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7626573 Trackball for a mobile device  
A computer-implemented system and method for navigating through a plurality of graphical elements with a trackball. For example, a method according to one embodiment of the invention comprises:...
7624355 System and method for controlling a user interface  
A system and method permits user control of a graphical user interface displayed to the user. The system comprises a user input device communicatively connected to a computing device. The computer...
7614018 Web based user interface for selecting options  
Icons can be combined to form toolbars such as those appearing on computer desktops and within application windows such as web browsers. Small icons are desired because desktop real estate is...
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...
7574669 User interface control for navigating, selecting, and organizing document pages  
A user interface control is provided for navigating, selecting, and organizing document pages. The user interface control includes page tabs corresponding to document pages within an electronic...
7565343 Search apparatus and search management method for fixed-length data  
Fixed-length data ( 560 ) contained in a database ( 560 ) are segmented into a number of pieces of data that are searchable at a time and searching is performed at high speed. As means for it, a...
7543243 Identifying likely recipients of a message  
The present invention is directed to a system and method for identifying the most likely recipients for a message or other communication from a source and building a most frequently used list of...
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...
7526737 Free form wiper  
A free-form wiper tool may be used to select and move document objects in an electronic document. A free-form wipe selection may be determined by analyzing the shape of a free-form selection in...
7526730 Identifying URL target hostnames  
Techniques are provided for displaying a uniform resource locator (URL) to assist a user in determining whether a URL destination is what the user expects. A link is presented for selection to a...
7509593 Mouse sound volume control  
A distance between a cursor and an object displayed on a Web page or other image automatically controls a volume with which an audio file associated with the object is played. A user can thus...
7509592 Spotlight cursor  
An apparatus and method is disclosed for displaying a secondary layer of information in a graphical user interface where the second layer of information is revealed when a point 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...
7478343 Method to create multiple items with a mouse  
A system, method, and computer program product that have a graphical user interface capable of easily generating different kinds of items on a canvas by a user by operation of a mouse pointer on...
7458038 Selection indication fields  
A system and method for selectively displaying selection indication fields is described. A user may select multiple items using various selection indication fields. The fields may be displayed all...
7441191 Method for graphical presentation of objects and technical processes on a screen and computer program product used for this purpose  
A method is provided for graphical presentation of objects and/or technical processes on a screen, as well as an editor implementing the method being provided. A tooltip appears when a pointing...
7415352 Displaying vehicle information  
An information display unit for an automobile includes a display screen and a user interface presented on the display screen that simultaneously presents at least two display elements each...
7412666 Method for conducting a contest using a network  
A method for conducting a contest using a network is provided. A plurality of pick spaces, a virtual display fixture, and a plurality of virtual articles of commerce are displayed on the screen of...
7382473 Program and method of print instruction for printer with PDF direct printing function  
A print instruction program and method for allowing a network terminal device to send print instructions to a PDF direct-printing printer in a communications network in an efficient and...
7376669 System for automatically initiating a computer security and/or screen saver mode  
A system for automatically switching a computer to a password protected screen saver mode when a computer user leaves the proximity of the computer. The system includes a proximity sensor that...
7360176 Symbol selector and symbol selection method  
A symbol selector comprising a storage unit which stores a symbol list including predetermined arrayed symbols; a manipulator unit for manipulating a pointing position of a virtual pointer which...
7336256 Conveying the importance of display screen data using audible indicators  
An audible indicator such as an audio tone is associated with the importance of data elements displayed on a visual display screen of data processing apparatus such as a personal computer or work...
7298382 Figure selection method, figure selection device, and storage medium storing figure selection program  
A figure selection method and device including a retrieval operation of a figure element adjacent to a designated figure element where a figure is formed by a plurality of figure elements....
7296230 Linked contents browsing support device, linked contents continuous browsing support device, and method and program therefor, and recording medium therewith  
Pop-up display information is created and displayed in a dynamic manner even without establishing settings in advance related to pop-up display for an anchor or an icon or the like, and...
7293246 System and method for aligning objects using non-linear pointer movement  
The present invention provides a system, method, and computer-readable medium that adjusts pointer movement when an input device causes the pointer to intersect one or more alignment areas. Pointer...
