Matches 151 - 200 out of 310 < 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 >
Match Document Document Title
5821934 Method and apparatus for providing stricter data type capabilities in a graphical data flow diagram  
A method and apparatus for providing stricter data types, and stricter data type checking, in a data flow diagram. For numeric data types, a unit data type is associated with the data type....
5818442 Method and apparatus for modeling business card exchanges in an international electronic conference  
A computer system is programmed with a general purpose electronic conference (GPEC) application having a conference manager including a plurality of functions for setting up and exchanging...
5815712 System for controlling functions of a target application using controllable objects  
A system for providing a user or agent control over functions defined by an object in a target application. The object is a new type of object called a controllable object, which publishes its...
5815152 Method and apparatus for defining and evaluating a graphic rule  
A method and apparatus is provided for graphically defining a rule to be evaluated by a computer system for determining actions to be taken when processing a particular instance of a system entity....
5808611 Positioning for multiple icons in an object-oriented interface  
A method, system and program for creating child graphical objects in an object oriented graphical user interface. First, the child object is created by copying a set of attributes from a parent...
5805166 Segmented status area for dynamically reporting status in a data processing system  
Methods, systems and program products which provide dynamic status to a user. The status is provided by providing a plurality of icons arranged in a pattern corresponding to the relationship...
5801700 System and method for an iconic drag and drop interface for electronic file transfer  
A system and method for transferring files from a sending user to a recipient, utilizes a drag-and-drop graphical user interface. To send a file to a recipient, the user drags and drops onto the...
5801702 System and method for adding network links in a displayed hierarchy  
A multi-protocol network client in which a single, integrated user-interface is provided for accessing information according to a number of network access protocols. The accessed information is...
5799298 Method of indirect specification of user preferences  
A system and method for allowing communication of a large number of parameters from a computer user to an application program with a relatively small amount of interaction. The system uses a...
5796395 System for publishing and searching interests of individuals  
A method for publishing and searching interests of individuals, the method including providing a memory bearing software for performing the following: providing to a user a request for data by...
5794178 Visualization of information using graphical representations of context vector based relationships and attributes  
A system and method for generating context vectors for use in storage and retrieval of documents and other information items. Context vectors represent conceptual relationships among information...
5794206 Method and system for displaying electronic data interchanges in a computer  
An interchange window (106) of a graphical user interface. The interchange window (106) may display at least one interchange entry (95). The interchange entry (95) is associated with an interchange...
5793366 Graphical display of an animated data stream between devices on a bus  
A graphical user interface (GUI) displays graphical images representing devices coupled to a bus structure. The bus structure is also graphically represented and illustratively coupled to each of...
5790119 Apparatus and method for programming a job ticket in a document processing system  
A job ticket programming system, adapted for use in a printing system including a user interface, with a screen display, and an application server is provided. Preferably, the application server...
5784056 System and method for temporally varying pointer icons  
A system and method for computer operation. An object to be pointed to in a user's computer display (109) is indicated with an animated pointer icon (113). In a computer network, such as the...
5774120 Refresh and select-all actions in graphical user interface  
The invention is carried out in the following environment. The computer system has at least a visual operator interface, an operating system for operating applications within the computer system,...
5771042 Multi-size control for multiple adjacent workspaces  
Methods, data processing systems or program products which provide a user interfaces capable of controlling the size of multiple workspaces with limited user input. The size of workspaces is...
5767855 Selectively enlarged viewer interactive three-dimensional objects in environmentally related virtual three-dimensional workspace displays  
A system, method and computer program are provided for a virtual three-dimensional workspace wherein the three-dimensional objects and the workspace in general are environmentally associated,...
5767853 Computer operating method and computer operated thereby  
A computer having an estimating capability estimates, where one data file is shared by a plurality of application programs, application programs to be executed when a given data file is designated,...
5761485 Personal electronic book system  
The Personal Electronic Book System invention replaces a standard handheld book with an electronic equivalent. The invention is sized and configured to be book size and to open like a book for use....
5760767 Method and apparatus for displaying in and out points during video editing  
In the method and apparatus of the present invention, an editing system and method is provides that is sophisticated in features but easy to use. In one embodiment, the system includes multiple...
5754178 Method and apparatus for improved feedback during manipulation of data on a computer controlled display system  
A method and apparatus for improved user interaction and feedback on a computer system display. Interapplication dragging upon a user interface display is provided allowing a user to select a first...
5752059 Apparatus and method for representing electronic mail  
In a computer system, an apparatus for depicting an electronic mail address in either a field format or a string format. In a field format, the components of the electronic mail address is parsed...
5751285 Parameter processing device for setting a parameter value using a movable slide operator and including means for fine-adjusting the parameter value  
A parameter processing device that allows setting of a critical parameter value includes a movable slide operator on a scale of a predetermined length, and two fine-adjustment switches provided...
5745710 Graphical user interface for selection of audiovisual programming  
An improved graphical user interface for displaying and selecting video programs, such as video on demand, includes a video on demand server coupled to a communication medium. A plurality of settop...
