Data processing: presentation processing of document inventions 09/06

20060212787 - Graphical message format builder: A graphical message format builder facilitates a user in building message formats by using format elements from a format editor palette which are inserted into a message format definition in a graphical editing pane. Each format element is served as a building block of a message format which in turn...

20060212789 - Method to improve reading and skimming speed: A method and a technology has been developed to improve reading and skimming speed. Not all words are necessary for understanding so these words may be substituted or removed from the text to facilitate reading the text at a higher speed. A set of rules determines which words can be...

20060212788 - Systems and methods for activity management using independent docket items: Method and apparatus for organizing intellectual property data according to activities related to intellectual property are disclosed, wherein each activity is represented by an activity data structure containing at least some data pertinent to the activity. A plurality of docket items are associated with intellectual property deadlines, and at least...

20060212790 - Organizing elements on a web page via drag and drop operations: Methods, systems and computer-readable media are provided for organizing links on a web page via drag and drop operations. Single web page links or groups of web page links may be dragged from one location on a web page to another location on a web page or to another group...

20060212791 - Method and computer-readable medium for providing spreadsheet-driven key performance indicators: A method, system, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for providing spreadsheet-driven key performance indicators are disclosed. According to the method, a spreadsheet-driven key performance indicator is created that includes a location of a spreadsheet, a location of a cell within the spreadsheet to be utilized as an indicator value, and a...

20060212793 - Loader and provider configuration for remotely provided services: A system and method of accessing remote services through a network including generating a message within a local computer system using a process having a specified type and version. The message is associated with the specified type and version and transported to an remote service provider system. The remote service...

20060212792 - Synchronously publishing a web page and corresponding web page resources: Methods and system provide for synchronously publishing a web page and its corresponding resources. Images, documents, files, and pages may be bound or tied to a parent web page which allows these resources to follow the parent web page lead as to whether or not they may be browsed, whether...

20060212794 - Method and system for creating a computer-readable image file having an annotation embedded therein: Methods for creating computer-readable image files having annotation data, e.g., one or more audio annotations, embedded therein are provided. The method may include receiving an image file having image data therein, receiving annotation data, e.g., one or more audio annotations, relating to the image data, and embedding the annotation data...

20060212795 - Scalable computing system for managing annotations: A scalable computing system for managing annotations is capable of handling requests for annotations to millions of documents a day. The computing system consists of multiple tiers of servers. A tier I server indicates whether there are annotations associated with a content source. A tier II server indexes the annotations....

20060212801 - Method and computer-readable medium for fitting text to shapes within a graphic: A method and computer-readable medium are provided for fitting text to shapes within a graphic. According to the method, initial constraints are defined that comprise initial values describing how a shape and text within the shape should be laid out. Constraint rules are also defined for use in modifying the...

20060212799 - Method and system for compiling schema: A method for processing a markup-language schema includes identifying a first node within a data definition document that includes one or more definition nodes and determining whether the first node comprises a group node. The method further includes, in response to determining that the first node comprises a group node,...

20060212800 - Method and system for sequentially accessing compiled schema: A method for accessing data in a data structure includes determining a node type of a first entry in a node array that defines a hierarchical relationship of a plurality of nodes in a markup language schema and determining based on the node type of the first entry whether the...

20060212796 - Method for coding structured documents: The invention present disclosure relates to a method and device for coding a structured document, particularly such as a XML-based document, wherein a plurality of codes are generated by one or more schemas or namespaces, wherein independent codes are assigned for a schema and/or a namespace separately from other schemas...

20060212802 - On demand data proxy: A system and process for enabling updates of an ink analysis document model are described....

20060212798 - Rendering content natively on local operating system: Techniques for rendering content natively on a local operating system, by executing a local executive as a native application on the target operating system. In some embodiments, a content emitter such as a portlet preferably invokes, by its normal inclusion mechanism, a markup emitter directed toward the native user interface...

20060212797 - Structure for affixing an optical plate on a frame in a panel display: A structure is to affix an optical plate on a frame in a panel display. The optical plate has a protruding region with a slit. The structure includes a first hook-like member, disposed on one side of the frame and having an extending portion for passing through the slit and...

20060212804 - Method and system for formatting web pages having constrained dynamic regions on content templates: The present invention generally relates to methods, systems, and data structures for creating web pages. In embodiments of the present invention, a web page template is created. One or more instructions are received to construct a web page template with a zone. A constraint is assigned to the zone that...

20060212803 - System and method for dynamically resizing embeded web page content: A system and method for extending the utility of an HTML IFrame web page element by enabling the IFrame to dynamically resize its viewing boundaries according to the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the secondary content to be displayed within the IFrame is disclosed. The extended IFrame determines the height...

20060212805 - Systems and methods for remote access media production: Systems and methods for remote access document production are disclosed herein. As an example, one such method includes providing a first computer executing a document production suite. The first computer is communicably coupled to a computer network, and provides a layout space to a second computer via the communication network....

20060212806 - Application of presentation styles to items on a web page: Methods and systems provide for application of style properties/settings to one or more web page items, components, links, or other web page content. Use of an edit menu allows for the application of a selected style setting on a per-item basis or on an all-item basis and allows for the...

20060212809 - Electronic device capable of displaying an instruction manual: An electronic device such as a digital still camera enables display of an instruction manual and providing explanations of a variety of functions and operations to the user. Specifically, the electronic device has a storage unit that stores instruction manual data and a display control unit that reads instruction manual...

20060212807 - Information display apparatus: An information display apparatus which displays additional information together with contents to be displayed on a predetermined display element, includes a display section for displaying the contents to be displayed and the additional information in different areas in a format depending on an attribute of the contents to be displayed....

20060212808 - Print data editing apparatus and print data editing program stored in computer readable medium: A print data editing apparatus includes a display that displays a print object in order to edit the print object; a cutoff area specifying device that specifies a cutoff area that is an area to be cut off in order to cut off a print result in which the print...

20060212811 - Apparatus and method for simple wide-area network navigation: A method and apparatus of simplified navigation. A web page is provided having a link to a sister site. The sister site facilitates simplified navigation. Pages from the sister site are served responsive to actuation of the sister site link. In one embodiment, the sister site includes matrix pages to...

20060212810 - Method and apparatus for generating correspondence: A system is provided for creating documents, and in particular, for creating individualized personal documents for use with marketing activities such as fundraising, direct mail, campaigns, etc. Specifically, a capability may be provided for creating documents that include a portion generated by an individual and one or more portions generated...

