Data processing: presentation processing of document inventions 03/07

20070074096 - Systems and methods for presenting with a loop: A system for presenting with a loop includes an interface and a processor. The interface receives at least part of a presentation. The processor identifies the loop and determines a place in the loop to add the part of the presentation. The processor then adds the part of the presentation... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20070074098 - Simple supplementary service protocol for h.323 systems: A simple supplementary service protocol (SSSP) is provided for implementing functionally based supplementary services using the H.323 standard. According to the preferred embodiment, a generic and expandable protocol is provide for passing supplementary services information between H.323 entities for the provision of over twenty classes of functionally based supplementary services.... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070074097 - System and method for dynamic transrating based on content: Exemplary techniques for modifying multimedia data based on content are disclosed. One technique comprises determining whether a first portion of multimedia content of multimedia data has a first content characteristic and performing one or more content actions associated with the first content characteristic when the first portion of the multimedia... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20070074099 - Computer-implemented method, system, and program product for advising a client: Under the present invention, as an interviewer conducts interviews with interviewees, the interviewer will record the interview details (e.g., questions, interviewee comments, etc.) in one or more word processing documents. Thereafter, the comments (and optionally the questions) will be populated into a first column of spreadsheet pages, with each interview... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20070074100 - Input in enterprise software applications: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for user input in enterprise software application. A method includes displaying a view on a display device, the view including an input field, and enabling a framework that describes properties and services for each business attribute that is bound to the input field,... Agent: Holland & Knight, LLP

20070074101 - Smart form completion of form values: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to form value processing and provide a method, system and computer program product for smart completion of form values in a form. In a first embodiment of the invention, a data processing system for completing form data can... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20070074102 - Automatically determining topical regions in a document: Techniques for automatically adding context-sensitive search-enabling user interface elements to a web page are provided. According to one technique, topical regions of a document are automatically determined by computer-implemented means. The document is automatically separated into topically different sections. For each section, at least some of the topics to which... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070074106 - Authoring arbitrary xml documents using dhtml and xslt: Methods and systems of authoring XML using DHTML views and XSLT are described. Various user interfaces can be automatically or semi-automatically provided in a DHTML view that enable a user to interact with the DHTML view. The interfaces, some of which are termed “in document” interfaces, permit a user to... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070074107 - Maltweb multi-axis viewing interface and higher level scoping: A method, apparatus and computer program product for navigating in a multi-dimensional space containing an electronic publication formed from predefined portions of text-based data encoded using a markup language are disclosed. A selected predefined portion is displayed in a first display region. A point on a primary axis of the... Agent: Jones Day

20070074103 - System and method for converting complex multi-file database structures to html: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method to convert multi-file database structures to Hypertext Markup Language (“HTML”). In particular, the disclosed embodiments convert multiple workbook files, generated by the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet program, into HTML including converting inter-file references to appropriate functional hyperlinks. The disclosed embodiments perform a... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070074105 - System and method for providing display templates for content management: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for providing a display template to display content. These mechanisms and methods for providing a display template to display content can enable embodiments to display greater varieties of content types in a greater number of forms and formats. The ability... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20070074104 - System for generating and distributing content editing information: A method, system and server for generating a content editing command file devoid of content. The method includes editing by at least one user of the same content so that each generates an individual content editing command file 102, transmitting the files to a server, and compiling the files to... Agent: Motorola Inc

20070074108 - Categorizing page block functionality to improve document layout for browsing: Categorizing page block functionality to improve document layout for browsing is described. In one aspect, document content is analyzed with respect to multiple block function criteria. Results of this analysis are used to assign a respective block function to blocks of the document content. These block function assignments are used... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070074109 - Document production system, document production method, program, and storage medium: A document production system includes: a document acquisition unit that acquires a document including data including at least one object placed in a layout area and layout information identifying the placement of the at least one object in the layout area; an attribute information generation unit that generates attribute information... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070074110 - Media display collages: A system and method for generating collections of media are provided. A media collage is constructed such that all its contained media, such as digital images, are selected and organized according to an associated characteristic. Sequential media collages can be generated by the same selection and organization approach.... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070074111 - Method and system for selectively viewing the content of websites: A method and system for selectively viewing the content of web sites is disclosed. In particular, the present invention is a plug-in toolbar that can be used with any standard web browser software to allow a user to selectively display, block or even rearrange selected content of arbitrary websites onto... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20070074112 - Apparatus and method for consolidating reporting formulas: A computer readable medium comprising executable instructions to consolidate formulas from a report; display the formulas; process edits to the formulas to identify valid and invalid edits; and present revised formulas.... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

20070074113 - Multi function device: A multi function device having a plurality of functions, which comprises: an operation key that inputs an instruction for the function; a display unit that displays information on the function; and a control unit that outputs a predetermined code signal based on an input of the operation key and controls... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070074114 - Automated dialogue interface: A human-computer interface for automatic persuasive dialogue between the interface and a user and a method of operating such an interface. The method comprising presenting a user with an avatar or animated image for conveying information to the user and receiving real time data relating to a personal attribute of... Agent: Unilever Intellectual Property Group

20070074115 - Automatic capturing and editing of a video: Automatic editing of video clips detected during the capture of a video data stream. A media editing application identifies video clips as a function of determined property values of each of a series of video frames included in the video. An edit component automatically edits video clips during the capture... Agent: Senniger Powers (msft)

20070074116 - Multi-pane navigation/synchronization in a multimedia presentation system: Various computer systems, methods, and computer software for supporting multi-pane navigation/synchronization in a multimedia presentation system are provided. One embodiment comprises a method for presenting a multimedia presentation in an interactive user interface. One such method comprises: presenting a multimedia program in a first pane, a second pane, and a... Agent: Adam E. Crall - Carlton Fields, P.A.

