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| 20080216016 | METHOD FOR SORTING AND DISPLAYING SYMBOLS IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A system for arranging symbols for display and selection in a mobile communication terminal is provided. The system comprises user interface configured for selecting a first symbol having a first display priority; and means for assigning a second display priority to a second symbol associated with the first symbol, wherein the second symbol is displayed according to the second display priority, in response to a request for displaying a symbol set. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080229244 | COLLECTIONS OF LINKED DATABASES - Methods and or systems relating to inferential networks. This invention is further directed to methods and systems for making and using inferential networks. Still farther, this invention is generally directed to making one or more inferential networks by using data generated from directed searches of collections of linked databases. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080235622 | TRAFFIC PRODUCTION INDEX AND RELATED METRICS FOR ANALYSIS OF A NETWORK OF RELATED WEB SITES - A solution is provided for determining traffic patterns involving a web page or property of interest in a computer network. This includes receiving path data regarding the web page or property of interest. Then, the number of visits to each of the other pages or properties visited by users in a session that included a visit to the web page or property of interest is counted. Then, from the path data and the counts, an aggregated data structure is constructed including, for each of the other web pages or properties visited by users in a session that included a visit to the web page or property of interest, visit count information and information regarding which web page or property within the network users visited next, if any. Then one or more metrics directed to traffic surrounding the web page or property of interest is provided using information from the aggregated data structure. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080244451 | ADAPTIVE DYNAMIC NAVIGATIONAL CONTROL FOR NAVIGATING WITHIN AN APPLICATION - Methods are disclosed for navigating between and within applications that display most recently visited applications and application parts, with redundancies eliminated from the display. The methods can be carried out in a computational machine that compiles a list of visited data-access locations, and identifies data-access locations that have been visited more than once, wherein each data-access location that has been visited more than once is presented in a collapsed form as a single navigational target. The methods then can present the visited data-access locations as a navigational control record including navigational targets that represent the visited data-access locations. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080270939 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT - A network usage history associated with a user is obtained ( | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080301582 | TASTE NETWORK WIDGET SYSTEM - A system for generating a widget that can show the similarity between users. A web server can host a web page that is associated with an owner user. A similarity engine can determine the similarity of a visitor user from whom a request for the web page is received at the web server and the owner user. A widget generation module can create a widget that can include a graphical element that displays the similarity determined by the similarity engine between the visitor user and the owner user, as well as code that can be adapted to be executed by the visitor user computer. A widget transmission module can send the widget to the visitor user. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090019394 | Method for User Interface, Display Device, and User Interface System - A home system for supporting a life behavior, in which a user can effectively select a function or content quickly according to attributes and states of display devices arranged in respective locations and the user behavior. A storage unit holds location attribute information on the devices, time band dependent use frequency for each user, and location dependence of each. A user identifier input unit identifies a user using a function or content. When displaying a menu for the user to select a content and a function, a calculation unit references each database of the storage unit in accordance with the menu display state and generates menu content information correlated to the content and the function. A display unit displays such a menu that the user can easily select a content and a function with higher priority rank according to the menu content information. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090077495 | Method and System of Creating a Personalized Homepage - A method of automatically creating a personalized homepage which infers one or more categories of interest from previous user activities in a different but related web service product, instead of expressly asking the user to input his/her areas of interest. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090077496 | USER INTERFACE METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SELECTING AND PRESENTING CONTENT BASED ON USER NAVIGATION AND SELECTION ACTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONTENT - A user-interface method of selecting and presenting a collection of content items based on user navigation and selection actions associated with the content is provided. The method includes associating a relevance weight on a per user basis with content items to indicate a relative measure of likelihood that the user desires the content item. The method includes receiving a user's navigation and selections actions for identifying desired content items, and in response, adjusting the associated relevance weight of the selected content item and group of content items containing the selected item. The method includes, in response to subsequent user input, selecting and presenting a subset of content items and content groups to the user ordered by the adjusted associated relevance weights assigned to the content items and content groups. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090083663 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RANKING MENU LIST IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for ranking a menu list in a portable terminal are provided. The method includes storing, in an execution record table, execution information regarding at least one of an application and a file, updating a pattern table using information from the execution record table, and ranking a menu list according to information from the updated pattern table. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090106693 | ELECTRONIC PROFILE FILTERING - A method is implementable in an electronic system coupled to an electronic device, which is, in turn, coupled to a display device. A web page displayable on the display device is served to the electronic device. The displayed web page includes a user interface, which, in turn, includes a selection field. A first set of selectable tags is displayed in the selection field, each of the first-set tags corresponding to a respective vocational characteristic of a first set of vocational characteristics. A user selection of at least one first-set tag is received. An indication of a candidate profile associated with at least one vocational characteristic corresponding to the selected tag is provided. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090158211 | Method for graphically depicting drug adverse effect risks - The present invention pertains to an enhanced method for displaying assessment and analysis of the risks of adverse effects resulting from the use of at least one substance of interest, comprising: identifying the at least one substance of interest; selecting the profile of the at least one substance of interest related to the safety of the at least one substance of interest, using at least one filter; analyzing the risks of adverse effects resulting from the use of the at least one substance of interest using at least one data mining engine; and displaying the results of the analysis of risks of adverse effects resulting from the use of the at least one substance of interest in a format that permits perception of correlations. Such a format is preferably at least one format selected from the group consisting of a radar display for display of correlations, a sortable table, and a sortable line listing and where the format contains elements linked to data regarding the adverse effects. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090158212 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING RECENTLY-USED AND IN-USE APPLICATIONS FOR EASE OF NAVIGATION ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A system and method of providing a user interface jump list application is disclosed, which reduces multiple functions into a single user interface function for electronic devices such as portable or mobile devices having computing and communication capabilities. First, the user interface jump list application provides a list of applications executing in the background on the electronic device. Second, the user interface application provides for the ability for the user to close, kill or quit (by giving an instruction) the application running in the background without having to activate or launch that application. The user interface application indicates applications that are active in a different font so the user can easily differentiate an application that is active from one that is not. The user interface application additionally provides a list of important or favorite applications for quick access and a list of recently used applications for quick access. A user can easily launch an application from this list. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090187857 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE - When starting a small thumbnail display mode, predetermined data prioritized by a priority setting unit are sequentially output from a data storage unit to a decoder and a display processing unit to preliminarily generate large thumbnail image data. The generated large thumbnail image data are temporarily stored in a thumbnail image data storage unit so as to be efficiently displayed in the priority order after switching of the display node to the large thumbnail display mode. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090199133 | GENERATING A DESTINATION LIST UTILIZING USAGE DATA - Computer-readable media, computerized methods, and computer systems for generating a destination list from usage data captured at a data store and for rending destinations within a submenu area upon detecting a request from a user. Generating the destination list may involve selecting items from a listing of frequently used items, a listing of recently used items, or any other listing of items compiled internal to an operating system or provided by a target application. Typically, the items are selected according to configuration settings of the destination list. