| 7039879 |
Method and apparatus for scrollable cross-point navigation in a user interface |
| May-2-2006 |
Method and apparatus for controlling an electronic device by navigating through a hierarchy of groups of commands while continuously providing the current location and path in the hierarchical structure.... |
| 7036092 |
Categorical user interface for navigation within a grid |
| Apr-25-2006 |
Methods, systems, and computer program products for presenting a plurality of options for selection. Each option is organized into either a category or a sub-category that is associated with a category.... |
| 7035720 |
In-car computer system and method for selecting and activating option menus |
| Apr-25-2006 |
The present invention relates to an in-car computer system which comprises a control device 12 for displaying a main menu and plural sub-menus, each containing at least one selectable menu item, an... |
| 7032183 |
Dynamic site browser |
| Apr-18-2006 |
A method, system, and computer-readable medium for allowing easier access to the Web pages of a Web site is provided. A requested Web page that includes a menu is downloaded along with a first executable... |
| 7028268 |
Multiple destination banners |
| Apr-11-2006 |
The present invention provides software, methods, and computer systems for displaying banner ads with a set of navigation options presented to an end-user, such as a customer or consumer, who selects or... |
| 7010758 |
Dynamically defined context sensitive jump menu |
| Mar-7-2006 |
Selection of a jump menu option on a wireless communication device presents the user with a dynamically defined, context sensitive menu that provides access to each previously visited card in the current... |
| 7010754 |
Method, system and user interface for inputting and manipulating tokenized strings |
| Mar-7-2006 |
A computer-based method of interactively generating an index page displays a window including a list of index page types. Upon selection of one index page type in the list of index page types, a window... |
| 7000187 |
Method and apparatus for software technical support and training |
| Feb-14-2006 |
Support and training are provided for a user in operating a software application. A list of task indications are coupled to a GUI window. A graphical overlay is positioned on top of the GUI window and... |
| 6983426 |
Method and apparatus for displaying content in an array hierarchical structure |
| Jan-3-2006 |
An information processing apparatus includes a first display controller, an icon-specifying device and a second display controller. The first display controller controls a display of first icons on a first... |
| 6976228 |
Graphical user interface comprising intersecting scroll bar for selection of content |
| Dec-13-2005 |
A digital interactive television set has a graphical user interface for displaying content from a plurality of different sources on its screen e.g. from digital satellite or cable broadcasts or through... |
| 6968537 |
Apparatus, system and method of automatically assigning mnemonics in a user interface |
| Nov-22-2005 |
A method, system and apparatus for automatically assigning mnemonics to text strings in a GUI are provided. First, all text strings used in the GUI that are associated with controls requiring mnemonics... |
| 6944829 |
Configurable user-interface component management system |
| Sep-13-2005 |
A configurable user-interface component management system and method are provided where frame containers contain a number of child components and user-interface components. The frame containers and their... |
| 6925611 |
Navigational interface for mobile and wearable computers |
| Aug-2-2005 |
The navigational interface allows a user to control computer operations and input text into applications running on the computing system with a single input device. The navigational interface operates... |
| 6922816 |
Method and system for adjusting settings with slider controls having variable sensitivity |
| Jul-26-2005 |
Aspects for allowing adjustment of a setting via a slider bar displayed on a graphical user interface are provided. These aspects include providing a slider bar control button for the slider bar, and integrating... |
| 6915492 |
System for accessing a large number of menu items using a zoned menu bar |
| Jul-5-2005 |
A system that includes a pop-up graphical user interface that includes menu bars overlapping marking menu zones. The interface pops up at the current position of the cursor when the space bar is held down.... |
| 6909407 |
Device and method for displaying pictograms in a vehicle |
| Jun-21-2005 |
A device for displaying pictograms in a vehicle wherein the device comprises a control unit and a display unit, in particular an LCD display unit, the control unit controlling the display unit, and a method... |
| 6904568 |
Method for customizing device menu structures |
| Jun-7-2005 |
A method, program product, and system for customizing an existing menu structure for a device, the method comprising the steps of: determining a plurality of menus for the device GUI; arranging the plurality... |
| 6901559 |
Method and apparatus for providing recent categories on a hand-held device |
| May-31-2005 |
The present invention adds a new category of contacts and tasks to hand-held devices. This new category provides a list of the most recent contacts or tasks that the user has accessed. Under most embodiments,... |
| 6871325 |
Information management and synchronous communications system with menu generation |
| Mar-22-2005 |
An information management and synchronous communications system and method facilitates database equilibrium and synchronization with wired, wireless and Web-based systems, user-friendly and efficient generation... |
| 6842878 |
Method to document relations between objects using a graphical interface tree component |
| Jan-11-2005 |
Logical relationships between objects are displayed using a graphical interface tree component. In a data base application, by selecting and expanding a table node, user can see those views and indexes... |
| 6826729 |
Gallery user interface controls |
| Nov-30-2004 |
A computing system for providing a user interface control to modify properties of items within a main application window. The computing system has a main application window, a gallery control window, a... |
| 6798428 |
Method and apparatus for processing data of a technical installation stored in a user-specific manner in different data memories |
| Sep-28-2004 |
Particularly simple selection of data in all of the operating phases for a technical installation is achieved according to the invention, in a method for processing data which are user-specifically stored... |
| 6795097 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program storage medium for controlling and displaying a menu |
| Sep-21-2004 |
According to the present invention, when displaying a jog-dial window menu on a liquid crystal display, hierarchically-structured menu items are displayed with a hierarchy icon, thereby enabling the user... |
| 6792146 |
Method and apparatus for entry of multi-stroke characters |
| Sep-14-2004 |
A method or apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention allows for entry of multi-stroke characters via a natural drawing interface and without requiring an expensive stylus-drawing surface combination. |
| 6791589 |
Calendar display apparatus, calendar display method and computer program product |
| Sep-14-2004 |
Even when all selected dates cannot be displayed on a calendar, selected states of all the selected dates can be completely displayed so as to grasp the selected states of the selected dates. Further,... |
| 6756999 |
Method and system for clustering and grouping taskbar buttons |
| Jun-29-2004 |
A method and system are provided for organizing, displaying, and accessing representations of one or more running tasks on a graphical user interface in a computer system. The system organizes like application... |
| 6756997 |
Systems and methods for displaying and recording control interface with television programs, video, advertising information and program scheduling information |
| Jun-29-2004 |
The present invention is an improvement over previous Electronic Programming Guides ("EPG") in that it provides, among other things: Improved viewer interaction capabilities with the EPG; improved viewer... |
| 6744451 |
Method and apparatus for aliased item selection from a list of items |
| Jun-1-2004 |
The present invention introduces an aliased selection system with audible cues to allow a user of a handheld computer system locate a desired item from a list of item. The aliased selection system allows... |
| 6744450 |
System and method of providing multiple installation actions |
| Jun-1-2004 |
A system and method are presented for a suite integration toolkit (SIT) allowing for the provision and display of a rich set of installation actions. The user interface (UI) provides a list box interface... |
