Data processing: presentation processing of document inventions 02/08

20080052612 - System for creating summary clip and method of creating summary clip using the same: A summary clip generation system according to the present invention includes: an event detection unit detecting a video event and an audio event from multimedia contents; a segment generation unit generating at least one segment by dividing or merging at least one shot which forms the multimedia contents, by referring... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080052613 - Flexible workflow tool including multi-lingual support: A method of generating a flexible automated workflow system includes identifying a workflow process, creating at least one form associated with the workflow process identified for display in a base language, generating a user interface version of the at least one form, and displaying the user interface version of the... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20080052614 - Information processing apparatus and control method therefor: An information processing apparatus which, in addition to displaying an electronic program guide in a display screen, uses URL information in order to display web pages when there is URL information associated with the programs displayed in the electronic program guide. Program information and the URL information concerning associated web... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080052615 - Method of plug-in content hosting: A virtual network resource infrastructure for hosting and managing a plurality of e-malls and each e-mall uses the virtual network resource infrastructure for offering e-commerce solution and the hosting of: e-shops, e-distributors and web sites. Also, on-line foreign language interface translation and interface exchange. Further having satellite e-malls with e-services... Agent: John Almeida

20080052616 - Document processing method and device: A data acquisition unit 308 receives data which is to be inserted into a document via a user interface unit 302. A translation candidate acquisition unit 310 translates the data thus received based upon dictionaries stored in a dictionary storage unit 306. Furthermore, each of the data sets thus translated... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080052617 - Content aggregation view layout based on weights: Techniques are disclosed for controlling where dynamically-added content will be positioned within the layout of a content aggregation view (e.g., for controlling where content that is created by a portlet will be rendered within a portal page). In preferred embodiments, weighting values are assigned to the portlet, and these values... Agent: Marcia L. Doubet Law Firm

20080052618 - Drawing interoperability between different computer-aided design applications: Embodiments of the invention provide data file interoperability between two drawing programs using a single composite drawing file. A method of generating a drawing file shared by a source application and a target application includes storing a copy of a computer aided design (CAD) drawing in a composite drawing file,... Agent: John C. Carey Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20080052619 - Spell checking documents with marked data blocks: In an embodiment, a subset of a document that includes data blocks is marked by begin ignore tags and end ignore tags. A subsequent spell check operation checks the spelling accuracy of a complement of the subset and ignores the spelling accuracy of the subset. In an embodiment, the data... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20080052620 - Method and server system for enabling a customer to create a customized publication through the internet: In a method for enabling a customer to create a customized publication through the Internet, a template database having a plurality of publication template files is established in a server system. Each publication template file has text block objects and image objects. In response to a connection made by the... Agent: Paul D. Greeley Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20080052621 - System and methods for providing integrated situational awareness: An integrated situational awareness system is provided. The system includes an interactive media system having an operator interface, a decision-maker interface, and a correlation system in electronic communication with the interactive media system. The correlation system receives, processes, and integrates data received from a plurality of data sources. The interactive... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080052622 - Guidance display device: A guidance display region (21) for guiding a user's operation, including: guidance content holding units (105) and (106) which previously hold guidance display contents respectively corresponding to display regions (101) and (102) to be operated by the user and included in one screen; a guidance synthesis unit (109) which obtains... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080052623 - Accessing data objects based on attribute data: A method and device for accessing data objects includes the receipt of a first attribute selection. This may be received by a processing device from an input device. Based on this attribute selection, the method and device dynamically generates a first hierarchical display which includes a visual display of data... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080052624 - Systems and methods for modifying content based on a positional relationship: In one of many possible embodiments, a system includes a content processing subsystem and a user device communicatively coupled to the content processing subsystem. The content processing subsystem is configured to provide content for experiencing by a user, the content processing subsystem being further configured to modify at least one... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080052625 - Recording-reproduction apparatus, reproduction apparatus, recording apparatus, image-capturing recording-reproduction apparatus, and method of displaying content of operation: Disclosed is a recording-reproduction apparatus having a recording-reproduction unit which includes an operation unit and an output unit. The operation unit has an operation element. The recording-reproduction unit further includes a control unit that displays a discrimination figure displaying the current operating status of the recording-reproduction apparatus in the center... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080052626 - User interface device and method of implementing the user interface device: A user interface device and method of implementing the user interface device capable of controlling a display device are provided. The user interface device provides a single integrated user interface capable of displaying information regarding image data such as broadcast program information and has a function of controlling the display... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080052627 - On-vehicle display device and display method adopted in on-vehicle display device: An on-vehicle display device includes: an image generation unit that generates a first image that can be viewed from a driver's seat side and a second image that can be viewed from a passenger's seat side; and a display monitor at which the first image and the second image are... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080052629 - Methods and systems for monitoring time on a web site and detecting click validity: Systems and methods are disclosed for monitoring the time a user spends on a web site. This data as to the time spent on the web site may be used to determine the validity of the click that caused the user's browsing application to be directed to this web site.... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20080052628 - System and method for displaying a graphical representation of a network to identify nodes and node segments on the network that are not operating normally: A GUI, system, and method for displaying operating performance of a packet network may include displaying first graphical representations illustrative of network communications devices operating on a packet network, where the first graphical representations may be displayed in a first mode if respective network communications devices are operating normally to... Agent: Patton Boggs, L.L.P.