20070074117 - Multimedia coding techniques for transitional effects: This disclosure is directed to techniques for encoding and decoding transitional effects, i.e., visual video effects that are used to transition from a current scene of a multimedia sequence. According to the disclosed techniques, an encoding device detects a transitional effect associated with a multimedia sequence during the encoding of... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070074118 - Graphical user interface and methods of use thereof in a multimedia player: In a portable multimedia device, a method, apparatus, and system for providing user supplied configuration data are described. In one embodiment, a hierarchically ordered graphical user interface are provided. A first order, or home, interface provides a highest order of user selectable items each of which, when selected, results in... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070074119 - Image array authentication system: A user data management apparatus for connection to a terminal data processor used by a user through a network, registers data that is dependent on a user ID peculiar to the user. The user data management apparatus has a first unit for generating a first data registration screen, when data... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070074120 - Integration rich client views in server presentations: A rich client view of server data is integrated within a server presentation of data provided by a portal server application. The rich client view of data is included with other web based views provided according to the server presentation of data when the rich client view is created. The... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070074121 - Interfaces for a productivity suite application and a hosted user interface: User interfaces are defined by metadata for use with productivity suite applications in a wrapped window, a task pain, or some other suitable representation. Data can be bound to a data source in a one-way format such that changes from the data source propagate to property fields in the UI... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070074122 - Enhanced application behavior in the presence of application sharing: An approach for providing enhanced application behavior in the presence of application sharing is provided. An application program interface (“API”) allows an application being shared in a collaborative environment to be aware of its application sharing status. An application developer can incorporate the API into an application program. Then, when... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20070074123 - Information retrieval system: An information retrieval system includes an information extracting portion that extracts episodic information to be set as a cue for searching conference record information that stores contents on a conference for personal information, and an information storage portion that stores the episodic information extracted from the information extracting portion and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070074125 - Preview information for web-browsing: The invention describes a method for displaying preview information to a user for either a website the user is currently browsing or for a website that the user may consider visiting. The invention can be configured to display a web link to a user and to detect a trigger event.... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20070074124 - System to include multiple instances of data on a web page: Multiple instances of the same fields of data can be displayed or presented with user interface components on a web page. The web page may be presented on any number of processing devices, such as a computer, rich client, telephone, PDA, etc. A superclass manages an index corresponding to the... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070074129 - Method for generating a flexible display field for a video surveillance systesm: A method for generating a flexible display field on a monitor includes providing a display field with a main window, into which a plurality of information windows are incorporatable and which has a basic grid with a regular raster, allocating individual grid fields to a respective information window for displaying... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20070074128 - Methods and systems for handling hidden dialogs in a media centered graphical user environment: An exemplary method for handling a hidden dialog in a media centered graphical user environment is presented including: detecting the hidden dialog; determining whether the hidden dialog is an approved dialog; if the hidden dialog is an approved dialog, providing a notification to a user of the hidden dialog such... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070074127 - Multi-document editor with code inlining: A multi-document editor system includes a repository for storing a plurality of documents having code fragments. The system further includes a graphical user interface having an editor window within a display region, the editor window for displaying a rendering of the plurality of documents. A program editor module provides a... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20070074126 - Sidebar engine, object model and schema: An engine is provided for displaying an application for hosting a second application. The hosting application can be a sidebar on a display. The engine can contain a part or program which can include a manifest file, a definition file and/or a script file. The manifest file may contain a... Agent: Banner & Witcoff Ltd., Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070074130 - Automated placement of fields in a data summary table: A graphical user interface for creating a data summary table includes a pane including a plurality of fields, and a data summary table. Upon selection of a field to include in the data summary table, the user interface is programmed to analyze the field and automatically place the field in... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070074131 - Device incorporating improved text input mechanism: A device including a display screen for displaying m-words of data, a text entry device for entering data, a processor receiving data from the text entry device and causing it to be displayed on the display screen. Upon activation the processor initializes a precursor to a predefined value. The device... Agent: Jonathan D. Feuchtwang

20070074132 - Method and system for supporting a function call via a user interface: In accordance with one aspect, a method for supporting a function call in an operating system is specified. In this method, a function call triggered by the user is first determined and checked by the system to determine whether an object is selected for the application of the function. In... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070074133 - Method, device, and computer program product for copying and pasting a plurality of data items as a group: A context menu including a group copy function is displayed and, when the function is selected, all parent nodes of a node corresponding to input field the pointing device is positioned are displayed as alternatives to be copied. In response to selection of a parent node for copying by the... Agent: Ibm Corporation Intellectual Property Law

20070067708 - Apparatus and method for organization and interpretation of multimedia data on a recording medium: Disclosed is an apparatus for displaying multimedia data, to be described in the format of MusicPhotoVideo(MPV) format, wherein, when an asset selected by a user is comprised of a single audio data and at least one or more image data, the audio data is provided and at least one or... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070067709 - Apparatus and method for organization and interpretation of multimedia data on a recording medium: Disclosed is an apparatus for displaying multimedia data, to be described in the format of MusicPhotoVideo(MPV) format, wherein, when an asset selected by a user is comprised of a single audio data and at least one or more image data, the audio data is provided and at least one or... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070067707 - Synchronous digital annotations of media data stream: Synchronous digital ink and audio annotations of media data stream. A media data stream is rendered. The media data stream includes media data organized in one or more segments. Annotating data is received from a user for annotating the media data. A time is identified when the annotating data is... Agent: Senniger Powers (msft)

20070067710 - Navigating table data with mouse actions: Methods, computer program products and systems are provided for navigating a display of a table in a computer application that includes enabling a context sensitive action menu, detecting activation of the action menu in the displayed table, and executing a table display control instruction from the context sensitive action menu... Agent: Ibm Corporation (ss)

20070067711 - Browse mode designer: A browse mode designer allows an average user of a database application program to easily design reports. The user can use the browse mode designer to build meaningful reports that aggregate data and that combine related data into shaped patterns for easier consumption of information. The browse mode designer can... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070067712 - System, method and program product for a content viewer portlet: A system, method and program product for creating a customized content viewer portlet from a content viewer portlet template. The system comprises a content viewer portlet template that is imported into a workbench. The content viewer portlet template includes a persistent interface component, a model component, a view component and... Agent: Silvy Anna Murphy

20070067713 - Office document matching method and apparatus: The present application relates to an image processing apparatus which can match and combines two office documents correctly.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070067716 - Information storage medium on which interactive contents version information is recorded, and recording and/or reproducing method and apparatus: An information storage medium on which interactive contents version information is recorded, a recording and reproducing method, and a recording and/or reproducing apparatus include minimum markup version information and minimum multimedia version information. Since a markup document can be displayed in a reproducing apparatus having a viewer version lower than... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070067715 - Maltweb multi-axis viewing interface and higher level scoping: A method, apparatus and computer program product for navigating in a multidimensional space containing an electronic publication formed from predefined portions of text-based data encoded using a markup language are disclosed. A selected predefined portion is displayed in a first display region. A point on a primary axis of the... Agent: Jones Day

