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7620916 User interface navigation in software applications  
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implement techniques for rendering application user interfaces. Application data is displayed in user interface elements including two or...
7620904 On demand identifier and geometry piece association in computer aided design (CAD) environment  
The invention includes computer instructions that operate to receive an indication of an association between an identifier and a geometry piece of a mechanical design. The association is stored in...
7614017 Information processing apparatus, processing method therefor, program allowing computer to execute the method  
An information processing apparatus is provided and includes a receiving section for receiving content data, a selection area movement instructing section for receiving an operation signal to...
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...
7574678 Pointer movement display for selecting desired available object  
A right link of each button to be displayed on a display device is set in such a way that the position of an anchor moves through all the buttons from the left to the right. In response to an...
7574675 Methods and apparatus to display content selections  
An editor application highlights a user's original selection of text. The editor application additionally identifies whether the user's selection of text includes a portion of tagged content. If...
7574674 Method for controlling filename display for image and video file types  
A method, system and medium suitable for rendering substantially instantaneously thumbnail data pre-cached in a volatile memory. The thumbnail data is rendered once an indicator or pointer is...
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...
7568161 Overcoming double-click constraints in a mark-up language environment  
A double-click is enabled in a mark-up language environment for certain objects by capturing a first series of select and unselect actions associated with a multi-click enabled object, displaying a...
7554525 Setting next destination of pointer to each of multiple objects  
A menu screen includes multiple buttons. Assigned to each button for each direction is another button to which an anchor is moved according to a directional user input of up, down, right or left. A...
7538776 Automatic color adjustment of a template design  
The present invention generates a color template design. According to one aspect, a source image is selected. Colors of a selected template design are adjusted automatically using color data...
7526738 User interface for providing consolidation and access  
Methods and systems for providing graphical user interfaces are described. To provide greater access and consolidation to frequently used items in the graphical user interface, a userbar is...
7503012 Invoking user designated actions based upon selected computer content  
A program or system function on a computer system is automatically invoked by receiving a user-selected first insertion point or replacement area within a first user interface to a destination...
7499024 Method and apparatus for providing visual feedback during manipulation of text on a computer screen  
A method and apparatus providing visual feedback to a computer user while dragging selected text is described. As its first step, the processing logic creates a text object from the selected text...
7493559 System and method for direct multi-modal annotation of objects  
The system includes an image display system, a direct annotation creation module, an annotation display module, a vocabulary comparison module and a dynamic updating module. These modules are...
7484185 Searching and displaying hierarchical information bases using an enhanced treeview  
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for specifying a criteria for searching an information hierarchy and displaying search results in a tree-based view that indicates the location of...
7480863 Dynamic and intelligent hover assistance  
A method, system and article of manufacture for hover help management in data processing systems and, more particularly, for providing dynamic and intelligent hover assistance in graphical user...
7454702 Tool for selecting ink and other objects in an electronic document  
A note-taking application is provided which includes a free-form selection tool. In certain embodiments, a particular selection may be based in part on the speed or velocity of a user selection....
7401299 Method and apparatus for providing a presumptive drafting solution  
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for providing a presumptive drafting solution. Input from a cursor control device is received, wherein the input reflects a movement in a computer...
7383515 Previewing next state based on potential action in current state  
A method, program and system for displaying the consequence of an input in a graphical user interface (GUI) are provided. The invention comprises displaying a GUI including a plurality of...
7372371 Notification lights, locations and rules for a computer system  
Notifications to computer users are provided via indicators such as lights. The indicators are controlled according to rules, to convey computer-related state information to users in a consistent...
7370288 Method and system for selecting objects on a display device  
Different levels or categories of text or images or both can be selected on a display device with simple commands. A selection region including one of selected text and selected images can be...
7337396 Methods and systems for transitioning between thumbnails and documents based upon thumbnail appearance  
A thumbnail of an original document has at least one appearance characteristic that is different from a corresponding appearance characteristic in an original document. When retrieving a document...
7260789 Method of real-time incremental zooming  
a method for navigating a pointer on a graphical user interface (GUI) includes the steps of: scrolling an input device to locate the pointer corresponding to the input device on a point of interest...
7254775 Touch panel system and method for distinguishing multiple touch inputs  
Touch panel systems and methods are disclosed that can distinguish temporally overlapping touch inputs from single touch inputs so that valid touch position coordinates can be determined. Touch...
