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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 > Menu Or Selectable Iconic Array (e.g., Palette) Menu Or Selectable Iconic Array (e.g., Palette)Menu Or Selectable Iconic Array (e.g., Palette) 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.11/15/07 - 20070266340 - Apparatus, method, and system for representing a multimedia display A system, an apparatus, and a method for representing a multimedia display are proposed in the present invention for displaying multimedia data and a menu. The system comprises an interface from which the user may input signals and the apparatus comprising screens for displaying. Three signals can be inputted from ... 11/08/07 - 20070261003 - Method and device for providing a selection menu allocated to a displayed symbol A method and device for providing a selection menu allocated to a displayed symbol on a graphic display unit is provided. A user can perform a predefined action with an input device, and when the predefined action is detected in a spatial relationship to the displayed symbol, a selection menu ... 11/08/07 - 20070261001 - Image display control apparatus and program for controlling same In a display screen of an image display device, plural menu items in a higher rank menu hierarchy are displayed in a first circular arrangement, and plural menu items in a lower rank menu hierarchy that is subsidiary to the higher rank menu hierarchy is displayed in a second circular ... 11/08/07 - 20070261000 - Control system for a motor vehicle A control system for a motor vehicle is provided, having a manual operating device with a plurality of degrees of freedom for selecting and/or activating entries in a menu structure with a plurality of menu levels, and a screen display with a plurality of presentation areas representing the menu structure, ... 11/01/07 - 20070256027 - Control system for a motor vehicle A control system for a vehicle having a screen display with a plurality of display areas for displaying entries of a menu structure, a manual actuating means for selecting and/or activating at least one entry in a current menu level, voice control means for redundantly selecting and/or activating at least ... 10/25/07 - 20070250794 - Multiple menus for use with a graphical user interface An approach for using multiple menus with a graphical user interface is disclosed. A multiple menu comprises a menu panel with two or more selection regions, each of which is associated with a base menu. A user requests the menu panel without selecting a menu object displayed on a display ... 10/25/07 - 20070250793 - Multiple menus for use with a graphical user interface An approach for using multiple menus with a graphical user interface is disclosed. A multiple menu comprises a menu panel with two or more selection regions, each of which is associated with a base menu. A user requests the menu panel without selecting a menu object displayed on a display ... 10/25/07 - 20070250792 - Presentation of service data in support of a user interactive application program during running of the program on a computer controlled display The display of support service data on application programs being run for the interactive user of a computer controlled display system. The implementation combines offering to a user a plurality of selectable displayed items, each representative of a level of complexity at which service data is to be presented, enabling ... 10/18/07 - 20070245262 - Method for controlling access to digital content when using a mouse with two buttons The invention relates to a method for accessing digital information content, with a computer system which has a display unit, wherein a menu which can be changed by a user is opened by clicking a first object, wherein the menu provides one or more references to one or more further ... 10/18/07 - 20070245261 - Task oriented navigation Multiple options, techniques, and procedures can be provided for navigating, accessing, and displaying tasks, task templates, or instances of task templates. Two options can be presented for navigating to a task template using a user interface. One option can comprise selecting a task from a contextual task list, and the ... 10/11/07 - 20070240079 - Extensible, filtered lists for mobile device user interface The subject disclosure pertains to systems and methods for providing an improved user interface for mobile devices. Access to data and services from multiple software applications can be provided through a group or list of items. Each group or list can include multiple items, which can be associated with data ... 09/20/07 - 20070220446 - Interactive inventor's menus within a software computer and video display system An interactive menu apparatus and method for creating inventions or prospects for inventions via the juxtaposition of key concepts (which may be words, symbols, or pictures) over displays of elements of websites obtained using the Internet. The key concepts may be entered by a user or may be defined from ... 08/23/07 - 20070198949 - Method and system for providing an outwardly expandable radial menu An outwardly expandable radial menu, such as a plus-shaped menu, may be launched in a user interface screen and may include a center option and up to four other options arranged to the left, right, upward, and downward relative to the center option. The position of each of the options ... 08/16/07 - 20070192735 - Mobile communication terminal and method therefore Inactive services may be selected from a menu and the selection will prompt an opportunity for the user to subscribe and activate the attribute with a minimum of effort and interruption. ... 