| 7039867 |
Method and system for controlling an operator interface with display fields containing graphics and text |
| May-2-2006 |
A method and system for displaying an operator interface on a computer includes graphic elements with text portions. A language is selected by a user and the graphic elements are displayed with text portions... |
| 7017124 |
Method for controlling electronic devices using digital recall tool |
| Mar-21-2006 |
In an electronic device that accepts drawn graphic entries and includes a screen display, a tool for storing and recalling elements displayed on the screen enables a user to draw a simple diagonal line... |
| 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... |
| 6993726 |
Methods and systems for document navigation using enhanced thumbnails |
| Jan-31-2006 |
A thumbnail image includes at least one selectable element. The selectable element may be selected, or the document as a whole may be selected. The selectable element is associated with either (a) a portion... |
| 6993725 |
Display device and OSD controlling method for the same |
| Jan-31-2006 |
Disclosed is a display device including a display section for displaying a video signal, comprising: an OSD generating section adapted to generate a menu matrix having a plurality of menu icons arranged... |
| 6988247 |
Graphic user interface having touch detectability |
| Jan-17-2006 |
A control panel for an electrical/electronic device allows a user to use the control panel without looking at the control panel. The control panel is formed by a graphic user interface (GUI) having a display... |
| 6978292 |
Communication support method and system |
| Dec-20-2005 |
A communication support method system to ease make selection of a virtual space in a chat system. Category DB 22, which accumulates URLs and URL categories, is prepared. A URL said in a channel, its... |
| 6976219 |
Rights information processing apparatus and method, and program storing medium using a display object for associating with contents |
| Dec-13-2005 |
A transfer processing unit reads out data relating to contents and rights information corresponding to the contents, from a memory card. A GUI unit controls display so as to display a predetermined icon... |
| 6971070 |
Technique for automatic parking of a vehicle |
| Nov-29-2005 |
In a control and management system for automobiles, a central processor in the system connects traditionally unrelated vehicle subsystems together to realize synergistic functions such as smart driving,... |
| 6968511 |
Graphical user interface, data structure and associated method for cluster-based document management |
| Nov-22-2005 |
The present invention relates to a user interface, data structure and method to facilitate management and/or access to data, such as by grouping graphical representations of the data in an image space... |
| 6966038 |
System and method for improved navigation using bookmarks for movement between locations in a windows environment |
| Nov-15-2005 |
A system and method for providing a bookmark section within each program GUI. The bookmark section contains one or more selectable portions that enable a user to select one or more bookmarks corresponding... |
| 6961910 |
System for interacting with participants at a web site through an interactive visual proxy |
| Nov-1-2005 |
A computer graphical user interface (GUI) that has two or more visual categories. Each of the visual categories is divided into visual subcategories of ordered levels of specificity. Each of the ordered... |
| 6961908 |
System and method for navigating graphical images |
| Nov-1-2005 |
A system and method for navigating graphical images is presented. A display shows a matrix of thumbnail images currently with a larger master image. A user selects a thumbnail image and a corresponding... |
| 6948134 |
Integrated method for creating a refreshable Web Query |
| Sep-20-2005 |
The present invention allows a user to graphically create a refreshable Web Query by selecting tabular data displayed in a Web page. When the user invokes the refreshable Web Query command, an Internet... |
| 6941519 |
Method and systems for a graphical real time flow task scheduler |
| Sep-6-2005 |
A system and method of creating and using a graphical task scheduler. A Graphical User Interface (GUI) allows a user to graphically build a real time flow task scheduler by providing a "click & drag" functional... |
| 6938217 |
Accelerator handles |
| Aug-30-2005 |
A method and apparatus is described to control velocity of object movement in a display device. A path is provided that the object will follow in the display. A plurality of handles are provided along... |
| 6938215 |
Display apparatus and methods, and recording medium for controlling same |
| Aug-30-2005 |
In order to enable a user to obtain information about a large number of recorded images, a display apparatus includes a browser window that can be switched between two modes. In the first mode, a first... |
| 6934911 |
Grouping and displaying of contextual objects |
| Aug-23-2005 |
An apparatus and method for displaying a plurality of icons on the display of a mobile terminal are provided. Messages are first sorted by comparing characteristics of the messages with first context category... |
| 6931598 |
Dynamic web list display |
| Aug-16-2005 |
An arrangement is provided for dynamic web list display. A view page is displayed at a client site. The view page hosts a plug-in and supplies the plug-in a link to a filler page on a server. The filler... |
| 6931288 |
User interface and system for creating function block diagrams |
| Aug-16-2005 |
A controller configuration system and user interface therefor are disclosed for creating and editing controller function block diagrams for use in control systems. The interface provides feedback loop... |
| 6928621 |
System with graphical user interface including automatic enclosures |
| Aug-9-2005 |
A new behavior in a graphical user interface allows the user to open and close enclosures, while dragging an object. When the user pauses, gestures, or rolls over a hot spot on top of an icon or text representing... |
| 6925609 |
Hybrid task and file oriented user interface |
| Aug-2-2005 |
An interactive process navigation window is a hybrid of a file-based paradigm and a task-based paradigm. The window contains multiple panes, in which at least one pane (object pane) lists objects, while... |
| 6920618 |
System and method for configuring graphics pipelines in a computer graphical display system |
| Jul-19-2005 |