5745112 Device and method for a window responding to a drag operation  
A method and system that improve direct manipulation operations in a multiwindow environment. Whenever the system detects the start of a drag operation, attribute information on the dragged object...
5745714 Method and system in a data processing system for the association and display of a plurality of objects  
A method and system in a graphical user interface in a data processing system for associating and displaying a plurality of objects are described. A creation of a visually perceptible enclosure...
5742287 Context sensitive borders with color variation for user selectable options  
Methods, data processing systems and program products for providing user interfaces with context sensitive borders to user selectable options. The context sensitive borders are created by providing...
5742286 Graphical user interface system and method for multiple simultaneous targets  
Source and target objects are differentiated by an attribute visible to the user and detectable by an application with source objects and target objects residing in respective containers. When a...
5740436 System architecture for configuring input and output devices of a computer  
A system architecture is provided for configuring audio and video components connected to a computer through a textual display and a graphic display, so that users may more easily access and use...
5726687 Auto-scrolling with mouse speed computation during dragging  
A system for scrolling during a drag and drop operation is provided wherein the determination of whether to scroll is based on the location of a mouse indicator as well as the speed of the mouse...
5726883 Method of customizing control interfaces for devices on a network  
A method of storing and retrieving a customized interface control from a user display. The user display includes an array of pathway buttons and is interconnected to plural devices on a network....
5727174 Graphical end-user interface for intelligent assistants  
A graphical user interface for a computer system that includes one or more intelligent assistants. The interface includes composite icons comprising a graphical representation of a human figure, a...
5721852 Method and apparatus for displaying a split bar window  
An apparatus and method for using a generalized windows split bar and tab bar library in a conferencing system handles windows display functions in order to free application programs from having to...
5721851 Transient link indicators in image maps  
A uniquely programmed computer system, computer-implemented method, and computer readable memory embodying computer-readable detailed logic (i.e., computer readable program code) direct a computer...
5715417 Automatically temporarily enabling a displayed menu option  
A method of enabling a user to select a service from among a plurality of services offered presents each time a next service from the variety offered and enables the user to select this service by...
5715413 Dragging and dropping with an instantiation object  
A graphical user interface (GUI) application program implemented in an object oriented programming language permits a user to instantiate new program objects by dragging an instantiation object...
5710897 Manager for selecting a pointer graphics folder and customizing pointers  
A pointer graphics manager is operating in a data processing system under a graphical user interface. The pointer graphics manager includes a pointer graphics editor for allowing an end user to...
5708787 Menu display device  
A menu display device for indicating a relationship between a series of linked menu items that are listed in separate menus and displayed sequentially on a display screen to be selected by a cursor...
5706457 Image display and archiving system and method  
A system 10 and methods for acquiring and archiving images derived from multiple sources with minimal operator interaction and understanding of the archiving computer 11. The system 10 and methods...
5706456 Application specific graphical user interface (GUI) that is window programmable and capable of operating above a windows operating system GUI  
A desktop programmable Graphical User Interface (GUI) workstation that can be easily programmed to perform a custom applications, without the need of text editor. In other words, programming the...
5694562 Closely integrated key icons in a graphical interface  
"Key icons in a graphical user interface for a computer system resemble physical keys on the keyboard and are closely integrated with the functionalities they invoke. A desired functionality may be...
5689663 Remote controller user interface and methods relating thereto  
A remote controller user interface for accessing information within a computer system. The remote controller contains a window display area for displaying pictorial, graphical and textual...
5689669 Graphical user interface for navigating between levels displaying hallway and room metaphors  
A graphical navigation user interface for enabling user control of a computer system incorporating navigation levels, each of which is based on a physical real-world metaphor. The navigation system...
5684970 Icon menu display apparatus and icon menu display method  
The icon menu display method and apparatus according to the invention displays a perspective view of a work room over an entire screen as a background against which a plurality of icons are...
5682489 Method and device for monitoring, manipulating, and viewing system information  
A system monitoring device has the capacity of displaying historical or real time information and also allows a user to set, via direct manipulation, a range of values in relation to other...
5680558 Multimedia file management in which specialized icons can be created for different file types  
There are disclosed a method and system for managing a file that allows an operator to easily select, specify, and manage a multimedia file (including audio data, text, still image, moving image,...
5680530 Graphical environment for interactively specifying a target system  
Apparatus for constructing a complex artifact out of primitive artifacts and other complex artifacts. The apparatus has a permanent knowledge base of primitive artifacts, previously-made complex...
5666504 Method for displaying a graphical rocker button control  
A computer system, method, and storage medium for providing a control button for interfacing with a user of the computer system. According to a preferred embodiment, the computer system comprises a...
5664126 Human interface system for communicating networked users  
A human interface system constructed by connecting systems containing a plurality of computers via a network includes site building means for building a plurality of sites that either retain or...
Matches 151 - 200 out of 310 < 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 >