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5694563 Method and system for transferring data to common destinations using a common destination list  
A method and system for transferring data to common destinations using a common destination list is provided. In a preferred embodiment, a user uses a software facility ("the facility") that is...
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...
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...
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...
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...
5680562 Computer system with graphical user interface including automated enclosures  
A new behavior in a graphical user interface allows the user to open and close enclosures, while dragging an object. When the user pauses, gestures, or rolls over a hot spot on top of an icon or...
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...
5675756 Monitoring and control system using graphical representations with prelinked parameters for devices within a network  
A networked control system includes graphical representations of actual devices coupled to a network. The graphical representations include symbols that provide an actual picture of the devices and...
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...
5644735 Method and apparatus for providing implicit computer-implemented assistance  
A method and apparatus for providing computer-assisted implicit and explicit assistance. If no implicit assist actions are desired or indicated, a logical process is initiated to determine whether...
5640176 User interface for easily setting computer speaker volume and power conservation levels  
A user interface of simplifying selection of speaker volume level and power conservation level in a computer system. An icon is presented for setting the speaker volume which includes a bar graph...
5638523 Method and apparatus for browsing information in a computer database  
A method and apparatus for browsing through a computer database on a computer system with a graphical user interface. The information to be browsed is displayed on a display screen. A browsing tool...
5638522 Graphically constructed control and scheduling system  
A system and method for controlling a model train system and for defining a finite state machine for implementing control of the system. A computer (32) that is running a graphic user operating...
5630081 Connection resource manager displaying link-status information using a traffic light iconic representation  
A communication and file-transfer program can be used to link a portable computer to a remote computer. The portable-computer link program displays on a user's screen a dynamic icon. The dynamic...
5627979 System and method for providing a graphical user interface for mapping and accessing objects in data stores  
A graphical user interface for mapping and accessing objects in data stores is disclosed. A user may define a mapping between object schema and data store schema by use of a high level language,...
5627978 Graphical user interface for multimedia call set-up and call handling in a virtual conference on a desktop computer conferencing system  
A graphical user interface, i.e., multimedia communications application program, for setting up and handling a multimedia call is disclosed that employs realistic metaphors of real life...
5623590 Dynamic graphics arrangement for displaying spatial-time-series data  
A computer is provided with the facility to display in map form spatially-time-varying data associated with respective nodes. Specifically, responsive to a user inputting a specific command, the...
5621906 Perspective-based interface using an extended masthead  
Display surfaces such as catalog items, for example, are displayed in one-dimensional order in a corridor perspective which may be based on one or more points. An input-initiated,...
5615347 Method and apparatus for linking images of sliders on a computer display  
A method and apparatus for linking GUI sliders displayed on a computer screen. A master slider and a slave slider are displayed, each including a knob and a guide. The master knob can be moved...
5615346 Method and system for a piano bar browser of information sets  
A system and method are provided for permitting a user to easily navigate through a browser and know the relative position of the displayed portion of the browser at all times. A piano bar is...
5611060 Auto-scrolling during a drag and drop operation  
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...
5611059 Prelinked parameter configuration, automatic graphical linking, and distributed database configuration for devices within an automated monitoring/control system  
A user interface for a control structure comprising a controller, and physical devices coupled to the controller is disclosed. The controller is adapted to control and monitor the physical devices....
5602997 Customizable program control interface for a computer system  
A dashboard interface includes a plurality of software buttons provided on a panel. Each software button represents one of a plurality of applications. Upon a user selecting a first software...
5592605 Menu picture display method and apparatus for a data processor  
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...
5592602 User interface and method for controlling and displaying multimedia motion, visual, and sound effects of an object on a display  
A multimedia authoring program includes a multimedia effect tool for applying and controlling direction of motion, visual, and sound effects for multimedia objects, including text, graphics, and...
5579481 System and method for controlling data transfer between multiple interconnected computer systems with an untethered stylus  
A system and method are provided wherein a user of an interconnected computer system can identify a specific piece of data and then access this data from another computer in the network. This is...
5572726 Electronic filing apparatus  
An electronic data filing apparatus is disclosed, which includes a unit for displaying an index image for retrieval of data stored in a data storing medium, a unit for storing relative data...
5564007 Method for configuring an automated dispense machine  
A method is provided for configuring an automated media dispense machine (115). A graphical display image representing a template for generating a configuration of dispensing parameters for the...
5559948 Apparatus and method for manipulating an object in a computer system graphical user interface  
A graphical user interface, executable on a computer system, includes a first user-selectable icon, displayable on the computer system and representing an object having desired properties within...
5559947 Component-based icon construction and customization system  
System and method for constructing and customizing icons for use in a graphical user interface (GUI) is disclosed. A GUI is provided with a set of available user interface components that may be...
5559946 Method and apparatus for adding a new tab to a tab 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...
5559942 Method and apparatus for providing a note for an application program  
A method and apparatus for providing a note on an application program includes noticing a note anchor object associated with a data file displayed by an application program on a computer screen and...
5559301 Touchscreen interface having pop-up variable adjustment displays for controllers and audio processing systems  
A touchscreen interface for a sound processing system, such as music synthesizers, which has a display panel and a touch sensitive panel overlying the display panel, includes an icon which...
5557730 Symbol browsing and filter switches in an object-oriented development system  
A system of the present invention includes a development system having a language compiler for generating application and system software from source listings. The system includes an Integrated...
5553227 Method and system for visually programming state information using a visual switch  
A method and system for visually programming state information using a visual switch. The visual switch has at least one first input, a plurality of second inputs, and at least one output. The...
5553222 Multimedia synchronization system  
A method and system for providing synchronization of the timing of various multimedia events. Clock objects are defined in the storage and associated with an internal or external source of current...
5550970 Method and system for allocating resources  
A method and system for allocating at least one resource among a plurality of processes. The method includes the computer-implemented steps of displaying a representation of a proportion of the...
5544302 Object-oriented framework for creating and using container objects with built-in properties  
An object-oriented framework is used to create container objects which are, in turn, used to hold both other objects and information in order to organize the information in a variety of ways. The...
5544295 Method and apparatus for indicating a change in status of an object and its disposition using animation  
A method characterized by the steps of: a) determining an action to be taken on an object on a computer screen which changes the status of the object; b) modifying the visual appearance of the...
5539869 Method and system for processing and presenting on-line, multimedia information in a tree structure  
Method and system are provided for processing and presenting on-line, multimedia information such as diagnostic information for a machine tool. The system uses multimedia information tools (i.e....
5534887 Locator icon mechanism  
A display apparatus and method that provides a windowing interface that gives the user the capability to identify and locate the particular window associated with a bell tone emitted by an...
5517257 Video control user interface for interactive television systems and method for controlling display of a video movie  
A video control user interface is provided for use in an interactive television system. The video control user interface includes a remote control handset with a multi-purpose, multi-direction...
5515496 Computer system with direct manipulation interface and method of operating same  
A computer system, including a display screen and a direct input device such as a mouse, with a direct manipulation interface, through which the user can not only cause the computer to perform a...
5502806 Waiting line management system  
A waiting line management system that can be applied in any setting where usage demand exceeds the capacity for any attraction (ride, event, concert, food service outlet or any other type of...
5497455 Portable computer which has a task selection menu allowing easy selection and execution of arbitrary application software without entering a command  
When the MS-DOS is not installed from an FDD or an HDD but is installed from a built-in DOS ROM arranged in a memory space in which bank access to the computer main body can be performed, at the...
5493642 Graphically constructed control and scheduling system  
A system and method for controlling a model train system and for defining a finite state machine for implementing control of the system. A computer (32) that is running a graphic user operating...
5491795 Window management system with a hierarchical iconic array and miniature windows  
A user interface system is used for accessing and performing window management operations. A control window containing icons linked to product windows. Each icon in the control window is also...
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