20060212812 - 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. The free-form selection tool is configured to provide more or less precise selections based in part on the speed...

20060212813 - Method and system for creating temporary visual indicia: The present invention relates to new and improved embodiments of systems and methods for using a “pen” input as a temporary pointer to highlight a portion of a document and having the “ink” disappear. In embodiments, a method and system for temporarily marking a portion of a document comprises sending...

20060212814 - Verifying compatibility between document features and server capabilities: Methods, systems, and computer program products verify compatibility between a document to be published for access via a server and capabilities of the server to support features of the document. A method involves receiving a document, scanning the document for features, comparing the features to the capabilities of the server,...

20060212816 - Accessibility enhanced user interface: Selecting a user desired hyperlink is provided by dividing displayed content into two or more parts and letting a user to choose from the parts the one that contains a desired link. If the part contains no other links, that link is launched, otherwise the chosen part is repeatedly divided...

20060212815 - Dialog system and method for efficient computer interaction: An interactive computer system and method includes a plurality of program components hierarchically arranged. Each component provides a specific task or set of tasks responsive to information provided to the components. A dialog manager arranges the components in accordance with the tasks needed to be performed and decides an order...

20060212817 - Pyramid view: A system for displaying information to a user is disclosed. The system comprises a grouping module that organizes data items into groups that are ranked based upon at least one attribute of the data items. Also included is a presentation module that presents the ranked groups of data items to...

20060212818 - Method for providing multimedia message: The invention relates to a method for providing multimedia messages to a receiver mobile terminal, which multimedia messages are generated out of an original text message sent by the service user. According to the present invention, the method for providing multimedia messages is advantageous in that, by providing a new...

20060212820 - Dynamic desktop method and system: A method, computer program product, and client computer for positioning one or more desktop objects within a graphical user interface of an option management system. A location identifier is associated with at least one of the one or more desktop objects, such that the location identifier defines the position of...

20060212819 - Medium which records program for controlling icon of document file, control computer, and controlling method: A recording medium stores a program which, when executed, allows a computer to perform a function comprising: obtaining a color attribute of a document file, and displaying a document icon which represents the document file and has an image reflecting the obtained color attribute....

20060212821 - Product edition and simulation database system with user interactive graphical tool: The invention is directed to a product edition and simulation system, comprising a storage system having data related to modeled object. The product edition and simulation system has a graphical user interface, having an edition workbench comprising a plurality of software tools suitable for editing a subset of features of...

20060212822 - Configuring a page for drag and drop arrangement of content artifacts in a page development tool: A method, system and apparatus for configuring a page for drag and drop arrangement of content artifacts can include populating a content artifact registry with a plurality of content artifacts, each of the content artifacts defining a draggable and droppable form of a particular type of page content. The method...

20060212823 - Systems, methods and computer program products for configuring an assembly line: A system for graphically and dynamically configuring an assembly line having process points where events can be triggered, includes: a service configurator for configuring services including imported Web Services; and a process configurator for configuring processes to be implemented in response to triggered events at the process points, wherein each...

20060212825 - Cell based eui methods & apparatuses: In a cell based EUI, existing display container cells nested within a “host” display container cell are automatically shifted and/or downsized, if necessary, to increase available space to facilitate the creation of another display container cell nested within the “host” display container cell, in response to a request to perform...

20060212824 - Methods for navigating through an assembled object and software for implementing the same: Methods for navigating through an assembled object, for example, a web-page, and HTML document, etc. The assembled object may include any suitable number of geometrical objects, which may have an arbitrary shape and/or be arbitrarily situated within, for example, a two dimensional or three dimensional area....

20060212826 - Electronic service manual display program and recording medium on which the program is recorded, electronic service manual display control method and electronic service manual display control apparatus, program transmission method and program transmission: Disclosed is an electronic service manual display program whereby an order for a part can be easily and correctly issued across a network to a predetermined parts order receiving server, and in accordance with to this technique, a board diagram or a circuit diagram is displayed in a drawing display...

20060212827 - Menu display apparatus and method and recording medium storing computer program for executing the menu display method: A menu display apparatus and method, which enable a user to easily and quickly search for content of interest among a plurality of contents shared by a plurality of devices in a home network, are provided. The menu display method includes: receiving information regarding a zoom-in location or a zoom-out...

20060212828 - Method, program and device for displaying menu: A menu displaying method for displaying a menu containing a plurality of menu items on a display screen comprises a menu item arrangement step of arranging the menu items in a prescribed three-dimensional virtual body to squarely face the display screen so that each menu item will have at least...

20060212829 - Method, program and device for displaying menu: A method of displaying a menu including a plurality of menu items. The method includes the steps of displaying an orbital menu by arranging the plurality of menu items on a looped orbital, first detecting a signal for switching the orbital menu, extracting a menu item located at a predetermined...

20060212832 - Centralized control and management system for automobiles: In a control and management system for automobiles, a central processor in the system connects traditionally unrelated vehicle subsystems together to realize synergistic functions such as smart driving, automatic parking, etc. A master interface having a display is employed in the system to help a user control and manage the...

20060212830 - Graphical messaging system: A method and system is described herein for messaging on a computer using a communications interface. The communications interface includes a section which displays graphics representing receivers and senders of messages. The communications interface also includes a section which facilitates the user to create, send, receive, and archive messages. Messages...

20060212831 - Graphical messaging system: A method and system is described herein for messaging on a computer using a communications interface. The communications interface includes a section which displays graphics representing receivers and senders of messages. The communications interface also includes a section which facilitates the user to create, send, receive, and archive messages. Messages...

20060212833 - Radial, three-dimensional hierarchical file system view: Disclosed is a method of displaying a hierarchical file structure. The method determines a visual arrangement (100) of containers (102) which reflects a hierarchical relationship of the file structure. A concentric curved shape is then formed representing each container in the file structure and files within the containers, the curved...

20060212834 - Motion-based visualization: A data-display system employs a display in which the representations of data objects are caused to move on the display in order to convey information about the represented data objects. In one example, icons in a link-analysis display that represent data objects satisfying a selection criterion are made to execute...

20060212835 - Motion-based visualization: A data-display system employs a display in which the representations of data objects are caused to move on the display in order to convey information about the represented data objects. In one example, icons in a link-analysis display that represent data objects satisfying a selection criterion are made to execute...

20060212836 - Personalized user interfaces for presentation-oriented web services: A method of facilitating a service includes receiving a description of a service, and invoking the service based on the description. In this regard, the description comprises one having been generated based on an ontology including a set of classes, instances and associated properties for describing a user interface (UI)...