20080052630 - Hosted video discovery and publishing platform: A hosted system provides any Internet user with the ability to quickly set up and customize a video channel, preferably as a web page or site that can be reached from any Internet-accessible device having a web browser. The solution includes tools for use by channel site creators to customize... Agent: Law Office Of David H. Judson

20080052631 - System and method for executing server applications in mobile terminal: Provided is a system for executing applications stored in an application server on a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes: a mobile terminal input/output processing unit for processing data input via an input device of the mobile terminal and data to be output via an output device thereof; a mobile... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080052632 - Methods for remote process control with networked digital data processors and a virtual machine environment: A system for process control comprises a server digital data processor and a client digital data processor that are coupled by a network, such as the Internet or an Intranet. The server digital data processor, which is additionally coupled to a control/sensing device and any associated interface equipment (collectively, referred... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20080052633 - E-mail processing apparatus, e-mail processing method and recording medium: An e-mail processing apparatus, comprising: a communication part that receives e-mails; an accumulator that accumulates the e-mails received via the communication part; a display; and a controller that makes the display display in tree structure, cross relationships between the accumulated e-mails, based on past data of the accumulated e-mails.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080052634 - Process for referencing, prioritizing, accessing, and displaying marginalia in digital media: A system and method for providing information over a communication network among a group of computer users. Computer users are able to provide information that relates to information downloaded from the communication network. User-provided information is displayed adjacent to the relevant information from the communication network and is viewable by... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20080052635 - Portable computer: A portable computer includes a main body, a display and a status reminder apparatus. The status reminder apparatus is provided on the main body or the display for displaying a reminder message, such as time, the email-receiving status, the program status of instant communication, meeting reminder information and so on,... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080052636 - Display scrolling method, display apparatus, and recording medium having display program recorded thereon: A display scrolling method includes the steps of displaying first and second windows on a display screen of a display; displaying first information in a predetermined order in the first window; displaying second information in a predetermined order in the second window; and scrolling the first and second information in... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080052637 - Window resizing in a graphical user interface: Replacing display content in a window of a graphical user interface includes displaying a window in a graphical user interface, and displaying first display content in the window. A request initiated by a user to change a size of the window is received. Second display content is accessed based on... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080052638 - Systems and methods for obtaining and using information from map images: Under one aspect, an interface program stored on a computer-readable medium causes a computer system with a display device to perform the functions of: displaying an image of a region of a metric vector space; obtaining a set of pixel extents in the image that contain apparent textual annotations; for... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080052639 - Method and system for providing personalized menu page in wireless internet: The present invention relates to method and system for providing a personalized menu page, wherein the personalized menu page, in case that a user gets access to the wireless Internet by using a mobile communication terminal, has enhanced accessibility to a menu which the User has used most frequently at... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080052640 - User interface for an electronic device: Electronic device with the user interface in which selectable items are shown on the display and can be selected by a user via an input component. A processor unit in the device organizes the selectable items in groups with a predetermined static sequence. The processor unit also maintains dynamic subgroups... Agent: Perman & Green

20080052641 - System and method for secure and private media management: In a system and method for the secure and private management of media, a software application utilizes a database to store encrypted persistent data files along with information to encrypt and decrypt media files which are associated with the software application.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080052642 - Personalized, dynamic, application selection interface: One embodiment of an apparatus for interacting with open applications in a graphical-user-interface (GUI) environment includes an initiation module to initiate, at the prompting of a user, an application selection interface mimicking the standard taskbar of an operating system GUI. The application selection interface displays applications and files currently open... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20080052643 - Interface apparatus and interface method: An apparatus for a user to interface with a control object apparatus by a posture or a motion of the user's physical part. An image input unit inputs an image including the user's physical part. A gesture recognition unit recognizes the posture or the motion of the user's physical part... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080046803 - Application-specific personalization for data display: A method of optimizing a set of elements on a device display. The method includes positioning the set of elements on the device display, where the set of elements includes a first set of spatial indicia, and the device display further includes a first set of device characteristics. The method... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20080046804 - Change-oriented spreadsheet application: The invention discloses a data organization method for a change oriented spreadsheet application. In one embodiment, the valid updates to cells and the update times are stored with the cell positions as the primary index, and the valid updates to the same cell are arranged in the order of time.... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco P.l

20080046805 - Method and system for display of business intelligence data: The invention provides improved mechanisms for the construction and rendering of graphical results sets for business intelligence reports derived from large volumes of data. This is achieved by various means including, determining the amount of useful data that can be rendered within the available display space while still being legible,... Agent: Stephen B. Salai, Esq. Harter, Secrest & Emery LLP

20080046806 - Methods and systems for imaging device document content integration: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for modifying and managing documents with an application that receives input from an imaging device.... Agent: Krieger Intellectual Property, Inc.

20080046807 - Email forms engine for portable devices: A system includes a database, and a server, the server including a messaging module to generate one or more email messages, one or more of the one or more email messages each having attached thereto a form script file, and to send the one or more email messages over a... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080046808 - Method and apparatus for visualizing multidimensional data sets using expandable grids with hierarchically-labeled axes: A system and methodology for visualizing large multidimensional data sets on a display device using an expandable/retractable grid that displays the nodes of multiple levels of a hierarchy simultaneously. The data set is displayed as a grid having at least one hierarchically-labeled axis, each of the grid's at least one... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20080046809 - Data processing device and data processing method: An undo technique with improved ease-of-use is provided. An undo manager displays an undo UI screen in a lower portion of a screen displayed by a document processing apparatus. A time axis is displayed on the undo UI screen. Furthermore, an operation history is displayed along the time axis. A... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080046811 - Methods and apparatus for accelerating data parsing: According to the present invention, methods and apparatus are provided for improving the efficiency of data parsing. Data parsing can be applied to a variety of different types of data in various computer systems and appliances. Some of the methods and apparatus provided include techniques for scanning, verifying, calculating hash... Agent: Michele Liu

20080046812 - Providing contextually sensitive tools and help content in computer-generated documents: A method and system are provided for creation, implementation, and use of computer-generated “smart” documents to which functionality is attached for providing contextually sensitive tools, controls and help content to users of those documents. Portions of documents are annotated with Extensible Markup Language (XML) tags and structure so that when... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20080046810 - Structured document browser: A structured document browser includes a constant user interface for displaying and viewing sections of a document that is organized according to a pre-defined structure. The structured document browser displays documents that have been marked with embedded codes that specify the structure of the document. The tags are mapped to... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080046813 - Apparatus, system, and method for rendering multiple segment hypertext script: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for rendering multiple segment hypertext script. An identification module identifies a plurality of segments in a hypertext script. Each segment is delimited by at least one tag and includes an instruction for rendering a segment display region that is a portion of a... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20080046814 - System and method for generating structured documents in a non-linear manner: A system and method for generating structured electronic documents in a non-linear manner are provided. A document generation server obtains a request to generate an electronic document having logically ordered sections. Proceeding according to the logical order of the electronic document, the document generation server populates at least a portion... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080046815 - Calendar production apparatus: s