08/09/07 - 20070186184 - Method of providing phone service menus A method and system for facilitating the navigation of menu trees offered by service providers is provided. The method of facilitating menu tree options at a menu tree facilitator includes the steps of receiving a customer request from a customer at a menu tree service center, the request including a ... 08/09/07 - 20070186183 - User interface for presenting a palette of items The present invention provides a user interface for presenting a palette of items. A method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: arranging a plurality of items into a plurality of groups, each group including at least two items; and selectively displaying each group in either an ... 08/02/07 - 20070180403 - Method and mobile terminal for selecting a menu A method and mobile terminal for selecting a menu are disclosed. The present invention includes arranging at least two of a plurality of displayed menus in a preset manner and executing menus corresponding to a selected terminal input key. By arranging a plurality of activated menu icons in a plurality ... 07/19/07 - 20070168882 - Active path navigath system A method for navigating within a multi-level hierarchical collapsing menu structure is disclosed. Each level in the menu structure contains plural items, each item being at least one of a function, a pointer to a location, and a pointer to another level. The method of the present invention includes a ... 07/19/07 - 20070168881 - Multifunction apparatus, server, and server system A distribution server and includes a communicator that communicates with multifunction apparatuses via a network a menu generator that generates menu information based on information obtained by the communicator, the information including display capability information and job capability information for each multifunction apparatus. The menu information includes information for execution ... 07/19/07 - 20070168880 - Method and system for question tracking and information presentation To develop a computerized questionnaire, a plurality of options are provided in a template. The options include a section option, an open text option, a single choice option, a multiple choice option, a yes/no option, a message only option, a required attribute option, an attachment option, a next question option, ... 07/19/07 - 20070168879 - Traversal of datasets using positioning of radial input device Items can be displayed radially by positioning representative icons in a circular or helical fashion on a display. Upon receiving an angle input from a radial input device, an item at a corresponding angle on the display can be selected. The set of selectable items can be recalculated with each ... 07/05/07 - 20070157121 - Method for managing menu function in mobile station The method for managing menu functions in a mobile station includes the steps of executing menu edition, selecting menu items the user uses frequently in the executed menu edition, to set up a menu, executing the menu, and displaying the menu of the selected menu items at first. The basic ... 07/05/07 - 20070157119 - Sidebar photos A sidebar can be used to display images stored on a local computer and/or retrived from the Internet. In one embodiment, a slidesheet of a photo application module of a sidebar provides a sidebar user with a search field, so that the user can search an Internet photo sharing website ... 07/05/07 - 20070157118 - Customizable, multi-function button A device includes a toolbar. The toolbar includes a button whose function changes based on context and whose visual interface changes based on the function the button is performing. ... 07/05/07 - 20070157117 - Apparatus, method and computer program product providing user interface configurable command placement logic In accordance with but one exemplary embodiment of this invention a computer program is embodied on a tangible computer-readable medium. The execution of the computer program by a data processor of a device results in operations that include operating a command placement manager to map an instance of a user ... 06/28/07 - 20070150835 - Integrated multidimensional view of hierarchical objects Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to the display of multidimensional structures and provide a method, system and computer program product for managing an integrated multidimensional view of a structured collection of objects. In one embodiment of the invention, a data processing system can ... 06/28/07 - 20070150834 - Extensible icons with multiple drop zones Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to icon management in a GUI and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for extensible icons with multiple drop zones. In one embodiment of the invention, an icon data processing system configured for ... 06/07/07 - 20070130543 - Method and apparatus for playing multimedia contents A method and an apparatus for playing multimedia contents are provided. The method includes if a multimedia contents file providing the multimedia contents is loaded, detecting contents menus for controlling the multimedia contents from the multimedia contents file and displaying the contents menus; and if a specific contents menu is ... 06/07/07 - 20070130542 - Supporting user interaction with a computer system User interaction with a computer system is supported by maintaining, in a computer system, a model comprising several concepts having properties associated therewith and any relationships existing between the several concepts. A current state of the several concepts, properties and relationships reflects a real-world situation that involves a user of ... 05/24/07 - 20070118815 - Electronic apparatus and method of initializing setting items thereof An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus is controlled by using parameters relating to a plurality of setting items, including: a specifying unit performing an operation of specifying a setting item out of the plurality of setting items; and a display processing unit displaying a numeric keypad to input ... 