20060206795 - Aggregation of reduced-sized images: A method includes receiving, from a user, publication data to be published and location data identifying a storage location at which an image to be associated with the publication data is stored. The image to be included in the publication data is retrieved from the storage location identified by the...

20060206792 - Document file management apparatus, document file management method and document file management program: When document data of a document comprising at least one page is input, the input document data is stored as a document file for each document. Moreover, image data corresponding to the document data of each stored document file is produced. On the other hand, text-form document data is produced...

20060206793 - Document file management apparatus, document file management method and document file management program: A plurality of document files are displayed while successively switched every document unit. Use situations of the apparatus are detected. A document file constituting an object of the display is selected from the respective document files in accordance with the detected use situations....

20060206790 - Document managing apparatus: A document managing apparatus manages files of a plurality of electronic data as documents, arranges each document in order of a document time based on an update time of each file to manage the document beforehand by a document management table, converts a fluctuation amount in accordance with a rotation...

20060206791 - File management apparatus: When sequentially displaying images of pages in a plurality of documents, each of which has at least one page, if there exists an image to which an indicator has been attached, the indicator is displayed in a mode according to a page number of the image to which the indicator...

20060206794 - Method and apparatus for maintaining relationships between parts in a package: Modular content framework and document format methods and systems are described. The described framework and format define a set of building blocks for composing, packaging, distributing, and rendering document-centered content. These building blocks define a platform-independent framework for document formats that enable software and hardware systems to generate, exchange, and...

20060206789 - Method and system for automatic documentation of configurable systems: An automatic documentation generation and management system and method, for documenting configurable systems such as complex software applications and hardware systems is disclosed. The method retrieves configuration parameters from the configurable system and utilizes them to automatically generate an explanatory document specific to the configured system. The invention also discloses...

20060206796 - Method and system for parameterized web documents: Techniques are disclosed for constructing web (or other networked) documents as parameterized forms of other networked documents. For example, a document may be represented as a collection of changes to be applied to a first document which is incorporated by reference in the second document. Instead of delivering the entire...

20060206797 - Authorizing implementing application localization rules: The present invention provides a system for processing data....

20060206798 - Resource authoring with re-usability score and suggested re-usable data: The present invention provides a system for processing data....

20060206799 - Media software navigation with conditional links: The systems and methods described herein are directed toward launching a third party application in a media center module using a conditional link. The media center module is configured to enable the third party application to register with the module and to associate a primary link that serves as the...

20060206800 - Method for displaying editable characters in a divided table cell: A divided table cell is generated by selecting one cell in a table and creating a new cell to display over the selected cell. Both cells contain a constraint that define an area where that cell cannot display objects. Objects comprise alphanumeric characters, graphical symbols or any representation in a...

20060206801 - Method and apparatus for populating a form with data: A method and apparatus for populating a form with data is described. In one embodiment of the invention, a form is displayed to the user via the target application. Each form has one or more data receptacles. The data receptacles of a form are filled with data when the user...

20060206802 - File management apparatus: A plurality of documents are stored, edited, and managed and a display device is caused to display an image of the each document. When storing the documents newly generated or edited, a substitute image of the document is generated instead of the image to be displayed on the display device....

20060206805 - Document managing apparatus: A document managing apparatus manages a file as a document, detects a file whose contents have been updated or a newly added file, and judges whether or not a size of a file of image data is not less than a predetermined size among detected files. By this judgment, a...

20060206803 - Interactive desktop wallpaper system: A system fetches, parses, organizes and displays aggregated XML-based content, including—but not limited to—RSS feeds, XML feeds, ATOM feeds, RDF feeds, CDF feeds and Podcasts, embedding that information into a newsreader or aggregator format in the computer user's desktop wallpaper. This creates a fully interactive wallpaper system that pushes information...

20060206804 - Reversible logic for widget and markup language generation: Method, apparatus and systems provide reversible logic for widget and markup language generation. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving one or more widgets. The method also includes generating first markup language code having semantics that are independent of a description of the one or more widgets. The method includes...

20060206806 - Text summarization: A method for summarizing text (20), comprising evaluating (24) selected words of the text according to predetermined criteria to provide word score values for each of the selected words. Thew method then provides for calculating (25) for each of the selected words a word weighted score that is dependent on...

20060206807 - Method and apparatus for defining documents: Some embodiments provide a method for storing a document. The document is created by using a set of template pages. The method, in a data storage structure, creates a first prototype section for storing information for the template pages. The method also, in the data storage structure, creates a second...

20060206808 - System, method, and computer program product for transformation of markup-language objects: A system, method, and computer program product for transformation of markup-language objects which rely on the in the data patterns present in the input XML objects and the relationships between these objects is outlined in this invention. Such pattern-based interpretation and transformation of the input XML objects is achieved through...

20060206811 - Automated creation of media asset illustration collage: Techniques for producing a media asset illustration collage are disclosed. These techniques involve, for instance, obtaining a media asset list containing media asset information, obtaining one or more media asset illustrations associated with the media asset list, determining a color scheme based on the one or more media asset illustrations,...

20060206809 - Document file management apparatus, document file management method, and document file management program: Image data for printing corresponding to document data of all pages of each stored document file is produced in a vector form. Image data for printing corresponding to document data of a representative page of each stored document file is produced in a bitmap form. Moreover, each produced bitmap-form image...

20060206810 - Document managing apparatus: A document managing apparatus manages document managing information on the plural managed documents while managing file managing information on a first file of data which constitutes a document which is a managing target. In the apparatus, transfer information is stored in relation to the managed document of the document managing...

20060206812 - Method and system for generating colors using constrained color properties: Generally, the present invention provides embodiments of systems and methods for extrapolating formats to create pleasing format templates. In an exemplary embodiment, a method for creating a color template for a document comprises receiving at least one color for the document. Then, the colors received become constraints of at least...

20060206814 - Electronic document creation support apparatus and an electronic document creation support data component creating apparatus: Several components include a model document file, a help file describing an explanatory text as to this model document file, a component specific wizard program or a script file for screen definition for general purpose wizard for to be used for setting concrete information to items in this model document...

20060206813 - System and method for management of the production of printed material: The present invention ensures that content provided in formatted print pages is current, and can provide a convenient user interface to identify portions of a display screen to monitor for changes in content. Alternatively, the invention can monitor data storage locations for changes in content, or be informed by a...

