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6489979 Non-computer interface to a database and digital library  
A non-computer interface to a storage system includes a set top box (STB) or interface unit connected to a storage system for storing information to be accessed by a user. The storage system can be...
6489980 Software apparatus for immediately posting sharing and maintaining objects on a web page  
A method and apparatus is disclosed for sharing and maintaining objects over the World Wide Web using an HTML compliant client running a web browser. An upload interface is displayed on the client...
6486897 Multi-repository display system using separate presentation, adaptation and access layers  
A software object display system using an adaptation layer to obtain information concerning a number of software objects is described. The adaptation layer communicates to a presentation layer...
6486891 Automated bookmarking of online advertisements  
A method of facilitating the automated bookmarking of a web page associated with an online advertisement is disclosed. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method of Internet...
6476833 Method and apparatus for controlling browser functionality in the context of an application  
This invention includes methods and apparatus for browsing markup language documents from within the context of a client-server application running on an end-user device. Browser functionality,...
6466239 Method and apparatus for editing data used in creating a three-dimensional virtual reality environment  
The present invention relates to a POI (point of interest) operation for moving an object corresponding to a selected node to the center of an editing window as pre-processing for changing the...
6466241 Method and apparatus for managing program activation through use of a favorite program button menu  
A computer executable program manager is provided which simplifies activating programs from multiple programming sources. Each program identified as a favorite program, regardless of its source, is...
6466234 Method and system for controlling environmental conditions  
A method and system for controlling environmental conditions, such as lighting. The lighting system provides an architecture that includes a scene description data structure. A scene defines one or...
6462762 Apparatus, method, and program product for facilitating navigation among tree nodes in a tree structure  
A particular node ( 24 ) in a tree structure ( 23 ) defined in a data processing system ( 10 ) may be selected for display as the root node in a tree structure display window ( 21 ). Once a...
6456308 Embedded web server  
An embedded graphical user interface employs a World-Wide-Web communications and display paradigm. The development environment includes an HTML compiler which recognizes and processes a number of...
6452609 Web application for accessing media streams  
A web page has a player for playing media objects, a sequencer which displays a play list that defines an order in which media objects are played by the player, and a media access area for...
6448985 Directory tree user interface having scrollable subsections  
A directory tree is displayed and a command is detected to expand a subsection of the directory tree. It is determined whether certain criteria are met for displaying the subsection in a scrollable...
6441834 Hyper-relational correlation server  
A correlation server provides for links between disparate data structures in a hyper-relational data navigation system. In one hyper-relational navigation system, a correlation server is used to...
6442574 Structured document browser  
A structured document browser includes a constant user interface for displaying and viewing sections of a document that is organized according to a pre-defined structure. The structured document...
6437812 Graphical user interface and method for displaying hierarchically structured information  
A graphical user interface (GUI) is described which enables hierarchically structured information to be presented and analysed by a user quickly and easily. In one example, the GUI is for a fraud...
6429885 GUI resource editor for an embedded system  
A technique for converting displayable objects of a graphics user interface (GUI) display into a code representation with minimal user intervention. The technique includes creation of the GUI...
6424361 Method of navigating in a graphical user interface and device for implementing the same  
A method of navigating in a graphical user interface is presented. This method is characterized in that it comprises the stages: of displaying graphical elements which can be selected using a...
6424362 Auto-summary of document content  
A computer system user interface provides a document summary which allows the user to more easily identify the contents and subject matter of the document.
6417874 User interface methodology for microprocessor device having limited user input  
A portable computing device or “information appliance” having terse user input (e.g., limit set of keys) is provided with a user interface for navigating user data. Application programs, which...
6414679 Architecture and methods for generating and displaying three dimensional representations  
An apparatus and method are disclosed for generating and displaying three dimensional representations. In one embodiment, a data structure is disclosed. The data structure is suitable for storing...
6407751 Method and apparatus of generating mobile objects and storage medium storing an object generating mobile objects  
This invention provides various GUI moderator templates symbolizing templates which are capable of classifying a complicated behavior of the mobile agent into basic behavior patterns and defining a...
6400383 Method and apparatus for exploring a multi-element design through user directed selective rendering  
An element selection is made in reference to a first graphical display showing a first subset of elements of a design having a number of elements coupled to one another. The selection is learned....
6396488 System and method for determining a path in a graphical diagram  
A system for determining a path in a graphical diagram includes a processor coupled to an input device, an output device, a memory, and a data retrieval device. The processor executes an...
6397222 Method and apparatus for end-user management of a content menu on a network  
The present disclosure teaches how to create a self-service content menu that enables individual providers to add menu paths to a content menu and links to their content on a network. Using...
6392667 Method and apparatus for representing objects as visually discernable entities based on spatial definition and perspective  
Apparatus and process for consolidating the visual representation of objects into a “rollup” visual representation. A set of objects defined in an N-dimensional space and a perspective...