05/24/07 - 20070118814 - User interface for computing device System, method and program for user selection of a menu option. A multiplicity of menu options are automatically and sequentially displayed, one at a time, in a display window of a computing device. A user selection is received at a time during the automatic and sequential display of the menu ... 05/17/07 - 20070113204 - Method of displaying menus in mobile telephone A method of displaying a list of menus on a screen of a mobile telephone is described. Each menu is represented by a menu icon including at least one of a corresponding text and graphical illustration identifying each menu. The method includes the steps of entirely displaying an initial menu ... 05/17/07 - 20070113203 - Method for searching menu in mobile communication terminal The present invention relates to a method for searching a menu in a mobile communication terminal, wherein a plurality of main menus and sub menus of each main menu are simultaneously searched on a single menu screen using various navigational keys. ... 05/17/07 - 20070113202 - Method for searching menu in mobile communication terminal The present invention relates to a method for searching a menu in a mobile communication terminal, wherein a plurality of main menus and sub menus of each main menu are simultaneously searched on a single menu screen using various navigational keys. ... 05/17/07 - 20070113201 - System and method for providing active menus in a communities framework A community accessed via a portal can be provided that maintains user membership during collaboration on various projects. The members of the community can have access to and share multiple resources. A resource can have a menu associated with it wherein the menu is dynamically displayed on the portal page ... 05/17/07 - 20070113200 - On-screen control of a video playback device A video playback device includes a controller and an on-screen display processor for displaying icons on a display representing all of the playback control functions of the video playback device. A cursor for selecting the desired playback control function is controlled by cursor movement keys on a remote control unit. ... 05/17/07 - 20070113199 - User interface of a machine tool A user interface of a machine tool comprises a display (1) which is divided into at least two regions (2, 4), a main menu (3) which is permanently displayed in the first display region (2), in particular, a menu bar, for selecting different main modes (31-37) of the user interface ... 05/10/07 - 20070106957 - Electronic service manual display program and recording medium on which the program is recorded, electronic service manual display control method and electronic service manual display control apparatus, program transmission method and program transmission Disclosed is a technique that provides an electronic service manual display program that permits a user to freely write a comment and to browse the comment. According to this technique, a board diagram or a circuit diagram is displayed in a drawing display area. And when a predetermined manipulation, such ... 05/03/07 - 20070101292 - Manipulating an on-screen object using zones surrounding the object A user interface for manipulating objects of various types in a consistent manner. Each on-screen object is surrounded by a control region including a number of zones for performing various control operations on the object. Multiple input modes are available for interacting with the zones, allowing object manipulation commands to ... 04/26/07 - 20070094613 - Method and apparatus for establishing and displaying wait screen image in portable terminal A method and apparatus are disclosed for displaying a menu item selected by a user from a menu list that corresponds to various functions of a portable terminal, such as a wait screen image, so that the user can rapidly and easily access frequently used menus. ... 04/19/07 - 20070089069 - Apparatus and methods of displaying multiple menus A display apparatus and methods for displaying multiple menus are provided. In one embodiment, the display apparatus includes a screen and a frame connecting to the screen. The screen has a first menu region and a second menu region each displaying a menu therein. The menu in the second menu ... 03/22/07 - 20070067738 - Extensible, filtered lists for mobile device user interface The subject disclosure pertains to systems and methods for providing an improved user interface for mobile devices. Access to data and services from multiple software applications can be provided through a group or list of items. Each group or list can include multiple items, which can be associated with data ... 03/22/07 - 20070067737 - Aggregation of pc settings Systems and methods for enabling users to roam between networking environments are disclosed. In one embodiment, different machine settings may be stored in a memory for different network locations under se network profiles. In another embodiment, these and other settings may be automatically adjusted upon entering a different location. In ... 03/22/07 - 20070067736 - Method of forming menus the second identification part (3) of the function elements (1) on at least one display area (B) between the outermost display areas (A, C) is displayed in such a manner that the second identification part of the first function element and the second identification part of the second function element ... 03/01/07 - 20070050732 - Proportional scroll bar for menu driven thermostat A visual display system for use with a menu driven digital thermostat is provided. The visual display system provides a relative indication of the total number of menu items in the displayed menu on the thermostat's user interface display. A relatively sized and positioned scroll bar is utilized in one ... 