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6738804 Method and apparatus for enabling sectored data refreshing of Web-site data during session  
A browser-control script for controlling how refreshed data is rendered during a network data-session is provided. The browser control script comprises an instruction for establishing a second...
6734882 Combined menu-list control element in a graphical user interface  
A control element for use in a graphical user interface, which combines the display features of the list box element and the pop-up menu element into a single GUI control element. The combined menu...
6731309 Real time preview  
Computer software applications presently allow the User to preview the impact of some commands on active documents via a small preview window. However, such preview windows are not representative...
6731310 Switching between appearance/behavior themes in graphical user interfaces  
Systems and methods for providing a user with increased flexibility and control over the appearance and behavior of objects on a user interface. Sets of objects can be grouped into themes to...
6727917 User interface for palm-sized computing devices and method and apparatus for displaying the same  
The hand-held computing device user interface (UI) of the present invention displays information for an active application program in a middle portion of the screen, and displays a shell program...
6724401 Computer-based documentation and instruction  
User instruction on a computer system involves performing an interactive example and providing, in synchronization with the interactive example, explanatory information corresponding to the...
6724402 Method of launching computer programs within a graphical user interface  
The invention encompasses a method of identifying computer programs existing within a graphical user interface. This method of identifying programs also can include steps to organize the interface...
6724400 Human-computer interface incorporating personal and application domains  
The present invention provides a human-computer interface. The interface includes provision of an application domain, for example corresponding to a three-dimensional application. The user is...
6717595 Computer-based list editor  
Disclosed is a list editor component for allowing a computer user to arrange a collection of information items. The list editor component displays an editor window that includes a visual...
6710785 Digital video editing method and system  
A video editing system has the functions of: a) scene browsing with next and back icons and/or a scroll bar; b) recursive scene segmentation available with the browsing function; c) scene/clip...
6704032 Methods and arrangements for interacting with controllable objects within a graphical user interface environment using various input mechanisms  
Improved methods and arrangements provide user interface platforms that are capable of meeting the unique requirements of manufacturers, while also advantageously supporting the development of...
6686935 Method and apparatus for object kerning  
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBJECT KERNINGA graphics software application provides the capability to select a plurality of graphical objects and automatically align them and adjust the spacing between...
6677967 Video game system for capturing images and applying the captured images to animated game play characters  
A frame of still picture data is captured at an instant specified by a user from video signals supplied from a given video source, such as a television receiver, a video camera, etc., and the image...
6677962 Methods and systems for manipulating user interface controls  
The described embodiments present methods and systems for manipulating user interface (UI) controls after the controls have been designed by a control designer. Flexibility is provided through an...
6674452 Graphical user interface to query music by examples  
A According to the invention, a music search system includes a music player, music analyzer, a search engine and a sophisticated user interface that enables users to visually build complex query...
6671855 Outline information generating apparatus and computer-readable recording medium recording thereon outline information generating program  
A document outlining any work done on a workspace is to be automatically generated. A workspace history managing part holds the present and past states of a workspace together with history...
6664981 Graphical user interface with hierarchical structure for customizable menus and control objects  
The program code for control objects in a graphical user interface is organized in a multi-level hierarchial structure. At one level of the structure, each different type of control defines a class...
6643634 Graphical viewer for biomolecular sequence data  
Disclosed are methods, media and systems for graphically displaying computer-based biomolecular sequence information. Generally, biomolecular sequence information may be graphically depicted in a...
6639606 Display screen split method for a computer system  
A display screen split method for a computer system by which a user can vertically and exactly set two programs on a monitor to the same screen size in a graphic device supporting a wide monitor...
6633315 Context-based dynamic user interface elements  
Methods and systems for building context-based user interfaces are provided. According to the present invention, a contextual engine residing on a host computer system provides a user interface...
6628312 Interactive interface for visualizing and manipulating multi-dimensional data  
A software visualization tool consistent with the present invention integrates OLAP functionality with focus+context based techniques for navigation through and inspection of large multidimensional...
6624828 Method and apparatus for improving the quality of displayed images through the use of user reference information  
The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for increasing the perceived quality of displayed images. This is achieved in a variety of ways including the use of a plurality of device...
6621505 Dynamic process-based enterprise computing system and method  
Computer processes for carrying out almost any process may be defined as a series of steps using a plurality of standardized user-interface screens. These standardized interface screens may be...
6606102 Optimizing interest potential  
Described are methods to accommodate user interests in content available in information-rich software environments. As a dynamic process, user profiles are surreptitiously obtained by discerning...
6590588 Wireless, radio-frequency communications using a handheld computer  
A communications device provides a user with a sensory cue that informs the user of certain characteristics of a subsequent action that includes data communications. By informing the user of the...
