Data processing: presentation processing of document inventions 08/07

20070204209 - Combining and displaying multimedia content: A method and system to manage rendering of multimedia content are provided. A theme specifies a collection of layouts defining multimedia content placement. The multimedia content is processed to extract one or more characteristics. The layouts are selected and populated with multimedia content based on the one or more characteristics... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20070204210 - Standardized network access to partial document imagery: A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for network access of partial document imagery is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a request for a region of a page of a document, the request being originated from a client, determining one or more objects in a source file... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070204211 - Apparatus and method for creating literary macrames: By the use of program scripts, databases, and other software elements, taking as input a set of text files making up a work of literature of substantial size, converting the files to an electronically-readable form, linking the files to each other to provide readers with a rich set of associations... Agent: Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

20070204212 - Dynamic thresholds for conditional formats: Generally described, embodiments of the present invention provide the ability to utilize dynamic thresholds and dynamic threshold values when generating variable formatting rules to be applied to a range of cells. Dynamic thresholds include, but are not limited to, “Highest Value,” “Middle Value,” “Lowest Value,” “Number,” “Percent,” “Percentile,” and “Formula.”... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070204213 - Form multiplexer for a portal environment: A method to manage inputs from multiple portlets of a portal page may include gathering any inputs from forms associated with portlets other than a form associated with a portlet that is being submitted. The method may also include appending each gathered input to the form being submitted with an... Agent: Moore & Van Allen, PLLC For Ibm

20070204214 - Xml payload specification for modeling edi schemas: Modeling an electronic data interchange (EDI) document using extensible Markup Language (XML) at runtime. A plurality of structural elements is identified in the EDI document. A plurality of corresponding data values is identified from the identified plurality of structural elements in the EDI document. A plurality of annotations is generated... Agent: Senniger Powers (msft)

20070204215 - Device for analyzing log files generated by process automation tools: A log file analysis device includes a partition of log file data generated by a process automation tool into a hierarchy of process data structures, a corresponding display object created for each of the process data structures, and a computer readable medium on which the corresponding display object is recorded.... Agent: Lsi Corporation

20070204216 - System and method for creating layouts using a layout editor: A system, method, and program product are provided that receives a plurality of layout configuration selections from a user editing a layout configuration is provided. The layout configuration includes layout locations and each of the layout locations includes components, and each of the components includes attributes. The system, method, and... Agent: Ibm Corporation - Svl (jvl) C/o Vanleeuwen & Vanleeuwen

20070204217 - Exporting a document in multiple formats: Systems and methods are disclosed for exporting a document in multiple formats. The disclosed systems and methods may include creating a metafile including content associated with the document and injecting comments into the metafile. The comments may comprise semantic information corresponding to the document. Also, the metafile may be parsed... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070204220 - Re-layout of network content: Techniques for modifying network content layout to be presented by an application are disclosed. More specifically, the content layout or portions thereof can be altered to facilitate specific tasks including, but not limited to, enhancing readability. For example, content can be laid out in one or more discrete areas and... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070204219 - Method, system, and computer program product for propagating remotely configurable posters of host site content: A method, system, and computer program product for propagating access to host site content to remote users over the World Wide Web are provided. Access to host site content is distributed more widely and easily through propagative posters. Remote users can access a host site and configure propagative posters in... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070204218 - User-defined private maps: A method, device, and system for presenting one or more user-defined private maps with a public map for sharing among a group of users are disclosed. The device includes a processor for executing computer programs, a memory for storing data, an input module for entering user commands, a communication module... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070204221 - Order independent batched updates on a text buffer: The embodiments contemplate a system and method for the application of concurrent edits to the same version of a text. The concurrent edits may occur simultaneously or near simultaneously through collaborative editing schemes, where more than one user, processor, or agent applies edits to the version of the text. The... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070204222 - Method and apparatus for rendering content on a browser: In one embodiment, the invention provides a method, comprising: receiving user-defined settings to control the rendering of content by a browser; receiving content from a web-server, the content defining a web-page; receiving default settings from the web-server to control how the content is to be rendered by the browser; and... Agent: Hahn And Moodley LLP

20070204223 - Methods of and systems for personalizing and publishing online content: Embodiments of the present invention allow a user to replace unwanted content, such as advertisements, in data distributed over a network with wanted content. Data include Web pages, Internet television broadcasts, Internet radio broadcasts, or any other kind of data that contains content. The data, such as a Web page,... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20070204225 - Master multimedia software controls: A software control mechanism is disclosed for use with a plurality of media applications. The software control mechanism comprises a media control panel structured for use with a plurality of media applications. The media control panel is independent of each media application. Each media application is displayed within a computer... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070204224 - System and method for storing and accessing data files at wireless devices: A method of providing access to data files within a wireless device is provided and includes detecting a selection of a first user interface component. The first user interface component can be linked to a private portion of the wireless device. Further, the method includes detecting a selection of a... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070204226 - System and method for manufacturing system design and shop scheduling using network flow modeling: A method and tool is provided to obtain an optimistic estimate or exact optimal value of an operational parameter for a realistic system model under investigation. The realistic system model includes components and paths arranged to process continuous or discrete commodities. The system could be a model of a manufacturing... Agent: Mark S. Svat Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070204227 - Graphical playlist: A method may include playing a number of media files and outputting a graph illustrating at least two pieces of information associated with each of the media files. A first axis of the graph may be associated with a first piece of information and a second axis of the graph... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20070204228 - System and method of controlling a graphical user interface at a wireless device: A method of controlling a graphical user interface (GUI) at a wireless device is disclosed and includes storing a set of audio GUI controls at an interactive voice response server and creating an audio GUI control string that is to be communicated to the wireless device within a voice stream.... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070204229 - Techniques for accessing information captured during a presentation using a paper document handout for the presentation: Techniques that enable information recorded during a presentation to be accessed or retrieved using a handout printed for the presentation. A user can select one or more items, such as slides, printed on the handout and access portions of the recorded information when the user-selected items were presented or displayed.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070204230 - System and method for managing operator replaceable components: A system and a method for managing operator replaceable components (“ORCs”) of a complex device is provided, which may be implemented in the form of a user interface. The user interface may allow selection of one of a plurality of groups of ORCs and may display the individual ORCs in... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti, Patent Legal Staff, East Kodak Company

20070204231 - Network map: The claimed method and system provides a graphical user interface that illustrates network topology information, including connection paths between devices on the local network and an external network such as the Internet. The claimed method and system may use a three column format for presenting the topology that is more... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (microsoft)

20070204232 - Viewable and actionable search results: Search results can be viewed and acted upon. Searches may be conducted using a search input in conjunction with a selected category. The search results may be produced from such a search. One or more of the produced search results may be highlighted for previewing. Along with the preview, available... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070204233 - Customizable service provider user interface: A customizable service provider user interface is described. In an implementation, a user is logged onto a suite a web services, to which, the user has not previously logged on. A user interface is output having a plurality of portions, one or more of which are customizable by the user... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070204234 - Priorities of transitions of a diagram with states: A system and method for automatically generating a data flow diagram in response to a first diagram. The first diagram may specify one or more states and one or more state transitions, wherein each state transition specifies a transition from a first state to a second state. A data flow... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Conley, Rose & Tayon, P.C.