20080046816 - Method and apparatus for improving the visibility of a treemap: The visibility of a treemap is improved by offsetting the area of a parent node relative to a bounding box containing all of its child nodes while constructing the treemap, so that a part of the bounding box lies outside the area of the parent node, and the area of... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080046817 - Hierarchical state programming with a markup language: A method, system and apparatus are directed to application generation, and more particularly, to generating a user interface enabled application for an embedded device. A configuration file defining at least a hierarchical state machine (HSM) is received and/or pre-loaded. Based on the received configuration file, an intermediate version of the... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080046818 - Non-electronic books with displays: Methods and apparatus are presented that combine conventional print-based books with electronic displays such as flat-screen monitors. In accordance with aspects of the present invention, conventional books that contain at least one electronic display for showing images such as text, photos, and/or video through a cover of the book may... Agent: Barcelo & Harrison, LLP

20080046819 - Animation method and appratus for educational play: A play-oriented workstation is disclosed that has a worktable where an articulatable 2-D or 3-D character is placed among scenery items, an angularly displaceable positioning arm attached to the worktable, a digital camera pivotably attached to the positioning arm and streamlined control key functions that provide creative flexibility and functional... Agent: Lackenbach Siegel, LLP

20080046820 - Apparatus and method for controlling media player in portable terminal: Provided are an apparatus and method for controlling a media player running on a background in a portable terminal. In the apparatus, an input unit includes a plurality of keys, and a control unit sets a key for controlling the media player running on the background using one or more... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080046821 - Extensible portable multimedia player: A portable multimedia player (PMP) with extensible functions is provided, which is used to play audio-visual digital data that have already been retrieved and stored. Additionally, the PMP is provided with more functions, such as receiving a real-time audio-visual data through wireless transmission, or being used for shooting as a... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080046822 - Apparatus and method for interactive user software interface design: An interface allows objects of a property page of a graphical user interface to be edited without requiring input by the user of software code. The interface converts user generated object edits to a form which is executable by an application program.... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20080046823 - Web-based sales transaction interface tool with dynamic personal branding and method of use: Systems and methods for providing real-time collaboration including a customized, personal branded graphic user interface (GUI) having a customizeable palette or console focused around the personal branding of a main user, wherein the main user is interfacing with a second user via remote computers on a network in real-time.... Agent: Triangle Patents, P.l.l.c.

20080046824 - Sorting contacts for a mobile computer device: A system and a method for sorting two or more contacts that employ a display name format and a display name reading to provide an intuitive contact order based on pronunciation of a display name are disclosed. The display name reading includes characters, letters, symbols, numbers, and/or phonetic symbols that... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080046825 - Method, apparatus or software for providing a portal comprising one or more portlets for displaying data: A method, apparatus and software is disclosed for providing a portal. The portal, running on a client device, comprises one or more portlets for displaying data. The portal and portlets can be dynamically configured depending on the data sources being displayed.... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080046826 - Dynamic page generator: An custom page server is provided with user preferences organized into templates stored in compact data structures and the live data used to fill the templates stored local to the page server which is handing user requests for custom pages. One process is executed on the page server for every... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080046827 - User interface manager and method for reacting to a change in system status: A user interface manager, interposed between a Windows service and user interface modules that communicate with the Windows service in distinct system status scenarios, can record interaction between the Windows service and each of the user interface modules. The recorded interaction, along with information collected from the user interface modules,... Agent: Ridout & Maybee Suite 2400

20080046828 - Collaboration framework: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture enables users to collaborate on an actual stored drawing document across a network. A single document is stored on a server who establishes a collaboration session with multiple users that collaborate in real time and dynamically view modifications executed by the users. Users... Agent: Gates & Cooper LLP

20080046829 - Personalized book system: A system for generating a semi-custom book with a computer and a printer is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of pre-printed pages that are adapted for receiving printed images from the printer. A binding means is adapted to selectively hold each of the plurality of pre-printed pages therein to... Agent: Quickpatents, Inc.

20080046830 - Prioritized user interface: Prioritized user interfaces are disclosed. A user interface may include a menu including a plurality of selectable items displayed in respective menu positions. A menu position of at least one of the plurality of selectable items is assigned based on a prioritization level of the at least one selectable item.... Agent: Toler Law Group

20080046831 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing program: An information processing apparatus includes a user evaluation value table and a display controller portion. In the user evaluation value table, user evaluation values each corresponding to the number of processes of the respective content are stored on a basis of the respective content. When performing display changing of a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080046832 - Notification of state transition of an out-of-focus application: A method, a computer program product, a computer system and a method for supporting an application. The method includes: monitoring the state of a software application, the application having multiple possible states, the application running in out-of-focus mode; displaying a displayed icon on a computer screen indicating a current state... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20080046833 - Content and print production management system and method: A software system and method for managing creation, management and print production of a production asset comprising a content management module and a print production manager integrated with the content management module includes a web browser-based drag-and-drop interface provided at a user location for defining a workflow for the production... Agent: Duane Morris, LLPIPDepartment

20080046834 - Task based user interface: A facility for guiding users through a series of steps or tasks, often associated with a process, is described. The facility assigns tasks or steps to users having roles identified with the task or step. The role associated with the task or step may change depending on the state of... Agent: Campbell Stephenson LLP

20080046835 - Object-oriented processing of tab text: The subject application is directed to a system and method for tab text management. A user is prompted, via a thin client interface, for tab formatting data which includes tab stock identification data, position data of the tab sheet relative to the electronic document, and caption data. The received tab... Agent: Tucker Ellis & West LLP

