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7159192 System and method for customizing electronic messages  
A plug-in is provided to existing electronic message programs, such as electronic mail message programs, to provide a virtual toolbar therein. The virtual toolbar includes one or more virtual...
7134092 Graphical user interface method and apparatus  
The present invention comprises a graphical user interface tool particularly adapted for use with a program that shows multiple files simultaneously, each in a different panel of the display. The...
7124373 System and method for rearranging run-time ordering of open tasks  
Provided for run time ordering open tasks are a status bar; a plurality of task tabs presented in the status bar in sequential order, with a task tab for each open task within an open application;...
7103853 System and method for dynamically presenting actions appropriate to a selected document in a view  
A system and method for presenting actions appropriate to successive selected document in a view. During action creation, a hide-when formula is determined with reference to the selected document...
7080327 Multi-level quick click icon hierarchy and/or activation  
A method and system for helping a user perform tasks in software. Graphic elements (e.g., icons) are rendered and displayed regardless of which task is being performed. An element can be either...
7076743 Method for adding a plurality of user selectable functions to a hyperlink  
An enhanced hyperlink and method for providing an enhanced hyperlink are provided. This invention permits the user to interact with a hyperlink in a variety of ways without necessarily having to...
7069408 Apparatus and method for partitioning and managing subsystem logics  
A subsystem logics partitioning and managing apparatus comprises a recognition unit for recognizing logical and physical resources that constitute a subsystem a partition definition table in which...
7058892 Displaying content from multiple servers  
A request is sent for a web page and the web page is received from a first server. The web page is displayed by a browser. An identification of the web page is sent to a second server. Content is...
7051283 Portable electronic apparatus and method for providing visual and/or audio information  
A portable electronic apparatus and method for receiving information from a transmitter and providing the information to a user are disclosed. A display provides visual information to the user, and...
7047500 Dynamically configurable virtual window manager  
A virtual window manager having a substantially unconstrained active area is provided for managing windows and icon objects. The user is provided options for “carving out” regions of this...
7047501 Method for displaying controls in a system using a graphical user interface  
In a computer employing a graphical user interface (GUI), a method for displaying controls in command bars, which replace conventional menu bars and toolbars. Command bars employ a unified data...
7039877 Conserving space on browser user interfaces  
A user interface enables the display of browser information in a space conserving fashion. A plurality of icons may be displayed along a bar adjacent a browser display window. When an icon is...
7036088 Multi-modal method for application swapping  
A multi-modal method for application swapping. An embodiment of a method includes, in response to a first key stroke, displaying a plurality of graphical icons corresponding to running...
7036087 Toolbar manipulations  
A group of toolbar tools may be configured by direct user manipulation. Groups of tools on a toolbar may be directly expanded or compressed by user manipulation to optimize toolbar configuration....
7032187 Pen-based interface for a notepad computer  
A notepad computer is disclosed with a page display region displaying a page of a document on which a user can write using a pen. Associated with the page is an interface useable with the pen...
7003726 Computer network having context sensitive and interactive multimedia applications and controls, forming dynamic user interfaces on local computer terminals  
A computer network ( 20 ) having a plurality of terminals ( 22 ) and several network servers ( 26, 28, 30 ) are operative to develop context-sensitive, dynamic graphical user interfaces ( 32 )...
6976223 Method and system to establish dedicated interfaces for the manipulation of segmented images  
A system and method that are capable of assembling customizable graphical user interfaces to facilitate image processing in segmented images. The system receives an input segmented image. A...
6971067 Application launchpad  
A software program provides a unified, ever-present user interface which manages a user's interaction with other software programs. The software program includes an executable portion and a dynamic...
6959421 Quick click icons for workspace flow between views for major subsystems and views within a design tool  
A method and system for helping a user perform tasks in software. Graphic elements (e.g., icons) are rendered and displayed regardless of which task is being performed. An element can be either...
6957395 Computer interface having a single window mode of operation  
A computer-human interface manages the available space of a computer display in a manner which reduces clutter and confusion caused by multiple open windows. The interface includes a...
6918091 User definable interface system, method and computer program product  
In a cursor-based computing environment having a display, a user definable interface (UDI) is displayed upon activation by a user. The UDI has a plurality of levels each having a plurality of...
6901558 System and method for displaying status of background worker threads  
A system for displaying the status of a plurality of threaded tasks operating in the background includes a status bar; a progress control bar in the status bar for a primary task operating in the...
6883143 Computer interface toolbar for acquiring most frequently accessed options using short cursor traverses  
A pop-up toolbar is disclosed which is demonstrably faster and easier to utilize than the permanently displayed, horizontal toolbar. Two columns provide a variable number of irregularly shaped...