20070204235 - Method for any ticker while the user is in any application session in a mobile communication device: A method relating to the field of User Interface (UI), which aims to provide a mechanism to view a new message or any notification while any application is in progress or the user is in any session is provided. The method provides for displaying a ticker while the user is... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070204236 - Menu display method and computer readable recording medium storing program for performing the method: A method of displaying a relationship between menus and applying a motion to the display, thereby facilitating the use of a menu and attracting the interest of a user. A computer readable recording medium storing a program can be used for performing the method. The method of displaying a menu... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070204237 - Method and apparatus for matching a control with an icon: A user interface uses color to match icons displayed to the user on a display with one or more corresponding input controls. Text or graphic icons representing functions of a portable electronic device are color coded, and the corresponding input controls are illuminated in the same colors. By using color... Agent: Coats & Bennett/sony Ericsson

20070204238 - Smart video presentation: Smart video presentation involves presenting one or more videos in a video presentation user interface (IU). In example implementation, a video presentation UI includes a listing of multiple video entries, with each video entry including multiple static thumbnailes to represent the corresponding video. In another example implementation, a video presentation... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070204239 - Indication of delayed content output in a user interface: Indication of delayed content output is described. In an implementation, content is output for display as a user interface having one or more selectable elements. When a cursor is positioned proximally to one of the selectable elements, a graphical symbol is output in the user interface that indicates a delay... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070204240 - Display control and antenna positioning apparatus for display device: A display control and antenna positioning apparatus for a display device is capable of detecting positions of a navigation antenna that receives GPS signals. The navigation antenna is moveable such that a user is able to move it to an open position that is suitable for GPS signal reception, or... Agent: Muramatsu & Associates

20070204241 - Method for generating three dimensional stair objects in computer aided design drawings: Embodiments of the invention provide a method for generating a three dimensional representation of a staircase in a computer aided design drawing. Generally, embodiments of the invention allow a user to create a three dimensional stair object with an arbitrary tread shape and with an arbitrary overlap between any two... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070198907 - System and method for enabling persistent values when navigating in electronic documents: In a method for creating a new electronic document using a browser application, where the new electronic document conforms to a stored document specification that includes a default document and associated specification scripts, transmitting the default document from a remote database coupled to a remote server to a local processor,... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070198908 - System and method for interfacing with a system monitor: An interface is provided between a running computer application and a system monitor. The system monitor handles notification messages generated by the computer application. The interface includes an import module to scan a source file, extract notification messages from the source file and store the notification messages in a scan... Agent: Withers & Keys For Bell South

20070198909 - Communication apparatus, system and web page processing method: An apparatus and method for processing a Web page is disclosed. A Web processing unit receives a first Web page from a Web server and displays the first Web page on a screen. The Web processing unit acquires a communication program identified by the first Web page. An external state... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070198910 - Method and apparatus for creating and filing forms: A data processing system for designing, creating, and importing data into, a viewable form viewable by the user of the data processing system, including: a form file that models the physical representation of a form and establishes the calculations and rule conditions required to fill in the viewable form; a... Agent: Briggs And Morgan P.A.

20070198911 - Tabular environment that supports column rules and cell rules: A computing device 100 is provided that includes a graphic user interface (GUI) 104 and a processor 102 coupled to the GUI 104. The computing device 100 also includes a memory 106 coupled to the processor 102. The memory 106 stores a tabular application for execution by the processor 102,... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070198912 - Rapid similarity links computation for tableof contents determination: In a method for identifying a table of contents in a document (8), an initial indexing text fragment at about the middle of an ordered sequence of indexing text fragments (14) is associated with an initial set of one or more candidate linked body text fragments selected from an ordered... Agent: Patrick R. Roche Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070198913 - Electronic-document management system and method: An electronic-document management system includes an acquisition unit, an edit unit, first and second storage units, a generation unit and an output unit. The acquisition unit acquires a target electronic document. The edit unit edits the acquired target electronic document. The first storage unit stores the target electronic document edited... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070198915 - Document processing device and document processing method: A document processing apparatus 100 provides processing systems for displaying/editing a document, such as an HTML unit 150 for displaying/editing an HTML document, an SVG unit 160 for displaying/editing an SVG document, etc., in increments of vocabularies in the form of plug-ins. A calculation unit 190 is a plug-in for... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070198919 - Method for loading large xml documents on demand: Systems and methods for loading XML documents on demand are described. The system provides a Wrapper class for the XML Document class and the Element class. A user application then utilizes the Wrapper class in the same way that the Element class and Document class would be used to access... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20070198916 - Resolution independent vector display of internet content: Apparatus, methods and software for creating resolution-independent vector display of Internet (Web) content to allow Web pages to be scaled (zoomed) and panned for better viewing and/or to fit any resolution or screen size. According to one aspect, novel client-side processing of Web content is provided that translates portions of... Agent: Law Office Of R. Alan Burnett, Ps

20070198917 - Resolution independent vector display of internet content: Apparatus, methods and software for creating resolution-independent vector display of Internet (Web) content to allow Web pages to be scaled (zoomed) and panned for better viewing and/or to fit any resolution or screen size. According to one aspect, novel client-side processing of markup language-based Web content is provided that translates... Agent: Law Office Of R. Alan Burnett, Ps

