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Data Processing: Presentation Processing Of Document, Operator Interface Processing, And Screen Saver Display Processing > Operator Interface (e.g., Graphical User Interface) > On-screen Workspace Or Object > Focus Control Of Multiple Diverse Workspace Objects

Focus Control Of Multiple Diverse Workspace Objects

Focus Control Of Multiple Diverse Workspace Objects patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.

10/11/07 - 20070240073 - Mobile communication terminal
A method for providing a user interface of a mobile communication terminal including a currently active display. The method includes displaying on the currently active display at least part of a menu, the menu having a plurality of menu items, one menu item of the plurality of menu items being ...

09/13/07 - 20070214426 - Focus proirity in window management
A method for managing windows in a window-based display system, the method comprising providing a plurality of windows, each window being associated with an application, at least one of the plurality of windows being able to accept focus, assigning, to each one of the plurality of windows being able to ...

08/23/07 - 20070198942 - Method and system for providing an adaptive magnifying cursor
A method and system for displaying an object having a shape on a graphical user interface having a cursor is described. The method and system include tracking a movement of the cursor and magnifying the object in response to the cursor being placed on a magnification zone. The magnification is ...

08/16/07 - 20070192719 - Hover indicator for objects
Technology is disclosed for identifying embedded objects in a user interface. The technology identifies the objects when a user interface device is positioned over the object. The technology is included in a computer system having a graphical user interface, a display and a user interface selection device. A method of ...

07/26/07 - 20070174779 - Multi-layer focusing method and apparatus therefor
A method of and an apparatus for efficiently navigating a plurality of contents which are reproduced in a device for reproducing interactive contents, such as a computer, a DVD player, a PDA, or a cellular phone, by using a device having a limited number of input keys. Focusing layer values ...

06/14/07 - 20070136677 - Methods and apparatus for displaying information
A computer system receives a command to initiate setting a display mode of its corresponding display screen to one in which received input commands (e.g., mouse input, keyboard input, etc.) are directed to multiple display applications running on the computer system instead of only a single display application in a ...

04/12/07 - 20070083819 - Method and system for generating pyramid fisheye lens detail-in-context presentations
A method for generating a presentation of a region-of-interest in an original image for display on a display screen, comprising: establishing a focal region for the region-of-interest at least partially surrounded by a shoulder region; creating a focal region image for the focal region by scaling the original image within ...

04/12/07 - 20070083818 - Media variations browser
A system and method facilitating media browsing is provided. The invention includes a browsing component and a media display system that provides a focus media and related media. The focus media and the related media are associated based, at least in part, upon metadata. The invention further provides for an ...

03/22/07 - 20070067732 - Method and apparatus for highlighting buttons on screen on which a plurality of applications are displayed, and information recording medium thereof
Provided are an information storage medium on which contents for interactively providing a user with audio/visual data are recorded, and a method and an apparatus for highlighting buttons on a screen on which a plurality of applications are displayed so as to interactively provide the user with the audio/visual data. ...

03/15/07 - 20070061749 - Virtual focus for contextual discovery
Virtual Focus allows a user to explore elements on a screen without changing the location of the current system focus. While virtually navigating around and exploring the user interface (UI) elements on the screen, the user may change the system's input focus to the current virtual focus or return to ...

02/15/07 - 20070038949 - Copyholder graphical user interface
A user interface is provided that enables a user to view, navigate and perform actions on an online document. The user interface is represented as a sliding window which appears to move smoothly across the document text. The sliding window, from herein referred to as the copyholder, moves across the ...

12/14/06 - 20060282790 - Operating system program launch menu search
An operating system program launch menu, such as a Start menu, provides various mechanisms for a user to quickly and efficiently locate and launch desired data items such as programs, data files, storage locations, and the like. A search box within the program launch menu may be used to quickly ...

11/30/06 - 20060271874 - Focus state themeing
Focus state themeing is accomplished by separating the processing of the focus state from the processing of an operative state of a control element. The operative states of the control element are entered or exited based upon the detection of input from a user or the detection of control availability ...

10/05/06 - 20060224987 - Graphical user interface for accessing data
A graphical user interface for accessing data can display hierarchical information in an efficient organized layout that users may easily navigate. In one embodiment, subject headings are contained within cells that form a column. Information related to the subject headings is contained within cells which are formed in rows that ...

09/28/06 - 20060218500 - System and method for pinning tabs in a tabbed browser
The techniques and mechanisms described herein are directed to a method for pinning a tab in a tabbed browser. Briefly stated, browsing software is configured to recognize a “pin” event, such as a hot key, a menu selection, and the like. Upon recognizing the pin event, the browsing software splits ...

