Patent application number | Description | Published |
20140032554 | NOTE ATLAS - Presenting database items includes providing a plurality of clusters, where each of the clusters is formed by grouping database items according to location information associated therewith, creating a plurality of geographic elements based on the clusters, and presenting the geographic elements to a user using a note atlas that represents all of the geographic elements corresponding to a set of the database items, where indicators of corresponding clusters are provided with each of the geographic elements. A quantity of database items may be provided with each of the corresponding clusters. The note atlas may show at least two levels of detail corresponding to a world level of detail, a points of interest level of detail and a city level of detail. Points of interest may be determined by having a user provide points of interest on a map. | 01-30-2014 |
20140050409 | RECOGNIZING AND PROCESSING OBJECT AND ACTION TAGS FROM STICKERS - Handling data for a photographic image, includes detecting a reference pattern in the data, detecting at least one sticker in the data, determining an action associated with the at least one sticker, and performing the action on the data. The reference pattern may be a uniform grid pattern of dots preprinted on paper. A paper type may be determined according to the reference image. Determining an action associated with the at least one sticker may depend, at least in part, on the paper type. Detecting a particular one of the stickers may cause data for the photographic image to be stored in a particular location. Detecting a particular one of the stickers may cause data for the photographic images to be assigned particular tags used for organizing and searching. | 02-20-2014 |
20140380232 | EXPANDABLE TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW FOR CONTAINER HIERARCHY - Presenting items in a two-dimensional access pane includes presenting a first set of icons arranged contiguously and in two dimensions of the access pane, where each of the icons corresponds to an item and at least some of the items are container icons that represent containers that contain other items and expanding at least one of the container icons to show a first container pane having icons corresponding to items contained in a corresponding container, where icons in the first container pane are arranged contiguously and in two dimensions of the first container pane. At least some of the icons in the first container pane may be container icons that represent containers that contain other items. The items may be files in a file system provided in connection with a personal computer that runs Macintosh OS, MS Windows, and Linux. The items may be data in a database system. | 12-25-2014 |