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6064975 Apparatus and method for highlighting holidays of a specified location in a calendar software application  
An apparatus and method for highlighting holidays in a calendar software application of a portable intelligent communications device or in a separate computer, including the steps of specifying a...
6058333 Animation of execution history  
A digital computer implemented software system is provided which translates a control program into a graphical flow chart and displays the same upon a visual display attached to the digital...
6052692 Method and system for managing image related events without compromising image processing  
A system and method for managing an image related event is disclosed. In one aspect, the method and system remove an image file on a digital imaging device. The image file is capable of including...
6052120 Method of operating a portable interactive graphics display tablet and communications systems  
A portable display tablet is operated in conjunction with a base computer system including a host processor for executing an application program with a predetermined operational function that...
RE36653 Search/retrieval system  
A computer program provides for the display of selected portions of two or more records on a display screen where the portions selected are from different records, and may be from different files....
6043814 Method of displaying display mode using OSD  
A method of displaying a present display mode includes the steps of: detecting a changing of display node; checking a status set for using of default information; determining a present display mode...
6041178 Graphical tool for creating discrete phase sequences and device control  
A system which comprises: a graphical tool which is capable of building discrete phase sequential steps and a smart device control for input/output device control; a microprocessor which is capable...
6038596 Method and system in a network for decreasing performance degradation triggered by multiple user redundant input events  
A method and system are disclosed in a network application for decreasing performance degradation by preventing inadvertent launching of multiple copies of identical network applications....
6035298 Accessing plural independent databases having plural database schemas  
A remote database is accessed from user terminals. A communication channel is established over the World Wide Web and commands defining a user interface are returned from the database system to the...
6023275 System and method for resizing an input position indicator for a user interface of a computer system  
Transforming the size of an input position indicator, such as a cursor, within a window presented by a display screen of a computer system. The window typically includes borders defining an...
6018339 Automatic visual correction for computer screen  
An automatic visual correction system allows different users to utilize different work stations and automatically adjusts the appearance of the indicia on the computer screen of the work station so...
6016136 Configuring audio interface for multiple combinations of microphones and speakers  
A method for configuring an audio interface for a speech recognition application in a computer system in accordance with an inventive arrangement comprises the steps of: (a) digitally storing...
6016484 System, method and article of manufacture for network electronic payment instrument and certification of payment and credit collection utilizing a payment  
An electronic monetary system provides for transactions utilizing an electronic-monetary system that emulates a wallet or a purse that is customarily used for keeping money, credit cards and other...
6011546 Programming structure for user interfaces  
Programs stored in memory devices associated with microcontrollers controlling a display to a user are constructed in a language which uses layered statements, each of which can have a description...
6011997 Time-division multiplex control unit I/O unit and programming system  
A time-division multiplexing system includes a control unit and multiple I/O units. The control unit generates timing signals that select one of the I/O units to be enabled at any time, and the...
6011537 System for delivering and simultaneously displaying primary and secondary information, and for displaying only the secondary information during interstitial space  
A system is provided of displaying information at a display of a local user computer. The information includes primary information representing information requested by a user and secondary...
6008817 Comparative visual assessment system and method  
A comparative visual assessment system including an input device, an output device, a computer system, the connected to the input device and the output device, the computer system having a user...
6009284 System and method for controlling image processing devices from a remote location  
A system and method for controlling image processing devices from a remote location, including means for selectively monitoring the operational status of a device on a real time basis and means for...
5999910 Processing a workflow item  
A computer-based method is provided for use in processing a work item in an automated workflow system. Suspension information relating to a previous suspension of the work item is stored. Based on...
5983262 Method and apparatus for persisting browsing information  
In a method and apparatus for persisting browsing information, first request is received from a user and a first host system identified by the first request is accessed, from which data...
5973682 Method and apparatus for indicating functional areas of a graphical user interface  
A method and apparatus for indicating functional areas of a graphical user interface are provided. A graphical interface in the form of an electronic program guide is generated. A non-textured...
5969715 Compact graphical interactive information system  
A method and apparatus allows an information provider to broadcast a graphical interactive information system application to a user even using a low-bandwidth transport such as the VBI. A compact...
5963939 Method and apparatus for an incremental editor technology  
An object-driven application tool allows a Value Added Reseller (VAR) to access a large body of publicly available information about computing devices and to identify the needs of a particular...
5953006 Methods and apparatus for detecting and displaying similarities in large data sets  
Interactive Methods and apparatus for studying similarities of values in very large data sets. The methods and apparatus employ a dotplot in an interactive graphical user interface to make the...
5945986 Silent application state driven sound authoring system and method  
A system and method for authoring and providing sounds in real time in conjunction with running of a silent computer application program wherein the silent computer application is of a type that is...
5940295 Distributed execution process for an interactive multimedia program, and a local station using this method  
A method for the distributed execution of an interactive multimedia program in which the interaction with the user takes place via a local station and the actual execution takes place in a powerful...