09/14/06 - 20060206832 - Directional focus navigation
A rendering engine that supports directional focus navigation, in response to a directional input, shifts the focus to an appropriate focusable element. The rendering engine determines one or more focusable elements that are candidates to receive the focus based on the received directional input and based on the relative display ...

09/07/06 - 20060200775 - Displaying a plurality of selection areas in a computer-implemented graphical user interface
A computer-implemented graphical user interface for displaying a plurality of selection areas. A first selection are is displayed on a monitor attached to the computer, and then a second selection area is displayed on the monitor attached to the computer without erasing the first selection area. The first and/or second ...

08/24/06 - 20060190834 - Multi-layer graphical user interface
A multi-layer graphical user interface provides multiple types of information in at least two layers of a common display space, such as a window. In one implementation, a shared network folder includes two layers of display objects to separately represent files contained in the folder and users with whom the ...

08/24/06 - 20060190833 - Single-handed approach for navigation of application tiles using panning and zooming
The subject invention provides a unique interactive system and method that facilitate single-handed navigation and interaction with applications within a display space on any type of mobile computing device. The system and method include or employ scalable application tiles corresponding to applications, whereby the application tiles can provide or indicate ...

08/17/06 - 20060184892 - Method and system providing for the compact navigation of a tree structure
A method and system are described providing for the compact navigation of a tree structure. According to an exemplary embodiment, a path in the tree structure is displayed. A selection component is included in the displayed path to represent a level of the tree structure at which there exists a ...

08/17/06 - 20060184891 - Simplified interactive graphical user interfaces for display systems by removal of inactive windows after a time-out period
A user friendly display interface system for simplifying the user interactive display interface through removal of inactive windows comprising the combination of an implementation for determining whether each of said plurality of windows is active, an implementation for presetting an initial time period for which each of said plurality of ...

07/13/06 - 20060156247 - Floating action buttons
A user interface (UI) includes floating action buttons. Respective hot zones are established for associated respective UI elements. When a focus is targeting (e.g., located at) a given hot zone, one or more floating action buttons that are associated therewith are presented as part of the UI. Activation of a ...

07/06/06 - 20060150116 - Data distribution system
A data distribution system for distributing music data set up as an annunciation sound for announcing a predetermined event in a communication terminal device is provided and has the server device having a storage device which stores a data file including a plurality of the music data and selection data, ...

06/01/06 - 20060117267 - System and method for property-based focus navigation in a user interface
An improved system and method for focus navigation behavior specification in a user interface is provided. To this end, an application may include declarations that may associate a focus navigation resource with a user interface object and a focus navigation behavior may be dynamically selected for changing the input focus ...

03/09/06 - 20060053385 - Rearranging views on a computer screen
On a computer screen (3) various non-overlapping views (A, B, C, . . . ) or “windows” may be displayed simultaneously. To present the views more conveniently for a user, the views can be automatically rearranged in response to a single view (B) being moved by the user. Preferably, the ...

01/26/06 - 20060020900 - Information processing apparatus
Any icon on a launcher screen 22 is changed from a basic-size (first-size) icon Is to a second-size icon Im one size larger than the basic-size icon Is and further a third-size icon IL further one size larger than the second-size icon Im in accordance with operation using an operation ...

01/05/06 - 20060005142 - System and method for handling unexpected focus change messages in a computing device
A system and method for managing non-user initiated focus changes in a computing device detects, in one embodiment, an operating system generated message indicating a focus change from a first window to a second window. Once detected, user input is inhibited for a predetermined time. The predetermined time is configurable ...

11/24/05 - 20050262448 - Noisy operating system user interface
An operating system shell provides on a display screen a graphical user interface through which a user interacts with the operating system. The operating system shell provides a background noisy display rendered on the display screen in accordance with a background physical lighting model, and an ambient notification rendered over ...

09/29/05 - 20050216855 - System and method for music synchronization in a mobile device
A computer program embodied in a computer readable medium in a mobile station MS includes instructions to display a first identifier, such as a song title, associated with a first media (music or video) file and a second identifier identified with a second media file. The first identifier indicates that ...

09/22/05 - 20050210399 - Method and system for improved viewing and navigation of content
A system and method for small computing devices that present a thumbnail image of content such as a web page, allows a viewer to select a region, and zooms in on the selected region in a way that reduces scrolling and helps users to understand the content they are reading. ...

08/18/05 - 20050183027 - Arrow logic system for creating and operating control systems
A graphic programming system for associating distinctive arrow appearances to specific transaction(s) that the arrow may convey among and between on-screen objects. The distinctive appearance features include arrow color, arrow style, and double-headed arrows, among many other possibilities. The system provides default relationships between specific arrow transactions and arrow appearance, ...



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