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20080229230 | Context Sensitive Concealment of an Input Field - A method for concealing and revealing sensitive data on an electronic communications device is disclosed. The electronic communications device comprises a plurality of keys, a display upon which a series of characters are adapted to be displayed, the series of characters forming a character string and composed by input operation of a subset of the plurality of Keys, and a processor for implementing at least one module that includes at least one security component. The module i) receives the series of characters during an entry period, the series of characters forming a character string, the entry period comprised of at least one activity period during which the character string is displayed and one inactivity period during which the character string is obscured, ii) detects an inactivity event during the at least one activity period, the activity period ending when the inactivity event has been detected and iii) detects an activity event during the at least one inactivity period, the inactivity period ending when the activity event has been detected. The module may also iv) detect a completion of composition event, the entry period ending when the composition completion event has been detected and v) conceal permanently the character string after the entry period ends. | 09-18-2008 |
20080244441 | RADIO STATION BUTTONS - Methods and a data structure for assigning URLs (e.g., to radio-station-streaming-media-content sources) to graphical objects (such as buttons) are disclosed. Zip codes are used to identify and assign geographically relevant URLs to buttons. A graphical user interface enables a user to select from a plurality of radio buttons and menu entries in order to identify search results satisfying the user's selection criteria. Information identifying a user's button assignments or preferences (such as the user's zip code) is stored in various data fields in a cookie data structure. The computer-executable instructions use the information contained in the data structure in order to assign the URL to the button each time the Web page is displayed. | 10-02-2008 |
20080256480 | DATA GATHERING AND PROCESSING SYSTEM - A data gathering and processing system capable of efficiently gathering data and easily putting gathered data to secondary use in various applications. The data gathering and processing system includes an XML file generation unit that generates a structured document with data describing the layout of a data entry screen that includes input data, an item extraction unit that extracts, as a search item, at least a tag name from the structured document with data, an XML database that stores, in association with at least a portion of the structured document with data, the search item extracted by the item extraction unit from the structured document with data, a search criteria setting unit that receives a search item and a search criteria from a searcher, and a search execution unit that searches the XML database based on the search criteria, and presents input data obtained as a search result or a data entry screen that includes the input data. | 10-16-2008 |
20080256481 | BROWSER NAVIGATION FOR DEVICES WITH A LIMITED INPUT SYSTEM - Methods, system, and computer program products for browsing content with a display area and input system that may be limited in comparison to more traditional browsing systems. Movement between and selection of interactive elements generally occurs in a navigation mode, whereas interaction with a single interactive element generally occurs in an edit mode. In navigation mode, a direction input selects the next interactive element in the direction indicated. If no interactive element is at least partially visible in the direction indicated or if a selected interactive element is only partially visible, the display scrolls. Switching between navigation mode and edit mode is based on the input received, in view of the input supported, by a particular interactive element. Interactive elements may be limited to the width of available display area. | 10-16-2008 |
20080270932 | TOOLBOX EDITING - A user interface is described, having a search box for entering a search query. The search box and other components remain stationary when conducting a search. A toolbox is provided with links to different views for conducting category-specific searches, and the links are editable. | 10-30-2008 |
20080276193 | Smart fields - Systems and methods are provided for smart interfaces that shift the burden of cognition from a user or data input source to the computer system controlling the software or user interfaces requiring data input. More particularly, according to embodiments of present invention, by using information known about a user or the user's preferences, a user's geographic location, and/or the geographic location of the site or product being used etc., rules about how to interpret data inputs can be applied to data entries so that the data entries are redisplayed or processed in a normalized format. | 11-06-2008 |
20080276194 | METHOD OF EXPOSING FULLY EDITABLE TEXT FIELDS ON A MOBILE DEVICE - A method for fully exposing fully editable text fields on a mobile device is disclosed. The text fields are configured for flags where the flags indicate the type of content stored in the text fields. The method includes assigning a third flag to a disclose property where the disclose property configures the display of editable text in the text field and exposing the text fields according to the third flag. | 11-06-2008 |
20080282185 | CUSTOMIZED MESSAGES FOR PASSWORD/PASSCODE CHANGE EVENTS - The present invention discloses a method and system for notifying a user of a password/passcode change event. In the invention, a computing system can automatically detect a password/passcode change event. At least one user affected by the event can be determined. A pre-existing user defined message can be retrieved from a data store. A password/passcode change message can be automatically conveyed to the affected user. The change message can include content of the pre-existing user defined message. Further, in one embodiment, an automatically generated activity report associated with a password/passcode can be presented to either a user making a password/passcode change or as part of the conveyed change message. | 11-13-2008 |
20080295018 | Apparatus, method and computer program product providing an adaptive forward button for a browser application - Disclosed are apparatus, computer program products, methods and a user interface that operate in conjunction with a forward button or control. In accordance with the exemplary embodiments of this invention a method includes, during a first instance of operation of an application, and in response to linking to a second page from a first, displayed page, saving an identification of the second page in association with an identification of the first page; and during a second instance of operation of the application, after termination of the first instance of operation, and in response to activating a forward button when the first page is displayed, retrieving the saved identification and automatically linking to the second page. A further method operates in response to a user closing a displayed web page, for storing information descriptive of a location of a cursor within the web page and, in response to the web page subsequently being opened, for accessing the stored information and displaying the web page so as to include the cursor positioned at the same location. In the exemplary embodiments the first and second pages may be web pages, or they may be at least one of files and file folders, as two non-limiting examples. | 11-27-2008 |
20080320411 | METHOD OF TEXT TYPE-AHEAD - Methods and arrangements of text entry are discussed. Embodiments include transformations, code, state machines or other logic to enter text selecting text based upon the number of words in phrases of the text, upon the number of letters in words of the text, or upon other patterns of the text. The method may also involve indexing the selected text, matching text currently being entered by the user into an application to a portion of a segment of the indexed text, and entering a remaining portion of the segment of the indexed text into the application based upon the matching. In many embodiments, the text may be selected from the text entered into any of several applications. In a few embodiments, the text may be selected from sources specified by a user. In further embodiments, the sources may constitute data files. | 12-25-2008 |
20090013279 | Form-field mask for sensitive data - Collecting data via a display page is disclosed. A data entry field that does not display a current value associated with the data entry field is provided in the display page. A display field configured to display at least a portion of the current value associated with the data entry field is included in the display page selectively, e.g., at a time when a display criteria is satisfied. | 01-08-2009 |
20090031242 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING A TARGETED PRESENTATION - Method and apparatus for presenting a recipient a recipient with a targeted presentation are described. An example method involves including a code in a first medium, including a first presentation in the first medium, and directing the recipient to a second medium related to the first presentation. At the second medium, the method requests the recipient to enter additional recipient information. The example method also involves storing the recipient information in a database, presenting the recipient with a second presentation about the first presentation, and including a third presentation based on the recipient information in a third medium | 01-29-2009 |
20090044142 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A PERSISTENT NAVIGATION BAR IN A WORD PAGE - Computer implemented methods for defining a navigation control, located inside of a shell of a word page are provided. The navigation control includes a plurality of dynamic controls defined as part of the navigation control. An associated dynamic control of the plurality of dynamic controls is associated with a tool and is configured to allow display of a user interface of the tool in an overlying window, without leaving the word page. The shell of the word page that includes a plurality of page modules is dynamically generated through a user action related to a word, and the plurality of page modules include content that is contextually related to the word. The overlying window is configured to be defined over one or more of the plurality of page modules. Further, the plurality of page modules are contextually related to the word when content of every page module in the plurality of page modules has some descriptive interrelated dependence to or from the word. | 02-12-2009 |
20090049398 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF THE SAME - A method of controlling an operation of a terminal. The method includes displaying a pointer on a screen of the terminal, moving a display location of the pointer towards a text input region on the screen, switching the pointer to a cursor indicating a text input position within the text input region when the pointer enters the text input region, and allowing text to be input into the text input region without an additional command when the pointer is switched to the cursor indicating the text input position. | 02-19-2009 |
20090070702 | Generating documents using electronically-captured signatures - Inconveniences in switching from one Internet service provider (ISP) to another ISP are remedied by providing streamlined approaches that facilitate the migration from one ISP to another ISP. In one embodiment, users are assisted in canceling an old ISP service when the user has migrated to a new ISP service. | 03-12-2009 |
20090077486 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED DROPDOWN SELECTION LISTS AND COMBINATION BOXES - The present invention provides enhanced dropdown selection lists and combination boxes. A method in accordance with an embodiment includes: providing a graphical user interface (GUI) control that displays a dropdown list when actuated, and displaying indicia in the GUI control indicating a number of entries in the dropdown list, wherein a user can visually determine from the indicia the number of entries in the dropdown list prior to display of the dropdown list. A method in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention includes: providing a GUI control having an entry field; and displaying indicia in the GUI control indicating whether the entry field of the GUI control is writable, wherein a user can visually determine from the indicia whether the entry field of the GUI control is writable before placing a cursor in the entry field. | 03-19-2009 |
20090083653 | System for facilitating remote digital image manipulation services - An integrated interface is disclosed which facilitates combining digital images and instructions for modifying those images. This information can be electronically transmitted over a network to a remote Editor or Artist capable of modifying the image in accordance with the instructions. In one version, the interface includes relatively sophisticated marking tools which allow the image holder to input very accurate and detailed image manipulation instructions. An alternative interface is disclosed which is less complex and directed to the consumer market. A system is also disclosed for pricing the image modifications and for selecting and routing the work to various Editors in remote locations. | 03-26-2009 |
20090083654 | RECEIVING PAGE-SPECIFIC USER FEEDBACK CONCERNING ONE OR MORE PARTICULAR WEB PAGES OF A WEBSITE - In one embodiment, a method for receiving page-specific user feedback concerning a web page of a website includes using an icon viewable on the page to solicit one or more page-specific open-ended comments concerning the page from a user that has accessed the page. The method includes using software associated with the comment icon and executable in a computing environment of the user to receive the one or more page-specific open-ended comments concerning the particular web page from the user and to obtain background data for reporting to a website owner along with the one or more page-specific open-ended comments concerning the particular web page. The background data facilitating resolution of an issue reflected in the one or more page-specific open-ended comments concerning the particular web page received from the user. | 03-26-2009 |
20090094547 | Audio conferencing announcements - An audio conferencing facility has a database for storing user data relating to authorisation to use the facility, and provides storage for a name file to be stored as part of the user data, which may be retrieved for generation of an audio signal to be played to one or more of the participants to a communication connection whenever that participant uses the conferencing facility. The name may be generated as an audio recording by the user, or entered as text, or retrieved from a directory in text form. It may be stored either in audio form or as text, for conversion to audio using a speech synthesiser. | 04-09-2009 |
20090100371 | USER SUPPORT SYSTEM INTEGRATING FAQ AND HELPDESK FEATURES AND FAQ MAINTENANCE CAPABILITIES - A user support system provides a user interface that integrates FAQ features and helpdesk features and a user support request handling interface that integrates user support request handing and FAQ database maintenance. The user interface screen allows a user to select one or more levels of categories of support topic, and displays a list of frequently asked questions (FAQ) based on the user-selected categories. Once the categories are selected, a message input window is displayed on the user interface screen to allow the user to send a support request to the support provider. The user support request handling interface allows a support staff to select from a database a template answer to the user's request; it also provides means for the support staff to directly edit the template answer in the database, add new questions and answers to the database, or assign a question to a category. | 04-16-2009 |
20090125834 | SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR EFFICIENTLY PROCESSING COMMENTS TO RECORDS IN A DATABASE, WHILE AVOIDING REPLICATION/SAVE CONFLICTS - A system for displaying comment documents within a parent document that avoids replication/save conflicts regardless of the number of users having local document replicas. The graphical user interface to a parent document provides the user with the ability to enter a comment with regard to the parent document. In response to indication that a comment is to be entered, the user interface to the parent document allows the user to enter content to be included in the comment. In response to indication that the entered comment should be saved, the system operates to capture the comment contents and store it into a newly created comment document associated with the parent document. After a comment document has been created, its contents are presented through a predetermined display region within the user interface to the parent document. In response to detection of a transition of a parent document from a state in which comments can be added to a state in which comments cannot be added, the system locates all comment documents associated with the parent document, copies the contents of those comment documents into the parent document such that they are displayed as part of the parent document, and deletes all associated comment documents for that parent document. | 05-14-2009 |
20090132950 | SOLUTION FOR PROVIDING REAL-TIME VALIDATION OF TEXT INPUT FIELDS USING REGULAR EXPRESSION EVALUATION DURING TEXT ENTRY - The present invention discloses a system for providing real-time validation of text input fields in a Web page during text entry. Such a system can include a validation-enhanced text input element and an input text validator. The validation-enhanced text input element can be configured to contain a validation expression for a text field in a Web page. The validation-enhanced text input element can be contained in the source code document that corresponds to the Web page. The input text validator can be configured to validate a character entered into the text field against the validation expression in real-time. Characters determined as invalid can be visually indicated by the input text validator in the text field. | 05-21-2009 |
20090132951 | UTILITY OBJECT FOR SPECIALIZED DATA ENTRY - An object is associated with one or more controls in a software application. An object associated with a control determines the operation of the data entry user interface when the data entry user interface is being employed to enter data into the control. More particularly, the object may communicate interface e characteristics to a component that is responsible for providing the user interface to the user. Such a component may be, for example, a shared software module that renders the user interface on a display, receives input data from the user through the user interface, and routes the entered data to a designated destination. Alternately, the object itself may create a user interface having the specified characteristics. | 05-21-2009 |
20090138814 | USER INTERFACE FOR GENERATING AND MANAGING MEDICATION TAPERS - Methods, computer storage media, systems and user interfaces for generating and/or managing medication tapers are provided. Medication tapers are generated by receiving medication taper data and calculating a planned regimen that includes a set of orders based upon the received medication taper data. Each order of the set of orders may be modified, captured and/or completed, for instance, by a clinician. After a medication taper has been completed, it may be retrieved and managed as desired. | 05-28-2009 |
20090144649 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR A MESSAGING SYSTEM - An embodiment relates generally to a method of messaging. The method includes providing a message activation widget on a lock dialog box of a screen saver application and activating the message activation widget. The method also includes displaying a message user interface configured to accept a message and displaying a screen saver image in response to saving an entered message in the message user interface. | 06-04-2009 |
20090144650 | MULTIMEDIA APPARATUS TO SUPPORT MULTIPLE LANGUAGES AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MULTILINGUAL USER INTERFACE FOR THE SAME - A multimedia apparatus and a user interface (UI) for multiple languages. The multimedia apparatus determines a function of an input user command according to a direction in which a set language is written, so users can use a multimedia apparatus supporting multiple languages more naturally. | 06-04-2009 |
20090158194 | DIRECTION-BASED DATA ENTRY SYSTEM - A direction-based data entry system displays a field having an initial value and a field location. When the user selects the field, the direction-based data entry system enters a data entry mode in which an auxiliary data entry tool is not displayed. To enter a new value for the field, the user indicates movement across the display relative to the field. As the user indicates movement, the direction-based data entry system may display an indication of a new value for the field represented by the movement. When the new value is the value that the user wants entered into the field, the user terminates the movement, which causes the new value to be the current value for the field. | 06-18-2009 |
20090158195 | Automatic Defaults Proxy for Web-Delivered Services - A method, system and computer program product are presented for intercepting data entry by a proxy server to automatically define data entry fields in a webpage. The proxy server counts a number of instances in which a particular type of data is entered into each field in the webpage. If the number of instances exceeds a predetermined number for a specific field, then subsequent users are prompted to enter data of that particular type in that specific field. | 06-18-2009 |
20090158196 | Planetary graphical interface - A graphical interface and method are provided for search and browse functionality implemented in client or server software. The software includes a file browsing functionality for items in a repository of items such as an online store. The items may be products such as online media downloads, games, merchandise, etc. A graphical metaphor used by this GUI is that of planets or planet nodes circling a seed node. Items displayed as planets are content items relevant to the seed, and are typically though not necessarily of like kind as the seed, whether song, file, movie, video game, etc. | 06-18-2009 |
20090164935 | SYMBOL LISTS FOR GRAMMAR-DRIVEN DATA ENTRY - In a data entry environment constrained by a symbolic grammar, a data entry position in the data set may be amenable to the insertion of a subset of symbols in compliance with the grammar. Also, the grammar may or may not permit the insertion of a value of one or more types at the data entry position of the data set. In order to facilitate grammatically correct data entry, a symbol list may be presented that indicates the grammatically valid symbols for the symbolic context of the data entry position, as well as the validity of the insertion of a value at the data entry position. The symbol list may also permit the selection of a symbol list option, and may insert the selected symbol or value at the data entry position. Various symbol list option selection inputs may be associated with the symbol list options to facilitate and economize data entry, and the association may be adapted based on whether or not a value is permitted at the data entry position. Several variations of these techniques are discussed relating to the use of symbol lists in various data entry and grammar scenarios, the presentation of the symbol lists, and the user interaction with the symbol lists. | 06-25-2009 |
20090187846 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program product for Providing a Word Input Mechanism - An apparatus for providing a word input mechanism may include a processing element. The processing element may be configured to determine a plurality of candidate words available for selection based on context information, provide for a display of the plurality of candidate words in a candidate word field, receive a selection of at least one of the candidate words, and include a selected candidate word in a text entry. | 07-23-2009 |
20090193352 | INTERFACE FOR ASSISTING IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEARCH QUERIES - A method of assisting a user in their search of the internet or other network. The user selects content from a set of search results at which time a graphical interface is presented to the user. By interacting with the presented interface the user relays their intent regarding the selected content, which is then appended to their current search allowing a new set of results to be returned. The user may repeat this process as many times as may be necessary. | 07-30-2009 |
20090222759 | Integration of triple tags into a tagging tool and text browsing - Techniques for integrating triple tags into a tagging tool are described herein. According to one embodiment, tags used to tag document pages and associated with one or more communities are stored in a storage as a triple store, where each tag is stored in a format having a subject, a predicate, and an object fields representing a relationship among each tag, an associated document page, and associated communities. A tag input field is displayed in a sidebar window communicatively coupled to a main window of a browser to allow a user to enter a type of tag and an identifier of the tag in the tag search field, such that the entered tag can be stored within the triple store in view of the tag type and tag identifier. Other methods and apparatuses are also described. | 09-03-2009 |
20090235196 | CUSTOMIZABLE CONTROLS PROVIDED BY A MESSAGING APPLICATION FOR PERFORMING SELECTED ACTIONS - Technologies are described herein for providing users of a messaging application with controls that perform one or more selected actions with a message. Any number of default custom action controls may be displayed in a gallery. The selection of a custom action control performs various actions to an active message. New custom action controls may be created and existing controls modified to provide any number of desired actions. Dialogs provide user-friendly interfaces that allow a user to assign the desired functionality to a custom action control. The custom action controls may be organized into groups and shared between messaging applications and computers. | 09-17-2009 |
