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5768158 Computer-based system and method for data processing  
An electronic spreadsheet, formed in accordance with the present invention, providing a user with improved data processing capability, includes displaying a visual presentation to the user, the...
5748959 Method of conducting asynchronous distributed collective operations  
A method and apparatus for distributing data in a multiprocessing system having a plurality of nodes. Each node has a user application for issuing a blocking or a non-blocking command. A request...
5731844 Television scheduling system for displaying a grid representing scheduled layout and selecting a programming parameter for display or recording  
A computer method and system for providing a user with efficient selection of a television program to view or record. The method provides concurrent display of a television schedule with a graphic...
5710926 Developers tool for object-oriented programming  
A software developer's tool to help write application programs for an object-oriented operating system includes a storage device holding code. The code includes a clipboard copying utility and a...
5706507 System and method for controlling access to data located on a content server  
The content of free speech over distributed networks, such as the Internet, is often inappropriate for minors as well as offensive to some adults. The invention comprises an advisory server...
5701510 Method and system for efficient designation and retrieval of particular segments within a multimedia presentation utilizing a data processing system  
A method and system utilizing a data processing system for the efficient designation and retrieval of particular segments within a multimedia presentation. Operation of the multimedia presentation...
5699244 Hand-held GUI PDA with GPS/DGPS receiver for collecting agronomic and GPS position data  
A handheld graphic user interface (GUI) personal digital assistant (PDA) computer is coupled to a GPS/dGPS receiver module which is also compact in size to provide for the collection of data...
5692233 Integrated system and method for analyzing derivative securities  
A system and method for analyzing derivative securities includes a central processing unit, an input device, an output device, and a storage. The system includes input and output routines, a...
5692205 Method and system for integration of multimedia presentations within an object oriented user interface  
A method and system are disclosed for integrating multimedia presentations into an object oriented user interface which includes multiple polymorphic objects which each have associated encapsulated...
5684963 System and method for distributing video from a plurality of video providers  
A system and method for controlling the transfer of commodities stored in a plurality of resource pools. The system comprises one or more customer stations connected via a network to a plurality of...
5678053 Grammar checker interface  
A convenient interface for a grammar checking system in which improper utilization of words in a sentence is detected and in which corrected words are suggested for insertion in the sentence...
5673429 Database display system using list management of display formats  
A database display system is provided which makes it unnecessary for the user to remember each of the names or locations of display formats in cases where a plurality of display formats are...
5657224 Turf maintenance vehicle diagnostics and parameter condition logger  
The present invention provides for a turf maintenance vehicle controller which includes data logger means to store the status of predetermined parameters. The invention further includes the ability...
5651109 Memory structure for configuring a terminal device  
A terminal device, such as a computer, workstation or smart phone, incorporates a memory structure which simplifies and facilitates communications between a host computer and the terminal device....
5630131 Method and apparatus for importing and exporting archive files for a graphical user interface  
A method for use in an object oriented programming (OOP) based computer system which utilizes a first application program having interface objects for building a second application program having...
5627567 Method and apparatus for adaptive touch recognition in a touch sensitive user interface  
A method and apparatus is provided for defining expanded touch zones for active control keys on a touch sensitive user interface panel. The user interface panel has one or more active control key...
5627951 Graphical display of chroma keyer controls  
A graphic display for chroma keyer controls presents background hue as a radial spoke of an outer chroma vector circle, with selectivity being displayed as a wedge about the radial spoke....
5625767 Method and system for two-dimensional visualization of an information taxonomy and of text documents based on topical content of the documents  
A method and system for aiding users in visualizing the relatedness of retrieved text documents and the topics to which they relate comprises training a classifier by semantically analyzing an...
5623586 Method and device for knowledge based representation and display of three dimensional objects  
The method serves to represent a three dimensional object and is especially adapted for use in the field of medical technology. At least a portion of the object is spatially recorded relative to at...
5623598 Method for identifying ways to improve performance in computer data storage systems  
A method is provided for identifying areas for performance improvement in data storage systems. The method includes the following steps: (1) sampling a performance metric during operation of the...
5620608 Information entry validation system and method for a dialysis machine  
Information is entered and validated by the operator of a dialysis machine by converting the entered information into a first form using a first conversion relationship such as ASCII. The...
5621874 Three dimensional document representation using strands  
A system for displaying documents on a computer controlled display device is disclosed. The system displays documents either in a completely free-form, user controlled configuration or as strands,...
5615367 System and methods including automatic linking of tables for improved relational database modeling with interface  
A system includes a relational database management system (RDBMS) having a data modeling component. A "data model" is a graphical representation of the relationship between tables one may use in a...
5615391 System for an automated image media process station which displays images only while customer presence is detected thereby ensuring privacy  
An automated image media processing station includes a image media processing apparatus for processing a customer's image media in accordance with a transaction sequence and a video display...
5611030 Subjectively pleasing color gamut mapping in a color computer graphics system  
A method is provided for use in a color computer graphics system whereby mapping constraints are relaxed and redefined so as to allow out-of-gamut colors to be mapped to in-gamut colors in a manner...