03/01/07 - 20070050731 - Pull down menu displays In order to facilitate the use of pull down menu functions by users who may experience difficulty in maintaining cursor position within such a menu while displayed, an option is provided to enable such a user to make a pull down menu “sticky”, in the sense that menu collapse is ... 02/22/07 - 20070044036 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, recording medium, and program There is provided an information processing apparatus capable of handling a plurality of content. The apparatus includes: a display information generator adapted to generate display information related to each of the content; a state manager adapted to manage a display state of the display information; a display layer manager adapted ... 02/08/07 - 20070033545 - Method, system, and computer program product for providing enhanced dropdown selection lists and combination boxes The present invention provides enhanced dropdown selection lists and combination boxes. A method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: providing a graphical user interface (GUI) control that displays a dropdown list when actuated, and displaying indicia in the GUI control indicating a number of entries in ... 02/01/07 - 20070028187 - Apparatus and method for performing display processing, and computer program product A display processing apparatus includes a display processing unit that displays an input indicating area and an output indicating area. Input functions are displayed in the input indicating area and output functions are displayed in the output indicating area. The output indicating area can be displayed where the input indicating ... 02/01/07 - 20070028186 - Digital image processing apparatus having efficient input function and method of controlling the same Provided is a digital image processing apparatus including: an array of a plurality of input buttons; and a display panel which displays icons respectively corresponding to the input buttons at positions respectively corresponding to positions of the input buttons, and a method of controlling the apparatus. ... 01/18/07 - 20070016877 - Communication system, data terminal apparatus, server apparatus, and menu screen updating method There is provided a communication system, a data terminal apparatus, a server apparatus, and a menu screen updating method that succeed in enhancing the ease-of-use of a menu screen with additional functions. The service server transmits to the receiving apparatus additional menu data for permitting selection of additional functions. In ... 12/28/06 - 20060294477 - Portable electronic device with the ability of directly inserting image data into a menu and its method The present invention relates to a portable electronic device with the ability of directly inserting image data into a menu, which comprises: a display device, for displaying data; an image capturing device, coupled to the display device, for capturing image data; a memory device, for temporarily storing the image data; ... 12/21/06 - 20060288307 - Manipulation menu display location control apparatus and program A manipulation menu display location control device includes a display for displaying a screen on which a plurality of predefined selection items are shown, a display location information table for storing information indicating the locations of the selection items on the display, and a receiving program for receiving an item ... 12/14/06 - 20060282793 - System and method for display input selection Input sources to a display, such as a television, are depicted with a first indicator if active, such as active with a signal having visual information, and are depicted with a second indicator if inactive, such as lacking an active signal. A selection module allows a user of the display ... 12/07/06 - 20060277496 - Systems and methods for displaying meta-data Techniques are presented to display values for a set of icons by controlling their assignment to a set of rows and their placement within these rows. A plurality of icons to be displayed is determined. An abacus attribute taking a finite set of values is associated with the set of ... 11/23/06 - 20060265667 - Method and user interface for handheld device, useful for matching games such as lotteries or scratch games A user interface facilitates the presentation and/or playing of matching games on small displays commonly associated with handheld or mobile communications devices. In one aspect, identification of a name from a list of available picks causes the presentation of an image or graphic directly or indirectly associated with the identified ... 11/09/06 - 20060253801 - Graphical user interface for electronic devices An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display and a processor configured to control the display of a graphical user interface on the display. The electronic device further includes a computer readable medium containing instructions for configuring the processor to provide a menu. The ... 11/09/06 - 20060253800 - Soliciting and reporting feedback A method includes (a) electronically presenting to a user, graphical or audible representations of two or more possible reactions in a range of a reactions to an occurrence or a proposition, the two or more different graphical or audible representations sharing a common representational concept, (b) enabling the user to ... 11/02/06 - 20060248474 - Method for displaying menu items on menu screen with improved convenience When there is a key operation, the number of times of selection or the number of times of cancellation corresponding to the command or the menu item for which the key operation was made is rewritten. When a “enter” (select) button is depressed for selection, the count for the number ... 