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7614010 Interface apparatus, interface method in information processing apparatus, and interface program  
An interface apparatus controls at least activation and termination of one or more registered application programs in accordance with user operations. The apparatus includes a first holding section...
7610562 Task-sensitive methods and systems for displaying command sets  
Methods and systems present commands to a user within a software application program by determining the user's context within the application program and automatically presenting in a user...
7600190 Window switching method and system  
A window switching method. A window list is automatically adjusted according a lower limit to the sizes of program symbols on the window list, thus preventing the symbols on the window list from...
7596761 Application user interface with navigation bar showing current and prior application contexts  
A graphical user interface for a portable electronic device includes an application display region that displays a current application context of an application and a navigation bar adjacent to the...
7595810 Methods of manipulating a screen space of a display device  
Methods to manipulate a screen space of a display device are disclosed. A plurality of application windows of a plurality of applications are displayed on a screen space. At least a first...
7594185 Virtual desktop manager  
A method for a user to preview multiple virtual desktops in a graphical user interface is described. The method comprises receiving an indication from a user to preview the multiple virtual...
7594183 Capturing a workflow  
Various embodiments of a method, system and computer program product for capturing a workflow are provided. A capture application automatically stores at least a portion of a copied screen of a...
7590945 Viewing applications from inactive sessions  
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for managing user-sessions. Briefly described, in architecture, one embodiment of the system, among others, includes logic...
7581195 System for managing data objects  
A device for managing image and audio files displays thumbnails, which are representative of the files, on a screen in different arrangements, depending on the selected layout and order. When the...
7568165 Sidebar engine, object model and schema  
An engine is provided for displaying an application for hosting a second application. The hosting application can be a sidebar on a display. The engine can contain a part or program which can...
7552397 Multiple window behavior system  
A method for displaying a plurality of windows on a display screen is described. The method includes steps of associating a first window with a second window, where the second window is independent...
7546545 Emphasizing drop destinations for a selected entity based upon prior drop destinations  
A method that emphasizes at least one drop destination for a selected entity based upon monitored drop destinations. Drop destinations may be emphasized by generating a plurality of path vectors...
7530029 Narrow mode navigation pane  
A narrow mode navigation pane is provided that may be selectively displayed as a replacement of a normal mode or full-size navigation pane to allow more display space for other user interface...
7526738 User interface for providing consolidation and access  
Methods and systems for providing graphical user interfaces are described. To provide greater access and consolidation to frequently used items in the graphical user interface, a userbar is...
7523410 Computer systems for the management and distribution of information  
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...
7512896 Task-sensitive methods and systems for displaying command sets  
Methods and systems present commands to a user within a software application program by determining the user's context within the application program and automatically presenting in a user...
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...
7493569 System and method for visually encoding related functions on a multi-function document output device control interface  
A system and method for visually encoding related functions on a multi-function document output device control interface is provided. A set of main functions are configured as hardware buttons,...
7489305 Touch screen control  
A digital imaging device is provided with a touch sensitive display screen 10 . The screen 10 displays an image 12 captured by the imaging device. Along one side of the screen is a toolbar 14...
7484184 Graphical cursor navigation methods  
A method for actuating a button on a graphical user interface (GUI) is disclosed. The method includes navigating a graphical cursor corresponding to an input device onto the button, activating a...
7480871 Clerical procedures processing apparatus and clerical procedures processing system  
Up until now, when an employee had a personal change, it was possible that that employee did not know all of the items (events) that needed to registered with the company. This invention comprises...
7478339 Method and apparatus for application window grouping and management  
A method for managing a plurality of application window representations is described. The method includes steps of defining a set of application window representation positions in a predefined...
7461351 Interactive formatting interface  
An interactive formatting tool enables a user to analyze and modify the formatting properties that have been applied to a text string. A user can invoke the formatting tool by displaying an...
7426697 Multi-application tabbing system  
A method for displaying a plurality of windows on a display screen is described. The method includes steps of associating a first window with at least one second window, the at least one second...
7421663 Graphical user interface design for multiple settings/values related to an item  
A Graphical User Interface is provided that presents multi-level configurable parameter values for an item in a condensed and scannable format. The GUI enables a user to clearly and quickly discern...