20090235197 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PASSWORD ENTRY - An exemplary system and method are provided for password entry using a touch screen. The method includes displaying a password input interface having a first field and a second field, receiving first inputs from the touch screen for entering a user account into the first field, displaying traces images converted from the first inputs corresponding to the user account, receiving second inputs from the touch screen for entering user account into the first field, and modifying the second inputs so as to disable displaying residual imprints or trace characters corresponding to the password. | 09-17-2009 |
20090265655 | Navigable text user interface - A user interface method that presents data to a user, for both inspection and modification, in the context of navigable natural-language text, providing for validation, confirmation and execution of user actions as well as integration of graphic controls. | 10-22-2009 |
20090313571 | METHOD FOR CUSTOMIZING DATA ENTRY FOR INDIVIDUAL TEXT FIELDS - Methods and devices enable customizing the manner in which data is entered for individual text fields of individual applications executing on a mobile device. Embodiments enable users to specify the language or the data entry method of the text entered in individual text fields which may vary from one text field to another. Alternative embodiments enable users to further customize the data entry method of individual text fields to control the text case of entered characters. | 12-17-2009 |
20090313572 | PHRASE BUILDER - Real-time query expansion (RTQE) is a process of supplementing an original query with additional terms or expansion choices that are ranked according to some figure of merit and presented while users are still formulating their queries. As disclosed herein, individual terms may be combined and submitted as a phrase into a query. By building the phase term-by-term, users can compositionally formulate queries while maintaining the same benefits that other RTQE interfaces offer. The benefits include, reducing the number of keystrokes and improving retrieval performance. To promote greater flexibility in its working environment, the number of terms that are presented on a display may be reduced. In place of some terms, placeholders may be used and expanded by the user when necessary. This allows phrases to be readily presented on small displays (e.g., hand-held devices). | 12-17-2009 |
20090313573 | TERM COMPLETE - Real-time query expansion (RTQE) is a process of supplementing an original query with additional terms or expansion choices that are ranked according to some figure of merit and presented while users are still formulating their queries. As disclosed herein, individual terms may be combined and submitted as a phrase into a query. By building the phase term-by-term, users can compositionally formulate queries while maintaining the same benefits that other RTQE interfaces offer. To promote greater flexibility in its working environment, the number of terms that are presented on a display may be reduced. In place of some terms, placeholders may be used and expanded by the user when necessary. This allows phrases to be readily presented on small displays (e.g., hand-held devices). | 12-17-2009 |
20090327948 | TEXT INPUT - A method for indicating an input language on a display. The method includes displaying an input indicator, associated with a character input application, the character input application being provided access to a plurality of input languages, each identified by a language code. Predetermined representations of the characters in the language code are associated with the input of a character format mode of the input language in the character input application, such that a character format mode of the input language is indicated by the language code displayed by means of the input indicator. A corresponding electronic apparatus, user interface and computer program product are also presented. | 12-31-2009 |
20100017741 | START OF AN APPLICATION FROM AN IDLE STATE DISPLAY MODE OF A MOBILE TERMINAL - A method of performing input to an application, a mobile terminal for performing input to an application and a user interface for performing input to an application. The method including receiving in a display being in an idle state display mode a first character of an information item associated with the application and displaying an input field and the first character in the input field on the display in response to the received first character, receiving more characters to the input field the received more characters following the received first character so as to complete the information item, invoking the application using the completed information item as an input parameter to the application, wherein the application is selected from a group including a navigation application, an application for adding or updating contacts who can be phoned, an application for sending SMS, and an application applying a letter in the completed information item. | 01-21-2010 |
20100017742 | FORM INPUT SKIP-FIELD SOFTWARE TOOL - A software tool and method are disclosed for enabling efficient input of data into a form by enabling a user to cause certain fields to be skipped except when needed. The input form includes a plurality of input fields, at least one of which has a corresponding check box or other skip field control. The skip field control enables a user to specify whether or not the corresponding input field will be skipped when the input focus is sequentially advanced, for example by using the tab or enter key. In preferred embodiments, a mouse or other pointing device can be used to select a skipped field when it is needed for input. Some embodiments allow only authorized users to change skip field settings. Skip field controls can apply to groups of input fields, and a hide-skip-field control can be included to hide and reveal the skip field controls. | 01-21-2010 |
20100050108 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENTERING A REMINDER IN A CONTROL UNIT FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM - A display apparatus for a control unit in an environmental control system includes: a display area presenting a plurality of first loci, a plurality of second loci and at least one third locus; each respective first locus of the plurality of first loci being responsive to pressure for effecting a respective response; each respective second locus of the plurality of second loci presenting information using a fixed segment data format; at least one third locus of the at least one third locus presenting information using a dot matrix data format. | 02-25-2010 |
20100050109 | DATA INPUT METHOD - A computer implemented method of presenting information indicating a quantity of data held relating to a data subject. The method comprises processing data associated with the data subject to generate data indicating one of a predetermined set of classes, each class representing a range of predetermined quantities of data, and displaying data indicating the class. | 02-25-2010 |
20100077339 | Processing Apparatus for Displaying Content Title - A processing apparatus may be configured to perform a process in accordance with a processing instruction, and be connected to a network in a communicable manner. The processing apparatus may store address information of summarized content information that includes at least titles of a plurality of contents, acquire the summarized content information based on the address information, allow a user to operate to input an instruction, receive a first processing instruction from the network, display the titles of the plurality of contents included in the summarized content information on a display unit in a case where a second processing instruction is input by the user, display the titles of the plurality of contents included in the summarized content information on the display unit on a condition that a predetermined instruction is input by the user in a case where the first processing instruction is received, and terminate the display of the titles of the plurality of contents in a case where a predetermined condition is met. | 03-25-2010 |
20100088629 | Method, Apparatus and System of Processing Correlated Keywords - The present disclosure discloses a method, an apparatus and a system of processing related keywords. The method includes: receive a primary keyword inputted by a user; form a spliced URL for requesting related keywords based on the primary keyword; establish a link between an embedded window object in a current web page and a server using the URL to obtain the related keywords from the server; the embedded window object creates a keyword list and presents the related keywords in the current web page; and obtain a related keyword selected by the user and instantaneously add the related keyword into an input box. | 04-08-2010 |
20100100839 | Search Initiation - A computer-implemented user input method includes sensing a user manipulation of a mobile device to present a keyboard, automatically presenting, in response to the sensed manipulation, a search entry area on a display of the user device, and activating the keyboard to provide input into the search entry area. | 04-22-2010 |
20100100840 | Systems and Methods for Logo Design - Systems and methods for interactively designing a logo present a list of desired characteristics to be conveyed by the logo, and allows the user to select from among the desired characteristics, such as image and/or type of industry. A group of symbols are presented to the user based on the desired characteristic(s), and the user is allowed to select at least one of the symbols to be used in the logo. Selectable options are presented to allow the user to interactively change one or more features of the logo on a display, as well as to add text, color, position, and relative size of the text to the symbol. The symbols can be categorized in a database that is searchable according to various search criteria, categories, and sub-categories selectable by the user. | 04-22-2010 |
20100107114 | IN CONTEXT WEB PAGE LOCALIZATION - According to one embodiment, in context web page localization is provided. A web page is displayed. A displayed element of the web page is selected. A localization value for the selected element is entered. The web page is re-displayed showing the entered localization value instead of an original value associated with the element. The localization value is received by an application application, which displays the web page, receives the entered localization value and re-displays the web page. | 04-29-2010 |
20100115454 | METHOD FOR REDUCING USER-PERCEIVED LAG ON TEXT DATA EXCHANGE WITH A REMOTE SERVER - The present invention takes advantage of independent front-end and back-end processing schedules. On the back-end the data traffic is streamlined in order to optimize transfer speed, while on the front-end the user interface employs text boxes and other graphic-related resources to manage the display of information to the user. The user perceives the data entry as seamless and real-time, while the actual data transfer is restricted to the essential for the purpose of actual processing, which is performed by a remote server. The present invention thus reduces user perceived lag on data exchange with a remote server without requiring an actual increase on network transmission speed. | 05-06-2010 |
20100122203 | Composing a Message in an Online Textbox Using a Non-Latin Script - A method and an apparatus are provided for composing a message in an online textbox using a non-Latin script. In one example, the method includes receiving a selection of a target language for composing the message in the online textbox, loading a hash table and an integer n that are associated with the target language, adding to a queue a character inputted from a QWERTY keyboard, and applying appropriate parsing and mapping techniques to the queue using the hash table and the integer n to display an appropriate script of the target language. | 05-13-2010 |
20100138774 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING FLOW CYTOMETRY DATA - A computer-implemented method for processing multivariate data, comprising: inputting or receiving an alphanumeric expression comprising at least one process pointer, indicative of a gating process, a Boolean process or an external process; parsing the expression; executing the process indicated by the process pointer on multivariate data in a data file; and outputting output data comprising the multivariate data processed according to the expression. | 06-03-2010 |
20100153873 | Process for implementing a method for the on-line sale of software product use licenses through a data network, and software component which allows carrying out said process - Online sale of software product use licenses through a data network by offering software products (SOFT) through vendor sites, purchasing a license on-line on one of said vendor sites, and activating said license on-line by a different licensing site. A specific component (COMP) is provided with the software product (SOFT) and identifying data (IDV) of the vendor site are transmitted during the download of the software product (SOFT). When the component (COMP) is executed in an equipment, the component (COMP) locally accesses said data (IDV) and identifying data (IDL) of the licensing site and activates the license by setting up an on-line communication with the licensing site. | 06-17-2010 |
20100162158 | METHOD PROVIDING A PLURALITY OF SELECTABLE VALUES SUITABLE FOR AN INPUT OF A TEXT FIELD - Described herein is a method, providing a user of a graphical user interface (GUI) with a plurality of selectable values, suitable for an input of a text field in the GUI. Each time the user enters a character in the text field, a background search is performed and the plurality of selectable values is reduced to the matching values only. In case the selectable values consist of multiple words, the background search matches the input to each of the consisting words. If the user does not enter a character in the text field, the method displays a plurality of selectable values when the user performs a double-click over the text field or uses backspace key while the text field is selected. If there is no user context defined, the displayed plurality of selectable values consists of a predefined number of last recently used values in the text field. If the user is working in a context, the displayed plurality of selectable values consists of a predefined number of previously entered context specific values. | 06-24-2010 |
20100162159 | TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE DATA ENTRY EFFICIENCY IN A USER INTERFACE - Disclosed is a method and system for generating a user interface with a plurality of data fields ordered in a most frequently accessed first basis. The method involves retrieving a plurality of data fields of a user interface from a user metadata file and retrieving an access count of each of the plurality of data fields, wherein the access count is a count of number of data entry processes in which the plurality of data fields are accessed. The plurality of data fields are arranged in a most frequently accessed first basis based on the access count of each of the plurality of data fields. | 06-24-2010 |
20100185972 | PORTABLE DEVICE FOR POOL OPERATION MANAGEMENT - The present invention relates to a portable device for pool operation management. The portable device can be used for determining basic mathematical calculations, pool surface area, pool volume, chemical adjustments and breakpoint superchlorination from measured and entered inputs. In one embodiment, the device includes and LCD display for entering inputs and displaying results. The portable device and also include input devices of a ten digit keypad (0-9), decimal point key, math operation keys (+, −, ×, ÷), mode key, directional arrow keys, on/clear key, enter key and back key. | 07-22-2010 |
20100205558 | MOTOR VEHICLE - A motor vehicle includes an input device for the input of a search criterion or a search term, a first interface for the exchange of data with a first offboard data memory, a second interface for the exchange of data with a second offboard data memory, and a computing device for the automatic search for information corresponding to the search criterion or the search term in the first onboard data memory and in the second onboard data memory. | 08-12-2010 |
20100218134 | TECHNIQUES FOR SEMANTIC BUSINESS POLICY COMPOSITION - Embodiments of the present invention relate to techniques for creating policies. A plurality of objects representative of semantic objects are provided to a user. An arrangement of a subset of the objects, the arrangement representative of a policy, is received. The arrangement is converted to instructions for implementation by an application configured to implement policies. One or more of the objects may include fields and/or controls for specifying criteria of semantic objects represented by the objects. | 08-26-2010 |
20100241986 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING LARGE FORMAT DATA FILES - A portable electronic device includes a rendering circuit to visualize large format data files on a narrow display. The large format data files are rendered using either a desktop display mode or a mobile display mode. The desktop display mode renders the data file using data file-specified dimensions and resolutions. The data file is viewable in its entirety by automatic scrolling achieved by moving a cursor near the edge of the display. Data file elements may be edited while in desktop display mode. The mobile display mode renders the elements of the data file as a list with minimal regard for spatial orientation. Navigation in mobile display mode is field-to-field. | 09-23-2010 |
20100251163 | PARSING OF INPUT FIELDS IN A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - A parsing method for a graphical user interface interaction process, the method comprising defining a control symbol for direction to a text based input field and defining when the control symbol is input to an input box of a graphical user interface that a processor is directed to the text based input field associated with the control symbol. | 09-30-2010 |
20100262932 | Apparatus, method and system for subsequently connecting people - Apparatus, method and system to subsequently connect people who have crossed paths in person. A user can actively connect with other users, express interests to other users anonymously, or find out if other users have interests for him, from a previous or current encounter. | 10-14-2010 |
20100269061 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR A SIMULATION BASED CALCULATOR - System, method and graphical user interface for a simulation base calculator provides one or more selectable distribution models. One or more input fields are provided for inputting rules with one or more random variables. A processing module inputs one or more of the selectable distribution models and the rules into a simulator running on the system. An output field is provided for displaying one or more aspects of a result determined by the model run on the simulator. | 10-21-2010 |
20100275149 | Interactive Sub-Summaries In Database Applications - A system displays content from a database in a formatted view. The formatted view includes one or more data fields arranged in one or more data sections. Each of the data sections includes a sub-summary display field. The system receives a request to modify data in one of the data fields. In response, the system reformats the formatted view. The reformatting includes moving the data field from a first data section to a second data section and updating the sub-summary display field in the first data section and the sub-summary display field in the second data section. The system displays the reformatted view. | 10-28-2010 |
20100281418 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO TRANSMIT DATA - Methods and systems for transmitting data are disclosed. In one embodiment a user interface module causes a first information field to be presented as part of a graphical user interface, receives information entered in the first information field, and detects that a user has navigated away from the first information field. In response to detecting that the user has navigated away from the information field, a data transmitting module may commence transmitting over a network the information entered in the first information field. | 11-04-2010 |
20100318935 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR INPUTTING INFORMATION - Methods and apparatuses for presenting a data input interface. In one exemplary embodiment of a method described herein, a text input field is displayed and, through a first input to the text input field itself, a selection between at least a first operation and a second operation can be made. A first input is received to determine a selected operation which is one of the first operation or the second operation, and a text input is received and the selected operation is performed. Other methods are described, and apparatuses are also described. | 12-16-2010 |
20100333012 | Collaborative Data Entry - A method for collaborative data entry in which a primary user enters data into an input terminal includes data being entered into a number of input fields on an input screen by the primary user. The input terminal has an interface for assigning entry of data into at least one of the input fields to an alternate user. The method includes, with the interface, assigning entry of data into at least one of the input fields to an alternate user. An apparatus allowing collaborative data entry includes an input terminal comprising a display device for displaying data to a user and a user input device for receiving input from a user; and a user interface of the input terminal, the interface comprising a number of input fields for receiving the input from a user and to for assigning at least one the input field an alternate user. | 12-30-2010 |
20110004841 | CONVERSATIONAL INTERFACE HAVING VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS FOR INTERACTIVE DATA GATHERING - An interactive application on a graphical user interface (GUI). The application allows a user to communicate with their device through a two-way dialogue between a digital character and a user profile operated by the user, the conversation driven by an XML based document and having behavior identical to short message services. In one illustrative embodiment, the user interface includes chat bubbles between the digital character and the user profile to obtain information from the user. Associated with the chat bubbles are input controls, the input controls allowing the user to enter in information. The user interface provides single selection controls, multi-selection controls, numeric controls, text entry controls, physical dimension controls, and pricing selection controls to provide a user friendly environment. | 01-06-2011 |
20110004842 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD HAVING CUSTOM REMINDER ENTRY CAPABILITY FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM - A display apparatus for a control unit in an environmental control system; the display apparatus including: a display area presenting a plurality of first loci, a plurality of second loci and at least one third locus; each respective first locus of the plurality of first loci being responsive to pressure for effecting a respective response; each respective second locus of the plurality of second loci presenting information using a fixed segment data format; at least one third locus of the at least one third locus presenting information using a dot matrix data format, the display apparatus configured to allow a user to enter at least one custom reminder. | 01-06-2011 |
20110010656 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED USER INTERFACE - A method and apparatus for receiving information from a user of a computerized application. Within the method, application data is received, comprising one or more items with which a user can interact. Additional data relating to the application may be received as well. The application data is displayed on a display device, while the additional data is kept hidden. Upon receiving mouse hover event from a pointing device used by a user, the additional data relating to the application is displayed, together with an area for a user to enter content. The content entered by the user is submitted to the application or to another application. | 01-13-2011 |
20110010657 | INTERACTIVE TEXT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication system quarantines text and then automatically transmits the text across a network at the end of a quarantine time period. This text quarantine period gives a user the chance to edit or delete text for a brief amount of time after the text has been entered. This allows editing or deletion of spelling errors, and inadvertent or indiscriminate text responses before the text is sent to a remote user. Since the text characters are automatically transmitted after the quarantine period, normal human communications and interactions are maintained allowing a receiver to interject or interrupt with text comments in the middle of a received text message. Thus, the communication system maintains the interactive advantages of TTY/TDD systems while also providing the editing flexibility of instant messaging systems. In another aspect of the text system, characters are buffered until they form a complete expression. Upon detection of the completed expression, the buffered characters are sent to the destination endpoint. | 01-13-2011 |
20110016421 | TASK ORIENTED USER INTERFACE PLATFORM - An application management system may have a user interface in which a user may input a text phrase that describes a desired action. The system may generate metadata relating to the text phrase and distribute the metadata and text phrase to many different registered applications, some of which may be web based applications. Each application may return one or more suggested actions, along with some optional information from the application. The suggested actions may be ranked and presented on the user interface, and a user may select an action to be performed. The system may launch the application and have the action performed. | 01-20-2011 |