20080046836 - Method and apparatus for selecting scroll condtion of displayed screen: A data processing apparatus capable of detecting an object being in contact with a portion thereof is provided. The data processing apparatus includes a display, a tactile sensor and a controller. The tactile sensor is configured to detect the object and to locate the object on a sensing surface thereof.... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080046837 - Transparent windows methods and apparatus therefor: A method for optimizing pen-based annotations on a non-pen enabled window. The method includes starting a visible non-pen-enabled window further including position indicia and size indicia; starting a transparent pen-enabled window; and associating the visible non-pen-enabled window with the transparent pen-enabled window based on the position indicia and size indicia.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20080046839 - Input mode switching methods and devices utilizing the same: An input mode switching method is disclosed. A plurality of optional input modes are provided for character input. A subset of the input modes is selected as the total options selectable through a first control interface during character input.... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080046838 - Interactively setting a search value in a data finder tool: A method and system is presented which provides a TDM framework for managing self-describing measurement data. The TDM framework provides applications with a central platform for accessing measurement data across an entire enterprise system. By means of individual plug-ins, which may be specific to a given data file format, meta-data... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel PC

20080046840 - Systems and methods for presenting data items: Systems, methods, and software for presenting data are described. Previously accessed data items are presented in a manner that is non-chronological relative to when the data items were accessed. The presentation optionally includes an indication of a significance of the data item with the representation.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20080046841 - Drop dialog controls: A drop dialog window may be presented graphically coupled with a user interface control used to activate the drop dialog window. The drop dialog window may present one or more interactive controls allowing a user to select or enter data. The interactive controls may be both bound and unbound. The... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (microsoft)

20080046842 - Method and apparatus for executing application in a portable terminal: Provided are a method and an apparatus for executing an application in a portable terminal. The method includes checking if a shortcut key preset in a launcher program is input; confirming whether the preset shortcut key is designated as one of an individual item and a corresponding list; if the... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080046843 - Element persistent identification: Identifier information is generated for a user interface element of interest within a user interface of a computer program based on a description of a hierarchical element path comprising, e.g., some combination of parent elements that the user interface element inherits from, class names of user interface elements, module names... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman LLP

20080046844 - Data selecting apparatus, data selecting method, data selecting program, a recording medium on which the data selecting program is recorded, navigation apparatus, navigation method, navigation program, and recording medium on which the navigation program: The present invention is directed to provide a data selecting apparatus and a navigation apparatus capable of easily and promptly selecting one piece of data from a plurality of pieces of data. A navigation apparatus 100 has: a display controller 111 for obtaining name data and genre information of each... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080046845 - Method and apparatus for controlling the functionality of a highlighting service: A method and system for providing a user with various controls and configuration settings for a highlighting service are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, when a highlighting service is invoked, a highlighter tool panel, or toolbar, is displayed. The tool panel includes a variety of user interface objects,... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080040653 - System and methods for managing presentation and behavioral use of web display content: The referral content element also observes a second predetermined browser action relative to the embedding Web page provides second data reflective of the second predetermined browser action to said referral management computer system in direct response to the invocation of said second predetermined browser action by said user, wherein the... Agent: Gerald B Rosenberg New Tech Law

20080040654 - Method of generating test program of semiconductor testing apparatus: According to the present invention, even a user lacking the knowledge of semiconductor testing apparatus can easily generate a test program, and easily perform alternation and correction of the test program. In the present invention, a microprogram of a spreadsheet software being one of the commonly used application software is... Agent: J.c. Patents

20080040655 - Table data processing method and apparatus: This invention is a support technique for enabling the easy correction of the ruled lines and cells, which are automatically extracted from the form document image or the like. This invention includes: generating plural candidate cells from an image of a table including plural cells, and outputting an initial table... Agent: Patrick G. Burns Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20080040656 - Instance annotation in object-oriented programming: Object instance annotation technology is disclosed. This technology is capable of annotating any number of instances for any number of objects. Object instance annotations can be of various types, and annotations can serve as data extensions. Objects are enabled for annotation either by developers, or, alternatively, automatically by a programming... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20080040657 - Method and apparatus for stream based markup language post-processing: Systems, methods and apparatus operate to receiving a markup processing program containing a set of markup processing instructions. Each markup processing instruction includes an operation defining a processing operation to be matched to a markup language representation and a corresponding action to be performed upon matching the operation to the... Agent: Barry W. Chapin, Esq. Chapin Intellectual Property Law, LLC

20080040658 - Linking of content portions developed independently: Linking of content portions developed independently. A publishing system receives a document containing link identifiers identifying corresponding referenced content portions and forms a set of display files. The publishing system generates link information indicating the display file containing the content portion corresponding to each link identifier. A developer encodes the... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080040659 - Markup language translator system: A method of providing content to be presented on a terminal, said method comprising: taking as an input a first document in a first document language, the first document language using markup tags to define elements of the document, said first document language including a first set of element types,... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080040660 - Method and apparatus for processing electronic documents: A computer-implemented method of generating an input to be used by a classifying apparatus based on an electronic document comprising a plurality of elements, said method comprising: analyzing said electronic document to obtain one or more of said elements together with information about their corresponding position in said document; generating... Agent: Michael J Strauss Fulbright & Jaworski

20080040661 - Method for inheriting a wiki page layout for a wiki page: A method for inheriting a page layout for a page is provided. In response to receiving a request to show a current page from a client browser, a determination is made as to whether the current page has a set of ancestor pages. The set of ancestor pages are arranged... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080040662 - Method and computer-readable medium for providing page and table formatting services: A computer-implemented method and computer-readable medium are provided for providing page and table layout services. According to the method, a layout manager program provides layout services to client application programs. The layout manager receives requests from client application programs to format document content. In response to such requests, the layout... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20080040663 - Method, system and computer program product for citation metadata capture: A method for automatically adding citation information to a document, the method comprising: detecting an occurrence of a copy operation in a metadata aware application; capturing citation metadata associated with the copied material in the metadata aware application; detecting a paste command in a metadata aware word processing application; determining... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Tuscon Division

20080040664 - Listing and modifying groups of blocks in the editing of a document: Grouping blocks of text according to user-defined contexts, and editing group specific blocks can be used to improve document consistency during editing and revising of electronic documents. A change made in one block often requires appropriate changes to be made in other blocks that are contextually related to the changed... Agent: Ibm Endicott (anthony England) Law Office Of Anthony England

