Data processing: presentation processing of document inventions 11/07

20070277087 - Image forming apparatus, control method for the apparatus, program for implementing the method, and storage medium storing the program: An image forming apparatus which can suitably control energy-saving control for functional modules operated with respect to respective applications. An installation controller designates energy-saving control conditions for at least one functional module with respect to each application of the image forming apparatus. An energy-saving controller controls the energy-saving state of... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070277086 - Method and apparatus for decoding and reproducing text subtitle streams: In one embodiment, the invention relates to an apparatus and method for recording/reproducing at least one text subtitle stream. The method includes receiving at least one text subtitle stream from an external source, each text subtitle stream including a style segment defining at least one region style and at least... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070277088 - Enhancing an existing web page: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for enhancing an existing web page. Embodiments include retrieving a web page; identifying a hyperlink within the web page; retrieving content by invoking the hyperlink; creating a speech presentation of the content accessible through the hyperlink; storing the speech presentation; creating a... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20070277089 - User interface: An apparatus and associated method is disclosed for receiving a page of information from a remote source. The page contains a link to a linked page of information, and is displayed on a display. The apparatus is equipped with a user operable input device associated with the link. Actuation of... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070277090 - System and method for managing a spreadsheet: A system and method for managing a spreadsheet are disclosed. The method may include determining a portion of a digital image of a data statement, determining data of the data statement based on the portion of the digital image, and mapping a data cell of a standardized spreadsheet to the... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070277091 - Electronic document update notification device and electronic document update notifying method: This invention provides an electronic document update notification device for notifying a user of update information of an electronic document including: a updated document name generating part 170 for generating a updated document name based on a stylized document name; a document data obtaining part 150 for obtaining document data... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070277092 - Systems and methods for augmenting audio/visual broadcasts with annotations to assist with perception and interpretation of broadcast content: Systems and methods are provided for augmenting audio/visual broadcasts (e.g., movies) with non-textual annotations that are designed to assist an individual to interpret or otherwise understand the content of the audio/visual broadcast. For example, the non-textual annotations can be in the form of visual cues, audio cues, tactile cues, olfactory... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070277093 - Marking and annotating electronic documents: A user can highlight text and provide accompanying annotations. Highlighted text, accompanying annotations, and time-stamp information are stored in a user profile that is maintained locally with a web browser, at the client side. A retrieved web page is presented to a user with annotations of some form, based upon... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Mcginn & Gibb, PLLC

20070277095 - Data processing device and data processing method: An undo technique with improved ease-of-use is provided. A document processing apparatus executes editing, printing, and storage for a document file. An undo manager records the operation history of the document processing apparatus in an undo stack. Upon reception of a request from a user to record the operation state,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070277094 - Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving information: A method of transmitting information between first and second electronic devices. The method includes generating (S100) a validator file operable to validate or to not validate eXtensible Markup Language, XML, files according to their structure, transmitting to the second device the validator file itself or information to enable the validator... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070277096 - Method of dividing structured documents into several parts: The method applies to a structured document (D) presenting a hierarchical structure defined by a structure schema, the document combining a main structured set (1) of information including information subsets (1.1, 1.2, 1.3, . . . , 1.2.2.2), at least some of the information subsets being structured and being capable... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070277097 - Apparatus, system, and method for context-aware authoring transform: An computer program product, a system, and method are disclosed for providing a training service. Delivery of the training service comprises selecting an input file comprising a plurality of presentation options, a plurality of mode definitions and a transform module. The transform module comprises transform logic configured to act upon... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20070277098 - Method and system for presentation of information postings to prompt reflection: A method and system for presenting information are provided in which multiple information postings (231, 232, 233) on a user accessible display (206) are generated by one or more users. The user accessible display (206) is updated to show most recently input information postings. A sub-display (210) of a reference... Agent: Ibm Corporation, T.j. Watson Research Center

20070277099 - Page source data generation method, page source data generation system, and program: A server device is provided that requests a web service to provide services, and the server device prepares templates each corresponding to an area of web services that are provided. The server device adds input areas and input item names of data, required by a web service providing device of... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070277100 - Method and system for a user input solution for a limited telecommunication device: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and system for enabling a simple and efficient method of directional arrows for the purpose of easily maneuvering throughout a contextual menu system (i.e., menus, text entry boxes, buttons, and the like) on a mobile device using limited... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20070277101 - System and method for dynamic organization of information sets: An electronic pasteboard allows users to organize multiple documents in a single visual interface. After placing documents on the pasteboard, users can drag and drop portions (paragraphs, words, figures, images, graphs) from one document to another document, or create a new document combining elements from several source documents. Users can... Agent: Ibm Corp. (raleigh Software Group) C/o Rudolf O Siegesmund Gordon & Rees, LLP

20070277102 - Technique for changing the display of web pages as time passes: A display device for displaying a web page is provided, which displays each of the contents contained in a web page so that users can recognize whether the content is new or not. The display device has a displaying unit, an acquiring unit, and a changing unit. The displaying unit... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070277103 - Method, device, and input element for selecting the functional mode thereof: Systems, apparatuses and methods of selecting the functional mode of an input element for a mobile terminal device, the input element supporting at least two functional modes. The method involves receiving a request for providing an input element with a specific functional mode, and implementing the specific functional mode to... Agent: Hollingsworth And Funk

20070277104 - Apparatus, system, and method for enhancing help resource selection in a computer application: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for enhancing help resource selection for a user that accesses a help function within a computer application. The method of enhancing the help resource selection comprises determining a list of help resources applicable to the current context of the user interaction with the... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20070277105 - Display apparatus, image processing apparatus and control method thereof: An image processing apparatus comprises a UI generating part to generate a first user interface including at least one UI menu item to select a function; a user input part to receive a user instruction to adjust a size of the UI menu item; and a controller to control the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070277106 - Method and structure for managing electronic slides using a slide-reading program: A method (and structure) of managing a software slide deck that includes a plurality of slides. Tag data is associated with one or more slides in the slide deck for purpose of processing at least one function related to managing the slide deck.... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070277107 - Sound feedback on menu navigation: A menu structure in an information presentation device enables navigation in the menu structure. The information presentation device may include a sound generating unit, at least one first user input unit, and a control unit that provides selectable items in the menu structure. The items may be related to functions,... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20070277108 - Methods and apparatus for remote motion graphics authoring: Methods and apparatus are presented concerning network-accessible services that provide post-production digital compositing and motion graphics authoring to users who provide their own core content, which the services supplement via a user-driven interface through the inclusion of digital still images, artwork, video, sound, and/or other supplemental content selected by the... Agent: Barcelo & Harrison, LLP

20070277109 - Customizable user interface wrappers for web applications: Methods 300 and systems 400 are provided for creating customizable user interface wrappers for a web application using a software development platform with a plug-in architecture 100. The development platform is used to create one or more declarative descriptions in a predefined plug-in format which define the customized user interface.... Agent: Mcgrath, Geissler, Olds & Richardson, PLLC

20070277110 - Integrated method and system for accessing and aggregating disparate remote server services: A system and method for aggregating disparate web services and functionality via a graphical user interface, the system and method includes generating a graphical user interface. The graphical user interface includes at least one active window capable of interfacing with a plurality of remote servers and initiating multiple threads with... Agent: HulseyIPIntellectual Property Lawyers, P.C.