20070067714 - Modularized web page editing system and method thereof: The present invention discloses a modularized web page editing system and a method thereof, wherein via the Internet, the user utilizes solely a browser to link the system of the present invention; via a multi-template form module, the user can easily upload objects and contents needed by a web page... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070067717 - Basic work processing system: It is an object to provide a key task processing system which, when a computer terminal is caused to execute a key task processing, is capable of inputting data using input assistant on both a screen in window format and a screen in web format similarly to the conventional technique.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070067719 - Identifying possible restricted content in electronic communications: In one aspect, a method related to electronic communications. In addition to the foregoing, other method and system and program product aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present application.... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20070067718 - Performance optimization for text layout processing: A text formatting system includes a set of rules that are each configured to be applied to perform a text formatting adjustment. An engine is configured to process an input to make a determination as to which rules in the set should be applied so as to carry out a... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)

20070067720 - Method and apparatus for entering vietnamese words containing characters with diacritical marks in an electronic device having a monitor/display and a keyboard/keypad: A method of replacing a typing word with unmarked vowels with Vietnamese words containing diacritically marked characters when entering Vietnamese text in a Desktop/Notebook PC or the like. After an unmarked word is entered and displayed on a display device, the numbered list of possibly matched Vietnamese words with diacritical... Agent: Phuoc Vinh Tran

20070067721 - Method and system for navigation in text according to the properties of the text: A computer-implemented method for navigating a location marker in text, the method includes moving a location maker from one location in a text to another location in the text according to properties of the locations. The movements of the location maker further includes executing a command to move the location... Agent: Stephen C. Kaufman IBM Corporation

20070067722 - System and method for providing a state-based guidance and technology view for an application: A state-based guidance system provides to a user operation guidance and technology guidance for an application. The system walks the user step-by-step through an existing interface and guides the user to provide the appropriate input in the appropriate places in the existing interface. Individualized guidance is dynamically provided based on... Agent: Samuel A. Kassatly Law Office

20070067723 - Processing of moving picture data: This invention provides a moving picture data processing method for extracting a portion of moving picture data from moving picture data. The method comprises: a frame picture evaluation step of evaluating each of a plurality of frame picture data included in the moving picture data on a basis of a... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070067724 - Video information editing method and editing device: A regular edition video of a video title is split into shots or scenes with time codes, and provided information, which is the semantic evaluation of the story, is added to the respective scenes to organize the scene score. Necessary scenes for each purpose are extracted on the basis of... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070067726 - Content sharing user interface for mobile devices: The subject disclosure pertains to systems and methods for providing an improved user interface for mobile devices. A user interface can obtain content including data and associated tasks from a set of software applications. Consequently, users can access content from multiple applications without navigating away from the user interface. The... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070067725 - Use of a really simple syndication communication format in a process control system: A process control system within a process plant and, in particular, different devices and applications within the process control system such as field devices, controllers, user interfaces, alarm applications, diagnostics applications, etc. create, store and make data generated therein available using a really simple syndication (RSS) XML communication format, thereby... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070067727 - System and method for control tree compression: The present invention enables control tree compression, which is designed and implemented to compress multiple meta control trees when they are created to conserve memory. More specifically, a sub-tree cache where all nodes of a meta control tree can be cached is maintained, and multiple meta control trees can be... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20070067728 - Method for enforcing group oriented workflow requirements for multi-layered documents: Methods for enforcing group oriented workflow requirements for multi-layered documents. Embodiments allow results of multi-layered operations to dictate the flow of tasks that occur on a multi-layered document. Flow is directed to roles and may be directed by the data values operated on in addition to multi-layered operation results. The... Agent: Dalina Law Group, P.C.

20070067729 - Method for automatically defining icons: A method for generating a graphical icon to represent a software module is disclosed. The method includes the steps of processing a description of the module stored within a database through a glossary to obtain a normalized description, parsing the normalized description to abstract the module and identify at least... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070067730 - Image formation device and its control method: An image formation device having a hierarchically structured function setting menu in which plural function setting items including a function setting item for an optional device are managed in a hierarchical structure, the hierarchically structured function setting menu being sequentially displayed according to the hierarchical structure to select a desired... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070067731 - Controller: A controller for controlling display on an edit screen for performing edit using components each having nodes and wires connecting the nodes is configured to add, when there is a direction to add a wire for connecting the nodes, a wire according to the direction and set a display style... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20070067732 - Method and apparatus for highlighting buttons on screen on which a plurality of applications are displayed, and information recording medium thereof: Provided are an information storage medium on which contents for interactively providing a user with audio/visual data are recorded, and a method and an apparatus for highlighting buttons on a screen on which a plurality of applications are displayed so as to interactively provide the user with the audio/visual data.... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070067733 - Browser tab management: The management of tabs in browser applications may be at least partially automated. In a described implementation, a link present in browser content information may include a link property indicating that the new browser content information targeted by the link is to be opened in a new tab. A browser... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070067734 - Network connectivity and wireless status in a notification area: Described is a technology by which network connectivity information may be communicated via a single notifications area (e.g., system tray) icon, including by representing different images of the icon to display different types/states of connectivity and different types of media connections. For example, the icon may indicate whether Internet connectivity... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20070067735 - Graphical user interface: A graphical user interface includes a main screen adapted to display a graphical output from a processor and data input fields adapted to receive data. The graphical user interface also includes at least one expandable tile, the expandable tile having a closed state and an open state. The expandable tile... Agent: Jenkens & Gilchrist, P.C.

