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Data processing: presentation processing of document inventions 10/08

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20080263432 - Context dependent page rendering apparatus, systems, and methods: Apparatus, systems, and methods disclosed herein may receive one or more sets of presentation rendering property values (PRPVs) at a client processing device from a network device. A set of PRPVs may be associated with a set of presentation characteristics of a sensory output device (SOD) used to present a... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080263433 - Multiple version merge for media production: Methods, graphical user interfaces, computer apparatus and computer readable medium for merging different versions of multimedia project (e.g., movie) are disclosed. For example, modifications separately and concurrently made to multimedia assets of a multimedia project in production can be efficiently and intelligently merged. The multimedia assets can be audio, video... Agent: Technology & Innovation Law Group, PC

20080263435 - Differential dynamic content delivery with device controlling action: Differential dynamic content delivery including providing a session document for a presentation, wherein the session document includes a session grammar and a session structured document; selecting from the session structured document a classified structural element in dependence upon user classifications of a user participant in the presentation; presenting the selected... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20080263434 - Method, apparatus, and program for creating bookmark symlinks: A bookmark editor in an Internet web browser application allows a user to create symbolic links between bookmarks and bookmark folders. The bookmark editor may also detect when a bookmark already exists for a document and prompt the user to create a link rather than a new bookmark for the... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080263437 - Adaptive display system and method for a gaming machine: The present invention provides a system and method for a configurable gaming system. Certain embodiments of the system include a local storage for storing a markup language file and token resolution information and a markup language viewer for processing the markup language file. The markup language viewer processes contents of... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080263438 - Method and apparatus for creating and editing electronic documents: In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for creating and editing electronic documents. One embodiment of the inventive method involves generating an electronic document in a first document format type, in accordance with one or more user-specified parameters, and converting the electronic document from the first... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20080263436 - Methods and apparatus to reach through to business logic services: Methods and systems to reach through to business logic services are disclosed. An example method involves receiving a report request from a portal and building context information based on the request. Additionally, the example method includes generating context extensible markup language (XML) associated with the context information, assigning a context... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20080263439 - Client application for identification of updates in selected network pages: A client software application that enables identification of updates in well-formatted as well as not-well-formatted network pages, where the pages' items and fields may be selected by a user. The client application comprises: a user interface, business logic, and a database. The client application distinguishes between news channels (NC) pages... Agent: Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco Pl

20080263440 - Transformation of versions of reports: A method of transforming reports from one version of software to another version is disclosed. The method exports existing report objects in an existing first version report into XML format to a transformation tool and then to a layout transformation tool. An XML object is created and is imported into... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (microsoft)

20080263441 - Webpage bookmarking method for mobile terminal: A webpage bookmarking method for a mobile terminal is disclosed. The webpage bookmarking method includes the steps of checking, during webpage display, whether a division bookmark setting request is issued and setting a division bookmark at a specified section of a webpage being displayed. As a result, a bookmark can... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20080263442 - Move tracking with conflict resolution: Move tracking with conflict resolution is provided. When a tracked move of text or other objects from one location in a document to a second location in the document is performed, data representing a pre-move state of the text or objects and data representing a post-move state of the text... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20080263443 - Method and system for editing text with a find and replace function leveraging derivations of the find and replace input: The user interface is done through the usual graphical user interface of a text editor or through a text based terminal user interface. The find and replace operation may be passive through the execution of a program including find and replace commands or interactive by asking the user to give... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20080263444 - Document processing device and document processing method: A document processing apparatus provides a function as a browser that allows the user to browse a document held by a Web server. Specifically, the document processing apparatus acquires a document from the Web server via the Internet, and displays the document thus acquired. A mode detection unit detects a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080263445 - Editing of data using mobile communication terminal: An electronic device, a mobile communication terminal, method and computer program product for editing data The method of editing data of an electronic device displays an item list comprising at least one item; detecting first and second touch inputs and detects a change in a distance between first and second... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080263446 - Methods and systems to connect people to services via virtual reality: Methods and systems for connecting people to services delivered via a virtual reality environment. One embodiment includes: a virtual reality server to host a three dimensional virtual reality world; and a connection provider to interface between the virtual reality server and a customer and to interface between the virtual reality... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv)IPDocketing

20080263447 - System and method for audiovisual control of document processing devices: The subject application is directed to a system and method for audiovisual control of a document processing device. First level graphical images are generated on a display, with each image representing an available first level document processing operation capable of being performed by a document processing device. First audible speech... Agent: Tucker Ellis & West LLP

20080263448 - Apparatus and method for low bandwidth play position previewing of video content: A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to display video content. A cursor associated with the relative position of the video content is provided. A new cursor position associated with a request for a new relative position of the video content is received. A thumbnail image of the video... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080263449 - Automated maintenance of pooled media content: Automated maintenance of media content such as digital photographs and video in a pool is provided by an arrangement where the time interval that each piece of media content remains in the pool is tracked and modified by user-behavioral factors. This “virtual age” of the media content is depicted on... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080263450 - System and method to conform separately edited sequences: Methods, graphical user interfaces, computer apparatus and computer readable medium for merging different versions of multimedia project (e.g., movie) are disclosed. For example, modifications separately and concurrently made to multimedia assets of a multimedia project in production can be efficiently and intelligently merged. The multimedia assets can be audio, video... Agent: Technology & Innovation Law Group, PC

20080263451 - Method for driving multiple applications by a common diaglog management system: The invention describes a method for driving multiple applications (A1, A2, A3, . . . , An) by a common dialog management system (1). Therein, a unique set of auditory icons (S1, S2, S3, . . . , Sn) is assigned to each application (A1, A2, A3, . . .... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080263452 - Graphic user interface: A system includes a display that is controlled by a processor. Software code may be executed by the processor to link a plurality of images of an image set into an endless loop in virtual space. The images of the image set may be scrolled along the endless loop for... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080263453 - Method and apparatus for process configuration: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer-usable program product for process configuration are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A process that is to be configured is identified. A list of tasks associated with the identified process is displayed. A set of the tasks displayed in the task list are selected.... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080263454 - Method of providing a consumer profile accessible by an on-line interface and related to retail purchase of custom personalized toys: A method for continuing the purchase experience of a personalized semi-custom toy in a follow-up on-line interface experience or in a physical retail experience. The method includes the steps of a consumer assembling a semi-custom toy configuration by selecting from among multiple major component styles and assembling the major component... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP

20080263455 - Graphical user interface for electronic file sharing: A method, implementable in a system coupled to a display device and a network, includes generating in a first region of a screen of the display device a user-interface portion associated with a first electronic destination address. The user-interface portion is configured to receive from a second region of the... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20080263456 - Graphical user interface for electronic file sharing: A method, implementable in a system coupled to a display device and a network, includes generating on a screen of the display device a first icon representing a data set. In response to a command by a user of the system to transfer respective copies of the data set over... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20080263457 - Mobile terminal for displaying human contact data and method thereof: A mobile terminal and a method of displaying human contact data are provided. Human contact data corresponding to a human contact event is created when a human contact event is generated. A name tag is displayed in a standby screen corresponding to the created human contact data. Accordingly, a user... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080263460 - Methods and systems to connect people for virtual meeting in virtual reality: Methods and systems for connecting people for real time communications in a virtual reality environment. One embodiment includes: a virtual reality server to host a virtual reality world; a web server to provide an advertisement to a customer, the advertisement including a reference to a meeting with an advertiser of... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv)IPDocketing

20080263459 - Methods and systems to determine availability for real time communications via virtual reality: Methods and systems to determine availability of people for real time communications via a virtual reality environment. One embodiment includes: associating an avatar with an advertisement; determining a location of the avatar in a virtual reality world; and determining whether an advertiser of the advertisement is available for real time... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv)IPDocketing

20080263458 - Methods and systems to facilitate real time communications in virtual reality: Methods and systems for connecting people for real time communications via a virtual reality environment. One embodiment includes: receiving a call for a real time communication session at a virtual object presented in a virtual reality world; indicating to a plurality of residents of the virtual reality world that the... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv)IPDocketing

20080263461 - Recursive method and system for accessing classification information: A web based menu system that allows the users such as buyers and sellers to locate, purchase, and sell goods, items and services easily without any search queries. The knowledge base of the system increases with user interaction at variable levels. The database contains an orderly classification of goods and... Agent: Law Offices Of Brian S Steinberger

20080263462 - Enterprise user interface customization: In one embodiment, a method is illustrated as rendering an application User Interface (UI) to be modified to reflect a use case, and initiating a guided procedure relating to the use of an elected privilege to modify the application UI. Further, in one embodiment, a method is illustrated as including... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/sap

20080263463 - Configurable wires in a statechart: System and method for configuring wires in and/or debugging a statechart. The statechart may be created or displayed on a display and may include a plurality of state icons connected by wires. The state icons may represent states and the wires may represent transitions between the states. One or more... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel PC

20080263466 - Method of and apparatus for ascertaining and providing information in relation to an image: s

20080263464 - Methods and apparatus for making a hypermedium interactive: A system and method of making a hypermedium page interactive. In one embodiment the system includes a hyperlink on the hypermedium page displayed on a client node; a hyperlink configuration file (corresponding to the hyperlink on the client node) located on a network server node; and a client agent located... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart / Citrix Systems, Inc.