20110047499 | INFUSION PUMP METHODS AND SYSTEMS - An infusion pump system is disclosed. The system includes at least one infusion pump, a companion device, the companion device in wireless communication with the infusion pump, and a user interface on the companion device, the user interface adapted to receive textual input. | 02-24-2011 |
20110061017 | Systems and Methods for Haptically-Enhanced Text Interfaces - When units of serialized input are analyzed by an engine or algorithm that provides a plurality of entry suggestions for competing or replacing a unit of the serialized input, one or more haptic effects can be identified and provided in conjunction with display, selection, or use of one or more of the entry suggestions to aid in the use of the engine or algorithm. The haptic effects can represent a confidence level with respect to one or more of the entry suggestions or may otherwise indicate the relative success of the engine/algorithm. For example, the serialized input may comprise characters input to a mobile or other device. The engine or algorithm may suggest words or phrases with varying degrees of confidence, with the confidence with respect to some or all of the suggestions communicated by use of haptic effects. Additional embodiments include dynamic text input interfaces, haptically-enhanced serial presentation of content, and interfaces that provide haptic effects at a first device based on remote text entry, display, reading, or other activity at a different device. | 03-10-2011 |
20110078617 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROGRAM FOR SUPPORTING INPUT OF EXECUTION PARAMETER OF PREDETERMINED SOFTWARE TO INPUT FIELD - To provide a method, a program and a system for supporting the input of one or more execution parameters of predetermined software in an input field. The method includes: receiving input of a text character string including one or more execution parameters in the input field displayed on a display device; displaying one the display device one or more execution options of the predetermined software in such a manner that a user can select the options in response to selection of a part of the text character string by the user; and transforming the text character string so as to include at least one of the one or more execution options selected and displaying the transformed text character string on the display device. The one or more execution options displayed can vary with the type of selection of the part of the text character string. | 03-31-2011 |
20110083097 | ADDRESS BAR USER INTERFACE CONTROL - An address bar user interface control includes a plurality of interactive segments, each segment including one or more filters or selection criteria for selecting content from physical and/or virtual locations. A segment may include two or more filters or selection criteria which are logically combined such as by a logical “OR” operation. A user may select a child control associated with an interactive segment, i.e., a parent segment, to provide a list of selectable child filters or selection criteria. In response to selection of a child filter or selection criteria, an interactive segment representing the child filter or selection criteria is added to the address bar succeeding the parent segment and the interactive segments subsequent to the parent segment are removed. | 04-07-2011 |
20110087991 | Methods and Apparatus for Reliable Entry and Enhanced Presentation of IPv6 Addresses - A technique for establishing an IPv6 address for a network device involves displaying a prefix field for accessing a list of IPv6 address prefixes, an interface identifier field for accessing a list of interface identifiers, and a fillable address field for entering an IPv6 address. An IPv6 address is constructed in the address field from an IPv6 address prefix selected from the prefix field and an interface identifier selected from the interface identifier field. The IPv6 address can be modified by manually entering characters via a user interface. A technique for displaying IPv6 addresses involves combining a mnemonic, which replaces the digits of the IPv6 address prefix portion of the address, together with the digits of the interface identifier of the IPv6 address. IPv6 addresses not associated with a mnemonic are readily identifiable. | 04-14-2011 |
20110093807 | FORM COMPLETION RATE ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for facilitating the entry by a user via a network, of information into a scaffold electronic document. A flag server modifies the scaffold electronic document to include user-entered information in a information entry field and displays a graphic flag at a next one of a succession of information entry fields. | 04-21-2011 |
20110099507 | DISPLAYING A COLLECTION OF INTERACTIVE ELEMENTS THAT TRIGGER ACTIONS DIRECTED TO AN ITEM - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for displaying of collections of interactive elements that trigger actions directed to a particular contact, message, media file, or other item. In one aspect, a method is performed by a system comprising one or more data processing devices and a touchscreen display. The method includes displaying several identifiers, each identifier comprising one or more graphical or textual elements that identify an item, each identifier associated with a respective interactive element, receiving user interaction with a first of the interactive elements that is associated with a first of the identifiers, in response to the user interaction, displaying a collection of action widgets on the touchscreen display, the action widgets comprising iconic graphical indicia that each represent an action triggered by user interaction therewith, the iconic graphical indicia displayed adjacent one another in a strip-shaped area that is wider than it is high, the strip-shaped area being displaced vertically on the touchscreen display from the first identifier so that the first identifier is visible on the touchscreen notwithstanding the display of the collection of action widgets, receiving user interaction with a first of the action widgets that is in the collection displayed on the touchscreen display, and performing the action represented by the first of the action widgets on the item identified by the first identifier. | 04-28-2011 |
20110131524 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CONTEXT-AWARE INPUT DATA - External constraints with respect to at least one input field of at least one application are generated. Context-aware input data is provided to at least one input field of a currently used application, based on the external constraints. | 06-02-2011 |
20110138315 | Quick Initiation Of Respiratory Support Via A Ventilator User Interface - This disclosure describes improved systems and methods for efficiently configuring respiratory settings and/or parameters in a ventilatory system. Specifically, the present methods and user interface provide an efficient and consistent means for configuring ventilatory settings for a new patient. Specifically, the ventilator may be preconfigured with appropriate parameter settings based on an institution-specific protocol, a physician-specific protocol, or other suitable protocol or specification. Indeed, the present disclosure provides an institution and/or physician with increased control over routine ventilatory settings by pre-configuring the ventilator with these routine settings. Further, the present disclosure provides increased assurance as to the consistency of the routine ventilatory settings by eliminating repeated data entry by clinicians, decreasing the chances of error. | 06-09-2011 |
20110138316 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING FUNCTION OF WRITING TEXT AND FUNCTION OF CLIPPING AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS APPLYING THE SAME - A method for providing a text writing function and a clipping function and an electronic apparatus applying the same are provided. If a command is input while content is being displayed, a text writing screen including information related to the content is displayed. Accordingly, since the content-related information is automatically displayed when the user writes text relating to the content, the user is not required to input the content-related information separately. | 06-09-2011 |
20110138317 | AUGMENTED REMOTE CONTROLLER, METHOD FOR OPERATING THE AUGMENTED REMOTE CONTROLLER, AND SYSTEM FOR THE SAME - An image display may be displayed on a remote controller based on augmented reality. An electronic device may be identified having playable content. A window may be displayed for entering a keyword related to playable content in the identified target device. A search may be performed for content that corresponds to the received keyword entered through the window. An object may be displayed that represents determined content that corresponds to the received keyword. | 06-09-2011 |
20110138318 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBJECTIVE FINANCING OF ASSETS - Systems, methods, and computer program products consistent with the principles of the present invention provide an infrastructure for asset owners to obtain financing arrangements from a multitude of liability providers in near real time and objectively. | 06-09-2011 |
20110154247 | VIRTUAL CALENDAR - A calendar event may be created by creating a data entry field and defining the event with the field. A template may be used to create the field. The template may contain a plurality of entry fields that may be user configurable, such as with a wizard, or selected from a palette of fields. | 06-23-2011 |
20110167377 | OBJECT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM - A system and method for identifying objects possessing minute but significant details is described. At its core, the system includes a user interface, means for comparatively identifying the object and means for displaying results. Notably, because the system does not rely upon highly specialized or complex equipment, the invention is expected to have particular applicability in a wide variety of every-day situations. Moreover, the system is explicitly designed for user friendliness, so as to eliminate that need for extensive training for any prospective user of the system. The system should have particular applicability in key blank identification and key duplication processes. | 07-07-2011 |
20110167378 | Adding Interrogative Punctuation To An Electronic Message - Interrogative punctuation is automatically added to a sequence of characters entered into a handheld device upon termination of the sequence, such as by double actuation of the spacebar, when the first word, or the first and third words at the beginning of the sequence, of after a comma or semicolon, are indicative of an interrogatory. | 07-07-2011 |
20110173559 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PUBLISHING AN ONLINE POST FROM A DEVICE - A method and system for publishing an online post from a device that includes obtaining information for a post and receiving user input from a single-interaction interface on the device. The received user input initiates selecting a context descriptor for the post based on the user input; creating the post from the obtained information and selected context descriptor, and sending the post to a post database. | 07-14-2011 |
20110173560 | Electronic Form User Interfaces - A system and method validating entry of data into a structured data file in real-time is described. The system and method also described a real-time validation tool that enables a developer to create custom validation rules. These custom validation rules can include preset validation rules, which the real-time validation tool enables a developer to create in an easy-to-use way. | 07-14-2011 |
20110173561 | GUI EVALUATION SYSTEM, GUI EVALUATION METHOD, AND GUI EVALUATION PROGRAM - A GUI evaluation system includes: an expression information extracting section for extracting an expression element on a plurality of evaluation target screens based on information capable of specifying a restriction on input into an input component; a data input expression specifying section for comparing respective expression elements extracted by the expression information extracting section among input components different in restriction on input to specify an expression element indicative of the restriction on input; and a data input expression determining section for determining that a restriction expression indicative of an input restriction is consistent when, among expression elements specified by the data input expression specifying section, there is a common expression element on the same input restriction on the plurality of evaluation target screens, or that a restriction expression indicative of an input restriction is inconsistent when there is no common expression element. | 07-14-2011 |
20110179378 | Method Generating a Message for One or More Social Networking Websites - A mobile device includes a message entry area on a display for the user to view input text, the size based on the smallest message size permitted by the one or more destination content providers. The content from the user interface input populates the message input area. A warning is generated when the limit is reached. The message with entered content is communicated to the intermediary server with the identity of the one or more content providers for uploading by the intermediary server to the one or more content providers in the format desired by the content provider website. | 07-21-2011 |
20110185307 | GENERATING EQUATIONS BASED ON USER INTENT - Some embodiments provide a system that facilitates the creation of an equation. During operation, the system obtains a user selection of a function to be used in the equation. Next, the system determines a state of a graphical user interface (GUI) associated with a software program. More specifically, the system may determine a cursor position or a text selection in the equation. Finally, the system facilitates the creation of the equation by inserting the function into the equation based at least on the determined state. | 07-28-2011 |
20110191711 | CUSTOMER AND VEHICLE DYNAMIC GROUPING - A system and machine-implemented method relating to displaying a first plurality of items, each item including a plurality of values including a first value corresponding to a first field and a second value corresponding to a second field, including receiving a first selection of the first field as a primary grouping field; receiving a second selection of the second field as a secondary grouping field; displaying a plurality of first values included in the first plurality of items, such that each unique value included in the first values is displayed no more than once, in response to the first selection; receiving a third selection of one of the displayed first values; displaying a plurality of second values included in a second plurality of items, wherein each of the second plurality of items is included in the first plurality of items and includes a first value equal to the first value selected in the first selection, such that each unique value included in the plurality of second values is displayed no more than once, in response to the third selection; receiving a fourth selection of one of the displayed second values; and displaying a third plurality of items, each included in the second plurality of items and each including a second value equal to the second value selected in the fourth selection, in response to the fourth selection. | 08-04-2011 |
20110209084 | INSTANTANEOUS SYMBOL LOOKUP - A computer program assists in the completion of text input provided by a user. For example, the computer program may maintain a list of n-tuples (where n>1), each of which includes n text strings. For example, each n-tuple may include a stock ticker symbol and the name of a company having that stock ticker symbol. As the user types each character, the program determines whether the text typed by the user so far matches any of the text strings in the n-tuples. The program provides the user with an indication of whether any matches have been found, such as by displaying a list of the n-tuples having text matching the text typed by the user so far. The program then allows the user to select one of the matching n-tuples. The program uses text (such as a stock ticker symbol) from the user's selection to complete the text input. | 08-25-2011 |
20110214083 | UNIFIED MANAGEMENT METHOD OF VARIOUS TYPES OF MESSAGES OF A PERSONAL INFORMATION TERMINAL - A mobile terminal includes a display and a controller. The display outputs a first input window configured to receive a first message. When input data is received into at least one message field of the first input window, the controller determines whether or not the input data conforms to a format of the first input window corresponding to the first message. The controller also outputs a notification after the input is determined not to conform to the format corresponding to the first input window corresponding to the first message. The display outputs a second input window to receive a second message. The second input window has at least one message field different from the message fields in the first input window. | 09-01-2011 |
20110214084 | LETTER INPUT METHOD - The letter input method of the present invention comprises: a first step of enabling a letter input window including an end button to be displayed on a touch screen at a location separate from a word input window, when a user applies contact pressure to the word input window of the web browser or web site displayed on the touch screen; a second step of inputting relevant letters to the word input window, when the user inputs characters to the character input window; and a third step of generating a driving signal such that the search engine associated with the word input window can be driven by using the letters input to the word input window as search data, when the user selects the end button. The letter input method of the present invention enables users to input letters on the touch screen simply by touch instead of a separate keyboard or a mouse, enables the driving of a search engine of the web browser or a web site to be performed on the letter input screen, and enables the simple selection of a search engine to be used. | 09-01-2011 |
20110219328 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR FACILITATING LOCATION SELECTION - Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating location selection. A method may include causing display of a user interface for selecting a location associated with a calendar entry. The method may further include determining a location selected via the user interface. The method may additionally include associating the determined location with the calendar entry. Corresponding apparatuses are also provided. | 09-08-2011 |
20110239152 | DIRECTION-BASED DATA ENTRY SYSTEM - A direction-based data entry system displays a field having an initial value and a field location. When the user selects the field, the direction-based data entry system enters a data entry mode in which an auxiliary data entry tool is not displayed. To enter a new value for the field, the user indicates movement across the display relative to the field. As the user indicates movement, the direction-based data entry system may display an indication of a new value for the field represented by the movement. When the new value is the value that the user wants entered into the field, the user terminates the movement, which causes the new value to be the current value for the field. | 09-29-2011 |
20110246931 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WRITING MESSAGE IN MOBILE TERMINAL - A method and an apparatus for writing a message in a mobile terminal are provided. A method and an apparatus for simplifying movement between slides (pages) by changing the form of a slide into a collapse form when making messages that use a plurality of slides (pages) in a mobile terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a slide compressor and a message manager. The slide compressor converts an expanded slide including a message input field into a collapse slide. The message manager controls the slide compressor, and processes to output the slide converted by the slide compressor. | 10-06-2011 |
20110246932 | System and Method for Configuring Electronic Stamps - A method and system for configuring electronic stamps is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, a user interface enables a user to create or edit an electronic stamp configuration by displaying electronic stamp characteristics and receiving corresponding electronic stamp characteristic selections. The electronic stamp characteristics include stamp placement characteristics, stamp content characteristics, and stamp identification characteristics. The electronic stamp characteristic selections are stored in a database or other data storage structure so as to define the electronic stamp configuration. Preferably, the electronic stamp configuration is used to generate an electronic stamp to be applied to a document in electronic form. | 10-06-2011 |
20110252357 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Managing Concurrently Open Software Applications - A method includes displaying a first application view. A first input is detected, and an application view selection mode is entered for selecting one of concurrently open applications for display in a corresponding application view. An initial group of open application icons in a first predefined area and at least a portion of the first application view adjacent to the first predefined area are concurrently displayed. The initial group of open application icons corresponds to at least some of the concurrently open applications. A gesture is detected on a respective open application icon in the first predefined area, and a respective application view for a corresponding application is displayed without concurrently displaying an application view for any other application in the concurrently open applications. The open application icons in the first predefined area cease to be displayed, and the application view selection mode is exited. | 10-13-2011 |
20110271225 | System and Method for Configuring Identification Codes - A system and method for configuring identification codes associated with electronic records is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, a user interface enables a user to create or edit an identification code configuration by displaying identification code characteristics and receiving corresponding identification code characteristic selections. The identification code characteristics include information segments, separators, and identification code types. The identification code characteristic selections are stored in a database or other data storage structure so as to define the identification code configuration. Preferably, the identification code configuration is used to generate a plurality of identification codes each of which is associated with and provides information about an electronic record. | 11-03-2011 |
20110289447 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes: an operation unit configured to receive operation by a user; a display unit configured to display an editing screen including plural cells included in table data and a cursor indicating a place where editing corresponding to the operation is executed; and a cursor moving unit configured to move, if cursor moving operation for moving the cursor among the cells is received, the cursor to an editable cell on the basis of setting information indicating possibility of editing set in advance for each element of at least one of a row, a column, and a cell of a table including the plural cells. | 11-24-2011 |
20110302522 | Sketching and Searching Application for Idea Generation - A sketching and searching application for idea generation is described. In an embodiment, a software application is described which has a user interface which comprises a sketching area. When a user draws or annotates a sketch in the application, the application automatically searches for images based on the sketch and displays results in the form of images outside the sketching area. These images are used to inspire new ideas and to facilitate the creative process in a way that is closely linked with the sketching process. When the sketch is updated, additional searching is automatically performed and new results are displayed. In some examples the sketching area is deformable and deformation may cause new results to be displayed and in some examples the user is able to drag image results into the sketching area to enable tracing of the image or to include the image in the sketch. | 12-08-2011 |
20110302523 | Method and apparatus for sharing user service classes - This disclosure describes a system in which individual employee records can be updated across multiple services by an administrator at the interface to a particular service. Multiple services may be provided with this capability. This will eliminate the need in the current art for a central directory that contains a service description that will be common across all services. The technology eliminates the need for the development of this directory and the training of administrators in its interface. Administrators may utilize their training in one service interface to update records across multiple services. This will enable the more rapid development of solutions utilizing services from multiple vendors. Administrators need not be trained on interfaces for all services but can apply routine global updates from a convenient and familiar interface. | 12-08-2011 |
20110314410 | COMPETITIVE EVENT STATISTIC DELIVERY DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - A competitive event statistic delivery system, device, and method is disclosed. The system may include a primary display configured to display a competitive event. The system may also include a secondary display configured to display multiple streams of statistics as they relate to events displayed on the primary display. A selector may be configured to allow a user to dynamically and selectively pick from among the multiple streams of statistics for display on the secondary display. | 12-22-2011 |
20120005619 | Method and Apparatus for Processing User Input - User input to a computing device comprises a demarcated portion and a remainder portion. The demarcated portion comprises a label or data type which is associated with an application. On processing the user input, the associated application is instructed to open a data object and use the data of the demarcated portion and the remainder portion for the data object. Rules specify which applications may be associated with which data types and labels. | 01-05-2012 |
