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6473104 Slider control  
A slider control cooperates with a viewport of a graphic user interface interactive application in which information is displayed. The invention is applicable where this information is divisible...
6473100 Hosting controls in a window via an interface for controlling the window  
Hosting user interface controls in a window via an interface for controlling the window is disclosed. One aspect of the invention is a computerized system having an operating system and at least...
6462755 Distributed client/server window presentation  
This invention addresses the management of window geometry (or layout) in a distributed data processing system. In this invention, a client server model includes an application executing on a...
6456305 Method and system for automatically fitting a graphical display of objects to the dimensions of a display window  
A method and system for automatically sizing and positioning a graphical display of HTML objects to fit the dimensions and video display resolution of a display window in a program such as a...
6452570 Device for controlling the reproduction of an image displayed on a vehicle screen  
The device for controlling a map section reproduced on a screen is characterized by a window displayed on the screen, said window marking the map section, and by a control element that is rotatable...
6448984 Displaying layered information using lenticular-like interfaces  
A method of displaying graphical information using a “lenticular-like” interface is described. With a “lenticular-like” interface, the viewer is made aware that additional, usually...
6445400 Computer controlled user interactive display system with each of a plurality of windows having a border of a color varied to reflect a variable parameter being tracked for the window  
There is provided a computer controlled display interface permitting simplified tracking of access time periods to secured data in a user interactive display system with a multitude of displayed...
6445364 Portable game display and method for controlling same  
A virtual computer monitor is described which enables instantaneous and intuitive visual access to large amounts of visual data by providing the user with a large display projected virtually in...
6411960 Computer system  
An electronic catalogue is implemented on a server computer by a software component which functions as a catalogue system and an associated database. The catalogue contains details on a set of...
6412031 Simultaneous control of live video device access by multiple applications via software locks and in accordance with window visibility of applications in a multiwindow environment  
A method and apparatus for allowing several applications to share a single video overlay resource via multiplexing are disclosed. The multiplexing is accomplished from the application end through a...
6396519 Changing the status of a window for docked applications and application bars  
A method and system is presented which enables the user to maintain the receipt of information from an application bar while the application bar is minimized. In addition, the conveyance of...
6396520 Method of transition between window states  
The present invention relates to a method for manipulating a window within a graphical user interface (GUI) of an operating system in a manner that provides a transitional effect between window...
6392672 Adding method for ordered sorting of a group of windows on a display  
In modern display systems, such as cable boxes, there is often a requirement to create displays with several windows containing independent content. The content may come from different programs...
6388679 Multi-resolution computer display system  
A method and apparatus are provided for the simultaneous display of different “viewing areas” on a computer video display monitor so that a user sees them as displayed at different resolutions....
6389487 Control of video device by multiplexing accesses among multiple applications requesting access based on visibility on single display and via system of window visibility rules  
A method and apparatus for allowing several applications to share a single video overlay resource via multiplexing are disclosed. The multiplexing is accomplished from the application end through a...
6380954 Method and system for layout of objects within a perimeter using constrained interactive search  
A computer-based method and system for guiding a user through the process of positioning a set of graphical components within a container in a manner that guarantees that a satisfactory layout will...
6363393 Component based object-relational database infrastructure and user interface  
The invention provides a system for accessing business data stored in one or more databases by a user. The system includes a means for presenting a user with a plurality of components with each...
6362837 Method and apparatus for simultaneously indicating rating value for the first document and display of second document in response to the selection  
A method for navigating within a message thread on a computer system having a memory and a display, includes the steps of displaying a message on the display, displaying an icon on the display, the...
6360280 Method and system for accessing shell folder capabilities by an application program  
A method, a computer system and a computer-readable medium are provided for providing a single window in which a user may both modify a file system hierarchy of the computer system and select a...
6356283 Method and system for HTML-driven interactive image client  
A method and system for archiving digital data on a server computer, and enabling a user, by means of a client computer, to interactively view a digital image derived from the digital data, the...
6344863 Three-dimensional GUI windows with variable-speed perspective movement  
A three-dimensional graphical user interface is provided wherein the windows have a “thickness” property. In the preferred embodiment, a window will have a Z plane position (z) and a Z plane...
6335743 Method and system for providing a resize layout allowing flexible placement and sizing of controls  
A system and method for providing a window capable of being resized is disclosed. The window includes at least one control. In one aspect, the method and system include allowing a developer to...
6335742 Apparatus for file management and manipulation using graphical displays and textual descriptions  
A processor-based display processing apparatus, method and user interface allows for easy understanding of the contents of respective files by present a portion of the respective files as a...
6335745 Method and system for invoking a function of a graphical object in a graphical user interface  
A data processing system and method of efficiently invoking a function within a data processing system wherein the data processing system includes a processing unit, a display device that displays...
