| 7032178 |
Tagging content for different activities |
| Apr-18-2006 |
The present invention is directed to a system and method for classification of media content based upon user-defined classifications. A compilation of media content in conformity with the user-defined... |
| 7024632 |
Trading platform user interface in a many-to-many hub |
| Apr-4-2006 |
The invention provides a user interface, such as used by an electronic trading hub. The interface includes a representation that describes instances in which a participant has won some units, but less... |
| 7010362 |
Tool for configuring and managing a process control network including the use of spatial information |
| Mar-7-2006 |
The present invention is directed to a tool which includes spatial information for configuring and managing a process control system which conforms to a standard protocol. Such a tool advantageously allows... |
| 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... |
| 6990639 |
System and process for controlling electronic components in a ubiquitous computing environment using multimodal integration |
| Jan-24-2006 |
The present invention is directed toward a system and process that controls a group of networked electronic components using a multimodal integration scheme in which inputs from a speech recognition subsystem,... |
| 6973628 |
Image displaying apparatus and image displaying method and program medium |
| Dec-6-2005 |
An information-processing apparatus, an information-processing method and a data recording medium which allow a display to be presented to the user. The apparatus, method, and medium allow the display... |
| 6971072 |
Reactive user interface control based on environmental sensing |
| Nov-29-2005 |
Methods and apparatus for reactively controlling one or more user interfaces associated with a device based on sensed conditions in an environment associated with at least one of the user interfaces are... |
| 6967565 |
Building automation system |
| Nov-22-2005 |
A building automation system including user interface units with touchscreens, power drivers, and a controller, all connected to a common trunk conductor. The power drivers are connected to the electrical... |
| 6963937 |
Method and apparatus for providing configurability and customization of adaptive user-input filtration |
| Nov-8-2005 |
A computer system provides a user with an ability to configure a filter, according to a user's personal characteristics, for user-input data generated by an input device. It also provides a configurable,... |
| 6959419 |
Audience information collecting system, audience information collecting method, and information providing method |
| Oct-25-2005 |
An information collecting system and method for providing information to members of the audience at theaters where movies and theatrical productions are presented, collecting information from the members... |
| 6941520 |
Method, system, and program for using a user interface program to generate a user interface for an application program |
| Sep-6-2005 |
Disclosed is a system, method, and program for generating a user interface for an application program. A determination is made of application program interfaces (APIs) in an application program that are... |
| 6938209 |
Audio information provision system |
| Aug-30-2005 |
An audio information provision system for providing a target with an audio information stream suitable to the target includes a database for storing a plurality of audio information streams; an inherent... |
| 6931604 |
Method of navigating a collection of interconnected nodes |
| Aug-16-2005 |
A method and apparatus for organizing and processing interconnected pieces of information ("nodes") using a digital computer is disclosed. Each node has elements that may be text, images, audio, video,... |
| 6912428 |
System for developing an application system and implementing thereof |
| Jun-28-2005 |
A system for developing application systems and implementing the system for an automated machine, which can reduce the burden of installing the peripheral devices with a controller. The system includes... |
| 6907582 |
Communication of information through background modulation in an information display |
| Jun-14-2005 |
An apparatus includes an information display, wherein a value of a variable is selected from the group consisting of percentage of maximum daylight, sunrise, sunset, phase of the moon, tide height, wave... |
| 6907568 |
Tangible icon representing network objects |
| Jun-14-2005 |
A tangible icon is permanently encoded with a URL of a first network object. Links ("shortcuts") to other network objects are assigned as the contents of the first network object. A person in possession... |
| 6892350 |
Audio system with customization of information display |
| May-10-2005 |
An audio system has a plurality of capabilities for processing an audio signal with visual indication of the capabilities by labels. In the audio system, an audio device such as amplifier and effector... |
| 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... |
| 6782279 |
Method for simplifying cellular phone menu selection |
| Aug-24-2004 |
A method for simplifying a menu selection on a cellular phone, wherein an operating system installed in the cellular phone proceeds with a process comprising the steps of: (a) reading a memory of the cellular... |
| 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... |
| 6760044 |
Method and apparatus for performing knowledge level conversion of hierarchical charts created as a learning aid |
| Jul-6-2004 |
A method for converting a document which contains words and images which is intended to convey information in a traditional, linear format into a document or display in which the words and images are rearranged... |
| 5959623 |
System and method for displaying user selected set of advertisements |
| Sep-28-1999 |
A method and apparatus for displaying user selectable advertising information or other user selectable informational images on a host computer. In a preferred embodiment, a user accessing the World Wide... |