20120011463 | Method and System for Enabling Location Entry - A method and system for enabling location entry is provided. A text string entered into a free-form location entry field of a user interface is received. At least one location potentially matching the text string is retrieved from a location database managed by a computer system. The at least one location is provided to the user interface for presentation to a user of the user interface. | 01-12-2012 |
20120023435 | Method for Inspecting a Physical Asset - A method of inspecting a physical asset using a mobile computing device is disclosed. Data regarding the asset and its condition is collected on the mobile device by a user, and may include photographs, audio or video recordings, text or other types of data. The data is automatically annotated with the current time and the geo-location of the device. The data is transmitted to a server and saved in a manner such that it may not be modified. This allows for auditing, as well as tracking of the asset over time by comparing data entered at one time with data entered at another time. Reports may be automatically generated from the saved data when desired. Pre-defined fields for data entry may be presented for ease of use. In some embodiments, the asset being inspected is a building, house or apartment. | 01-26-2012 |
20120023436 | USER INTERFACE FOR SELECTING A PHOTO TAG - There is disclosed a user interface for selecting a photo tag. In an embodiment, the user interface embodies a method of selecting a photo tag for a tagged photo, comprising: providing a tag entry field for entering a photo tag; in dependence upon a string entered by a user, displaying in a matching tag list any tags from one or more selected tag sources matching the entered string. The method may further comprise displaying a tag type for each tag appearing in the matching tag list. The method may further comprise allowing user selection of a tag in the matching tag list to complete the tag entry field. | 01-26-2012 |
20120042274 | Method and System for Evaluating Live or Prerecorded Activities - Method of and system for evaluating and annotating live or prerecorded activities, such as live or prerecorded public speaking. Evaluations and annotations may be generated in real-time while the activity is taking place or afterwards without the need for a video or audio recording, or may be generated while recording or watching a recording. The technique comprises a hierarchical multi-level menu of canned and/or custom comments, canned and/or custom detailed descriptions of comments, custom notes, supplemental informational content, and community-contributed content. The technique also comprises selecting, in response to user input, canned and/or custom comments from the menu, generating timestamped, color-coded annotations corresponding to the comments, and storing the annotations in a database without modifying the prerecorded activity file if any was played while evaluating. Annotations are displayed in real-time during the evaluation and can also be displayed during playback at a later time. An evaluation report may be generated from annotations of an activity, whereby the evaluation report can be organized in chronological order of annotations or by comment category. Evaluations and annotations of live speeches are saved and may later be synchronized with recordings of the speeches. Statistical and trend analysis may be performed comparing a particular evaluation with other evaluations by the same evaluator or by other evaluators. | 02-16-2012 |
20120060112 | PAYROLL DATA ENTRY AND MANAGEMENT - A method can include displaying a user interface on a display of a mobile device. The user interface can include a scrollable payroll data section with multiple selectable fields and a data entry section configured to accept input of payroll data for the multiple fields. The method can further include simultaneously displaying the scrollable payroll data section and the data entry section and, in response to an input, simultaneously scrolling through one or more of the multiple selectable fields of the payroll data section while maintaining the payroll data section in place. A device and computer-readable medium can be configured to implement the method and variations thereof. | 03-08-2012 |
20120089940 | METHODS FOR DISPLAYING A USER INTERFACE ON A REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE AND A REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE APPLYING THE SAME - A method for displaying a user interface (UI) of a display apparatus on a remote control and a remote control applying the same are provided. The remote control includes a controlling unit which identifies information regarding a UI where a cursor is located on a screen of the display apparatus, and a display unit, such as a touch screen, which displays an image corresponding to the identified UI information. Accordingly, a user may remotely control the display apparatus more intuitively and delicately using the touch screen display unit on the remote control. | 04-12-2012 |
20120096391 | KNOWLEDGE BASE DATA GENERATION AND MANAGEMENT TO SUPPORT AUTOMATED E-HEALTH DIAGNOSIS SYSTEMS - Systems, methods and computer program products for the generation and management of knowledge base data to support automated e-health diagnosis systems are disclosed. Such systems, methods and computer program products provide the ability for a subject matter expert, without computer programming skills, to generate a knowledge base consisting of XML code that may be integrated into an automated e-health diagnosis system in order to provide real-time decision support. The subject matter expert may use the present invention, for example, to identify the symptoms that are relevant to a particular diagnosis, weigh symptoms relative to a given diagnosis, detail the rationale for particular decisions, and provide detailed treatment recommendations with regard to each individual diagnosis. The output of this tool may be an XML knowledge base that may be integrated, in a plug and play fashion, with the e-health diagnosis system. | 04-19-2012 |
20120102427 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED CLAIM CHART GENERATION - A method and system provide automated claim chart generation. The method and system import claims and related information regarding at least one patent The method and system create an initial claim chart for the patent, receive user edits to the claim elements of the claims, and process the user edits to the claim elements. After detecting a user edit to an element a first claim that is repetitive of a second claim, the method and system automatically update the corresponding element of the second claim. The method and system create a product template that includes product identifiers, product characteristics, and evidence showing that the products have the product characteristics. The method and system perform a case analysis, receive an input mapping the product characteristics to the claim elements in the initial claim chart, and generate a claim infringement analysis chart combining the mapped claim elements and the product characteristics. | 04-26-2012 |
20120110498 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING A VISUAL PASSWORD SCHEME - A system and method for inputting a password. The system and method operates to associate unique non-descriptive graphical features with unique text-based characters. The system and method operates to receive in sequence, a plurality of text-based characters. The system and method operates to display in sequence, in accordance with a sequence scheme, the non-descriptive graphical features associated with the plurality of text-based characters. The system and method also operates to process the plurality of text-based characters as the password. In addition, the system and method operates wherein the password, including text-based characters, may be deciphered from both the display of the non-descriptive graphical features associated with the plurality of text-based characters and the sequence scheme. | 05-03-2012 |
20120131493 | COMPUTER INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD AND COMPUTER SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A computer system and a computer information display method thereof are provided. In the method, a computer information management unit stores computer information of an application program in a storage unit. During a system login process of the computer system, a processing unit reads the computer information form the storage unit, and displays the computer information and a login dialog on a screen unit. | 05-24-2012 |
20120131494 | System and Method for Tagging Data - A system and related methods for tagging data, especially in the context of a web-based application, includes various features associated with a tag bar. A text field is displayable in conjunction with such tag bar, as is a list of any potential tags. Data can be received corresponding to a tag to be added to the tag bar. Once the tag bar has been added, it is displayed in the tag bar. | 05-24-2012 |
20120151404 | REPURPOSING TOOLBAR INPUT AREAS - Methods and systems for repurposing toolbar input areas are provided. Input areas of toolbars may be repurposed such that the input area is linked to one or more applications. An input area may be linked to one or more applications upon receiving a linking mode selection from a user. An input area may also be linked to one or more applications upon receiving a user input including a trigger that identifies an application. Such linking causes results associated with the user input to be filtered by the one or more applications associated with the input area. Input areas may also display results filtered by one or more applications without being directly linked to the applications. | 06-14-2012 |
20120159376 | EDITING DATA RECORDS ASSOCIATED WITH STATIC IMAGES - Embodiments provide in-place editing of data records via an editable visual representation within a displayed collection of static images. Each of the static images corresponds to at least one data record having at least one field. The field is non-editable by the user via the image. The plurality of images is provided to the user for browsing, navigation, searching, and the like. In response to the user selecting at least one of the displayed images, the selected image is converted to a layout-based visual representation having editable fields. The user interacts with the visual representation to add, modify, and/or delete data associated with the data record. The data record is updated, and the selected, static image is regenerated with the data from the user. | 06-21-2012 |
20120159377 | TOOLBAR SEARCH CENTERED USER INTERFACE MODEL - Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems, methods, and computer-storage media for organizing presentation of browser toolbars. In one embodiment, a toolbar of a web browser is presented. The toolbar has a search input box. Additionally, one or more application icons are presented on each of at least two sides of the search input box. An indication that a user has engaged an application icon of the toolbar is received. Further, an application window is presented beneath the search input box of the toolbar. The application window comprises content associated with the application icon. | 06-21-2012 |
20120159378 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SUGGESTING POTENTIAL INPUTS IN A TEXT-BASED REPORT GENERATION APPLICATION - Systems, methods, and computer-readable medium encoded with a plurality of processor-executable instructions for providing a list of potential inputs to a user in response to a prompt presented to the user. One system includes a processor, a database connected to the computer processor and storing information relating to at least one potential input associated with each of a plurality of potential prompts, and a first application stored in non-transitory computer readable medium accessible and executable by the processor. The first application is configured to automatically determine an active location on a text-based form presented to a user by a second application, determine a prompt presented to the user on the text-based form based on the determined active location, generate a list of potential inputs for the determined prompt based on the determined prompt and the information stored in the database, and present the list of potential inputs to the user. | 06-21-2012 |
20120166998 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Switching Between Two User Interfaces - An electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface displays a first authentication user interface on the display, the first authentication user interface including a text entry field for entering a text-based authentication code; detects a first input by a user on the touch-sensitive surface while displaying the first authentication user interface; in response to detecting the first input, displays a second authentication user interface on the display, distinct from the first authentication user interface, the second authentication user interface configured for entering a gesture-based authentication code; while displaying the second authentication user interface, detects one or more gestures by the user at locations on the touch-sensitive surface that correspond to locations on the second authentication user interface; and authenticates the user in accordance with a determination that the detected one or more gestures correspond to a gesture-based authentication code for the user. | 06-28-2012 |
20120166999 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE DURING USER INPUT - Systems and methods to provide assistance for completion during user input. In one embodiment, a method includes automatically generating profiles for persons identified in messages, such as incoming and outgoing emails. When a user is typing an input, the profiles are used to identify suggestions for the completion of the user input. | 06-28-2012 |
20120192096 | ACTIVE COMMAND LINE DRIVEN USER INTERFACE - A method of interacting with an electronic device and an electronic device so configured are described. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a method of interacting with an electronic device. A command line having an input field is displayed on a display of the electronic device. An input string is received in the input field. The input string is disambiguated into one or more commands which match the input string. Each matching command is displayed on the display each as an entry in a command list. In some embodiments, each entry in the command list is selectable in response to selection input. | 07-26-2012 |
20120192097 | PROVIDING CONTEXT-AWARE INPUT DATA - External constraints with respect to at least one input field of at least one application are generated. Context-aware input data is provided to at least one input field of a currently used application, based on the external constraints. | 07-26-2012 |
20120192098 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING LARGE FORMAT DATA FILES - A portable electronic device includes a rendering circuit to visualize large format data files on a narrow display. The large format data files are rendered using either a desktop display mode or a mobile display mode. The desktop display mode renders the data file using data file-specified dimensions and resolutions. The data file is viewable in its entirety by automatic scrolling achieved by moving a cursor near the edge of the display. Data file elements may be edited while in desktop display mode. The mobile display mode renders the elements of the data file as a list with minimal regard for spatial orientation. Navigation in mobile display mode is field-to-field. | 07-26-2012 |
20120198380 | CONTEXTUAL USER INTERFACE - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a contextual user interface for a computer system including a database and processor. According to one embodiment, a plurality of activities are associated with an application and stored in the database. Furthermore, a set of activities from the plurality of activities are displayed on a user interface. Upon receiving an activity request for a desired activity from a user, the processor determines the application associated with the desired activity and identifies data to be accessed by the application. The contextual user interface is then configured to automatically launch the application along with the identified data. | 08-02-2012 |
20120210271 | HATE CRIME DIAGNOSTIC AND INTERVENTION TOOL FOR EMERGENCY DISPATCH - Systems and methods are provided to assist an emergency dispatcher in responding to emergency calls reporting incidents involving a hate crime or other anti-social behavior toward a victim. The systems and methods can include an emergency police dispatch protocol configured to facilitate uniform and consistent gathering of information about an incident being reported and configured to determine a determinant value corresponding to an appropriate emergency dispatch response. A diagnostic tool is provided to aid the dispatcher in gathering information about the victim that pertains to one or more bias categories. The victim information can be used to identify one or more potential biases that could have motivated the perpetrator of the hate crime or other anti-social behavior. The diagnostic tool facilitates uniform and consistent gathering of victim information pertaining to various bias types. The information may be stored and/or processed for use in monitoring and/or tracking hate crimes and other anti-social behavior. The diagnostic tool can be launched automatically by the emergency dispatch protocol, or manually by a dispatcher. The diagnostic tool presents a user interface that provides, among other things, instructions, symptoms, and input fields. | 08-16-2012 |
20120216140 | QUICK TEXT ENTRY ON A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for quick text entry on a portable electronic device and a portable electronic device configured for the same are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a method for quick text entry, comprising: displaying a text entry user interface within a graphical user interface, the text entry user interface element including a text entry field; receiving text in the text entry field; storing the text received in text entry field in memory in response to corresponding input. | 08-23-2012 |
20120216141 | TOUCH GESTURES FOR TEXT-ENTRY OPERATIONS - In general, this disclosure describes techniques for providing a user of a computing device with the ability to perform text-entry operations (e.g., using a touch screen) on a computing device. Specifically, the techniques of this disclosure may, in some examples, allow the user to use gestures on a mobile computing device to perform text entry and editing operations. Using a presence-sensitive user interface device (e.g., a touch screen), the user may use gestures to enter text into text-based applications (e.g., short message service (SMS) messages, e-mail message, uniform resource locators (URLs), and the like). Using visually-defined areas on the touch screen, the user may utilize gestures of certain patterns, relative to the defined areas, to indicate text entry and editing operations such as, for example, deleting characters and words, indicating a space or return characters, and the like. | 08-23-2012 |
20120216142 | System and Method for Creating and Managing Lesson Plans - A system and method for creating and managing custom lesson plans. A computing device includes a lesson planning tool that receives a lesson creation request from a user. The lesson planning tool is responsive to the lesson creation request to create a customized lesson plan based on game data and rule data included in the lesson creation request. The lesson planning tool also creates and stores a customized lesson plan record in a database. The customized lesson plan record identifies the customized lesson plan and audience members that are eligible to access the customized lesson plan. The lesson planning is responsive to a lesson plan request from another user to determine whether the other user is eligible to access customized lessons plans stored in the database based on audience data included in the lesson plan request. | 08-23-2012 |
20120227008 | System and Method for Receiving Batch Input - A system and method for receiving contact information is disclosed. According to one example method, an administrative window is employed to define the input mode and a pop-up form is employed to receive input from a user. | 09-06-2012 |
20120227009 | NAVIGABLE TEXT USER INTERFACE - A user interface method that presents data to a user, for both inspection and modification, in the context of navigable natural-language text, providing for validation, confirmation and execution of user actions as well as integration of graphic controls. | 09-06-2012 |
20120254789 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING IMPROVED CLINICAL DOCUMENTATION - A method for providing improved clinical documentation may include providing for display of an electronic medical chart having at least a notes entry section and a plurality of other chart sections associated with respective different healthcare related topics associated with a patient, displaying, in response to a user entry initiating a mode shift, a set of available data entry templates including a plurality of selectable data entry templates where each selectable data entry template includes a plurality of fields for entry of data corresponding to a topic associated with a corresponding one of the other chart sections, and utilizing data entered into at least one of the plurality of fields to provide a notes entry to the notes entry section and to fill chart data associated with at least one of the plurality of other chart sections in response to closing a selected one of the selectable data entry templates after entry of data into one or more fields of the selected one of the selectable data entry templates. A corresponding computer program product and apparatus are also provided. | 10-04-2012 |
20120260209 | Visualization Tools for Reviewing Credibility and Stateful Hierarchical Access to Credibility - Some embodiments provide a credibility system including an interface portal for presenting a holistic view of entity credibility. To provide the holistic view, the credibility system aggregates credibility data from multiple data sources. The aggregated credibility data is processed and ordered to present different dimensions of entity credibility, with each dimension graphically presented in the interface portal through an interactive credibility module. In some embodiments, the credibility data associated with each credibility module is processed to produce at least one value that quantifiably represents the credibility data. In some embodiments, the credibility data associated with each credibility module is hierarchically ordered to present the credibility data in a drill-down fashion with each hierarchical layer presenting more detailed credibility data for better understanding the credibility data presented in the preceding layer. | 10-11-2012 |
20120272177 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FIXING MISTAKES BY GOING BACK IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A system, method, and computer program product for allowing a user to fix errors in a user input is described. An original user input providing a destination address or a point of interest is received by an in-vehicle computing system. Upon receiving a user input indicating an error in interpreting the original user input, the user is presented with a new query requesting the user to enter a portion of or a category associated with the original input. Once the updated user input providing a portion of the original input is received, the user input is identified and executed based on the original user input entry and the updated user input. | 10-25-2012 |
20120278751 | INPUT METHOD AND INPUT MODULE THEREOF - An input method applied to an electronic device which can execute a text editing function is disclosed. The input method includes following steps: triggering a multi-function calling unit to execute an auxiliary input function which provides at least one application module when the text editing function is executed; selecting and executing the application module; and providing an assistance function. When the auxiliary input function is executed, the text editing function continues being executed. According to the disclosure, users can use multi-function operation while information input with a portable electronic device. That is, users do not need to jump out from the window of the input program to the computer operation system to look up for another assistant program, but can edit a document efficiently and smoothly. | 11-01-2012 |
20120278752 | System and Method for Web-Based Mapping On Touch-Screen Computing Device - A displayed map is overlaid with a map-based graphical user interface that provides a polygon layer and a point layer which work in tandem to simultaneously display both aggregated and disaggregated data across the displayed map. A selection of one of the regions of the polygon layer is received at the touch display from the user, and a request is submitted to a remote service administering the dataset for items in the dataset that reside in the selected region. The items in the dataset that reside in the selected region are received from the remote service, and the received items are rendered as points in the point layer, where the rendered points are bounded by the selected region. | 11-01-2012 |
20120284659 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ENHANCING MESSAGES - An electronic device ( | 11-08-2012 |
20120284660 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING TEXTS IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method input text by using a text icon in a portable terminal. The method includes mapping a text to an image and registering the mapping result as a text icon, determining whether a long touch is detected for an input window in a text input mode, upon detecting the long touch for the input window in the text input mode, displaying a popup window including a pre-registered text icon list onto a screen, selecting one text icon from the pre-registered text icon list included in the popup window, and inputting the text mapped to the selected text icon to the input window. | 11-08-2012 |