20070067737 - Aggregation of pc settings: Systems and methods for enabling users to roam between networking environments are disclosed. In one embodiment, different machine settings may be stored in a memory for different network locations under se network profiles. In another embodiment, these and other settings may be automatically adjusted upon entering a different location. In... Agent: Banner & Witcoff Ltd., Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070067738 - Extensible, filtered lists for mobile device user interface: The subject disclosure pertains to systems and methods for providing an improved user interface for mobile devices. Access to data and services from multiple software applications can be provided through a group or list of items. Each group or list can include multiple items, which can be associated with data... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070067736 - Method of forming menus: the second identification part (3) of the function elements (1) on at least one display area (B) between the outermost display areas (A, C) is displayed in such a manner that the second identification part of the first function element and the second identification part of the second function element... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070067739 - Information processing device and display control method: To improve operability of screen switching of native APs and virtual machine APs. It is an information processing device capable of executing native APs described in a native code and JavaAPs described in a Java (registered trademark) bytecode. A key event processing unit manages a current mode. It also decides... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070067740 - Driver to configure a user interface and method thereof: A driver configuring a user interface, a user interface apparatus and a method thereof. The method of configuring a user interface which provides a main window having at least one main menu and a popup window linked to each of the main menus and having at least one submenu includes:... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070067741 - Web accessibility assistant: A method and article of manufacture in computer readable form for web page navigation without use of a computer mouse. A computer program is executed on a central processing unit (CPU) of a computer system that includes a keyboard and a display screen. A first web page, which includes at... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070067742 - Sensor network system, sensor node, sensor information collector, method of observing event, and program thereof: A sensor node 1 has a contribution degree calculating means 123 for calculating an influence that the detected sensor information exerts upon the entire precision (resolution). And, a first communicating means 121 transmits sensor information responding to a calculated contribution so that no congestion caused by transmitting a large quantity... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070067743 - Portable terminal: A portable terminal displays a menu screen in which small screens respectively corresponding to categories are shown on display positions of a display unit, wherein the display positions respectively correspond to operation positions of an operation panel.... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070067744 - System and method for the anticipation and execution of icon selection in graphical user interfaces: A process for anticipating and executing icon selection in graphical user interfaces is disclosed. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a method is provided for selecting an icon in a graphical user interface based on the movement of a cursor and the history of a user's icon... Agent: Roger Fulghum Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070067745 - Autonomous handheld device having a drawing tool: An autonomous handheld device comprises a drawing module having drawing capabilities for electronically editing a drawing and a motion sensing feature for sensing self-motion. The autonomous handheld device is configured to associate the motion sensing feature with the drawing capability thereby to allow sensed motion of the motion sensing feature... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20070061694 - Communication interface for communication impaired individuals: An aspect of the invention may include providing a portable computing device with a graphic user interface (GUI); capturing a plurality of images in a user defined sequence; recording an audio file, the audio file may be associated with at least one of the captured images; storing the captured image... Agent: John H. Nortrup

20070061695 - Control-scoped user interface workflow: A workflow container defines boundaries within which a user interface appears on a page. The workflow container may change what is displayed on the user interface based on a current state of the workflow. Each workflow container maintains an independent association with a workflow that drives the user interface. The... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070061696 - Specifying search criteria for searching video data: A method and apparatus is described for specifying regions of interest within a two-dimensional view of visual information that comprises a series of frames. Visual changes that occur in the view are stored. A user enters search criteria that specify at least one first region of interest within the view... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070061697 - Text based markup language resource interface: A software control method and apparatus for displaying a text based markup language interface. The interface can interact with a computer to provide reference documents, install system drivers and perform various system utilities. The interface can reference optical drivers, hard disk drives or other storage medium and files available over... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070061698 - Designating, setting and discovering parameters for spreadsheet documents: For standalone spreadsheet applications and/or Web-based spreadsheet services, the ability to designate, discover and set parameters for spreadsheet documents is provided. When creating a spreadsheet document, the ability to designate certain cells or ranges of cells as parameters to a spreadsheet is enabled. Furthermore, whether viewed in a standalone spreadsheet... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070061699 - Named object view of electronic data report: A named object view of a report is generated from an electronic data file. Objects in the file to be published are identified in the file. A named object view of the report associated with the file is generated by publishing the identified objects. A viewer at a client is... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070061700 - Initial server-side content rendering for client-script web pages: In a distributed computing system including at least one server and at least one client, the server simulates and executes a client-side script that generates the initial content of a Web page. Specifically, the server simulates a client-side execution environment to run the client-side script that generates the initial content... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070061701 - Input suggestions based on prior business process consequences: A computer implemented method for providing input suggestions based on prior business process consequences, including the steps of receiving an input to an entry field in the business process instance, wherein the input is not predetermined at entry time, identifying a consequence of the business process instance, and associating the... Agent: Active Knowledge Ltd.

20070061702 - Floating merge selection viewer: A method of merging different versions of a file within a software development system can include, within a first window, presenting a graphic object which indicates a difference between a base version of the file and at least one contributor version of the file. Responsive to a pointing device being... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.L.C.

20070061704 - Dynamic anchoring of annotations to editable content: Described is the annotating of computer document content, particularly editable content, by saving annotations in a separate annotation store, and mapping the annotations back to the content. By mapping, no data are added to the original content at runtime, and only minimal data need be added to the content when... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20070061703 - Method and apparatus for annotating a document: Methods and apparatus are provided for annotating documents with one or more of entities, events and relations. Documents are annotated by presenting the document to a user; presenting the user with a list of possible entity types, wherein the list of possible entity types is configurable; and obtaining at least... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20070061706 - Mapping property hierarchies to schemas: Various embodiments provide a translation mechanism in which property architectures associated with various objects are translated into a schema that maintains the semantics of the property architecture. In at least some of the embodiments, the property architectures are translated into hierarchical, standards-based schemas which enhance the environments in which associated... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070061707 - Method, system, and computer program product for providing virtual views in an on-demand portal infrastructure: The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for providing virtual views in an on-demand portal infrastructure. The method comprises: receiving one of a plurality of different virtual view identifiers; retrieving a site profile associated with the received virtual view identifier; and uniquely rendering a concrete portal... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & Dalessandro LLC

20070061705 - Modularized web provisioning: A system and method for modularized Web provisioning. Functionalities available for Web provisioning are modularized into individual feature files. A site template may reference one or more of such features. A site provisioned using the site template activates the referenced features by default. Features may be added to or removed... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070061708 - Script markup: A script markup language provides a declarative mechanism for defining script-based interactive behavior and application logic associated with a document. The script markup defining the interactive behavior and application logic is presented as an independent portion of the markup for the document, separated from any markup concerning the content and... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070061709 - Relative attributes of floating objects: Relative attributes of floating objects are disclosed. A user may obtain a floating object and specify that an attribute of the floating object is relative to a layout object of a page. In one aspect, the magnitude of relativity is determined, and the attribute of the floating object is maintained... Agent: Ryan T. Grace Merchant & Gould P.C.