20080263465 - Systems and methods for field data collection: Systems and methods are provided for automated field data collection. A client system may download graphical representations and space hierarchy information associated with the project from a server. A user may open, on the client system, an area where the field data collection is to occur (e.g., a room in... Agent: Patton Boggs LLP

20080263467 - Method for automating digital signage applications using intelligent self-configuring objects and smart templates: A digital signage content management system is provided that uses existing interfaces such as web interfaces and turns existing commercially available graphics programs such as web based tools or locally run programs such as Microsoft PowerPoint® into a digital signage platform to facilitate developing and managing digital signage applications through... Agent: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

20080263468 - Graphical user interface for analysis and comparison of location-specific multiparameter data sets: A graphical user interface on a computer provides for the analysis of location specific data and the presentation of analysis results for visual comparison by a user. Results of the analysis are visually presented as icons subdivided into regions and arranged in such a way that the user is able... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080263469 - Systems and methods for creation of a schematic user interface for monitoring and predicting the real-time health, reliability and performance of an electrical power system: A system for automatically generating a schematic user interface of an electrical system is disclosed. The system includes a data acquisition component, a power analytics server and a client terminal. The data acquisition component acquires real-time data output from the electrical system. The power analytics server is comprised of a... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20080263471 - Method and sytem for calendar-based image asset organization: A calendar-based image asset organizer, including a user interface for designating at least one date range, an image date reader for determining a date associated with an image, and an image query manager for identifying images having an associated date within the designated at least one date range. A method... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080263470 - Preview mode: Various exemplary metadirectories, systems and/or methods include or allow for executing a software module on an execution engine, emitting semantic information based on the executing, and analyzing the executing using the semantic information. An exemplary execution engine includes an input for receiving software modules, an output for emitting semantic information,... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20080263472 - Interactive ticker: An interactive ticker is described. In embodiment(s), an interactive ticker can be displayed to include selectable ticker data that can be selected by a viewer. The interactive ticker can be displayed over and/or with television media content that is also being displayed for viewing. In addition, a control input can... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080263473 - Company and contact information system and method: A user interface for providing information regarding a subject company to a user. The user interface may comprise a company tile, which may have an indicator of the subject company. A state of the company tile, such as, for example, its color, may indicate a property of the subject company.... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20080263474 - Multiple display window handling: Display windows associated with one or more software applications are differentiated with a pictograph drawn in each window. The user can then quickly and easily distinguish between windows of the same application or between applications by referring to the pictograph, rather than having to read small text and graphics located... Agent: Smart And Biggar

20080263475 - Apparatus having voice packet network call function and control method thereof: An apparatus and method are provided. The apparatus includes a communication unit which communicates with an external communication apparatus; a user interface (UI) processor which processes an execution window and an item window having at least one item to be displayed; and a controller which controls the UI processor to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080263477 - Handheld device graphical user interfaces for displaying patient medical records: Ergonomic graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for displaying medical record information obtained from various sources within handheld devices are provided. A GUI for display within a touch screen display of a handheld device includes adjacent first and second portions. A list of patient names is displayed within the first portion of... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20080263476 - Playlist based on artist and song similarity: A playlist generator allows a user to identify a particular artist as the seed for a one-click playlist generation. When the user identifies the artist, a list of similar artists is presented for the user's approval or modification. When the user is satisfied with the list of artists, the user... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080263478 - System for viewing complex data: The present invention comprises a computer program and system that is designed to allow a user to view complex data easily. The program is targeted at displaying information that represents the movement of information from one place, computer, data store, or account, to another. Examples of things that can be... Agent: W. Thomas Timmons

20080263479 - Touchless manipulation of an image: The invention relates to a method of providing touchless manipulation of an image through a touchless input device (210), the method comprising selecting a property of a manipulation mode with the image in response to touchless user interaction along a first axis with respect to a plane of a sensing... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

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20080263466 - Method of and apparatus for ascertaining and providing information in relation to an image: s

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20080256433 - Copy and paste of cells in a multi-dimensional spreadsheet: A system and method for copying and pasting cells in a multi-dimensional spreadsheet. The method is implemented by execution of program code by a processor of a computer system. A source range of cells is copied and pasted in a multi-dimensional spreadsheet onto a destination range of cells in the... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20080256434 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for associating user-provided annotation data with markup content of a resource: Methods and systems are described for associating user-provided annotation data with markup content of a resource. In one aspect, an annotation element is detected through processing a resource for presentation by a client. The annotation element is defined in a markup-language for accepting annotation and is associated with a tag... Agent: Scenera Research, LLC

20080256435 - Interconnection of document preparation, document viewing, and alert processing in structured documents: A method and system for notifying a user to review a document stored on a computer. The method scans the document to identify and locate a citation in the document, where the citation is a link to a target document. The method stores the citation in a citations database. The... Agent: Kenneth P. Waszkiewicz Attorney At Law

20080256436 - Method and apparatus for transmitting accessibility requirements to a server: A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for transmitting accessibility requirements. Content is received from a computer at a data processing system. The content is parsed for a selected indicator. The data processing system is queried to identify accessibility requirements in response to the selected indicator being present. The identified accessibility... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080256440 - Gluing layout containers: A method is disclosed for laying out a plurality of containers on a page to generate a document upon insertion of content in the containers. The containers each have edges whose position upon layout is independent of the dimensions of the content inserted in each container. An association is created... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080256441 - Flash rich textfields: Techniques are described for providing full support of inline images within online instant messaging applications such as those developed for Flash. When a message contains both a text component and an image component, the image component is separated from the text component. The location of the text is measured dynamically... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker LLP/yahoo! Inc.

20080256442 - Data visualization device and method: A data visualization device comprises a focal attribute calculator for calculating a focal value of each of a plurality of data input items, and for categorizing each of the plurality of data input items as either non-cluster blobs or second blobs. The device further comprises a clustering attribute calculator for... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20080256446 - Display controller, display control method, display control program, and portable terminal device: A display controller includes display control means by which a partial display of a Web page is performed when the Web page is displayed on display means, display range detecting means for detecting a display range of the Web page displayed on the display means by the display control means,... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20080256451 - Dynamic embedded video player: In a client-server system where a client system presents a browser for user interaction, a browser user interface includes functionality for handling dynamic interface elements received by the browser in connection with received pages, presented as part of the browser user interface and modified in response to selected user input... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080256452 - Control of an object in a virtual representation by an audio-only device: Control of objects in a virtual representation includes receiving signals from audio-only devices, and controlling states of the objects in response to the signals.... Agent: Hugh P. Gortler

20080256453 - Integrated digital media projection and personal digital data processing system: Disclosed is a projector and data processing method and system for recommending digital media content to a user. The method and system gather statistics about the preferences of the user and/or compare the user to population data to create recommendations in accord with the preferences of the population. The population... Agent: Stolowitz Ford Cowger LLP

20080256454 - Selection of list item using invariant focus location: A method to perform selection of a list item using an invariant selection location includes retrieving multiple data items to present for selection by a user. A single invariant selection location is recognized within a presentation window presented to the user. A subset of the multiple data items are then... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/sap

20080256457 - Search query user interface: In a client-server system where a client system presents a browser for user interaction, a browser user interface includes functionality for handling dynamic interface elements received by the browser in connection with received pages, presented as part of the browser user interface and modified in response to selected user input... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080256459 - Control apparatus, program, computer-readable storage medium, imaging apparatus control system, and control method: A multifunctional apparatus control system includes a multifunctional apparatus an authentication information input device, an I/F converter, and a control server. The control server includes: a UI control section which transmits, to the multifunctional apparatus over a network, data of authentication screen which prompts the user to make preparations for... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080256458 - Data access control system for shared directories and other resources: A system manages directory access permissions without help-desk intervention. The system automatically manages user permissions to access processing system resources and includes a user interface providing data representing at least one display image enabling a user to request permission to access a particular processing system resource. A communication processor, in... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080256460 - Computer-based electronic information organizer: A computer-implemented method for organizing and presenting electronic information on a client device. The method can include enabling a user to create a plurality of topics by inputting criteria that define each of the topics. A plurality of electronic items are then automatically associated with the topics by applying the... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20080256462 - System and method for scenerio based content delivery: The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for providing scenario based content responsive to a given client. The method of the present invention comprises receiving a content request from a given client. Characteristics associated with a client from whom the content request is received are then identified. One... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Dreier LLP