20070277111 - Graphical user interface using perception-action icons and a method thereof: The present invention provides a computerized near-real time resource deployment decision analysis tool providing a graphical user interface using perception-action icons that enables instant comparison of various resource parameters as well as progress according to plan, and a method thereof. The graphical user interface and method thereof provides an effective... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20070277113 - Optimization of calendar, intinerary, route plan, and pim efficiencies according to assimilated wireless service availability conditions: A system, method of providing a service, and computer-readable medium encoded with software for automatically optimization of one or more events in an electronic agenda, an electronic itinerary, an electronic calendar, or an electronic route plan, by allowing the user to indicate if a wireless service is needed during an... Agent: Ibm Corporation (rhf)

20070277112 - Three-dimensional user interface for controlling a virtual reality graphics system by function selection: The invention relates to a graphical user interface for controlling a virtual reality (VR) graphics system by means of interactions with a function selection that provides at least two functions, whereby the VR graphics system has a projection device for visualizing a virtual three-dimensional scene, and interactions with the VR... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070277114 - System and method of integrating web-based graphical user interfaces with data from exterior sources: Commercially available applications which display information via a graphical user's interface can be supplemented with additional related information. The related information can be automatically extracted and overlaid on the information with the assistance of a pre-established ontology.... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20070277116 - Device for assisting development of user application for image forming device: A method for creating a device for assisting in development of a user-friendly user application program. The device includes a processor, a storage unit for storing a program, a display unit, and an input unit, in addition to an operation panel, image input unit and output units. The operation panel... Agent: Kyocera Technology Development Intellectual Property Administration

20070277115 - Method and system for providing a graphical workbench environment with intelligent plug-ins for processing and/or analyzing sub-surface data: A system and method for performing processing and/or analysis of sub-surface data in a graphical working environment. The system and method may provide a platform that includes a workbench that provides a graphical working environment for a user to interact with and operate a plurality of components. The plurality of... Agent: Andrews Kurth LLP

20070277117 - System and method for navigating in a display window: Navigation between a plurality of property sheets on a display of a mobile electronic device, each of the property sheets having a tab index and a layout defining a plurality of elements. One of the property sheets is a displayed property sheet and one of the elements is a current... Agent: Ridout & Maybee Suite 2400

20070277118 - Providing suggestion lists for phonetic input: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for providing suggestion lists for phonetic input. The system receives user input in a source language from an input device. The input is a partial phonetic representation in the source language of a character desired by a user in a destination language. Based on... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070277119 - Personal computer mouse: A scroll function is performed by a horizontally rotating disk-shaped or ring-shaped scroll plate. when the peripheral portion is pressed down, the scroll plate is inclined such that the pressure portion becomes the lowest level and it is possible to assign a fixed function at a position to be pressed... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070277120 - Method for prompting user confirmation: Prompting user confirmation of an action in a display window on a display of a mobile electronic device including displaying a pair of soft key icons, receiving a request to initiate an action from a user and displaying a confirmation message to confirm that a user wishes to proceed with... Agent: Ridout & Maybee Suite 2400

20070277121 - Organizational viewing techniques: Annotation techniques are provided. In one aspect, a method for processing a computer-based material is provided. The method comprises the following steps. The computer-based material is presented. One or more portions of the computer-based material are determined to be of interest to a user. The one or more portions are... Agent: Michael J. Chang, LLC

20070277122 - Singular, persistent user experience for reviewing and initiating multi-action processes: Administrative or other complex tasks are presented in a single user interface. Each subtask may have an expandable interface through which a user may edit parameters prior to execution or monitor progress of an ongoing set of processes related to that subtask. When a subtask is completed, error messages, status... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070277123 - Touch screen device and operating method thereof: A touch screen device and operating method thereof are provided. The touch screen device includes a screen including a display configured to display images thereon and a detector configured to detect a user touch and movement thereof, a storage device configured to store image information corresponding to the movement, and... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070277124 - Touch screen device and operating method thereof: A touch screen device and an operating method thereof are provided. The touch screen device is operated by touching a touch screen and moving a touch while the touch is maintained on the screen. A detector detects a touch point and a moving trajectory, and a controller selects a user... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070277125 - Touch screen device and operating method thereof: A touch screen device and an operating method thereof are provided. The touch screen device is operated by touching a touch screen and moving a touch while the touch is maintained on the screen. A detector detects a touch point and a moving trajectory, and a controller selects a user... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070277126 - Touch screen device and method of selecting files thereon: A touch screen device and a method of operation are provided. The device and method allow for scrolling and selection of files from a file list, and for skipping or reversing an execution order of the selected files simply by performing a drag on a touch screen. The method of... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070277127 - Screensaver for individual application programs: Methods, computer program products and systems for operating an application screensaver on a computer system. A screensaver activation condition is stored for one or more application programs on the computer. The screensaver is activated to overlay the client area of a running application window in response to detecting a screensaver... Agent: Streets & Steele

20070271497 - Methods and systems for creating and using skins: Methods and systems for creating and rendering skins are described. In one described embodiment skins can be defined as sets of script files, art files, media files, and text files. These files can be used to create new and different skin appearances, layouts and functionalities. The files are organized for... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070271498 - System and method for bookmarking and tagging a content item: The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for saving and tagging a content item available on a computer network, including saving and bookmarking a reference to a content item. According to one embodiment of a method according to the present invention, a user navigates to a content item... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20070271499 - Signal navigation and label propagation in block diagrams: A system and method that includes line connection navigation in a block diagram by highlighting connections through navigable blocks in the diagram, edit-time label propagation along connections and through navigable blocks that can propagate labels through their ports, API to define navigability between block ports, and displaying implied connections between... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070271500 - Display method, computer program product and computer system: The present invention relates to a display method. The display method includes displaying a labeled column chart on a graphical user interface, where the column chart having a plurality of labels. The display method further includes entering a first modification of one of the labels via a graphical user interface... Agent: Fleit Kain Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco

20070271501 - Encoding and displaying default landing page content: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products for defining landing pages to test different landing page designs. A combination is determined of one alternative version for each of one or more sections in an instrumented landing page. In a client, a landing page variant is generated. Each section of... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070271503 - Interactive learning and assessment platform: Systems and methods are described for annotating documents. A document image is annotated in selected portions stored with annotation tabs and associated information in an annotated document file. A wizard is described for selecting portions, creating annotation tabs and linking annotation information to the document image. The information includes multimedia... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20070271502 - Method and system for collaborative editing of a document: A method and system for collaborative editing of a document by an author of the document and reviewers. Program code receives from the author an identification of selected portions of the document and receives from the author: comments created by the author and an identification of at least one reviewer... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070271505 - Central internet browser control for multiple browsers enabled system: An information handling system having multiple browser applications includes a browser management utility for selecting one of the browsers as a default browser. The browser management utility provides a central access point for accessing the multiple browsers. The browser management utility enables a user to port settings from one browser... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20070271506 - Configurable information transmission: Systems, methods and computer program products for facilitating configurable information transmission are disclosed. Configurable information transmission may be used in the context of transmitting information intended for different presentation modes, including system to system (machine to machine) presentation and system to user (machine to person) presentation. In one embodiment, the... Agent: Gunnison, Mckay & Hodgson, L.L.P.

20070271504 - Method for automatically assigning priorities to documents and messages: Methods for prioritizing documents, such as email messages, is disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method first receives a document. The method assigns a measure of priority to the document by employing a text classifier such as a Bayesian classifier or a support-vector machine classifier. The method then outputs the... Agent: Himanshu S. Amin Amin & Turocy, LLP

20070271508 - Information elements locating system and method: A system and a method for organizing information elements in a system having a display capability which (a) generates a first information element vector based on a predetermined first characterization attribute, (b) generates a second information element vector based on a second characterization attribute, and (c) determines information elements displayed... Agent: Maya-systems Inc.

20070271507 - Network part grips: Embodiments of the invention provide methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture for editing network parts present a computer-aided design (CAD) model of a utility network using grips. The network parts may represent elements present in a real-world utility network. Among others, the grips may include a part size grip and... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070271509 - Methods and apparatuses for operations on selective document components: Methods, apparatuses, systems, and media to perform operations on filtered components of documents are disclosed. Embodiments comprise a method of performing an operation on selected components of an electronic document using at least one criterion to filter selected parts from other parts of the electronic document. In some embodiments, the... Agent: Ibm Corporation (jss) C/o Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson PLLC

20070271510 - Error checking web documents: Error checking for web documents may be provided. Text errors within a web page are identified by determining text to be error checked within content used in generating a web page and by determining where the text is located within the web page. The text is sent to an error... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070271511 - Starting landing page experiments: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products for defining landing pages to test different landing page designs. User input specifies a landing page having sections, each section having an original version of content. User input also specifies one or more additional versions of content, the original and the additional... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070271512 - Method for personalizing an appliance user interface: A method is provided for personalizing the user interface of an appliance by creating a user-specific interface based on the identified biometric characteristics of a user.... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20070271513 - User interface for remotely controlling a digital music player: Methods and systems for remotely controlling operation of a digital media player are described herein. A wristwatch or other alternatively-purposed device may incorporate a transceiver for communicating with a digital media player. A user may interact with the wristwatch using a plurality of buttons disposed about a housing of the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070271514 - System and method for electronic presentations: An electronic presentation system and method provides multiple display screens for presentation materials as well as permits dynamic annotations to presentation materials that do not permanently alter the presentation materials. The presentation materials can easily be directed to any one of the display screens and any annotations can be saved... Agent: Mcdermott, Will & Emery

20070271515 - Algorithm used to maintain the relative position of the online contact that has focus in the screen when new presence data requires an update of the online contacts screen: A method for maintaining focus on a selected online user includes the steps of obtaining a list of online users including the selected online user and an non-selected online user, forming a focus on the selected online user, changing the status of the non selected online user, and maintaining said... Agent: Wilson Daniel Swayze, Jr.

20070271516 - System and method for navigating a dynamic collection of information: A graphical user interface is provided that permits the navigation of dynamic collections of information. A simplified presentation allows navigation between multiple levels of information content. Navigating through the various levels of the collection of information causes the information to be recursively presented in a hierarchical fashion. Furthermore, the information... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20070271517 - System and method for providing a web portal for managing litigation activities: A system and method for providing a web portal for managing litigation activities is described. The system includes a portal computing device having a customized collaborative web portal server application (e.g., Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 plus customized web parts for a preservation notice feature), and a user computer operatively... Agent: Cynthia Smith Brycedowny, LLC.

20070271518 - Methods, apparatus and computer program products for audience-adaptive control of content presentation based on sensed audience attentiveness: Content is presented by sensing attributes of unknown audience members and determining attentiveness of the unknown audience members from the attributes that are sensed. A content presentation device is controlled based on the attentiveness that is determined. Related methods, systems and computer program products are disclosed.... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20070271519 - System and method for collecting user interest data: A method for collecting user data includes: collecting content of a user action event; modifying a user interest data model which stores user interest data according to the content of the user action event collected. In this way, the interest and concerns of the user are effectively tracked. Furthermore, the... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070271520 - Method for transforming a graphical user interface: A computer readable medium includes executable instructions for transforming a graphical user interface by accessing a transformation mode of the graphical user interface, where the graphical user interface includes multiple graphical elements, selecting a first graphical element from the multiple graphical elements, receiving a transformation value associated with a transformation... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P./sun

20070271522 - Apparatus and method for setting user interface according to user preference: Provided are an apparatus and method for setting a user interface according to user preferences, more particularly, an apparatus and method for setting the user interface according to the user preferences, in which the user interface can be set up by reflecting the user preferences, and the set user interface... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070271521 - Flexible management user interface from management models: A user interface is composed using methods and systems that allow modifying or re-using existing user interfaces, or creating new user interfaces. In providing for such interfaces, context-sensitive or context specific attributes that are associated with a particular user, user groups, and/or applications) are used as the basis of composition.... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070271523 - System and method of skinning themes: A media engine for creating a graphical interface for an application on a device is disclosed. The media engine comprises an interaction interface for notifying the media engine of changes to the application, a renderer for rendering the graphical interface, a parser for parsing, from a template file, template information... Agent: Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP (rim)