20120284661 | MAP INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A map information processing device extracts objects having a relation therebetween which satisfies a predetermined requirement from among objects each of which is a search target, and selects an object which the user desires from among the objects extracted thereby by prompting the user to input the name of one of the objects according to a row of characters defined by identifier character information showing the row of a predetermined number of characters from the head of a character string showing the name of the object. | 11-08-2012 |
20120290967 | Query Box Polymorphism - Tools and techniques for a polymorphic query box operating on a computing device are described herein. The polymorphic query box application provides an adaptive query box via a single graphical user interface that detects an input scenario based on the type of input received via the polymorphic query box. In accordance with the detected scenario, the polymorphic query box dynamically changes appearance and function. In some implementations, the techniques include the polymorphic application ordering web search and/or translation based on the input being received. In some implementations, the techniques include providing context sensitive controls for input editing before completing the query. | 11-15-2012 |
20120290968 | Web Link Quick Send Add-On For Internet Browsers - An internet browser add-on for sending web links to a friend. The add-on button displays a list of friend contact information graphically that can be selected for sharing a weblink through simple clicking. The add-on button also enables importing contacts from an internet mail server. | 11-15-2012 |
20120290969 | MULTI-STAGE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERACTIVELY LOCATING DEVICE DATA OF AN AUTOMATION SYSTEM - A method for the multi-stage interactive locating and utilizing of device data in a networked automation system is provided. A user inputs from a central location in a graphical search field of an input mask displayed by an information fetching unit a designation of a field device present in the communication network of the automation system. During the input of the designation into the search field, the information fetching unit generates and displays fitting hit designations of field devices actually present in the automation system in an associated result list. After selection of the required field device, at least one further supplementary search criterion relating to the selected field device is entered into a search field of the input mask in a refinement step, and the device data corresponding to the supplementary search criterion for the required field device is displayed after subsequent start of the search by the user. | 11-15-2012 |
20120290970 | RATING SYSTEM AND SPATIAL SEARCHING THEREIN - Techniques for a rating system are described, including presenting a visual field including two or more axes, each axis representing a criterion associated with an asset, receiving a user rating associated with the asset, the user rating including a point on the visual field, and updating a presentation of the visual field to include the user rating. Further, techniques for spatial searching within the rating system are described, including presenting a visual field including two or more axes, each axis representing a criterion, receiving a search inquiry including a shape input on the visual field, searching assets in response to the search inquiry, and displaying a subset of the assets determined from the searching. | 11-15-2012 |
20120297331 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTELLIGENT DECISION SUPPORT - A geospatial information system includes at least one client computer, a memory area configured to store at least one property of an object, and a server system communicatively coupled to the client computer and the memory area. The server system is configured to receive a first desired value of the property from the client computer, transmit to the client computer a comparison between the first desired value and at least one previously stored value of the property, and store the first desired value and a reason for a difference between the first desired value and the previously stored value in the memory area. The server system is also configured to detect a subsequent user input of a second desired value of the property, wherein the second desired value is different than the first desired value, and transmit the first desired value and the reason to the client computer. | 11-22-2012 |
20120297332 | ADVANCED PREDICTION - Described herein is an IME that makes text predictions (e.g., character, phonetic, symbol, word, phrase, and number) and suggests the predictions to a user based on text previously entered in a text box. The IME may base the predictive text on entries in a table or dictionary or historical user text entries. Initial predictions of text are suggested when nothing is entered in the text box. Numeric or punctuation may also be suggested when appropriate. If no predictions can be ascertained, the IME may suggest default predictions to the user. | 11-22-2012 |
20120304104 | CHARACTER INPUT APPARATUS, CHARACTER INPUT ASSIST METHOD, AND CHARACTER INPUT ASSIST PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is a character input apparatus including: a display section having a screen capable of displaying at least characters; an operation section configured to allow a user to input at least the characters; a first character input processing section configured to perform a first character input process of causing a character string to be displayed on the screen in accordance with a predetermined notation rule; a second character input processing section configured to perform a second character input process of causing a character string to be displayed on the screen not in accordance with the predetermined notation rule; a scene determination section configured to determine a character input scene; and an input process switch control section configured to switch between the first character input process and the second character input process in accordance with the character input scene. | 11-29-2012 |
20120311478 | Methods and Graphical User Interfaces for Conducting Searches on a Portable Multifunction Device - In accordance with some embodiments, a graphical user interface on a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display includes: an application interface of an application that includes an application interface region with an edge; and a search input area for entering a search query for the application. In response to detecting a movement of an object on or near the touch screen display, the application interface region is translated on the touch screen display in a first direction. In response to the edge of the application interface region being crossed while translating the application interface region in the first direction while the object is still detected on or near the touch screen display, the edge of the application interface region is displayed, and the search input area is displayed in an area beyond the application interface region. | 12-06-2012 |
20120311479 | USER INTERFACE AND GEO-PARSING DATA STRUCTURE - A method to allocate memory, in response to application requests, for a compact data structure having location data and a trailer section is provided. The trailer section of the compact data structure is checked to determine an offset for listings and indices representing the location data. Upon determining the offset, the listings and indices are loaded into memory and responses to the application requests are generated by utilizing the listings and indices stored in the memory. | 12-06-2012 |
20120311480 | TYPE AND SELECT DATA INPUT FIELD - A method is provided for selecting a string ( | 12-06-2012 |
20120324395 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A SEARCH QUERY - A method and an electronic device ( | 12-20-2012 |
20120331414 | ARRANGEMENTS OF TEXT TYPE-AHEAD - A method and system of text entry. An attribute of text entered by a user into an application is determined. The entered text is matched to a single portion of each attribute segment of one or more indexed segments of text, based upon a determined attribute of each attribute segment and the determined attribute of the entered text. Each attribute segment consists of the single portion and a remaining portion. After the entered text is matched to a single portion of each attribute segment, a selection of a single attribute segment selected from the one or more indexed segments of text by the user is received. The remaining portion of the selected single attribute segment is entered into the application. | 12-27-2012 |
20130014049 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING SEARCH RESULTS - Methods and systems related to the display of primary and secondary search results are provided. Search results are displayed to the user without requiring the user to perform any tasks to view the entire set of search results. The user may then request secondary searches based on the displayed primary search results through performing a single action. Secondary search results are displayed along with the primary search results. | 01-10-2013 |
20130024801 | Method and System for Providing a Compact Graphical User Interface for Flexible Filtering of Data - There is presented a method and system for providing a compact graphical user interface for flexible filtering of data. The method comprises showing a search interface on a display device for filtering a content set by a plurality of domains, including a first domain, displaying, within the search interface, a first graphical representation of a parameter set of the first domain in response to a selecting of the first domain, receiving a first parameter subset from the first graphical representation, filtering a content set using the first parameter subset to obtain a search result, and displaying the search result on a display device. The search interface includes a temporally visible menu for selecting parameter sets of the domains and a compact single line query box to display graphical representations of parameter sets or to provide a conventional text entry box. | 01-24-2013 |
20130024802 | PRESETTING INPUT MODE FOR INPUT BOX - The present invention discloses a method and system for presetting an input mode for an input box, wherein the method comprises: in response to an input box being to receive an input, making a query for an input mode corresponding to the input box recorded in an input method; and presetting the input mode found through the query as the input mode for the input box. With the disclosed method and system, when a user needs to input information in an input box in accessing an application or the internet, the input method can automatically preset a desired input mode for the input box according to the use history of the input box, thus improving the user's experience. | 01-24-2013 |
20130031505 | SYSTEM FOR A TEXT SPELLER - An apparatus may generate a text entry with a user interface. The apparatus may include a display, a user input device, a memory and a processor. The apparatus may display single character user input controls and multi-character user input controls on the display. Each of the single character user input controls and the multi-character user input controls may be buttons selectable with the user input device. A single character user input control may correspond to a single character and a multi-character user input control may correspond to a group of characters. The apparatus may display one of the multi-character user input controls in a display region and other user input controls outside of the display region. If the multi-character user input control is selected, the apparatus may replace the multi-character user input control with a second set of single character user input controls in an expanded display region. | 01-31-2013 |
20130042199 | AUTOMATIC ZOOMING FOR TEXT SELECTION/CURSOR PLACEMENT - Disclosed herein are tools and techniques for using a single-finger single touch to zoom content. In one embodiment disclosed herein, a single-finger single touch on a touch screen displaying at least a page of content is detected. At least in response to the detecting the single-finger single touch, a page zoom is performed. | 02-14-2013 |
20130042200 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANNOTATING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - A system and method of creating annotations for graphical user interface (GUI) objects is provided. The annotations may be based on best candidate GUI objects that are in the vicinity of GUI objects that need annotation. The best candidate GUI object may be selected based on the position of an unannotated GUI object, a position of candidate GUI objects, a role of the unannotated GUI object, and a precedence criteria of the unannotated GUI object. The precedence criteria may include a position preference for candidate GUI objects in relation to unannotated GUI objects. The annotations may also be based on information within a self-described GUI object. Options can be specified to define how the annotations are extracted from candidate GUI objects and self-described GUI objects. The annotation of GUI objects can assist non-technical users in the automated testing and documentation of GUIs. | 02-14-2013 |
20130061165 | Galaxy Search Display - A computer implemented system and method presents search results in various forms upon a physical display. The spacing and movement of presented search results may be subjected to system defined gravitational forces wherein presented search results are shown as spheres or other icons of various sizes positioned at various distances from the center of the display. Displayed search results with greater ranking are displayed as relatively larger spheres or icons nearer the center of a display as compared to lower ranking results, which are smaller and displayed further afield. Ranking is shown as a matter of degree, rather than just as an ordinal list as in the related art. Attributes, such as link age, quantity, and other characteristics, of represented websites and various interconnections among represented websites are depicted by user controlled toggles. | 03-07-2013 |
20130061166 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SEARCH SERVICE - A terminal device for executing an application providing a search service is provided. The terminal device may include a touch sensing display, one or more processors, and a memory. The application is configured to be stored in the memory and implemented by the one or more processors, and includes a first interface providing a code to display a first search interface corresponding to a text-based search on the touch sensing display, and a second interface providing a code to display a second search interface on the touch sensing display, when a call interaction of the second search interface corresponding to a recognition search is sensed in response to a touch input on the touch sensing display while displaying the first search interface. | 03-07-2013 |
20130067385 | PASSWORD REVEAL SELECTOR - In embodiments of a password reveal selector, a password entry box is displayed for input of password characters of a password, and the password entry box includes a password reveal selector for user-selection to reveal the password. The password reveal selector is initially concealed from view when the password entry box is displayed. The password characters can be received in the password entry box and the password characters are obfuscated when displayed. The password reveal selector can then be displayed for user-selection according to a selector display condition. | 03-14-2013 |
20130067386 | Text Box Clearing Selector - In embodiments of a text box clearing selector, a text box is displayed for character entry in a user interface, and the text box includes a text box clearing selector for user-selection to clear the text box. The text box clearing selector is initially concealed from view when the text box is displayed. Character entries can be received in the text box, and the text box clearing selector can then be displayed according to a selector display condition. | 03-14-2013 |
20130067387 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A broadcast receiver and method for controlling the same are discussed. According to an embodiment, the broadcast receiver includes a display unit, a communication unit configured to establish an Internet access and receive a broadcast, and a control unit. The control unit displays on the display unit a text input box selectively usable for a first search category and a second search category, and displays a current category indicator indicating a current search category of the text input box. When the current category indicator is selected to change the current search category, the current search category of the text input box is changed from the first search category to the second search category, and an appearance of the current category indicator for the text input box is changed to indicate the changed search category. | 03-14-2013 |
20130097551 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Data Input Using Virtual Sliders - An electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface detects a first user input that selects a first numerical value field and, in response, displays a value selection bar at a first length and with a range of values and displays a value selection object. The device detects a gesture on the value selection bar and, in response to, displays the value selection bar at a second length. While the value selection bar is displayed at the second length, the device detects a third user input that moves the value selection object within the value selection bar and, in response, enters a second value within the range of values into the first numerical value field based on a position of the value selection object on the value selection bar. | 04-18-2013 |
20130117704 | Browser-Accessible 3D Immersive Virtual Events - A system adapted to provide multiple immersive three-dimensional (3D) event spaces to multiple sets of users, each set of users associated with a particular 3D event space, includes: a set of web servers adapted to provide multiple URLs, each URL associated with a particular 3D event space; a set of storages communicatively coupled to the set of web servers; and multiple sets of user devices communicatively coupled to the set of web servers across one or more networks, each set of user devices associated with a particular 3D event space. An automated method adapted to set up and host a virtual event includes: receiving a set of event parameters from an event planner; generating a 3D immersive event space based at least partly on the parameters; and providing the 3D event space to multiple participants able to access a URL associated with the event space using a web browser. | 05-09-2013 |
20130125038 | Text Operations In A Bitmap-Based Document - Techniques and structures that facilitate text operations in a bitmap-based document are described. In some embodiments, a bitmap image, as well as one or more data structures that may include text code data and text coordinate data, may be generated from an original document. Text coordinate data may relate a location of the text code data to a location in the bitmap image. In some embodiments, a bitmap representation of text and one or more data structures, that may include a set of coordinates of the bitmap representation of text and text code data corresponding to the set of coordinates and the bitmap image may be received. Text operations may be performed on the bitmap representation of text. | 05-16-2013 |
20130152008 | System and Method for Creating an Electronic-Calendar Entry - Methods, systems, and products automatically creates a calendar entry for an electronic calendar application. A graphical user interface is displayed having a text field and a date and time field. Whenever a user wishes to create a calendar entry, the user populates the text field and the date and time field. The user then selects a graphical control that automatically creates the calendar entry in the electronic calendar application. | 06-13-2013 |
20130159919 | Systems and Methods for Identifying and Suggesting Emoticons - Various embodiments provide a method that comprises receiving a set of segments from a text field, analyzing the set of segments to determine at least one of a target subtext or a target meaning associated with the set of segments, and identifying a set of candidate emoticons where each candidate emoticon in the set of candidate emoticons has an association between the candidate emoticon and at least one of the target subtext or the target meaning. The method may further comprise presenting the set of candidate emoticons for entry selection at a current position of an input cursor, receiving an entry selection for a set of selected emoticons from the set of candidate emoticons, and inserting the set of selected emoticons into the text field at the current position of the input cursor. | 06-20-2013 |
20130159920 | SCENARIO-ADAPTIVE INPUT METHOD EDITOR - An input method editor (IME) described herein couples scenarios of the input of the user with specific network services to offer more relevant and richer candidates for higher input productivity. Data relating to a computer application in which the input candidates are to be input and/or context relating to a user-submitted query is collected and analyzed to determine a scenario. The input candidates may include text candidates and rich candidates. The IME may select a scenario-tuned and type specific engine to identify the text candidates and/or rich candidates. The scenario-tuned text candidate engines leverage scenario-tuned language models and lexicons, and the scenario-tuned rich candidate engines leverage scenario-relevant web services, such as image, mapping, and video search, when available and appropriate. | 06-20-2013 |
20130174082 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Resizing Content Viewing and Text Entry Interfaces - An electronic device includes instructions for: displaying a text entry interface area at a first size for the text entry interface area; concurrently displaying a viewing area adjacent to the text entry interface area, at a first size for the viewing area; detecting a continuous finger contact that starts in the viewing area, moves in a first direction towards the text entry interface area, contacts a predefined boundary associated with the text entry interface area, and continues to move in the first direction after contacting the predefined boundary; and, in response to detecting the continuous finger contact continuing to move in the first direction after contacting the predefined boundary: increasing the viewing area to a second size of the viewing area; and scrolling the text entry interface area to reduce the displayed text entry interface area to a second size of the text entry interface area. | 07-04-2013 |
20130191773 | TEXT ENTRY DEVICE AND METHOD - The present invention is a device for processing text strings by displaying at least two bands of characters of an alphabet, each band having one character designated as the focus character, with the focus character of a first band being highlighted initially, and having a band switching means for switching the highlighted character to the focus character of another band, a character choosing means for switching the highlighted character in a band to a different character in the band, and a character selecting means for selecting the currently highlighted character. The character choosing means and band switching means are typically arrow buttons on a control device and the character selecting means is typically an “enter” button. The invention also includes the corresponding method of entering text strings into a text processing device. | 07-25-2013 |
20130212518 | DISPLAY TAG, DISPLAY TAG SYSTEM HAVING DISPLAY TAG, AND METHOD FOR WRITING DISPLAY TAG INFORMATION - A display tag is provided. A display tag includes a sensing unit which captures an image displayed on a screen of an external tag writer, if a sensing unit is disposed opposite the screen; and a display unit which displays a captured image. Therefore, a user can visually recognize content related to tag information, and thus user convenience is enhanced. | 08-15-2013 |
20130219323 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SHARING PREVIOUSLY-ASSOCIATED APPLICATION DATA FROM A SECURE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Systems and methods for sharing previously-associated application data from a secure device can include a first device (e.g., a tablet computer) and a second device (e.g., a smartphone which can be a more secure device than the tablet computer) coupled to one another. The tablet computer can send a request to the smartphone for previously-associated input data associated with an application currently running on the tablet computer, an input field of the application, and an input entered in the input field of the application. The smartphone can transmit the previously-associated to the tablet computer. The previously-associated input data can include a browser history, frequently-visited websites, stored user credential data, auto-fill text data, or other previously-associated input data. As the previously-associated input data is stored on the smartphone (e.g., the more secure device), the likelihood of unauthorized access to the previously-associated input data can be reduced. | 08-22-2013 |
20130219324 | REMOTE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A MOBILE TERMINAL - A method of remotely controlling a mobile terminal is disclosed. According to an aspect, there is provided a method in which a computer connected to a mobile terminal remotely controls the mobile terminal, including: displaying a remote control window which is a user interface for receiving data for controlling the mobile terminal, on a screen of the computer; sensing an input of text data through manipulation of an input unit of the computer, and displaying the text data on a predetermined area of the remote control window; and transmitting the text data displayed on the predetermined area of the remote control window to the mobile terminal if a predetermined value is input through the input unit of the computer. | 08-22-2013 |