6587127 Content player method and server with user profile  
A method of operation of a server ( 102 ) interacting with users ( 104, 106 ) to provide personalized content to each of the users. Personalized content is sent to a first user by communicating...
6580438 Systems and methods for maintaining uniformity in a presentation environment  
In a presentation control system environment, the methods and systems of this invention manipulate presentation elements to create a unified display characteristic between the elements selected for...
6567108 Computer implemented method of implementing, maintaining, and updating a brand architecture system  
A method of implementing an automated brand architecture system is described. The method comprises the computer implemented steps of displaying a navigable brand-architecture chart. The method...
6563518 Method for enabling rapid modification of a display controlled by a computer program  
A credit card processing system includes a layer of abstraction between the presentation layer and the display, which enables rapid modification of the display by a user who is not necessarily...
6559865 Computing sign text for branches of an electronic map network  
A method and apparatus for computing sign text for exit ramps from limited access highways of an electronic map network. First and second name lists containing names of road elements ahead of and...
6559861 Displaying computer interfaces in multiple languages  
An apparatus and method for displaying a page of a user interface of computer system in multiple languages. The computer system includes a memory that contains a plurality of string values that...
6559866 System and method for providing foreign language support for a remote control device  
In response to an interactive option becoming available, an icon sharing visual characteristics with a corresponding button of a remote control is displayed. A description of the interactive option...
6556878 Method and user interface for representing architectural plan diagrams  
A method, user interface, computer storage medium and propagated signal for representing an architectural plan diagram on a graphical user interface connected to an interactive communications...
6556220 Method and system to display, modify or substitute the contents of self-describing objects  
A method and system to decompose, display, modify and substitute the contents of self-describing objects is presented. A user-friendly graphical user interface is designed to facilitate the...
6545690 Liaison interface  
For a large system having an associated monitoring system with one or more user interfaces that each requires a large amount of direct user interaction, a liaison interface is provided between the...
6542166 System and method for editing a control  
A container independent method for editing a control, wherein changes may be viewed and evaluated prior to applying the changes to the control. The method comprises a user dropping a control onto a...
6538673 Method for extracting digests, reformatting, and automatic monitoring of structured online documents based on visual programming of document tree navigation and transformation  
A method for extracting digests, reformatting, and automatic monitoring of structured online documents based on visual programming of document tree navigation and transformation is provided for...
6529900 Method and apparatus for data visualization  
A method and system are provided for visualization of information stored in database records. Data visualizations offer a view of the underlying database records and are created and stored with in...
6529217 System and method for graphically displaying a set of data fields  
A method for graphically displaying a set of data fields includes creating a graphical display of a set of data fields through the use of icons and drop areas. To graphically display the data...
6515682 System and method for editing a control utilizing a preview window to view changes made to the control  
A method for editing an OLE control comprises a user dragging an icon representation of the control and dropping the control onto a form of a container which contains OLE controls, such as Visual...
6512526 User specific execution of programs  
A computer system and method allows customization of a desktop of a user in a multiple user environment, such as a windows type operating system. Configuration files trigger a program to execute...
6501486 Multiple language support for component-based systems  
A computer system for multiple language support in a component-based system having a graphical interface for object creation. The created objects having a CORBA-compliant IDL definition. The system...
6496203 Standardized and application-independent graphical user interface components implemented with web technology  
The present invention generates graphical user interface (GUI) components with GUI regions on a GUI display using web technology such that the GUI components are substantially independent of the...
6486894 Contrasting graphical user interface pointer  
An apparatus and method for the display of a graphical user interface (GUI) pointer, such as a mouse pointer, in a GUI system operating in conjunction with a color or monochrome-scale display...
6483525 Browser apparatus, address registering method, browser system and recording medium  
A browser apparatus for browsing a variety of homepages supplied from servers over a communication network, such as the Internet, the address of a homepage is classified and registered through a...
6483523 Personalized interface browser and its browsing method  
A personalized interface browser for browsing information of a data bank, which includes browser display means for displaying a browser interface for enabling the user to browse the information of...
6469717 Computerized apparatus and method for displaying X-rays and the like for radiological analysis including image shift  
A computer apparatus and method for displaying radiological data such as X-rays, CT scans and other similar anatomical sequences in combination with other modalities such as plane views provides...
6466234 Method and system for controlling environmental conditions  
A method and system for controlling environmental conditions, such as lighting. The lighting system provides an architecture that includes a scene description data structure. A scene defines one or...
6459441 Software interface  
A software control method includes forming groups of software application functions. A different characteristic is associated with each of the groups, and a different graphical user interface (GUI)...
6459442 System for applying application behaviors to freeform data  
A freeform display editing system groups freeform strokes into one or more segments on a display. Each segment in the system defines a region of the display that includes a collection of strokes....
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