Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
715859000 | Status indicator | 28 |
20080270949 | Methods and Systems for Navigation and Selection of Items within User Interfaces with a Segmented Cursor - Methods and systems for navigating and selecting items within a user interface. Various groupings of items may be displayed and selected within the user interfaces which may further include a graphical rounded positioning locator. The locator can be designed to resemble a compass with indicia to provide the user with a relative location and bearings within an arrangement of items. The indicia can include rounded lettering having a curvature that may additionally indicate optional rotational or wraparound menu features. Furthermore, user interfaces are provided which may include segmented cursors or pointers with multiple select keys that provide a plurality of items to choose from within the display rather than just one available item or selection. Items can be any kind of alphabetical and/or numerical information such as contact information with names and addresses, or any other kind of data including television programming within a viewing guide or other data displayed within documents or spreadsheets. | 10-30-2008 |
20090013288 | Video Promotion for Online Directory Listings and Other Search Engine Websites that List Advertisers - A webpage file is transmitted to a client computer. The webpage file provides directory listings or search engine results, which are presented in the form of a list of hyperlinks. Each hyperlink corresponds to a directory listing entry or a search engine hit. In response to a pointer on the client computer hovering over a hyperlink in this list of hyperlinks, a video corresponding to the hyperlink is determined by correlating an advertiser with the hyperlink, such as by extracting the advertiser's ID number from the hyperlink, and by correlating within a video database each of a plurality of videos with a respective advertiser. A matching video is then transmitted to the client computer to cause the client computer to play the video in a window that floats over the original webpage. | 01-08-2009 |
20090144666 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING USER EXPERIENCE WHEN READING A BIDI DOCUMENT - A method and apparatus for improving user experience when reading a BiDi document is provided. The method comprises the steps of: receiving the range of a specific text content the reading direction of which needs to be indicated in the BiDi document; determining the reading direction of the specific text content; and displaying a direction flag for the specific text content to indicate the reading direction of the specific text content. The method and apparatus enable a user to know the correct reading direction of a specific text content in a BiDi document conveniently and intuitively, thus improving user experience when the user reads the BiDi document, and avoiding possible misunderstanding and consequences. | 06-04-2009 |
20090271745 | MAP DISPLAY SYSTEM, MAP DISPLAY DEVICE, MAP DISPLAY METHOD, AND MAP DISTRIBUTION SERVER - A map display system having display means for displaying a map image and object display control means for displaying object images on the map image according to the location of the objects, wherein, when a cursor is moved to a desired object image and operated to select it, information on the object is displayed. The map display system has target object determination means for calculating the distances between the cursor and the individual object images and determining an object of the smallest distance to the cursor. The object display control means re-draws an object image of the target object determined by the target object determination means and displays the result on the uppermost surface of an image displayed. When a large number of object images are displayed on a map image, in areas close to each other, the user can simply recognize a desired object image and can click the object image accurately and reliably. | 10-29-2009 |
20090288043 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MOVING A CURSOR AND SELECTING OBJECTS ON A TOUCHSCREEN USING A FINGER POINTER - A finger pointer is used for moving a cursor and selecting objects on a touchscreen. The finger pointer includes a cursor indicator and a finger contact area. The cursor indicator points to a location on the touchscreen that would be activated when the finger pointer is selected. The finger contact area indicates the location on the touchscreen where a user may touch the screen to activate or move the finger pointer. The finger pointer may be used to select objects such as hyperlinks on a browser web page, and items from an application of menu. The user touches the touchscreen within the finger contact area. The user then contacts the touchscreen at a different location to move the finger pointer to the different location such that the cursor indicator is positioned on an object is to be selected. | 11-19-2009 |
20100064260 | Image Display Device - The image display includes a bandwidth calculating means that calculates bandwidth of image data transmitted from a plurality of computer devices, based on at least any one piece of information about the position and movement of a cursor displayed in a display image and a transmission amount control means that controls data transmission amounts of the plurality of computer devices, based on the bandwidth of the image data. Incidentally, the bandwidth calculating means calculates a priority level from the number of cursors existing in a display frame of each of the computer devices, and determines the bandwidth based on the priority level. | 03-11-2010 |