20070198914 - Server side web browsing and multiple lens system, method and apparatus: A user may access a host server and receive display information within a single browser window. The display information includes at least one lens, wherein each lens controls server side web browsing and allows the user to view a separate web page from the Internet. The host server provides personalized... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20070198918 - Techniques for binding scalable vector graphics to associated information: Techniques for providing information about an object through a graphical interface include providing in a document scalable vector graphics (SVG) statements associated with a graphical representation of the object. The SVG statements are bound to a pointer to a resource that includes information pertaining to the object. The pointer to... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070198920 - Method and system for caching of non-real time data: A method and system for generating and presenting a display page before all the desired computations are performed needed to fully populate the display page. The presentation system receives a request to present the display page that includes realtime information and non-realtime information. When generating a display page including both... Agent: Csa LLP

20070198921 - Facilitating manual user selection of one or more ads for insertion into a document to be made available to another user or users: User distributed advertisements (UDA ads) facilitates insertion of manually selected ads into a document that is to be distributed (e.g., transmitted, published, and/or posted) such that the document is to be made available to other users. For example, manually selected ads can be inserted into an email to be sent... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20070198922 - Dynamically placing resources within a graphical user interface: A technique dynamically places resources within a graphical user interface (GUI). According to the novel technique, a resource (e.g., an image of the resource) of the GUI is assigned a filename (e.g., by a graphic designer) having position information encoded therein. For example, a resource with coordinates of 50 pixels... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20070198923 - Automatic modification of a graphical program based on corresponding changes to a diagram with states and state transitions: A system and method for automatically generating a data flow diagram in response to a first diagram. The first diagram may specify one or more states and one or more state transitions, wherein each state transition specifies a transition from a first state to a second state. A data flow... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Conley, Rose & Tayon, P.C.

20070198924 - Dynamic web page generation method and system: In comparison to unnecessary page generation of the prior art, the page generation time according to the current invention is substantially reduced, and the generated page is efficiently accessed. Since in response to at least one of a predetermined set of update events, a page is dynamically generated in advance... Agent: Knoble & Yoshida, LLP Eight Penn Center

20070198925 - Method and system for editing a multimedia message: The present invention provides a method for creating a multimedia information file. At first, obtaining an initial file that is based on the markup language and includes at least two objects, then, receiving a user's choice of one of said at least two objects, and fmally, marking the selected object... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070198926 - Devices and methods of controlling manipulation of virtual objects on a multi-contact tactile screen: A process for controlling computerized equipment with a device including a multi-contact bidimensional sensor that acquires tactile information and a calculator that generates command signals as a function of the tactile information, including graphical objects on a screen placed under a transparent multi-contact tactile sensor, each graphical object associated with... Agent: Ip Group Of Dla Piper US LLP

20070198927 - Computer-implemented systems and methods for an automated application interface: In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for an automated application interface. One or more wizards may be used to receive user input in order to perform one or more software interface operations to manipulate a first set of data between data analysis software and... Agent: Joseph M. Sauer Jones Day

20070198928 - Design method and apparatus for user interface: A method and an apparatus for designing user interface are disclosed. The method is processed by a user interface processing program installed in an electronic device and comprises following steps. First, at least one key is provided. Then, a menu is provided, wherein the menu is a tree structure having... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070198929 - Apparatus, system, and method for progressively disclosing information in support of information technology system visualization and management: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for progressively disclosing information in support of information technology system visualization and management. An organization module establishes a plurality of levels of graphical information for an information technology system comprising a plurality of entities and a plurality of connections between entities, wherein each... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20070198930 - Methods, systems and computer program products for controlling tree diagram graphical user interfaces and/or for partially collapsing tree diagrams: Methods for selectively displaying portions of a hierarchical data set on an electronic display comprise the steps of displaying at least a portion of the hierarchical data set on an electronic display in a tree diagram format. Input may then be obtained from a user to identify one or more... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley Sajovec P.A.

20070198931 - Data processing apparatus, data processing method, and program: A data processing apparatus that processes image data of a moving image is disclosed. The data processing apparatus includes: acquiring means for acquiring variations representing degrees of change in the image data, in a unit of picture; display-type determining means for determining, on the basis of the variations, display types,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070198932 - Reproducing apparatus, reproducing method and reproducing program: A reproducing apparatus and method are provided. The apparatus includes an input section; an operation input section; a first storage section; and a control section.... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070198934 - Performing a prohibited task: System(s), method(s), and/or technique(s) (“tools”) are described that perform a prohibited task without requiring that the user request the prohibited task more than once; perform a prohibited task without requiring that a user logoff or back on; and/or perform a permitted task requested as part of a set of tasks... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070198933 - Permitting multiple tasks requiring elevated rights: System(s), method(s), and/or technique(s) (“tools”) are described that enable a user to permit multiple tasks requiring elevated rights with as little as one rights elevation. For example, the tools may enable an installation wizard operating within a limited-rights context to perform multiple tasks that require a higher-rights context with a... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070198936 - Method and apparatus for displaying a user interface in an image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus having a display function and a method of displaying a user interface display are provided. The method includes searching for interface information corresponding to screen layout information from a stored interface information, and displaying a plurality of user interfaces indicated by the found interface information. The... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070198935 - Visual document navigation scheme: A visual document navigation scheme displays items and their related data in a vertically aligned manner using horizontal indentations to visually link an item and its related data. A document navigator software produces such a display to facilitate accurate document viewing and efficient document navigation in a fast-paced, multi-tasking environment... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070198938 - Account administration for hosted services: A graphical user interface for rendering hosted services is provided. The user interface includes a set of hosted service identifiers associated with a domain name. The set of hosted service identifiers is further broken down into a first subset of service identifiers and a second subset of service identifiers. Each... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP.

