Focus control

CL 715 SC 802
7039872 Method and system of creating floating windows for displaying sponsor information, messages or programs in non-obtrusive areas of the graphic user interface of a software application
May-2-2006 Most software applications of the present time have graphic user interface comprising of a document display window and a document supporting substrate area. The document display window is the area where...
7028267 Method and apparatus for capturing and rendering text annotations for non-modifiable electronic content
Apr-11-2006 A system and method for capturing, displaying, and navigating text annotations in a non-modifiable document is disclosed. Once it is determined that a text annotation is to be created, the system determines...
7007241 Display device with a focus buoy facility
Feb-28-2006 Data processing system comprising at least a processing unit executing simultaneously a number of application programs, a memory for storing the application programs, a display subsystem for displaying...
6976225 Computer user interface system and method
Dec-13-2005 A computer user interface system and method arranges a set of information hosted on a computer into a set of books, where each book includes a subset of the set of information, labels each book with a...
6971068 Dialog box positioning
Nov-29-2005 Methods, systems and articles of manufacture for enhanced control over the positioning of dialog boxes in relation to hyperlinks within electronic documents. The controlled positioning is implemented to...
6968509 Recording of user-driven events within a computer application
Nov-22-2005 Methods, computers, and computer readable media are disclosed for recording user-driven events within an application running on a computer that utilizes a graphical user interface. Changes of focus of...
6968502 Information processing apparatus for displaying enlarged characters or images
Nov-22-2005 An information processing apparatus having the function of displaying at least a character in an enlarged form and having the contents of display thereof being easily recognizable. A character at an intended...
6966037 Method and apparatus for scrollable cross-point navigation in a calendar user interface
Nov-15-2005 Method and apparatus for displaying an electronic calendar in a scrollable cross-point navigation image having two bars, each containing panels corresponding to a separate folder or entry of the calendar's...
6961906 Method and system for switching between windows in a multiwindow computer environment
Nov-1-2005 A method and system for switching between windows running on a multiwindow computer system that retains the user's points of interest is disclosed. The method and system includes allowing a user to register...
6952806 Medium containing information gathered from material including a source and interface for graphically displaying the information
Oct-4-2005 An electronic medium is a new form of publication for a source material, such as a book. The medium includes information about features of the source material and features of secondary information related...
6928623 Method and system for selecting a target window for automatic fill-in
Aug-9-2005 An improved data processing system in which a user of a GUI can easily designate one of a plurality of windows to be automatically filled in with predetermined, pre-stored information. A method and system...
6928619 Method and apparatus for managing input focus and z-order
Aug-9-2005 An improved system for managing user inputs and z-order in a graphic user interface (GUI) environment is disclosed. A GUI element may include a plurality of keys corresponding to keys on a typical keyboard,...
6922815 Display method and apparatus for facilitating interaction with Web sites
Jul-26-2005 The invention is a computer-implemented method and apparatus for organizing Web pages and other computer files relative to each other in a manner analogous to a three or four dimensional spatial relationship...
6915491 Method and apparatus for intuitionally moving the focus between a window area and a tool bar
Jul-5-2005 A method and apparatus for moving the focus between the window area and the tool bar, said focus movement can be performed on an information apparatus, such as a set top box (STB). The present invention...
6915489 Image browsing using cursor positioning
Jul-5-2005 Image browsing through memory-stored items, such as a library of images or desktop windows, is efficiently performed by arranging images in partially overlapping fashion and generating a second-level image...
6907574 System and method of hyperlink navigation between frames
Jun-14-2005 A system and method for navigating between hyperlinks and frames on a Web page within a Web browser in a client system in communication with one or more server systems. A plurality of hyperlinks and frames...
6892360 Focus traversal mechanism for graphical user interface widgets
May-10-2005 Selectively determining a particular graphical user interface widget to receive focus based upon user-entered directional information. When a user enters information concerning which direction to move...
6883145 Arrow logic system for creating and operating control systems
Apr-19-2005 A graphic programming system for associating distinctive arrow appearances to specific transaction(s) that the arrow may convey among and between on-screen objects. The distinctive appearance features...
6836870 Method and system for incorporating a dynamic situation display in a powerpoint slide show presentation
Dec-28-2004 A slide show presentation "plug-in" that permits the user to control an animated dynamic situation display during a PowerPoint slide-show presentation without interrupting the slide-show mode to edit the...
6762776 Mouse input panel windows class list
Jul-13-2004 A method for returning focus to a user interface window is disclosed. Information relating to each user interface window existing within a computer operating system is stored in a working database that...