20070271524 - Interactive techniques for organizing and retreiving thumbnails and notes on large displays: The present invention relates to techniques for supporting organizational, labeling and retrieval tasks on an electronic tabletop, wall or large display. In various embodiments of the invention, a dynamic visualization is used to show a current working set of documents. In an embodiment of the invention, the rest of the... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20070271525 - Display method and system for portable device using external display device: A display system and method of a portable phone using an external display device are provided, in which application data is displayed, a user input information presentation mode is activated while the application data is displayed, and a user input information corresponding to a signal is presented on the application... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070271528 - Mobile terminal and menu display method thereof: A mobile terminal and a menu display method thereof, comprising: one or more bodies; an input unit provided at one of the bodies; and a display unit that displays a menu list having a plurality of menus and rotates the menu list by a signal generated by the input unit,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070271527 - System and method for home screen interface integrating application and system status: A home screen user interface provides application slots for invoking application interfaces for data communication, voice communication (as available) and calendar functions. Associated with the respective application slots are 1-n event slots for displaying individual events from the associated application. Selected communication events or calendar events (e.g. most recent communication... Agent: Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

20070271526 - User interface paradigm for manufacturing applications: A user interface (UI) for manufacturing applications employs a paradigm having a single progression for displaying manufacturing system information regardless of the point of view of the user. The UI includes a series of functional and information selections which occur in a smoothly flowing selection path within the UI which... Agent: General Electric Co. Global Patent Operation

20070271529 - Method of inputting letter in mobile terminal through extraction of proposed letter set: Disclosed is a method of inputting letters in a mobile terminal by using letter keys each of which has at least one letter allocated thereto. In the method, after there is an input of at least two letter keys, first proposed letter sets are extracted from combinations of letters allocated... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070271530 - Method and apparatus for the menu-controlled selection of menu items which have associated files containing audio and/or video data: A method and an apparatus allow for the menu-controlled selection of menu items which have associated files containing audio and/or video data. A first menu level with a plurality of first menu items and a second menu level with a plurality of second menu items, which are dependent on a... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070271531 - Interactive interface and associated method adapted for user setting: The present invention is directed to an interactive user setting interface, which includes a function are a having function icons that are arranged according to a setting sequence. The interactive user setting interface also includes an option area having option icons respectively corresponding to the function icons, each of the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070271532 - Method and apparatus for displaying layered user interface: A method including displaying an initial navigation layer in a fixed focus area on a screen, the initial navigation layer including a plurality of graphical navigation icon blocks; displaying a stacked graphical navigation icon block representative of the initial layer and graphical navigation icon blocks representative of subsequent navigation layers... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070266304 - Annotating media files: A facility for annotating media files is described. In various embodiments, the facility displays a timeline indicating a duration of the media file, determines that an annotation is associated with the media file, and displays in an area near the timeline an indication of the associated annotation. In various embodiments,... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20070266305 - System and method for monitoring user behavior with regard to interactive rich-media content: A method comprising enabling selection of interactivity control points of interest in media content; forwarding identification of at least one interactivity control point of interest to a wrapper generator; and attaching at least one script to the media content to monitor the at least one interactivity control point of interest... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20070266306 - Site finding: A method of finding WWW pages, each of which includes at least one list of links to desired Internet resources, comprising: providing a list of URLs; automatically generating at least one query for an Internet search tool for WWW pages that include links to at least one URL of said... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20070266307 - Auto-layout of shapes: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that automatically layout components/shapes on a design surface. The system receives input from a user to add components to the design surface. At an appropriate time, the system initiates an auto-layout process. The auto-layout process maps each shape in a particular set to a... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070266308 - Presenting data to a user in a three-dimensional table: An improved solution for presenting data to a user is provided. In particular, the data can include multiple instances of a dataset, which are displayed in a three-dimensional table. The three-dimensional table allows the user to perform various manipulations on it. For example, the user can rotate the table, scroll... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & Dalessandro LLC

20070266310 - Sensor event controller: A sensor event controller dynamically switches a destination to which sensor event data are to be notified, according to a service application program (AP) that a user is using,. and notifies sensor event data in compliance with an interface of the service AP as the notification destination. An information collection... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070266309 - Document transfer between document editing software applications: A method and system are provided for exporting a document structure from an electronic document representation containing multiple document structures. A document editing tool is used to identify multiple document portions relating to the document structure to be exported, and including at least one text document portion. The multiple document... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070266312 - Method for displaying face detection frame, method for displaying character information, and image-taking device: An aspect of the present invention provides a method for displaying a face detection frame in an image-taking device, which obtains an image signal representing a subject continuously at a predetermined cycle, displays a live video preview on a display device based on the obtained image signal and detects a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070266311 - System and method for directing attention to web site content: Attention of a user is direct to content offered via a Web site by monitoring interactions of a user with a currently displayed Web site page to determine if the user has indicated a desire to exit from the currently displayed Web site page. When it is determined that the... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070266313 - Method and apparatus for implied editing action through directional and ordered data selection: Provided are a computer implemented method and apparatus for manipulating data through directional or ordered selection of data. A first user input is received for selecting a section of data in a direction of selection, or an order of selection, from a source. A second user input is received for... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070266314 - Method of online producing a personal tag for a stamp: A method of online producing a personal tag for a stamp is practiced by a remote server that stores multiple different types of stamps and different tag editing frames corresponding to the stamps. After a user designates tag data and selects a target stamp, the remote server prepares a tag... Agent: Hershkovitz & Associates

20070266315 - System and method for creating and presenting mathematical documents: A system and method of creating and presenting mathematical documents are provided. The system comprises an input/output component for receiving user input and for displaying a mathematical document on a display device, a document repository 104 for storing the mathematical document and a mathematical engine for performing computations. The document... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070266319 - Electronic apparatus control method, computer readable medium, and computer data signal: A method of controlling an electronic apparatus includes: displaying, on a desktop screen, a function setting region in which an instruction to execute a plurality of processes sequentially is set; specifying graphical relevance between the function setting region and at least one file, on the desktop screen; and executing the... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070266317 - Method of button routing editing for storage medium menu: A method of button routing editing for a storage medium menu containing at least one button is provided. The method includes steps of (a) displaying a routing reminder on a button with an incorrect routing status; (b) selecting at least one button; (c) displaying a routing controller on the selected... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070266320 - Application window closure in response to event in parent window: A method for closing a child application window of a parent window. An indicator is instantiated in data loaded into the parent window, followed by performance of a loop. In each iteration of the loop: (a) if it is ascertained that the data currently loaded into the parent window includes... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070266316 - Display of menu items in a user interface: A user interface for a device is provided, wherein the user interface generates a list of elements that is too large to be displayed within a region of the UI. The number of list elements to be displayed is determined and an appropriate subset of list elements are then chosen... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070266318 - Managing interactions between computer users' context models: Techniques are described for providing information about a current state that is represented with multiple attributes. In some situations, the providing includes a first computer receiving indications of multiple characterization modules, each characterization module executing on a computer to model an aspect of a current state related to that computer;... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070266321 - Visualizing navigable object hierarchy: A graphical user interface (GUI) includes a details area containing first detail information for a first object instance. The first object instance is part of a hierarchy that includes several object instances of more than one object. The first detail information is presented using at least one GUI component associated... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20070266322 - Video browsing user interface: An exemplary system for browsing videos comprises a memory for storing a plurality of videos, a processor for accessing the videos, and a video browsing user interface for enabling a user to browse the videos. The user interface is configured to enable video browsing in multiple states on a display... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070266323 - Method of updating content for an automated display device: A self-powered video display device provides an automated point of purchase advertising display that includes a readily programmable and re-programmable operating system. The display device is updated through the connection of a memory card or handheld computer and the transfer of video and other files over the connection.... Agent: Lackenbach Siegel, LLP