6388688 Graph-based visual navigation through spatial environments  
A computer system and method of operation thereof are provided that allow interactive navigation and exploration of spatial environments, both real and virtual. The computer system employs a data...
6380947 Method and apparatus for displaying and tree scrolling a hierarchical data structure  
Methods and apparatus to display and scroll hierarchical data. A plurality of parent nodes can be displayed within a first display area, with each displayed parent node of the plurality of parent...
6380937 Method and system for dynamically representing cluster analysis results  
A method and system for dynamically representing cluster analysis results. In accordance with the method and system of the present invention, a hierarchical tree is graphically displayed. The...
6381611 Method and system for navigation and data entry in hierarchically-organized database views  
A method and system for navigating hierarchical database views that supports the efficient entry, review, and updating of data using a navigation display that is clear and efficient—yet compact...
6377287 Technique for visualizing large web-based hierarchical hyperbolic space with multi-paths  
A system and a method in accordance with the invention utilize hidden links, mapping and unmapping to enable single-screen visualization of hyperbolic space with multiple path links. In the...
6369811 Automatic adaptive document help for paper documents  
A reader's annotation assistant application for documents in paper form is provided by virtue of the present invention. In certain embodiments, an elongated thumbnail image of all or part of an...
6369841 Graphical user interface for the programming of programmable controllers  
The user interface contains a project window ( 9, 90, FIGS. 2, 3 ) for interfaces (clips) of a programmable controller and programming windows ( 20, FIGS. 4, 10, 13; 67, FIG. 16 ) for each...
6366298 Monitoring of individual internet usage  
Methods and apparatus for monitoring the on-line activities of an on-line user are disclosed. Information regarding the user's activities are used as a basis for targeting advertisements to the...
6362840 Method and system for graphic display of link actions  
A method and system for presenting an icon on a computer graphic display, the icon being responsive to the type of link area on the computer graphic display. The link area on the computer graphic...
6356285 System for visually representing modification information about an characteristic-dependent information processing system  
A software visualization technique allows a software application or portfolio to be visually analyzed to determine the extent and depth of problems raised when converting an existing software...
6339423 Multi-domain access control  
A multi-domain resource access control mechanism uses a single access control system to manage access by users to resources that belong to multiple domains. A server is associated with each domain...
6337700 Control apparatus and method of selecting a graphical object and changing display attributes thereof  
A method of quickly displaying a truly intended graphical object among graphical objects hidden in complex in the screen by a simple mouse operation. A group of graphical objects which are a set of...
6324566 Internet advertising via bookmark set based on client specific information  
One or more searchable repositories of bookmark sets are stored in a computer system, each bookmark set can be downloaded to a client browser as a unit. Each bookmark set contains a set of Uniform...
6317734 Method and apparatus for managing real-time marketing triggers on a content menu  
The present disclosure improves upon the prior art of the content menu and its ability to generate end-user profiles paths taken by end-users. These profiles differentiate one end-user from another...
6317144 Method and apparatus for navigating displayed elements  
The invention is a method and apparatus for navigating displayed screen elements. In accordance an embodiment of the invention, the method comprises the steps of generating a reference anchor,...
6313833 Graphical data collection and retrieval interface  
A graphical user interface is provided for capturing application data in picture form. A set of data capture tools, including a subjective data parameter pallette and accompanying data canvas, are...
6314424 System and method for dynamically expanding and collapsing a tree view for an HTML web interface  
The present invention provides a system and method for expanding and collapsing a tree view from a web interface by using HTML to build the visual representation of the web server's information...
6310630 Data processing system and method for internet browser history generation  
A data processing system and method for generating browsing histories during a worldwide web browsing session is implemented. As web pages are visited, they are added to the browsing history so...
6310634 User interface methodology supporting light data entry for microprocessor device having limited user input  
A portable computing device or "information appliance" having terse user input (e.g., limit set of keys) is provided with an improved user interface. A six-key embodiment is described that provides...
6297824 Interactive interface for viewing retrieval results  
An interactive interface for visualizing results from a search of a corpus of machine-readable documents, each of which is associated with at least one category of a category hierarchy. The...
6292188 System and method for navigating in a digital information environment  
The present system and method is directed to an interactive navigation system and method for exploring or browsing digital content data that can be spatially structured such that content pages can...
6285367 Method and apparatus for displaying and navigating a graph  
Data is graphically displayed using a set of successive outer sectors of a geometrical shape, such as nested concentric circles, in order to provide easy navigation through related data items....
6282547 Hyperlinked relational database visualization system  
A computer operated apparatus for generating a visual information system is disclosed. A virtual world associated with an application is built using building blocks such as scenes, data sources,...
6271846 Method for reanchoring branches within a directory tree  
A system and method for reanchoring logical objects or members of a directory tree within a graphical user interface. First, at least one anchored logical object is designated for reanchoring....
6268856 System and method for controlling delivery of content over a communications network  
A method and system for suppressing or otherwise controlling the display of unrequested content while transitioning between first content and second content available over a communications system,...