20080256467 - Adaptable user interface: In a client-server system where a client system presents a browser for user interaction, a browser user interface includes functionality for handling dynamic interface elements received by the browser in connection with received pages, presented as part of the browser user interface and modified in response to selected user input... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080256465 - Arbitrary object editing: The present invention provides technologies for forming an editing interface for editing arbitrary objects. In particular, the present invention provides system and methods for enumerating object properties, selecting a suitable pre-existing object editor and, if no such pre-existing editor is available, constructing an object editor on the fly suitable for... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080256466 - Authoring interface which distributes composited elements about the display: Techniques are described for providing a display of visual elements representing various media elements on a composite media presentation, wherein the display may be altered such that the visual elements transition from an overlapping arrangement to an arrangement where the overlap is minimized or eliminated. Once in the non-overlapping arrangement,... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker LLP/apple Inc.

20080256464 - System and method of user interface based band having contextual object: Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to a system and method to provide contextual object attributes in a browser window user interface at runtime. The objects are context sensitive and displayed in a band of the browser. Each object is associated with different services for supporting changes during runtime.... Agent: Sap Ag

20080256470 - Automatic bibliographical information within electronic documents: A method that enables automatic retrieval and transfer of bibliographical information whenever content is copied from a web page. During creation of a web page, the meta data defining each independent portion of the content is linked via paired comments or meta tags to bibliographical information associated with the content.... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20080256469 - Host controlled user interface: Described herein is technology for, among other things, a graphical user interface. The graphical user interface is made up of multiple user interface components. The multiple user interface components are hosted by a host user interface, which encapsulates and exposes the user interface components together to present a unified view... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080256468 - Method and apparatus for displaying a user interface on multiple devices simultaneously: Disclosed is a method and system for displaying a user interface of an application on a source device in a source format and on a target device in a target format simultaneously. The target device electronically coupled to the application on the source device is identified and the target format... Agent: Sap Ag

20080256471 - Electronic bulletin apparatus: The electronic bulletin apparatus includes a connection I/F for communicatively connecting the mobile terminal, a display portion for posting the data on a screen, a touch panel for receiving from the screen an operation input for the data posted on the screen, and a control portion for transferring the data... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080256472 - Method and mobile communication terminal for changing the mode of the terminal: Disclosed is a mobile communication terminal and a method for changing modes of the terminal, which changes a mode of the mobile communication terminal according to a location of a changed menu bar if a menu bar displayed on a touch screen is dragged and dropped.... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20080256476 - Copying apparatus and user interface method for the same: Provided are a copying apparatus and a user interface method for the same. The user interface method includes displaying a first region which includes information on an original document, and displaying a second region which includes information on virtual copy paper; changing the display of the second region in accordance... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080256477 - Displaying active cursor in mobile terminal: A mobile communication terminal and a method of multi-tasking in the terminal are provided. The mobile communication terminal displays a first task display associated with a first application task, receives a request to execute a second application task while the first application task is being performed, and displays a second... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20080256478 - Hybrid user interface having base presentation information with variably prominent supplemental information: Systems and methods are provided that enable various interface applications that more efficiently communicate data to users in an industrial control system. In one aspect, an industrial automation system is provided. The system includes a base presentation component to display one or more elements of an industrial control environment. Various... Agent: Amin Turocy & Calvin, LLP Attention: Heather Holmes

20080256474 - Interactive progress bar: A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for using an interactive progress indicator bar to graphically display, and interact with, the completion status information of a plurality of computer operations before they are completed. An interactive progress indicator bar is implemented in a graphical user interface (GUI) and comprises... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP IBM Rsw

20080256473 - System and method to shuffle steps via an interactive progress bar: A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for using an interactive progress indicator bar to graphically display the completion status of a plurality of computer operations, reorder the sequence of predetermined operations before they are completed, and then restart the reordered operations. An interactive progress indicator bar is implemented... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP IBM Rsw

20080256475 - Thermal comfort controller with touch screen display: A programmable controller such as an HVAC controller that provides a confirmation message to a user indicating that a parameter that has been modified by the user has been or will be saved. Such a confirmation message may help assure a user that their program modifications have been accepted and/or... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080256479 - Electronic publication and methods and components thereof: An electronic publication and methods and components thereof including a user interface. The electronic publication can be provided by e-mail or similar transmission add contains its own executable file for presentation of the publication without a user requiring a preloaded application software. The electronic publication addresses the processor for calculation... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080256481 - Browser navigation for devices with a limited input system: Methods, system, and computer program products for browsing content with a display area and input system that may be limited in comparison to more traditional browsing systems. Movement between and selection of interactive elements generally occurs in a navigation mode, whereas interaction with a single interactive element generally occurs in... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20080256480 - Data gathering and processing system: A data gathering and processing system capable of efficiently gathering data and easily putting gathered data to secondary use in various applications. The data gathering and processing system includes an XML file generation unit that generates a structured document with data describing the layout of a data entry screen that... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080256482 - Mobile terminal and method for displaying detailed information about drm contents: The present invention provides a mobile terminal and method for display of detailed information regarding digital rights management (DRM) contents in an intuitive and direct manner for the user. The detailed information includes information items that are attributes of the DRM contents (such as types, sizes, and created dates) or... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20080256483 - Voice activated system and method to enable a computer user working in a first graphical application window to display and control on-screen help, internet, and other information content in a second graphical application window: A system is disclosed for displaying a second window of a second application while a first window of a first application has input focus in a windowed computing environment having a voice recognition engine. The system comprises a retriever for launching the second application, a user command receiver for receiving... Agent: Howard H. Sheerin, Attorney At Law

20080256484 - Techniques for aligning and positioning objects: Techniques for aligning and positioning objects are described. A computer system employing such techniques may comprise a display to present a graphical user interface including a pointer to select a movable object and a guide to align a selected object at a target position. The guide may comprise one or... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080256485 - User interface for controlling video programs on mobile computing devices: A user interface allows users of computing devices to control video content displayed on the computing devices. A device displays an overlay of a menu on top of an active video stream, the menu including a set of commands for controlling the video content. The commands may be associated with... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (es)

20080256489 - Range sliders with linked auto-updating spans: A graphical user interface (GUI) is provided for use in a system, such as a video test and measurement instrument. The GUI provides a mechanism for a user to select one, or more, ranges of values. Embodiments of the GUI provide an ability to correlate ranges between a first sequence... Agent: Matthew D. Rabdau Tektronix, Inc.

20080256490 - Decision-based displays for medical information systems: A decision support device incorporates a number of user friendly features. The device is operable to determine context by displaying a flow diagram of a clinical guideline so the clinician can select the current step in treatment (S630). Initial, automatic display of decision support data can be restricted to clinical... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080256491 - Information-processing apparatus and information-processing method: An apparatus generates operation-history information including content-group information relating to a content group and operation information relating to the content group, and stores the operation-history information in a storage unit. The apparatus determines, when a content is selected, whether the operation-history information stored in the storage unit includes operation-history information... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080256492 - Object display apparatus and control method thereof: An object display apparatus displays a plurality of object at respective display positions, and receive a designation to set one of the plurality of displayed object as an object of interest. Upon reception of an addition or deletion instruction of one or more objects with respect to the plurality of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080256493 - Techniques for choosing a position on a display having a cursor: Techniques are provided for choosing a position on a display having a cursor. In one aspect, an exemplary method, which can be computer-implemented, includes the steps of automatically moving the cursor in a predetermined during-selection mode in response to a first user-initiated action, and, responsive to a second user-initiated action... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20080256494 - Touchless hand gesture device controller: A simple user interface for touchless control of electrically operated equipment. Unlike other systems which depend on distance to the sensor or sensor selection this system depends on hand and or finger motions, a hand wave in a certain direction, or a flick of the hand in one area, or... Agent: Greenfield Mfg, Co.