20070266324 - System for creating media presentations of computer software application programs: A system for producing presentations of computer application programs. The system also allows the inclusion of advertising, or other information, into a presentation. When the presentation is viewed online, the ads can be updated by a central ad server. This allows different ads to be inserted into the presentation, tailoring... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070266325 - System and method for delivering presentations: method and system for the real time delivery of interactive presentations, comprising establishment of a network connection between a viewer terminal and a presenter terminal, wherein presentations are comprised of presentation information and control criteria. By selecting control criteria at the presenter terminal and the viewer terminal, the viewer and... Agent: Vermette & Co.

20070266326 - System and method for computer-created advertisements: The invention relates to a computerized method for a user to create an advertisement by displaying a plurality of advertising formats for selection by a user; displaying a template corresponding to a selected advertising format; displaying a plurality of product references for selection by the user; displaying on the template... Agent: James Remenick Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP

20070266327 - Entertainment project management system: The present invention comprises an entertainment project management system that automates communication and collaboration between members of a project. The invention is intended for practice with a personal computer and comprises of a means to organize multiple categories of information within a department collaborating on an entertainment project; means to... Agent: Zuber & Taillieu, LLP

20070266328 - Script generation: Indirect update functions, for updating a form, are generated by supplying update functions to a synthesiser, and generating an activation network, based on these update functions. The invocation sequence of the activation network is then determined, and used to update elements of a form. The generation of the invocation sequence... Agent: Mcguinness & Manaras LLP

20070266329 - Graphical state machine based programming for a graphical user interface: In one embodiment, a graphical arrangement of one or more interface elements and a definition of one or more events associated with the interface elements is used to build a state diagram model of a graphical user interface (GUI). The state diagram model of the GUI includes a plurality of... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070266331 - Editable table modification: In a computing system, a communication that includes contents retrieved from a data repository and configured to be organized in a table is received from a second device. The received contents are displayed in the table on a user interface. The table includes multiple rows, one of which is configured... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20070266330 - Method and system for role-based user interface navigation: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method and system wherein a user interface presents options for role-based functionality. The interface may further provide a tabbed representation of launched transactions, and navigation fields that make it easy to go from transaction to transaction or to launch new transactions.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070266332 - System, method and software for displaying visual cues: One embodiment of the invention relates to a system, method and software for displaying visual cues to an end-user based on indicia received from a remote source. More particularly, the present invention relates to displaying visual cues on a display coupled to a fixed function processor. According to one embodiment,... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070266333 - Facilitated source to target object editing functions: A method for editing software objects can include identifying at least one user selection of at least a portion of an electronic document displayed within an application and prompting a user for a target destination to which the user selection is to be posted. A user input specifying the target... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070266334 - Automatically centered scrolling in a tab-based user interface: A method and apparatus for presenting a tab-based graphic user interface (GUI) having more tabs than can be fitted across a screen side for a computer system. The computer system can be handheld devices such as personal digital assistants (PDA's) and cell phones. The tab-based GUI displays as many tabs... Agent: Berry & Associates P.C.

20070266335 - Providing a standard user interface (ui) across disparate display interfaces: A system and method for providing a standard user interface (UI) across disparate display interfaces is disclosed. The technology initially determines a scaling factor for a UI containing a plurality of elements. The technology also establishes a reflow characteristic of the plurality of elements within the UI. The technology additionally... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070266336 - Method and system for providing feedback for docking a content pane in a host window: A method and system for providing feedback for docking a content pane in a host window is disclosed. The method and system include providing a docking map. The docking map includes a plurality of docking areas there within. The method and system also include positioning a thumbnail associated with a... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070266337 - Contextual link display in a user interface: A user interface includes multiple operating domain identifiers, each identifying an operating domain. These domain identifiers are readily displayed on the interface. The interface further includes an indicator indicating a selected operating domain from one of the operating domains visibly displayed in the interface. The interface further includes a primary... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070266339 - Providing an overview of an object: A request is received to display a first object in a graphical user interface (GUI) of a computer system containing several objects having more than one type, some of the several objects being associated with each other. An operation mode setting is accessed. In response to the request, an overview... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20070266338 - Internet browsing device, internet browsing method, and program recording medium: An Internet browsing device includes: a web page selecting unit which selects a web page to be displayed; an information obtaining unit which obtains information about pop-up pages linked to the web page selected by the web page selecting unit; a display unit which displays the information obtained by the... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20070266341 - Presenting a link to a user: Presenting links to a user includes: (i) identifying at least one of several work center screens to be made available to a user on a screen. Each work center screen is customizable and contains role-specific information associated with a topic in an enterprise resource computing system. (ii): for each identified... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20070266342 - Web notebook tools: A computer-implemented method of providing information for a web notebook is disclosed. The method can include displaying a web document in a content area of a browser window, receiving a user selection of content from the document initiated by a first user mouse click, and displaying a selection icon in... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070266340 - Apparatus, method, and system for representing a multimedia display: A system, an apparatus, and a method for representing a multimedia display are proposed in the present invention for displaying multimedia data and a menu. The system comprises an interface from which the user may input signals and the apparatus comprising screens for displaying. Three signals can be inputted from... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070266343 - Displaying apparatus: A display apparatus includes a time difference calculator to calculate, according to temporal information of first and second contents, a time difference between creation time of the first content and creation time of the second content, a correlation value calculator to calculate, according to the calculated time difference and a... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20070266344 - Browsing stored information: A method for graphically representing content of a database in an automobile entertainment system. The method includes presenting a primary display element on a display, wherein the primary display element represents a first node in a first hierarchical level of the data base; and presenting a secondary display element on... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070266345 - Method for driving display with reduced aging: A method of driving a display having a plurality of light-emitting elements that change with time or use, comprising the steps of: a) receiving and displaying a first image signal and storing an attribute of the first image signal; b) receiving and displaying a subsequent second image signal; c) comparing... Agent: Paul A. Leipold Patent Legal Staff

20070260968 - Editing system for audiovisual works and corresponding text for television news: To address needs of journalists and other editors, an audiovisual editing system associates segments of audiovisual materials with segments of related text. The editing system permits an editor to edit both the audiovisual materials of the segments and to edit the related text. The data structure representing the story includes... Agent: Peter J. Gordon, Patent Counsel

20070260969 - Enhanced electronic data interchange (edi) reporting with hyperlinks to edi source information: An interface for reporting electronic data interchange (EDI) results can include an EDI report section and an EDI source section. The EDI report section can interactively present EDI reports for EDI source data. The EDI source section can interactively present EDI source data for which one of the EDI reports... Agent: Patents On Demand, P.A.