20080040665 - Method and system for displaying, locating and browsing data files: A computer-implemented user interface is described that includes a display window displaying data files having a data file descriptor associated with each data file. The data file descriptor describe at least a data file size, a data file date, a data file name and data file type. A slider bar... Agent: Mayer Brown LLP

20080040666 - Target advertisement in a broadcast system: The disclosure is directed to an access terminal. The access terminal includes a display configured to enable a user to view a presentation having content, and a processing component configured to receive the presentation and select an advertisement to insert into the content of the presentation before the presentation is... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080040667 - Method, system and computer program product for user customization of menu items: A method, system, and computer program product is disclosed that enables a user to customize selection elements of a GUI. For example, menu entries in a GUI can be customized so that the user can specify the font, the language, character sets, color, and other attributes of the text of... Agent: Synnestvedt & Lechner, LLP

20080040668 - Creating virtual targets in directory structures: A method includes detecting a first user operation corresponding to a first item in a directory structure. The directory structure represents a hierarchical arrangement of a plurality of items, including the first item, in a memory. The first user operation indicates a start of an item action with the first... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080040669 - Audio-based presentation system: A system for providing audio-based information pertaining to a situation communicated to a first responder en route to the situation. The information may include real-time and current data of the on-going situation (e.g., a building fire). The information may be relayed to the first responder by a dispatch center, or... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080040670 - System and method for generating a composite source user interface: The subject application is directed to a system and method for generating a composite source user interface. A text query corresponding to a text element associated with a graphical element on a display of the associated user interface is first received by a backend component. The received text query data... Agent: Tucker Ellis & West LLP

20080040671 - Selection interface system: A user selection interface system comprises one or more circular selectors linked to selectable characteristics, and a display linked to the selectors, for display of an image which corresponds to the selected characteristics. The interface is typically linked to a database comprising stored image and other information which corresponds to... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20080040672 - Updating portlet interface controls by updating a hidden version of the control and then switching it with a displayed version: Portlet information can be updated by first identifying one or more portlets presented on a client. Each portlet can include an interface control that is iteratively updated from a remotely located data source. For each portlet, a presented and a hidden version of the interface control can be established. Each... Agent: Patents On Demand, P.A.

20080040674 - Folksonomy-enhanced enterprise-centric collaboration and knowledge management system: A network-based system for enhancing cooperation among persons engaged in an enterprise has a server coupled to the network executing software providing one or more interactive displays on computerized appliances operated by the persons and a data repository accessible to the server. The system maintains in the data repository enterprise-related... Agent: Central Coast Patent Agency, Inc

20080040673 - System and method for dynamically providing a news feed about a user of a social network: A method for displaying a news feed in a social network environment is described. The method includes generating news items regarding activities associated with a user of a social network environment and attaching an informational link associated with at least one of the activities, to at least one of the... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20080040675 - Instant messaging interface having a tear-off element: A user interface on a display enables user perception of information regarding a communications session that leverages an instant messaging platform. The user interface includes an instant messaging application user interface and one or more tear-off elements corresponding to ongoing instant messaging communications sessions. Each tear-off element is configured to... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080040676 - System and method for generating a customized workflow user interface: The subject application is directed to a system and method for generating a customized workflow user interface. Predetermined graphical user interface elements are first stored in an associated data storage. The graphical user interface elements are then generated on an associated display. Each graphical user interface element is then associated... Agent: Tucker Ellis & West LLP

20080040677 - Hmi development support apparatus, hmi development support method and hmi development support program: A HMI (Human Machine Interface) development support apparatus that has at least a CPU, memory devices, a display unit and an input device and supports development of a display screen regarding a HMI of an information processing system includes a layout editing means that creates a layout of the display... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080040678 - Interactive area guide method, system and apparatus: An interactive map web-based tool is provided which gives the user the ability to customize their use of a map. The present invention includes a customized overlay of point of interest information on an existing map. The information overlay includes icons, drop down lists, information panels, advertising content, pop-up windows... Agent: Mcguinness & Manaras LLP

20080040679 - System and method for xml based data driven generation of a composite source user interface: The subject application is directed to a system and method for generating a dynamic composite source user interface. Text data is received into a data document stored in associated memory. Data representing each of a plurality of graphical elements that correspond to the received text data is then received. A... Agent: Tucker Ellis & West LLP

20080040680 - Method and mobile communication terminal for changing a configuration of a screen displaying function items: A function for configuring a screen reflecting user preference is implemented when formlets are displayed to indicate function items of a mobile communication terminal. The size, position and shape of a formlet on which an indicator is positioned are changed by user settings in a state in which multiple formlets... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080040681 - System and method for automatically updating a widget on a desktop: The present invention provides a system and method for automatically updating a widget on desktop. The system includes a receiving module that receives widget data from a desktop application and a version determination module that determines if the widget being launched is the most current. In addition, the system includes... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080040682 - Method and system for grouping and stacking tab user interface objects with icon status indicators: A method and system for grouping and stacking tab user interface objects with icon status indicators. Tabs are grouped together, and each tab group is visually represented by a single top tab, under which all tabs in the group are stacked. The top tab of a tab group provides visual... Agent: Lotus And Rational Software Mcguinness & Manaras LLP

20080040683 - Multi-pane graphical user interface with common scroll control: A graphical user interface includes a scrollbar located centrally between two panes displaying interactive content. Moving the scrollbar causes movement of the content in both panes to scroll. The panes include additional content regions (represented, for example, by an image or color) located near the scrollbar. Selecting one of the... Agent: Robert Plotkin, PC

20080040684 - Intelligent pop-up window method and apparatus: An interactive map web-based tool is provided which gives the user the ability to customize their use of a map. The present invention includes a customized overlay of point of interest information on an existing map. The information overlay includes icons, drop down lists, information panels, advertising content, pop-up windows... Agent: Mcguinness & Manaras LLP

20080040685 - Vehicle multimedia system interface: Vehicle multimedia system having a display that displays at least two icons which are selectable by a user for changing a setting of the multimedia system, each icon representing one feature of the multimedia system and an operating module comprising at least one operating device for operating the multimedia system,... Agent: The Eclipse Group