20080256495 - Personalized user interface: A user interface of a computing system is personalized based on whether the computing system is used in a home environment, a business environment, etc. In one implementation, user interface content is stored that is defined for a plurality of consumer-usage environments, such as the home and business environment. The... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

10/09/2008 > patent applications in patent subcategories.

20080250308 - Method for communicating images and forms in a medical environment: The present invention discloses a method for customizing forms of a medical information data base system to meet the needs of a specific medical practice where the needs includes conditions such as types of medical situations encountered, types of patients. The forms are linked to data and images, such as... Agent: Jordan C. Powell Powell And Associates

20080250309 - Method for loading and displaying gridded data by determining the usefulness of a particular vertex: Method, computer executable program and apparatus for displaying massive amounts of potentially non-uniform gridded data through the use of view dependant refinement. An initial minimal representation is created. A view dependant refinement criterion is then used to ascertain the perceived quality. If necessary, refinements and decimations to the current representation... Agent: Air Force Research Laboratory Rij

20080250310 - Apparatus and method for optimizing and differentiating web page browsing: An apparatus and method for customizing a web page comprising components and steps for analyzing a template of the web page to obtain block elements constituting the web page template, selecting a block element to be customized, and setting an optimization and/or differentiating policy for the selected block element, thus... Agent: Anne Vachon Dougherty

20080250311 - Document processing device, and document processing method: A technique is provided for adding an annotation to a document described in a markup language. Upon acquisition of a document described in a markup language, a document processing apparatus renders the document content on a first layer 75e, renders an annotation, which has been added to the document, on... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080250313 - Metadata-driven automatic ui code generation: A framework for using metadata to describe user interface elements and for interactions of the user interface elements with an end user and/or with data source(s) that store configuration data. The metadata can be used to generate a settings UI and code that manages the UI such as gathering user... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080250312 - System and method for automatically and graphically associating programmatically-generated media item recommendations related to a user's socially recommended media items: A system and method for automatically, programmatically generating media item recommendations on a graphical user interface (GUI) based on a friend media item recommendation selected by a user. In the preferred embodiment, a selected media item recommendation is displayed in the GUI. Received friend media item recommendations are displayed in... Agent: Concert Technology And Withrow & Terranova

20080250314 - Visual command history: Embodiments of the invention provide a visual command history for a software application. A method for generating a visual command history for a software application configured to edit a computer-aided design (CAD) drawing may include receiving a selection of a command to perform, determining an area of the CAD drawing... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20080250315 - Graphical representation for accessing and representing media files: A method, an electronic device, and a computer program product are provided for creating a graphical presentation for accessing and representing one or more media files. According to one embodiment, the method includes analyzing one or more media files associated with a user and generating at least one graphical representation... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080250316 - Mechanism to improve a user's interaction with a computer system: An approach for improving a user's interaction with computer system which may include building a context aware user interface by extending a concur task tree (CTT). Although a task model approach may work well in the design time, it does not appear to take consideration of contextual information at runtime.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080250317 - User interface design for enabling non-sequential navigation, preview and review of branching and looping wizards: The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for providing improved wizard navigation. A roadmap for the wizard is provided that enables non-sequential navigation through the wizard. Wizard steps that are not enabled for user interaction may be available for viewing by the user in a disabled mode, in... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20080250318 - Graphical hierarchy conversion: Embodiments of the invention generate a primary interface to display data in a flat format. A secondary interface is generated at the request of a user to display the same data in a tree or similar hierarchical format. The secondary interface is initiated from the primary interface. A user selects... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080250319 - System and method for determining media playback behaviour in a media application for a portable media device: A system and method is provided for determining playback behavior in a media application for a wireless communications device. The wireless communication device has a memory with media files stored therein. The method comprises the steps of: determining playback attributes associated with a media file; determining if a user triggered... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20080250320 - User-defined media annotations on dynamic charts: In accordance with embodiments of the invention, a method for providing a customizable media indicator on a dynamically generated graphical representation of real-time data is provided. The method includes receiving a user-defined request from a user to annotate the real-time data with at least one media indicator. Together with the... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080250321 - Method and software for creating an image file including multiple still images and special effects: Disclosed is a method of creating a pleasure image file comprising a plurality of images. The method comprises providing a plurality of still image files for use in creating a pleasure image file comprising a plurality of still images from the plurality of still image files and receiving an input... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080250322 - Expanding a social network by the action of a single user: Techniques for creating a social network are provided. Private relationships that are established (e.g., in the context of instant messaging) may become public by the action of a single user. Each user determines whether they want to be “social” to (or discoverable by) friends of the user's friends. For example,... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker LLP/yahoo! Inc.

20080250323 - Method and apparatus for recommending an application-feature to a user: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for recommending an application-feature to a user. During operation, the system receives application-usage information from a client at a recommendation-server, wherein the application-usage information specifies characteristics of a user's interaction with an application. Next, the system compares the application-usage information to... Agent: Pvf -- Intuit, Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080250324 - Remote instruction system, image forming apparatus, control method, and storage medium: An image forming apparatus connected to an information processing apparatus via a network acquires display data to be used when an operation screen for entering an instruction to be given to the information processing apparatus is displayed, analyzes the acquired display data, outputs a first instruction sheet to be filled... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080250325 - Integrated development environment with object-oriented gui rendering feature: A method, computer program product, and data processing system for supporting an integrated development environment (IDE) for efficient graphical user interface (GUI) programming in source code are provided. The IDE user selects one or more GUI components for immediate rendering. The IDE, which has its own GUI, contains an event... Agent: Ibm Corp. (mrn) C/o Law Office Of Michael R. Nichols

20080250326 - User-defined visual indicators on dynamic charts: In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, a method for providing a user-defined visual indicator on a dynamically generated graphical representation of real-time data is provided. The method includes receiving at least one user-defined condition related to the real-time data. The user-defined condition includes at least one external data... Agent: Yahoo C/o Mofo Palo Alto

20080250327 - Content commenting and monetization: A code is included in content, which code allows a user to use a comment tool to select some or all of the content, to create and submit comments, and to view previously submitted content selections and comments in conjunction with additional content. The additional content may comprise advertisements.... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080250328 - Systems, methods, devices, and computer program products for arranging a user's media files: Systems, methods, devices, and computer program products are provided for generating an arrangement of a user's media files. For example, a user of a first device may use the first device to access a second device. The second device may provide the user with the option to select a profile... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080250329 - Method and system for the collaborative analysis of information: Methods and systems for enabling the collaborative exchange and analysis of information are provided. Exemplary embodiments provide for the editing of information maintained in associated information units that may be distributed in parallel to a plurality of collaborative users. The information units may be distributed and retrieved with lightweight transport... Agent: Cascadia Intellectual Property

20080250331 - Method and system of a voting based wiki and its application to internet topic directories: A method and system of a voting on changes to a collaborative web page or topic hierarchy, e.g. a voting-based wiki. Information on a website is created, edited or deleted by end users and then voted upon before being accepted into the site. In the case of a voting based... Agent: Intellectual Property Law Group LLP

20080250330 - Portable action processing software module with pre-designed expert action plans: The present invention teaches a portable action processing software module with pre-designed/preprogrammed expert action plans. A database of action plans allows users to select more than a single course of contact management flow, much like a choice of logic flows would allow programmers to handle the same functions in very... Agent: Barber Legal

20080250334 - Calendar system: Embodiments describe a method and a system to display a calendar system. The method and system to receive a request to display at least one filtered event in a calendar display interface, wherein the at least one filtered event is filtered from a plurality of categories based on selected criteria,... Agent: Lucinda G. Price

20080250333 - Collaborative workspace: A computer-based system and method for organizing and sharing information in a workspace. The system includes a workspace engine that implements the workspace using projects and associated notecards. A web server provides the projects and notecards to one or more client computers for display. Each notecard contains information related to... Agent: James D. Stevens Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20080250335 - Method and apparatus for enhancing instant messaging systems: The present invention provides a method, apparatus, and computer instructions for organizing threads in an instant messaging session. Instant messages are received from a list of contacts. Each of these messages are stored in a set of folders, wherein each folders in the set of folders stores messages for a... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080250336 - Method and apparatus for enhancing instant messaging systems: The present invention provides a method, apparatus, and computer instructions for organizing threads in an instant messaging session. Instant messages are received from a list of contacts. Each of these messages are stored in a set of folders, wherein each folders in the set of folders stores messages for a... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080250332 - Social networking website interface: Computerized methods and systems are provided for enabling electronic introductions of users of an online community. In one embodiment, a user may select a subset of users in his social network via a graphical or web interface to request that they be introduced. These users can be introduced electronically and... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20080250337 - Identifying interesting locations based on commonalities in location based postings: A method and system that identifies and presents information, which is common in various postings in an area, such as a neighborhood. If various geographically proximate postings contain the same salient word(s), the information is considered to be reliable and useful and it is presented to a user. The user... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080250338 - Method and apparatus for screen object manipulation: The present invention comprises a method and apparatus for manipulating screen objects utilizing multiband regions of influence. Positioning a reference point of an object within a particular band invokes a particular functionality or operation related to that band. In one embodiment, three types of functionality are provided. Moving a reference... Agent: M.h.k.k.g., P.C. / Adobe Systems Incorporated