5609770 Graphical operator machine interface and method for information entry and selection in a dialysis machine  
A graphical operator machine interface for a dialysis machine and a method of graphically programming the dialysis machine involves graphically accessing substantially all typical machine operating...
5608861 Systems and methods for dynamically modifying the visualization of received data  
Data visualization systems and methods for dynamically and interactively specifying circumscribed, context-sensitive data subsets of larger received data sets, combined with the ability to control...
5608858 Method and system for registering and filing image data  
Disclosed herein is a system integrally comprising a CAD system and an electronic filing system. When vector data such as figures and their names are converted to image (raster) data for storage,...
5604886 Design supporting apparatus and method for performing design work at each of a plurality of design stages  
The design work is to perform various investigation for design data while displaying it on a display screen to make subdivision and concretization thereof. Thus, the design work is a combination of...
5596504 Apparatus and method for layered modeling of intended objects represented in STL format and adaptive slicing thereof  
A device for automating operation of a stereolithography apparatus uses an STL file as an input and includes a programmable computer, a facet processor that sorts the facets of the STL file...
5592600 Animated display showing execution of object-oriented programs  
A dynamic visual presentation animates how classes or objects send messages and relate to each other in an object-oriented program during the program's execution. The presentation depicts classes...
5588914 Method and system for guiding a user in a virtual reality presentation  
A virtual reality system is provided in which a user can be guided within a virtual space to a specific destination within a specific time while providing the impression that the user is free to...
5590269 Resource assignment system providing mixed-initiative user interface updates  
A resource assignment system provides mixed-initiative updates of a user interface display in response to asynchronous events independently triggering updates. The system features an update module...
5588141 System for executing different functions associated with different contexts corresponding to different screen events based upon information stored in unified data structure  
A method and apparatus for providing a unified data approach to performing computational services, particularly in pen-based computer systems. The approach employs object oriented functions and...
5586255 Network management operation system and network management operation method  
In a network management operation system connected via a communication line to a network having a plurality of object instances to be managed, the management information database stores management...
5586235 Interactive multimedia system and method  
A multimedia system contains documents which are made up of pages. Each page has at least one asset, page execution script which indicates the actions be performed on the assets, and a set of exit...
5586335 Method and apparatus for programming a programmable controller with a ladder diagram by entering multiple device names for each ladder symbol and by storing common ladder segments  
A programmable controller which allows the operator to input a ladder symbol followed by device names separated by logical operators in lieu of entering the redundant ladder symbol for each device...
5586312 Method and apparatus for using an independent transaction processing application as a service routine  
A system is disclosed for using an independent transaction processing application as a service routine for a client application where the independent transaction processing application is...
5583976 Telecommunications network configuration model for data management and allocation  
Processes and devices for improving data management and reallocation in intelligent networks. Such processes and devices provide intuitive representation of models of data stored in network...
5583655 Creation and processing of documents containing destination information  
A data processing apparatus having a communication function includes an editor which edits document data, and displays the edited document data on a display device. An area setting device sets a...
5581676 Drawing processor and machining program processor for generating a machining program and method therefor  
A machining program processor and a machining program processing method which includes a drawing processor that allows a plurality of modified shapes to be generated easily from one parametric...
5579467 Method and apparatus for formatting a communication  
A method for automated preparation of a formal communication, in a format such as a facsimile transmission, a letter or a memorandum, from an text object, a graphics object or a general object...
5572644 System and methods for multi-dimensional information processing  
An electronic spreadsheet system of the present invention includes a notebook interface having a plurality of notebook pages, each of which may contain a spread of information cells, or other...
5564006 Real time transformation between color spaces  
A method of transforming an input pixel comprising independent and dependent color components into an output pixel comprising independent colors only or a mixture of independent and dependent...
5563993 Logic simulator system using both free-format display format and stream display format  
In a logic simulation system, a first management table manages time-series data of signal values for each signal terminal, constituting logic simulation result information. A setting unit sets one...
5537529 Apparatus and method for creating versions of computer models and creating communications incorporating created versions therefrom  
A method and apparatus for providing communication in a computer system. The present invention includes a method and apparatus for modifying a first version of a computer model in a live...
5537523 Method and apparatus for displaying altitude of form characteristics generated from a geometric model in a computer using a graph  
The present invention is to output the geometric form characteristic, such as the principal curvature of a geometric model constituted in a computer to meet an image of a user to easily modify the...
5528496 Vehicle alignment system and method incorporating digital photograph database of vehicles  
A vehicle alignment system for inspecting and adjusting alignment of the suspension of numerous different vehicle models includes manually operable switches for selecting a particular vehicle...
5517604 Data input/output process and design supporting process  
A process for architecting a figure input/output interface of an instance is provided in an object-oriented design supporting system or the like. An applicable graphic editor is provided with a...
5511159 Method of identifying parameterized matches in a string  
Methods are disclosed for finding maximal matches in data strings and for finding matches in parameterized strings, that is, strings containing symbols from more than one alphabet in which the...