20070198937 - Method for determining a profile of a user of a communication network: The method is characterized in that the processing determines the probability (m3j) that the user to be identified has a specific attribute (j) as a combination of a decorrelated probability value (m1j) that takes into account the probabilities associated to the Internet sites or parts of a site (s) and... Agent: Pauley Petersen & Erickson

20070198939 - System and method for the production of presentation content depicting a real world event: The present invention provides a system and method for the production of presentation content depicting a real world event on one or more presentation devices, comprising an event content producer for producing event content for the real world event, an event content distributor for distributing the event content from the... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20070198940 - Logical representation of a user interface form: User interface (UI) forms are rendered on different types of display targets. To generate a UI form that can be rendered on different types of display targets metadata stored in at least one application is transformed to build a logical user interface (UI) representation. The UI form is rendered on... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)

20070198941 - Graphical user interface with zoom for detail-in-context presentations: A graphical user interface (GUI) is provided for manipulating a presentation of a region of interest within visual information displayed on a display screen of a computer display system. The GUI includes: a first bounding shape surrounding the focal region; a second bounding shape surrounding the shoulder region; a base... Agent: Mccarthy Tetrault LLP

20070198942 - Method and system for providing an adaptive magnifying cursor: A method and system for displaying an object having a shape on a graphical user interface having a cursor is described. The method and system include tracking a movement of the cursor and magnifying the object in response to the cursor being placed on a magnification zone. The magnification is... Agent: Scenera Research, LLC

20070198943 - System and method for distributing news articles and other information in an organization: News stories are rendered to readers across non-homogenous computer networks. RSS files are used to provide references to rendering files that define how a news story is to be rendered. The actual data of the news story is identified from information in the RSS file. The RSS file is not... Agent: Withers & Keys For Bell South

20070198944 - Persistent dashboard for user interface: A method, user interface module, application program interface, computer program product and system that provides access to context information in a display window that remains persistent as the user navigates the application and views application data. The persistent dashboard can be populated from a communications event, such as an inbound... Agent: Csa LLP

20070198946 - Auxiliary display sidebar integration: Described is a technology by which an application program such as a gadget may communicate with a sidebar program to output content for consumption by an auxiliary display device. The gadget may communicate with the sidebar program via sidebar APIs, and in turn the sidebar program communicates with an auxiliary... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20070198945 - User interface for multi-media communication for the disabled: A method, user interface module, computer program product, computer system and system that enable a graphical user interface to be used by persons with visual disabilities. The graphical user interface includes a toolbar, which provides features that enable a visually disabled user to navigate and activate the functions provided by... Agent: Campbell Stephenson Ascolese, LLP

20070198947 - Sliding tabs: A method to control presentation of multiple tabs and associated content on a display may include distinguishing a selected tab from the multiple tabs and displaying the content associated with the selected tab on the display. The method may also include performing one of a group of functions that may... Agent: Moore & Van Allen, PLLC For Ibm

20070198948 - Information processing apparatus, information processing program, storage medium storing an information processing program and window controlling method: An information processing apparatus (10) includes an LCD (12) as a first display area and an LCD (14) as a second display area, and on the second display area, a touch panel (22) as an input means is set, for example. On the first display area, a plurality of windows... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20070198949 - Method and system for providing an outwardly expandable radial menu: An outwardly expandable radial menu, such as a plus-shaped menu, may be launched in a user interface screen and may include a center option and up to four other options arranged to the left, right, upward, and downward relative to the center option. The position of each of the options... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C.

20070198950 - Method and system for improving interaction with a user interface: Upon detection of user input, a computing device (e.g., tablet PC, PDA, cellular device) may determine whether the input corresponds to a request to enhance elements of the user interface. In response to a positive determination, the computing device may magnify or otherwise modify the appearance of particular graphical elements... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070198951 - Systems and methods for spatial thumbnails and companion maps for media objects: Under one aspect, a computer-implemented method of displaying information about search results representing media objects, wherein at least one media object is associated with location-related content corresponding to a location, includes: receiving a query from the user; transmitting the query to a search engine; receiving search results from the search... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070198952 - Methods and systems for authoring of a compound document following a hierarchical structure: Embodiments generally relate to improvements in methods and systems for authoring hierarchical documents. According to one embodiment, computer software applications, and accompanying data structures and GUI components, are provided for the development by multiple authors of one or more hierarchical documents within a client-server database environment or Internet environment. The... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP

20070198953 - Target acquisition: The present invention is directed at making a computer interface easier to use by facilitating the acquisition of a target with a pointer. In this regard, normal pointer movement is altered, when the pointer is scheduled to intersect an adjustment barrier associated with a target. The pointer movement is altered... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070198954 - Device interface: The present invention relates to a small computing device with an improved interface. The interface comprises a display screen which extends the majority of length of the face of the housing, and a plurality of multi-function buttons extending on either side of the display screen.... Agent: Jones Day

20070192671 - Document management systems: A document management technique includes a database of text strings, a document templates in the form of a doubly link or other list of text strings in the text string database which include attribute codes related to editing, approving, and displaying or printing test strings. Revised templates and text strings... Agent: Irell & Manella LLP

20070192673 - Annotating an audio file with an audio hyperlink: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for annotating an audio file with an audio hyperlink. Embodiments include receiving an identification of a playback time in an audio file to associate with an audio hyperlink; receiving a selection of a Uniform Resource Identifier (‘URI’) identifying a resource to be... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20070192672 - Invoking an audio hyperlink: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for invoking an audio hyperlink. Embodiments include identifying a predetermined playback time in an audio file pre-designated as having an associated audio hyperlink; playing an audio indication of the audio hyperlink at the predetermined playback time; receiving from a user an instruction... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20070192675 - Invoking an audio hyperlink embedded in a markup document: Methods systems and products are provided for invoking an audio hyperlink embedded in a markup document. Embodiments include identifying an audio hyperlink embedded within the markup document; playing an audio indication of the audio hyperlink; receiving from a user an instruction to invoke the audio hyperlink; identifying a Uniform Resource... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20070192674 - Publishing content through rss feeds: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for publishing content. Embodiments include aggregating, for a user, content of disparate data types from disparate data sources; synthesizing the aggregated content of disparate data types into synthesized content including data of a data type for delivery to a particular RSS rendering device; and... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20070192676 - Synthesizing aggregated data of disparate data types into data of a uniform data type with embedded audio hyperlinks: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for synthesizing aggregated data of disparate data types into data of a uniform data type. Embodiments include receiving aggregated data of disparate data types; translating the aggregated data of disparate data types into translated content comprising text content and markup associated with the text... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20070192677 - Method and a program for estimating building material quantities: A method and a computer program for estimating item quantities in a building project that includes one or more items. The method includes steps for providing a spreadsheet template including a summary worksheet and one or more input worksheets with a plurality of cells for estimating a quantity of an... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070192678 - Forms development platform: A forms development platform (10) for developing forms, comprising: an attribute design module (22) to graphically design reusable form attributes (81) from a selection of predetermined fields, the attributes (81) having integrated business logic; a form design module (23) to graphically design reusable forms (84) using the form attributes (81),... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070192679 - Method and system for flexible creation and publication of forms: A method for creating an electronic form for publication comprising responsive to first user input allowing a user to create the electronic form using a form-creating user interface wherein the user defines the fields and their values for the electronic form that is modeled after format information as specified by... Agent: Wagner, Murabito & Hao LLP Third Floor

