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7609266 System and method for providing a dynamically updating legend  
Generating a dynamic legend for a drawing developed by a diagramming software program. A drawing sheet module and legend module, logically-coupled to the drawing sheet module, are useful for...
7607103 Virtual beverage bar design and analysis system  
A system, method and computer program product for planning an arrangement of beverage equipment on a virtual surface or counter. The system allows a user to create a virtual surface of chosen...
7574671 Apparatus and method of displaying electronic desktops based on a scheduler or network connection  
A method and apparatus for selecting a desktop from a plurality of desktops for use upon turning on a computer system are provided. When the computer system is turned on, it is first determined...
7557943 Image data management method of multiple sets of image data  
An image reading apparatus reads a multi-page original document and obtains multiple sets of image data, creates virtual combination information that indicates the interrelationships among the...
7549126 Computer system with graphical user interface including spring-loaded enclosures  
An apparatus for finding objects in a computer including a display and a pointing device with which a user drags a pointer on the display, having: an input that receives an input signal to indicate...
7546546 User defined contextual desktop folders  
Contextual desktop folders are provided in addition to a system desktop folder, thereby customized desktop folders (contextual desktop folders) are provided to a user. Thus, applications that have...
7503005 Information processing apparatus and method, and distribution medium for storing and accessing data  
The management of files, folders, and other data is facilitated. When a user inputs a character string (tag), which is desired to be retrieved, to a retrieval character input space and operates a...
7500180 Apparatus for collecting information and managing access rights  
An information collecting/providing system provides information in a manner that allows information to be easily registered, viewed, developed, and reused, even when a large amount of various kinds...
7478338 Palette-based graphical user interface  
A palette-based graphical user interface for a computer-implemented system. The palettes can be customized in a number of different ways to make them more user-friendly.
7380217 Method of graphical presentation of relationships between individuals, business entities, and organizations  
A method of graphical presentation of relationships with business significance between business related entities such as individuals, business entities, and activities of human endeavor....
7299421 Screen change control apparatus and method using tabs  
A plurality of displayable screens are classified into a plurality of screen groups in such a manner that two or more of the screens belong to each individual screen group. Once a desired one of...
7055106 File management method  
A file management method prohibits a thumbnail image of an arbitrary file. The method displays files as thumbnail images on a display each of which show contents of the file, and detects a drag and...
7013433 System and method for providing a dynamically updating legend  
Generating a dynamic legend for a drawing developed by a diagramming software program. A drawing sheet module and legend module, logically-coupled to the drawing sheet module, are useful for...
6690400 Graphic user interface for resources management of super operating system based computers  
This invention is a Graphic User Interface (GUI) that enables a user to virtualize the system and to define secondary storage physical devices through the graphical depiction of cabinets. The GUI...
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...
6664983 Method and apparatus for configuring sliding panels  
A graphical user interface (GUI) is configurable in an embodiment of the invention. A user configures sliding panels located on the edges of the GUI. A sliding panel is configured with an...
6570593 Management graphical user interface for a network file system  
A graphical user interface is implemented with unique icons for registered but not mounted file systems, registered and mounted file systems, and mounted but not registered file systems. The unique...
6560281 Method and apparatus for generating a condensed version of a video sequence including desired affordances  
A method and apparatus analyzes and annotates a technical talk typically illustrated with overhead slides, wherein the slides are recorded in a video sequence. The video sequence is condensed and...
6498613 Menu display apparatus capable of varying menu display area and total menu item number displayed on cabinet holder image, and program storage medium  
In a menu display apparatus, when a user selects a desirable item from a large number of items displayed in a drawing unit image on a display screen, the user can have such a feeling that the user...
6477528 File management system, electronic filing system, hierarchical structure display method of file, computer readable recording medium recording program in which function thereof is executable  
A file management system in a computer having a file system, which manages by a hierarchical management system, comprises file retrieval condition specifying means to specify file retrieval...
6466238 Computer operating system that defines default document folder for application programs  
Conventional computer systems include numerous application programs which by default store files, or documents, in folders containing the application program that creates them. For example,...
6452614 Organizing a user interface using different personae  
A user interface is organized using different personae. When in a master persona mode, a user is provided access to a full list of contacts and to a full set of data files. When in a first...
6426757 Method and apparatus for providing pseudo-3D rendering for virtual reality computer user interfaces  
A computer system which includes a central processing unit, a bus, and a memory store coupled to the central processing unit that includes a psuedo 3D rendering mechanism. Typically, the rendering...
6417871 Paperless accounting system for creating accurate electronic slips at high speed and including approval settlement  
In the paperless accounting system of the present invention, even if a person is not accustomed to accounting, a slip can be easily formed by simply inputting data in necessary items displayed on...
6359634 Method and computer program product for graphical user interface (GUI) organization control for extending GUI applications  
A method and computer program product are provided for graphical user interface (GUI) organization control for extending GUI applications. An initial tabbed dialog is processed. Each page to be...