20080250339 - Extensible master-slave user interface with distinct interaction models: A method, computer system and computer readable medium regarding an extensible master-slave user interface with distinct interaction models is presented. A slave region is displayed in a Graphical User Interface (GUI), the slave region displaying a current state. A master region is displayed in the GUI, the master region displaying... Agent: Barry W. Chapin, Esq. Chapin Intellectual Property Law, LLC

20080250340 - Gui for an implantable restriction device and a data logger: An implantable restriction device can be configured to provide a restriction in a patient, for example as a function of the pressure of fluid. The implantable restriction device can include one or more sensors configured to sense a variety of parameters, such as pressure of the fluid within the implantable... Agent: Ethicon Endo-surgery/nutter, Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20080250341 - Gui with trend analysis for an implantable restriction device and a data logger: An implantable restriction device can be configured to provide a restriction in a patient, for example as a function of the pressure of fluid. The implantable restriction device can include one or more sensors configured to sense a variety of parameters, such as pressure of the fluid within the implantable... Agent: Ethicon Endo-surgery/nutter, Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20080250342 - Searching desktop objects based on time comparison: Embodiments of the present invention provide a desktop search tool that allows users to efficiently retrieve or locate a desired object on their computer. Users specify their search based on a time context In addition, the desktop search tool may provide its results in a temporal context to assist the... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group (cust. No. W/red Hat)

20080250343 - Receiver content saving system: A method and system are provided in which a user is enabled to create a preferred playlist of the user's favorite songs or types of video presentations. An input device allows the user to add or delete items or key words of a song title or video presentation to or... Agent: Ibm Corporation (rvw)

20080250344 - Information processing apparatus and display method: An information processing apparatus displays a window in a two-dimensional or three-dimensional manner on a display screen of a display device. When a starting of an annotation operation on a window displayed in a three-dimensional manner is detected, the window is rotated about a rotational axis intersecting an origin at... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080250345 - System and method for dynamically viewing and navigating hierarchical data: A system, method, program product and service for navigating and displaying hierarchically structured data. A system is provided that includes: a graphical data display system for displaying a structured diagram having a plurality of nodes; a navigation system for allowing a user to launch a viewport at a selected node... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20080250346 - Data storage and display device: A process for providing information related to an individual or an animal in a portable display and storage device that allows other individuals to access the personal and medical information quickly. The process includes entering the information in formatted screens of data in a computer, transferring the formatted screens of... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20080250347 - Method and system for presenting input expressions and evaluations of the input expressions on a workspace of a computational system: In a method for presenting information, an interactive document, for example, may be created that includes both an input expression and a result generated by evaluating the input expression, and where the input expression can be selectively hidden. This may permit “decluttering” of the document so that it may be... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080250348 - Modifying an order of processing of a task performed on a plurality of objects: Methods, apparatuses and computer program products are provided for modifying an order of processing of a task performed on a plurality of objects. A user selects a plurality of objects and a task to perform on the objects, and the initial order of processing of the objects is displayed to... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20080250349 - Graphical user interface: A graphical user interface for controlling a printer application is presented. The interface comprises a first menu having a first set of selectable options; and a second menu concentrically-disposed relative to the first menu, the second menu having a second set of selectable options which are hierarchically related to the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080250350 - Switch and on-screen display systems and methods: A system with switch and on-screen display function includes a display device and a switch device. The display device includes a display panel and a display circuit. The display circuit is coupled with the display panel and is configured to control the display device. The display circuit includes an on-screen... Agent: Akin Gump LLP - Silicon Valley

20080250351 - Manipulating toolbar component dimensions: Systems and methods for manipulating toolbar dimensions are provided. Each toolbar includes a number of toolbar components each having a first and second representation and the toolbar is associated with a reference value. As the toolbar dimensions are adjusted, if the reference value for the toolbar is between a first... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080250352 - List entry selection for electronic devices: A system (and method) for selecting an entry from a list of entries on an electronic device is disclosed. The system is configured to display a plurality of banks to a user and to receive a bank selection event from the user for selecting a bank containing a set of... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20080250353 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus which executes jobs to form images, including: a job memory section which stores job information indicating setting contents of the jobs; a display section having a first region and a second region that never overlap; and a control section which controls contents to be displayed, wherein... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080250354 - Multiple item selection method for a mobile terminal: An enhanced multiple item selection method for a mobile terminal is provided. The enhanced multiple item selection method enables selecting multiple data items by effectively selecting corresponding data items listed of a data item list. The multiple item selection method of the present invention includes displaying a data item list... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20080250355 - Automatic 3d object generation and deformation for representation of data files based on taxonomy classification: Disclosed are a system and method for generating three-dimensional objects to represent files in a three-dimensional environment. A primary classifier classifies stored files into groups based on a first set of properties and generates three-dimensional mesh objects to represent each file. The mesh objects are the same within each group... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20080250356 - Method and system for dynamic, three-dimensional network performance representation and analysis: Techniques for representing data network performance characteristics from many different sources shows in three-dimensions client stations representations, server station(s) representations, and various forms of data transmission representations a video animation subsystem. Operational characteristics representations associate with the client stations, server system, data transmission representations forming a dynamic, three-dimensional representation of... Agent: HulseyIPIntellectual Property Lawyers, P.C.

20080250357 - Visualizing differences in similarity metrics of hierarchies: A hierarchy differences visualization system and method for visualizing differences between two hierarchical structures based on similarity metrics. The two hierarchical structures are merged into a merged hierarchical structure and differences between the two hierarchical structures are computed and displayed in a user interface using node visualization metrics. In addition,... Agent: Microsoft Corporation C/o Lyon & Harr, LLP

20080250358 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing a navigational search structure for media content: Methods, systems, and computer program products for navigating during playback of media content on a content viewing device are provided. A method includes associating a descriptor with a time element. The time element references an instantiation of the descriptor in a content file. The method also includes applying a reference... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Bellsouth

20080250359 - Numerical controller having multi-path control function: Programs of a plurality of paths are displayed in parallel on a display screen. If a cursor of an editing target program is moved, cursors of the other programs are interlocked and moved so as to be aligned on a same row. If a sequence number that is set to... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

10/02/2008 > patent applications in patent subcategories.

20080244372 - System for summarization of threads in electronic mail: The present invention discloses a pre-processing summarization technique that makes use of knowledge specific to the electronic mail domain to pre-process an electronic mail message so that commercially-available document summarization software can subsequently generate a more useful summary from the message. The summarization technique removes extraneous headers, quoted text, forward... Agent: Lotus And Rational Software David A. Dagg, Esq.

20080244374 - File processing apparatus, file processing method and color-image processing file: A file editing apparatus is provided that edits a color-image processing file in which limitations can be imparted on the display of edit history information that corresponds to a new shooting mode. The apparatus includes an editing unit that edits a color processing file; a display control unit; and a... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080244373 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for automatically creating a media presentation entity using media objects from a plurality of devices: The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer program products for automatically creating an MPE using media objects from a plurality of devices. According to one aspect, the method includes receiving a plurality of media objects from a plurality of devices and identifying media objects associated with a... Agent: Scenera Research, LLC Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P.A.