20060206815 - Handheld electronic device having improved word correction, and associated method: A method of replacing a first word in a text component displayed by an electronic device, such as a handheld electronic device, that employs a text disambiguation function, wherein the first word resulted from a key depression sequence previously input into the electronic device. The text disambiguation function caused the...

20060206816 - Method of and device for predictive text editing: A method of editing text data within a text-data string includes the steps of a) receiving a key stroke. The key stroke is received via one of a plurality of keys and at least one of the plurality of keys corresponds to a character group includes a plurality of characters....

20060206817 - User assistance for a condition: An apparatus, device, method, computer program product, and system that electronically monitors a condition associated with a physical state of an item, and obtains a user assistance corresponding to the condition associated with the physical state of an item....

20060206818 - Dynamic frequently asked question system: A DFAQ system includes a computing device 130 and the computing device includes a reorganization module 132, a processor 134, a non-volatile memory 136 and a storage module 138 for web pages or active server pages. As a frequently asked question (FAQ) is accessed, a counter corresponding to the FAQ...

20060206819 - Information processing apparatus and information processing method, and program: A playlist generating section generates a playlist by grouping a plurality of pieces of program information based on meta information stored in a database. Also, the playlist generating section generates the playlist by further including, in the playlist, current status information indicating a reproduction status of the playlist and changed...

20060206820 - A method and apparatus for updating a graphical display in a distributed processing environment: A system and method for updating a display unit remotely located from a computing system are described. The method includes copying display information from a video buffer of a computing device executing an application to generate a display update, calculating a size of the display update, and determining an amount...

20060206822 - Application communication with document embedded functions: A document with embedded functions is provided for communications. A server application is responsible for generating a graphical user interface or other data and parses the document. Functions embedded within the document are identified. To acquire data or other information, the functions are called. For example, a function calls for...

20060206821 - Data moving method and user window interface: A data moving method and a user window interface used in general computer operating systems or portable electronic systems for moving, copying, cutting, or pasting files or folders in a one to many, many to one or even many to many manner. The user window interface comprises a data source...

20060206823 - Information providing system, information providing apparatus and information providing method as well as data recording medium: The invention provides an information providing system, apparatus, method and recording medium by which the user can communicate with an electronic pet character as an imaginary living body and virtually lives in electric equipment so the user can operate the equipment with increased interest and happiness. The information providing system...

20060206824 - Mobile communication device having scroll overlap adjustment capability and method of operation thereof: To enable a user of a mobile communication devices to make a selection from a list of items with a minimum of input actions, a method for displaying information, in particular text information, on the display of a mobile communication device is introduced. The method calls for the display of...

20060206825 - Active z order manipulation of a popup window in multimonitor systems: A method and apparatus are disclosed for controlling positioning for a child window, produced by a main window, on at least one monitor in a multimonitor computer system, where a first and a second positioning mechanism control the positioning of the child window on the monitors such that the child...

20060206826 - Development framework for mixing semantics-driven and state-driven dialog: An application program interface embodied on one or more computer readable media is disclosed. The interface includes a first dialog container configured to facilitate development of a first type of dialog within an application. Also included is a second dialog container configured to facilitate development of a second type of...

20060206827 - Live graphical user interface builder: A graphical user interface (GUI) builder program is provided on a server. The GUI is built for interaction with a remote or local application, such as a client application being run on a remote processor. The GUI builder program allows connection with the GUI to the application while the GUI...

20060206828 - Display device of a calculator capable of displaying a composite icon: The present invention provides a display device of a calculator capable of displaying a composite icon, which comprises of a display panel and a composite icon. The composite icon which is shown on the display panel comprises multiple symbols in which at least one symbol is required to compose an...

20060206830 - Document file management apparatus, document file management method and document file management program: Image data is produced which corresponds to each document data for each page of each stored document file. The produced image data is displayed while successively switched every document unit and page unit in accordance with user's predetermined operation. Furthermore, the document data corresponding to the displayed image data is...

20060206829 - Document searching apparatus: A document searching apparatus stores, in a table, information indicating a size of each document which is a management object, and produces a document map which stacks and displays bars having sizes in accordance with the sizes of the respective documents which are the management objects to display in a...

20060206831 - Methods and apparatus providing custom analysis of test and measurement data: In one embodiment, a computer program distributed by a first party is provided with: code to determine whether a second party has defined a custom analysis of test and measurement (T&M) data and then provide access to the custom analysis via a graphical user interface (GUI); and code to, upon...

20060206832 - Directional focus navigation: A rendering engine that supports directional focus navigation, in response to a directional input, shifts the focus to an appropriate focusable element. The rendering engine determines one or more focusable elements that are candidates to receive the focus based on the received directional input and based on the relative display...

20060206833 - Sensory output devices: Sensory output devices such as wearable items, three dimensional objects such as pebbles, ornaments, toy characters and the like, include controls responsive to the content of SMS messages or to recognition of spoken words or phrases in a telephone conversation to provide a response such as a thermal change, vibrational...

20060206834 - Systems and methods for implementing multi-application tabs and tab sets: A sharing model enables users to easily and conveniently create and share standard and custom database objects, and applications, among users or groups of users. The sharing model includes systems and methods that allow users to conveniently create and customize tabs and tab sets that define relationships between custom objects...

20060206835 - User interface element with auxiliary function: A user-activatable dashboard (also referred to as a unified interest layer) contains any number of user interface elements, referred to herein as “widgets,” for quick access by a user. In response to a command from a user, the dashboard is invoked and the widgets are shown on the screen. The...

20060206836 - System and method for providing a consistent visual appearance to output generated by multiple applications: The techniques and mechanisms described herein are directed to a method for creating an identity that defines a visual appearance for output generated by multiple applications. The identity may include a base design, an effects scheme, a color scheme, a font scheme, a logo, and business information. The identity being...

20060206838 - Apparatus and method to navigate interactive television using unique inputs with a remote control: A method and system to facilitate navigation of a widearea network. A navigation matrix is displayed on a client node. The matrix pairs each navigation option with an input such that, for example, pressing a single key activates that navigation option. The key press event is forwarded to an information...

20060206837 - Presentation of hierarchical software structures: The invention relates to a method, a computer product and a device for presentation of elements of a software environment arranged in a hierarchical structure. To allow an easy-to-understand and user-friendly navigable presentation of the elements, the following steps are proposed for the presentation: Displaying a linear chain of precisely...

20060200737 - Image display device, image display system, and a program for executing an image displaying method by a computer: An image display device for displaying a document containing a text and a graphic chart relevant to the text on a display screen includes a document relevance determination section for determining the relevance between the text and the graphic chart contained in the document by analyzing the document, and a...

