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7631272 Focus scope  
Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to directing focus to elements of a graphical user interface in response to focus events. In aspects, a program may include multiple focus...
7627830 Click-to-add, jot-it-down, and add banner  
A method and apparatus is provided that allows a user to automatically add content, such as an event, to a container, such as, a calendar without directly accessing the container. Second and third...
7624358 Mouse radar for enhanced navigation of a topology  
A system and method for enhancing navigation of a topology within a visual display. A system is disclosed including: a system for displaying an enhanced mouse pointer in a current view, wherein the...
7624355 System and method for controlling a user interface  
A system and method permits user control of a graphical user interface displayed to the user. The system comprises a user input device communicatively connected to a computing device. The computer...
7620911 Collapsible dialog window  
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture of the invention provide for collapsing a dialog window of an application. A complete dialog window of a currently active application is displayed on...
7620890 Presenting user interface elements to a screen reader using placeholders  
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for providing information to a screen reader. A method includes the actions of receiving information for representing a web page in a...
7614011 Apparatus and method for display power saving  
A power saving method for self-luminous displays and an apparatus thereof, comprises determining active and inactive portions of a display screen. The inactive portions of the display screen are...
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...
7609279 Data-driven layout engine  
Systems and methods for providing a user with increased flexibility and control over the appearance and behavior of objects on a user interface are described. Sets of objects can be grouped into...
7600192 Method of zoom and fade transitioning between layers of information screens  
The present invention relates to an information providing apparatus and an information providing method. The display is switched through a transit screen based on a zoom-in screen or a zoom-out...
7594186 Dialog box positioning  
Methods, systems and articles of manufacture for enhanced control over the positioning of dialog boxes in relation to hyperlinks within electronic documents. The controlled positioning is...
7587683 Display method, portable terminal device, and display program  
A display method for displaying a plurality of icons in list form on a display device by a list-form displaying section and for enlarging and reducing an icon. When a first icon is selected while...
7577924 User interface for stylus-based user input  
Systems and methods for a user interface for stylus-based user input is described. In one aspect, a user interface is provided that includes an action area. The action area includes at least one...
7577916 Method and apparatus for management and representation of dynamic context  
A technique for managing and representing dynamic context information. The system can manage local and remote activity information including sensor and computer application generated events such as...
7574666 Electronic device and storage medium which stores a display control program  
An electronic device is disclosed that can simultaneously display basic function screens for a plurality of functions, and can also display one of these basic function screens or a lower level...
7573522 Apparatus for and method of processing on-screen display when a shutter mechanism of a digital image processing device is half-pressed  
A method of and apparatus for processing an on-screen display (OSD), wherein the OSD is displayed transparently or semi-transparently on a liquid crystal display panel (LCD) of a digital camera...
7568168 Method and apparatus for capturing and rendering text annotations for non-modifiable electronic content  
A system and method for capturing, displaying, and navigating text annotations in a non-modifiable document is disclosed. Once it is determined that a text annotation is to be created, the system...
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...
7554525 Setting next destination of pointer to each of multiple objects  
A menu screen includes multiple buttons. Assigned to each button for each direction is another button to which an anchor is moved according to a directional user input of up, down, right or left. A...
7552398 Systems and methods for semantically zooming information  
Techniques are presented to semantically zoom information to fit within a bounded display space. A bounded display space optionally constrained by size or shape is determined. Semantically coherent...
7552172 Multi-windowed online application environment  
Systems and techniques for transferring electronic data to a user of a communications system by establishing a connection between a client and a host; receiving electronic data from the host in...
7546543 Widget authoring and editing environment  
An authoring environment for creating and/or editing user interface elements such as widgets used in a unified interest layer. The authoring environment facilitates creation of widgets that have a...
7536650 System and method that facilitates computer desktop use via scaling of displayed objects with shifts to the periphery  
The present invention relates to a system that facilitates multi-tasking in a computing environment. A focus area component defines a focus area within a display space—the focus area occupying a...
7530026 User interface element with auxiliary function  
A user-activatable dashboard (also referred to as a unified interest layer) contains any number of user interface elements, referred to herein as “widgets,” for quick access by a user. In...
7523415 Exclusive use display surface areas and persistently visible display of contents including advertisements  
In a computer system having a display device with a display surface, a portion of the display surface is reserved for an exclusive use by a program, to allow contents rendered by the program to be...
7523413 Organizing session applications  
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for organizing session applications. Briefly described, in architecture, one embodiment of the system, among others, includes logic...