20080244375 - Hyperlinking text in document content using multiple concept-based indexes created over a structured taxonomy: Hyperlinks are automatically created and inserted into a subject document at the location of a subject concept within the subject document. The determination of when and where to insert the hyperlinks is made on the basis of associations of the subject concept with one or more object resources (to which... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080244376 - Method of automatically populating and generating flowchart cells: A method for creating a multimedia experience is disclosed. The method includes defining a first cell, defining a first branch selectively associated with the first cell, and defining a second branch selectively associated with the first cell. The method further includes associating a variable with the first cell that is... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080244377 - Advanced spreadsheet cell navigation: A cell navigation system is described that allows easy navigation to cells that are likely to be important to a spreadsheet user. The cell navigation system tracks each cell that a user visits and determines the importance of the cell to the user. The system adds important cells to a... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080244378 - Information processing device, information processing system, information processing method, program, and storage medium: An information processing device includes: a feature extracting section for extracting, as format information, a format feature of a process-target document from image data of the process-target document, on which filling-in spaces of plural items are printed; a document recognizing section for comparing the format information of the process-target document... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080244379 - Displaying detailed information in the context of a condensed enumeration of information: Systems and techniques for displaying detailed information in the context of a condensed enumeration of information. For example, in one aspect, in one aspect, a display includes a visual rendition of a table that systematically arranges condensed information in a collection of rows and columns for reference by a human... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20080244381 - Document processing for mobile devices: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that generates a table of contents for association with an electronic document that is requested by a client device. The subject matter also can be embodied in a method that reduces the emphasis of boilerplate... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080244380 - Method and device for evaluating an expression on elements of a structured document: The invention concerns a method of evaluating an expression on items of a structured document, an expression comprising a set of elementary sub-expressions, that comprises the following prior steps: generating, from the expression, all the target nodes (920) corresponding to items to be sought in the structured document; generating a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080244382 - Autonomic generation of document structure in a content management system: A content management system (CMS) autonomically generates structure for a document when a synchronization rule references structure that does not exist in the document. A dynamic structure policy specifies at least one criterion that determines if and how the structure is autonomically generated. By autonomically generating structure in a document,... Agent: Martin & Associates, LLC

20080244383 - Connected templates in connection with a content management server system or the like: A data system has a data structure with a posting corresponding to a set of pieces of content to be served. The posting includes a description of each piece of content including a name, a type, and a location thereof. The posting is presented to a user according to a... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20080244384 - Image retrieval apparatus, method for retrieving image, and control program for image retrieval apparatus: An apparatus divides a document image of each page which is to be input and stored into a plurality of regions according to image attribute contained in the document image to generate layout analysis data of each region. Further, the image data of each page is classified so that the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080244385 - Systems and methods for managing multimodal documents: A multimodal document management system and method includes a context manager for managing multimodal documents. A virtual media content management system is coupled to the context manager and a physical media content management system is coupled to the context manager. The context manager is operable to issue multimodal document management... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080244388 - Spell check function having a character replacement spell check algorithm that applies a preference based upon proximity of the characters replacing one another, and associated handheld electronic device: An improved spell check function and handheld electronic device provide a spell checking feature that includes a character replacement spell check algorithm that provides a preference based upon the proximity of the characters replacing one another.... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20080244390 - Spell check function that applies a preference to a spell check algorithm based upon extensive user selection of spell check results generated by the algorithm, and associated handheld electronic device: An improved spell check function and handheld electronic device provide a spell checking feature that includes provides a preference to a spell check algorithm that based upon extensive selection by the user of spell check results generated by the algorithm.... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20080244389 - Use of a suffix-changing spell check algorithm for a spell check function, and associated handheld electronic device: An improved spell check function and handheld electronic device provide a spell checking feature that includes a spell check algorithm that changes a suffix of a text entry by replacing each of one or more terminal characters thereof with a wild card element which can be any character or an... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20080244387 - Use of a suffix-removing spell check algorithm for a spell check function, and associated handheld electronic device: An improved spell check function and handheld electronic device provide a spell checking feature that includes a spell check algorithm that alters a suffix of a text entry by deleting one or more terminal characters thereof. A memory on the handheld electronic device has a plurality of language objects which... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20080244386 - Use of multiple data sources for spell check function, and associated handheld electronic device: An improved spell check function and handheld electronic device provide a spell checking feature that is available in a plurality of data entry fields of a plurality of applications. A memory on the handheld electronic device has a plurality of linguistic data sources which are searched for linguistic data during... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20080244391 - System and method for dynamic message placement: The present invention is a system and a method for selecting an appropriate location for displaying messages, such as graphic or textual advertisements, on the display screen of users of electronic devices. Embodiments of the present invention employ algorithms for analyzing the graphic content of the screen in real-time to... Agent: Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco Pl

20080244392 - Image processing device, image forming device, image processing method, image forming method, program, and computer readable recording medium on which the program is recorded: In case of transmitting a document file such as a PDF file to a printer without converting it into print data, a PC extracts from the document file to be printed information to be accessed when starting an analysis of the document file and transmits the information to the printer.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080244394 - Display and layout flow of relatively positioned user interface items: An improved solution for managing a user interfaces is provided. Aspects of the invention include the display and layout flow of relatively positioned user interface items. In an embodiment of the invention, a method of managing a user interface is provided, the method includes: obtaining a document for a rendition,... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20080244395 - Information processing system, information processing method, and computer readable medium: An information processing system includes: a division instruction receiving unit that receives a first instruction which instructs division processing to an object; a division processing execution unit that executes the division processing to the object according to the first instruction to generate a plurality of objects; a memory that stores... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080244393 - Method and apparatus to provide visual cues indicative of the level of severity or importance: A method of displaying information to relate level of severity or importance comprising the steps of (a) displaying data points; (b) coloring said data points in varying colors according to set levels; and (c) adjusting shades of said colors depending on further defined levels within said set levels. Another method... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080244396 - Method for analyzing a process of a communication taking place between at least two instances: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for analyzing a process of a communication taking place between at least two instances, wherein the communication process comprises a sequence of several calls, which in turn comprise at least one message, wherein the communication process is represented on a display... Agent: Matthew D. Rabdau Tektronix, Inc.

20080244397 - System and method for culture specific handling of imaging jobs: A device includes a memory to store user interface information, a memory to store user interface information, and at least one processor configured to receive an imaging job, determine culture information associated with the imaging job, and present the user interface information according to culture information.... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C. - Sharp

20080244399 - Contextual support center: A method and system to provide contextual support data are described. The method may detect an event related to an object associated with an application and presented to a user in a first portion of an interface of the application. In response to detecting of the event, the method may... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/sap

20080244398 - Direct preview of wizards, dialogs, and secondary dialogs: A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for previewing the user interaction steps of a wizard within a graphical user interface (GUI). User gestures are performed on the wizard's associated menu item or graphical icon to display a non-executable replica of the wizard in a variant visual style. The... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP IBM Rsw

20080244402 - Information processor, information processing method, and information processing program recording medium: An information processor includes an information processing unit that executes an information process by reference to a setting, a setting unit that executes a provisional selection to select one or more selection items among multiple selection items and a definitive selection for deciding the provisional selection by reference to an... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20080244400 - Recipe report card framework and methods thereof: A computer-implemented method for performing recipe evaluation is provided. The computer-implemented method includes integrating a plurality of data sources into a single recipe report card framework. The recipe report card framework includes an editor for interacting with the plurality of data sources. The computer-implemented method also includes displaying a plurality... Agent: Ipsg, P.C.

20080244401 - User interface teaching concepts in an application: Various embodiments provide a wizard integrated as part of an application to assist a user in operating within the application. In one or more embodiments, the wizard comprises an inline portion of the application's user interface and is designed to enable a user to express a desired goal and then... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080244403 - Function calculator having help display function: A function calculator includes a display unit and an input unit which inputs an arithmetic expression containing a function in accordance with user operation. When the input unit inputs an arithmetic expression, the calculator causes the display unit to display the arithmetic expression upon the input operation. The function calculator... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080244404 - Graphical method for displaying auxiliary relationships between objects: A method implemented in a scalable auxiliary graph for simultaneously displaying both traditional hierarchical information and auxiliary information at the same time. The method provides for a scalable auxiliary graph that shows feature interdependencies between a selected feature or sub-feature and any related interdependent primary features and/or sub-features. Here, the... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Rsw

20080244405 - Gui display system recording apparatus, and gui display method: According to one embodiment, a recording apparatus transmits a GUI screen to an image display apparatus via a LAN. A CPU of the screen display apparatus creates a selection border. The CPU and a graphics processor blend the created selection border with the GUI screen. A video processor/output unit displays... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080244406 - Camera apparatus and gui switching method in camera apparatus: According to one embodiment, a camera apparatus has a display device displaying an image data and a GUI switching unit switching between a GUI (Graphical User Interface) displayed by the display device and a GUI (Graphical User Interface) displayed by an external display device.... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080244407 - Abstractions in disc authoring: Authoring a Blu-ray Disc, comprising: providing abstractions that offer a functionality for a user to switch views of a BD-ROM data structure based on requirements and levels of expertise of the user; and providing a mechanism to author projects independent of an underlying format compliant to a final project output... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20080244408 - Internet search engine with display: The display of a search engine provides advertisements with video and audio content. A plurality of search results is displayed on a web page with a paired video advertisement. The advertisements are ordered and the audio portion of each advertisement is played according to the ordering. Each search result is... Agent: Kyle W. Rost

