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20080307696 | CANDLE COMPOSITION - A candle composition containing non-hydrogenated oil and at least one of long-chain hydrocarbon and long-chain hydrocarbon derivatives. A candle composition having non-hydrogenated oil and a solidifying amount of congealing reagent. A candle composition having paraffin, non-hydrogenated oil, and a solidifying amount of a congealing reagent comprising petrolatum, oxidized petrolatum, oxidized long-chain hydrocarbons, or modified hydrocarbons. A process for making a candle composition is also provided, the process comprising mixing together a non-hydrogenated oil and a congealing amount of a congealing reagent, heating mixture to a temperature of 75-90° C., preferably 75-80° C., then cooling the mixture and pouring into a container. | 12-18-2008 |
20100212214 | CANDLE COMPOSITION - A candle composition having fatty alcohol and vegetable-based wax. A candle composition having fatty alcohol and vegetable-based wax, and wherein the fatty alcohol comprises 0.5% to 99.5% by mass. A process for making a candle composition is also provided, the process comprising mixing together a fatty alcohol and a vegetable-based wax, heating the mixture to a temperature of 70-80° C., pouring into a container or mould, and cooling the mixture. | 08-26-2010 |
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20140063051 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE HAVING A SOCIAL MEDIA MULTIMEDIA CONTAINER - A system and method for rendering a graphical user interface. The method includes accessing, within a mobile device, a data store corresponding to a social media multimedia container. The social media multimedia container comprises a plurality of objects and a first subset of the plurality of objects comprises a first social media application and second social media application and a second subset of the plurality of objects comprises a first social media widget. The social media multimedia container is operable to comprise one or more applications, widgets, pieces of content, and other multimedia containers. The method further includes displaying a first plurality of images each corresponding to the first social media application and the second social media application in a linear configuration and displaying a first image corresponding to the first social media widget. The first image is adjacent to a second image of the plurality of images corresponding to the first social media application. | 03-06-2014 |
20140068430 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE INCLUDING A READING MULTIMEDIA CONTAINER - A system and method for a graphical user interface including a multimedia container. The method includes accessing, within a mobile device, a first data store corresponding to a multimedia container and accessing a second data store. The multimedia container comprises a first object and the multimedia container is operable to comprise one or more applications, widgets, and pieces of content. The second data store comprises data corresponding to a first electronic book. The method further includes displaying a first image corresponding to the first object, where the first image comprises a first book cover image corresponding to the first electronic book. The first image further comprises a first statistic corresponding to the first electronic book and the first statistic is related to access of the first electronic book. | 03-06-2014 |
20140068471 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE HAVING RECOMMENDATIONS - A system and method for a graphical user interface having recommendations. The method includes accessing, within a mobile device, a data store corresponding to a multimedia container. The multimedia container comprises a first object and a second object and the data store comprises metadata associated with the first object and the second object. The method further includes sending the metadata associated with the first object and the second object and receiving a data structure corresponding to a plurality of items. The data structure comprises a respective image and a respective location for each of the plurality of items. The plurality of items is related to the first object and the second object based on the metadata associated with the first object and the second object. The method further includes displaying, on the mobile device, each respective image for each of the plurality of items. Each respective image is operable to be selected. | 03-06-2014 |
20140068500 | System and method for navigation of a multimedia container - A system and method for managing a multimedia container. The method receiving, within a mobile device, a request to add a first object to a multimedia container and accessing a data store corresponding to the multimedia container. The multimedia container is operable to comprise one or more applications, widgets, and pieces of content. A first size attribute corresponds to the multimedia container. The method further includes adding the first object to the multimedia container and adjusting the first size attribute corresponding to the multimedia container. The first size attribute of the multimedia container is increased based on a second size attribute of the first object. | 03-06-2014 |
20140068501 | System and method for home screen navigation - A system and method for rendering a graphical user interface. The method includes displaying, on a mobile device, a first subset of a plurality of objects of a multimedia container on a home screen and receiving an input. The multimedia container is operable to comprise one or more applications, widgets, and pieces of content. In one embodiment, the plurality of objects of said multimedia container extends beyond a display of said mobile device. In response to said input, a second subset of said plurality objects of said multimedia container and a portion of said first subset of plurality of objects of said multimedia container on said home screen is displayed. | 03-06-2014 |
20140074652 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE HAVING A RESIZABLE RECOMMENDATIONS AREA - A system and method for rendering a graphical user interface having recommendations. The method includes accessing, within a mobile device, a data store corresponding to a multimedia container. The multimedia container comprises a first object and a second object and the multimedia container is operable to comprise one or more applications, widgets, pieces of content, and other multimedia containers. The data store comprises metadata associated with the first object and the second object. The method further includes displaying a plurality of images each corresponding to a respective recommendation based at least on the metadata associated with the first object and receiving an input. The plurality of items is displayed within a first portion of a display device. The method further includes in response to the input, displaying the plurality of images within a second portion of the display device. The second portion of the display device is greater in size than the first portion of the display device. | 03-13-2014 |