20070192680 - Smart layer rendering: A document can contain multiple print layers. Different layers can be combined to produce different document versions. In this manner, a document can have an English version and a Spanish version sharing graphics layers but having different text layers. A document version specification can be used for producing a certain... Agent: Ortiz & Lopez, PLLC

20070192682 - Apparatus and machine-readable medium for generating markup language representing a derived entity which extends or overrides attributes of a base entity: A markup language document (e.g. an XML document) may contain a first instance of a markup language element having an attribute with a first, platform-independent value, a second instance of the element having the attribute with a second, platform-specific value, and an indicator that the second value overrides the first.... Agent: Smart And Biggar

20070192684 - Consolidated content management: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for consolidated content management for delivery to a rendering device. Embodiments include aggregating, for a user, content of disparate data types from disparate data sources; synthesizing the aggregated content of disparate data types into synthesized content of a data type for delivery to a... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20070192683 - Synthesizing the content of disparate data types: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for synthesizing the content of disparate data types into synthesized content including data of a particular data type for single point access by a user. Embodiments include identifying aggregated content of disparate data types; and translating the aggregated content into text content in accordance... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20070192681 - Application migration to languages implementing tag fields: A method of migrating Cartesian coordinate-based views is disclosed. The method includes providing applet-based templates and associating the templates to Cartesian coordinate-based views. Controls of the applet can be modified according to the requirements of the Cartesian coordinate-based view. The views are used as user interfaces.... Agent: Csa LLP

20070192685 - Document versioning based on layer content: A document can contain multiple print layers. Different layers can be combined to produce different document versions. In this manner, a document can have an English version and a Spanish version that share graphics layers but have different text layers. A document's different layers can be difficult to track and... Agent: Ortiz & Lopez, PLLC

20070192686 - Figure sizing and positioning on dynamic pages: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that provide ways to position, size, and/or anchor page elements for display on varying output devices. A user can assign rendering specifications to both text and graphic elements. Rendering specifications include, but are not limited to width, height, anchor(s), and/or offset(s) to one, some,... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070192687 - Document content and structure conversion: A system that can convert content and structure of a document from an original format into a target format irrespective of the functional specifics of the original format. The system can automatically infer the content and structure of a document via a rendered format thereby restoring the programmatic functionality of... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070192688 - Re-usable clauses: The present invention relates to the generation of customised documents using document templates and in particular to the generation of different types of customised documents including clauses or other portions of document content which are common to two or more types of customised document.... Agent: Mcguinness & Manaras LLP

20070192691 - Input position setting method, input position setting device, input position setting program, and information input system: An input position setting method of setting an input position for an instruction position by an instruction section on the basis of a pickup image data obtained by picking up an image of a display area when an operator instructs a predetermined position of the display area to be displayed... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070192690 - Method and system for framing and evaluating a decision making process: A system and device are provided to facilitate visualization and structuring of a multi-variable evaluative process such as an innovation and decision-making process. The standardized process frames the problem in a three dimensional fashion having an x, y and z-axis. The present invention employs a visualization device that preferably takes... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20070192689 - User interface messaging system and method permitting deferral of message resolution: A user interface messaging system and method that allows a user to defer resolution of the substance of a message, such as a user-initiated error, and adds the message to a queue. The messaging system may remind the user to resolve the substance of the messages in the queue. After... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070192693 - Apparatus and method for controlling key events when handling a graphics object: An apparatus and a method for controlling key events generated when handling a graphics object are provided. The apparatus includes an event-determining unit that determines a type of an event; an event-managing unit that determines execution of the event depending on the determined type of the event; and a count-checking... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070192692 - Method for confirming touch input: A system and method for confirming touch input with a touch-sensitive display that includes detecting contact with a touch-sensitive display at coordinates corresponding with a control. An animated rendering on the touch-sensitive display is displayed, and an action is performed at a conclusion of the animated rendering if contact with... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070192695 - Enhanced visualization and selection of multi-layered elements in a containment hierarchy: A method, apparatus and computer-usable medium for displaying multiple elements in a graphical editor, wherein the multiple elements overlap and share a common space in the graphical editor; invoking a visual affordance that opens a zoom window; and displaying the visual affordance and the zoom window in an area in... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20070192694 - Information display for disparate data sets: A computer-implemented user interface includes at least two hierarchically related element nodes. One node is a parent element node that is associated with a first set of property value components. Another node is a child element node that is associated with a second set of property value components. The first... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)

20070192696 - Method and apparatus of displaying hierarchically structured file in information terminal: Provided is a method and an apparatus of searching a hierarchically structured file in an information terminal. The method includes dividing a screen of the information terminal into at least two regions including a first region and a second region; displaying information about the location of a current file and... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070192698 - Apparatus and method of browsing contents: A method of browsing contents and an apparatus for browsing the same are provided. The method includes providing a plurality of characteristic vector types and a plurality of characteristic value types that correspond to a reference characteristic vector type selected from the plurality of characteristic vector types, and determining an... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070192697 - Information process apparatus and method, record medium, and program: To allow the determination of whether data can be reproduced to be easily performed. When a plurality of clips generated by a photographing process are connected as an edit, an edit list management section 15 identifies encoding systems of a plurality of clips (video files) to be connected and writes... Agent: William S Frommer Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070192699 - Navigation tool with audible feedback on a handheld communication device having a reduced alphabetic keyboard: System and method that provides audible feedback through a speaker of a handheld electronic device having a reduced alphabetic keyboard upon actuation of a navigation tool. The audible feedback produced by the speaker is capable of being modified based upon the location, speed, and other characteristics of the movement of... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP (rim Prosecution)

