface specification data defines a desired display a... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7464339 | Method and device for upgrading a building control system An integration tool is presented for integrating and/or commissioning a new device or system into a building control system. The integration tool is incorporated into the building control system and is operative to create one or more databases and/or applications fo... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7444595 | Graphical programming system and method for creating and managing a scene graph System and method for creating a scene graph. A data flow diagram is created in response to input, including displaying a first plurality of nodes on a display which are executable to create at least a portion of the scene graph, and connecting the nodes to create t... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444598 | Exploded views for providing rich regularized geometric transformations and interaction models on content for viewing, previewing, and interacting with documents, projects, and tasks The present invention relates to a system and method to facilitate efficient and automated presentation of information to users. A decomposition component automatically decomposes an information item into sets of subcomponents in a two- or three-dimensional isometri... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441198 | Virtual collaboration window system and method This invention is a method for manipulating virtual objects displayed on a video conference broadcast by generating a computerized three dimensional image of an object to be superimposed on a first video broadcast signal from a local video camera for display on a re... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7441206 | 3D visual effect creation system and method A visual effect creation system and method is software designed for creating, maintaining, and displaying real-time 3D visual effects. There are two parts to the software. The first part is the creation and maintenance tool and the second part is a real-time display... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7434169 | Facilitating communications between computer users across a network A stand-alone icon (i.e., an icon that is not part of an application interface) is provided to facilitate communications across a network between users of at least one communications program. The icon represents a contact or a set of contacts. Status information reg... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7434172 | Color and symbol coded visual cues for relating screen items to each other Described is a system and method for visually delineating a relationship between diverse, but related graphical objects in a graphical user interface. An icon that has a specified color scheme is associated with the diverse, but related graphical objects. When one o... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7418667 | Character input apparatus and tape printing apparatus incorporating the same as well as character input method There are provided a character input apparatus and a tape printing apparatus incorporating the character input apparatus as well as a character input method, which are capable of easily preparing a desired document by calling a design form having a sample text input... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7415672 | System and method for designing electronic forms A system and method enabling a designer to build electronic forms from hierarchical data is described. Displays of hierarchical data, facilitation of selection of a portion of the hierarchical data, and displays of one or more transformation-language components asso... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7415674 | Method and system for editing an electronic drawing A method, system, and medium for editing electronic drawings or drafting documents are provided. The method includes presenting a representation of an electronic drawing, including a version of the drawing itself, to be edited, receiving edits to the representation,... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412656 | Method of data processing service for digital camera and system using the same Disclosed is a data processing service for digital camera having a storage medium with a capacity for small number of images. The service is intended to increase obtainable number of images in an easy and less expensive manner while the user carries the camera away ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7392480 | Engineering drawing data extraction software A method for extracting data from a computer aided design (CAD) file comprising the steps of displaying at least one part attribute stored in the CAD file on a computer display, ballooning the at least one part attribute, extracting data based upon the ballooned at ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7386798 | Sharing on-line media experiences A lead user may share an on-line media content experience with one or more followers by identifying content of interest being experienced on the lead user system, identifying one or more followers with whom to share the content of interest, inviting the followers to... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7376901 | Controlled interactive display of content using networked computer devices The invention provides a novel method for interacting with content objects stored in computer devices connected as nodes of a communications network, each node including an input interface and an output interface, the output interface including a display area. A fir... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7366990 | Method and system for managing user activities and information using a customized computer interface Methods and systems for managing user information using a customized computer interface which is user centric and geared toward creating and managing a personal information portal. In one aspect, the invention provides computerized methods for organizing a represent... | 04/29/2008 |