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...
7240300 Method for creating user-defined computer operations using arrows  
A method for creating user-defined computer operations involves drawing an arrow in response to user input and associating at least one graphic to the arrow to designate a transaction to the arrow....
7237186 Exiting a spreadsheet edit mode during a mouse drag operation  
A user can click on a spreadsheet cell to enter edit mode and alter the contents of the cell. Edit mode can be exited through a click and drag maneuver. The click and drag maneuver not only exits...
7231989 Drilling control arrangement  
A method and a control system for controlling rock drilling. A control unit of a rock drilling apparatus is provided with one or more control modes, each determining the drilling variables to be...
7225414 Method and system for virtual touch entertainment  
The present invention is a method and apparatus for attracting the attention of people in public places and engaging them in a touch-free interaction with a multimedia display using an...
7109975 Computer pointer control  
The present invention relates to a method and system which allows for the transfer of pointer movements and events from small devices with space and data rate constraints to a display device. This...
7100123 Electronic content search and delivery based on cursor location  
An electronic search is automatically initiated when a cursor hovers in one location for a predetermined time. A target process associated with a target window is forced to re-render data to the...
7039874 Interface for modifying data fields in a mark-up language environment  
A method for modifying a data field is described, illustrated and claimed. The novel system and method allows for quick and efficient modification of all or a portion of a plurality of data fields,...
7028269 Multi-modal video target acquisition and re-direction system and method  
The present invention relates generally to the field of video-camera systems, such as a video conferencing systems, and more particularly to video camera targeting systems that locate and acquire...
7000197 Method and apparatus for inferred selection of objects  
One or more embodiments of the invention comprises a collection of techniques to infer the real construction of a collection of graphical elements. Typically the underlying graphical elements of a...
6995746 Method for controlling the movement of a cursor on a screen  
This is a method of processing the movement of a cursor over a screen ( 12 ) which comprises one or more cursor activatable zones ( 10 ), at least one activatable zone ( 10 ) being surrounded by an...
6981224 System and method for conditionally associating a plurality of enabled images with a predetermined image  
In a method for delivering information to a person accessing a banner website from a terminal located remote from the source of the banner website the terminal has an associated display upon which...
6976224 Information processing apparatus and method with graphical user interface allowing processing condition to be set by drag and drop, and medium on which processing program thereof is recorded  
An information processing apparatus includes an operation detecting unit which detects a predetermined operation performed on a first icon which has been dragged to a second icon, the first icon...
6964022 Electronic board system  
An electronic board system includes an electronic board having a screen for displaying information of interest to a work group or community, an input device for receiving information from users in...
6954899 Human-computer interface including haptically controlled interactions  
The present invention provides a method of human-computer interfacing that provides haptic feedback to control interface interactions such as scrolling or zooming within an application. Haptic...
6938216 Menu system requiring reduced user manipulation of an input device  
A graphical user interface (GUI) for a computer system reduces the amount of manipulation of an input device required in accessing a selected item on a menu. The GUI displays a selected menu on the...
6907574 System and method of hyperlink navigation between frames  
A system and method for navigating between hyperlinks and frames on a Web page within a Web browser in a client system in communication with one or more server systems. A plurality of hyperlinks...
6897880 User interface for generating parameter values in media presentations based on selected presentation instances  
A system providing a user interface to allow a user to easily modify parameters of media presentations such as images and audio. The user selects first and second reference instances, such as...
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...
6885363 Pointing device dwell time  
A method, apparatus, and signal-bearing medium that selects an object displayed on a display screen when a cursor controlled by a pointing device pauses at the object for a time period longer than...
6883145 Arrow logic system for creating and operating control systems  
A graphic programming system for associating distinctive arrow appearances to specific transaction(s) that the arrow may convey among and between on-screen objects. The distinctive appearance...
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...
6842795 Methods and apparatus for shifting focus between multiple devices  
A system, method, apparatus, means, and computer program code for shifting focus between multiple devices. In some embodiments, a method in accordance with the present invention may include...
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...
6771284 System and method of providing a navigational aide  
The present invention is directed to a system and method of providing a navigational aide. In a first aspect of the present invention, a system and method of providing a navigational aide includes...
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