20080040686 - Enabling a user to select multiple objects in a document: A user is enabled to select multiple objects in a document which is opened in an editor and contains selectable objects by presenting each of the objects as an entry of plurality of entries in a separate window, allowing the user to select multiple entries; and selecting multiple objects corresponding... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080040687 - Computing device with user interface for navigating a contacts list: A computing device comprises a display screen, the computing device is able to display on the screen a contact list of several names or words, in which the step of scrolling through the contact list automatically causes the relative prominence of one or more letters in one or more names... Agent: Synnestvedt Lechner & Woodbridge LLP

20080040688 - Method and apparatus for displaying notifications: A method of presenting telephone functions as interactive elements on a mobile device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of focusing on a call, where the call is selected by user activation from one or more calls occurring on the mobile device. And displaying contextual buttons related to the... Agent: Berry & Associates P.C.

20080040689 - Techniques for pointing to locations within a volumetric display: The present invention is a system that creates a volumetric display and a user controllable volumetric pointer within the volumetric display. The user can point by aiming a beam which is vector, planar or tangent based, positioning a device in three-dimensions in association with the display, touching a digitizing surface... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080040690 - Directory management program, object display program, directory management method, and directory management apparatus: A directory management program, an object display program, a directory management method, and a directory management apparatus organize and catalogue information using a time line as an important factor by imparting a concept of temporal width to the current concept of folders and arranging objects inside a folder along the... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20080040691 - Device for controlling a software object and the method for the same: The invention provides a device for controlling the movement of a software object in a display. The device includes a movable image-capturing module, a characteristic detecting module, a tracing and verifying module, and a guiding module. The movable image-capturing module captures a plurality of images and the characteristic detecting module... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080040692 - Gesture input: A variety of commonly used gestures associated with applications or games may be processed electronically. In particular, a user's physical gesture may be detected as a gesture signature. For example, a standard gesture in blackjack may be detected in an electronic version of the game. A player may thus hit... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20080040693 - Computer interface for illiterate and near-illiterate users: An interface is presented that can be used by those with little or no computer skills and little or no reading skills. In an exemplary embodiment, the icon pictures are detailed enough that they do not need text to be understood. Most icons do not require that they be clicked... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman LLP

20080034275 - Automated management of internet and/or web site content: An apparatus, program product, and method manage content from a content-controlled database (e.g., web pages or other files maintained in a web site) using a content management record linked to each content-controlled content item in the database. Each content management record is utilized in conjunction with a multi-stage content management... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, L.L.P. (ibm)

20080034276 - Distributed media-aggregation systems and methods to operate the same: Distributed media-aggregation systems and methods to operate the same are disclosed. A disclosed example method comprises selecting a first media segment at a first media device, wherein the first media segment is provided by a first content provider and the first media device is associated with a subscriber, selecting a... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20080034277 - System and method of the same: An interactive multimedia integration system includes an input unit, a file format recognition unit, an editing unit, a format generating unit. The editing unit is for integrating selected interaction data into a combined multimedia file. The format generating unit produces an integrated interactive multimedia file upon a request from the... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080034278 - Integrated interactive multimedia playing system: An interactive multimedia integration system includes an input unit, a file format recognition unit, an editing unit, a format generating unit. The editing unit is for integrating selected interaction data into a combined multimedia file. The format generating unit produces an integrated interactive multimedia file upon a request from the... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080034279 - Aggregate tag views of website information: A technique is provided for providing an aggregate tag view of a website that comprises a plurality of webpages that each has a corresponding URL. A tag is a set of one or more words that have been associated with a URL and is typically created by a user to... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker LLP/yahoo! Inc.

20080034280 - Method and systems for hyperlinking files: According to the method of the invention, a set of target files is linked to a main file by encoding the target addresses or URLs of these target files into the primary filename of the main file. Separator characters are used to distinguish the primary filename of the main file... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20080034281 - System and method for dynamic binding of a spreadsheet with external parameters: In one aspect, the present invention relates to utilizing a spreadsheet by defining a parameter external to the spreadsheet and associating the parameter with the spreadsheet to define a parameterized workbook. In one embodiment, this utilization further comprises storing a location of the spreadsheet and storing the name of the... Agent: Robert Handsaker

20080034282 - Device, system and method for determining document similarities and differences: A device, system and method of outputting information is disclosed to compare at least two documents, namely, at least a first document and a second document, to facilitate visual mapping and comparison of these documents. These documents comprise document subsections and the subsections comprise document subsection headers associated therewith. At... Agent: Law Office Of Jay R. Yablon

20080034283 - Attaching and displaying annotations to changing data views: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture that may be used to attach annotations to a particular view of data described by the annotation are provided. The annotation may be attached in a manner that allows the annotation to be viewed when subsequent views having at least some visible cells in... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20080034284 - Method and system for displaying multimedia content: A computer-implemented method and system for displaying items of multimedia content are described. In one aspect, the method and system include determining attribute(s) associated with each item and determining a size and/or a location of each of a first portion of the items based on the attribute(s). The size and... Agent: Strategic Patent Group, P.C.

20080034285 - Information architecture for the interactive environment: A system and method for providing management such as creation, manipulation, storage, control, and retrieval of digital content for a company on a global basis. Digital content is created and stored in, for example, the extensible Markup Language (XML) format using the relationship between component mapping information and content information... Agent: American Express Travel Related Services Co., Inc. C/o Snell & Wilmer, L.L.P.