20070260970 - System and method for creating a graphical presentation: A system and method for creating graphical presentations is disclosed. A pre-existing graphical presentation is scanned. Data points are extracted from the pre-existing graphical presentation. Corresponding data points are extracted from tabulated data. These corresponding data points are then inserted into the pre-existing graphical presentation to create a new graphical... Agent: Gregory J. Koerner Redwood Patent Law

20070260971 - Computer-implemented methods and systems for electronic document inheritance: A computer-implemented method of managing electronic documents includes steps of providing a first electronic document, the first document including a plurality of first document content elements; providing a second electronic document, the second document including a plurality of second document content elements; defining a parent-child relation between the first document... Agent: Young Law Firm, P.C. Alan W. Young

20070260973 - Document processing method and device: A data acquisition unit 308 receives an instruction to select a part of a processing target document. A property acquisition unit 314 receives information with respect to the tag structure included in the document. A tag creating unit 330 creates at least one tag, which is to be added to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070260972 - Reusable multimodal application: A method and system are disclosed herein for accepting multimodal inputs and deriving synchronized and processed information. A reusable multimodal application is provided on the mobile device. A user transmits a multimodal command to the multimodal platform via the mobile network. The one or more modes of communication that are... Agent: Ashok Tankha Of Counsel, Lipton, Weinberger & Husick

20070260974 - System and method for assigning a disposition to a document through information flow knowledge: A system and method for assigning a disposition to a document through information flow knowledge is presented. Functional categories that each describe a type of document are defined. Information flow knowledge regarding a plurality of documents that each belong to different ones of the functional categories is captured. A procedure... Agent: Cascadia Intellectual Property

20070260975 - Method and system for graphically delimiting text message content for a mobile radio terminal: A method for displaying written text during the preparation of a text message to be transmitted by a mobile radio terminal. Written text entered by a user is displayed. A graphical text message break is displayed between characters of the written text associated with a first text message payload and... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070260976 - Rule engines and methods of using same: A rule engine includes a rule set containing one or more rules, a rule evaluator that applies a rule from the rule set to one or more facts from an unstructured document and evaluates whether the condition for the applied rule is satisfied based on the one or more facts.... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20070260977 - Generation of codified electronic records: A method and system for generating codified electronic records. A textual commentary can be received from a user and, in real time, the textual commentary can be analyzed to identify a plurality of codes that potentially correlate to the textual commentary. The identified codes then can be presented to the... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.L.C.

20070260978 - Embedded display system and method used by the system: A device and a method are provided for displaying documents in a variety of formats in one or more embedded display devices. Also provided is a custom server device which controls one or more embedded display devices to display content. The custom server device comprises a database which stores meta... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070260979 - Distributed processing when editing an image in a browser: Methods, tools, and systems are provided for editing an image in a browser. In one method an image is selected in the browser, the image is edited in the browser without interaction with the server, and, upon completion of the edits, an update is made to the server of associated... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070260980 - Document stream operating system: A document stream operating system and method is disclosed in which: (1) documents are stored in one or more chronologically ordered streams; (2) the location and nature of file storage is transparent to the user; (3) information is organized as needed instead of at the time the document is created;... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070260981 - Method of displaying text using mobile terminal: A mobile terminal and method of displaying text using a mobile terminal are disclosed by which a user is able to check, input, amend and edit a selected word by enlarging the word selected for display. The present invention displays text including at least one word on a screen of... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070260983 - Method for providing a summary of user activities: A method for providing a work summary to a user of an electrical device. A work summary program may collect user activity information and save it in a work summary database. The user may choose a selection criterion from a group of selection criteria to indicate user activity information he... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070260982 - Runtime human-machine interface for process control having enhanced graphical views of detailed control information: An HMI application supporting interaction between an operator and runtime control processor information is described herein. The HMI application provides graphical user interface-driven functionality including, among other things supporting a horizontal hierarchical view selection menu. Furthermore, visual alarm indicators associated with the view selection menu guide an operator through each... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070260984 - Methods for interactive communications with real time effects and avatar environment interaction: Computer implemented method for interactively animating an avatar in response to real world input are provided. The avatar can be transmitted between a first user and a second user using a computer program that is executed on at least one computer in a computer network. Additionally, the first user and... Agent: Albert S. Penilla Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070260985 - Moving image processing apparatus and method: A moving image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit adapted to acquire moving image data captured with an image capturing unit and image capturing information of the image capturing unit associated with each image frame constituting the moving image data; and an addition unit adapted to add marker information for... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070260986 - System and method of customizing video display layouts having dynamic icons: A system and method of enabling a user to customize a layout of a video display uses a data file. The data file may be stored within an application. The data file enables the user to specify at least one parameter of a cell of a video display such as,... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070260987 - Selective displaying of item information in videos: A system and method for associating information with at least one defined is displayed in a visual sequence is disclosed. The method comprises steps or acts of the method comprising: receiving a visual sequence (2001) comprising at least one defined area (2002), identifying associated information (2004) that is associated with... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20070260988 - Optimum initial settings for a display device: A method for setting initial values of certain parameters of a display device such as a flat panel television device is described. Upon detecting a first power-up, the display device presents options to the user for setting up the device for a home viewing environment or a store display environment.... Agent: Ying Chen Chen Yoshimura LLP

20070260989 - Method and system for collective calendaring: A confluence calendar system and method is provided having a user platform with a user calendar having a number of events of importance to the user. Each of the user events can include date information, location information, and other event detail information. In addition, a serendipity server is provided for... Agent: Douglas C. Wyatt Wyatt, Gerber & O'rourke, L.L.P.