6864905 Method to redisplay active panels  
Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are provided that allow multiple instances of an image to be displayed for different objects. In one embodiment, only one instance of an image is...
6859219 Method and apparatus having multiple display devices  
Apparatuses, systems and methods for multiple display devices are described. A display apparatus includes a primary display device for a computer. The display apparatus also includes at least one...
6781611 Method and system for navigating between applications, documents, and files  
A user may easily switch between multiple open windows in multiple applications on a computer desktop. A visual indicator is provided on an application button. The indicator is linked to a list of...
6756999 Method and system for clustering and grouping taskbar buttons  
A method and system are provided for organizing, displaying, and accessing representations of one or more running tasks on a graphical user interface in a computer system. The system organizes like...
6738079 Graphical user interface layout customizer  
Graphical user interface and computer program products are disclosed for providing a unique user interface that allows a GUI developer significant flexibility and strength in designing a layout for...
6704031 Toolbar tracking  
Systems and techniques for tracking a graphical user interface toolbar by establishing a connection to a client; receiving a token including a unique tracking number corresponding to a toolbar item...
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...
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...
6600500 Multi-window display system and method for displaying and erasing window  
A multi-window display system is provided, capable of displaying only selected windows on the screen, erasing unnecessary information from the screen, and redisplaying the erased information...
6593945 Parallel graphical user interface  
A parallel graphical user interface (“GUI”) according to the present invention permits use of display spaces having aspect ratios greater than or equal to 3:1. In one example, a parallel GUI...
6549217 System and method for computer system management using bookmarks  
Methods, computer systems, software and computer readable media containing the software for bookmarking, or saving, multiple profiles associated with a user of a computer system, and for activating...
6518982 System and method of selecting pages that an appliance is sending  
An appliance provides for the selection of data to be transmitted to an external device by selecting metaphoric page icons, each icon corresponding to a page of captured information. Metaphoric...
6499040 Document and task coordination system for a computer  
A computer system operation method for allowing a user to work on interrelated documents includes forming groups of software tools. Different groups of software tools are used to perform different...
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...
6493002 Method and apparatus for displaying and accessing control and status information in a computer system  
An interactive computer-controlled display system having a processor, a data display screen, a cursor control device for interactively positioning a cursor on the data display screen, and a window...
6489976 System and method for displaying pop-up symbols for indicating accelerator keys for implementing computer software options  
A system, method, and computer readable medium containing computer readable instructions for displaying pop-up accelerator key symbols that indicate accelerator keys that may be activated by a user...
6489975 System and method for improved navigation between open windows in an application program using window tabs  
A system, method and computer readable medium for navigating between multiple open windows in a graphical user interface (GUI) of a user program. The system presents a selectable graphical display...
6456307 Automatic icon generation  
A mechanism for automatically generating icons. In the preferred embodiment, a browser displays a web page in a window on a display screen. The browser selects a subset of the page, and transforms...
6456304 Procedural toolbar user interface  
A user interface toolbar and associated method for enabling a user to make a series of selections in a procedural order that can be used to assign properties to a component object in an application...
6373507 Computer-implemented image acquistion system  
An image acquisition system has a computer and one or more imaging devices coupled to the computer. Each imaging device has a device memory and is capable of capturing a digital image and storing...
6356284 Operating system-independent graphical user interface with sliding panel  
Systems, methods and computer program products are provided for displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) within a display device of a computer, wherein GUI functions are provided independently...
6333753 Technique for implementing an on-demand display widget through controlled fading initiated by user contact with a touch sensitive input device  
A technique, specifically apparatus and accompanying methods, for implementing an on-demand "Tool Glass" based desktop user interface. The interface uses at least one input device capable of...
6151024 Data processor controlled display interface with tree hierarchy of elements view expandable into multiple detailed views  
A data processing controlled display system for the interactive display and control of a hierarchical tree of elements or objects which are selectable to display detailed views of the attributes of...
6057836 System and method for resizing and rearranging a composite toolbar by direct manipulation  
A system and method for customizing a composite toolbar via direct on-screen manipulation by resizing the composite toolbar and by rearranging sections within a composite toolbar. A composite...
6055548 Computerized spreadsheet with auto-calculator  
A computerized spreadsheet automatically calculates a function using a set of selected cells as the cells are selected and immediately displays the result in real-time, without requiring entry of a...
6023272 Continuously accessible computer system interface  
A system and method are described for presenting a continuously accessible computer system tool interface. The interface of the present invention comprises a separated applications section and...
5920316 Taskbar with start menu  
A taskbar is provided that supplies visual cues, such as buttons, for each application having an active window. These visual cues inform a user of the currently active windows and may be used to...
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