20080244409 - Method and apparatus for configuring a video surveillance source: A method of controlling a video source in a video surveillance system having a video source connected by a network to a workstation having a graphical user interface for enabling a user to control the video source comprising the steps of providing a video analysis program for analyzing the video... Agent: Pelco

20080244410 - Light table editor for video snippets: A light table video application includes a stackable video snippet player control, a filmstrip video snippet player control, and a timeline video snippet player control. A user may edit indicate the sequence of an edited video clip by placing one or more stackable video snippet players in a stacked fashion.... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080244411 - Information processing device: There is provided an information processing device, comprising: a display unit configured to display at least one of a plurality of data files; an information providing unit configured to transmit, to a host computer, first information enabling a client device accessing the host computer to display information contained in the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080244412 - Color management user interface: Various embodiments described above provide a user interface system that can expose end users and others to color management information in an easy-to-understand manner. In one or more embodiments, the user interface system can provide information that allows the user to easily ascertain whether a device, component or application is... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080244413 - Centralized registration for distributed social content services: A system and method are directed towards enabling centralized registration for managing a selective display of visitor information to distributed social networking websites. A visitor may enter selective personal information, and determine what information is made available on a social networking webpage. The visitor may then return to the social... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Darby & Darby P.C.

20080244414 - On-widget data control: A system and method are directed towards enabling control of widgets using on-widget data controls. A visitor may enter selective personal information and determine what information is made available on a social networking webpage. A visitor to a social networking website may select to not have their information displayed at... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Darby & Darby P.C.

20080244415 - Internet mail client system for mobile devices using remote computer systems and method thereof: The present invention relates to an Internet mail client system for a mobile device employing a remote computer and a control method thereof. The Internet mail client system for a mobile device according to the present invention includes a remote computer accessible to a mail server, a mobile device provided... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20080244416 - Apparatus and method for creating and consuming custom visualization templates: A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to access multiple custom templates. A selected custom template is designated for implementation. The selected custom template has a set of associated parameters. A custom template guide corresponding to the selected custom template is initiated.... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080244417 - Presence-enhanced calendaring: Presence-enhanced calendaring is provided. A user can enter scheduled-activity information related to the user in a manner consistent with conventional calendaring systems. In addition to receiving scheduled-activity information related to a user, the presence-enhanced calendaring systems receive sensor-generated information related to a current activity of the user. The presence-enhanced calendaring... Agent: Barry W. Chapin, Esq. Chapin Intellectual Property Law, LLC

20080244418 - Distributed multi-party software construction for a collaborative work environment: The disclosed architecture extends the traditional integrated design environment (IDE) designed for solo development work with features and capabilities that support collaborative distributed work (e.g., distributed pair programming). The architecture provides integrated communication channels that enable the participants to engage in collaborative work. The graphical user interface capabilities are also... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080244419 - Collaboration application and method: Collaboration by a plurality of users in an application. The application may include processing logic and a user interface. The user interface may include at least one control element adapted to receive collaborative input, where the at least one control element may be linked to a collaboration utility. The collaboration... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20080244420 - Method and apparatus for document browsing: A method, system and program storage device for browsing hyperlinked documents are provided. A method in one aspect may include enabling navigating from a document having a plurality of hyperlinks to a document associated with one of said plurality of hyperlinks; and enabling navigating directly from said document associated with... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20080244421 - Method and system for automatically generating an adaptive user interface for a physical environment: A system and method for automatically generating an adaptive user interface for a plurality of appliances within a physical environment. Appliance description specifications of the appliances are generated from provided appliance functionality information and semantic information of related appliances and/or related environment information. The appliance description specifications can be analyzed... Agent: Kris T. Fredrick, Intellectual Property

20080244422 - Column layout: In one embodiment, a method is illustrated as including displaying an editing window, the editing window being a Graphical User Interface (GUI) used to design an application interface, associating a User Interface (UI) element with a layout element, and generating metadata, the metadata containing data illustrating the association between the... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/sap

20080244423 - Melting groups: In one embodiment, a method is illustrated as including assembling one or more User Interface (UI) elements as a single UI element in the form of a melting group and placing the single UI element into a melting group container, associating the container with a layout element, and generating metadata... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/sap

20080244424 - Source code generating device: It is an object of this invention to improve the efficiency in software development, modification, and maintenance by efficiently designing a user interface with designs which differ among a plurality of execution environments and efficiently outputting source code and GUI display data from the editing result, in a source code... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20080244425 - Calendar horizon view: A calendar application is disclosed for emphasizing current and near time periods. The calendar application may provide a calendar interface which displays the current time period in the left-most column. Thus, in an example where the calendar interface displays a week of time, the calendar interface may display the current... Agent: Vierra Magen/microsoft Corporation

20080244427 - Low latency display methods for thin client devices: Control techniques support low latency display operations on thin client devices. In response to a request to render a page in a user interface, the control may distinguish fields that likely have immediately displayable content from fields that are unlikely to have immediately displayable content. The control may retrieve data... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080244430 - Named calculations and configured columns: Tools that can be used to enhance visibility into various business processes, using named calculations and/or configured columns to produce customized display grids for displaying data from a database. Such tools may provide the ability to develop, within a business application (and/or in conjunction with a business application) visibility solutions... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20080244431 - Product review system including reviewer purchase indicator: A system for presenting keywords obtained from users in a review process. The keywords are displayed along with a use value that reflects the number of times users have voted or selected the keyword as being relevant or effective in a review of a product. The keywords can be used... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC

20080244426 - Smart peripheral architecture for portable media players: A new peripheral architecture is provided that allows a UI document to be embedded into a peripheral. The UI document is sent to a portable media player when the peripheral is plugged into the portable media player. The portable media player interprets this UI document to allow a user to... Agent: Patent Law Group LLP

20080244429 - System and method of presenting search results: In a particular embodiment, a system to present search results is disclosed that includes a search system to retrieve search results from multiple data sources and to extract data from the search results. The system also includes a visualization system to generate a graphical user interface (GUI) including a visualization... Agent: Toler Law Group

20080244428 - Visually emphasizing query results based on relevance feedback: An example embodiment of the present invention provides processes for visually emphasizing the displayed URLs in query results based on implicit relevance feedback. In one process, the process identifies a web page which includes results returned by a search engine. Each result might include a displayed URL and an actual... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080244432 - Accentuated graphical user interface: A graphical user interface in which entities of the interface are manipulated using manipulation operations. The graphical user interface comprises a selectable interface entity upon which manipulation operations are commence-able, a first interface entity distinct from the selectable interface entity, and a second interface entity distinct from the first interface... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds

20080244435 - Computer readable medium recording an information providing program, information providing device, and method for providing information: The present invention provides a computer readable medium recording an information providing program for providing information relating to an optional device installable on an apparatus such as a printer, the program being capable of providing the information on an installable optional device that is presently uninstalled to a user in... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080244433 - Data analysis using facet attributes: A method, computer program product, and system for analyzing data using a data warehouse application are provided. The method, computer program product, and system provide for displaying a facet in a user interface of the data warehouse application, the facet classifying a plurality of documents, and displaying a facet attribute... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080244434 - Information service program, information service apparatus, and information service method: An information service program which causes an information service apparatus perform processing of information service about optional devices which are mountable in an object apparatus, the processing including a process of determining present configuration of the object apparatus including mounted optional devices which are mounted in the object apparatus, and... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080244436 - Method and apparatus for rapid surveying of static structures: An apparatus to facilitate field assessment of static structure sites to provide data in a predetermined format acceptable to a taxing authority, including a personal computing device having a graphic display screen, a user interface, and application software. The user interface is arranged to accept alphanumeric data provided by a... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20080244439 - Peripheral device: A peripheral apparatus is provided. The peripheral apparatus includes a display, the peripheral apparatus being configured to process input images based on one of a plurality of operation conditions displayed on the display, each of the operation conditions comprising a plurality of set items, each of the set items comprising... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080244437 - Quick glance maintenance interface for an analytical device: A graphical user interface for monitoring an analytical device. A first section displays a plurality of maintenance information fields for a component in the analytical device that has a specified lifetime. The plurality of maintenance information fields includes an image representing a usage state of the component, and a graphical... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080244438 - System and method for displaying content by monitoring user-generated activity: In an online environment, specific threads or forums of user-generated posts are selected for prominence based on some detected measure of user-activity in that thread and/or forum. The select threads or forums may be identified by measuring or quantifying the amount of interactive content provided in such threads or forums.... Agent: Shemwell Mahamedi LLP