20100146454 | POSITION-DEPENDENT INFORMATION REPRESENTATION SYSTEM, POSITION-DEPENDENT INFORMATION REPRESENTATION CONTROL DEVICE, AND POSITION-DEPENDENT INFORMATION REPRESENTATION METHOD - The present invention is intended to provide a position-dependent information representation system which can allow persons other than evaluators to readily recognize at which positions the respective evaluators are evaluating information. Control device causes map/layout display means to display a map or a layout chart of a specified area in according to an instruction of the evaluator, and specifies an evaluation point specified by the evaluator in the display range of the map or the layout chart displayed according to an instruction of the evaluator. Information acquiring means acquires information data representing information of the evaluation point. Information representation section represents the information data. ID receiving means and information representation section connected to control device are connected through communication medium, such that the correspondence of the evaluation point to information representation section can be visually recognized, and information acquiring means transmits the acquired information data to information representation section. | 06-10-2010 |
20110078636 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INPUT CHARACTER INDICATOR - The method for displaying an input character indicator includes generating a first indicator indicative of a first language of input characters when a mouse cursor enters a search field and displaying the first indicator as a separate window screen near the mouse cursor. | 03-31-2011 |
20110083108 | PROVIDING USER INTERFACE FEEDBACK REGARDING CURSOR POSITION ON A DISPLAY SCREEN - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for providing user interface feedback regarding a cursor position on a display screen. A user may use a suitable input device for controlling a cursor in a computing environment. The displayed objects may provide feedback regarding the cursor's position. Particularly, a position of the cursor may be compared to an object's position for determining whether the cursor is positioned on the display screen at the same position as a portion of the object or within a predetermined distance of the portion of the object. In response to determining the cursor is positioned on the display screen at the same position as the portion of the object or within the predetermined distance of the portion of the object, an appearance of the portion of the object may be altered, such as, for example, brightness or color of the object portion. | 04-07-2011 |
20110276927 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC LINKING BETWEEN GRAPHIC DOCUMENTS AND COMMENT DATA BASES - A method for dynamic linking between graphic documents and comment databases is described and includes entering a base graphic representation of a project in a computer system. The base graphic representation may be the conversion of a user supplied format graphic to a web support format graphic. A coordinate overlay grid of a coordinate overlay program may be linked to the base graphic representation for overlay positioning and display on the base graphic representation. The coordinate overlay program may have a notation subprogram linked to the coordinate overlay grid for a user to designate notation with an identifier relative to a distinct location of the base graphic representation on the coordinate overlay grid. A text or graphic comment data record may be entered in a comment data record referenced to an identifier and displayed using a computer cursor device and display to activate an identifier. | 11-10-2011 |
20120017182 | Predictive Hover Triggering - A method of triggering a hover event for a pointer in a user interface on a display device begins by predicting a future position of the pointer on the user interface. A likelihood that the pointer will hover over a screen object is determined based on the predicting. Finally, a hover event for the screen object is triggered based on the determined likelihood that the pointer will hover over the screen object. | 01-19-2012 |
20120144344 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING AND RESERVING AIRLINE SEATS - This invention relates to an electronic means by which people can select the exact seat or seats they want for any type of event or reserve an appointment for any activity. More specifically, a customer or a ticket re-seller or a venue operator can go, for example, to the internet and select the event or activity for which he wants a ticket or tickets or reserve a time and reserve and order the exact seat or seats or the time of his choosing directly online. The seat or seats may be displayed on a personal computing device, and additional information about the seat or seats may be displayed in response to the customer or ticket re-seller or venue operator placing a location indicator over a portion of the interactive seating display. | 06-07-2012 |
20120210277 | USAGE BASED SCREEN MANAGEMENT - An apparatus and method are provided for a power saving for multi-media output devices that belong to two or more interconnected devices. The method includes receiving a set of predetermined criteria associated with at least one of application type, user behavior, and user characteristics. The method further includes selectively modifying portions of at least one of the multi-media output devices in accordance with the set of predetermined criteria. The one or more portions are less than an entirety of the at least one of the multi-media output devices. | 08-16-2012 |
20130074013 | METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING SELECTION OF AN OBJECT ON A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - According to one embodiment, there is provided a method comprising causing display of information content comprising objects on a graphical user interface; activating a predictive cursor function in response to identifying a predetermined action from a user; receiving a cursor movement action from the user, wherein the movement speed of the cursor is lower than a threshold value; determining a cursor position on the graphical user interface; highlighting on the graphical user interface an object that is the closest object in relation to the cursor position; and changing the highlighted object on the graphical user interface in the direction of the cursor movement action while the cursor movement action continues and the movement speed of the cursor is lower than the threshold value. | 03-21-2013 |