20080034286 - Intercepting text strings: A first alphanumeric string is received and compared to a second alphanumeric string. After comparing the first alphanumeric string to the second alphanumeric string, it is determined whether the first alphanumeric string includes one of a limiting character and an instruction to send a message.... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080034287 - Method and system of computing and rendering the nature of the excited electronic states of atoms and atomic ions: A method and system of physically solving the charge, mass, and current density functions of excited-state atoms and atomic ions using Maxwell's equations and computing and rendering the nature of excited-state electrons using the solutions. The results can be displayed on visual or graphical media. The display can be static... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20080034292 - Framework for graphics animation and compositing operations: A framework for performing graphics animation and compositing operations has a layer tree for interfacing with the application and a render tree for interfacing with a render engine. Layers in the layer tree can be content, windows, views, video, images, text, media, or any other type of object for a... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri LLP

20080034289 - Granular graphical user interface element: A graphical user interface (GUI) element permits a user to control an application in both a coarse manner and a fine manner. When a cursor is moved to coincide or overlap the displayed GUI element, parameter adjustment is made at a first (coarse) granularity so that rapid changes to the... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri LLP

20080034291 - System and method for tagging data: A system and related methods for tagging data, especially in the context of a web-based application, includes various features associated with a tag bar. A text field is displayable in conjunction with such tag bar, as is a list of any potential tags. Data can be received corresponding to a... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080034290 - System for foreign and remote architectural and engineering services for u.s. construction projects: A method of generating blueprints and engineering drawings comprising employing a central manager to obtain a list of project plans and specifications; identifying a plurality of projects for which blueprints or engineering drawings must be prepared; distributing the project a plurality of remote quantification architecture and engineering processing centers to... Agent: NationalIPRights Center, LLC Scott J. Fields, Esq.

20080034288 - Text-driven macros integrated with a help system of a computer program: A method of automatically creating macros for a computer program can include identifying text instructions within a help documentation of a computer program and associating the text instructions with actions of the computer program. The method further can include creating a macro for the computer program using the actions and... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.L.C.

20080034293 - Method and arrangement for reinterpreting user input in a mobile device: The invention relates to a method and means for reinterpreting user input in a mobile device. In particular, the invention relates to a method and means for reinterpreting user input given during scrolling or browsing of data in a mobile device. Typically at very high scrolling speeds, or in motion... Agent: Royal W. Craig

20080034294 - Tactile presentation of properties of a resource referenced through a link: A method includes determining, in response to focus being set on a link referencing a resource, one or more properties of the resource referenced by the link. Data is selected corresponding to one or more of a plurality of tactile feedback patterns based on the properties. Tactile feedback is enabled... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080034295 - Displaying tags associated with items in a video playback: Tags provide information about items that are visible during video playback. The tags can identify the brand name, item name, location where the item can be purchased, additional information about the item, etc. The tags can be turned on or off by a viewer or user during playback.... Agent: Charles J. Kulas

20080034296 - Interface for summarizing participation-based programs and a user's participation level: Method and computer program product for displaying user participation in a Web application. At least one predetermined rule is established for a plurality of user participation levels based upon an amount of at least one parameter of activity on a Web application server. An amount of the at least one... Agent: Ibm Corporation (ss)

20080034299 - Configuring icons to represent data transfer functionality: Configuring wires/icons in a diagram. The diagram may be an executable diagram such as a graphical program or a system diagram. The diagram may include a plurality of icons that are connected by wires, and the icons may visually represent functionality of the diagram. The diagram may be executable to... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20080034300 - Execution target structure node for a graphical program: System and method for creating a graphical program (GP) having portions that execute on different targets. A GP including a plurality of interconnected nodes visually indicating functionality of the program is created in response to user input, including a first graphical code portion with a first execution context specifying execution... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20080034297 - Graphical diagram which automatically determines a data transport mechanism for wires based on configured policies: Configuring wires/icons in a diagram. The diagram may be an executable diagram such as a graphical program or a system diagram. The diagram may include a plurality of icons that are connected by wires, and the icons may visually represent functionality of the diagram. The diagram may be executable to... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20080034298 - Graphical diagram wires whose appearance represents configured semantics: Configuring wires/icons in a diagram. The diagram may be an executable diagram such as a graphical program or a system diagram. The diagram may include a plurality of icons that are connected by wires, and the icons may visually represent functionality of the diagram. The diagram may be executable to... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20080034302 - Portable terminal and user interface control method thereof based on pattern recognition and analysis of image captured by camera: A portable terminal and a user interface control method thereof are provided. In the terminal and method, patterns of a subject image captured by a camera are recognized and analyzed. First and second images changed according to motion (movement, holding away from or drawing close to a user) of the... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20080034303 - Apparatus and method for combining discrete logic visual icons to form a data transformation block: A method of constructing a data transformation block includes selecting a first discrete logic visual icon and a second discrete logic visual icon from a logic repository. A combination valid state is established when the first discrete logic visual icon can be combined with the second discrete logic visual icon.... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080034301 - Restaurant table management system: A method for constructing a graphical representation of a plurality of tables in a restaurant is carried out by a computer system. A receiver coupled to the computer system is in communication with a plurality of transmitters, each transmitter being responsive to a stimulus that causes the transmitter to transmit... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080034305 - Method for providing flexible selection time components: A method, article, and system for providing electronic scheduling software with an enhanced graphical user interface (GUI) for increasing the flexibility, complexity, and resolution of scheduling options, while minimizing the number of unique independent user selection entries. The enhanced GUI provides flexible time components that offer unique features that will... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Lotus

20080034304 - Method, system, and program product for focus switching delay in a graphical user interface: In a data processing system having an associated display device and a graphical user interface presented therein, a focus change request is received from an application of the data processing system requesting focus of the graphical user interface. In response to receipt of the focus change request, granting of the... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20080034306 - Motion picture preview icons: Some embodiments of the invention provide a method that presents a preview of a set of images in a graphical user interface (GUI) of a device. The method presents a GUI element to represent the set of images in the GUI, where the GUI element is moveable within the GUI.... Agent: Adeli & Tollen, LLP