11/02/06 - 20060248473 - Image forming apparatus and screen transition control method An image forming apparatus that performs a plurality of functions includes: a display which displays a menu screen or a function instruction screen, the menu screen being used for selecting one of the plurality of functions, and the function instruction screen corresponding to each of the functions and being used ... 11/02/06 - 20060248472 - Clip history A method, apparatus, system, and article of manufacture provide the ability to modify a clip. Initially, a first processed result clip having a clip history is obtained. The clip history comprises an operation performed to produce the first result clip. The first result clip is loaded into a processing application ... 10/26/06 - 20060242598 - Visual designer for telephony applications An application server system is provided having a core engine connecting one or more protocol providers to one or more applications. In a preferred embodiment, the one or more applications run on a respective one or more virtual machines having their own execution threads. A thread pool may be used ... 10/26/06 - 20060242597 - Apparatus and method for displaying icons and controlling direct link menus in portable terminal Disclosed are an apparatus and a method provided for displaying icons and controlling direct link menus in a portable terminal. The method for displaying icons in a portable terminal includes displaying only the essential icons of all the icons set in an icon area. All the icons are displayed together ... 10/19/06 - 20060236266 - User interface A user interface with a display and user input for a mobile telephone that provides a set of icons or other user selectable objects in a number of different idle mode screens. The user interface has two modes. In a focused mode, the user input can change focus so that ... 09/28/06 - 20060218508 - System and method for enabling manipulation of graphic images to form a graphic image An instrument includes a display screen which includes a bitmap graphical user interface including an on-screen menu, and a control element which enables movement of the on-screen menu corresponding to movement of the control element, enables the user to manipulate and select graphic images for executing selected instrument functions. The ... 09/28/06 - 20060218507 - Display of historical information related to field devices used in process control plants A management system (managing field devices of a process control plan) provided according to an aspect of the present invention enables a user to view historical menus (i.e., the menus as displayed at desired prior time points). Such a features is enabled in an embodiment by storing displayed tree structure ... 09/28/06 - 20060218506 - Adaptive menu for a user interface A method and apparatus for adapting a help menu on a user interface, utilizing an input method such as a speech recognition system, for increased efficiency. A list of menu items is presented on the user interface including an optional menu item to reinstate any previously removed menu items. A ... 09/21/06 - 20060212829 - Method, program and device for displaying menu A method of displaying a menu including a plurality of menu items. The method includes the steps of displaying an orbital menu by arranging the plurality of menu items on a looped orbital, first detecting a signal for switching the orbital menu, extracting a menu item located at a predetermined ... 09/21/06 - 20060212828 - Method, program and device for displaying menu A menu displaying method for displaying a menu containing a plurality of menu items on a display screen comprises a menu item arrangement step of arranging the menu items in a prescribed three-dimensional virtual body to squarely face the display screen so that each menu item will have at least ... 09/21/06 - 20060212827 - Menu display apparatus and method and recording medium storing computer program for executing the menu display method A menu display apparatus and method, which enable a user to easily and quickly search for content of interest among a plurality of contents shared by a plurality of devices in a home network, are provided. The menu display method includes: receiving information regarding a zoom-in location or a zoom-out ... 09/21/06 - 20060212826 - Electronic service manual display program and recording medium on which the program is recorded, electronic service manual display control method and electronic service manual display control apparatus, program transmission method and program transmission Disclosed is an electronic service manual display program whereby an order for a part can be easily and correctly issued across a network to a predetermined parts order receiving server, and in accordance with to this technique, a board diagram or a circuit diagram is displayed in a drawing display ... 09/14/06 - 20060206836 - System and method for providing a consistent visual appearance to output generated by multiple applications The techniques and mechanisms described herein are directed to a method for creating an identity that defines a visual appearance for output generated by multiple applications. The identity may include a base design, an effects scheme, a color scheme, a font scheme, a logo, and business information. The identity being ... 09/07/06 - 20060200780 - Enhanced on-object context menus Aspects of the present invention provide context menus useful in, e.g., a computing device receiving user input via a stylus. Icons representing actions performable on an object are displayed in a context menu for the object. Additional aspects of the invention include cascading menus that also minimize hand and/or wrist ... 