20070192703 - Organizing digitized content on the internet through digitized content reviews: In an embodiment, a method comprises creating and storing, in a database, first records representing reviews of one or more content items, wherein each of the first records comprises a field or associated index which directly or indirectly uniquely specifies a list of content item identifiers for content items that... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070192702 - Document processing apparatus, document processing system and data structure of document file: A document processing apparatus, including: a communication section to communicate with an external device; a document storage section to store a document file including a content portion and a menu information portion, wherein a content is stored in the content portion and menu information of executable processing for the content... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070192701 - Managing portal response times: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to portal view rendering and provide a method, system and computer program product for managing portal page response times. In one embodiment, a portal data processing system can include a portlet aggregator coupled to a portal server and... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20070192700 - Support of remote software applications: GUI log text record arrangements (referred to as GLTR arrangements) are disclosed which facilitate the problem diagnosis process between a Support Service Provider (SSP) machine (101) and a client machine (108). Graphical User Interface (GUI) screens and their associated user actions, with reference to a client application, are logged on... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Mcginn & Gibb, PLLC

20070192704 - Method, apparatus and computer program product for port configuration of resources in a virtual topology: A port configuration utility includes a graphic depiction of resources within a topology, and provides a user with at least a control panel for selecting ports of resources within the topology, configuring the ports and monitoring the status of the ports. The port configuration utility may include additional features for... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Rochester Division

20070192705 - Method and arrangment for a primary actions menu for a contact data entry record of an address book application on a handheld electronic device: A system and method is disclosed that provides for displaying on the screen of a handheld electronic device, an extended menu or a short menu, which is a subset of the corresponding extended menu. The system and method include a contact data entry record of an address book application being... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP (rim Prosecution)

20070192706 - Service gateway for providing a scalable and loosely coupled service oriented architecture: The present invention utilizes a service gateway as a communication intermediary between clients and service providers. The gateway can include a dynamic runtime cache. Clients can communicate with the service gateway using a polling methodology. When polled information is already in the cache, the information can be immediately provided to... Agent: Patents On Demand, P.A.

20070192707 - Numerical controller: A numerical controller in which similar icons are created without applying major load onto a memory. Among icon definition data displayed in areas F1 . . . , G1 . . . , H1 . . . , on frames A, B and C, the data that can be expressed... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070192708 - Method and arrangment for a primary actions menu for a hierarchical folder system on a handheld electronic device: A system and method is disclosed that provides for displaying on the screen of a handheld electronic device, an extended menu or a short menu, which is a subset of the corresponding extended menu. The system and method include a hierarchal folder system used to store an email message from... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP (rim Prosecution)

20070192709 - Method and apparatus for managing internet transactions: The object-oriented approach used by the present invention provides the ability to develop and manage Internet transactions. Local applications can be accessed using any workstation connected to the Internet regardless of the workstation's configuration. Some or all of a Web page can be generated dynamically using input received in a... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP And Apple Computer, Inc.

20070192713 - Method and arrangement for providing a primary actions menu on a handheld communication device having a full alphabetic keyboard: A method and hierarchical menu is provided for displaying on the screen of a handheld electronic device having a full alphabetic keyboard an extended menu or a short menu, which is a subset of the corresponding extended menu. The method includes displaying a page on a screen and receiving an... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP (rim Prosecution)

20070192714 - Method and arrangement for providing a primary actions menu on a handheld communication device having a reduced alphabetic keyboard: A method and hierarchical menu is provided for displaying on the screen of a handheld electronic device having a reduced alphabetic keyboard an extended menu or a short menu, which is a subset of the corresponding extended menu. The method includes displaying a page on a screen and receiving an... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP (rim Prosecution)

20070192712 - Method and arrangement for providing a primary actions menu on a wireless handheld communication device: A method and hierarchical menu is provided for displaying on the screen of a wireless handheld electronic device an extended menu or a short menu, which is a subset of the corresponding extended menu. The method includes displaying a page on a screen and receiving an ambiguous request/selection when no... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP (rim Prosecution)

20070192711 - Method and arrangement for providing a primary actions menu on a handheld communication device: A method and hierarchical menu is provided for displaying on the screen of a handheld electronic device an extended menu or a short menu, which is a subset of the corresponding extended menu. The method includes displaying a page on a screen and receiving an ambiguous request/selection when no menu... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP (rim Prosecution)

20070192716 - Document editing method, document editing system, server apparatus, and document editing program: A partial document defined in advance as an operating unit composed of at least one element, which is coincident with or is contained in a structural document, includes at least information representing that the partial document is an operating unit. Based on this information, at least the partial document and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070192710 - Lean context driven user interface: A method for soliciting user interaction in a computer application includes presenting, on a first user interface screen, a most frequently accessed user interface portion for soliciting input from the user for a set of fields that are most frequently accessed. A semi-regularly access user interface portion is presented, on... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C.

20070192715 - Systems and methods for managing the development and manufacturing of a drug: Graphical user interfaces, computer readable media, and computer systems for monitoring a chemical process. An administration module sets a plurality of user preferences associated with the chemical process. A people management module defines a user role in the chemical process. An organization module defines an organizational structure of an organization... Agent: Jones Day

20070192718 - Graphic user interface control object stylization: A method of modifying individual graphic user interface controls according to predefined settings including the steps of identifying at least one graphic user interface control object with a plurality of states and/or event handlers, assigning a user-selectable visual modification to the control object, associating the visual modification with a state... Agent: Smith Hopen, Pa

20070192717 - Methods and systems for context based digital calendar serving as personal memory footprint organizer and artistic expression domain: Systems and methods for using digital calendar to timely and relevantly preserve and associate personal digital creations that include all drawings, photos, videos, files, journals, and any personal thoughts documented in blogs, notes, and/or digital files in any digital formats in user specified and/or created context environment, and to freely... Agent: Li Gong

20070192719 - Hover indicator for objects: Technology is disclosed for identifying embedded objects in a user interface. The technology identifies the objects when a user interface device is positioned over the object. The technology is included in a computer system having a graphical user interface, a display and a user interface selection device. A method of... Agent: Vierra Magen/microsoft Corporation

20070192720 - Correlation rule builder: A correlation rule builder is disclosed which displays a graphical user interface that enables a user to construct rules, the program causing a computer to perform actions based on the rules. The interface allows a user to construct the rules by dragging-and-dropping objects from an object chooser panel and an... Agent: Technology Law Group, LLC

20070192721 - Input/output device, input/output method and program therefor: A dragged portion is moved by easily operating a mouse. An input/output device using a graphical user interface, includes: a display section that displays a dragged portion and a movement region in which the dragged portion is moved on a display screen; a dragged portion movement section that selects the... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070192722 - Window display system and window display method: When a choice is made between several items offered in a first window on a display screen, a second window is displayed in front of the first window. An image of an watcher who is watching the display screen is captured to detect watcher's eye position relative to the display... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070192723 - Alternate progress indicator displays: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to novel techniques for showing the progress of an automated computer process, particularly through a graphical user interface (GUI). Graphical status displays are employed which show graphical time-based information, such as rate and estimated time to completion, as well as a completion portion... Agent: Canady & Lortz LLP- Ibm

20070192724 - Method and apparatus for custom display of 3-d information in reporting: A system and method for information display based on a family of display screens for displaying information derived from numerous data sources. Each display screen includes function controls as well as indicator controls. The function controls link a first level display screen to subsidiary display screens. A capacity is provided... Agent: Jeffrey A. Pyle Williams, Morgan & Amerson, P.C.