20070260990 - Methods and apparatuses for handling single-user applications in multi-user computing environments: Methods and apparatuses are provided for controlling application software while switching between session in a multi-session computing environment. An apparatus includes memory coupled to switching logic and application program managing logic. The switching logic is configured to selectively switch console control of a computing device between at least two user... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070260991 - Method and device for providing matched communication windows for communication with a communication partner in an application on a terminal of a user: A method and device for providing at least one matched communication window for communication with a communication partner in an application on a terminal of a user is provided. Depending on the call of a program function, either a first communication window having a particular size and a particular functionality,... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070260993 - Method and system including a graphic user interface: A method of specifying the coordination of activities and correlation of data in a distributed system is described. A computer readable medium and a system are also described.... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070260992 - Graphical procedure development environment: A method, system and program product for graphically developing a procedure. A plurality of procedure elements can be displayed in a first section of a graphical user interface. One or more procedure elements can be selected from among the plurality of procedure elements for manipulation in a second section of... Agent: Anthony Miologos Honeywell International Inc.

20070260994 - System for managing data objects: A device for managing image and audio files displays thumbnails, which are representative of the files, on a screen in different arrangements, depending on the selected layout and order. When the user enters input to indicates that he or she wishes to browse through the thumbnails, the thumbnails move across... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070260995 - Systems and methods for relating data to a task: Methods and systems are disclosed that include selecting an identifier for a task. An instance of a first application and an instance of a second application are associated with the task. The first and second applications differ.... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C.

20070260997 - Content editing protected view: A software application window shows current content in a content region and navigation information in a plurality of navigation regions, with the navigation regions showing contextual information for the current content, as well as for related content. A request to hide navigation information is received, and navigation information for related... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070260996 - Method for presentation of revisions of an electronic document: A method and apparatus for displaying the evolution of an electronic document (e.g. word-processing document, portable-document-format file, spreadsheet, drawing, and the like), containing tracked changes, is disclosed. In accordance with the disclosed method and apparatus, the revisions of an electronic document may be treated as parent frames. In between the... Agent: Petnote LLC C/o Steven Rueben

20070260998 - System and method for transferring personalization information among computer systems: A system and method transfers personalization information to a portable storage device from a first computer system, and then adds personalization information to a second computer system from the portable storage device.... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20070260999 - Association of display elements: A system and method is provided for displaying a display element on a display in which a display element may be displayed responsive to a command, the display element being associated with another display element. Also, in another example, the association between the display elements is also displayed. In one... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070261002 - System and method for controlling a portable electronic device: A portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device comprises a touch screen, a storage device, a pointer generator, an icon generator, and a controller. The touch screen provides a waiting screen. The storage device stores a plurality of entry functions corresponding to items arranged in a hierarchical menu,... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070261000 - Control system for a motor vehicle: A control system for a motor vehicle is provided, having a manual operating device with a plurality of degrees of freedom for selecting and/or activating entries in a menu structure with a plurality of menu levels, and a screen display with a plurality of presentation areas representing the menu structure,... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070261001 - Image display control apparatus and program for controlling same: In a display screen of an image display device, plural menu items in a higher rank menu hierarchy are displayed in a first circular arrangement, and plural menu items in a lower rank menu hierarchy that is subsidiary to the higher rank menu hierarchy is displayed in a second circular... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070261003 - Method and device for providing a selection menu allocated to a displayed symbol: A method and device for providing a selection menu allocated to a displayed symbol on a graphic display unit is provided. A user can perform a predefined action with an input device, and when the predefined action is detected in a spatial relationship to the displayed symbol, a selection menu... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070261004 - Performance computer network method: A method for a computer network includes a plurality of customer web servers, each of the customer web servers storing a web page, using a POP DNS server to determine a customer web server from the plurality of customer web servers, the customer web server having a traffic load lower... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070261005 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for managing user focus change between applications: Methods, systems and computer program products for managing user focus change between applications on a computer are provide. A current user focus application is identified that is executing on the computer and has a current user focus. A current state of execution of the current user focus application is determined.... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20070261006 - Method and device for providing a selection menu allocated to a displayed symbol: A method and device which provides a selection menu allocated to a displayed symbol is provided. A graphic display unit has a display interface and an input device that controls a pointer on the display interface. A control unit drives the display unit such that upon activation of a predefined... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070261007 - Graphical interface for tree view: Various embodiments of a computer-implemented method, system and computer program product provide a graphical interface. At least one tab is presented on a display. The tab comprises one or more child objects of a parent object of a hierarchy of objects. The tab has a three-dimensional effect. The tab has... Agent: International Business Machines Corp.

20070256003 - Platform for the interactive contextual augmentation of the web: A method for increasing the usefulness of hypertext in a browser accessed web site by providing means to augment hyperlinks and other notable page content with additional metacontent and contextually appropriate tools by inserting a script into browser accessed document that when rendered by a web browser causes the link... Agent: Louis Ventre, Jr

20070256004 - Method for validating dynamically a spreadsheet formula: A method and a computer program are provided for displaying the result of any formula in a spreadsheet in accordance with validation conditions. In one embodiment the sum of a column is compared to the sum of a row and if the two results are equal one of the totals... Agent: Raymond Payette

20070256005 - Field-link autofill: The invention provides a method for electronic form filling that enables users to enter data into one source form and have that data transferred into any number of electronic target forms. As the fields are linked through the invention, complete accuracy is provided for any single-entry multiple-target form interactions. The... Agent: Allied Strategy

20070256006 - Persisting instance-level report customizations: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for persisting instance-level report customizations. Input is received from a user to run an original report. An original query associated with the original report is executed against a data store. The original report is displayed to the user. At least one instance-level customization is... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070256008 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for managing audio information: Recorded audio information is managed by annotation markers. The recorded audio information is annotated with at least one marker and the annotated audio information is saved in an electronically searchable file.... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20070256007 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for managing information by annotating a captured information object: A captured information object is managed by using annotation markers. The information object is annotated with at least one marker. The annotated information object is saved in an electronically searchable file.... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20070256009 - Method and apparatus for generating xhtml data: A method of generating extensible hypertext markup language (XHTML) data in a device generating XHTML data, the method including determining whether overlapping objects exist in XHTML data generated by the device; determining whether all of the overlapping objects have distinctiveness; and correcting a style of at least one overlapping object... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070256010 - Document layout verification: A test document is parsed into components which may include bounding boxes, segments, and points. Test code makes calls to properties and methods of components in order to verify document layout. Rather than take absolute measurements of component placement, components are evaluated relative to each other. Layout verification logic may... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070256011 - Method and system of generating customized story books: A method of customizing and producing story books. The method provides a database, which includes a plurality of stories with variable text and illustrations, non-variable text and illustrations, and modifiable three-dimensional wire frame models and two-dimensional representations of the wire frame models of the variable illustrations such as characters and... Agent: Edwin Tarver

20070256012 - User interface for browsing content, method of providing the user interface, and content browsing apparatus: A user interface for browsing content, a method of providing a user interface, and a content-browsing apparatus are provided. The method includes dividing a plurality of content into a number of content groups according to a clustering condition, and providing a user interface including a cell field that has a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070256014 - Multimedia processing apparatus an method for adjusting the audio level of multimedia content: A multimedia processing device and method for adjusting audio levels of program channels of multimedia content to reduce audio level disparities between multimedia content program channels. The method includes generating audio adjustment or offset information for at least one multimedia content program channel, and adjusting audio levels of the program... Agent: General Instrument Corporation Dba The Connected Home Solutions Business Of Motorola, Inc.