20130219325 | CHARACTER INPUT APPARATUS, CHARACTER INPUT ASSIST METHOD, AND CHARACTER INPUT ASSIST PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is a character input apparatus including: a display section having a screen capable of displaying at least characters; an operation section configured to allow a user to input at least the characters; a first character input processing section configured to perform a first character input process of causing a character string to be displayed on the screen in accordance with a predetermined notation rule; a second character input processing section configured to perform a second character input process of causing a character string to be displayed on the screen not in accordance with the predetermined notation rule; a scene determination section configured to determine a character input scene; and an input process switch control section configured to switch between the first character input process and the second character input process in accordance with the character input scene. | 08-22-2013 |
20130219326 | PROVIDING A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF VARIOUS RESOURCES RELATED TO PASSAGES OF CLASSIC LITERATURE - Systems and methods for providing graphical representations of resources related to passages of classic literature are provided. According to one implementation, a graphical user interface (GUI) is provided in which the GUI includes a search field configured to enable a user to enter a search term. The search term may be recognized as a subject focus element. The GUI also includes a bloom diagram window configured to display an initial bloom diagram having the subject focus element at a center location and resource elements related to the subject focus element at locations surrounding the center location. A passage window is configured to display one or more passages of a classic literary work, wherein the passages related to the subject focus element. Also, the GUI includes a resource window configured to display a description of the resource elements. | 08-22-2013 |
20130239043 | COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DISPLAY OF WIDGET - A method for managing display of a widget, the widget is displayed in a form of a predetermined textbox on a user interface before the widget has got focus. When the widget has got focus, corresponding functions of the widget are executed, and preset original data of the widget is displayed through the widget. When the widget has lost focus, the display of the widget is reverted to the predetermined textbox, and inputted or selected information by the user through the widget is displayed in the predetermined textbox. | 09-12-2013 |
20130239044 | Generation and Data Management of a Medical Study Using Instruments in an Integrated Media and Medical System - In general, a computer-implemented method is described for receiving one or more requests to generate a medical study, retrieving from one or more data repositories one or more medical study instruments, receiving a selection of a particular medical study instrument to use in the medical study, generating by one or more computers a list of one or more research collaborators invited to review the medical study, and generating by one or more computers a list of one of more participants invited to join the medical study. | 09-12-2013 |
20130263039 | CHARACTER STRING SHORTCUT KEY - An apparatus comprising: | 10-03-2013 |
20130263040 | Location Text - An apparatus comprising: | 10-03-2013 |
20130268881 | Letter Generation, Communication, And Management - A computer implemented method and system for generating, communicating, and managing letters in different formats provide a letter management database (LMD) and a letter communication application (LCA) communicating with the LMD via a network. The LMD uploads, stores, aggregates, archives, curates, organizes, searches, and provides access to the letters. The LCA is accessible via a sender device and recipient devices and generates, communicates, manages, and provides access to the letters. The LCA generates a personalized letter based on a selection of displayed themes and writing style options, and media content and tags acquired from the sender device. The LCA acquires a selection of one or more delivery options and at least one recipient identifier from the sender device for delivering the generated personalized letter to one or more recipients and/or recipient devices. The LCA facilitates access to the generated personalized letter through one or more access modes via the LMD. | 10-10-2013 |
20130290896 | Symbol Disambiguation - In some implementations, when a user is providing input to a text input interface, a user can be presented with a list of symbols related to a current symbol input. The list of related symbols can include the related symbols and a description of each symbol. The related symbols can be a predefined list of symbols that are related to the current symbol input by similar appearance, similar sound, commonly observed error and/or shared keyboard key. The related symbols can include user-defined symbols. | 10-31-2013 |
20130298071 | FINGER TEXT-ENTRY OVERLAY - Systems and methods for providing text entry on a limited-display device, such as a mobile device or in-vehicle device. In an embodiment, a partially transparent virtual overlay is generated and rendered on a display of the device on top of a user interface. Finger-written characters or character strings are received through the virtual overlay via a touch-screen of the device. The recognized characters or character strings are displayed in an input field of the user interface, such that the characters or character strings are visible through the partially transparent virtual overlay. | 11-07-2013 |
20130298072 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENTERING TEXT IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method and an apparatus for entering text in a portable terminal are provided. The method includes focusing on a selected text field and displaying a SIP, when the predefined text field is selected from among text fields, scroll-displaying the text fields in a display area in response to a requested scroll, when a user requests the scroll of the display area of the text fields, and identifying, from a result of the scroll display, whether the selected text field is being displayed in the display area, and determining whether text is to be entered into the selected text field. | 11-07-2013 |
20130298073 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device and a method for inputting information through touch input device of an electronic device is provided. The method inputs information including at least one of symbols and characters through touching of a screen displayed on the touch input device, and executes a specific application capable of processing the input information. | 11-07-2013 |
20130305182 | FAST ITEMIZATION OF OBJECTS - A system and method to receive a request to specify attributes associated with a data element, and present, in response to the request, a graphical user interface layout including at least one first user interface input field for specifying a value for the attributes associated with the data element and a second user interface input field for specifying a time period to associate with the at least one first user input field. | 11-14-2013 |
20130305183 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROGRAM FOR SUPPORTING INPUT OF EXECUTION PARAMETER OF PREDETERMINED SOFTWARE TO INPUT FIELD - To provide a method, a program and a system for supporting the input of one or more execution parameters of predetermined software in an input field. The method includes: receiving input of a text character string including one or more execution parameters in the input field displayed on a display device; displaying one the display device one or more execution options of the predetermined software in such a manner that a user can select the options in response to selection of a part of the text character string by the user; and transforming the text character string so as to include at least one of the one or more execution options selected and displaying the transformed text character string on the display device. The one or more execution options displayed can vary with the type of selection of the part of the text character string. | 11-14-2013 |
20130311933 | CHARACTER INPUT DEVICE AND CAR NAVIGATION DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH CHARACTER INPUT DEVICE - A character input device provides a function of deleting an unconfirmed inputted character which the user is currently inputting, and a function of changing a confirmed character string to an unconfirmed state to a single correction key. Therefore, the character input device enables the user to carry out a character input efficiently by using limited space without requiring an excessive operation and arrangement of a new key for reconversion. Further, because the character input device holds the information on confirmed character strings even after all the character strings have been confirmed, the character input device enables the user to arbitrarily select a character string which the user wants to correct at any time, and re-edit only the portion. | 11-21-2013 |
20130318468 | METHOD FOR INPUTTING TEXT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method of inputting text to a display device using a mobile device, the method including transmitting a text input box activation signal that instructs the display device to activate input to a text input box displayed on a screen of the display device, receiving a request to execute a text input mode of inputting the text to the display device using a keyboard displayed on a screen of the mobile device, displaying the keyboard of the text input mode on the screen of the mobile device, receiving a text input through the keyboard displayed on the screen of the mobile device, and transmitting a text input display signal that instructs the display device to display text corresponding to the text input received through the keyboard displayed on the screen of the mobile device in the text input box displayed on the screen of the display device. | 11-28-2013 |
20130326392 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING A PLACEHOLDER FOR AN ENTRY FIELD AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes displaying information on a display of an electronic device, the information comprising an entry field and a placeholder for the entry field, detecting a first interaction event in relation to the entry field, and when the first interaction event is associated with a placeholder altering function, altering the placeholder to maintain display of the placeholder for the entry field. | 12-05-2013 |
20130326393 | DESTINATION INPUT DEVICE, DESTINATION INPUT PROGRAM, DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND DATA TRANSMISSION PROGRAM - A destination input device includes a destination group storage unit that stores at least one destination group each of which includes at least one destination identifier, a destination input unit that receives a user's input of a destination identifier of transmit data, a destination group searching unit that searches the at least one destination group stored in the destination group storage unit to find the destination group corresponding to the destination identifier received by the destination input unit, and a destination input assisting unit that presents information regarding the destination group found by the destination group searching unit to the user so as to assist the user in inputting another destination identifier. | 12-05-2013 |
20130339897 | UI Comparison Tool - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for comparing aspects of a user interface. In some implementations there is provided a method. The method including receiving data from a first business object and a second business object; generating a single user interface to include a first data field and a second data field, the first and second data fields having the same context; and inserting from the data from the first business object and the second business object into the first and second data fields having the same context to enable comparison of the data. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also provided. | 12-19-2013 |
20130346908 | LATE INSTANTIATION OF DEPENDENT OBJECTS - An enterprise management software system that provides a methodology for transient data storage, user action handling and dependent object creation process. When a dependent object is required to be added, the software system may remember the action without creating the dependent object. When a command is received to cancel the dependent object creation, the software system may work only on the transient data at a frontend and will not interact with backend. The dependent object may be instantiated when receiving a user command to save any entered data. Responsive to the user command, the software system may collect user input and trigger dependent object instantiation process at the backend. | 12-26-2013 |
20140007001 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ENCRYPTION AND DECRYPTION METHOD THEREOF | 01-02-2014 |
20140007002 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CALCULATION CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | 01-02-2014 |
20140013268 | METHOD FOR CREATING A SCRIPTED EXCHANGE - A system for generating a scripted exchange. A user specifies first content with a first source, a time delay (or an absolute time) and second content with a second source. The first content is shown associated with the first source. After an elapsed time equal to the delay (or at the specified absolute time), the second content is shown associated with the second source. The first and second source may be the same. Additional entries associated with the same or other sources may be similarly specified, generating the scripted exchange. | 01-09-2014 |
20140013269 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OF THE SAME - A mobile terminal is provided. According to the mobile terminal, when a handwriting input, while being applied to a page displayed on a touch screen, enters a predetermined region of the page and a predetermined input with respect to the touch screen is received, the previously applied handwriting input is resized to secure an additional handwriting input region. | 01-09-2014 |
20140019905 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING APPLICATION BY HANDWRITING IMAGE RECOGNITION - A method and an apparatus for controlling an application by handwriting image recognition are provided. The method includes displaying an executed application on a touch panel, detecting a predefined user input, displaying a memo window including a handwriting input area and a non-handwriting input area over the application in response to the detected the user input, receiving and recognizing a handwriting image in the handwriting input area of the memo window, and controlling a function of the application according to a recognized result. | 01-16-2014 |
20140033113 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING A RECORD - A method and apparatus for creating a record, the method comprising: selecting a point on a screen image, the screen image being displayable on a display device; obtaining input through an interface; creating a record for containing the input; associating the created record with the selected point; activating a predefined event based on the input of the created record; and storing the created record in a memory. | 01-30-2014 |
20140033114 | DISPLAY TAG, DISPLAY TAG SYSTEM HAVING DISPLAY TAG, AND METHOD FOR WRITING DISPLAY TAG INFORMATION - A display tag is provided. A display tag includes a sensing unit which captures an image displayed on a screen of an external tag writer, if a sensing unit is disposed opposite the screen; and a display unit which displays a captured image. Therefore, a user can visually recognize content related to tag information, and thus user convenience is enhanced. | 01-30-2014 |
20140047375 | Maintaining a Discrete Data Representation that Corresponds to Information Contained in Free-Form Text - A system includes a data record (such as an Electronic Medical Record (EMR)) and a user interface for modifying (e.g., storing data in) the data record. The data record includes both free-form text elements and discrete data elements. The user interface includes user interface elements for receiving free-form text data. In response to receiving free-form text data via the free-form text user interface elements, a suggested action is identified, such as a suggested action to take in connection with one of the discrete data elements of the data record. Output is generated representing the suggested action. A user provides input indicating acceptance or rejection of the suggested action. The suggested action may be performed in response to the user input. | 02-13-2014 |
20140053098 | SECURE TEXT ENTRY METHODS FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A method includes displaying information on a display of an electronic device, the information comprising an entry field and a selectable obscuration feature operable to be toggled between a first state and a second state within the entry field. When the selectable obscuration feature in is the first state, characters are displayed as entered in the entry field, and when the selectable obscuration feature is in the second state, obscuration symbols are displayed in place of the characters as entered in the entry field. | 02-20-2014 |
20140068495 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING HANDWRITING INPUT - An apparatus for processing handwriting input includes a touch display unit, a touch display control unit, a storage unit, a calculating unit, and a processing unit. The touch display control unit determines a character in response to a character operation by an input device, and a height and a width of an imaginary rectangle sized to fittingly encircle the character. The calculating unit enlarges the height of the imaginary rectangle by adding a given value to the height of the imaginary rectangle if the height of the imaginary rectangle is smaller than a predetermined value. The processing unit resizes the character displayed within the enlarged imaginary rectangle by a first scaling factor. The touch display control unit controls the touch display unit to display the resized character in one of rows of a character display portion provided by the touch display unit. A related method is also described. | 03-06-2014 |
20140068496 | USER INTERFACE APPARATUS IN A USER TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING THE SAME - A handwriting-based User Interface (UI) apparatus and a method for executing an intended function menu using notes stored in a user terminal supporting a handwriting-based memo function are provided, in which upon user request, a note that has been written by the memo function and stored is retrieved and displayed on a screen. A whole or part of the contents of the displayed note are selected by a first input form. The contents of a note written on the screen by the memo function is designated as a command to execute for the selected whole or part of the contents by a second input form different from the first input form. The selected whole or part of the contents are processed according to the command. | 03-06-2014 |
20140068497 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INTELLIGENT SERVICE USING INPUTTED CHARACTER IN A USER DEVICE - A method of providing a service using a keypad is provided. The method includes displaying a text box and a keypad on an executed screen, inputting a start identifier according to a selection of a smart conversion button of the keypad, inputting a command after the identifier, inputting a termination identifier after the command, performing an intelligent service according to the command when the termination identifier is inputted, and outputting a result according to the intelligent service in the text box. | 03-06-2014 |
20140082549 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF CONTENT IN PASSWORD BOX - An electronic device includes a display unit, an input unit; and a processing unit. The processing unit displays a password box on the display unit in response to user's operation on the input unit. The processing unit further displays a symbol in the password box when a character of a password is input through the input unit. When finishing input of the password, at least two of all the symbols displayed in the password box are different. | 03-20-2014 |
20140089841 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING APPLICATION INTERFACE BASED ON WRITING INPUT - Disclosed is a device and method for providing an application interface based on a writing input. The method for providing an application interface based on a writing input includes providing a writing interface including a writing input interface in a first area of the writing interface and a function input interface in a second area of the writing interface, the writing input interface being configured to receive and display a first writing input, and the function input interface being configured to receive a second writing input; based on the first writing input and/or the second writing input, determining a function of an application; and executing the determined function of the application in association with the first writing input. | 03-27-2014 |
20140096066 | CONSTRUCTION OF COMMAND LINES IN A COMMAND LINE INTERFACE - Embodiments of the present invention provide a computer system, method, and computer program product for constructing a command line. According to one aspect of the present invention, a user can construct a command line based on historical command lines. The user can view and select individual historical and/or available parameters to construct the new command line, without requiring that the user manually type the parameters with a physical or virtual keyboard. | 04-03-2014 |
20140096067 | INSERTION OF A BUSINESS OBJECT CREATION INTERFACE INTO AN APPLICATION WINDOW - The present description refers to a technique for receiving a request to create a new business object where the request includes one or more business object attributes, determining a type of business object based on one or more business object attributes, identifying a plurality of fields associated with the type of business object, selecting a subset of the plurality of fields, causing a business object creation interface to be inserted into the application window including the selected subset of fields, receiving, information entered into the one or more fields by a user via the business object creation interface, generating the new business object with the received information, causing the new business object to be added to the list of business objects in the application window, and causing the business object creation interface to be removed from the application window. | 04-03-2014 |
20140101600 | PRESENTATION OF RELATED TASKS FOR IDENTIFIED ENTITIES - Users are provided with information regarding entities and tasks that are associated with the user's current context, which includes the content currently being presented to the user. Services associated with a search engine database identify entities and associated tasks. A user's context is utilized to identify one or more entities and one or more associated tasks that may be relevant to the user's current context. Entities and tasks are presented through a dedicated menu, icon, or other like dedicated user interface element to which the user can direct action. Also, entities and tasks are presented through a separate user interface context, such as a separate screen. A user's context can also include information regarding future content that will be presented to the user. Then, entities and tasks are presented via the same user interface mechanisms used to request such content, such as textual input user interface mechanisms. | 04-10-2014 |
20140115525 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATED QUERY AND NAVIGATION OF AN INFORMATION RESOURCE - Systems and methods are provided to enable an integrated query and navigation system. A graphical user interface is provided that simultaneously displays a query entry frame and a resource display frame. The query navigator includes a query input mechanism that receives input and displays suggested query terms and representative images for articles for matching content. The resource display frame enables a user to view query information and content information in the same interface as to be informed and make decisions on that information. | 04-24-2014 |
20140115526 | EXPANDED SEARCH AND FIND USER INTERFACE - A search and find user interface is provided that is integrated with a data indexing engine to allow efficient and high-speed data search and retrieval across data storage folders associated with a given software module or associated with a number of disparate software modules. An expanded form of the search and find user interface is provided for advanced searching. Where searching is required beyond a present search scope, an automatic “upscoping” mechanism is provided for expanding a search to data storage folders outside a current data storage folder on which an initial search is executed. | 04-24-2014 |
20140123055 | ORDERING AND PRESENTING A SET OF DATA TUPLES - An approach for managing a set of data tuples is provided. A search tuple is received and a comparison relation is determined. The set of data tuples is ordered based on the comparison relation. A placement of the search tuple is determined between two consecutive data tuples in the ordered set of data tuples so that the search tuple is ordered among the ordered set of data tuples in accordance with the comparison relation. A presentation is generated based on the placement of the search tuple between the two consecutive data tuples. The presentation includes a sequence of data tuples included in the ordered set of data tuples. The sequence includes the two consecutive data tuples and the search tuple between the two consecutive data tuples. | 05-01-2014 |
20140123056 | Briefing Tool Having Self-Guided Discovery and Suggestion Box Features - Method, device, and storage medium that provides a briefing service. The briefing service includes a self-discovery mode and a suggestion box. The self-discovery mode allows a user to obtain information about a product or a thing based on an image capture of a Quick Response code. The Quick Response code is decoded and a parameter is extracted and used to generate a uniform resource identifier. The suggestion box allows a user to submit a suggestion regarding a briefing. The self-discovery mode and the suggestion box are provided to a user based on a briefing software that includes user interfaces. | 05-01-2014 |