20060200736 - Method of transmitting digital content of a content supplier to the user of an online content transmission system: A method of transmitting digital contents of a content provider to the user of a content transmission system in a computer communications network in which a data set with a certain digital content desired by a download user is transmitted at least in part from a terminal of an upload...

20060200740 - Mime type detection for feeds: Techniques for detecting, managing, and presenting syndication XML (feeds) are disclosed. In one embodiment, a web browser automatically determines that a web site is publishing feeds and notifies the user, who can then access the feed easily. In another embodiment, a browser determines that a web page or feed is...

20060200741 - Modeling system for retrieving and displaying data from multiple sources: A model development system provides tools for developers to define reusable, object oriented components and views for collecting and displaying data from multiple sources, and for incorporating such reusable components and views into an informational model. Using the system, a developer can create a reusable component, create multiple instances of...

20060200742 - System and method for capture and storage of forward and reverse link audio: A system and method for capturing and storing audio information from the forward or reverse link is disclosed. A communication device receives audio information via the forward or reverse link channel. The audio information is parsed and processed by voice recognition in order to translate the audio information into text...

20060200739 - System and method for data manipulation: A method for transforming data includes creating an array and initializing a value in each array element of the array. The method also includes storing data in the array from data components in a source file by, for each data component in the source file, detecting a beginning of the...

20060200738 - System and method for modifying a mobile device application: A system and method of porting a reference application to a target mobile device are disclosed. The method includes: a) injecting a first instruction set into the reference application, where the first instruction set instantiates a MIDlet proxy object for a MIDlet object in the reference application; b) injecting a...

20060200735 - System and method for providing fee-based data services to mobile users: The present invention is directed to a system and method to allow users to access and use data services, and then charge for such services using a point of sale system. Information about various services capable of being performed by a multifunction peripheral device is provided to the user, as...

20060200734 - System for building and sharing a databank of jokes and/or such humor: Disclosed is a system for building a data bank (data base) of jokes and/or such humor for enjoyment/entertainment purposes, as well as for as part of ones' social life, and/or for stress reduction purposes. The present system comprises a computer, one or more databases for user interaction, a well classified...

20060200743 - Content-based synchronization method and system for data streams: A computer method and system synchronizes one streaming data signal with another data signal. A subject data signal and working data signal are received. The working data signal has predefined coordinates in a coordinate system (e.g., time origin and unit sampling rate in a time coordinate system for audio). The...

20060200746 - Device and method for processing multimedia broadcast-related events in portable terminal: A device and method are provided for processing multimedia broadcast-related events in a portable terminal, and include a memory for storing character UI images according to multimedia broadcast-related events, an event collection section for collecting the multimedia broadcast-related events generated in the portable terminal and for generating event messages for...

20060200744 - Distributing and displaying still photos in a multimedia distribution system: Multimedia file formats that accommodate still photos encoded as video sequences are described. In addition, encoding multimedia files to include still photos as encoded video sequences and decoding multimedia files containing still photos encoded as video sequences are discussed. Many of the multimedia files described include information that enable a...

20060200745 - Method and apparatus for producing re-customizable multi-media: The present invention is a method and system that facilitates the production of personalized movies. The invention enables the repeated and high-volume generation of unique, customized multi-media (e.g., movies) from a collection of stock media. A production method for creating personalized movies comprises the steps of receiving user-provided media, receiving...

20060200747 - System and method for providing data manipulation using web services: A method for transforming data includes receiving information defining a transformation of a source file to a target file, wherein the information identifies a web service and generating, based on the received information, a script operable when executed to implement the defined transformation. The script is then stored. The method...

20060200751 - Method and apparatus for providing conditional customization for generating a web site: A technique for generating a web site in accordance with received data entry by: presenting a prompt for data entry; receiving a data entry in response to the prompt; presenting at least one additional prompt for data entry that is determined at least in part based upon the received data...

20060200748 - System and method for applying workflow of generic services' to component based applications for devices: A system and method for representing a workflow for a plurality of components corresponding to a page-based application. The plurality of components are configured as a component based application to assist with messaging over a network between a device and a schema-defined service of a data source. The page-based application...

20060200749 - System and method for conversion of generic services' applications into component based applications for devices: A system and method for converting a page-based application to a component based application configured for execution on a device, the device configured for communication over a network with a schema-defined service of a data source, the page-based application expressed as a series of presentation pages having embedded data and...

20060200750 - User interface method for activating clickable object and playback apparatus for performing the method: A user interface method for activating a clickable object and a playback apparatus for performing the user interface method are provided. The user interface method comprises highlighting a clickable object included in a moving image played on a screen, and activating the highlighted clickable object. At least one of the...

20060200752 - Method and system for laying out paginated content for viewing: A method and system in a document viewing control for laying out an invisible page grid based on various criteria, including whether the pages of a document are fixed, contain reflowable content, whether the fixed pages are all the same size, and where the user has actively focused a page...

20060200753 - System and method for providing data manipulation as a web service: A method of transforming data includes receiving information defining a transformation of an input data object to an output data object and generating, based on the received information, a script operable when executed to implement the defined transformation. The script is then stored. The method also includes receiving a service...

20060200754 - Systems and methods for storing personal information, automatically filling out forms, and sharing information with a data recipient: Systems and methods provide for receiving form information from a user or a data recipient and then reuses the information to provide other forms with the information regardless of whether the other forms belong to the data recipient or a different data recipient. The systems and methods also provide for...

20060200755 - Method and system for resolving conflicts in attribute operations in a collaborative editing environment: A collaborative editing system defines operational transforms for transforming conflicting operations on styles of the text of the document. The operational transforms ensure that local copies of the document will be consistent when it is in a quiescent state. The operational transforms are defined so that most conflicts can be...

20060200757 - Custom labeler for screen readers: A screen reader feature is described that enables end users to assign their own descriptions to forms and navigational elements in electronic documents such as web pages, word processing documents and portable document formats. The form or navigational element is identified by the end user. A dialog box provides a...

20060200756 - Publishing system including front-end client links to workflow engine and communication protocol schema: A middleware system is provided for use in combination with a publishing system. The publishing system will include a repository and server facilitating editorial services with respect to digital items. These items may be produced by a plurality of front-end clients, and the middleware system includes a software-based mechanism to...