20070192725 - Apparatus and method for displaying selectable icons in a toolbar for a user interface: A user interface display comprises a plurality of selectable icons and a control symbol in a toolbar. The control symbol can be selected by a user to display additional selectable icons within the toolbar. The additional icons can be inserted adjacent the control symbol or in another location on the... Agent: Csa LLP

20070192726 - Apparatus and method for managing layout of a window: An apparatus and method for managing the layout of a window is provided. The apparatus includes a display unit that displays the window on a screen; the screen is divided into a plurality of display areas; a pointer-position-checking unit that checks the coordinate position of a pointer moved by a... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070192727 - Three dimensional graphical user interface representative of a physical work space: A three-dimensional user interface is described in which applications are accessed via user interaction with images of three dimensional shapes providing on a display of a computing device. A user is able to adjust their viewpoint within a virtual three dimensional environment. The user interface provides an efficient and intuitive... Agent: Freedman & Associates

20070192728 - Method for dynamic document navigation: The invention relates to a user interface, and method of providing such user interfaces, that allow the user to dynamically navigate through documents in a manner allowing the user to adjust dynamically to the situation unfolding as they work through the document, and to modify either the flow of the... Agent: Freedman & Associates

20070192729 - Document overview scrollbar: A document overview scrollbar renders a miniaturized replica of an entire document. The document overview scrollbar provides an efficient and expeditious tool for searching, navigating, and/or editing documents. A visual pattern in the document is easily identifiable in the replica in the scrollbar. This is particularly advantageous when the document... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070192733 - Controlling display of a plurality of windows: A control method for controlling display on a display apparatus displaying a plurality of windows in an overlapping manner comprises detecting that contents to be displayed on at least one of the plurality of windows are updated, and displaying an update notification including information identifying a window having the updated... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070192732 - Controlling display of windows: A system controls the display of windows in accordance with designation of a user. The system includes a reference detecting unit for detecting a reference relation between a designated window and respective one of other windows, the reference relations being a relation where a content displayed on one window includes... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070192731 - Assisting user interface element use: Methods of controlling the display and use of a UI element are disclosed. In an embodiment, the UI element may configured so that it initially maintains a topmost position but eventually allows other applications to assume the topmost position. In an embodiment, the display of the UI element may be... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070192730 - Electronic device, computer program product and method of managing application windows: A method of managing application windows in an electronic device, an electronic device, and a computer program product. The electronic device comprises a processing unit for controlling functions of the device, a display connected to the processing unit for showing application windows, and an input device for issuing control commands,... Agent: Hollingsworth & Funk

20070192734 - Methods and arrangements to control pop-up windows: Methods and arrangements to control pop-up windows are contemplated. Embodiments include transformations, code, state machines or other logic to deny focus to a pop-up window that is generated within a pop-up delay interval of input activity on the part of a user. In some embodiments, the pop-up delay interval may... Agent: Ibm Corporation (jss) C/o Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson PLLC

20070192738 - Method and arrangment for a primary action on a handheld electronic device: A handheld electronic device and method for alternatively displaying, upon user request, one of a plurality of available screens on a display screen of a handheld electronic device through the use of at least two different user input devices provided on the handheld electronic device. The method includes running an... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP (rim Prosecution)

20070192737 - Method and arrangment for a primary actions menu for editing and deleting functions on a handheld electronic device: A system and method is disclosed that provides for displaying on the screen of a handheld electronic device, an extended menu or a short menu, which is a subset of the corresponding extended menu. The system and method include a text entry page of a note taking function displayed on... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP (rim Prosecution)

20070192736 - Method and arrangment for a primary actions menu including one menu item for applications on a handheld electronic device: A system and method is disclosed that provides for displaying on the screen of a handheld electronic device, an extended menu or a short menu, which is a subset of the corresponding extended menu. The system and method include an application displayed on a screen. If the application is currently... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP (rim Prosecution)

20070192735 - Mobile communication terminal and method therefore: Inactive services may be selected from a menu and the selection will prompt an opportunity for the user to subscribe and activate the attribute with a minimum of effort and interruption.... Agent: Perman & Green

20070192739 - Scene transitions in a zoomable user interface using a zoomable markup language: Systems and methods according to the present invention leverage programming language extensions, e.g., for SVG, to create zoomable user interfaces.... Agent: Potomac Patent Group, PLLC

20070192740 - Method and system for operating a device: An embodiment generally relates to a method of operating a device. The method includes receiving at least one character of a sequence for a default application on a user interface of a device and determining at least one other task supported by the device based on the at least one... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group

20070192743 - Method and arrangment for a primary actions menu for email applications on a handheld electronic device: A system and method is disclosed that provides for displaying on the screen of a handheld electronic device, an extended menu or a short menu, which is a subset of the corresponding extended menu. The system and method include a list of email messages associated with an email box being... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP (rim Prosecution)

20070192742 - Method and arrangment for a primary actions menu that defaults according to historical user activity on a handheld electronic device: A system and method is disclosed that provides for displaying on the screen of a handheld electronic device, an extended menu or a short menu, which is a subset of the corresponding extended menu. The system and method include an application page being displayed on a screen, and if no... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP (rim Prosecution)