6329998 Multiple screen processor for processing video image data formats  
A multiple screen HDTV (High Definition television) processor includes two detectors and a background screen generator. The first detector generates an output signal when format change is detected....
6327586 System method and computer program product to automate the management and analysis of heterogeneous data  
System, Method and Computer Program Product for automating the collection, management and analysis of data. Research is performed according to a methodology based on four phases: Requirements;...
6326985 Display apparatus and method for controlling the same  
The present invention provides an excellent display apparatus effectively using the display area of the object/window in the inactive state existing on the display screen and a method for...
6310632 System and method for a graphical user interface including buddy dialogs  
A graphical user interface includes a buddy dialog which dynamically becomes part of a current dialog upon selection of a selectable object on a property page. A unique buddy dialog format is...
RE37418 Method and apparatus for synchronizing graphical presentations  
A method and system for providing synchronization of the timing of various multimedia events, including a visual event is disclosed. Clock objects are defined in the storage and associated with an...
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...
6298327 Expert support system for authoring invention disclosures  
A computer-implemented expert support system for authoring invention disclosures and for evaluating the probable patentability and marketability of a disclosed invention. The system comprises at...
6298344 Document searching apparatus  
A searching apparatus includes an index generation portion for generating an index to provide data of the number of documents including the key word and the number of appearances of the key word....
6281896 Data processor controlled interface with multiple tree of elements views expandable into individual detail views  
A data processing controlled display system for the interactive display and control of a hierarchical trees of elements or objects in which multiple tree views are presented to the user. The...
6275224 Group situation board system and method of operation  
A network (10) is provided that has a network server (12) and a plurality of client systems (14). The network server (12) executes a server application (16), and the plurality of client systems...
6266058 Apparatus and method for linking browser bars with active documents for a browser  
An apparatus and method provides for active documents to be linked with the standard browser bar. This linkage allows for software components contained by the browser to work together and feel like...
6259443 Method and apparatus for enabling multiple users to concurrently access a remote server using set-top boxes  
A method and apparatus are provided for enabling multiple users to concurrently access a PC-based server in a home local area network using conventional TVs as display devices. A client system...
6252594 Method and system for aiding a user in scrolling through a document using animation, voice cues and a dockable scroll bar  
A system and method for aiding a user in scrolling through a multiple-page are disclosed. The system and method include providing visual and/or audio cues in a graphical user interface (GUI)...
6252593 Assisting controls in a windowing environment  
A computer system for persistently storing information entered by a user into an edit control of a property page. In a preferred embodiment, the computer system has a registry for storage of...
6246406 Techniques for navigating layers of a user interface  
A graphical user interface permits navigating through a plurality of stacked window layers or image planes. In one form, moving through one image plane to an image plane below simulates pressing on...
6246409 Method and system for connecting to, browsing, and accessing computer network resources  
A method and system for connecting to, browsing, and accessing computer network resources are provided. In a network in which the preferred embodiment of the present invention operates, a client...
6239796 Apparatus and method for controlling dialog box display and system interactivity in a signal measurement system  
A signal measurement system is disclosed. The signal measurement system includes an operating system and a graphical user interface. A dialog box control system constructed and arranged to manage...
6232969 Device for composing or editing a string of characters  
A device for composing or editing a string of characters representing information, such as a text message, comprises a character string display for displaying a character string being composed or...
6229537 Hosting windowed objects in a non-windowing environment  
Hosting windowed objects in a non-windowing environment is disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a computerized system includes a non-windowing environment, such as that provided by Java,...
6226040 Apparatus for converting video signal  
Apparatus for generating at least a selected area in a picture is disclosed herein. The picture and the selected area are displayed on a video display means, and the user can optionally adjust the...
6219050 Bounce diagram: a user interface for graphical exploration of packet trace information  
A user interface for a protocol analyzer or similar network management software product provides a graphical representation of the behavior of packets in a packet trace with respect to time,...
6215486 Event handling in a single logical screen display using multiple remote computer systems  
A method for handling events in an X Window System environment is disclosed. First and second events are detected in first and second server processes, respectively. First event data corresponding...
6211874 Method for parallel selection of URL's  
A method of accessing files located in a computer system, by selecting a plurality of embedded links (such as hypertext links) from one or more pages displayed in a browser window, and processing...
6198483 Motion user interface  
A data viewing terminal for displaying graphical indices pointing to elements of a database of information in a way that takes into account properties of the human visual perception system so as to...
6195094 Window splitter bar system  
A window splitter bar system in a computer environment provides a control button in the splitter bar between two panes in a multi-pane window application. The control button is used to open and...
6184882 Method and apparatus for operational control of a radio communication system  
A radio communication system (100) has an information display interface (201) to provide operator assisted operational control. The information display interface (201) has multiple control sheets...