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| 20080222553 | CHEF PC - An apparatus for displaying recipe information includes an output device for displaying an icon to display the recipe information, a central processing unit for controlling set up a device and a memory for storing the recipe information. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080235613 | APPLIANCE WITH USER INTERFACE HAVING MULTI-USER MODE - In accordance with the present disclosure, a system for providing a customizable multi-user interface for a treatment appliance is presented. The system includes a user interface having a display region. The display region may include a user selection menu wherein one of a plurality of stored users may be selected. Once a user is selected, various customized user interface parameters and wash cycles associated with that user will be available for selection. The customized user interface parameters may include brightness, contrast, volume, and the like. Each cycle may include various customized wash cycle parameters, such as wash temperature, spin speed and soil level. The user interface may further include a plurality of soft keys provided for the selection of menu options on the display. In addition, the user interface may include a rotatable knob from which cycle selections may be made. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080307350 | Method and Apparatus for Improved Desktop Arrangement - A method and apparatus for organizing and viewing information in a data processing system is described. According to one embodiment of the invention, a group is created according to a predefined set of rules where the group contains a plurality of icons. The group is displayed on a desktop of the data processing system in a visually distinguishing manner. The group is expanded to display the plurality of icons within the group while a position of a cursor is in proximity to the group. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090007004 | MULTI-APPLICATION TABBING SYSTEM - A method for displaying a plurality of windows on a display screen is described. The method includes steps of associating a first window with at least one second window, the at least one second window being independent of and external to the first window, and combining the first window and the at least one second window into a common window on a display screen, the first window and the at least one second window being configured to share a common window frame. An indicator may appear on the display as a target region when a user desires to associate the first and second windows. Subsequent operations performed on the common window are performed automatically on any underlying window. For example, when a user chooses to save the contents of the common window, the contents of all of the windows of the common window may be saved. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090125833 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING STICKY APPLICATIONS - A system and method for providing sticky applications are provided. A “sticky application” is an operating system (OS) level application that has the ability to “stick” to web applications and become a part of the web page on which the web application is running. While the sticky application is stuck to the web application, it behaves as if it were a web application with respect to the user. When the user chooses to “unstick” the application, it will return to behaving as an OS level application. The sticky application imitates being a web-based application instead of an operating system level application while stuck. This imitation involves the sticky application being placed on pixel coordinates within a web page of the web application and the sticky application remaining in the pixel coordinates within the web page where it is placed even when a user modifies the representation of the web page. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090158193 | Layer For Accessing User Interface Elements - A user-activatable dashboard (also referred to as a unified interest layer) contains any number of user interface elements, referred to herein as “widgets,” for quick access by a user. In response to a command from a user, the dashboard is invoked and the widgets are shown on the screen. The user can activate the dashboard at any time, causing the dashboard to temporarily replace the existing user interface display on the user's screen. Once the dashboard has been activated, the user can interact with any or all of the widgets, and can configure the dashboard by adding, deleting, moving, or configuring individual widgets as desired. When the user wishes to return to the normal user interface he or she was working with, the user issues a command causing the dashboard to be dismissed. Once the dashboard has been dismissed, the previous user interface state is restored, allowing the user to resume normal interactions with the operating system. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090199126 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ORGANIZING TOOLBARS FOR A SOFTWARE APPLICATION - A method of automatically organizing toolbars on a user interface for a software application includes calculating an amount of free space in the first toolbar row of the user interface, determining a size of a toolbar in a second toolbar row of the user interface, and automatically moving the tool bar from the second tool bar row to the free space in the first tool bar row if the amount of free space in the first toolbar row is greater than the size of the toolbar. Moving the toolbar to the first toolbar row maximizes available free space for an application window of the computer application. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090222758 | CONTENT REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A content reproduction apparatus and method are provided. The content reproduction apparatus includes a creation module which creates a log information list including log information regarding one or more valid portions selected from an original content; and a reproduction module which reproduces an unoriginal content with reference to the log information list, the unoriginal content being a combination of the one or more selected valid portions of the original content. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090300538 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A display control apparatus determines if an application manager has attribute information compatible with attribute information of a selected application program, and controls the application manager which is determined to have the attribute information compatible with the attribute information of the application program to execute display processing of the application program. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090300539 | ELECTRONIC BOOK WITH INFORMATION MANIPULATION FEATURES - An electronic book having various features for manipulating text or other information. The subscriber may highlight, cut and paste, copy and paste, and annotate information within an electronic book. A multiple page view feature permits the subscriber to simultaneously view any plurality of pages of an electronic book, and a multiple screen feature permits the subscriber to view one or more pages on a viewer having multiple screens. A picture-in-picture feature permits the subscriber to simultaneously view a page of an electronic book along with other content, such as a television program or information from another electronic book. The picture-in-picture feature may display an electronic book page as a main image wrapped around an inset image. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090319939 | Controlled interaction with heterogeneous data - A two-dimensional canvas onto which heterogenic objects of various types may be arranged side-by-side. Each type of object has an associated set of control(s), the control(s) at least partially differing from one type to the next. The two-dimensional canvas is fixed in one dimension, but extensible in a second dimension. The canvas may be displayed in miniaturized for with a view box superimposed upon the canvas. As the view box is moved over the miniaturized canvas, the enlarged editable portion of the corresponding canvas is displayed in an edit view. The canvas may also display clusters of objects that are arranged in dashboards. In that case, the display might include a dashboard review area that allows a user to select the appropriate dashboard to display. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100011314 | System, method and computer-readable medium for providing a sidebar functionality as an aspect of a gadget - A system, method and computer-readable media for associating additional fuctionalities with a sidebar GUI of a computational device are included. An operating system may be provided that includes a sidebar software that will typically have limitations that are intended or unintended by the operating system developer. A user may wish to extend the capabilities that are associated with the sidebar in the interest of usability, efficiency and/or GUI appeal. The method of the present invention may provide a gadget which enables access to the sidebar, while associating additional capabilities with the sidebar. Alternately or additionally, a reseller of the operating system or a third party software provider, may offer software products that enable access to the functionality of the sidebar as provided by the sidebar developer, while associating additional capabilities with a display of the sidebar or an icon representative of a sidebar or sidebar functionality. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100037173 | Determining the interaction between electromagnetic radiation and a material by utilizing transition modules - The present invention is a method, a system and a software arrangement that can be used to determine the interaction between electromagnetic radiation and a material. The invention simplifies the process of determining the interaction by separating the complex process into a plurality of simple transition modules. Each transition module is associated with at least one parameter and represents an electronic transition in the material. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100064246 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERFACING AND DISSEMINATION OF ELECTION-RELATED INFORMATION - The present invention provides a method and system for computerized interfacing and dissemination of election-related information. The method and system includes presenting, via a networked connection, a political engagement map that includes a visual interface display of at least one geographic area. The method and system includes receiving a region selection command relative to the political engagement map and retrieving election-specific information associated with a geographic region indicated by the region selection command. The method and system includes updating the political engagement map to display the geographic region and the election-specific information associated with the geographic region and receiving an election information request via a toolbar interface displayed relative to the political engagement map. The method and system includes, in response to the election information request, accessing an election information database to retrieve election information and updating an output display with the retrieved election information. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100077338 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF TASKBAR BUTTON INTERFACES - The present invention provides a system or method for displaying rich presentation taskbar buttons for a corresponding application. In one example, the rich presentation taskbar button may receive content from an application through a programming interface. The present invention further relates to a system and method for displaying a rich presentation taskbar button and for displaying and/or dismissing a thumbnail of an application window associated with the rich presentation taskbar button. The present invention may further include a system and method of pinning the thumbnail on a display or dismissing a thumbnail. The present invention also relates to a system and method for displaying multiple taskbar buttons in a taskbar including controlling the size of individual taskbar buttons, consolidating taskbar buttons and placing taskbar buttons into an overflow based on the type of taskbar button in the taskbar. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100088628 | LIVE PREVIEW OF OPEN WINDOWS - A method may be performed by a device having a display and multiple open applications. The method may include displaying a toolbar on a portion of the display, the toolbar including a menu of items, where each item corresponds to an open application window associated with one of the open applications. The method may also include receiving selection of one of the items on the menu and identifying an open application window corresponding to the selected one of the items. The method may further include altering the display to show, behind the toolbar, the identified open application window. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100107113 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING A MODIFIABLE MACHINE BASE IMAGE WITH A PERSONALIZED DESKTOP ENVIRONMENT IN A COMBINED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - A method and system for modifying, in a combined computing environment, a machine base image having a personalized desktop environment includes executing an operating system associated with a base disk; intercepting, by a filter driver, an instruction from at least one of a plurality of resources to modify a setting stored in at least one of a file system and a registry, the plurality of resources executing inside an isolation environment; storing, in a delta disk, a copy of the modified setting; restarting the operating system; replacing the setting stored in the at least one of the file system and the registry with the copy of the modified setting stored on the delta disk; and restarting at least one operating system process incorporating the modified setting. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100115452 | Methods and Systems for Providing Navigation Bars in a Client Browser for a Client Device - Methods and apparatus are provided for user interfaces for displaying information content. A request for information content, such as a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), is received at a server. A navigation bar may be generated for display with the information content. The navigation bar may be configured to display links while a user of a client device navigates through the requested information content. The links may be based on the information content or independent of the information content. The navigation bar may be displayed as either a fixed or expandable navigation bar. A structured approach may be used to generate partially customizable navigation bars. Modified information content including the navigation bars may be generated and sent from the server to the client device. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100115453 | SIDEBAR ENGINE, OBJECT MODEL AND SCHEMA - An engine is provided for displaying an application for hosting a second application. The hosting application can be a sidebar on a display. The engine can contain a part or program which can include a manifest file, a definition file and/or a script file. The manifest file may contain a pointer to at least one of the definition file and the script file. The engine may also contain a loader that can locate the definition file and/or script file (e.g., via pointers in the manifest file) and load the definition file and/or script files of the part for processing. The engine may also execute script associated with the part and convert an object model into a user interface which can be displayed at a predetermined location on a display or docked onto a sidebar. The user interface can further be manipulated or relocated within the sidebar or removed (i.e., undocked) from the sidebar. The sidebar may be exploded or imploded with the corresponding parts on the sidebar displayed on the desktop or another application (exploded) or returned to the sidebar (imploded). | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100138773 | MANIPULATING THUMBNAILS OF WINDOWS - A dynamic thumbnail corresponding to an application window is displayed that is capable of being modified based on modifications in the application window. The modifications of the dynamic thumbnail may be accomplished in real-time. In some embodiments, a dynamic thumbnail is displayed in response to a user hovering a cursor over a taskbar button for a corresponding application window. In some embodiments, modifications to the dynamic thumbnail are reflected in the corresponding application window. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100205557 | System, method and computer-readable medium for clean up of visually displayed icons - A system, method and computer-readable are provided for presenting visual icons on a display screen of a computer. In one aspect of the present invention, an arrangement of certain icons forms a reference display configuration. A user may then direct the hosting computer to return a desktop image back to the reference display configuration. In another optional aspect the user may either form or reconfigure the reference display configuration by capturing a configuration of a current or previous desktop image. In still another optional aspect of the invention the user may provide input to the computer information and/or commands that enable the computer to generate a first, second or other alternate display configuration. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100211906 | APPLICATION PROGRAM AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An application program capable of operating on a prescribed operating system includes a plurality of functional processing units, a window processing unit allowing a window corresponding to any of the functional processing units operated in a case where any of the plural functional processing units is operated, a minimization unit minimizing the window, and a setting selection unit selecting setting information for the minimization. The minimization unit minimizes the window based on the setting information selected by the setting selection unit, and the setting selection unit is capable of selecting the setting information with respect to each of the plural functional processing units. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100223575 | User Interface for Providing Task Management and Calendar Information - An electronic “To-Do” bar is provided in which displayed upcoming tasks, meetings, appointments and the like. The electronic To-Do bar is displayed in a lightweight menu of tasks, meetings and appointments and is displayed persistently in addition to other software functionality or user interfaces displayed on a user's computer display screen according to other software applications or other software functionality in use. A user is presented with an always-visible list of upcoming tasks, meetings and appointments without the need to launch a separate tasks application or calendar application to view upcoming tasks, meetings or appointments. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100281417 | PROVIDING A SEARCH-RESULT FILTERS TOOLBAR - Computer-readable media and methods to provide a toolbar application are described. The toolbar application receives indicators for determining when a context-specific search is executed. The toolbar application monitors uniform resource locator (URL) addresses to which a browser navigates for the inclusion of an indicator. Upon identifying an indicator in a URL the toolbar application presents filters that are associated with the indicator in a toolbar user interface. A user's selection of one or more of the filters is received at the toolbar user interface and the corresponding filters are applied to the context-specific search results by modifying the identified URL with a modifier associated with a selected filter and causing the browser or search engine to re-execute the search query with the selected filters applied. The filtered search results are presented to the user. The toolbar user interface is modified to indicate the application of the selected filters. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100287491 | DESKTOP CONTROL FOR A HOST APPARATUS OF A DIGITAL MULTIMEDIA NETWORK - The invention provides a desktop control and a browser for a host apparatus of a digital multimedia network. The desktop control comprises a processing core having at least one desk parameter link (DPL) to a device parameter of the host apparatus. Furthermore, the processing core can have at least one desk application link (DAL) to a browser application of the host apparatus. The processing core further has one or more desk item links to other desktop controls of another apparatus within the digital multimedia network. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100293499 | RENDERING TO A DEVICE DESKTOP OF AN ADAPTIVE INPUT DEVICE - Embodiments relating to facilitating communication between an adaptive input device and a device desktop application program in a computing system are disclosed. One example embodiment includes a computing system that comprises an device desktop and an adaptive device input/output module that is configured to receive an output command from the device desktop application program; identify an image rendering protocol of the device desktop application program in the device desktop; and create an image of the one or more user interface elements according to the image rendering protocol. The adaptive device input/output module is further configured to forward the image to the adaptive input device for display. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20110061016 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF THE SAME - A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to transmit and receive signals to and from a network or Internet site; and a controller operatively connected to the wireless communication unit and configured to set an automatic login region or time period within the mobile terminal for automatically logging into the network or Internet site, to determine whether or not the mobile terminal has entered or exited the automatic login region or time period and generate a corresponding determination result, and to automatically log into the network or Internet site if the determination result indicates that the mobile terminal has entered the automatic login region or time period. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110078615 | System And Method For Providing Context-Sensitive Sidebar Window Display On An Electronic Desktop - A computer-implemented system and method for providing context-sensitive sidebar window display on an electronic desktop is provided. A document that includes digital data is maintained in electronic storage. The document is operated upon through an application window generated by an application program on an electronic desktop. A sidebar window is initially generated. Contextual information relevant to the document is determined. Part of the contextual information to present is selected based on a current state of the document in the application window. The selected part of the contextual information is presented in the sidebar window positioned visually adjacent to the application window. The contextual information presented in and the positioning of the sidebar window is continually updated in step with the current state of the document and the application window. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110078616 | CONFIGURATION BAR FOR LAUNCHING LAYER FOR ACCESSING USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS - A user-activatable dashboard (also referred to as a unified interest layer) contains any number of user interface elements, referred to herein as “widgets,” for quick access by a user. In response to a command from a user, the dashboard is invoked and the widgets are shown on the screen. The user can activate the dashboard at any time, causing the dashboard to temporarily replace the existing user interface display on the user's screen. Once the dashboard has been activated, the user can interact with any or all of the widgets, and can configure the dashboard by adding, deleting, moving, or configuring individual widgets as desired. When the user wishes to return to the normal user interface he or she was working with, the user issues a command causing the dashboard to be dismissed. Once the dashboard has been dismissed, the previous user interface state is restored, allowing the user to resume normal interactions with the operating system. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110138314 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING A COMBINED DISPLAY OF TASKBAR BUTTON GROUP ENTRIES GENERATED ON A LOCAL MACHINE AND ON A REMOTE MACHINE - The present disclosure features methods and systems for updating a taskbar, generated and displayed by a local computer, with a user interface element representative of a remote application executing on a remote computer and application output generated by the remote application. These methods and system include a local client receiving application output generated by a remote application and remote window configuration information, generating an application output window comprising local taskbar grouping configuration information, and updating a taskbar responsive to the local taskbar grouping configuration information. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110179376 | THREE OR HIGHER DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR TV MENU AND DOCUMENT NAVIGATION - A three or more dimensional (3 | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110179377 | INTELLIGENT RENDERING OF INFORMATION IN A LIMITED DISPLAY ENVIRONMENT - Methods for the intelligent rendering of information in a limited display environment are provided. Display environments, especially in mobile devices, are limited with regard to physical space and technical capability. The present invention provides for the scaling of information in the display in light of those limitations. Additional methods for intelligently determining information to be or not to be displayed in the environment are further provided. Determinations of information to be displayed may be a result of a user-determination or automatic determinations made by a user device. Zooming and ‘quick look’ features are also provided. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110202866 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR A USER INTERFACE CONFIGURED TO DISPLAY EVENT INFORMATION - An embodiment of a user interface of an electronic device is configured to display user interface elements along a timeline. Each displayed user interface element is associated with an event that is characterized by one or more event attributes. The event attributes include a temporal attribute (e.g., a date and/or time). Each user interface element is relatively positioned along the timeline based on its temporal attribute, and each user interface element is displayed with a visual representation of a set of its associated event attributes. The displayed set of event attributes for a particular user interface element is determined based on a position of the user interface element along the timeline and/or a spatial zoom level at the time. The spatial zoom level and/or position along the timeline of each user interface element may be modified based on user inputs. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110231790 | MULTIPLE DASHBOARDS - Systems, methods, computer-readable mediums, user interfaces and other implementations are disclosed for organizing, managing and presenting widgets in display areas associated with multiple dashboard environments. In some implementations, a first display area associated with a first dashboard environment is configured for displaying at least one widget from a first set of widgets. A second display area associated with a second dashboard environment is configured for displaying at least one widget from a second set of widgets. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110239151 | System for Preparing a Patent Application - A method of preparing a patent application by running a software macro to present a Tool bar to display options including Setup and Number Claims and Build Description and Build Intro Sections for duplicating the claims into the description section for dividing selected claims into portions preceding and following a characterized by clause and duplicating certain portion of the selected claims into the introductory sections and Build Abstract and Count Abstract and Forma and Mark Element and Element List and Number Patent for displaying a different reference numeral with each root element name with a different adjective to describe different elements in response to high-lighting each root element name plus the different adjective for each different adjectively distinguished element and Protect wherein an Auto-Protect option for automatically protecting a selected word or number numbers from change during patent numbering routines is presented in response to selecting Protect. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110265028 | MANAGEMENT OF DEVICE SETTINGS VIA A PLURALITY OF INTERFACES - The present specification relates to a portable electronic device comprising at least one processor; a display connected to the processor and controllable by the processor; and non-volatile storage configured to maintain a plurality of applications and an application programming interface for enabling generation and control of a title bar, wherein the application programming interface includes a private part for managing the state of the title bar and a public part that provides an interface to the applications. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110296337 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES TO CONTROL APPLICATION PROGRAMS - Methods and apparatuses for controlling application programs arc described. A first item and a docking interface having a second item are displayed on a screen space. A selection of the first item is received. A proxy of the first item is positioned over the second item. Next, a window is displayed in response positioning. An application is executing to display the window. In another embodiment, synchronizing a first docking interface on a first screen space of a first machine to a second docking interface on a second screen space of a second machine is performed. The first docking interface has an item that identifies a first application supported by the first machine and the second docking interface has another item that identifies a second application supported by the second machine. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110302521 | RELATED TASKS AND TASKLETS FOR SEARCH - Systems and methods are provided for performing tasks and related tasks. While a user is performing a task, a group of related tasks is presented. When a new task is selected, a new group of related tasks is provided. This allows a user to perform a series of tasks without having to separately search for each task. As the user moves between tasks, task information items are passed between the tasks so that previously provided information can be preserved. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20120023434 | USER INTERFACE FOR PROVIDING CONSOLIDATION AND ACCESS - Methods and systems for providing graphical user interfaces are described. To provide greater access and consolidation to frequently used items in the graphical user interface, a userbar is established which includes a plurality of item representations. To permit a greater number of items to reside in the userbar, a magnification function can be provided which magnifies items within the userbar when they are proximate the cursor associated with the graphical user interface. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120036471 | TOOL BARS ALONG LATERAL EDGES OF A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE DISPLAY - Tool bars are provided along lateral edges of a display of a handheld computing device. The tool bars include icons that represent application features. The user may interact with the application by touching the icons on the display. Since mobile computing devices are commonly held at the lateral sides of the device, navigation and activation buttons are in close proximity to a natural location of a user's thumbs. The proximity of the tool bars to the thumbs increases efficiency and accuracy when interacting with the application. The tool bars may be displayed in an expanded state such that a text label may be displayed to identify the application feature that each icon represents. The tool bars may also include functionality that displays additional information for any of the application features represented by the icons without navigating the application away from the current screen. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120066636 | CONTROLLING COMPUTER-BASED INSTANCES - In general, embodiments of the present invention provide an approach to control computer-based interfaces from anywhere in a GUI (e.g. a window, a desktop, etc.) regardless of the fixed position of the instances. Specifically, using a pointing device or the like (e.g., by right clicking), a user can activate an instance control function that allows the user to open an instance, close an instance, and/or or switch between running instances. Along these lines, the instance control function can be activated by interacting with an icon, a window (e.g., corresponding a folder or a running instance), or a desktop. Once activated, the instance control function allows the user full control over instances. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120084707 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING EVENT NOTIFICATIONS - A system and method are provided that use visually distinguishable identifiers already associated with particular contacts or groups of contacts to selectively associate a particular contact or group with event notifications displayed in the ribbon. In this way, the user can, at a glance, not only be notified of a new event, but also determine the origin of the event notification to provide better context for determining whether or not they wish to access and view the new event or update or whether this can be deferred. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120096390 | METHOD OF PROVIDING A USER LIST AND DEVICE ADOPTING SAME - A method of providing a user list and a device adopting the method are provided. The method includes displaying a first task list, in which at least one task selected by a first user is includable, in a first area of a display; and displaying a second task list, in which at least one task selected by a second user is includable, in a second area of the display. Therefore, if users perform different jobs by sharing one device, the users individually, conveniently, and efficiently manage and perform their respective jobs by using lists which include tasks desired by the users. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120174020 | INDICATION OF ACTIVE WINDOW WHEN SWITCHING TASKS IN A MULTI-MONITOR ENVIRONMENT - Exemplary embodiments disclose methods and systems for indicating a location of an active window when switching tasks performed by an application executing on a computer that is coupled to multiple monitors, including a primary monitor and at least one secondary monitor, wherein the primary monitor displays a task switching application showing running tasks. Aspects of the exemplary embodiments include: querying an operating system of the computer for monitor configuration, including a physical arrangement of the multiple monitors; in response to a user bringing to focus a task displayed in the task switching application, determining on which one of the one or more secondary monitors the task is running; and displaying a direction indicator indicating a direction of the one or more secondary monitors on which the in focus task is currently running with respect to the primary monitor. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120174021 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING ANDROID APPLICATIONS LAUNCHERS IN WEBTOP APPLICATION TRAY - Systems and methods are disclosed to display an application tray having a first and second application launchers from two completely native environments operating on a device. First, in a first portion of the application tray, the device displays a first icon corresponding to a first application running in a first environment. Second, in a second portion of the application tray, the device displays a second icon corresponding to a second application running in a second environment. Third, the device detects a selection on one of the displayed first and second icons. In the fourth step, the device launches the first application in a window when the first icon is selected. Finally, the device displays the window on top of other open windows on the display. The first environment and the second environment interact with a kernel. The second environment is a primary environment operating on the device. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120179994 | METHOD FOR MANIPULATING A TOOLBAR ON AN INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM AND INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM EXECUTING THE METHOD - A method comprises receiving input; and when said input is associated with a command to transpose a graphical user interface (GUI) element comprising a plurality of sub-elements that is positioned on a display surface, transposing at least one of said sub-elements. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120185794 | Method and Apparatus for Managing Buttons on Taskbar - A method and an apparatus for managing buttons on a taskbar are disclosed. The method is applied to the system with a first window and a second window, wherein, the first window is corresponding to a first button on the taskbar and has a first application program identifier, and the second window is corresponding to a second button on the taskbar and has a second application program identifier. The method comprises: a management command is received (S | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120185795 | Automatic Management of the Visual Space while Performing a Task - A graphical user interface and method for displaying on an agent's desktop. The graphical user interface of the present invention being capable of automatically displaying, in a designated area, a managed application according to a workflow. The graphical user interface of the present invention also includes the ability to control the display of managed applications manually. Further, the graphical user interface and method of the present invention allows an Agent access to non-managed applications without restricting the agent's access to the managed applications. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120192095 | METHOD FOR SWITCHING USER INTERFACE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM USING THE SAME - A user interface switching method, and an electronic device and a recording medium using the same are provided. First, a plurality of user interfaces are provided, and one of the user interfaces is displayed in a touch screen of the portable electronic device. A representative icon bar and a hot key bar are displayed in the touch screen, wherein the representative icon bar comprises representative icons respectively corresponding to the user interfaces and the hot key bar comprises one or more hot keys corresponding to the user interface currently displayed in the touch screen. When the touch screen detects a touch signal which falls within the representative icon bar and is moved therein, the representative icon bar is moved correspondingly, and the displayed user interface and hot keys are also switched according to the representative icon on which the touch signal is terminated. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120227007 | Automatic Taskbar Grouping by User Tasks - Systems, methods and products are described that provide taskbar grouping by user task. One aspect includes identifying a plurality of applications open on a computing device; identifying one or more objects open in said plurality of applications; determining one or more objective measures of said one or more objects belonging to a particular task; and automatically grouping objects sharing one or more objective measures of belonging to a particular task together in a common taskbar icon of a display. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120272176 | Persistent User Interface for Providing Navigational Functionality - A method and apparatus, including a graphical user interface, for allowing quick processing of queries, including display of results, without requiring opening of a traditional browser program application window. Queries may be input and processed directly from a persistent or otherwise on-demand query input area, without the need to open a browser or other program separately for entering/processing a query, navigating to a search engine or particular document, etc. A number of query types may be supported by the user interface of the present invention, such that depending on a particular query type selected for/indicated by a query, a particular information retrieval mechanism processes the query to obtain one or more results. An on-demand result window is generated in response to a query request to output one or more results obtained in response to a given query. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120278750 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING A WINDOW IN A SYSTEM HAVING TWO OPERATING SYSTEM ENVIRONMENTS | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120284658 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR FACILITATING MANAGEMENT OF WIDGETS - Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating management of widgets. A method may include determining a selection of a graphical widget displayed in a widget tray for addition to a home screen. The widget tray may contain one or more widgets available to add to the home screen and may be displayed concurrently with at least a portion of the home screen. The selected graphical widget may be displayed in the widget tray with an appearance substantially similar to how the selected graphical widget would appear if added to the home screen. The method may further include, responsive to the selection of the graphical widget, causing the selected graphical widget to be added to the home screen. Corresponding apparatuses are also provided. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120304102 | Navigation of Immersive and Desktop Shells - Desktop as an immersive application techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an immersive environment module is configured to provide an immersive shell through which a user may interact with applications of a computing device. The immersive environment module is further configured to provide a desktop shell within the immersive shell to support additional techniques for interaction with the application of the computing device. The desktop shell, for instance, may be configured for accessibility similar to that provided to applications in the immersive shell. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120304103 | Display of Immersive and Desktop Shells - Desktop as an immersive application techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an immersive environment module is configured to provide an immersive shell through which a user may interact with applications of a computing device. The immersive environment module is further configured to provide a desktop shell within the immersive shell to support additional techniques for interaction with the application of the computing device. The desktop shell, for instance, may be configured for accessibility similar to that provided to applications in the immersive shell. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20130031504 | Interface for a Computer Platform - A programming interface for a computer platform can include various functionality. In certain embodiments, the programming interface includes one or more of a first group of services related to re-usable user interface controls, a second group of services related to user interface dialogs and user interface wizards, a third group of services related to extending the user interface functionality, and a fourth group of services related to extending functionality of a desktop of the user interface. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130036379 | COMPUTING DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SOFTWARE MENUS USING THE COMPUTING DEVICE - In a method for managing software menus using a computing device, a template file from a storage system is loaded. A name of an array, names of a plurality of software menus of the array, names of a plurality of buttons of the software menus and separators between the buttons, and parameters comprising an identifier (ID) and an image path of each of the buttons are obtained by parsing each line of instructions in the template file. A toolbar container for storing the obtained data having a predetermined memory frame is created. The software menus are established at a predetermined location in a preset window and the buttons of each of the software menus are added for each of the established software menus by reading data in the toolbar container. The window with the established software menus is displayed on a display screen. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130055143 | METHOD FOR MANIPULATING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE AND INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE SAME - A method comprises capturing at least one image of a three-dimensional (3D) space disposed in front of a display surface and processing the captured at least one image to detect a pointing gesture made by a user within the three-dimensional (3D) space and the position on the display surface to which the pointing gesture is aimed. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130061164 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR USING SUPER TASKBAR TO CONTROL INSTANT MESSAGING APPLICATION - The present invention discloses a method for using a super taskbar to control instant messaging (IM) application, comprising: creating a virtual window corresponding to a main panel of the IM application; monitoring a window message in a window process of the virtual window; and executing a super taskbar operation according to the detected window message while monitoring the window message. The present invention is capable of creating a virtual window corresponding to a main panel of IM application, monitoring a window message in a window process of the virtual window, and executing a super taskbar operation according to the detected window message while monitoring the window message, so that the IM software supports the super taskbar, that is, the running state of the IM software is controlled by using the super taskbar, thus greatly improving a user's experience in using the IM application. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130067384 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Managing A Context-Sensitive Sidebar Window - A computer-implemented system and method for managing a context-sensitive sidebar window is provided. Contextual information relevant to an electronic document is determined. A portion of the determined contextual information is presented in a sidebar window. A display of the context-sensitive sidebar window is managed by automatically opening the context-sensitive sidebar window when the electronic document is opened and automatically closing the context-sensitive sidebar window when the document is closed. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130073999 | TOOL BARS ALONG LATERAL EDGES OF A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE DISPLAY - Tool bars are provided along lateral edges of a display of a handheld computing device. The tool bars include icons that represent application features. The user may interact with the application by touching the icons on the display. Since mobile computing devices are commonly held at the lateral sides of the device, navigation and activation buttons are in close proximity to a natural location of a user's thumbs. The proximity of the tool bars to the thumbs increases efficiency and accuracy when interacting with the application. The tool bars may be displayed in an expanded state such that a text label may be displayed to identify the application feature that each icon represents. The tool bars may also include functionality that displays additional information for any of the application features represented by the icons without navigating the application away from the current screen. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130086508 | APPLICATION WINDOW POSITION AND SIZE CONTROL IN (MULTI-FOLD) MULTI-DISPLAY DEVICES - Methods, systems, and/or devices are provided for application window management and/or application launching on multi-display devices. Application window management may including utilizing one or more touch displays to manage the size and/or position of a window representing an instance of an application. Some embodiments may involve maximizing the window from one display to multiple displays utilizing the touch display's functionality. Other embodiment may include a minimizing process involving decreasing the size of a window from display on multiple displays to a single display utilizing the touch display's functionality. Some embodiments may include application launch functionality based on the displacement of an icon associated with an application utilizing one or more touch displays from a multi-display device. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130097550 | ENHANCED TARGET SELECTION FOR A TOUCH-BASED INPUT ENABLED USER INTERFACE - Systems and methods for providing graphical user interface elements optimized for touch-based input in connection with an application that is designed for conventional input received from a keyboard and a mouse. The touch-based graphical user interface elements are displayed when the computer system detects that a user is about to switch from conventional input devices to touch-sensitive input devices. The touch-based graphical user interface elements are hidden when the user provides input with the conventional input devices such that the touch-based graphical user interface elements do not distract from the applications normal operation. The display device includes a sensing capability that enables the computer system to detect when an object, such as a user's finger or a stylus, is proximate to, but not in contact with, the display device. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130145303 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A NOTIFICATION MECHANISM - A method for providing a notification mechanism may include causing provision of a notification bar at an edge of a touch screen display in response to an occurrence of an event where the notification bar provides information indicative of the event, enabling, responsive to user input, extension of the notification bar away from the edge of the touch screen display to display one or more levels of other notification classes in addition to the information indicative of the event, causing presentation of the notification bar to remain in an extended position away from the edge of the touch screen display so as to display one or more levels of notification classes upon cessation of the user input and causing, responsive to exposure of each level that has a subsequent level thereafter, an indication of existence of the subsequent level. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130152007 | DOCKING AND UNDOCKING DYNAMIC NAVIGATION BAR FOR EXPANDED COMMUNICATION SERVICE - A navigation bar is provided for switching between modules within an expanded communication service such as email, calendar, contacts, tasks, etc. and for providing preview peeks associated with each module to a user. A temporary preview of a module may be provided upon a hover action over predefined navigation bar locations such as icons and/or textual identifiers without actually needing to switch to a module. One or more preview panes may be docked or pinned to a dynamically selected or user defined location on the main user interface so that they are permanently displayed within the main user interface. Users may be enabled to undock one or more of the docked preview panes through a user interface control. New or interesting activity within each module may be highlighted by displaying an information badge next to a module name, for example. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130159918 | Apparatus and Method for Printing File Using Toolbar Button - An apparatus and method for printing by using a toolbar button is provided. The apparatus includes a user interface for receiving printing options to be selected by using the toolbar button, and a controller for creating the toolbar button to allow a user to print the file based on a selected printing option and inserting the created toolbar button into a host application. Accordingly, the user can print the file by setting a desired printer and printing option by using the toolbar button without using an additional user interface. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130167066 | DYNAMIC BAR ORIENTED USER INTERFACE - Method and user interface for controlling an apparatus are provided. At least one dynamic bar is provided for displaying on a main screen of a graphical user interface for controlling the apparatus. Each dynamic bar is associated with respective one or more interfaces for applications and/or functions provided by the apparatus and each dynamic bar has a pop-up interface for providing at least one of preview information determined from information managed by the applications and/or functions and links to invoke said respective interfaces. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130198679 | GENERATING MEDIA CONTENT IN A WEBSITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION - A website construction tool allows website construction via an interactive graphical user interface (GUI) using containers and modules defining predetermined website constructs from a robust assortment of common and popular rendering formats and content source definition for individual webpages, and arranges the individual pages for navigation. A user selects from the predefined constructs by selecting modules for generating code, corresponding to the desired content, source and rendering format. Pointing device positioning locates the on-screen location by generating a container dedicated to the desired content. Webpage structure, or page flow, is generated by insertion of navigation controls and page insertions for navigating between pages in the deployed site, The predetermined constructs, therefore, provide templates of complex rendering formats allowing for content insertion without burdening the user with development of the constructs so rendered. Constructed websites may be hosted by the development entity, further relieving the user from website maintenance. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130227463 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes displaying, on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device, a first set of selection items in a navigational tool bar and a first arrangement of information associated with a first level of an application, in response to detection of an input to display information associated with a second level of the application when the electronic device is in the first level, displaying a second set of selection items in the navigational tool bar and information associated with the second level, wherein the second set of selection items includes a first back navigation item, and in response to detecting selection of the first back navigation item, navigating from the second level of the application to the first level of the application. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130311932 | SURFACING AND MANAGEMENT OF WINDOW-SPECIFIC CONTROLS - The functionality traditionally provided by an application program through a window presented as part of a window-based user interface can be accessed while the window remains hidden. A toolbar, or similar collection of user interface elements, can be presented when a user indicates an intention to interact with an application program whose window is hidden. The toolbar can comprise elements associated with functions specific to the hidden window. The user's selection can be communicated to the application program so that it can perform the requested function. If the user no longer indicates an intention to interact with the application program, the toolbar can be removed. In one embodiment, the toolbar can be presented together with a thumbnail of the relevant window in a floating display element. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130318467 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING APPLICATION OF A TOUCH DEVICE WITH TOUCH-BASED INPUT INTERFACE - A method and system is disclosed that allows a user to easily and intuitively operate applications that require contact information, in a touch device, via a tray item associated with the contact information. The method for operating applications includes: displaying a contact tray comprised of a number of tray items based on contact information, on an execution screen; receiving an interaction to use a tray item in the contact tray; configuring an execution screen for an application based on contact information of the tray item; and operating the application based on the configured execution screen. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130326391 | USER INTERFACE, METHOD FOR DISPLAYING THE SAME AND ELECTRICAL DEVICE - A user interface includes a system status bar which is displayed on a desktop permanently. The system status bar includes an integrated toolbar which is displayed on the desktop through a touch panel sensing an input event. The integrated toolbar includes at least one workspace and an application launcher. The application launcher has at least one application icon for launching at least one application. Furthermore, a method for displaying a user interface and an electrical device are also disclosed herein. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130346907 | SPRINGBOARD TOOLBAR - A method may include generating a desktop including a plurality of objects organized in accordance with at least one of a theme and a structure; generating a toolbar configured for presentation with the desktop; and generating, based on the multi-level zoom, a second view representative of the at least one of the plurality of objects and a third view representative of the at least one of the plurality of objects, the second view providing more content of the at least one of the plurality of objects when compared to the first view, and the third view providing more content of the at least one of the plurality of objects when compared to the second view, the first, second, and third views maintaining the same context within the toolbar, when presented with respect to the toolbar. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140033111 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING STATUS BAR - A method of displaying a status bar includes displaying a status bar indicating a played state of contents and enlarging a section including a selected position and displaying the enlarged section at a position separated from the status bar when a predetermined position is selected from the status bar. A second section including a second position is enlarged to display the enlarged second section at a position separated from the status bar and the enlarged section when the second position is selected from the displayed enlarged section. The section is enlarged proportional to a distance to a terminated position of a drag from the status bar and displaying the enlarged section when a touch is dragged from the predetermined position of the status bar in a direction other than an advance direction of the status bar in the predetermined position of the status bar. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140033112 | MANAGEMENT OF MULTIPLE WINDOW PANELS WITH A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - A method for managing a plurality of window panels within a computer software application including generating a window panel that is actively controlled by a user interface of a computer software application, indicating that a plurality of window panels generated by the generating are fastened together as a single union, wherein a union comprises at least one window panel that behave together as a single geometrical area when moved by a user within a computer display screen, the indicating occurring when one of the plurality of window panels is in close proximity to another of the plurality of window panels within the computer display screen, rigidly moving a union of window panels as a single geometrical area within the computer display screen, and detecting that a second union is in close proximity to a first union within the computer display screen. A system and a computer readable storage medium are also described and claimed. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140053097 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE HAVING MULTI-TASKING FUNCTION, MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PROVIDING THE SAME - A method for providing a user interface, the method includes displaying a foreground application window on a touch screen of a mobile communication device, detecting an input pattern for displaying a multi-tasking bar, displaying the multi-tasking bar on the touch screen in response to detecting the input pattern for displaying the multi-tasking bar, the multi-tasking bar configured to divide the touch screen into at least two areas, and resizing the foreground application window within a first area of the at least two areas. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140059477 | LOCALIZED THUMBNAIL PREVIEW OF RELATED CONTENT DURING SPATIAL BROWSING - Technologies, systems, and methods for exploring a virtual space without cluttering or obscuring a field of view of the virtual space with overlaid names, labels, symbols, markers, and the like. Instead, a user may select objects of interest presented in a context bar to locate them in the field of view. Further, the user can make use of various forms of selection to zoom in on objects or points in the field of view and access information regarding the virtual space and objects without adding persistent clutter to the field of view. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140075370 | Dockable Tool Framework for Interaction with Large Scale Wall Displays - In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, a device and a method allows for body-based interaction with 3D applications on wall displays. The interface consists of virtual dockable tools which can be unholstered, used to manipulate geometry, and holstered on the user's body. The system also utilizes proprioceptive cues to allow the user to manipulate and holster tools without visual feedback. A 3D depth camera maps 3D user position to 3D coordinates in the virtual scene. Partitioning the physical work space into a region for interaction with geometry, and a region for tool management allows for intuitive mapping between the physical and virtual work space. The system can support multiple users, including simultaneous interaction with the environment, and tool exchange between users. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140096065 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR DISPLAYING HISTORIES OF SETTING PANELS IN A STACK VIEW FOR EASY MANIPULATION - A user interface display method that facilitates setting of various setting parameters for controlling an application program and preserving past values of the setting parameters as historical snapshots. When a setting panel is displayed and the user modifies setting parameter values in the setting panel and saves the new values, the pre-modified setting parameter values are saved as a historical snapshot, and the modified values are saved as the current setting parameters for controlling the program. Historical snapshots of setting panels that have been saved in the past can be displayed simultaneously with the current setting panel in a manner that visually simulates a stack of panels. The user can select any one of the historical panels in the stack, modify the setting values in that panel, and save the modified values as the current settings while keeping the historical snapshot. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140101599 | TARGETED SIDEBAR ADVERTISING - Methods and apparatus for providing an advertisement in a sidebar, and/or in a slidesheet associated with an application module displayed in the sidebar. The advertisement is targeted to the sidebar user based upon user specific information maintained by a content provider. The user specific information can comprise, sidebar application information, user preference information, shared user information and other information associated with the user that can be used to select an advertisement targeted to the user. An advertisement displayed in a slidesheet can be selected based upon user information and/or the functionality provided by the application module associated with the slidesheet. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140123054 | DockBar Implementation Method, Device and System - The present disclosure describes a dockbar implementation method, device and system, which belong to the field of communications. The method includes: acquiring an interface operation instruction for an application program inside a dockbar; generating a dockbar interface refresh data according to the interface operation instruction; and refreshing an interface of the dockbar according to the dockbar interface refresh data. The device includes an application layer and a logic layer. The present disclosure can realize the dynamicity of the dockbar and improve the flexibility of the dockbar. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140181726 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROVIDING QUICK LAUNCH ACCESS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method for proving a quick launch access includes: acquiring position information of a Taskbar in an operation interface; creating a self-defined quick launch window, and providing a quick launch access in the self-defined quick launch window; arranging the self-defined quick launch window adjacent to a Start menu bar in the operation interface according to the position information of the Taskbar; and detecting a change of the Taskbar periodically, and adjusting a position of the self-defined quick launch window according to the change of the Taskbar. Further, a device for providing a quick launch access and a storage medium are provided. With the technical solution stated above, the user operation can be improved efficiency. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140195962 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF TASKBAR BUTTON INTERFACES - The present invention provides a system or method for displaying rich presentation taskbar buttons for a corresponding application. In one example, the rich presentation taskbar button may receive content from an application through a programming interface. The present invention further relates to a system and method for displaying a rich presentation taskbar button and for displaying and/or dismissing a thumbnail of an application window associated with the rich presentation taskbar button. The present invention may further include a system and method of pinning the thumbnail on a display or dismissing a thumbnail. The present invention also relates to a system and method for displaying multiple taskbar buttons in a taskbar including controlling the size of individual taskbar buttons, consolidating taskbar buttons and placing taskbar buttons into an overflow based on the type of taskbar button in the taskbar. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140201672 | PREDICTIVE CONTEXTUAL TOOLBAR FOR PRODUCTIVITY APPLICATIONS - A predictive contextual toolbar is presented that provides an identifiable region on which predicted commands can be surfaced. This user interface can be presented in cases where an indication of a request for a command (such as a formatting tool) is received, for example, while a user is interacting with a canvas of a productivity application. When conditions for surfacing a predictive command are met, the system can display an identifiable region on which predicted commands are surfaced according to context associated with the conditions for surfacing the predictive command. The identifiable region may be an extension of a mini toolbar. One or more dynamic predicted commands can be surfaced on the identifiable region to provide easily accessible, user specific, context related commands. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140208257 | DYNAMIC BAR ORIENTED USER INTERFACE - Method and user interface for controlling an apparatus are provided. At least one dynamic bar is provided for displaying on a main screen of a graphical user interface for controlling the apparatus. Each dynamic bar is associated with respective one or more interfaces for applications and/or functions provided by the apparatus and each dynamic bar has a pop-up interface for providing at least one of preview information determined from information managed by the applications and/or functions and links to invoke said respective interfaces. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140258914 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING A COMBINED DISPLAY OF TASKBAR BUTTON GROUP ENTRIES GENERATED ON A LOCAL MACHINE AND ON A REMOTE MACHINE - The present disclosure features methods and systems for updating a taskbar, generated and displayed by a local computer, with a user interface element representative of a remote application executing on a remote computer and application output generated by the remote application. These methods and system include a local client receiving application output generated by a remote application and remote window configuration information, generating an application output window comprising local taskbar grouping configuration information, and updating a taskbar responsive to the local taskbar grouping configuration information. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140282206 | PARTIAL-HEIGHT PANES AS A METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING PALETTE LAYOUT AND SCREEN REAL ESTATE USAGE - A tool panel docking application is described that manages the docking of tool panels and palettes on an edge of an IDE workspace. As the user selects to dock various tool panels, the IDE monitors the positioning of each panel so as not to overlap the content of any of the individual panels making up the combined docked palettes and that allow the user to select how much of the underlying workspace is obscured by the combined docked palettes. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140282207 | INTEGRATION FOR APPLICATIONS AND CONTAINERS - A computing device for combining one or more containers of one or more applications is provided that includes a processor, a memory, and a dashboard module configured to access a first application that includes a plurality of first containers, access a second application that includes a plurality of second containers, and generate a dashboard based, at least in part, on the first application and the second application. A container mapping module can also be provided and configured to map a particular one of the plurality of first containers to a first functionality, and map a particular one of the plurality of second containers to a second functionality. The dashboard can include the particular one of the plurality of first containers and the particular one of the plurality of second containers, where the dashboard is provided at an assigned display location of the computing device. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140282208 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Managing Concurrently Open Software Applications - An electronic device displays a first row in a multitasking user interface that includes a plurality of representations of open applications. The device concurrently displays a second row that is spaced apart from the first row and includes application icons for the open applications. While concurrently displaying the first row and the second row, the device detects a first input that corresponds to movement in a second direction. In response, the device moves the respective representation out of the first row in the second direction in accordance with a progression of the first input without moving the application icon for the respective application in the second direction. When application-close criteria have been met for the respective application by the first input, the device closes the respective application, ceases to display the respective representation in the first row and ceases to display the application icon in the second row. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140282209 | METHOD FOR ACTIVATING AN APPLICATION BAR - Embodiments of the present invention provide an input device comprising a processor, a displacement sensor coupled to the processor and a control button coupled to the processor. The displacement sensor is controlled by the processor and configured to detect movement of the input device relative to a surface. The control button is configured to open a first side panel and a second side panel on a virtual desktop of an operating system. The first and second side panel are configured to be opened when the control button is pressed and the input device is moved in a direction of the particular side panel. The first side panel is populated with a first set of one or more selectable icons for launching executable files, and the second side panel is populated with a second set of one or more selectable icons for moving currently running applications to a virtual desktop foreground. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140298241 | RETRACTING SHORTCUT BARS, STATUS SHORTCUTS AND EDIT RUN PAGE SETS - At least one example embodiment discloses a method for generating a touch screen display. The method includes establishing a run screen on the touch screen display, the run screen associated with a function of a work vehicle, configuring the run screen with a retractable toolbar, the retractable toolbar responsive to an action of a user of the touch screen display and deployable over a first portion of the run screen upon the action of the user and otherwise hiding to display a second portion of the run screen, the second portion of the run screen being at least a majority portion of the run screen and defining one or more transient user-definable buttons on the retractable toolbar associated with at least one of the function and the run screen. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140298242 | Method for controlling microblog display, microblog client and computer storage medium - A method for controlling microblog display, a microblog client and a computer storage medium are described, which pertain to microblog technology. A display interface of microblog consists of a main display area for displaying microblog messages and a promotion display area for displaying recommended messages. The method includes that: a micro-blog message is acquired and displayed in the main display area; recommended messages are pulled from a microblog server at a preset frequency, or/and recommended messages pushed by the microblog server at a preset frequency are received; the recommended messages are displayed in the promotion display area. By displaying the microblog messages in the main display area and displaying the recommended messages in the promotion display area, the recommended messages are pushed actively to users such that the users may acquire the recommended messages without refreshing the microblog and switching the display interface back and forth, visual experience of users is therefore guaranteed. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140331168 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF A CONTEXT TOOLBAR - The present invention relates to a method for controlling display of a context toolbar, comprising the following steps: (1) receiving a screen touch signal for displaying the context toolbar; (2) determining a selected object according to the screen touch signal; (3) selecting function buttons corresponding to the selected object, and obtaining an overall display width by summating the display width of the selected function buttons; (4) comparing the overall display width with a preset value, when the overall display width≦the preset value, displaying the context toolbar, and displaying all the selected function buttons and a close button for closing the context toolbar in the context toolbar; and when the overall display width>the preset value, displaying the context toolbar, and displaying some of the selected function buttons and a close button for closing the context toolbar in the context toolbar, and in response to slide touch information. The present invention facilitates the operation of the scrolling toolbar and reading of the content of the user. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140359518 | Method of Promptly Starting Windowed Applications Installed on a Mobile Operating System and Device Using the Same - A device of promptly starting windowed applications installed on a mobile operating system (OS) provides a starting button on a mobile device running the mobile OS installed thereon to promptly start a windowed application menu. The windowed application menu can be used to add or remove applications installed on the mobile OS to be started under a windowed mode thereto or therefrom. When users press the starting button to open the windowed application menu and execute any application in the application menu, the selected application is displayed in the windowed mode. The windowed application menu includes, but is not limited to, default applications installed on the mobile OS. Execution of any third-party application under the windowed mode can be supported by the windowed application menu. Accordingly, the operational efficiency and convenience of the mobile OS can be enhanced. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20150040057 | Chromeless User Interface - Techniques are described to implement a user interface for a display of a mobile device. In an implementation, the user interface may include a chromeless menu configured to be displayed when menu-based user input to the mobile device is available; a system tray configured to be displayed on the display when a notice containing status information affecting operability of the mobile device is available; and a task switcher module operable to cause a chromeless overlay be displayed over an active application being executed by the mobile device to allow selection of one or more applications of the mobile device. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150082232 | GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE FOR MULTI-PAGE IMAGE PRODUCT - A computer-implemented method is disclosed for a user to view image product at a graphic user interface. The method includes displaying an image representation of a multi-page product in a page view at a graphic user interface, allowing a user to select the image representation in the page view, enabling display by a computer system, in the same page view, of a navigation panel in association with the image representation, wherein the navigation panel provides a plurality of selections each associated with one or more pages in the multi-page product, allowing the user to make a first selection in the navigation panel in the page view, displaying first one or more pages of the multi-page product in the same page view according to the first selection, and removing the display of the navigation panel in the same page view when the multi-page product is deselected by the user. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150082233 | GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE FOR A GROUP OF IMAGE PRODUCT DESIGNS - A computer-implemented method is disclosed to assist a user to view image product designs at a graphic user interface. The method includes displaying an image representation in a page view at a graphic user interface, allowing a user to select the image representation in the page view, displaying a navigation panel in association with the image representation in the same page view, allowing the user to make a first selection in the navigation panel in the page view, displaying a first product design in the same page view according to the first selection, allowing the user to make a second selection in the navigation panel in the page view, displaying a second product design in the same page view according to the second selection, and removing the display of the navigation panel in the same page view when the product designs are deselected by the user. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150293679 | Method and Device for Controlling Switching of Virtual Navigation Bar - A method and device for controlling switching of a virtual navigation bar, wherein the method includes: a terminal device receiving a command for displaying or hiding a virtual navigation bar from a user; after receiving the command for displaying hiding a virtual navigation bar from the user, the terminal device determining display objects of a display content in a window, re-rendering and refreshing the display content in the current window, wherein, upon receiving the command for displaying a virtual navigation bar from the user, the display objects of the display content in the window contain a display object of the virtual navigation bar; and upon receiving the command for hiding a virtual navigation bar from the user, the display objects of the display content in the window do not contain the display object of the virtual navigation bar. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150339012 | METHOD USED BY MOBILE TERMINAL TO RETURN TO HOME SCREEN, MOBILE TERMINAL AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of information processing technologies, and disclose a method used by a mobile terminal to return to a home screen, a mobile terminal and a storage medium. The method includes: determining whether the screen touching gesture is a gesture for displaying a virtual home screen button; displaying the virtual home screen button when the screen touching gesture on the current page is the gesture for displaying the virtual home screen button, and detecting whether the virtual home screen button is tapped; and returning from the current page to a home screen if the virtual home screen button is tapped. After it is detected that a screen touching gesture on a current page is a gesture for displaying a virtual home screen button, the virtual home screen button is displayed. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339048 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING DOCKBAR AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present disclosure relates to the field of information processing technologies, and discloses a method and an apparatus for processing a screen dockbar, and a storage medium. The method includes: detecting an operation of dragging an icon to a current screen dockbar on the touchscreen, the icon being an icon of an application program or an icon of a folder; determining whether the number of icons placed on the current screen dockbar reaches a preset number; and in accordance with a determination that the number of icons placed on the current screen dockbar reaches a preset number: displaying a next screen dockbar with the number of icons that does not reach a preset number; and placing the dragged icon on the next screen dockbar. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150378524 | SMART AND SCALABLE TOUCH USER INTERFACE DISPLAY - Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for displaying a touchable user interface of a display device and displaying a user interface progress experience on the touchable user interface. In one aspect, available application space on the display device may be identified. An amount of available application space may be comparted with an amount of space required for one or more user interface elements. A visible display of the one or more user interface elements may be adjusted based on the amount of available application space compared to the amount of space required for the one or more user interface elements. In another aspect, an action command associated with the one or more user interface elements may be selected and performed. While the selected action command is being performed and when a threshold value has been met, the user interface progress experience may be displayed. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150378530 | COMMAND SURFACE DRILL-IN CONTROL - An original command surface, such as a callout or pane, provides drill-in navigation functionality for reusing on-screen real estate when displaying a drilled-in command surface that presents additional commands or content related to a selected command button. Drill-in navigation can be effectuated by a command surface drill-in control having push and pop functionality that can be placed inside of various types of command surfaces. In response to execution of the command button, the push functionality pushes new content to a command surface stack that includes original content displayed by the original command surface. The drilled-in command surface displays the new content and a back button. In response to execution of the back button, the pop functionality removes the new content from the command surface stack causing the original content to be redisplayed by the original command surface. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160062615 | Combined Selection Tool - Combined selection tool techniques are described in which selection of portions within an image is enabled via a tool configured to selectively switch between a coarse selection mode and a refinement selection mode. In one or more implementations, an image is exposed for editing in a user interface and input is obtained to select portions of the image using the tool. The selection mode is automatically toggled between the coarse selection mode and refinement selection mode based on characteristics of the input, such as position and velocity of the input or gestures mapped to the input. Then, selection boundaries defining the selection of portions of the image are modified in accordance with the input. In one approach, the coarse selection mode corresponds to a graph cut mechanism and the refinement selection mode corresponds to a level set mechanism. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160086387 | Avatar Editing Environment - An avatar editing environment is disclosed that allows users to create custom avatars for use in online games and other applications. Starting with a blank face the user can add, rescale and position different elements (e.g., eyes, nose, mouth) on the blank face. The user can also change the shape of the avatar's face, the avatar's skin color and the color of all the elements. In some implementations, touch input and gestures can be used to manually edit the avatar. Various controls can be used to create the avatar, such as controls for resizing, rotating, positioning, etc. The user can choose between manual and automatic avatar creation. The avatar editing environment can be part of a framework that is available to applications. One or more elements of the avatar can be animated. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160103567 | USER INTERFACE AND METHOD FOR ADAPTING A MENU BAR ON A USER INTERFACE - A user interface and a method for adapting a menu bar on a user interface. The method includes displaying the menu bar on a display unit of the user interface, receiving a first user input for displaying a two-dimensional arrangement in the menu bar of displayable entries representing ranges of functions of the user interface, displaying the arrangement on the display unit, receiving a second predefined user input with respect to an entry of the menu bar or an entry of the arrangement, and, in response thereto, adapting the menu bar. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160132219 | ENHANCED VIEW TRANSITIONS - Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein that enhance the content viewing experience on computing devices having small form factors relative to larger devices. In an implementation, an application detects when a view transition is invoked. When the view transition is invoked, the application initiates a swap animation process to transition from one view of a document to a different view of the document. The application also surfaces floating command components over content in the document in the different view of the document. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160139783 | DETECTING SIDEBAR IN DOCUMENT - Detection of a sidebar in a document is provided. An application such as a document processing application processes a page of the document to detect the sidebar. Components of the page are analyzed to detect borders. The one or more borders are processed to discard a subset of the one or more borders identified as false positive candidates. In response to detecting the borders, the borders are processed to detect the sidebar that includes the borders. In response to a failure to detect the borders, the components are processed to detect the sidebar that lacks the borders. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160154571 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE MEMORY, AND PROCESS EXECUTION METHOD | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160188129 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INTERFACE ACCORDING TO DETECTED TOUCH OPERATION - An electronic device and interface display method include a display device and a touch input device. Programs cause at least one processor to determine whether a touch on an original sidebar displayed on the display device is an extension operation or a rotation operation. An extended sidebar is displayed on the display device if the touch is the extension operation and at least one additional and rotated sidebar is displayed if the touch is determined to be a rotation operation. A sidebar which is extended, and each rotated sidebar, reveal additional application programs to a user. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188189 | ADJUSTING THE DISPLAY AREA OF APPLICATION ICONS AT A DEVICE SCREEN - Adjusting the display area of application icons at a device screen is disclosed, including: obtaining a set of tilt angle parameters from a gravity sensor; determining a tilt angle and a tilt direction based at least in part on the set of tilt angle parameters; and adjusting a display area of a plurality of application icons at a screen based at least in part on the tilt angle, the tilt direction, or both. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160196006 | Customizable Bladed Applications | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160253051 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160378281 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR NAVIGATION BAR PRESENTATION AND DEVICE CONTROL - The present disclosure relates to device control. In one embodiment, a method for device control includes displaying a user interface including a navigation bar. The navigation bar may be presented to include one or more selectable elements and wherein the navigation bar includes a plurality of swipe zones. The method also includes detecting an input command relative to a display of the device, wherein the input command is a swipe command relative to one of the plurality of swipe areas of the navigation bar, and determining a navigation bar command based on identification of a swipe area of the input command and a swipe length of the input command. Presentation of the navigation bar may be updated based on the navigation bar command. Another embodiment is directed to a device configured to control operation based on navigation bar commands. | 12-29-2016 |