20150046782 | PRESENTING EXTERNAL INFORMATION RELATED TO PRESELECTED TERMS IN EBOOK - Systems and methods for rendering an annotation graphic user interface (GUI) that encompasses external information related to a book term in a structured frame. An ebook includes pre-selected terms embedded with hyperlinks directing to an article contained by an external information source. Upon a user interaction with such a pre-selected term, raw information from the one or more articles is accessed and fed to a wireframe. The raw information is mapped to respective sections of the wireframe based on the field identifications attached to different segments of the raw information. As a result, an annotation GUI including the external information can be displayed in a consistent and orderly format. | 02-12-2015 |
20150046783 | PRESENTING AN AGGREGATION OF ANNOTATED TERMS IN EBOOK - A system and method for providing an annotation summary for key terms in an ebook. An ebook includes pre-selected terms embedded with hyperlinks directing to one or more articles contained by one or more external information sources. Raw information from the one or more articles can be accessed and mapped to respective sections of a wireframe based on the field identifications attached to different segments of the raw information, thereby resulting in an annotation GUI. An annotation summary GUI that encompasses an aggregation of visual objects corresponding to the annotated terms in a book chapter can be presented in response to a user request. A user can select a visual object from the annotation summary GUI to open an annotation GUI for the corresponding term. | 02-12-2015 |
20150046809 | ACTIVITY INDICATOR - In accordance with a first method embodiment, a media content is displayed on a display screen. Information corresponding to other users' interaction with the media content is accessed. An activity indicator is displayed on the display screen. The activity indicator reflects a magnitude of the other users' interaction with the media content. | 02-12-2015 |
20150067581 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR HIERARCHICAL NAVIGATION - A system and method for a graphical user interface operable for navigation of a multimedia container hierarchy. The method includes accessing, within a mobile device, a first data store corresponding to a first multimedia container. The first multimedia container is operable to comprise one or more applications, widgets, and pieces of content. The first multimedia container comprises a second multimedia container. The method further includes displaying a first image corresponding to the second multimedia container and receiving a first input. The method further includes displaying a second image corresponding to a third multimedia container. The second multimedia container comprises the third multimedia container. | 03-05-2015 |
20150089454 | OVERSCROLL STRETCH ANIMATION - Overscroll stretch animation. In accordance with a first method embodiment, a portion of displayable information is displayed on a touch screen display in a nominal state. A movement of an object on or near the touch screen display is detected. Responsive to the movement, a boundary limit of the displayable information is detected. Responsive to the detecting, the portion of displayable information is displayed in a distorted state. The distorted state simulates fabric stretching. | 03-26-2015 |
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20090106680 | DRAG AND DROP OBJECT ATTRIBUTE ASSIGNMENT FOR OBJECTS IN A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI) - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to object attribution modification and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for drag and drop attributes for objects in a graphical user interface. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for drag and drop object attributes in a GUI can be provided. The method can include presenting draggable object attributes in the GUI, dragging one of the draggable object attributes into a separate target object in the GUI, and applying a value for the draggable object attribute to the separate target object. In one aspect of the embodiment, each of the draggable object attributes in the GUI can be separate and independent from any particular object in the GUI. In another aspect of the embodiment, each of the draggable object attributes in the GUI can be draggable from the particular object to a target object in the GUI. | 04-23-2009 |
20090144625 | SEQUENCE DETECTION AND AUTOMATION FOR COMPLEX PORTAL ENVIRONMENTS - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to user interface interaction automation and provide a method, system and computer program product for user interface interaction sequence detection and recording for user interface interaction automation. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for user interface interaction sequence detection and recording for user interface interaction automation can be provided. The method can include comparing a contemporary sequence of user interface actions in a user interface to a pre-stored sequence, and prompting for an expected user interface action if the contemporary sequence matches the pre-stored sequence. The method also can include prompting to store the contemporary sequence as a pre-stored sequence, and storing the contemporary sequence as a pre-stored sequence if directed in response to the prompting. | 06-04-2009 |
20110041081 | ALERT LOG ACTIVITY THREAD INTEGRATION - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to alert management in an activity-centric collaborative computing environment and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for activity thread integration of an alert log. In one embodiment of the invention, an alert log activity thread integration method can be provided. The method can include logging a reference to an alert for an activity in an activity thread, and, in response to the selection of the alert from within the activity thread, displaying the content of the alert. For instance, logging a reference to an alert for an activity in an activity thread can include creating a branch of the activity thread for inserting all alerts pertaining to the activity and inserting the reference to the alert in the created branch. | 02-17-2011 |