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7631275 User interface screen spotlight effect  
An electronic program guide (EPG) having a spotlight effect to focus a user's attention upon a selectable item. The EPG includes a user interface screen for providing a plurality of television...
7631274 Information processing apparatus  
Any icon on a launcher screen 22 is changed from a basic-size (first-size) icon Is to a second-size icon Im one size larger than the basic-size icon Is and further a third-size icon IL further...
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...
7594190 Apparatus and method for user interfacing  
Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for user interfacing. The user interfacing method of a portable terminal with a pointing device includes checking whether or not pointing through the...
7590949 Information processing system and information processing method that searches for peripheral information  
An information processing system including a support section that displays a document in a given region and supports creation of the document, an acceptance section that accepts a search request in...
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...
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...
7577915 Dynamic reconfiguration of inputs based on contextual focus  
In one embodiment, a focus on an focus item associated with a controllable item is determined. For example, the focus may be moving a pointer over an focus item displayed on a display. One or more...
7574672 Text entry interface for a portable communication device  
A method includes displaying a first tray and a second tray in a display of the portable communications device. The first tray is configured to display one of more characters that were selected by...
7512898 User interface with multi-state menu  
A user interface having a persistent graphical interface element is disclosed. The element may have an appearance of a mechanical structure that traverses one or more displayed tracks. Movement...
7486335 Apparatus and method for displaying and controlling an annularity-type OSD menu in an image display device  
An apparatus for displaying and controlling an annularity-type OSD menu in an image display device includes a key input unit ( 10 ), a control unit ( 11 ), an OSD menu generation unit ( 12 ), a...
7478079 Method for displaying a visual representation of mapping between a source schema and a destination schema emphasizing visually adjusts the objects such that they are visually distinguishable from the non-relevant and non-selected objects  
Embodiments of the present invention provide the ability to effectively visualize the mapping between two schemas, referred to herein as a source schema (or first schema) and a destination schema...
7477322 Apparatus and method for displaying and controlling an on-screen display menu in an image display device  
An apparatus for displaying and controlling an OSD menu in an image display device includes a key input unit ( 10 ), a control unit ( 11 ), an OSD menu generation unit ( 12 ), a storage unit ( 13...
7458038 Selection indication fields  
A system and method for selectively displaying selection indication fields is described. A user may select multiple items using various selection indication fields. The fields may be displayed all...
7447742 Dual-frame user interface on generic client software  
Generic client software, such as a web browser, is configured to include features conventionally found only in custom client software. In one embodiment of the present invention, generic client...
7441205 Displaying and activating telephone numbers  
There are disclosed methods and apparatus for displaying telephone numbers included in data units. The data units are scanned for telephone numbers. The telephone numbers are automatically...
7434175 Displaying telephone numbers as active objects  
There are disclosed methods and apparatus for displaying telephone numbers. Before displaying data units, the data units are scanned for telephone numbers. The telephone numbers are automatically...
7421664 System and method for providing a category separator in a list of documents  
A system and method is provided to assist a user in selecting, identifying, and handling email messages. A selection color module may provide for the display of color coding and selection...
7409249 Error display system  
Upon detection of an error such as a malfunction occurring at a drive mechanism, a sensor transmits an error signal to a control section. The control section selects character information about...
7350159 Integrated diagnostic system  
An integrated diagnostic system includes interface connectors to connect to a plurality of instruments/instrument modules, including engine analyzers, gas analyzers, oscilloscopes, scanners,...
7334195 System and process for presenting search results in a histogram/cluster format  
A user interface system and process for graphically displaying the results of a standard search, such as a database search, to a user on a display device via an interactive search results window in...
7287234 Methods, systems and computer program products for use of color saturation to highlight items in a tree map visualization  
Data from a data set is displayed as a tree map visualization by identifying data elements in the data set to be highlighted and generating a tree map visualization based on the data set where a...
7284206 Image processing apparatus, its control method, and storage medium  
An object of this invention is to process image data in which a plurality of link destinations are set in one region. Another object of this invention is to allow the user intuitively to recognize...
7266781 Method and apparatus for generating a graphical display report  
A method and apparatus for generating a graphical display report. The method includes representing a plurality of events as one or more icons; and positioning the icons inside two or more...
7246322 Grid-like guided user interface for video selection and display  
A UI including a “Guide,” presenting a list of videos, having data fields relating to each entry, possibly including multiple data values for a single data field. When focusing on a single...