20060200758 - Arranging images on pages of an album: Methods, machines, and machine-readable media for arranging images on pages of an album are described. In one aspect, an album has multiple potential states each corresponding to a respective arrangement of the images on the pages. In accordance with one method, the album is received in an initial state. A...

20060200761 - Content management and transformation system for digital content: A transformation engine that enables content and information to be transformed from one format, a source format, to a format that is compatible with the requesting device, a destination format. Advantageously, various device types can access and share content via a network without concern as to the original format of...

20060200760 - Method and system for displaying and interacting with paginated content: A document viewer control that is hosted by another computer program to provide that program with document viewing functionality, including enabling user interaction with the content. An interface provides the program with plug-in access to document viewing functionality, including scrolling, zooming, finding, layout, copying and the like. Properties may be...

20060200762 - Methods for printing booklets and booklets printed thereby: The invention provides a method for preparing a portable booklet of multi-column textual material, comprising reformatting the textual layout of the material in order to create substantial alignment between the lines of text in all of the columns in an area predetermined for horizontal subdivision of the sheet containing the...

20060200759 - Techniques for generating the layout of visual content: Systems and methods comprising a general purpose framework to facilitate automated layout are provided. Such systems and methods can be utilized to automatically generate visual content over a wide range of domains. One example of a framework comprises a set of general purpose layout components adjustable to a plurality of...

20060200763 - Technique for exporting document content: Techniques are described for converting content within a document from a first format to a second format using an intermediate format. In one variation, a technique obtains layout data associated with content in a source document having a first format, sequentially converts portions of the content into an intermediate format...

20060200764 - Method and system for navigating paginated content in page-based increments: A method and system in a document viewer for scrolling a substantially exact increment in a document, such as one page, regardless of whether the zoom is such that some, all or one page is currently being viewed. In one implementation, pressing a Page Down or Page Up keyboard key/button...

20060200765 - Document summarizer for word processors: A document summarizer for word processors is described. In one aspect, a document is accessed for summarization. Using a phase summarizing process, a sentence-based summary of writings of the document is constructed from the writings. A file associated with the document is located. The sentence-based summary is inserted into the...

20060200766 - Translation management system: A translation management system in a computer environment. A preferred embodiment of the invention automatically detects when a document, data stream, or non-text file in the master language has been updated and notifies the user which corresponding documents, data streams, or non-text files in the other languages require translation which...

20060200767 - Automatic user interface updating in business processes: A method and apparatus for updating a user interface for a business process in response to a change in the business process instigated by a user. The change is detected by the application and the affected user interfaces are updated to reflect the changed process without the need to recompile...

20060200768 - Vehicle player system: Systems and methods for providing a user-definable multimedia or digital library are disclosed. Also disclosed are systems and methods for selecting and playing multimedia or digital files from within the library. The selection and playback systems and methods involve a limited number of user activated buttons, which are implemented both...

20060200769 - Method for reproducing audio documents with the aid of an interface comprising document groups and associated reproducing device: The invention relates to a method of reproduction by a reproduction apparatus for reproducing audio documents forming part of a set of documents. The method comprises a prior step of partitioning of the documents of the set into groups of documents whose audio parameters exhibit a similitude, making it possible...

20060200770 - System for defining network behaviors within application programs: A graphical interface for programming network communications messages and messaging behavior on a control apparatus that is coupled to a communications network and that is operating under control of an application program. The interface comprises an integrated schematic view of symbols representing communications and including application and messaging control logic...

20060200771 - Adaptable user interface for business software: An adaptable user interface is formed based on a role assumed by a user and the identification of tasks in a process that need to be performed. For each role assumed by the user, a set of tasks assigned to the role is identified. Each task is evaluated to determine...

20060200772 - Procedural computation engine for providing complex calculated data results to an object-oriented server system accessible to service clients and agents over a data packet network: A procedural computation engine is provided for generating and serving executable high-level code. The engine includes a Graphical User Interface for creating procedural computation schemas; a parser for interpreting output from the Graphical User Interface; a compilation component for hierarchal node-structuring of data; and a server component for providing access...

20060200773 - Apparatus method and article of manufacture for visualizing status in a compute environment: There is provided herein an exemplary technique utilizing at least one application status icon for visualizing the status of important metrics of, e.g., one or more applications running within a compute infrastructure. In an exemplary embodiment, the application status icon is located on a device display, preferably as part of...

20060200774 - Configuring activities to perform operations on user-defined fields: A process control system that automatically monitors processes and performs activities based on conditions detected during monitoring. The information needed to do the monitoring and perform activities is contained in tables in a database system. The process control system may be configured by configuring entries in the tables. An administrative...

20060200775 - Displaying a plurality of selection areas in a computer-implemented graphical user interface: A computer-implemented graphical user interface for displaying a plurality of selection areas. A first selection are is displayed on a monitor attached to the computer, and then a second selection area is displayed on the monitor attached to the computer without erasing the first selection area. The first and/or second...

20060200776 - Graphical interface: Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and/or systems associated with a graphical interface are disclosed....

20060200777 - Method and system for changing visual states of a toolbar: A method and system for changing the area in which to view the content of a document while maintaining access to various viewing options. In a first state, toolbar items are displayed in a toolbar area while a document is displayed in a document area. In changing to a second...

20060200779 - Cell based end user interface having action cells: An EUI for presenting contents to a user, is constituted with at least a first display container cell, a second display container cell nested within the first display container cell, and an action cell nested in either the first or the second display container cell. The action cell being associated...

20060200778 - Windowing and controlling system thereof comprising a computer device: A method and a program system comprising a plurality of windows displayed as an evolving series of instances of said windows with different sizes is described. The content of said evolving series of instances of window sizes may be changed according to specific rules and a change is performed when...

20060200780 - Enhanced on-object context menus: Aspects of the present invention provide context menus useful in, e.g., a computing device receiving user input via a stylus. Icons representing actions performable on an object are displayed in a context menu for the object. Additional aspects of the invention include cascading menus that also minimize hand and/or wrist...

20060200781 - Centralized control and management system for automobiles: In a control and management system for automobiles, a central processor in the system connects traditionally unrelated vehicle subsystems together to realize synergistic functions such as smart driving, automatic parking, etc. A master interface having a display is employed in the system to help a user control and manage the...

20060200782 - Centralized control and management system for automobiles: In a control and management system for automobiles, a central processor in the system connects traditionally unrelated vehicle subsystems together to realize synergistic functions such as smart driving, automatic parking, etc. A master interface having a display is employed in the system to help a user control and manage the...

