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7603633 Position-based multi-stroke marking menus  
Provided is multi-stroke marking menu techniques that increase menu breath over an eight-item limit of some orientation-based marking menus. Zone and polygon menus can be provided wherein the...
7594191 Visually presenting information to a computer user  
Information is visually presented to a computer user by receiving, in a computer system, a request to present a first visual item representing a first information portion selected from an...
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...
7586499 Method and apparatus for adjusting the color of a digital image  
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for making a color adjustment to a digital image. The system displays a digital image in a user interface. Upon receiving an adjustment to...
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...
7571393 Method for navigation between elements on a page of content in a handheld device  
A method for navigating between elements on a page of content using an input in a handheld device. The method includes receiving an input corresponding to a navigation direction, determining an...
7559036 System and method for displaying a constant time selection context menu interface  
A system and method are provided for a context menu pop-up interface. In one embodiment, the context menu interface may be activated in relation to a second interface, and may include a plurality...
7516419 Information retrieval device  
An information retrieval device, including a jog-dial, a screen, a first level item processing unit to display at least a part of first level information items in a virtual ring segment on the...
7506275 User interface navigation  
User interface navigation is described. In an embodiment, an indicator displayed on a user interface rotates in place to indicate selectable directions of travel. When an input is received to stop...
7502774 Ring method, apparatus, and computer program product for managing federated search results in a heterogeneous environment  
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for managing federated search results in a heterogeneous environment. A user enters a search term and the search term is submitted to...
7487147 Predictive user interface  
A user interface enables the input of text and other complicated inputs by identifying entities having an increased likelihood of being selected and decreasing the precision needed to select these...
7461355 Navigational interface for mobile and wearable computers  
The navigational interface allows a user to control computer operations and input text into applications running on the computing system with a single input device. The navigational interface...
7461354 System and method for consolidating associated buttons into easily accessible groups  
A method for consolidating associated buttons on a screen into easily accessible groups includes: a control button and at least one other button that appears when the control button is selected,...
7457772 Method and apparatus for interactive criteria-based commodity comparisons  
A method and apparatus to remember and attempt to persist relative differences between automatically adjusted current weight values for non-directly adjusted graphic user interface elements,...
7418671 Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing program and storage medium containing information processing program with rotary operation  
There is provided a novel menu selection method in a mobile phone. Also provided is a cursor displaying method with which a user can intuitively recognize a moving direction and moving speed. In...
7404146 Input device for portable handset  
There is disclosed an input device including a display for displaying a plurality of icons, and a selector for selecting a displayed icon. At least a portion of the display is an electronic...
7350158 Icon display system and method, electronic appliance, and computer program  
An icon display system is provided in which an icon train selectable on an icon menu screen is managed by a display icon management table and non-display icon management table to visualize a part...
7325195 Adjustable-speed electronic method of composing information  
A method of composing information by electronically advancing a sequence of information elements at controlled speed in an even step-wise fashion into a fixed transfer location while visibly...
7286115 Directional input system with automatic correction  
A system associated with a text entry application, such as email or instant messaging, comprises an optional onscreen representation of a circular keyboard, a list of potential linguistic object...
7281219 Blended learning experience tool and method  
A blended learning solution is defined by determining degrees of elements in learning zones. The zones are defined by the types of interactions of the learners. Both formal and informal learning is...
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...
7266512 System and method for establishing business to business connections via the internet  
A comprehensive and searchable network of on-line directories of service providers and a method for a user to use this network is disclosed. The network enables a user to obtain or market products...
7260788 List display device  
In a list display device, a current item frame being selectively intended at present is arranged in a central zone of a display screen, and precedent item frames and subsequent item frames of the...
7254785 Selection interface system  
A user selection interface system comprises one or more circular selectors linked to selectable characteristics, and a display linked to the selectors, for display of an image which corresponds to...
7246329 Multiple menus for use with a graphical user interface  
An approach for using multiple menus with a graphical user interface is disclosed. A multiple menu comprises a menu panel with two or more selection regions, each of which is associated with a base...
7225413 Device for controlling a display screen  
A device for controlling a display screen has an actuating element which can be rotated about a longitudinal axis and moved in the direction of the longitudinal axis, enabling a point of a menu...