20070192741 - Imaging device and user interface: A screen ST1 of an LCD with which a digital camera is provided displays an icon of a folder F1 indicating that the folder F1 has been selected. Image files P11 and P12 are captured reproduced images. A display frame SC displays a currently captured picture of an object, files... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070192744 - Graphical user interface, electronic device, method and computer program that uses sliders for user input: A graphical user interface including a first slider having a first widget that is movable by a user along a first track and a second slider, integrated within the first widget, wherein the second slider has a second widget that is movable by a user along a second track.... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070192745 - Adding interactivity to artwork: A prototyping tool is provided to an artistic team, which can use the tool to experiment with, demonstrate, and communicate aspects of the user interface interaction with various user interface elements. These user interface elements can be defined within a layered graphics representation of the user interface artwork, rather than... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070192746 - Method and apparatus for generating an electronic menu: Optical disc players are today connectable to the Internet, and may contain local storage capability, e.g. ADD. Additional post-production content can be downloaded and locally stored. It is difficult to include downloaded additional post-production material in menus for keeping a menu always consistent with the actually available data. Ideally, the... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070192747 - Apparatus and method for mobile graphical cheminformatic: The present invention is a pocket-sized, portable computing apparatus that performs frequently used laboratory calculations, provides a look-up function for commonly used data and procedures, and provides note-taking and data capture for record-keeping. The present invention displays data in a form that a chemist finds most convenient and manipulates this... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070192748 - Project management system and method: A project management system and method are provided wherein projects can be managed easily and with minimal manual data entry. Project management software, embodying the project management system of the present invention, can run on a computer network or user workstation, without requiring a dedicated host server. The project management... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070192749 - Accessing remote screen content: A system and method for facilitating user access to remote content from a current location is presented. The method comprises the following steps. An activation gesture is detected. The activation gesture includes a location. At least one base icon on the display screen located at a distance greater than a... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070192750 - Method and arrangment for a primary actions menu for applications with sequentially linked pages on a handheld electronic device: A system and method is disclosed that provides for displaying on the screen of a handheld electronic device, an extended menu or a short menu, which is a subset of the corresponding extended menu. The system and method include a first page of a plurality of sequentially linked pages being... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP (rim Prosecution)

20070186144 - Plastics processing machine: A plastics processing machine, particularly an injection molding machine, with an operating unit, a machine controller, and a subsystem having its own dedicated control unit is described. The machine controller and control device each generate a screen display and can be operated via the screen display. The operating unit is... Agent: Henry M. Feiereisen Henry M. Feiereisen, LLC

20070186145 - Controlling a time-scaling of an audio signal: For controlling a time-scaling of an audio signal, the audio signal being distributed to a sequence of frames that are received via a packet switched network, a change in a delay of received frames is detected. Moreover, an amount of time scaling that is to be applied to received frames... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070186146 - Time-scaling an audio signal: For time-scaling an audio signal that is distributed to a sequence of frames, frames of the sequence of frames are time scaled whenever needed, resulting in a sequence of variable sized frames. An audio signal in the sequence of variable sized frames is then re-divided into a sequence of equal... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070186147 - Instant note capture/presentation apparatus, system and method: A live-presentation utterance-capture system includes a microphone accessible to a speaker at a live presentation; a voice-recognition mechanism configured lingually to interpret a vocal utterance received at the microphone from the speaker; a database mechanism configured to store the lingual interpretation of the vocal utterance in a visual form; and,... Agent: Ater Wynne LLP

20070186148 - Methods and apparatuses for display and traversing of links in page character array: A method for processing a page character array finds links and creates link groups containing adjacent link characters. Adjacency of link characters is preferably defined as characters which are separated by any combination of no characters, blank space characters, line feed characters, or separator characters, such as vertical or horizontal... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20070186149 - Size based display of piping systems: Embodiments of the invention provide a technique for rendering components included in a computer-aided design (CAD) drawing of a utility network, such as system of pipes and related equipment. Display settings may specify whether a particular component should be rendered using 2-line, 1-line or graphical 1-line display representations, based on... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070186150 - Web-based client-local environment for structured interaction with a form: A local runtime environment is loaded within a conventional web browser program and employed for generating a form based upon a definition that uses JavaScript or another data structure reversibly transformable into and out of JavaScript. The form can contain many pages, is generated locally, and its user interaction is... Agent: Law Offices Of Ronald M Anderson

20070186151 - Method for sharing calendar content in communications system, communications system and terminal: The invention describes a method for sharing calendar content in a communications system, a communications system, and a terminal. The communications system comprises a terminal (100) and at least one remote device (102, 104), and the terminal (100) is configured to generate calendar content from one or more calendar notes.... Agent: Hollingsworth & Funk

20070186152 - Analyzing lines to detect tables in documents: Various technologies and techniques detect tables in vector graphics based documents and use them in meaningful ways. The system detects at least one table in a vector graphics based document using a set of rules. The rules include analyzing a set of content representing horizontal and vertical lines to find... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070186153 - Management of a web site that includes dynamic protected data: A solution for managing a web site that includes dynamic protected data is provided. After receiving a request for a web page from a requesting system, the invention determines if the requesting system can be identified as a browser system. If not, then a public web page that does not... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & Dalessandro LLC

20070186154 - Smart arrangement and cropping for photo views: A random yet smart selection of layouts is provided when viewing a set of photos. A set of layouts may be chosen such that a reasonable sense of variety and uniqueness is provided when viewing the photos. For instance, photos may be randomly assigned to one of a plurality of... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070186155 - Automated paragraph layout: Methods and apparatus for calculating paragraph layout. A method begins with a first node in a paragraph and calculates an optimal line break scheme for paragraph layout that ended in the node. For every subsequent node in the paragraph, the method calculates an optimal line break scheme for paragraph layout... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070186156 - Converter-tool for a non-programmer user, to generate a web based application: A method of developing a software prototype for and by a non-programmer user enters user-inputs into a UI in natural language including documentation requirements and user's business logic. The UI has access to a database, and optionally to text files, spreadsheets, data in xml format and user's business logic information.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070186157 - Simultaneous multi-user document editing system: A system and methods for simultaneous editing of a document by two or more users are disclosed. The document is divided into a number of sections. Each section is stored in a separate data container, which is part of a document tree. A master copy of the document tree is... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070186158 - Touch screen-based document editing device and method: A touch screen-based document editing device and method, the device includes an editing symbol storage for storing editing symbols used for editing a document; a display for presenting the document, the display being implemented as a touch screen; a user interface for allowing a user to input an editing request... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070186159 - Universal text input method for different languages: An electronic device such as a navigation system includes an input device for inputting information into the electronic device. The input device includes a selection device for selecting one of a plurality of characters from one of a plurality of languages. An election device inputs the selected character into the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070186161 - Machine signal processing device: First and second OR operation fields for setting signals that represent the states of the machine are provided on a setting screen. Carryi