7417625 Method and system for providing input mechanisms on a handheld electronic device  
Reassigning direction-related keys in a handheld device is disclosed. Activation of one of at least two direction-related keys on a rotatable panel of a hand held device is detected, wherein the...
7412661 Method and system for changing visual states of a toolbar  
A method and system for changing the area in which to view the content of a document while maintaining access to various viewing options. In a first state, toolbar items are displayed in a toolbar...
7412655 Method and system of providing dynamic dialogs  
Methods and systems for providing dynamic dialogs, used with a downloadable toolbar for an Internet browser. In an embodiment of the invention an add-on browser toolbar, which may be implemented as...
7401294 Method and system for collaborative web browsing  
A Web browser is augmented with collaborative features to support community aware browsing sessions. The augmentation provided includes a data mining plug-in for the browser to establish...
7370289 Method and apparatus for notification on an electronic handheld device using an attention manager  
A method and system for notification in a palm-sized computer system. Specifically, the present invention discloses an Attention Manager that manages application demand for a user's attention. The...
7363592 Tool group manipulations  
Herein discloses interactive user manipulations of tool groups within toolbars User-responsive tool group manipulation facilitates greater utility, user control, and customization potential, for...
7355586 Method for associating multiple functionalities with mouse buttons  
The present invention is method for simultaneously associating different functionalities with different mouse buttons. The method of the present invention also provides an enhanced toolbar ( 60 )...
7350154 Virtual desktop manager  
A method for a user to preview multiple virtual desktops in a graphical user interface is described. The method comprises receiving an indication from a user to preview the multiple virtual...
7340686 Operating system program launch menu search  
An operating system program launch menu, such as a Start menu, provides various mechanisms for a user to quickly and efficiently locate and launch desired data items such as programs, data files,...
7334193 Start menu user tiles  
A user interface and a method for operating the user interface are described. Using the user interface, a user may readily switch between users without wading through cumbersome interfaces.
7308654 Information processing apparatus, menu processing method and recording medium storing a menu processing program  
Characteristic menu information corresponding to applications are stored in a menu storage unit. A menu development unit discriminates an application which is now started and develops a menu...
7305470 Method for displaying web user's authentication status in a distributed single login network  
The invention provides a system and method for automatically displaying a user's logged-in status across an Internet based network of affiliated Web sites via a visual indicator such as a toolbar...
7296241 System and method for managing a message view  
Described is a system and method for managing a message view on a mobile device. The system includes a switch manager and a plurality of message stores. Message stores may include an email account,...
7275169 Graphical view of shutdown process  
A method of controlling shutdown of processes on equipment powered through a UPS comprises: providing a graphical display system and a graphical pointing device; displaying on the graphical display...
7249326 Method and system for reducing notification area clutter  
A method and system are provided for use in a computer system for organizing and displaying notification items associated with the system, applications or other components, within a notification...
7249322 E2 automobile dealership information management system  
The present invention provides for the first time, an integrated software application architecture with all functions required by an automobile dealership, including sales, F&I (finance and...
7231609 System and method for accessing remote screen content  
A system and method for facilitating user access to remote content from a current location is presented. The invention monitors for and detects an activation gesture. The activation gesture may...
7210105 System and method for synchronizing software execution  
System and method for synchronizing software execution in a computer system. Threads or processes executing in the computer system are synchronized via various types of synchronization objects....
7206839 Method for adding a user selectable function to a hyperlink  
An enhanced hyperlink and method for providing an enhanced hyperlinked are provided. This invention permits the user to interact with a hyperlink in a variety of ways without necessarily having to...
7181697 Method of implementing a plurality of system tray areas  
A method of implementing a plurality of system tray areas is disclosed, wherein each system tray area is defined with a particular size and used for displaying a plurality of registered icons to...
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...
7159184 Method and graphical user interface for creating a configuration file used to allocate computer system resources among workloads  
A method is disclosed for creating a configuration file for use with a resource allocator that allocates computer system resources, such as CPU resources, among workloads operating on the system. A...
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...
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