7210107 Menus whose geometry is bounded by two radii and an arc  
Sector menus track a pointer's position as a pointing device is moved. Each sector menu is a geometric figure bounded by two radii and an included arc of a circle. Menu items are housed in segments...
7174516 Communication log for an electronic device  
A user's communication log for an electronic device, comprising: a first visual reference marker representing the current time; a second visual reference marker representing a past communication...
7120878 Operation control device for imparting force to joystick knob  
An operation control device is provided with: a manually-operating unit having a joystick knob capable of intermittently operating in two directions; a knob displacement detector for generating...
7096431 Menu display apparatus and menu display method  
A menu display apparatus includes a first display screen on which a plurality of first icons, each representing a selectable item, are sequentially disposed on a main circular arc; and a second...
7093201 Loop menu navigation apparatus and method  
A curved-listing file hierarchy and a preview window for more efficiently displaying file hierarchy information on a data processing device. Curved-listing file hierarchies may allow more elements...
7091964 Electronic device with bezel feature for receiving input  
An electronic device includes a bezel feature, a connector and a processor. The bezel feature is provided on the front panel and interfaces with the processor. The bezel feature includes a...
7086012 Representation of weighted tree-related elements  
A corresponding value is determined for each non-root node in a tree-defined path between a root node and a particular non-root node based on a weight W of the corresponding non-root node, a...
7058903 Image database jog/shuttle search  
A computerized system, comprising: manipulating a dial; interacting with software, wherein the dial is interactive with the software for sequentially viewing a plurality of files. Additionally,...
7043702 Method for visualizing user path through a web site and a path's associated information scent  
A method and system for visualizing actual and predicted usage patterns through a web site is provided. A plurality of web pages may be represented as a node and visualized on a dome tree. The dome...
7036091 Concentric curvilinear menus for a graphical user interface  
A user interface includes a first menu comprising a first set of selectable options circumferentially disposed on the first menu. In response to a selection of an option from the first menu, a...
7036090 Concentric polygonal menus for a graphical user interface  
A user interface includes a first menu comprising a first set of selectable options circumferentially disposed on the first menu. In response to a selection of an option from the first menu, a...
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...
6920445 Contents browsing system with multi-level circular index and automated contents analysis function  
Disclosed is a circular index structure. The contents feature analyzer analyzes the contents and stores information about virtual locations to be located on the indexes of the respective contents,...
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...
6856892 Navigation apparatus and information server  
The navigation system includes an information server apparatus, a terminal apparatus for conducting navigation processing while conducting communication with the information server apparatus, and a...
6812940 Data input  
The invention is a method and an apparatus for selecting a character from a predetermined set of characters. An apparatus for selecting a character from a predetermined set of characters includes a...
6710771 Information processing method and apparatus and medium  
An information processing method and apparatus free from a defect in a conventional system that complicated processing operations need to be executed before a user selects a desired application...
6618063 Method and apparatus for producing, controlling and displaying menus  
A system that combines a radial marking menu portion with a linear menu portion in a single menu display. Item selection in the linear portion is performed by location selection using a pointing...
6581039 Report searching in a merger and acquisition environment  
A method of searching for a report in a database including a plurality of items generated by multiple users. Users are allowed to create an item with a plurality of fields. The item is stored in a...
6549219 Pie menu graphical user interface  
A graphical user interface includes a plurality of pie menu levels concentrically arranged. Located within the center most section are menu selections generally of greater importance, highest...
6448987 Graphic user interface for a digital content delivery system using circular menus  
Menu structures having a balanced, predominantly circular appearance for a graphic user interface (GUI) for a delivery system of multiple categories of digital information content. The menu has two...
6359635 Methods, articles and apparatus for visibly representing information and for providing an input interface  
Display and/or input regions to represent a plurality of tree-related elements include a region to represent a root element, at least two concave regions to represent at least two non-root,...
6239803 Method to achieve least effort selection from an item list of arbitrary length  
The invention determines the number of items in a list from which at least one item is to be selected. Using the number of items in the list the invention determines the most appropriate number of...
6236912 Process and device for aiding aerial navigation, with display of navigation instruments used  
A process and device for assisting aerial navigation. The system affords the pilot of the aircraft greater knowledge regarding the situation which results from automatic decisions of a flight...
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