08/31/06 - 20060195796 - Device and method for controlling menu display of microwave oven The present invention relates to a device and method for displaying various menus of a microwave oven onto one screen. In the present invention, the various menus can be displayed onto one screen by using a tree structure or window structure. To this end, display control data are stored such ... 08/24/06 - 20060190843 - Apparatus operating system An apparatus operating system includes a display unit and an input operation apparatus. The display unit displays an electronic map and an operation menu included in a multi-layer hierarchical structure. The input operation apparatus is a rotary switch or joy-stick enabled to input an operation direction or operation amount. When ... 08/24/06 - 20060190842 - Hand held display device and method A hand held device for displaying information, the hand held device comprising: at least one information store storing information, the information being indexed or arranged by an indexing scheme or arrangement that defines an information hierarchy; a display for displaying information retrieved from said information store, and user selectable menu ... 08/24/06 - 20060190841 - Display apparatus and control method thereof The present invention relates to a method of controlling a display apparatus having a user input part to manipulate a user control menu including at least one control item. The method involves displaying the user control menu in a halftone when a user control function is selected via the user ... 08/24/06 - 20060190840 - Semi-automated pipetting aid A semi-automated pipetting apparatus has a computer monitor with a screen lying in at least a nearly horizontal plane. A screen protector is mounted over the screen. A processing unit runs a computer program and is in communication with the computer monitor to generate a screen display shown on the ... 08/17/06 - 20060184898 - Context menu dependency on many objects of different type A computer implemented method is represented for providing to a user a context menu with entries representing relationships. The relationships are applicable to relate objects selected from a set of objects. The method comprises following method operations: receiving a first identification of a first selected object from the set of ... 08/17/06 - 20060184897 - Information retrieval apparatus and method Apparatus for retrieving information from at least one information source, the information being indexed or arranged by an indexing scheme or arrangement that defines an information hierarchy, the apparatus comprising: a display for displaying information and user selectable menu items; a user input device for receiving user selections of displayed ... 08/17/06 - 20060184896 - Process for optimized navigation in display menus of a mobile terminal and associated mobile terminal displaying, in response to activation (12) of the second of said complementary functionalities (213, 214) of the navigational cross, a second batch of possible actions on the data associated with the item selected. ... 07/27/06 - 20060168541 - Portal linking tool Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for retrieving web documents. Briefly described, in architecture, one embodiment of the system, among others, includes a web retrieval tool interface configured to display a context menu from any web page that is being viewed. The context menu displays at least ... 07/20/06 - 20060161867 - Media frame object visualization system The present invention provides a unique system and method for facilitating browsing, sorting, clustering, and filtering any number of media objects grouped together in a quick and easy manner. In particular, the invention involves annotating the media objects, which have been clustered, sorted, and/or filtered en masse rather than individually, ... 07/20/06 - 20060161866 - Categorical user interface for navigation within a grid Methods, systems, and computer program products for presenting a plurality of options for selection. Each option is organized into either a category or a sub-category that is associated with a category. The association between categories and sub-categories is independent of time. Categories are displayed along one axis and sub-categories are ... 07/20/06 - 20060161865 - User interface for a remote control application A hand-held electronic device having a remote control application user interface that functions to displays operational mode information to a user. The graphical user interface may be used, for example, to setup the remote control application to control appliances for one or more users in one or more rooms, to ... 07/20/06 - 20060161864 - Menu entries for drop-down menus of graphic user interfaces The invention relates to a method for the input and display of information, data and/or input elements in drop-down menus of graphical user interfaces, the drop-down menus or layered menu levels having a number of menu items of any type, the number of menu items comprising at least a number ... 07/20/06 - 20060161863 - Cellular user interface Configurations for a cellular user interface are provided. In one embodiment, a client configuration includes a viewer and a content development kit. A content server distributes cellularized content among several client viewers. Connectors in a scheduled configuration regularly acquire updated content from data sources. An integration server interfaces between the ... 07/06/06 - 20060150120 - User interface for a remote control application A hand-held electronic device having a remote control application user interface that functions to displays operational mode information to a user. The graphical user interface may be used, for example, to setup the remote control application to control appliances for one or more users in one or more rooms, to ... 