20140123057 | HUMAN INTERACTIONS FOR POPULATING USER INFORMATION ON ELECTRONIC FORMS - Systems and methods are provided for populating user information onto an electronic form using human interactions via touch, voice, gestures or an input device. The electronic form is selected by the user for completion using a user profile of stored data. When a form field requires a manual input—such as a form field with multiple potential values—a user is prompted to complete the field using one or more of the human interactions to allow the user to easily complete the field. These human interactions may include touching the form field with a finger on a touchscreen user interface, speaking the form field name, gesturing or selecting via the input device to generate a window of different potential values, and then touching, speaking, gesturing of selecting via the input device the value that the user prefers. | 05-01-2014 |
20140129973 | INTERACTION MODEL FOR SERVING POPULAR QUERIES IN SEARCH BOX - Architecture that automatically presents a default (e.g., a top popular query) in a search box for viewing and selection by the user. Search users are presented with the default query and other queries less popularly ranked than the default query are presented as suggestions for selection and processing by the search engine or an application. The default query can be presented with graphical emphasis (e.g., grayed text) in the search box to indicate the query is merely presented as a suggestion that may or may not be executed, and the user interface will operate differently based on user interaction. Clicking the search button associated with the search box with the default query results in a search being performed by the search engine or associated local application to fetch additional results. Clicking the search box triggers clean-up of the default query from the search box and other popular queries automatically suggested. | 05-08-2014 |
20140137026 | Content Composer for Third-Party Applications - In one embodiment, a method includes presenting a comment icon in connection with a third-party application, the comment icon being associated with a first party and enabling a user to compose comment concerning the third-party application; and while the user is interacting with the third-party application, in response to the user activating the comment icon, creating a comment post concerning the third-party application; enabling the user to input comment inside the comment post; and enabling the user to submit the comment post to the first party for publication. | 05-15-2014 |
20140149915 | Devices, Systems and Methods for Managing Custom Alpha Tags - Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for a subscriber of services on a network to display a custom operator name or alpha tag on the subscriber mobile communications device. The custom alpha tag (or operator name) is selected or defined by the subscriber via an interface on a communications device, and a custom operator name request is submitted to a provisioning logic on the network. The provisioning logic communicates with business rule logic on the network, the business rule logic being configured to retrieve and/or update a first account associated with the subscriber with the custom operator name. A billing logic within a billing subsystem may be invoked to debit a second account associated with the subscriber. A programming logic on the network then updates one or more mobile devices with the custom alpha tag. The several logic units may be part of an Over-the-air (OTA) platform on the network. | 05-29-2014 |
20140157182 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXECUTING FUNCTION EXECUTING COMMAND THROUGH GESTURE INPUT - There are provided a method and an apparatus for executing a function executing command through a gesture input, and more particularly, a method and an apparatus for executing a function executing command by recognizing a gesture input performed in a text input field displayed on a touch screen display. The method for executing a function executing command through a gesture input includes displaying a keyboard window for inputting text and a text input field for displaying the text inputted by the keyboard window on a touch screen display; recognizing a gesture input performed in the text input field; and executing a function executing command corresponding to the gesture input only when the text displayed in the text input field is not selected. A user can intuitively execute function executing commands by recognizing a gesture input in a text input field with ease when the function executing command is input through a touch screen display. | 06-05-2014 |
20140164981 | TEXT ENTRY - An apparatus comprising:
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20140164982 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - In order to manage handwritten information written on a paper surface and electronic information input from an information terminal in association with each other, handwritten comment information and electronic comment information are managed as thread information in association with each other. When an object near a comment is imaged (captured), the thread information is superimposed and displayed on the captured image and is extended/displayed toward the object. | 06-12-2014 |
20140189571 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A display control part | 07-03-2014 |
20140189572 | Ranking and Display of Results from Applications and Services with Integrated Feedback - In response to user input, a predictive application mode is initiated that includes providing a user interface to select or enter user input. Based on the user input, multiple potentially relevant applications can be selected. The multiple applications can be executed with the user input as input to generate multiple results. The results can be analyzed to determine the relevancy and a ranked order. The results can then be displayed in a user interface that lists the results according the ranked order. User input can then be monitored to determine if a result, and the associated application, displayed in the ranked list is selected, or if the user enters the user input into an application that did not appear in the list. The user input detected by the monitoring process can be used as feedback to improve the predictive application selection process or that ranking of the results. | 07-03-2014 |
20140189573 | USER INTERFACE FOR A COMPUTING DEVICE - There is disclosed a smartphone, tablet or other computing device comprising: (a) a touch sensitive display; (b) one or more processors; (c) computer memory; (d) an operating system computer program stored in the computer memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors and including instructions for detecting a swipe gesture, and, in response to the detected swipe gesture, displaying a search bar. | 07-03-2014 |
20140208258 | Predictive Input Using Custom Dictionaries - In one embodiment, a method includes detecting that a first user is entering a text input at an input region of a computing device, wherein the input region includes multiple subregions and each subregion is associated with at least one character of a plurality of characters. The method also includes determining, for each character as the first user enters the text input, a probability that the character is next in the text input. The method further includes determining a size of each subregion based on the determined probability of the character associated with the subregion. | 07-24-2014 |
20140215377 | PERFORMING DATA OPERATIONS WHILE PRESERVING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE REAL-ESTATE - Systems, methods, and machine-readable and executable instructions are provided for performing data operations while preserving graphical user interface real-estate. A data field with a context can be displayed on a graphical user interface. A query field that includes a number of entry fields that stretch in a first direction and are listed in a second direction can be displayed for filtering the data field on the graphical user interface, while maintaining the context of the data field, wherein the data field and the query field are displayed concurrently. | 07-31-2014 |
20140215378 | One-Line Login - There is provided a method that includes (a) presenting, on a display of a user interface, a line for entry of data, (b) receiving, from the user interface, a first string of data, (c) presenting a representation of the first string of data, on the display, on the line, (d) receiving, from the user interface, data that represents a space, (e) presenting a representation of the space, on the display, on the line, (f) receiving, from the user interface, a second string of data, (g) presenting a representation of the second string of data, on the display, on the line, (h) accepting the first string of data as a first parameter, and (i) accepting the second string of data as a second parameter. There is also provided an apparatus that performs the method, and a storage device that contains instructions for controlling a processor to perform the method. | 07-31-2014 |
20140245214 | Enabling search in a touchscreen device - Enabling search in a touchscreen device. This embodiment relates to electronic devices, and more particularly to electronic devices with a touchscreen. The principal object of this embodiment is to enable a user to perform a search in a text based data in a single step on a touch screen based device. | 08-28-2014 |
20140250405 | GRAPHICAL INPUT DISPLAY HAVING A CAROUSEL OF CHARACTERS TO FACILITATE CHARACTER INPUT - Systems and methods for facilitating character input using a graphical input display having a carousel of characters are provided. In an aspect, a system includes an interface component configured to generate a carousel graphical input display, the carousel graphical input display comprising a plurality of characters arranged in a fixed line, wherein a cursor is configured to move over the characters about the line and the cursor shifts from a first end of the line to a second end of the line in response to reaching either the first end of the line or the second end of the line. The system further includes an input component configured to receive a command to move the cursor over the characters to focus on respective ones of the characters. | 09-04-2014 |
20140282210 | USER INTERFACE FACILITATING SPECIFICATION OF A DESIRED DATA FORMAT FOR AN INDICIA READING APPARATUS - Aspects describe herein facilitate specification of a desired data format for bar code data to be presented by an indicia reading apparatus. Bar code data decoded from an image of a bar code is obtained and displayed. A user input field is provided and based on input by the user to the user input field, the user input field is populated with a representation of the desired data format for the bar code data. Based on the representation of the desired data format populated in the user input field, configuration settings are determined for configuring the indicia reading apparatus to present bar code data in the desired data format. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282211 | Systems and Methods for Predictive Text Entry for Small-Screen Devices with Touch-Based Two-Stage Text Input - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for predictive text entry for small touch-screen devices. A two-state input interface ( | 09-18-2014 |
20140282212 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS THAT FACILITATES MODIFYING A TEXTUAL INPUT - Aspects are disclosed for editing a textual input. In an aspect, a series of strings and an edit command are received such that the strings are parsed based on the edit command. A candidate modification of the strings is inferred from a correlation between the edit command and a parsing of the strings, and the candidate modification is then implemented. In another aspect, a textual input comprising a series of strings is displayed and an edit command is received. The edit command is associated with a portion of the strings, and the portion is then edited based on the edit command. In yet another aspect, a series of strings and an edit command are received, and a candidate modification of the series of strings is inferred based on a combination of a trigger portion and an edit portion of the edit command. The candidate modification is then disseminated. | 09-18-2014 |
20140298243 | ADJUSTABLE GUI FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION FROM A DATABASE - The system includes a memory and a processing system. The memory stores a GUI template, the GUI template including information identifying data fields and indicating locations for the data fields on a screen. The processing system is able to display the data fields identified by the GUI template on the screen at the locations indicated by the GUI template, to retrieve a record from a database, and to populate the data fields on the screen with data from the record. The processing system is further able to move a data field to a new location on the screen based on input from a user while the data field is populated with data from the record, and to update a location for the data field indicated by the GUI template to specify the new location. | 10-02-2014 |
20140298244 | PORTABLE DEVICE USING TOUCH PEN AND APPLICATION CONTROL METHOD USING THE SAME - A method of controlling an application of a portable device using a touch pen and a device supporting the same is provided. The portable device includes a handwriting history list previously input by a user on a memo window provided to be superimposed on a running application. In addition, the portable device detects a user's gesture that selects at least one handwriting history in the handwriting history list and, in response to the user's gesture, controls a function of an application corresponding to the selected handwriting history. | 10-02-2014 |
20140304642 | SPECIFYING A LABEL FOR A COMPUTER APPLICATION - A computerized method and system for specifying a label for a computer application window, which, using a processing circuit, provides display data to represent a first display title in association with a field of the computer application window; receives an indication from a user that the user wishes to specify the label for the computer application window; provides a label-entry interface for the specifying of the label; receives a specified label from the user; and provides display data representing the specified label in association with the field. The computerized method and system further provides display data to represent the original display title and the specified label in association with an application icon; and further is capable of providing display data to represent the specified label in place of or in addition to the first display title in association with the field and/or the application icon. | 10-09-2014 |
20140310639 | CONSISTENT TEXT SUGGESTION OUTPUT - In one example, a method includes outputting, by a computing device and for display, a graphical user interface including a plurality of text suggestion regions. The method further includes receiving, by the computing device, an indication of gesture input detected at a presence-sensitive input device, and selecting, based at least in part on the indication of the gesture input, a candidate character string from a plurality of candidate character strings. The method further includes determining that the candidate character string was previously selected while being displayed within a particular text suggestion region from the plurality of text suggestion regions, and outputting, for display and based at least in part on determining that the candidate character string was previously selected while being displayed within the particular text suggestion region, the candidate character string within the particular text suggestion region. | 10-16-2014 |
20140310640 | INTERACTIVE DIGITAL ART APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is an interactive digital art apparatus. The interactive digital art apparatus includes a display unit, an input interface unit, a posture tracking unit, and a processing unit. The display unit visualizes a virtual canvas. The input interface unit is manipulated by a user, and outputs input interface information attributable to an action in which the user draws a picture on the virtual canvas in front of the display unit. The posture tracking unit tracks a direction in which the face of the user is directed, and the posture of the input interface unit. The processing unit draws a picture on the virtual canvas based on the input interface information, the direction in which the face of the user is directed, and the posture of the input interface unit. | 10-16-2014 |
20140317552 | Metadata Templates for Electronic Healthcare Documents - A computing device according to one example embodiment includes one or more processing devices configured to display an interface to a user for entry of metadata values and identification of corresponding metadata fields, to create a metadata template from entered metadata values and identified corresponding metadata fields, and to store the created metadata template as default metadata for a non-DICOM electronic healthcare document to be submitted to an electronic repository. | 10-23-2014 |
20140317553 | Information Processing Apparatus and Non-Transitory Recording Medium Storing Program - An information processing apparatus includes a processor and a memory storing instructions. The instructions instruct the processor to execute acquiring start time data identified based on first stroke data input by handwriting, acquiring end time data identified based on second stroke data input by handwriting, first correcting the start time data by entering first numerical value corresponding to a first unit that is the unit of time for which the numerical value is not identified, based on the end time data, when a numerical value corresponding to a unit of time cannot be identified, and second correcting the end time data by entering second numerical value corresponding to a second unit that is the unit of time for which the numerical value is not identified, based on the start time data, when a numerical value corresponding to a unit of time cannot be identified. | 10-23-2014 |
20140325426 | APPARATII AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING TEXTING SERVICES TO VOICE GRADE TELEPHONE NUMBERS - Apparatii to facilitate texting to both textable and non-textable telephone numbers may include a user interface module, a destination verification module, a destination selection module and a routing module. The user interface module may render a map or a list on an electronic display that includes contact information for one or more entities. The destination verification module may use the contact information to access a texting registry to determine if an entity has a texting address. In response to determining that a texting address is available for an entity, the user interface module may display a textable indicator proximate to contact information for the entity. Similarly, information from a destination field of a text message may be used to retrieve a texting address from the texting registry and route the email message to the texting address. Methods corresponding to the apparatii are also disclosed herein. | 10-30-2014 |
20140337788 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TEXT MESSAGE INPUT - A method for text message input is provided. The method includes the following steps. Firstly, a text-editing box is generated while a text input in a text input region is detected, wherein an input area of the text-editing box is larger than that of the text input region. Then, a text message inputted in the text-editing box is received. Next, an editing-done instruction from the text-editing box is received after the text message is inputted. Finally, the text message is transmitted from the text-editing box to the text input region. A device for text message input is also provided. | 11-13-2014 |
20140344749 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile terminal is provided that includes a wireless communication unit, a display unit and a controller. The display unit is configured to display a first content including one or more constituent units that contain at least one respective semantic component. The controller is configured to analyze the one or more constituent units and respective semantic components. The controller is further configured to display icons corresponding to the respective constituent units of the first content. The controller is also configured display text related to the content on the display unit responsive to a touch input applied to an icon from among the icons corresponding to the respective constituent units of the first content. | 11-20-2014 |
20140351743 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUBSCRIBING READING FEED - Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method and system for subscribing reading feed. One of the method includes: detecting a subscription keyword command input by user from a reading software interface; the terminal responds to the subscription keyword command, and outputs a keyword subscribing interface; detecting a keyword input by user from the subscription keyword interface; searching a reading resources corresponding to the keyword from the reading feed associated with a reading software, and outputting the reading resources corresponding to the keyword; detecting the reading resources chosen by user from the output reading resources corresponding to the keyword, and generating the chosen reading resources to reading feed. Embodiments of the present disclosure can not only accurately provide the reading resources that users are interested in, but also enhance the users' enthusiasm for using the reading software. | 11-27-2014 |
20140359519 | Determination of Intended Navigation Destination Based on User-Generated and Analysis-Based Information - Various embodiments provide a web platform, e.g., a web browser, which is designed to facilitate user access to websites in a quick and efficient manner. The web platform includes an address bar and, as keystrokes are entered into the address bar, a user interface container is populated with relevant suggestions from a combination of various data sources based on matching character input. Data sources can include a user's browsing history, favorites, and domain suggestions from a remote source, such as a service provider. | 12-04-2014 |
20140365949 | MANAGING REAL-TIME HANDWRITING RECOGNITION - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media related to a technique for providing handwriting input functionality on a user device. A handwriting recognition module is trained to have a repertoire comprising multiple non-overlapping scripts and capable of recognizing tens of thousands of characters using a single handwriting recognition model. The handwriting input module provides real-time, stroke-order and stroke-direction independent handwriting recognition for multi-character handwriting input. In particular, real-time, stroke-order and stroke-direction independent handwriting recognition is provided for multi-character, or sentence level Chinese handwriting recognition. User interfaces for providing the handwriting input functionality are also disclosed. | 12-11-2014 |
20140365950 | PORTABLE TERMINAL AND USER INTERFACE METHOD IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - A portable terminal is provided. The portable terminal includes a display unit that configured to display a search box and to receive one or more types of inputs among a plurality of types of inputs through at least a part of the search box, and a controller configured to determine a predetermined function corresponding to the one or more types of inputs according to the one or more types of inputs among the plurality of types of inputs and to perform the predetermined function. | 12-11-2014 |
20140372933 | Automatically displaying suggestions for entry - Suggestions are automatically displayed in response to an event. For example, suggestions may be automatically displayed in response to a receiving an indication from a user to enter content (e.g. receiving a selection of a content entry area). The suggestions may be displayed before a user enters any characters and before an input device is displayed and/or used (e.g. keyboard, Software Input Panel (SIP), and the like. Suggestions may also be automatically displayed in response to detecting a pause while a user is entering content. For example, when a user is actively entering content, suggestions are not automatically displayed but when a user pauses a predetermined amount while entering content, suggestions are automatically displayed. The suggestions may be determined from content that may be seen on a display and/or hidden from view (e.g. hidden rows in a spreadsheet). | 12-18-2014 |
20140380228 | METHOD AND DEVICE OF CONTROLLING INPUT FOR INPUT BOXES - A method and device for controlling information input for text boxes are disclosed. The method includes: at a device having one or more processors, memory, and a display: detecting selection of a text input box in a user interface; in response to detecting the selection of the text input box and prior to receiving input text for the text input box, obtaining a regular expression for acceptable input corresponding to text input box; for each character in the regular expression, determining whether the character belongs to a respective validation filter character set for a predetermined data type; and in response to a determination that all characters in the regular expression belongs to the respective validation filter character set for the predetermined data type, selectively presenting a respective character keyboard corresponding to the predetermined data type to a user for text entry. | 12-25-2014 |
20140380229 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND USER INTERFACE FOR DESIGNING CUSTOMIZABLE PRODUCTS FROM A MOBILE DEVICE - A methodology and user interface enabling a user to create and edit a product design from an electronic device includes features that are particular optimal for designing customized products from mobile devices. By integrating form control with WYWIWYG presentation and including zoom and edit control independently and directly associated with the visual presentation element itself, users of mobile device experience a cleaner simplified design process, leading to more satisfied customers. | 12-25-2014 |
20150012876 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISCOVERING CONNECTIONS BASED ON PRIOR WORK - Disclosed are systems, methods and apparatuses for the development of relevant connections among parties. A connections data set is developed from data sources that show meaningful relationships among parties. In the case of parties involved in the M&A field the data set is derived from M&A deals, from which companies, individuals and deals are collected. A user interface is further provided to efficiently search and display connection information. | 01-08-2015 |