20070061712 - Management and rendering of calendar data: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for management and rendering of calendar data, including receiving aggregated calendar data in native form, synthesizing the aggregated native form calendar data into a synthesized calendar document including one or more synthesized calendar events, and presenting at least one synthesized calendar event. Synthesizing the... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20070061711 - Management and rendering of rss content: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for management and rendering of RSS content, including receiving aggregated RSS content in native form, synthesizing the items of the aggregated native form RSS content into synthesized RSS content, and presenting the synthesized RSS content. Synthesizing items of the aggregated native form RSS content... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20070061710 - Methods and systems for providing direct style sheet editing: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing direct style sheet editing. The disclosed systems and methods may include selecting a first target rule for a next formatting operation. The selected first target rule may include a modified property and may be selected from a plurality of target rules. Furthermore, the... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070061713 - Systems and methods for converting legacy and proprietary documents into extended mark-up language format: A system and method that converts legacy and proprietary documents into extended mark-up language format which treats the conversion as transforming ordered trees of one schema and/or model into ordered trees of another schema and/or model. In embodiments, the tree transformers are coded using a learning method that decomposes the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20070061714 - Quick styles for formatting of documents: Users may quickly format their document in a natural way without having to understand the intricacies of how styles work. With quick formatting, the user can easily capture the look of an element, assign a name, and then have that element available in their document as well as their user... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070061717 - Apparatus and method for automatically highlighting text in an electronic document: An apparatus and method helps a user to determine parts of an electronic document that are of interest by allowing the user to define preferences for processing an electronic document, and by automatically highlighting one or more portions of the document according to the user preferences. Highlighting includes any way... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20070061715 - Methods and systems for providing an editable visual formatting model: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing an editable visual formatting model. The disclosed systems and methods may include providing visual formatting properties. The visual formatting properties may comprise an outer-most polygon corresponding to a container of a selected element, a middle polygon corresponding to a margin of the selected... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070061716 - Text editing method and apparatus: According to the claimed invention, a text editing apparatus comprises a display unit adapted to display a user interface window including a preview image of a page selected from document data, at least one type of horizontally projected images of objects contained in the respective pages in a horizontal direction,... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070061718 - Method for selecting character interpretation mode: This invention relates to a method for selecting an interpretation for a character sequence between different interpretation modes. In the solution a character input is received, at least part of the character input is analysed, an interpretation mode is selected based on the analysis, and an output character sequence is... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070061719 - Address data collection and formatting apparatus and method for worldwide address formats: An address data collection system collects contact information in a variety of country postal address, telephone data and other contact information formats or standards. The address data collection system includes a country selector to receive country selection input data, and an address form composer that accesses a country information database... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070061720 - System, device, and method for conveying information using a rapid serial presentation technique: An enhanced rapid serial presentation technique may utilize dictionaries and/or rule sets to improve the decisions that are made in generating targets and corresponding descriptors for a rapid serial presentation. Targets may include a single word, a group of words, audio components, video components, image components, and/or tactile components. Syntactic... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20070061723 - Help-guidance display method and apparatus, information processing apparatus, printing kiosk apparatus, and program: A help-guidance display method includes the steps of performing semi-transparent display processing on an operation screen when displaying help guidance in association with the operation screen or an operation key; and displaying the help guidance so that the help guidance overlies the operation screen subjected to the semi-transparent display processing.... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070061721 - System for providing review verifications displayed on a markup language document received at a network display station from sources on the network and for updating such verifications: Providing verifications on a markup language document, from a source on the network, received and displayed at one of said display stations comprising reviewing the markup language document at a display station remote from the receiving display station combined with means responsive to the reviewing means for providing review verifications... Agent: Ibm Corporation Intellectual Property Law

20070061722 - Transparency learning aide skin for gui-based applications: The invention provides an apparatus, program product, and method that utilize a user interface, also referred to as a “transparency skin”, to allow users of software applications with new or unfamiliar user interfaces to learn such interfaces while still being productive in their work related tasks. A first user interface... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, L.L.P. (ibm)

20070061724 - Self-contained mini-applications system and method for digital television: A system, method and software program is provided for creating and implementing self-contained mini-applications that store, retrieve and display data and allow user interaction in a constrained computing environment such as a set-top box used in the delivery of digital television. The system, method and software program of the present... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070061725 - System and method for managing content between devices having different capabilities: A system and method for managing content between different client devices in various domains (such as vehicle, home, and person). The system and method includes a user interface, a wireless transceiver, and a controller. The user interface is used to receive an input form a user to change the presentation... Agent: Donna & William Conn

20070061726 - Intuitive user interface for endoscopic view visualization: An intuitive user interface is provided for endoscopic view visualization. The user interface may permit individual or simultaneous navigation through images displayed in an endoscopic view window, a three dimensional overview window, and a multi-planar reformatted window. An operation performed directly on one of the windows may commence the navigation.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070061727 - Adaptive key frame extraction from video data: In some embodiments, the present invention is related to a method that includes determining difference frames between successive frames in video data and determining an energy value of each difference frame. The method further includes determining a cumulative energy mean for each difference frame and a predetermined number of previous... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070061728 - Time approximation for text location in video editing method and apparatus: A time approximator for use in video editing is disclosed. The time approximator estimates time location in the media file/video data domain of a user-selected word or text unit in the text script transcription of the corresponding audio of the video data. During video editing, the time approximator calculates and... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070061729 - Digital mixer and program: Once bookmark registration is instructed by user operation while any detailed setting window is being displayed on a background screen on a display of a digital mixer, only the currently-displayed detailed setting window is bookmark-registered. Thus, once bookmark call operation is performed while a desired background screen is being displayed,... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20070061731 - Automated interface-specification generation for enterprise architectures: In a computer-implemented method, a data set characterizing a first enterprise application is received. The data set is organized into a model. A set of standards is applied to the model, yielding a set of computer-executable instructions operable to enable implementation of an interface between the first enterprise application and... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20070061730 - Multipersona creation and management: Embodiments of persona creation and management techniques are described herein.... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070061732 - User interface options of an impact analysis tool: Provided are a techniques for viewing objects. An impact analysis view that includes at least one impact analysis path from an original object to a first selected object is displayed. The impact analysis view is output from an impact analysis tool that analyzes how change to the original object impacts... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP Attn: Ibm54