5930768 Method and system for remote user controlled manufacturing  
The invention enables persons with Internet (or other similar computer network) connectivity to remotely customize a product to be manufactured. In a preferred embodiment, a customer specifies a...
5929848 Interactive personal interpretive device and system for retrieving information about a plurality of objects  
A system for providing interpretive information about objects or exhibits located in a facility employs a plurality of object identification devices, each disposed at an object or exhibit of...
5929849 Integration of dynamic universal resource locators with television presentations  
A display system receives a data stream having successive image frame data in frame regions and Internet Universal Resource Locator (URL) data and association data in data regions between frame...
5930501 Pictorial user interface for establishing time of day and geographical or environmental context on a computer display or other monitor  
A system for retrieving and displaying a pictorial user interface on a computer display or other monitor whereby a series of time-lapse pictorial images change, over time, under software control...
5930770 Portable computer and printer for tracking inventory  
The present invention relates to an inventory control system (10) comprising: a portable computer (12) having a portable computer stylus (12E) which has at least one portable computer stylus button...
5917489 System and method for creating, editing, and distributing rules for processing electronic messages  
A desktop information manager includes a "Rules Wizard" for creating and editing rules for processing electronic messages. The Rules Wizard allows creation of rules in a step-by-step manner by...
5910801 Mechanism for fine-grained and coarse-grained control of zooming in a display of a one-dimensional data set  
A zoom control mechanism includes a context display for displaying a representation of a data set, a zoom display for displaying a representation of a zoom interval within the data set, a context...
5909548 Apparatus for alerting human operator to status conditions of intelligent video information management system  
A video data storage apparatus simultaneously records a plurality of streams of video images each generated by a respective video camera. The apparatus includes a housing having a front panel, a...
5898431 Database graphical user interface with calendar view  
A method and apparatus summarizes information in an easy and user-friendly format in a database that stores topics and responses to those topics. To that end, a graphical user interface is...
5893124 Job processing apparatus and method for preparing an instruction sheet having a predetermined format and for executing an instruction included on the instruction sheet  
An instruction sheet designer designs a handwriting sheet which allows execution of an arbitrary program by handwriting job instructions. The format of the handwriting sheet is stored as print data...
5892938 Interactive interface system  
An interactive system for interfacing with signal processing apparatus having a network of interconnected processors (e.g., for a digital audio mixing console) uses a graphical user interface for...
5886693 Method and apparatus for processing data across a computer network  
A method for processing data in a computer containing a processor is described, wherein the method comprises the steps of providing at least one program object having an instruction set, and at...
5886683 Method and apparatus for eyetrack-driven information retrieval  
Apparatus, methods, systems and computer program products are disclosed that determines what information presented on a computer display screen to a user most interests the user. The invention uses...
5870093 System and method supporting likeness determination using a GUI to simplify image analysis  
A system, method and computer program product that permit a user to view an image of an object on a graphical user interface (GUI) and perform operations on the image. The method comprising the...
5861882 Integrated test and measurement means employing a graphical user interface  
Multiple testing elements (26) are coupled to a bus (25) operated under the control of a graphically programmed computer (12). The computer (12) interrogates the bus (25) to identify the testing...
5857185 Method and system for searching and for presenting the search results in an attribute that corresponds to the retrieved documents  
The electronic document database searching system displays search results using a display attribute that corresponds to the attribute of the string in each original electronic document. The system...
5850217 Electronic funds transfer authorization system for generating a graphical receipt  
A graphical interface for a credit card authorization terminal. In a first embodiment of the present invention, the data transmission between the credit card authorization terminal and the receipt...
5850206 System for retrieving and displaying attribute information of an object based on importance degree of the object  
A System for retrieving and displaying attribute information of an object according to the present invention includes: detecting section for detecting an interaction between a user and the system;...
5850531 Method and apparatus for a slider  
A system that has a graphical user interface (GUI) that allows a user to readily define and manipulate a transform function from one attribute, such as numerical value, to another attribute that is...
5838300 Window sharing system  
A window sharing system of a server client method in which a client application communicates with a plurality of servers by distributing a message and an operation is executed by switching an...
5838323 Document summary computer system user interface  
A computer system user interface provides a document summary which allows the user to more easily identify the contents and subject matter of the document.
5832528 Method and system for selecting text with a mouse input device in a computer system  
An improved method and system for selecting text is provided. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a method and system is provided for selecting text utilizing two text selection...
5828351 Method and apparatus of adjusting monitor display  
A method and apparatus of adjusting the display of the monitor by modifying the parameter values of the adjustable display functions. When the user begins to press the select key on the control...
5809499 Computational method for discovering patterns in data sets  
Automatic discovery of qualitative and quantitative patterns inherent in data sets is accomplished by use of a unified framework which employs adjusted residual analysis in statistics to test the...