20140053112 | HIT TESTING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present invention provide a hit testing method and apparatus. The method includes: replacing color values of pixels of objects displayed on the screen with corresponding identifier (ID) values of the objects; storing the ID values in a bitmap array, wherein each element of the bitmap array corresponds to one or more pixels of a respective object; in response to capturing a hit event, acquiring a hit coordinate on the screen corresponding to the hit event; determining a bitmap array element corresponding to the hit coordinate; and identifying an object related to the hit event, according to the ID value associated with the bitmap array element. | 02-20-2014 |
20140129992 | PREVIEW CURSOR FOR IMAGE EDITING - Methods and systems, including computer program products, implementing a preview cursor for image editing. One method includes displaying an image, receiving user input moving a cursor representing an editing tool to a position on the image, and in response, displaying a cursor icon representing the cursor at the position. The editing tool is operable to have an effect when applied. The cursor icon shows the effect of applying the editing tool at the position while and only while the cursor is at the position. | 05-08-2014 |
20140173526 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CURSOR-BASED CONTENT DELIVERY - A method can include receiving a request to provide specified content information to a user computer that includes information to be displayed on a display; providing an indication of cursor image data corresponding to a specific image; providing the specified content information to the user computer after receiving the request, the specified content information including at least one cursor display instruction; executing a cursor display code to process the cursor display instruction to modify the cursor image in the shape and appearance of the specific image after the movement of the cursor image over at least a portion of the information to be displayed on the display. | 06-19-2014 |
715860000 | Selection emphasis | 6 |
20090055778 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ONSCREEN TEXT RECOGNITION FOR MOBILE DEVICES - The invention comprises a method of selecting and identifying on-screen text on a mobile device, comprising: a) providing an on-screen selection icon for activation of text selection mode; b) activating a text selection pointer upon activation of the selection icon; c) applying a text-selection algorithm in a region identified by user location of the text selection pointer; d) identifying text with the region using a character recognition algorithm; and, e) passing the identified text for further analysis as determined by user selection. | 02-26-2009 |
20100005426 | Method for Identifying Phone Numbers and Alphanumeric Sequences - A method and system provides the ability to identify phone numbers and alphanumeric sequences in a text source such as a web page and format them and/or convert them into usable information. According to one aspect, the invention automatically identifies and formats phone numbers in web pages so that they can be automatically dialed using VoIP or PSTN phone services. According to other aspects, the formatted phone number can be provided to any network voice applications, such as voice-over IP (VOIP) solutions, voice chat, voice IM, and wireless, WiFi, and WiMax connections. According to additional aspects, the invention can be integrated with internet browsing applications to allow automatic dialing of phone numbers over VOIP services or PSTN services. According to still other aspects, the invention allows technical support, electronic commerce, customer support numbers, phone numbers for product ordering, etc., on company web pages to be identified and dialed with a mouse click. According to yet other aspects, a search engine provider using the invention can charge an advertiser for phone calls placed to the advertiser, which are far more valuable than “clicks” on advertiser links, thereby reducing the “click fraud” problem afflicting current search engine technology. | 01-07-2010 |
20100037183 | Display Apparatus, Display Method, and Program - A display method including the steps of displaying document data and/or content data including a plurality of objects, controlling an arrangement position of a translucent focus area on a display unit, where the focus area is provided to make the object enter a selection state, detecting a position on the display unit, where a user contacts the display unit at the position, and moving the focus area as the contact position is moved when the detected arrangement position of the focus area is approximately equivalent to the detected contact position is provided. | 02-11-2010 |
20100146455 | Architecture For Controlling A Computer Using Hand Gestures - Architecture for implementing a perceptual user interface. The architecture comprises alternative modalities for controlling computer application programs and manipulating on-screen objects through hand gestures or a combination of hand gestures and verbal commands. The perceptual user interface system includes a tracking component that detects object characteristics of at least one of a plurality of objects within a scene, and tracks the respective object. Detection of object characteristics is based at least in part upon image comparison of a plurality of images relative to a course mapping of the images. A seeding component iteratively seeds the tracking component with object hypotheses based upon the presence of the object characteristics and the image comparison. A filtering component selectively removes the tracked object from the object hypotheses and/or at least one object hypothesis from the set of object hypotheses based upon predetermined removal criteria. | 06-10-2010 |
