| 7039873 |
User-defined templates for automatic image naming |
| May-2-2006 |
A method and system for automatically generating names for files uploaded from a computer to a server is disclosed. Aspects of the present invention include allowing a user to define a file-naming template... |
| 7039871 |
Secure data access in a multidimensional data environment |
| May-2-2006 |
A web-based data access system is described that allows users to securely access, manipulate and share information. The data access system includes a database that stores multidimensional data and transactional... |
| 7028261 |
Intelligent internet website with hierarchical menu |
| Apr-11-2006 |
An internet website which presents a hierarchical menu structure to users includes a personalization engine 14 to automatically modify the menu structure for each user at least according to that user's... |
| 7010748 |
Method and system for displaying site-specific bookmarks on a computer |
| Mar-7-2006 |
A method for displaying location-dependent bookmarks ascertains a location for the computer. For this location, corresponding bookmarks are determined and displayed on the computer. |
| 7007238 |
Computer pointing device having theme identification means |
| Feb-28-2006 |
A pointing device operable with a computer system having a graphical user interface. The pointing device includes a unique identifier that is associated with the pointing device, wherein a theme of the... |
| 7007237 |
Method and system for accessing web pages in the background |
| Feb-28-2006 |
A method and system that allows the user to fetch a subsequent web page while maintaining the current web page as the active web page. The next web page is fetched "in the background" and stored in cache... |
| 6996777 |
Method and apparatus for presenting auditory icons in a mobile terminal |
| Feb-7-2006 |
An apparatus and method for presenting one or more auditory icons are provided to deliver contextual information in a timely manner to the user without requiring the user to view the mobile terminal's... |
| 6976218 |
User interface design |
| Dec-13-2005 |
The invention relates to providing to a user a user interface. It is determining from a plurality interactions by a user with a first user interface whether they experienced difficulties using at least... |
| 6964022 |
Electronic board system |
| Nov-8-2005 |
An electronic board system includes an electronic board having a screen for displaying information of interest to a work group or community, an input device for receiving information from users in a group... |
| 6959420 |
Method and system for protecting internet users' privacy by evaluating web site platform for privacy preferences policy |
| Oct-25-2005 |
A system and method that evaluates privacy policies from web sites to determine whether each site is permitted to perform operations (e.g., store, retrieve or delete) directed to cookies on a user's computer.... |
| 6954901 |
Method and system for tracking a user flow of web pages of a web site to enable efficient updating of the hyperlinks of the web site |
| Oct-11-2005 |
A method for tracking a user flow of Web pages of a Web site to enable efficient updating of the hyperlinks of the Web site. A Web page is accessed out of a plurality of Web pages of a Web site. A set... |
| 6934917 |
Automatic selection of favorite media selections of a user of a media presentation device |
| Aug-23-2005 |
A system and method provides for the automatic generation of a list of channels, stations, selections, etc., that are selected most often on a media presentation device by a user during a particular period... |
| 6934912 |
System and method for providing a history list of existing imaging compositions |
| Aug-23-2005 |
The present invention provides an improved for providing a history list of existing imaging compositions having links to imaging data that is serviced as a single unit that can be later retrieved by the... |
| 6925610 |
Recommendation-based electronic program guide with multiple modes of operation |
| Aug-2-2005 |
A novel electronic program guide (EPG) and its associated method allows a viewer/user to navigate through a multitude of programs and locate a program or programs of interest using three contemporaneously... |
| 6925605 |
Collating table for email |
| Aug-2-2005 |
A collating table containing user-defined sort criteria in ranked order is employed in sorting electronic mail messages for display to the user. Entries within the collating table prioritize unread and/or... |
| 6925604 |
Software controlled imaging system with an application module interconnected to a user interface controller module in a data driven organization |
| Aug-2-2005 |
A software controlled imaging system wherein an application module is interconnected to a user interface controller module and which also includes user interaction elements and an imaging subsystem. The... |
| 6920617 |
System and methods for distributing digital content |
| Jul-19-2005 |
A digital content distribution system that is suitable for outputting digital content in a layout that is easy to view for a user is provided. The system can include a content distribution terminal that... |
| 6920611 |
Method and system for implementing a loyalty merchant component |
| Jul-19-2005 |
A loyalty merchant component for facilitating communications amongst cardholder systems, merchant servers and a loyalty host for purposes of processing loyalty transactions is provided. The loyalty merchant... |
| 6870529 |
System and method for adjusting display brightness levels according to user preferences |
| Mar-22-2005 |
A display brightness monitoring system associates a brightness level and an ambient light level with a user identifier. Ambient light signals are received from an ambient light sensor mounted in proximity... |
| 6791581 |
Methods and systems for synchronizing skin properties |
| Sep-14-2004 |
Methods and systems for creating and rendering skins are described. In one described embodiment skins can be defined as sets of script files, art files, media files, and text files. These files can be... |
| 6791580 |
Supplying notifications related to supply and consumption of user context data |
| Sep-14-2004 |
Techniques are described for providing information about a current state that is modeled with multiple state attributes. In some situations, the providing includes receiving from a module a request related... |
| 6788313 |
Method and apparatus for providing on line help for custom application interfaces |
| Sep-7-2004 |
A method and apparatus in a data processing system for generating a user guide for an application in which application features are customizable through user input. Application features are identified... |
| 6771290 |
Computer interface method and apparatus with portable network organization system and targeted advertising |
| Aug-3-2004 |
A method and apparatus for providing an automatically upgradeable software application includes targeted advertising based upon demographics and user interaction with the computer. The software application... |
| 6763272 |
System having a process element with a screen and an activation element for remote-controlled cancellation of a screen saver function |
| Jul-13-2004 |
A system including at least one automatically controlled process element (1), in particular an automatically controlled process system, having at least one screen (4) for displaying status data or operational... |
| 6760046 |
Location-dependent user interface |
| Jul-6-2004 |
A method is provided of adapting a user interface to the user's current situation. The method involves a user specifying a home-area interface (83), for example, a web browser home page, and an "away"... |