20080034308 - System and method for displaying a variable status: System for displaying status values for variables, with the variables being provided for use by one or more modules, in particular modules which represent the components of an automation system, having at least one usage point display, which is provided to specify the modules using said variables, selection means for... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080034307 - User interface for backup management: Methods and a computer program product for providing a user interface including earlier versions of data. In one implementation, a method is provided. The method includes receiving, while a current view is displayed in a user interface, a first user input requesting that a backup interface be displayed. In response... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080034309 - Multimedia center including widgets: Systems, methods, computer-readable mediums, user interfaces and other implementations are disclosed for organizing, managing and presenting widgets and dashboards in a multimedia center application.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080034310 - Diagram that visually indicates targeted execution: System and method for distributed execution of a graphical program. First and second icons associated with respective execution targets are displayed on a display. Each icon has an interior and specifies execution of a respective graphical program portion positioned in the interior of the icon on the respective execution target.... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20080034311 - Method and system for debugging a graphics pipeline subunit: A method of debugging an application operable on a graphics pipeline subunit. A plurality of draw call groups is accessed. Each draw call group comprises a respective plurality of draw calls, sharing common state attributes of a prescribed state. The plurality of selectable draw call groups is displayed. In response... Agent: Nvidia C/o Murabito, Hao & Barnes LLP

20080034312 - Communication system, communication device and program: There is provided a communication system in which a data sending device and a data receiving device are connected to each other, the data sending device has a function of sending data to be displayed to the data receiving device and the data receiving device has a function of receiving... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080034313 - Fuzzy logic-based surveillance in information technology and business service management systems: A method and apparatus are disclosed for monitoring all levels of information technology from low-level hardware up to enterprise level applications and their relation to business processes and business services, and alerting responsible personnel by giving them visual feedback using a phased multicolor display showing indicator status and monitored object... Agent: Dennis M. Carleton, Esquire Fox Rothschid LLP

20080034314 - Management and generation of dashboards: A dashboard manager can be used to create, manage and deploy dashboards. Each dashboard can include one or more user interface elements (“widgets”). The dashboard manager can be invoked for providing a variety of management functions. In another aspect, dashboards, widgets and other content can be bundled together and distributed... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080034315 - Methods and systems for managing to do items or notes or electronic messages: Methods and systems for managing To do items and/or notes and/or emails (or other electronic messages) are described. On exemplary method includes receiving an input to create a To do item based on a portion of an email record, such as a received email, and creating, in response to the... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080034318 - Methods and apparatuses to control application programs: Methods and apparatuses for controlling application programs are described. A first item and a docking interface having a second item are displayed on a screen space. A selection of the first item is received. A proxy of the first item is positioned over the second item. Next, a window is... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080034316 - Scalable scrollbar markers: An electronic equipment is provided that includes a display and a display control for presenting a window and an image within the window to the display. The window includes at least one scrollbar for altering at least one of a horizontal position or a vertical position of the window relative... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080034317 - User interface spaces: A user interface can have one or more spaces presented therein. A space is a grouping of one or more program windows in relation to windows of other application programs, such that the program(s) of only a single space is visible when the space is active. A view can be... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080034319 - Scroll mechanism and keyboard: A computing navigation mechanism includes a scroll mechanism below a keyboard area. The keyboard comprises a plurality of keys, including a home row structured to allow positioning of fingers of a user. The scroll mechanism is structured below the keyboard area and structured to rotate in only a first direction... Agent: Rajiv P. Patel Fenwick & West LLP

20080034320 - Application sharing viewer presentation: An improved application sharing system and method are described wherein an application sharing viewing display is modified to increase the likelihood that a viewing user is able to see without scrolling the entirety of a window of interest displayed by a sharing user on a sharing machine. The scale of... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20080034321 - System and method for adjusting presentation of moving images on an electronic device according to an orientation of the device: The invention relates to a system, method and device for changing a notional viewing location for a moving image on a device, depending on an orientation of the device. For the moving image management system, it comprises: a sensor; a movement detection module connected to the sensor providing movement data... Agent: Mccarthy Tetrault LLP

20080034322 - Image design support tool: An image design support tool for designing a display image of an information terminal, which includes: storage means for storing a plurality of display images and an image group to which the display images belong; first setting means for setting a first display rule on each image group for displaying... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080034323 - Interface for medical infusion pump: Methods of programming and use of a medical infusion pump are disclosed. One method includes displaying a first menu containing a plurality of therapy menu items. The therapy menu items each correspond to a therapy. The method also includes displaying a second menu containing at least one qualifier menu item... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080034324 - Interactive inventor's menu: An interactive inventive pictorial menu is provided, which may be superimposed over internet art obtained, for instance, from the internet. The interactive inventive pictorial menu provides controls by which images can be created, manipulated and supplemented by overlaying additional images accessed through menu software providing Internet Art Programs and Menu... Agent: Wilmerhale/dc

20080034325 - Multi-point representation: Some embodiments of the invention provide a method that presents a preview of a set of images in a graphical user interface (GUI) of a device. To generate the preview, the method initially selects a subset of images that includes several images in the set but not all the images... Agent: Adeli & Tollen, LLP

20080034326 - Systems and methods for creating an interactive 3d visualization of indexed media: A 3D graphical user interface includes a two-dimensional ground-plane layout representing the relationship between one or more leaf elements of a tree data structure The interface further includes at least one building-like structure, each of the at least one building-like structures corresponding to a respective one of the one or... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080034327 - Navigation of electronic backups: Systems and methods for navigating within snapshots are provided. In one implementation a method is provided. The method includes receiving, while a current view is displayed in a user interface, a first user input requesting that a history view associated with the current view be displayed. The history view is... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080034328 - Navigation method: A method for navigating to information includes: displaying a first geographic image; receiving input from an input device that selects a location on the first geographic image; and retrieving an information segment related to the selected location.... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20080034330 - Information processing apparatus: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus displaying a cursor movable based on an operation signal from an operation unit includes a display unit which displays on the display screen a first cursor controlled by an operating system and a second cursor controlled by a content playback software, and... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080034329 - System to present additional item information: A computer-implemented system and method for displaying additional information corresponding to an item represented by a visual indicator in response to a mouseover event is disclosed. Various embodiments receive a mouseover event corresponding to a visual indicator displayed on a display screen and generate additional information corresponding to an item... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080034331 - Electric device control apparatus and methods for making and using same: An electrical switch apparatus including a movement sensitive form is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing, a motion sensor and a processing unit, where motion on, near or about the motion sensor is translated into output commands adapted for list scrolling, where the list can be arranged in a hierarchy... Agent: Robert W Strozier, P.l.l.c