A system and method for configuring a plurality of graphics pipelines in a computer graphical display system is disclosed. The method comprises displaying a graphical user interface to enable a user to... |
| 6912693 |
Computer-implemented image acquisition system |
| Jun-28-2005 |
An image acquisition system has a computer and one or more imaging devices coupled thereto. Each imaging device has a device memory and is capable of capturing and storing a digital image in its memory.... |
| 6912692 |
Copying a sequence of commands to a macro |
| Jun-28-2005 |
A macro for use by an application program is described. The macro is embedded in a macro file including at least two versions of executable configuration code corresponding to two different operating systems... |
| 6904569 |
Link-level browser instance control |
| Jun-7-2005 |
A method for processing data contains links to information in a data browsing system, thereby providing user control over link activation behavior. As data is received, it is parsed to identify a link.... |
| 6892361 |
Task composition method for computer applications |
| May-10-2005 |
Jigsaw connector pieces representing tasks to be performed are displayed on a computer screen, preferably hierarchically in a tree, to elucidate the relationships between tasks. To perform a task, a user... |
| 6883144 |
System supporting use of customizable expressions by applications |
| Apr-19-2005 |
A user friendly interface system enables a user to incorporate, in an executable application, custom decision logic in the form of an expression involving a high-level script language. A system supports... |
| 6880130 |
Specifying timing and triggering functionality in a graphical program using graphical program nodes |
| Apr-12-2005 |
System and method for specifying timing or triggering (TT) in a graphical program (GP). A first polymorphic timing or triggering node (PTTN) is displayed in the GP in response to user input. TT type options... |
| 6848081 |
Information processing system and method for displaying an operation button |
| Jan-25-2005 |
A user prepares a registration destination database, a title and field map information with respect to a transfer profile. The right of access to the database by the user is confirmed. A transfer profile... |
| 6810149 |
Method and system for cataloging images |
| Oct-26-2004 |
A method and computer software product for the categorization and/or retrieving of digital images. At least one selection category having at least one image icon is provided for association with the image... |
| 6806891 |
Method and apparatus for automated management and display of booking status |
| Oct-19-2004 |
The present invention provides a method and system for graphically displaying status information concerning the allocation of a process resource to a process entity. More particularly, the present invention... |
| 6801228 |
Method and user interface for specifying toppings and their placement on a pizza |
| Oct-5-2004 |
A method and user interface for designating toppings to be assembled on a pizza as well as their respective position on the pizza is disclosed. The user interface presents a plurality of three part buttons... |
| 6791582 |
Method and system for identifying and displaying information that is new or has been updated in a place |
| Sep-14-2004 |
Collaboration space object model provides for a place consisting of rooms created by users interacting with a client browser. A skin (i.e., theme) may be used as template for creating places. PlaceBots... |
| 6791577 |
Operation guidance display processing system and method |
| Sep-14-2004 |
As portable telephone capabilities increase, access to the myriad of features requires users to be familiar with multiple levels of functioning for each of the limited buttons available on the portable... |
| 6791571 |
Absolute and relative coordinate based format description system and method |
| Sep-14-2004 |
The present invention is embodied in an absolute and relative coordinate based format description system and method for displaying information, such as text, graphics, audio/visual multimedia, hyperlinks,... |
| 6788315 |
Platform independent computer network manager |
| Sep-7-2004 |
A client-server network management system includes: a plurality of managed computer network elements, a managed element server that executes on a first computer; and at least one managed element server... |
| 6784900 |
Method for the dynamic improvement of internet browser appearance and connectivity |
| Aug-31-2004 |
A method and system for providing the on-demand addition of graphic and other information to the browser's toolbar of a web surfer. A plug-in is installed or caused to be installed in the browser of the... |
| 6781597 |
Edit modes for three dimensional modeling systems |
| Aug-24-2004 |
A computer program product executes in a computer workstation according to methods of the invention to provide editing handles for solid shapes. The computer program provides a graphical user interface... |
| 6771294 |
User interface |
| Aug-3-2004 |
The invention relates to a method of using a portable mobile communication device such as mediaphone. In the method, an image of a hand of the user is made and the natural partition of the hand is recognized.... |
| 6765596 |
Multi-functional application launcher with integrated status |
| Jul-20-2004 |
User interfaces, methods, systems, and computer program products for improving interactions with users of pervasive computing devices such as personal digital assistants, Web-enabled cellular phones, Web... |
| 6741270 |
Systems and methods scaling a captured image using predetermined scale information |
| May-25-2004 |
Conventionally, text boxes are used to inform an image capture device of the size of an area to which a captured image will need to be scaled, when fitting the captured image into that area of the composite... |
| 5959630 |
Display screen processing apparatus and storage medium containing therein program for controlling display screen processing apparatus |
| Sep-28-1999 |
A display screen processing apparatus includes a display portion having a display screen; a display information acquiring section for acquiring a display information object to be displayed on the display... |
| 5959625 |
Method and system for facilitating navigation among software applications and improved screen viewing |
| Sep-28-1999 |
A method for facilitating navigation among software applications and improved screen viewing in a Windows-based environment wherein a security based configurable primary menu is generated in a foreground... |