20080244440 - Ribbon-style user interface for a software application: An electronic document generated in a software application is formatted for printing on a particular product using an executable template which is pre-designed with a set of template parameters. To assist the user in modifying the document, a ribbon-style user interface is configured to execute within the software application directly... Agent: Avery Dennison Corporation Patent Group

20080244441 - Radio station buttons: Methods and a data structure for assigning URLs (e.g., to radio-station-streaming-media-content sources) to graphical objects (such as buttons) are disclosed. Zip codes are used to identify and assign geographically relevant URLs to buttons. A graphical user interface enables a user to select from a plurality of radio buttons and menu... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080244442 - Techniques to share information between application programs: Techniques to share information between application programs are described. An apparatus may comprise a first application program to create notes for an operator, and a second application program to display a target item. The apparatus may further include a note interface module to associate the note with the target item,... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080244443 - .net ribbon model for a ribbon user interface: An object model is provided that allows .NET developers to customize the Office Ribbon user interface according to a .NET Ribbon model rather than the Ribbon XML/callback model of Office applications. The .NET Ribbon model implements the IRibbonExtensibility interface and provides properties and events for Ribbon components. At runtime, the... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20080244444 - Contextual computer workspace: A contextual computer workspace feature provides users with a mechanism to capture and output a state of a contextual computer workspace so that the user may continue working on a computer-based task as though no interruptions occurred. A state of a contextual computer workspace, including the window views and content... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20080244445 - Method and system for generating bursting-messages: A method for generating Bursting-messages on the window of a user's Web-terminal while browsing a Web-site. Indication related to the connection of the user to the Web-site is provided. Data that is required for generating a Burst-message on the Web-terminal is sent to the Web-terminal of the identified user and... Agent: Cooper & Dunham LLP

20080244449 - Apparatus and method for visualization of control techniques in a process control system: Various graphical displays used for visualization of control techniques in a process control system can be provided to an operator. For example, a graphical display could include (i) an image associated with at least a portion of a process and (ii) one or more icons identifying one or more process... Agent: Anthony Miologos Honeywell International Inc.

20080244447 - Application quick launch extension: A system (and/or a method) are disclosed to launch an application directly from a menu on a screen of a handheld computing device. In one embodiment, the handheld computing device is configured to receive an event signal corresponding to executing an application assigned to the switch when actuated for a... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20080244446 - Disambiguation of icons and other media in text-based applications: A system and method for entering icons and other pieces of media through an ambiguous text entry interface. The system receives text entry from users, disambiguates the text entry, and presents the user with a pick list of icons, emoticons, graphics, images, sounds, videos or other non-textual media that are... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080244448 - Generation of menu presentation relative to a given menu orientation: Methods are disclosed for a computational machine presentation including an origination point for a user, re-arranging a first selectable target more likely to be selected first, to a presentation nearer the origination point. The presentation format persists for any given user across a variety of computational machines, thus minimizing the... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/sap

20080244450 - Touch panel apparatus: In a touch panel apparatus of the present invention, a plurality of operation buttons on an operation screen are divided into a plurality of groups. One or more operation buttons belonging to one of the groups are shown in a first size, and one or more operation buttons belonging to... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080244451 - Adaptive dynamic navigational control for navigating within an application: Methods are disclosed for navigating between and within applications that display most recently visited applications and application parts, with redundancies eliminated from the display. The methods can be carried out in a computational machine that compiles a list of visited data-access locations, and identifies data-access locations that have been visited... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/sap

20080244452 - Method and terminal for implementing preview function: A method for implementing a preview function which enables a user to easily view any user data on a mobile terminal having two display units is disclosed. When a request for checking user data is input, the mobile terminal displays a list of corresponding user data files on one display... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080244454 - Display apparatus and computer readable medium: The display apparatus is provided with a generating unit that generates a menu image in which selection items of a menu are geometrically arranged; and a controller that makes the menu image displayed on a screen of a display and that makes positions of the selection items in the menu... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080244453 - Iconic event timeline with latitude snapping and method for providing the same: An iconic event timeline for conveying to a user the occurrence of events during a period of time. The iconic event timeline includes a timeline area having an axis representing an interval of time, and a plurality of graphical icons positioned along the axis. Whenever graphical icons representing the same... Agent: Spencer, Fane, Britt & Browne

20080244456 - Information processing apparatus and information processing method: An information processing apparatus includes an area display unit configured to display a metadata area including metadata values arrayed for each metadata item and unique areas defined for respective metadata values, an icon display unit configured to display an icon associated with main body data and enabling a user to... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080244455 - Operating apparatus and control method of the same: An operating apparatus comprising: a display unit that has a first mode being capable of selecting a plurality of functions and a second mode being capable of selecting a part of the functions selectable in the first mode, and displays the functions selectable in the first mode when the first... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080244457 - Display device and method of displaying menus thereon: A display device includes a display screen and a directional element. The display screen includes a first display area and a second display area. The directional element transmits a first trigger signal and a second trigger signal. The first trigger signal informs the first display area to display a directory... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080244458 - Remoting of windows presentation framework based applications in a non-composed desktop: Described are systems and methods for remoting applications, such as those based on Windows® Presentation Foundation (WPF). The systems and methods are based on remoting information associated with a structural representation. The structural representation corresponds to visual contents or elements of a desktop to be displayed at a remote end... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20080244459 - Method for associating map item images and text information: A system and method for manipulating digital map information, that allows the operator to view or modify map object or item attributes from either a graphical window or a text window. In one embodiment, when the user selects a map item within the graphical window (202), the text window (210)... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080244460 - Cursor for presenting information regarding target: In a graphical user interface, when a cursor is positioned over an icon or link associated with a target, the appearance of the cursor changes to present information describing or related to the target. Such information can include, for example, an excerpt of the contents of the target, and/or meta-data... Agent: Apple/fenwick

20080244464 - Duplicating the position of a pointer icon: A method, apparatus and software is disclosed which enables the position of a pointer icon on a first display to be duplicated on one or more other displays.... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20080244463 - Method and apparatus for providing a presumptive drafting solution: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for providing a presumptive drafting solution. Input from a cursor control device is received, wherein the input reflects a movement in a computer drawing program of a cursor over a drawing having one or more geometric entities (having one or more geometric attributes).... Agent: Gates & Cooper LLP

20080244462 - Method for providing gui having pointer moving at a variable speed and a video apparatus: A method for providing a Graphical User Interface (GUI), and an image apparatus having the same are provided. According to the method for providing a GUI, the position of the moving pointer on a display is determined, and the speed of movement of the pointer varies according to the determined... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080244461 - Method, apparatus, system, medium, and signals for supporting pointer display in a multiple-party communication: Systems, apparatus and methods related to multiple-party communications conducted between client computers in a computer network. For example, a system for supporting multiple-party communications on a client computer in communication with a server in a computer network is disclosed. The system includes a client processor circuit operably configured to transmit... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20080244465 - Command input by hand gestures captured from camera: A method and system for invoking an operation of a communication terminal in response to registering and interpreting a predetermined motion or pattern of an object. An input is received, the image data of the object is captured and the object in the image data is identified.... Agent: Perman & Green

20080244468 - Gesture recognition interface system with vertical display: One embodiment of the invention includes a gesture recognition interface system. The system may comprise a substantially vertical surface configured to define a gesture recognition environment based on physical space in a foreground of the substantially vertical surface. The system may also comprise at least one light source positioned to... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20080244467 - Method for executing user command according to spatial movement of user input device and image apparatus thereof: A method for executing a user command based on spatial movement of a user input device and an image apparatus having the same are provided. According to the method for executing a user command, a user command which is determined based on the spatial movement of the user input device... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080244466 - System and method for interfacing with information on a display screen: A technique for interfacing with graphical information on a display screen involves using a hand-held controller unit to collect image information that includes at least a portion of the display screen and using the image of the display screen to generate position data that is indicative of the position of... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20080244469 - Method of optimizing the displaying of image media on a wireless communications device: A method of displaying image media on a display of a wireless communications device entails displaying a hybrid view of the image media by presenting a list of folders containing image media and by concurrently presenting thumbnail images of the image media corresponding to at least one of the folders.... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20080244470 - Theme records defining desired device characteristics and method of sharing: An electronic device (130) uses a theme record (120) which defines themes desired for the electronic device. An example patriotic theme might call for red, white and blue screen colors. A processor compares the theme record (120) against at least components (140) of the electronic device to determine operation characteristics... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

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