7231607 Mosaic-like user interface for video selection and display  
A UI involving selection and display from a library of videos, including a “Mosaic” mode of operation, in which a primarily visual display is made of information about possible videos, with the...
7197717 Seamless tabbed focus control in active content  
In a visual display system using a tabbed focus, movement of the focus is coordinated seamlessly between container-generated visual content and active content.
7194699 Animating images to reflect user selection  
Images displayed on a display device are animated to reflect a user's selection of the images. According to one embodiment, the displayed images include keyboard characters that are selected when...
7178111 Multi-planar three-dimensional user interface  
A 10-Foot media user interface is herein described. A computer user interface may be designed for primary use as a 10-Foot user interface, where a user controls the computer using a remote control...
7167191 Techniques for capturing information during multimedia presentations  
Techniques for capturing information during multimedia presentations. According to an embodiment, the presentation recording appliance (PRA) receives multimedia presentation information comprising...
7126580 Interface for a multifunctional system  
The interface uses a combination of controls that retain essentially the same function throughout all modes and features and controls that vary based on the active mode or feature. The interface...
7126581 Multimode multizone interface  
The interface uses a combination of controls. Mode independent controls retain essentially the same function throughout all modes and features and mode dependent controls vary based on the active...
7127276 Communication terminal  
The control circuit 11 causes display of messages received through the communication unit 1 in the display unit 14 in list form. A cursor for making selections from the messages displayed in...
7120472 Communication terminal  
The control circuit 11 causes display of messages received through the communication unit 1 in the display unit 14 in list form. A cursor for making selections from the messages displayed in...
7107545 System and method for providing a graphical user interface display with a conspicuous image element  
A system and a method are described for providing a graphical user interface display with a conspicuous image element. In one example, a particular image element is first identified. Predetermined...
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...
7036093 User interface for exploring a graph of information  
A method for displaying a source node having connections to contained nodes and linked nodes peripherally within and around the source node to which they are connected, computing a focus position...
6988248 Animated indicators that reflect function activity or state of objects data or processes  
Animated indicators monitor the state of a software container and reflect the state of the container, potentially including information such as amount, type, and activity of the container. As the...
6961912 Feedback mechanism for use with visual selection methods  
A feedback mechanism usable with graphical user interface systems that do not have a cursor improves the usefulness of such graphical user interfaces. Locating, identifying and/or selecting...
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...
6928625 Systems and methods for managing process control in a graphical user interface  
Systems and methods for managing process control in a graphical user interface are provided. One embodiment is a method for managing process control in a graphical user interface. Briefly...
6928622 Persistent stateful ad hoc checkbox selection  
A method for stateful toggling of checkbox status, including detecting a touch event on a first checkbox, storing the initial status of all checkboxes in the set, and toggling the status of the...
6903722 Computer system having a plurality of input devices and associated double-click parameters  
A computer system has a plurality of input pointing devices, such as a mouse, a track ball, a pointing stick, a tablet or a touch screen. Each of the plurality of input devices connected to the...
6862030 Method for showing the execution trail of objects in a graphical programming language  
In an iconic programming computer system, the execution trail of objects is shown. Upon initiation by a user, the icons that have executed are highlighted so that the user, while debugging a...
6856332 Picture adjustment method and apparatus for video display appliance  
Disclosed are a picture adjustment method and apparatus for a video display appliance that can prevent an unskillful user from deteriorating a picture display state due to misadjustment of picture...
6839072 Method and system and article of manufacture for display of option recommendations through time-by-score  
A system, method, and article of manufacture is disclosed suitable for displaying selectable time orderable options, such as television programs available for viewing on a television, using a...
6823272 Test executive system with progress window  
An electronic test system with a progress window that enables the user to observe in one glance the progress and status of a test. The progress window is preferably comprised of graphical elements...
6781610 Motor vehicle multimedia system having animated display  
Disclosed is a motor vehicle multimedia system comprising: a display apparatus; a control unit for actuating the display apparatus; and a selection apparatus for a first plurality of selection...
6745140 Electronic test system with test results view filter  
An electronic test system with a test results view filter that enables the user to filter the test results of a test program according to their particular datapoint value status. The test results...
6683631 System and method for selecting and deselecting information in an electronic document  
A system and method processes selected regions in an electronic text to edit the selected region on a continuous basis, without destroying the original highlighting and forcing the user to...
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