20070061733 - Pluggable window manager architecture using a scene graph system: Described is a pluggable policy component that determines the look and feel, or windows visual experience, of a computer user interface. Window-related instructions are redirected to the policy component, while client area change instructions are provided to a substrate (into which the policy component plugs in) that includes a composition... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20070061734 - Method for establishing trust online: A system and method for establishing trust online includes displaying a trust symbol on a web page; wherein the trust symbol is configured to display security and assurance related information.... Agent: Melih Abdulhayoglu

20070061735 - Ergonomic man-machine interface incorporating adaptive pattern recognition based control system: An adaptive interface for a programmable system, for predicting a desired user function, based on user history, as well as machine internal status and context. The apparatus receives an input from the user and other data. A predicted input is presented for confirmation by the user, and the predictive mechanism... Agent: Milde & Hoffberg, LLP

20070061736 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for establishing settings of communications service features: Establishing settings of communications service features for a user includes identifying a plurality of communications services of the user. The plurality of communications services include wireline phone service, cellular phone service and/or electronic mail (e-mail) service. A plurality of user selectable communications service scenarios for the user are defined. Settings... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20070061737 - Media and functional objects transmitted in dynamic picture files: A method for transmitting media, data, and text files in a manner that minimizes the use of bandwidth and memory comprises a BSP file containing a picture of the contents, as well as links to the content of the various components. When the recipient opens the message, the total visual... Agent: Zimmerman & Cronen, LLP

20070061738 - Thread navigation: A user may easily read, browse, and jump through the messages contained within a thread. Different portions of the message may be highlighted such that they are easily identifiable. The user may easily navigate through the thread by selecting a user interface element, such as an arrow button, to move... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070061739 - Object reference monitoring: A system and method for object reference monitoring. In one embodiment of the invention, a method includes running a computer application, monitoring a configuration point of the computer application during runtime, determining that a program object is accessed by the computer application at the configuration point, and storing data regarding... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070061740 - Content based user interface design: Design of a user interface can be based on content of a data source bound to the user interface. Access can be provided to a data source having fields containing respective items of data. The items can be automatically analyzed to determine which types of user interface elements and/or properties... Agent: Microsoft Corporation Attn: Patent Group Docketing Department

20070061741 - Declaratively defined control actions: An extensible control design framework is utilized to declaratively define a control (both visual and non-visual) and other components. The functionality of a control may be expanded by declaratively adding behaviors and semantics via an object called an action. The control does not become unduly complex by the addition of... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070061743 - Customization of visual editing elements: A tool for providing visual editing elements is provided in the form of a pallet with customizable entries. The pallet entries are a plurality of base prototypes (311) of elements, each base prototype providing meta-data properties of the element. At least one sub-prototype (312) is associated with a base prototype... Agent: Stephen C. Kaufman IBM Corporation

20070061744 - Extensible visual effects on active content in user interfaces: Methods and systems for applying visual effects to active content, such as buttons, comboboxes, video, edit fields, etc., wherein interactivity of the active content are retained thereafter. Also, the present disclosure provides a mechanism for developers to build new visual effects and have them applied to active content.... Agent: Microsoft Corporation Attn: Patent Group Docketing Department

20070061742 - Method, system, and program product for graphical authoring: The present invention provides a method, system, and program product for querying a database and, optionally, producing a document including a result of the database query. The invention includes a graphical user interface (GUI) for assembling a graphical representation comprising one or more information controls, logical operator controls, and command... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & D'alessandro, LLC

20070061747 - Copy and paste extensibility: Described is technology allowing computer programs to participate in the copy and paste process at various times. A source program, from which data is requested to be copied to the clipboard, may participate as desired, including, for example, to cancel the copy, or to determine which data formats will be... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20070061748 - Electronic apparatus, display control method for the electronic apparatus, graphical user interface, and display control program: An electronic apparatus, display control method thereof, graphical user interface, and display control program are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a total-number obtaining unit to obtain information about a total number of items to be provided from a source; a first display unit to display undetermined representation images on a... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070061746 - Filtering user interface for a data summary table: A graphical user interface for creating a data summary table includes a data summary table including a plurality of fields, and a filtering pane programmed to apply filters to items in the fields of the data summary table, the filtering pane including a field selector control, wherein the field selector... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070061745 - Nested views in an electronic file system: A live preview of objects in a folder or other container, including sub-folders, is provided, without requiring the user to open the folder or other container. When a user is previewing a set of objects in a closed container, any containers represented in the view may themselves concurrently show to... Agent: Banner & Witcoff Ltd., Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070061749 - Virtual focus for contextual discovery: Virtual Focus allows a user to explore elements on a screen without changing the location of the current system focus. While virtually navigating around and exploring the user interface (UI) elements on the screen, the user may change the system's input focus to the current virtual focus or return to... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070061750 - Software key labeling on software keyboards: In an embodiment, a software keyboard includes a software key with a first label and a second label, where both the first and the second label are visible. The first label may be displayed on the software key so as to indicate that the first label is active. In an... Agent: Banner & Witcoff Ltd., Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070061752 - Cross-application support of charts: A chart is copied from a first application and pasted to a second application. A determination is made for which copy and paste option is selected for the chart. The chart is communicated to the second application using a clipboard application when the copy and paste operation corresponds to providing... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070061751 - Integrating charts in documents: A chart is presented in a host application. The chart is managed by communicating data corresponding to the chart to a separate application and providing functionality for editing the data in the separate application. The presentation of the data in the separate application is distinct from the presentation of the... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070061753 - Letter and word choice text input method for keyboards and reduced keyboard systems: A method for entering text efficiently by providing letter or word choices. The method includes letter choices to aid inputting accented, diacritic or special characters and a more efficient method to suggest word completion choices including words with accented, diacritic or special characters. This method can be used to enhance... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070061754 - User interface for visual cooperation between text input and display device: A user-interface system for entering an alphanumeric string or alphanumeric clusters for identifying information content is presented. The user-interface system has presentation logic for displaying an image of a virtual user alphanumeric interface on a presentation device. The virtual user alphanumeric interface includes an image of an overloaded keypad that... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070061755 - Reading mode for electronic documents: An improved reading mode for electronic documents is provided. An electronic document is displayed in one or more discrete pages to provide a “look and feel” of reading a physical book or other document. Page turning controls are provided on each displayed page for turning a single page or for... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070061756 - Method and apparatus for the selection of records: An improved method and system for record selection. Specifically, one embodiment of the present invention interprets the “gesture” of swiping the pen, from left to right, across a line-item of a record entry as a command to highlight the line-item and to select the entire record. Furthermore, a contiguous group... Agent: Berry & Associates P.C.