6356896 Data visualization of queries over joins  
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for data visualization of queries over joins. One or more commands are executed in a computer to perform a database operation on a relational...
6307547 Method and system for providing enhanced folder racks  
Enhanced folder racks have a number of improved capabilities, including the ability to lock a folder rack to limit access to objects held therein. The enhanced folder racks are logically...
6188973 Automatic mapping, monitoring, and control of computer room components  
A system and method for automatically mapping on a computer display a graphical representation of a physical arrangement of a plurality of computer components in one or more cabinets, each cabinet...
6101506 Method and system for managing files by version and programs therefor  
A rack 110 is displayed on a display unit 100. A plurality of file cases 112A to 112D are disposed within the rack 110 in an array. A series of files which have a common file name and different...
6034687 Graphical interface for a computer hardware resource having a surrealistic image of a real office machine  
A method for controlling flow, through a computer hardware resource, of information to and from computer applications. When a flow of information is initiated from one of the applications, a...
5969720 Data processing system and method for implementing an informative container for a file system  
A data processing system renders a real-world object on a display device to represent a storage space of the data processing system. The real-world object is displayed with various labels and...
5936625 Computerized calendar showing scheduled events which may be edited, magnified, or scrolled within a monthly view  
A method of providing a monthly calendar view in a computer system uses either textual information or vertically stacked busy bars. If the textual information is utilized, the textual information...
5936624 Data processing system having a logical containment system and method therefor  
A data processing system, software program and method effectively and intuitively display a storage space of a data processing system to an end-user to allow the end-user to create a filing system...
5923737 Terminal  
A communication terminal for use in a communication system comprises a display unit having a display screen onto which call states of different terminals in the system are represented by means of...
5917490 Interactive information processing system responsive to user manipulation of physical objects and displayed images  
An information processing system and method using a file storage unit which stores electronic information and a display unit which displays the electronic information. A discrimination unit...
5874966 Customizable graphical user interface that automatically identifies major objects in a user-selected digitized color image and permits data to be associated with the major objects  
A data processing system graphical user interface that is customizable to any user-selected color bitmap image is provided. According to the present invention, a user-selected color bitmap image...
5847709 3-D document workspace with focus, immediate and tertiary spaces  
A three dimensional document workspace for interacting with large numbers of document objects. A document object may be a document or a document collection. The document workspace is divided...
5841435 Virtual windows desktop  
A process for a virtual windows desktop system visually organizing multiple computer application objects on a computer screen comprising the steps of: 1) providing for a virtual display with...
5838326 System for moving document objects in a 3-D workspace  
A three dimensional document workspace for interacting with large numbers of document objects. A document object may be a document or a document collection. The document workspace is divided...
5808612 Virtual office with connections between source data machine, and a viewer objects  
The present invention provides a system and method for displaying on a display device (20) connectable to the system a visual representation of a physical environment, such as a virtual office. The...
5751287 System for organizing document icons with suggestions, folders, drawers, and cabinets  
A user interface providing a cabinet, drawers, folders and documents for manipulating and organizing the documents. An image of a file cabinet is used where the user can create, name, describe,...
5737553 Colormap system for mapping pixel position and color index to executable functions  
An apparatus and method for mapping (associating, linking) hot spot objects of arbitrary shape and size to selected portions of an image presentable on a display connected to a computer. A hot spot...
5732229 Method and apparatus for displaying business cards  
A method and apparatus for representing the attributes of an object representing a person or entity in an object oriented operating system running on a computer networked to other computers. The...
5731813 Graphical user interface for graphically representing, organizing, and selecting application programs and documents  
A graphical user interface for a computer system that includes a memory for storing application programs and application files. The user interface permits the user to initiate execution of a...
5727174 Graphical end-user interface for intelligent assistants  
A graphical user interface for a computer system that includes one or more intelligent assistants. The interface includes composite icons comprising a graphical representation of a human figure, a...
5692145 Method and apparatus for generating and performing operations on table type databases using icons  
A method and apparatus for permitting a user to perform operations between data of at least two tables. In the invention table icons each representing one of the at least two tables are displayed...
5684970 Icon menu display apparatus and icon menu display method  
The icon menu display method and apparatus according to the invention displays a perspective view of a work room over an entire screen as a background against which a plurality of icons are...
5619638 Object based computer system having representation objects for providing interpretative views onto a data object  
Object based computer system which has objects and object parts which are either (a) semantic, relating to stored data, or (b) presentation, relating to presentation of the semantic objects to the...
5592605 Menu picture display method and apparatus for a data processor  
The icon menu display method and apparatus according to the invention displays a perspective view of a work room over an entire screen as a background against which a plurality of icons are...
5525978 Graphical key manager for computer  
A computer has an operating system with a graphical user interface. This computer also has a key manager for graphically associating objects, such as data or application programs, with keystrokes,...
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