20060200737 - Image display device, image display system, and a program for executing an image displaying method by a computer: An image display device for displaying a document containing a text and a graphic chart relevant to the text on a display screen includes a document relevance determination section for determining the relevance between the text and the graphic chart contained in the document by analyzing the document, and a...

20060200736 - Method of transmitting digital content of a content supplier to the user of an online content transmission system: A method of transmitting digital contents of a content provider to the user of a content transmission system in a computer communications network in which a data set with a certain digital content desired by a download user is transmitted at least in part from a terminal of an upload...

20060200740 - Mime type detection for feeds: Techniques for detecting, managing, and presenting syndication XML (feeds) are disclosed. In one embodiment, a web browser automatically determines that a web site is publishing feeds and notifies the user, who can then access the feed easily. In another embodiment, a browser determines that a web page or feed is...

20060200741 - Modeling system for retrieving and displaying data from multiple sources: A model development system provides tools for developers to define reusable, object oriented components and views for collecting and displaying data from multiple sources, and for incorporating such reusable components and views into an informational model. Using the system, a developer can create a reusable component, create multiple instances of...

20060200742 - System and method for capture and storage of forward and reverse link audio: A system and method for capturing and storing audio information from the forward or reverse link is disclosed. A communication device receives audio information via the forward or reverse link channel. The audio information is parsed and processed by voice recognition in order to translate the audio information into text...

20060200739 - System and method for data manipulation: A method for transforming data includes creating an array and initializing a value in each array element of the array. The method also includes storing data in the array from data components in a source file by, for each data component in the source file, detecting a beginning of the...

20060200738 - System and method for modifying a mobile device application: A system and method of porting a reference application to a target mobile device are disclosed. The method includes: a) injecting a first instruction set into the reference application, where the first instruction set instantiates a MIDlet proxy object for a MIDlet object in the reference application; b) injecting a...

20060200735 - System and method for providing fee-based data services to mobile users: The present invention is directed to a system and method to allow users to access and use data services, and then charge for such services using a point of sale system. Information about various services capable of being performed by a multifunction peripheral device is provided to the user, as...

20060200734 - System for building and sharing a databank of jokes and/or such humor: Disclosed is a system for building a data bank (data base) of jokes and/or such humor for enjoyment/entertainment purposes, as well as for as part of ones' social life, and/or for stress reduction purposes. The present system comprises a computer, one or more databases for user interaction, a well classified...

20060200743 - Content-based synchronization method and system for data streams: A computer method and system synchronizes one streaming data signal with another data signal. A subject data signal and working data signal are received. The working data signal has predefined coordinates in a coordinate system (e.g., time origin and unit sampling rate in a time coordinate system for audio). The...

20060200746 - Device and method for processing multimedia broadcast-related events in portable terminal: A device and method are provided for processing multimedia broadcast-related events in a portable terminal, and include a memory for storing character UI images according to multimedia broadcast-related events, an event collection section for collecting the multimedia broadcast-related events generated in the portable terminal and for generating event messages for...

20060200744 - Distributing and displaying still photos in a multimedia distribution system: Multimedia file formats that accommodate still photos encoded as video sequences are described. In addition, encoding multimedia files to include still photos as encoded video sequences and decoding multimedia files containing still photos encoded as video sequences are discussed. Many of the multimedia files described include information that enable a...

20060200745 - Method and apparatus for producing re-customizable multi-media: The present invention is a method and system that facilitates the production of personalized movies. The invention enables the repeated and high-volume generation of unique, customized multi-media (e.g., movies) from a collection of stock media. A production method for creating personalized movies comprises the steps of receiving user-provided media, receiving...

20060200747 - System and method for providing data manipulation using web services: A method for transforming data includes receiving information defining a transformation of a source file to a target file, wherein the information identifies a web service and generating, based on the received information, a script operable when executed to implement the defined transformation. The script is then stored. The method...

20060200751 - Method and apparatus for providing conditional customization for generating a web site: A technique for generating a web site in accordance with received data entry by: presenting a prompt for data entry; receiving a data entry in response to the prompt; presenting at least one additional prompt for data entry that is determined at least in part based upon the received data...

20060200748 - System and method for applying workflow of generic services' to component based applications for devices: A system and method for representing a workflow for a plurality of components corresponding to a page-based application. The plurality of components are configured as a component based application to assist with messaging over a network between a device and a schema-defined service of a data source. The page-based application...

20060200749 - System and method for conversion of generic services' applications into component based applications for devices: A system and method for converting a page-based application to a component based application configured for execution on a device, the device configured for communication over a network with a schema-defined service of a data source, the page-based application expressed as a series of presentation pages having embedded data and...

20060200750 - User interface method for activating clickable object and playback apparatus for performing the method: A user interface method for activating a clickable object and a playback apparatus for performing the user interface method are provided. The user interface method comprises highlighting a clickable object included in a moving image played on a screen, and activating the highlighted clickable object. At least one of the...

20060200752 - Method and system for laying out paginated content for viewing: A method and system in a document viewing control for laying out an invisible page grid based on various criteria, including whether the pages of a document are fixed, contain reflowable content, whether the fixed pages are all the same size, and where the user has actively focused a page...

20060200753 - System and method for providing data manipulation as a web service: A method of transforming data includes receiving information defining a transformation of an input data object to an output data object and generating, based on the received information, a script operable when executed to implement the defined transformation. The script is then stored. The method also includes receiving a service...

20060200754 - Systems and methods for storing personal information, automatically filling out forms, and sharing information with a data recipient: Systems and methods provide for receiving form information from a user or a data recipient and then reuses the information to provide other forms with the information regardless of whether the other forms belong to the data recipient or a different data recipient. The systems and methods also provide for...

20060200755 - Method and system for resolving conflicts in attribute operations in a collaborative editing environment: A collaborative editing system defines operational transforms for transforming conflicting operations on styles of the text of the document. The operational transforms ensure that local copies of the document will be consistent when it is in a quiescent state. The operational transforms are defined so that most conflicts can be...

20060200757 - Custom labeler for screen readers: A screen reader feature is described that enables end users to assign their own descriptions to forms and navigational elements in electronic documents such as web pages, word processing documents and portable document formats. The form or navigational element is identified by the end user. A dialog box provides a...

20060200756 - Publishing system including front-end client links to workflow engine and communication protocol schema: A middleware system is provided for use in combination with a publishing system. The publishing system will include a repository and server facilitating editorial services with respect to digital items. These items may be produced by a plurality of front-end clients, and the middleware system includes a software-based mechanism to...