07/06/06 - 20060150119 - Method for interacting with automated information agents using conversational queries In order to reduce or eliminate ergonomic inefficiencies arising when an automated information agent is accessed from a device having a streamlined graphical user interface, the present invention provides a mechanism for selecting and interacting with automated information agents over a text-based messaging network by means of a conversational interface ... 06/15/06 - 20060129950 - Red eye removal user interface for a portable device A method of a user interface for red eye removal in a portable device includes displaying a first screen having an image and a first menu. If a user selects a first icon in the first menu, the method further includes displaying a second screen having the image after automatic ... 06/08/06 - 20060123360 - User interfaces for data processing devices and systems A graphical user interface for a data processing device providing a user friendly menu system and navigation capabilities. ... 06/08/06 - 20060123359 - Portable electronic device having user interactive visual interface A portable electronic device, for example, a handheld communication device, including a display (110), a user input interface (150) and a processor (120) coupled to the display and to the user input interface. The processor controls the display and navigation of items arranged in bounded areas of an array in ... 05/25/06 - 20060112353 - Image processing apparatus and storage medium storing image processing program An image processing apparatus includes a CPU core, and displays a related image according to selection of a main menu icon. For example, in a case that a timer counting for each frame holds a predetermined value, it is determined whether or not the display of the related image has ... 05/25/06 - 20060112352 - Video program menu system and menu system control device thereof The present invention relates to a video program menu system and menu control device thereof. The main structure comprises a video converting device, a display screen, and a menu control device. The video converting device can be used to receive at least one video on demand program data and comprises ... 05/18/06 - 20060107233 - Method and system for navigating through a plurality of features A method, system and apparatus are provided for navigating through a plurality of features in a user interface. A user may choose from a plurality of features made available by the user interface. The features are divided into to one or more sets. A feature may be selected by triggering ... 05/18/06 - 20060107232 - User interface A graphic user interface is provided on a mobile telephone (10) having a screen (12) and control buttons (14) which move and select choices. The screen (12) comprises a viewing area (18), for viewing icons (16), a context area (20) and a selection area (22). A first icon (16), in ... 05/04/06 - 20060095866 - Methods and apparatus for implementing a device menu The present invention relates to an image having distinct image areas as part of the image, at least one of the distinct image areas configured to match determined device menu functions for functioning as a functional part of device menu. The present invention also relates to a method for defining ... 05/04/06 - 20060095865 - Dynamic graphical user interface for a desktop environment A graphical user interface (GUI) for a computer desktop environment that provides access to a plurality of services through a menu that is displayed in a large portion of the desktop environment independent of a taskbar. The menu comprises one or more icons arranged in a pattern and that represent ... 05/04/06 - 20060095864 - Method and system for representing an application characteristic using a sensory perceptible representation A portable electronic device (10) can include a user interface (12) enabling the representation of a characteristic of an application using a user perceptible representation of the application on a presentation device (14, 18 or 20) and a processor (15) coupled to the presentation device. The processor can be programmed ... 04/27/06 - 20060090143 - Differential tree and dialog device settings menu A method for providing a simplified menu for a device, by providing a GUI for selecting setting items for display and setting values. Those settings that are different from the standard settings are displayed more prominently, resulting in a display that enables an instantaneous confirmation of the settings. Clicking on ... 04/20/06 - 20060085763 - System and method for using an interface A system and method for using a user definable interface (UDI). A display displays the interface. The interface comprises a plurality of levels each having a plurality of command regions. The visual appearance of the interface remains substantially the same for each of the plurality of levels and only one ... 04/20/06 - 20060085762 - Display device with a detechable command input unit A display device includes a main body and a housing. The main body includes a control unit. The housing includes a command input unit associated with the housing. The command input is replaceable piece of equipment. The command input unit includes a plurality of pins for generating the control signals ... 01/19/06 - 20060015822 - Method and apparatus for updating a user interface display of a portable communication device A menu selection technique (300) dynamically updates a display of a portable communication device, such as a two-way radio. The user enters an alphanumeric entry (306) via a keypad, each entry being added to the contents of an input buffer (308) of the portable communication device. The content of the ... 12/15/05 - 20050278656 - User control for dynamically adjusting the scope of a data set A user control for dynamically adjusting the scope of a set of content, information, and/or data and a user interface (UI) for representing the same are provided. 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