20070256015 - Methods, systems, and products for providing substitute content: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for providing substitute content. Tagged content is received and compared to a user profile. When a determination is made that the tagged content should be blocked, substitute content is retrieved that replaces the tagged content.... Agent: Scott P. Zimmerman, PLLC

20070256013 - System and method comprising a user interface for control of scientific image acquisition: The present invention provides a control interface for one or more instruments that comprise an image acquisition system, the control interface consisting of kinesthetic controls that do not require visual attention. The control interface of the present invention maps kinesthetic controls such as sliders and knobs to a system computer... Agent: Synnestvedt Lechner & Woodbridge LLP

20070256016 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for managing video information: Recorded video information is managed by annotation markers. The recorded video information is annotated with at least one marker and the annotated video information is saved in an electronically searchable file.... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20070256017 - Presentation system: A presentation system can effectively present an exhibit as an exhibition content to a viewer. According to the present invention, in order to perform an effective presentation in a presentation space, an icon 2 that symbolically represents a presentation subject and has identification information thereof stored in a non-contact IC... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070256018 - Content providing system: A content production and output support apparatus (14) comprises a material data storing section (30) for storing material data that is created by a material data creating section (26), a script data storing section (32) for storing script data that is created by a script data creating section (28), and... Agent: William S. Frommer Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070256020 - Information processing apparatus, method for controlling information processing apparatus and recording medium: Disclosed herein is An information processing apparatus, including: a control unit for receiving operation requests from a plurality of users, for acquiring user information regarding the users who perform the operation requests, for permitting an operation input from one user among the plurality of users who perform the operation requests,... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070256019 - Display sharing preference system: Computer implemented method, system and computer program product for controlling a secondary display of an application relative to a primary display of the application. A computer implemented method for controlling a secondary display of an application relative to a primary display of the application includes displaying the application on the... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070256021 - Systems and methods for providing customized media channels: The present application describes systems and methods for creating customized media channels. A method of the invention according to some embodiments includes: (a) transmitting to a user device information comprising a list of music genres; receiving from the user device a message indicating that a user selected one of the... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070256022 - Methods and apparatuses for storing information associated with a target to a user: In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses identify a target; associate information related to the target; and store a representation of the information in a profile wherein the profile corresponds to the target.... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20070256023 - Demonstration scripting using random-access frame presentation: A control framework allows a presenter to change the executable order of the graphical presentation either dynamically or using a scripted order without an understanding of the underlying presentation framework. A data file created by the presenter external to the graphical presentation associates a unique identifier with each frame in... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070256024 - Apparatus and method for using a panel layout to consolidate dynamic and interactive graphics representative of input and output data: A computer readable medium includes executable instructions to select a panel layout with panels specified in combination. Interactive graphic files representative of input and output values for panels within the panel layout are selected. The interactive graphic files are associated with panels in the panel layout. A composite interactive graphic... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070256025 - Mobile application menu system: A menu system for a multifunctional software application on a mobile phone with a keypad is provided, including a menu activatable by a predetermined key on the keypad, preferably the “#” key; said menu offering a plurality of selections laid out in rows of three; wherein said selections are selectable... Agent: Robert E. Krebs

20070256026 - User interface methods and apparatus for controlling the visual display of maps having selectable map elements in mobile communication devices: One illustrative method for use in controlling user interface operation of a communication device when visually displaying a map involves the steps of causing a viewable map region of the map to be visually displayed in a display, the viewable map region having a plurality of selectable map elements; maintaining... Agent: John J. Oskorep, Esq. One Magnificent Mile Center

20070256027 - Control system for a motor vehicle: A control system for a vehicle having a screen display with a plurality of display areas for displaying entries of a menu structure, a manual actuating means for selecting and/or activating at least one entry in a current menu level, voice control means for redundantly selecting and/or activating at least... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070256028 - Dynamic determination of actions on selected items on a report: Various technologies for processing a selection on an item on a report. In one implementation, a request to perform an action on the item may be received. Whether one or more actions corresponding to the item exist based on one or more parameters and one or more values of the... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070256029 - Systems and methods for interfacing a user with a touch-screen: Described herein are systems and methods for interfacing a user with a touch-screen. In overview, some embodiments provide for an array of conventional numerical keys to be graphically represented as a primary menu on a touch-screen of a cellular phone or PDA. The graphically represented keys arranged as sectors or... Agent: Patent Administrator Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070256030 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for managing audio and/or video information via a web broadcast: Provided Web broadcast information is managed by annotation markers. At least one marker is received that annotates the audio and/or video information and the annotated audio and/or video information is saved in an electronically searchable file.... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20070256031 - Method for selecting a button in a graphic bar and receiver for carrying out said method: The present invention relates to a method of selecting buttons displayed in a graphics bar on a display screen. The entry of a first navigation command triggers the selection of a first button adjacent to the one selected in the bar. This first button is graphically highlighted. Then, the entry... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070256032 - Presenting identifiers and states of processes in a stacked cursor: In an embodiment, identifiers and states of processes are displayed in a stacked cursor, which is moved in response to movement of a pointing device. The display of the identifiers and the states is customized based on a presentation type associated with each of the processes. If a time threshold... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20070256033 - System and method for flagging information content: The present invention is directed to a decentralized, fraud-resistant flagging system for information content, such as World Wide Web or Internet content. The system includes an information content display module for displaying the information content and an associated plurality of flagging levels to users. The plurality of flagging levels are... Agent: Patent Administrator Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070256034 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing program, and mobile terminal device: An information processing apparatus includes a content detector portion and a controller portion. The content detector portion detects contents belonging to a same time range from different types of contents each including time information. The controller portion collects the contents belonging to the same time range and having been detected... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070256035 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing program, and mobile terminal device: An information processing apparatus includes a content detector portion, a display controller portion, an operation state detector portion, and a popup display controller portion. The content detector portion detects contents belonging to a same time range from different types of contents each including time information. The display controller portion collects... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070256036 - User interface having integer and fraction display: A user interface for an appliance is provided. The user interface is operatively coupled to a controller configured to control operation of the appliance in a consumer input mode, wherein at least one operating parameter is selectable by the consumer. The user interface includes a display panel having an integer... Agent: John S. Beulick (13307)