20070061757 - Display control apparatus, display control method, and program: A display control apparatus is disclosed which includes: an application configured to display a plurality of first icons each representing a category; and a plurality of plug-ins each of which is assigned items represented by second icons; wherein one of the plurality of plug-ins associates the items assigned thereto with... Agent: William S. Frommer, Esq. Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20070061760 - Controller, method, and program product for controlling job information display, and recording medium: A controller for controlling a display of list information of one or more jobs executed in one or more apparatuses on a display unit is disclosed, wherein with respect to a specified one of display items of the list information of the jobs, the display items each having one or... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070061758 - Method and apparatus for constructing project hierarchies, process models and managing their synchronized representations: The primary component of the present invention is an automated method for transforming any suitably well-formed textual description of a process into a series of diagrammatic representations of that process. The secondary component of this invention is an automated method for transforming any of these diagrammatic representations into a corresponding... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP

20070061759 - System and method for chronologically presenting data: A method, computer program product and computing device for associating at least one historical event with at least one media content event based, at least in part, upon a chronological relationship. A chronological representation of the at least one historical event and the at least one media content event is... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP

20070061761 - System and method for outputting icons in response to hot-key input: A system to output an icon in response to a hot-key input, including a microcomputer to sense an instruction input through a hot-key and to output a scan code corresponding to the instruction, a keyboard launcher to receive the scan code from the microcomputer, to analyze the scan code, and... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070061762 - Method for formatting and producing custom-printed indicia: The proposed invention is an easy and economical method to make customized playing cards; the preferred embodiment allows the user complete control over the layout of each card to create cards for traditional poker card decks, for other games or brand new games, and to create personalized (playing) cards where... Agent: David G. Henry

20070055921 - Document editing system: An editing system is provided, the system comprising a control file store for storing control file data; a control file manager capable of selectively obtaining content data from a data resource in response to a search term input by a user, generating control file data on the basis of the... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.a.

20070055922 - Autocompleting with queries to a database: An autocomplete method and system provides suggested completions for partial data entries based upon predefined coordinates, operands and/or commands. In one embodiment, the partial data entry may be in an active cell of a spreadsheet and the predefined coordinates may be queried from a separate, preconfigured, multi-dimensional database linked to... Agent: Merchant & Gould Pc

20070055924 - Dynamic generation of form pages for accessing a database: Systems and methods for generating dynamic form pages for accessing a database. An item model is stored in the database and defines attributes or characteristics of item types. The item model is separate from the actual data and from the data model. When a form page is requested, the page... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070055923 - Xforms processing of large data sets: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for processing large data sets in a forms-based application. In one embodiment of the invention, a data processing system configured for forms based application processing of large data sets can include a repeat directive disposed within form... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20070055925 - Themes for variable data printing: A method, system and a computer program product for generating a variable-data printing document template, from a variant/template comprising a layout of document portions, at least one of the document portions comprising a variable portion containing content which is variable, and a base template comprising a layout of document portions,... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070055926 - Systems and methods for collaboratively annotating electronic documents: Systems and methods for sharing annotations associated with an electronic document. The annotations are created by one or more annotation authors and are shared with one or more other users. A method includes determining frequently annotated portions of the electronic document and providing indicators within the electronic document of the... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP - Slc

20070055927 - Method and system for validation of structured documents: A method and apparatus for validation of structured documents are provided. The method includes searching a fast parser for an instance of a structured document. Further, the method includes parsing the instance by using the fast parser, if the fast parser is available. If no fast parser is available, the... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, Pc

20070055928 - User workflow lists to organize multimedia files: A method to organize multimedia files in a hierarchy having a plurality of nodes is provided. The nodes of the hierarchy are lists that store references to the multimedia files. Additionally, each node of the hierarchy is associated with properties representing activities to be performed on the multimedia files. The... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.l.p. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20070055929 - Templates for variable data printing: A method, system and a computer program product for generating a variable-data printing document template 500 comprising a layout of document portions, at least one of the document portions comprising a variable portion having a shape which is variable. The document template defines multiple document versions 610,620,630, each document version... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070055930 - Tool for monitoring rules for a rules-based transformation engine: A tool and method for monitoring a transformation of source markup by a rules-based transformation engine are provided. The transformation engine comprises a matching component, for scanning the source markup and generating edit information in accordance with a set of rules, and a transforming component, for transforming the source markup... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro Llc

20070055932 - Application programming interfaces for graphical user interfaces: A method and system to generate graphical user interface via a collection of application programming interfaces are provided. The application programming interfaces utilize views and models that define the elements and values associated with the graphical user interface. The views and models may be defined in different languages, are separately... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.l.p. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20070055931 - Document data output device capable of appropriately outputting document data containing a text and layout information: A document data display system uses document data composed of text and image portions and layout information and creates from it compressed document data by lossless compressing the text portion and lossless or lossy compressing the image portion in order to reduce traffic in communication. A document data display device... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070055933 - Text correction for pdf converters: To correct at least one extraneous or missing space in a document, weights are assigned to tokens contained in a dictionary. Each token is defined by an ordered sequence of non-space symbols. The weights are assigned based on at least one of a token length and frequency of occurrence of... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20070055934 - Allowing operating system access to non-standard fonts in a network document: When a browsing computer navigates to a network document, such as a web page, the corresponding server also downloads computer readable formatting information necessary for the operating system of the browsing computer to render non-standard characters within the network document. An installation module is also downloaded to the browsing computer.... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070055936 - Markup based extensibility for user interfaces: Methods, systems, and computer products are provided for exposing the programming of an application user interface to allow modification of the associated user interface to include adding, removing, disabling, enabling and repurposing new or existing user interface components.... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070055935 - Method, system, and computer program product for sharing information within a global computer network: In one embodiment, on a display device, at least one information handling system displays an excerpt of XML-formatted information, and displays a list of folders. In response to a command from a first user, the information handling system saves the displayed excerpt of the XML-formatted information in a folder that... Agent: Davis Law Group, P.c.