20150020019 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION METHOD FOR SAME - An electronic device includes a display member rotatably coupled to a base member. A touchpad is located on a working surface of the base member. The processor determines to enter a handwriting mode according to a first touch gesture when the touchpad detects the first touch gesture, and defines and marks a handwriting frame corresponding to the touchpad on the display upon entrance into the handwriting mode. In the handwriting mode, when the touchpad detects a second touch gesture, the processor displays a handwriting track corresponding to the second touch gesture in the handwriting frame on the display. | 01-15-2015 |
20150026635 | METHOD FOR GENERATING CONTROL-CODE BY A CONTROL-CODE-DIAGRAM - A method for generating control-code, where at least one function-block and/or function-block-connection is specified. The method includes providing an indexed database containing data of at least part of an existing control-diagram with function-blocks and function block-connections; displaying a diagram-entry-field for specifying the control-diagram by defining the at least one function-block and/or the function block-connection and receiving a user input thereof; comparing received user input with the data of the indexed database to identify at least one similar part of the at least one control-diagram; displaying an assisting-menu with the at least one similar part of the at least one control-diagram; receiving an acceptance or rejection of the at least one similar part of the at least one control-diagram; inserting, in case of acceptance, the at least one similar part of the at least one control-diagram from the indexed database in the diagram-entry-field; and translating the completed control-diagram in the control-code. | 01-22-2015 |
20150033178 | User Interface With Pictograms for Multimodal Communication Framework - A graphical user interface (GUI) for a device operable in a unified communication framework in which multiple users communicate using multiple modes. Conversations are kept consistent across users' devices. The GUI supports selectively replacement of phrases with corresponding pictograms, as well as selectively undoing replacements. | 01-29-2015 |
20150040058 | Method and System for Inputting Variant Character and Storage Medium - Methods, systems, and storage medium for inputting a variant character are disclosed. Methods can include: obtaining keystroke information of a user; creating a character input code according to the keystroke information; matching the character input code with an input code in a primary code table, obtaining location information of a variant character corresponding to a basic character which is currently inputted in a secondary code table; the primary code table comprising: a code of the basic character; obtaining a variant sequence of the variant character corresponding to the basic character which is currently inputted from the secondary code table according to the location information; displaying the variant characters in a candidate window by using the variant sequence of the variant character, so that the user selects for outputting. | 02-05-2015 |
20150067577 | Covered Image Projecting Method and Portable Electronic Apparatus Using the Same - A covered image projecting method for a portable electronic apparatus is disclosed. The method comprises the follow steps: displaying an input area in a display field; determining whether a position of an input cursor in the display field is covered by the input area; if the position of the input cursor in the display field is covered by the input area, capturing a local area image around the position of the input cursor; and projecting the local area image in the display field. | 03-05-2015 |
20150074588 | AUTO-SCROLL ON IN-CONTEXT MODULES - Systems and methods are disclosed which may provide modules that may be displayed in the context of a website that allow for autoscrolling between the modules upon entering required information in the modules or completing actions required by the modules. The modules may be modules for paying for items via PayPal and may include modules for entering payment information, billing information, a shipping address, creating an account, and accepting terms and conditions. The modules may be displayed within the context of the webpage when selecting a pay with PayPal link without navigating away from the webpage. As a user enters information into a module, the module will automatically scroll to the next module if the module permits automatic scrolling. | 03-12-2015 |
20150082234 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND TEXT-INPUT INTERFACE DISPLAYING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses an electronic device including a storage device, an input device, a display device and a processing unit. The storage device stores an input rule table. The input device receives at least one input signal corresponding to text editing. The display device is arranged to display a text input interface, wherein the text input interface comprises a first display region and a second display region provided for users to do the text editing by the input device, wherein the display device has a display region, the display region has a predetermined display area, and the text input interface has an interface area. The processing dynamically adjusts the interface area of the text input interface to change the ratio of the interface area and the predetermined display area of the display region according to the input signal and the input rule table. | 03-19-2015 |
20150121290 | Semantic Lexicon-Based Input Method Editor - Some implementations provide techniques and arrangements for semantic lexicon based processing, such as in an input method editor. In some instances, a semantic label may be received that is to be defined for a semantic lexicon and at least a first term may be identified as a positive or negative example of the semantic label. In response, some examples may label at least a second term in the semantic lexicon with the semantic label based at least in part on the identification of the first term as a positive or negative example of the semantic label. | 04-30-2015 |
20150121291 | Input Method Editor - An input method editor (IME) may include a normal mode and a rich candidate mode. The IME may present text candidates in response to receiving user inputs in the normal mode, and rich text candidates in addition to the text candidates in response to receiving user inputs in the rich candidate mode. | 04-30-2015 |
20150121292 | ESTABLISHING USER-CONFIDENCE LEVELS OF DATA INPUTS - An embodiment takes the form of a method carried out by a computing system comprising a processor and instructions for carrying out the method. The method includes (i) presenting via a user interface a plurality of data-input fields having an associated default order for user entry of respective values in the respective data-input fields, (ii) receiving respective values entered via the user interface in the respective data-input fields, (iii) storing a respective current counter value of an incrementing counter in association with receiving each respective entered value, (iv) establishing a respective user-confidence level for each of one or more of the respective entered values, wherein each established user-confidence level is set based at least in part on a comparison of the associated default order with a set of one or more of the stored counter values, and (v) outputting one or more of the established user-confidence levels. | 04-30-2015 |
20150121293 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENTERING SYMBOLS FROM A TOUCH-SENSITIVE SCREEN - A method enables a user to enter symbols into an entry field from a touch-sensitive screen. According to an exemplary embodiment, the method is used in a touch-screen device and includes steps of: detecting touching an entry field displayed on said touch screen device; displaying a plurality of symbols in a single row in response to said touching receiving step; detecting touching a first one of said displayed symbols; and if said touching is ended by stopping touching said touch screen device, a second one of said displayed symbols is detected to be last touched in said single row, and said second one of said displayed symbols is different from said first one of said displayed symbols, entering said second one of said displayed symbols into said entry field. | 04-30-2015 |
20150121294 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STARTING APPLICATION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a number of applications each having an icon and a character. The electronic device obtains at least one character and seeks a corresponding application according to the obtained character. When the corresponding application has been sought, a display of the electronic device displays the icon of the corresponding application. The electronic device determines whether one icon is chosen or not. When an icon is chosen, the electronic device starts the corresponding application of the chosen icon. | 04-30-2015 |
20150143280 | Method for Entering, Recording, Distributing and Reporting Data - An improved method for efficiently and accurately entering detailed data by yes/no entries so that the data is automatically recorded, optionally automatically distributed and optionally transformed into a readable prose report of the data, which is entered by yes/no markings. | 05-21-2015 |
20150149952 | TEXT INPUT FOR ABUGIDA WRITING SYSTEMS WITH CONJUNCTS - Disclosed embodiments pertain to a method on a Mobile Station (MS) for input of text for abugida writing systems. In some embodiments, the method may comprise obtaining a base character by performing Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on written user-input on the MS. A conjunct character may also be obtained by applying one or more functional or diacritical operators to the base character. The conjunct character may then be displayed. | 05-28-2015 |
20150293893 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF IMPLEMENTING BUSINESS CARD APPLICATION - A device and method are presently disclosed. The computer implemented method, includes an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, displaying a representation of a blank card on the touch-sensitive display, detecting user's first finger contact with the touch-sensitive display, in response to detecting the user's first finger contact, displaying a field on the representation of the blank card, detecting user's second finger contact with the touch-sensitive display, and in response to detecting the user's second finger contact adjusting position or dimensions of the field on the representation of the blank card. | 10-15-2015 |
20150301710 | PROVIDING CONTEXT-AWARE INPUT DATA - External inter-application input field constraints that specify a configured association relationship between an input field utilized during execution by a first application and multiple input fields utilized during execution by a second application are generated in advance. In response to user input entered into the input field of the executing first application and based on the external inter-application input field constraints, context-aware input data to the multiple input fields of the concurrently-executing second application is provided during concurrent execution of the first application and the second application. | 10-22-2015 |
20150301721 | DESKTOP PUBLISHING TOOL - An Integrated desktop publishing platform supporting document layout, typography, symbolate-text-as-you-type, spellcheck, table of contents creation, text-to-speech configuration, code-free interactivity programming, support for collaboration between content authors, and cloud publishing the web accessible content using a single tool. | 10-22-2015 |
20150309682 | POP-UP SEARCH BOX - A user device may: receive a search selection; and display a search box concurrently with application or page from which the search selection was received. The search box may be displayed without the user device navigating to another application or another page. The user device may output a search query based on search terms inputted into the search box; receive search results to the search query; and display or outputting the search results. | 10-29-2015 |
20150309683 | Method for displaying input text in interface and interface component for displaying input text - The invention provides a method for displaying an input text in an interface and an interface component for displaying an input text. The display method comprises: disposing a first textarea in the interface; disposing a second textarea in the interface, the second textarea being arranged behind the first textarea, such that the position of the second textarea corresponds to the position of the first textarea; receiving an input text in the first textarea, and displaying the input text in a first predetermined format; and displaying the text input in the first textarea in the second textarea in a second predetermined format, such that the input text is displayed at the same positions in the first textarea and in the second textarea, and that the input text is displayed superposedly in the first predetermined format and in the second predetermined format. The invention may solve the problem that an input text in a textarea can not be automatically displayed according to a different format, and may present a more friendly interface to a user. | 10-29-2015 |
20150339017 | TERMINAL APPARATUS, PROGRAM, METHOD OF CALLING FUNCTION, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A terminal apparatus having a plurality of functions includes an operation unit that receives from a user an input of at least one among a character, a number, and a symbol into an entry field, which is provided on a screen for using one function among the plurality of functions; and a function call unit that performs a function calling process of calling another function among the plurality of functions other than the one function when the input of at least one among the character, the number, and the symbol includes the character, the number, or the symbol for calling any function among the plurality of functions. | 11-26-2015 |
20150347380 | HOST-BASED INTELLIGENT RESULTS RELATED TO A CHARACTER STREAM - Information may be presented to a user by using a first application to receive a character stream of one or more noncompletion characters. The noncompletion characters indicate that additional characters may be received. The character stream is exchanged with a host that analyzes the character stream to generate results that are responsive to the user's predicted interest. Results are received and displayed so that the user may select one of the results to launch a code segment related to the selected result. | 12-03-2015 |
20150356064 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION RELATING TO TARGET - A management system, on the basis of a value group that includes a plurality of values included in time-series data relating to a target, corresponding to a first standpoint, and corresponding respectively to a plurality of time points, displays a graph that has a first axis corresponding to a time and a second axis corresponding to the first standpoint and represents time-series variation of values corresponding to the first standpoint, and displays electronic tags at designated coordinates that are coordinates designated by a user, in the graph. The management system displays characters that are input by a user, in a displayed electronic tag. The management system stores, in a storage device, a tag information unit with which designated coordinates (values and time point) and characters input in an electronic tag are associated. In the graph that is re-displayed by the management system, provided is the electronic tag at coordinates including values and time point associated with the tag information unit. | 12-10-2015 |
20150356066 | MANAGING REFERENCES RELATED TO PATENT APPLICATIONS - A reference-management tool facilitates managing prior art references relating to one or more patent applications, which may be represented by matters. Interfaces can be presented to users to enable the users to group matters into clans, to associate references with matters, to automatically generate information disclosure statements (IDSs) and to track citations of references. | 12-10-2015 |
20150370478 | INPUT SUPPORT SYSTEM, INPUT SUPPORT METHOD AND INPUT SUPPORT PROGRAM - An input support system includes: input log storage means for storing, as an input log, information input to a target input box in the past; type-specific correct answer input storage means for storing information indicative of correct input for each type of information; and type estimation means for estimating to which type-specific field, as a field for each type stored in the type-specific correct answer input storage means, the type of information to be input to the input box corresponds, based on the input log stored in the input log storage means and information indicative of type-specific correct input stored in the type-specific correct answer input storage means. | 12-24-2015 |
20160034438 | ALIGNING CONTENT IN AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT - Aligning the contents of document objects on an electronic document page. Organizing a page of document objects so textual content is aligned to natural eye scanning patterns promotes readership and usability. When a user creates a new island of text, the new text can be snapped into alignment with an existing island of text. Invisible guidelines that emanate from textual features in a document object can page. In response to placing a content insertion point (“IP”) on an electronic page with an existing document object, the IP can be automatically aligned to the content of the existing document object. A page with several arbitrarily positioned document objects can be automatically rearranged so that the contents of the document objects are each aligned to one another. | 02-04-2016 |
20160062971 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO INPUT OR ACCESS DATA USING REMOTE SUBMITTING MECHANISM - Systems and methods for data entering and submission for an online interface using a remote entering/submitting mechanism, said system comprising:
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20160078115 | Interactive System and Method for Processing On-Screen Items of Textual Interest - A computer-implemented method processes information displayed on a computer display by alerting, tagging and/or overlaying information about content of textual interest to a user. The alerting function detects items believed to be interest to the user, and notifies the user of the existence of that item and provides the user with an opportunity to tag the item. The tagging function allows the user to highlight information on the display and open a window to tag an item of interest. The overlaying function presents additional information about an item of interest selected by the user. The various functions operate independent of the application presenting the information on the display. | 03-17-2016 |
20160140097 | TERMINAL APPARATUS, FAULT REPORT SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A terminal apparatus includes an input unit, and a browsing unit. The input unit inputs a fault which has occurred in a target electronic apparatus. The browsing unit allows browsing of the fault input by the input unit. The input unit includes an adding unit that adds, to an image concerning the fault, commentary information which includes location information indicating a part within the image and explanatory information regarding the part within the image indicated by the location information. The browsing unit is configured such that a display location of the location information, out of the commentary information, is unchangeable. | 05-19-2016 |
20160162151 | INPUT METHOD AND DEVICE THEREOF, AND AUXILIARY INPUT METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREOF - An input method includes: obtaining data information sent by an auxiliary terminal; obtaining a focus object and/or a cursor position displayed on a screen of the execution terminal; and adding the data information to an input area corresponding to the focus object and/or the cursor position on the screen. Furthermore, an input device, auxiliary input method, and auxiliary input system are further provided. With the input device, auxiliary input method, and auxiliary input system, the input speed can be improved. | 06-09-2016 |
20160162152 | METHOD TO INDIRECTLY DETECT A USER INPUT - A method of indirectly detecting a user input including running an operating system on a computer device. The operating system receives information directly from an input device. The method also includes running an application module on the computer device. The application module is configured to receive information from the input device indirectly by monitoring changes to a textbox made by the operating system in response to information received from the input device. The method also includes generating a textbox, populating the textbox with a matrix of characters, and positioning a cursor at a predetermined starting location within the textbox by the application module. The method further includes monitoring the textbox for changes caused by the operating system, detecting a change in a position of the cursor within the textbox, and performing, by the application module, a specific action in response to a direction of movement of the cursor. | 06-09-2016 |
20160162472 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ALTERNATIVE CONTENT - An approach is provided for providing alternative content based on interaction input. The alternative content platform determines at least one interaction input associated with textual content presented on at least one device. The alternative content platform further determines one or more alternative textual content based, at least in part, on one or more properties of the at least one interaction input. The alternative content platform also causes, at least in part, a presentation of one or more alternative textual content in at least one user interface of the at least one device. | 06-09-2016 |
20160170574 | MANAGING GUI CONTROL AUTO-ADVANCING | 06-16-2016 |
20160188184 | TEXT ENTRY METHOD WITH CHARACTER INPUT SLIDER - A method of receiving text entries on a display of an infotainment system including a character input slider that has a slider controller, includes sensing gesture as the slider controller is moved, moving the slider controller along the character input slider in a direction of a sensing result when the gesture is in proximity with the slider controller along the character input slider, presenting one character when the slider controller is in a proximity with a location related to the one character on the character input slider, focusing the one character when the gesture regarding moving the slider controller is not detected for a predetermined period of time, selecting the one character when a predetermined gesture other than the gesture is detected after focusing the one character, and entering the selected one character into an active location of an active text input field. | 06-30-2016 |
20160188199 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING TEXT INPUT IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Disclosed are an electronic device and a method for controlling a text input in an electronic device. The method includes detecting at least one touch input, determining a total number of touches that have made the touch input from the detected touch input, and controlling functions related to a text input, based on the determination. | 06-30-2016 |
20160196010 | Personal Wireless Navigation System | 07-07-2016 |
20160378739 | EDITING ONE OR MORE TEXT FILES FROM AN EDITING SESSION FOR AN ASSOCIATED TEXT FILE - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system edits text from a file inline with text from another file. The system displays text comprising content of a text file in a user interface of an editor. In response to selection of a first item from the displayed text and activation of a control of the editor, the system accesses text associated with the selected item from a second text file. The system inserts the text associated with the selected item into the displayed text proximate the selected item and visually distinguishes the inserted text from the content of the first file. Changes to the inserted text are made in the editor. In response to activation of another control of the editor, the system modifies the second file in accordance with the changes. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for editing text files in substantially the same manners described above. | 12-29-2016 |
20160378743 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSERTION OF TEXT IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and apparatus for automatically performing an activity involving insertion of text and navigation between a plurality of electronic pages is provided. The method for automatic insertion of text into an electronic page in an electronic device includes detecting a selection of an electronic file having information comprising text data corresponding to the at least one form user interface (UI) element of an electronic page and a link to the electronic page, and obtaining the electronic page in a state that the at least one form UI element is filled with the text data. | 12-29-2016 |
20160378744 | TEXT INPUT METHOD AND DEVICE - A method for inputting text into a text entry box is provided. The method includes: displaying the text entry box and judging whether a preset string quick-input mode is activated for characters to be typed into the text entry box; detecting whether a preset operation with respect to a preset character is received via a character input interface, in response to judging that the preset string quick-input mode is activated; and retrieving a preset string and inputting the preset string into the text entry box, in response to detecting that the preset operation with respect to the preset character is received. Herein a correspondence between the preset string and the preset operation with respect to the preset character is defined in the preset string quick-input mode. | 12-29-2016 |
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