7134095 Simulated three-dimensional navigational menu system  
A user interface, system, method and software for displaying a simulated three-dimensional display of menu options to a user, thereby maximizing use of a display's real estate by presenting all...
7123947 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...
7086013 Method and system for overloading loop selection commands in a system for selecting and arranging visible material in document images  
A graphical input and display system having a user interface for selecting object(s) to be operated on by the system includes input devices permitting a user to select and establish image object(s)...
7082577 Method for displaying an internet web page with an area of focus  
A method for displaying an internet web page with an area of focus to reduce viewer distraction. The selected area of focus is displayed with the normal text, graphic and background color...
7079166 Graphical user interface with enhanced operations when changing display screen  
A graphical user interface in which a summary list screen displays a plurality of settings for a plurality of respective features, and includes a plurality of tabs corresponding to additional...
7062723 Systems, methods and apparatus for magnifying portions of a display  
Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which meaningful or semantic portions of displayed visual information, are modified in order to improve their visual perception by a user. In...
7031885 Method and apparatus for measuring accuracies of fixed-point computations  
Method and apparatus for measuring accuracies of fixed-point computations are described herein. In one embodiment, the exemplary process includes identifying an operation involving a plurality of...
6995760 Editing method and medium in CAD system  
Disclosed is a technology of making a user grasp and specify a basic configuration invisible in a finally generated three-dimensional configuration in a three-dimensional CAD system for generating...
6976223 Method and system to establish dedicated interfaces for the manipulation of segmented images  
A system and method that are capable of assembling customizable graphical user interfaces to facilitate image processing in segmented images. The system receives an input segmented image. A...
6933928 Electronic book player with audio synchronization  
This paperless book is portable and uses removable ROM devices to provide the visual and aural information displayed in the paperless book. The book can be read in a visual mode, as print, or in an...
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...
6925612 Device and method for selecting electrophoresis band  
The present invention aims at easy and efficient selection of bands present on a lane. A region 502 is set on a display of a lane 503 having a plurality of bands 504 to 508, based on an...
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...
6898765 User friendly remote system interface with menu highlighting  
A system, method, and medium for enhancing a GUI and viewing environment for a computer user is disclosed. Enabling a user to fully navigate and operate a computer through the use of a remote...
6886138 Directing users′ attention to specific icons being approached by an on-screen pointer on user interactive display interfaces  
In an interactive display interface, an implementation for highlighting all icons in any set of a plurality of the icons, wherein each icon in the set is within a predetermined distance of an...
6844887 Alternate reduced size on-screen pointers for accessing selectable icons in high icon density regions of user interactive display interfaces  
In an interactive display interface, an implementation switching to an alternate smaller sized cursor when the original sized cursor does not have the minimum clearance between the target icon and...
6825861 Three state icons for operation  
A three state icon for a computer is disclosed. The icon prevents inadvertent starting of an operation on a computer. The icon has a first state which conceals a second state. Upon selection of the...
6816176 Temporarily moving adjacent or overlapping icons away from specific icons being approached by an on-screen pointer on user interactive display interfaces  
In an interactive display interface, an implementation for setting up around each of the selectable items, e.g. icons, a perimeter zone or halo at a predetermined distance from the perimeter of the...
6791587 Method and component for navigating a hierarchical user interface representation  
A navigation manager component cooperable with a user interface renderer is described. The navigation manager manages one or more navigation units and maintains a navigation unit cursor. Each...
6760049 Pointer memory for improved selection accuracy  
An improved graphics system for a graphical user interface in which a plurality of screen objects are displayed is disclosed. Conventional systems comprises targeting means for determining a screen...
6704034 Method and apparatus for providing accessibility through a context sensitive magnifying glass  
A method and apparatus in a data processing system for presenting a set of objects within the data processing system. Responsive to detecting movement of a pointer over an object within the set of...
6654039 Method, system and program for scrolling index scans  
A method, system and program for accessing records in a database object, such as an index or table. A cursor is maintained that points to a start entry in the database object. The database object...
6597383 Pointing apparatus and a pointing method  
A positioning apparatus capable of making a position of a pointer on a screen stand out and be prominent at appropriate timing for the user when the user uses a pointing device, such as a mouse. A...
6466197 Method and apparatus for driving pointing device of computer system  
A method for driving a pointing device of a computer system is provided. In the method, a pointer is positioned in a user interface area for performing a specific command such as an icon, a menu...
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