20070055937 - Presentation of media segments: An aspect of the present invention relates to tracking a computer user's behavior and providing related visual media segments with a graphical user interface. In embodiments, the visual media segments are slide-in visual media segments and the user has preemptive control over certain aspects of the visual media segments.... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20070055938 - Server-based method for providing internet content to users with disabilities: A server-oriented method and system for providing access to Internet resources. A web server is used to convert the content of web pages in a plurality of formats compatible with users' devices or with the needs of users with disabilities and to provide the users with the requested web pages... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070055939 - Methods and apparatus for automatically generating presentations: Systems and methods for generating slide presentations enable a user (e.g., a sales professional) to generate presentations tailored to a specific presentation target (e.g., a potential customer) with the click of a button. An exemplary method includes: collecting information relating to a number of presentation targets; creating a number of... Agent: Csa LLP

20070055940 - Single action selection of data elements: Various aspects and attributes of a single-click list selection user interface are described herein. A user can toggle the list inclusion status of any item by single clicking on the item in a selection pane of the user interface. When the user single-clicks a storage container item, the selection pane... Agent: Banner & Witcoff Ltd., Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070055941 - Method and apparatus to selectively display portions of a shared desktop in a collaborative environment: Methods and systems for selectively displaying a portion of an electronic desktop to a remote display are provided. A user interface such as a mouse or touchpad is used to select a region on the electronic desktop of a first computer to be displayed remotely. A signal including the content... Agent: Ibm Corporation Intellectual Property Law

20070055942 - Maintaining screen and form state in portlets: A portlet state maintenance system can include a portal page setup component configured to generate a logical form in a single portal page from a multiplicity of forms defined within portlet markup aggregated into the single portal page. A portal state save component further can be configured to save state... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20070055943 - Command user interface for displaying selectable functionality controls in a database applicaiton: An improved user interface is provided for displaying selectable software functionality controls of a database application. When a task-based functionality tab is selected from the user interface, selectable functionality controls provided by the associated database application for performing aspects of a task related to the selected tab are presented in... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070055944 - Configuration of displays for targeted user communities: A method and apparatus is provided to generate a plural number of differing data displays, each based upon a multi-information display template that has the information to drive each separate data display. Each data display may be different as regards selected information to appear on each data display, selected placement... Agent: Csa LLP

20070055945 - Button for adding a new tabbed sheet: A “new sheet button” is provided in a program, such as a spreadsheet, that utilizes a collection of tabbed sheets or a “workbook.” The new sheet button is located adjacent the sheet tabs so that a user may add a new sheet to the workbook with a single button press.... Agent: Merchant & Gould Pc

20070055946 - Apparatus for providing multiple screens and method of dynamically configuring multiple screens: An apparatus for providing multiple screens and a method of dynamically configuring multiple screens are provided. The apparatus for providing multiple screens includes a service processing module which generates logical screens displaying services and a display screen and swaps the services between the logical screens, and an output module which... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20070055947 - Animations and transitions: Animations and transitions are provided for display of objects in a user interface. The animations and transitions include movement of objects into and within a display area, changes in the size or orientation of an object, and intensity changes for objects within a display area.... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.l.p. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20070055948 - Method and apparatus for processing electronic data: tool providing a graphical user interface with underlying intelligence to assist a user in creating mappings between ontologies or between ontologies and database schema. For each individual mapping which a user makes the tool checks that the proposed mapping is consistent with all other proposed mappings made by the user... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20070055949 - Methods and apparatus for rfid interface control: Methods and apparatus for interacting with a computer system using hand gestures, tangible objects that contain a tracking RFID tag, tangible objects that contain no RFID tag, and holographic or virtually displayed objects. This invention allows any real or virtually displayed object to be used as a tool for interaction... Agent: Nicholas J. Thomas

20070050696 - Physical key for accessing a securely stored digital document: An incoming document is scanned, encrypted, and stored. A decryption key is generated and output on a physical artifact, such as a printed sheet of paper. The decryption key is not stored in any other location. The physical artifact can later be presented to access, decrypt, and output the stored... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070050698 - Add-in tool and method for rendering financial data into spreadsheet compliant format: The invention is a process and tool that provides a simple, streamlined method for users to convert and integrate datasets into their spreadsheet program without cutting and pasting data while increasing confidence in the accuracy of information. Through a seamless and simple interface, users can easily access online datasets by... Agent: Peter S. Canelias Law Offices Of Peter S. Canelias

20070050699 - Customizable spreadsheet table styles: Table styles provide a way to format an entire spreadsheet table quickly and easily. According to described implementations, table styles can be created and customized for repeated use in a spreadsheet application. As a result, a user does not have to manually modify multiple formatting options for each table included... Agent: Microsoft Corporation Attn: Patent Group Docketing Department

20070050700 - Formattable spreadsheet table elements with automatic updating: Spreadsheets are subdivided into formattable table elements that may include multiple table cells so that the multiple table cells can be formatted as a single element. As such, a gradient format can be applied across the range of multiple table cells instead of to individual table cells. A format property... Agent: Microsoft Corporation Attn: Patent Group Docketing Department

20070050697 - Integrated spreadsheet expanding table with collapsable columns: GUI selected rows of a displayed spreadsheet are collapsed based on column values such that all of the rows having the same value in the selected column are represented by a single collapsed row with an indicator indicating the row is collapsed. All column values of all the rows of... Agent: John E. Campbell IBM Corporation

20070050701 - Method, system and computer program product for medical form creation: A method, system and computer program product for medical form creation are disclosed. The computer program product has a computer readable medium storing medical form software that provides a user interface. The medical form software includes computer executable instructions for creating at le