7509586 Method and system of calculating focus on an item  
There are presented a method and system of calculating focus applied to an item ( 102 ) among a group of items ( 101 ). In embodiments of the invention a focus measurement is decayed from all items...
7503010 Remote access to layer and user interface elements  
A user-activatable dashboard (also referred to as a unified interest layer) contains any number of user interface elements, referred to herein as “widgets,” for quick access by a user. In...
7503006 Visual indication of current voice speaker  
Visually identifying one or more known or anonymous voice speakers to a listener in a computing session. For each voice speaker, voice data include a speaker identifier that is associated with a...
7493573 Scrolling vertical column mechanism for cellular telephone  
A system and method of navigating a mobile device display includes highlighting a first icon in a main portion of the mobile device display. The main portion is traversed to a tertiary tray. The...
7490299 System and method for handling unexpected focus change messages in a computing device  
A system and method for managing non-user initiated focus changes in a computing device detects, in one embodiment, an operating system generated message indicating a focus change from a first...
7490295 Layer for accessing user interface elements  
A user-activatable dashboard contains any number of user interface elements, referred to herein as “widgets,” for quick access by a user. In response to a command from a user, the dashboard is...
7478341 Apparatus and method for persistent display interface  
An apparatus and method for maintaining a graphics display window on a display screen that will not be obscured by any other graphics display window. The graphic display apparatus comprises an...
7475359 User interface for a tabbed pane  
The present invention provides a user interface for a tabbed pane. A method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: displaying a plurality of ordered tabs in a tab...
7461348 Systems and methods for processing input data before, during, and/or after an input focus change event  
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media process computer input data (such as electronic ink data, speech input data, keyboard input data, etc.), including focus change data, in a manner so...
7454712 Method, system, and computer program product for preventing unwanted application behavior  
The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for preventing unwanted application behavior. A method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention...
7447997 Reducing information transfer in screen capture series  
A screen capture tool reduces information transfer when capturing a series of screen areas. For example, the screen capture tool reduces usage of Bit Block Transfer operations from a display card...
7434174 Method and system for zooming in and out of paginated content  
A method and system for changing the zoom applied to a document. A request is received to change the zoom of a document displayed in a viewing area. A focal point is determined based on whether an...
7412664 Mouse input panel windows class list  
A method for returning focus to a user interface window is disclosed. Information relating to each user interface window existing within a computer operating system is stored in a working database...
7406655 Method of describing multiple level digest segment information scheme for multimedia contents and apparatus for generating digest stream from described multiple level digest segment information scheme and method thereof  
The present invention is intended to provide multiple levels of digest streams for multimedia contents with small amount of additional storage using a multiple level digest segment information...
7389475 Method and apparatus for managing input focus and Z-order  
An improved system for managing user inputs and z-order in a graphic user interface (GUI) environment is disclosed. A GUI element may include a plurality of keys corresponding to keys on a typical...
7376911 Method and system for controlling screen focus for files and applications during presentations  
A method and system for controlling screen focus for files and applications during presentations provides for protection of information in a computer-generated presentation setting and prevention...
7373608 Apparatus, system and method of providing feedback to an e-meeting presenter  
An apparatus, system and method of providing feedback to a presenter in an e-meeting in which visual information is being presented are provided. During presentation, the computer system of each...
7356775 Focus priority in window management  
A method for managing windows in a window-based display system, the method comprising providing a plurality of windows, each window being associated with an application, at least one of the...
7353229 Post-session internet advertising system  
The present invention is directed to a post-session advertising system that may be used in media such as computers, personal digital assistants, telephones, televisions, radios, and similar...
7346855 Method and system for switching between multiple computer applications  
Generally described, a method is provided for use in a computer system that allows users to navigate quickly through multiple applications. In accordance with the method, when the computer receives...
7346848 Single window navigation methods and systems  
A user interface (UI) in the form of a single navigable window enables a user to navigate to and between multiple different functionalities that are provided by a single application program. Novel...
7320112 Information processing apparatus and method, and information processing program  
Executing a desired processing immediately by a simple operation using a jog dial for example. The display unit ( 3 ) has a jog dial ( 4 ) (a first operating means) and a back button ( 5 ) (second...
7293241 Method and an arrangement for scrollable cross point navigation in a user interface  
The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for scrollable cross point navigation on a user interface in order to select a feature by combining object fields. Bars, where at least one of...
7277912 Browser environment using multiple browser instantiations  
Systems and techniques for transferring electronic data to a user of a communications system by establishing a connection between a client and a host; receiving electronic data from the host in...
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