20060200758 - Arranging images on pages of an album: Methods, machines, and machine-readable media for arranging images on pages of an album are described. In one aspect, an album has multiple potential states each corresponding to a respective arrangement of the images on the pages. In accordance with one method, the album is received in an initial state. A...

20060200761 - Content management and transformation system for digital content: A transformation engine that enables content and information to be transformed from one format, a source format, to a format that is compatible with the requesting device, a destination format. Advantageously, various device types can access and share content via a network without concern as to the original format of...

20060200760 - Method and system for displaying and interacting with paginated content: A document viewer control that is hosted by another computer program to provide that program with document viewing functionality, including enabling user interaction with the content. An interface provides the program with plug-in access to document viewing functionality, including scrolling, zooming, finding, layout, copying and the like. Properties may be...

20060200762 - Methods for printing booklets and booklets printed thereby: The invention provides a method for preparing a portable booklet of multi-column textual material, comprising reformatting the textual layout of the material in order to create substantial alignment between the lines of text in all of the columns in an area predetermined for horizontal subdivision of the sheet containing the...

20060200759 - Techniques for generating the layout of visual content: Systems and methods comprising a general purpose framework to facilitate automated layout are provided. Such systems and methods can be utilized to automatically generate visual content over a wide range of domains. One example of a framework comprises a set of general purpose layout components adjustable to a plurality of...

20060200763 - Technique for exporting document content: Techniques are described for converting content within a document from a first format to a second format using an intermediate format. In one variation, a technique obtains layout data associated with content in a source document having a first format, sequentially converts portions of the content into an intermediate format...

20060200764 - Method and system for navigating paginated content in page-based increments: A method and system in a document viewer for scrolling a substantially exact increment in a document, such as one page, regardless of whether the zoom is such that some, all or one page is currently being viewed. In one implementation, pressing a Page Down or Page Up keyboard key/button...

20060200765 - Document summarizer for word processors: A document summarizer for word processors is described. In one aspect, a document is accessed for summarization. Using a phase summarizing process, a sentence-based summary of writings of the document is constructed from the writings. A file associated with the document is located. The sentence-based summary is inserted into the...

20060200766 - Translation management system: A translation management system in a computer environment. A preferred embodiment of the invention automatically detects when a document, data stream, or non-text file in the master language has been updated and notifies the user which corresponding documents, data streams, or non-text files in the other languages require translation which...

20060200767 - Automatic user interface updating in business processes: A method and apparatus for updating a user interface for a business process in response to a change in the business process instigated by a user. The change is detected by the application and the affected user interfaces are updated to reflect the changed process without the need to recompile...

20060200768 - Vehicle player system: Systems and methods for providing a user-definable multimedia or digital library are disclosed. Also disclosed are systems and methods for selecting and playing multimedia or digital files from within the library. The selection and playback systems and methods involve a limited number of user activated buttons, which are implemented both...

20060200769 - Method for reproducing audio documents with the aid of an interface comprising document groups and associated reproducing device: The invention relates to a method of reproduction by a reproduction apparatus for reproducing audio documents forming part of a set of documents. The method comprises a prior step of partitioning of the documents of the set into groups of documents whose audio parameters exhibit a similitude, making it possible...

20060200770 - System for defining network behaviors within application programs: A graphical interface for programming network communications messages and messaging behavior on a control apparatus that is coupled to a communications network and that is operating under control of an application program. The interface comprises an integrated schematic view of symbols representing communications and including application and messaging control logic...

20060200771 - Adaptable user interface for business software: An adaptable user interface is formed based on a role assumed by a user and the identification of tasks in a process that need to be performed. For each role assumed by the user, a set of tasks assigned to the role is identified. Each task is evaluated to determine...

20060200772 - Procedural computation engine for providing complex calculated data results to an object-oriented server system accessible to service clients and agents over a data packet network: A procedural computation engine is provided for generating and serving executable high-level code. The engine includes a Graphical User Interface for creating procedural computation schemas; a parser for interpreting output from the Graphical User Interface; a compilation component for hierarchal node-structuring of data; and a server component for providing access...

20060200773 - Apparatus method and article of manufacture for visualizing status in a compute environment: There is provided herein an exemplary technique utilizing at least one application status icon for visualizing the status of important metrics of, e.g., one or more applications running within a compute infrastructure. In an exemplary embodiment, the application status icon is located on a device display, preferably as part of...

20060200774 - Configuring activities to perform operations on user-defined fields: A process control system that automatically monitors processes and performs activities based on conditions detected during monitoring. The information needed to do the monitoring and perform activities is contained in tables in a database system. The process control system may be configured by configuring entries in the tables. An administrative...

20060200775 - Displaying a plurality of selection areas in a computer-implemented graphical user interface: A computer-implemented graphical user interface for displaying a plurality of selection areas. A first selection are is displayed on a monitor attached to the computer, and then a second selection area is displayed on the monitor attached to the computer without erasing the first selection area. The first and/or second...

20060200776 - Graphical interface: Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and/or systems associated with a graphical interface are disclosed....

20060200777 - Method and system for changing visual states of a toolbar: A method and system for changing the area in which to view the content of a document while maintaining access to various viewing options. In a first state, toolbar items are displayed in a toolbar area while a document is displayed in a document area. In changing to a second...

20060200779 - Cell based end user interface having action cells: An EUI for presenting contents to a user, is constituted with at least a first display container cell, a second display container cell nested within the first display container cell, and an action cell nested in either the first or the second display container cell. The action cell being associated...

20060200778 - Windowing and controlling system thereof comprising a computer device: A method and a program system comprising a plurality of windows displayed as an evolving series of instances of said windows with different sizes is described. The content of said evolving series of instances of window sizes may be changed according to specific rules and a change is performed when...

20060200780 - Enhanced on-object context menus: Aspects of the present invention provide context menus useful in, e.g., a computing device receiving user input via a stylus. Icons representing actions performable on an object are displayed in a context menu for the object. Additional aspects of the invention include cascading menus that also minimize hand and/or wrist...

20060200781 - Centralized control and management system for automobiles: In a control and management system for automobiles, a central processor in the system connects traditionally unrelated vehicle subsystems together to realize synergistic functions such as smart driving, automatic parking, etc. A master interface having a display is employed in the system to help a user control and manage the...

20060200782 - Centralized control and management system for automobiles: In a control and management system for automobiles, a central processor in the system connects traditionally unrelated vehicle subsystems together to realize synergistic functions such as smart driving, automatic parking, etc. A master interface having a display is employed in the system to help a user control and manage the...