20100162175 | AUGMENTED LIST FOR SEARCHING LARGE INDEXES - An augmented large index searching system and method for searching a database of items using a device having a limited input mechanism. Embodiments of the system and method present to a user in an augmented list view or a regular list view a list of items matching a sub-string search. The augmented list view contains a list of sub-group representations so that each sub-group is represented by an item in the sub-group most likely to be selected by the user. The user can select an item wanted by the user or refine the sub-string search by pinning a character to append the character to the sub-string and generated a revised sub-string. The above process is repeated using the revised sub-string. The list can be augmented by displaying visual features that indicate quantity and distinguish between items or characters by using coloring, highlighting, shading, size, and so forth. | 06-24-2010 |
20160018975 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO DISPLAY DATA RECORDS EXTRACTED FROM A DATABASE VIA A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - A system and method for managing display of database records are provided. The method includes determining whether a pointer is positioned over a data cell of a plurality of data cells of a graphical user interface; in response to receiving an actuation signal related to the pointer while the pointer is determined to be over the data cell, automatically modifying search criteria applied to database data according to the data of the data cell; and automatically outputting the database data filtered by the modified search criteria to the graphical user interface. | 01-21-2016 |
715861000 | Dynamically changed appearance (e.g., animated or live action) | 5 |
20140310656 | SYSTEM FOR REPLACING A CURSOR IMAGE IN CONNECTION WITH DISPLAYING ADVERTISING CONTENT - A system for displaying advertising content includes a client computer having a display device, a processor, a network interface, and a graphical user interface including a cursor. The client computer is arranged to receive advertising content data from a remote computer via the network interface. The advertising content data includes cursor display data for displaying a promotional image. The processor is coupled to the display device and modifies the cursor in accordance with the promotional image in response to a predetermined event. The promotional image may include elements such as animation, a satellite image, a sprite image, promotional text, and a combination thereof. | 10-16-2014 |
20140310657 | SYSTEM FOR REPLACING A CURSOR IMAGE IN CONNECTION WITH DISPLAYING ADVERTISING CONTENT - A system for displaying advertising content includes a client computer having a display device, a processor, a network interface, and a graphical user interface including a cursor. The client computer is arranged to receive advertising content data from a remote computer via the network interface. The advertising content data includes cursor display data for displaying a promotional image. The processor is coupled to the display device and modifies the cursor in accordance with the promotional image in response to a predetermined event. The promotional image may include elements such as animation, a satellite image, a sprite image, promotional text, and a combination thereof. | 10-16-2014 |
20140310658 | SYSTEM FOR REPLACING A CURSOR IMAGE IN CONNECTION WITH DISPLAYING ADVERTISING CONTENT - A system for displaying advertising content includes a client computer having a display device, a processor, a network interface, and a graphical user interface including a cursor. The client computer is arranged to receive advertising content data from a remote computer via the network interface. The advertising content data includes cursor display data for displaying a promotional image. The processor is coupled to the display device and modifies the cursor in accordance with the promotional image in response to a predetermined event. The promotional image may include elements such as animation, a satellite image, a sprite image, promotional text, and a combination thereof. | 10-16-2014 |
20140310659 | SYSTEM FOR REPLACING A CURSOR IMAGE IN CONNECTION WITH DISPLAYING ADVERTISING CONTENT - A system for displaying advertising content includes a client computer having a display device, a processor, a network interface, and a graphical user interface including a cursor. The client computer is arranged to receive advertising content data from a remote computer via the network interface. The advertising content data includes cursor display data for displaying a promotional image. The processor is coupled to the display device and modifies the cursor in accordance with the promotional image in response to a predetermined event. The promotional image may include elements such as animation, a satellite image, a sprite image, promotional text, and a combination thereof. | 10-16-2014 |
20140310660 | SYSTEM FOR REPLACING A CURSOR IMAGE IN CONNECTION WITH DISPLAYING ADVERTISING CONTENT - A system for displaying advertising content includes a client computer having a display device, a processor, a network interface, and a graphical user interface including a cursor. The client computer is arranged to receive advertising content data from a remote computer via the network interface. The advertising content data includes cursor display data for displaying a promotional image. The processor is coupled to the display device and modifies the cursor in accordance with the promotional image in response to a predetermined event. The promotional image may include elements such as animation, a satellite image, a sprite image, promotional text, and a combination thereof. | 10-16-2014 |