Translucency or transparency interface element (e.g., invisible control)

CL 715 SC 768
7043701 Opacity desktop with depth perception
May-9-2006 A method of displaying information within a three-dimensional workspace on a computer display includes partitioning the workspace into a plurality of layers, where each layer corresponds to a display depth...
7010744 System and method of navigating and creating electronic hierarchical documents
Mar-7-2006 A method of navigating and creating hierarchical documents is disclosed. The illustrative embodiments of the present invention enable a user to navigate quickly through multiple levels and sub-levels of...
7003731 User control and activation of watermark enabled objects
Feb-21-2006 Methods and systems for associating watermark enabled objects with machine behaviors. Machine behaviors refer to actions by devices or systems in response to a triggering event. Examples of these behaviors...
6996783 Selectively adjusting transparency of windows within a user interface using a flashlight tool
Feb-7-2006 A method, system and program for selectively adjusting transparency of windows within a user interface are provided. An n-level is determined within a z-order of at least one displayable object from among...
6993727 MHP television device and GUI application
Jan-31-2006 An MHP television device including a user input and a GUI application for use in such a device wherein the GUI application maintains at least one notional wheel to which activities and strings for representing...
6983422 Page windows computer-controlled process and method for creating page windows
Jan-3-2006 Computer controlled processes rely upon graphical user interfaces to effect the man-machine interface. The page windows of the present invention are comprised of a base image screen that includes regions...
6983418 Devices and methods for interfacing human users with electronic devices
Jan-3-2006 A method of interfacing human users with electronic devices liberates electronic devices from specific input and output devices and substitutes a universal communication system between them. The method...
6981227 Systems and methods for a dimmable user interface
Dec-27-2005 Systems and methods for a dimmable user interface. A user interface is simultaneously displayed with video content or other data in the same window of a display device. The user interface has a level of...
6954905 Displaying transparency characteristic aids
Oct-11-2005 A method, system and program for displaying transparency characteristic aids are provided. A user interface is displayed comprising at least one displayable object within a display area controlled by a...
6931597 Indications of secured digital assets
Aug-16-2005 Techniques for indicating secured files among other files in a graphic operating system are disclosed. According to one aspect of the techniques, each file has a standard or default icon to be associated...
6857106 Graphical user interface with moveable, mergeable elements
Feb-15-2005 A Graphical User Interface or "GUI" for use with a computer operating systems that operates dynamically according to the user's preferences. Each element of the GUI is surrounded by a dynamic edge which...
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...
6784905 Applying translucent filters according to visual disability needs
Aug-31-2004 A method, system and program for selectively applying translucent filters to graphical images according to visual disability needs are provided. A selection of a filter for a particular user is received....
6778192 System and method for creating markers on scroll bars of a graphical user interface
Aug-17-2004 The present invention is embodied in a system and method for creating markers on scroll bars of a graphical user interface. Basically, the present invention allows users to reference locations of interest...
6753882 Wrist audio player system and wrist audio player device
Jun-22-2004 A graphic data creating and editing system which can create and edit a graphic data to be displayed when playing music, corresponding to an audio data, and which can efficiently store the audio data and...
6741266 Gui display, and recording medium including a computerized method stored therein for realizing the gui display
May-25-2004 A graphic user interface display comprises a display-indication determining unit determining whether display indication is inputted, a position detecting unit detecting a position of a pointer on the picture,...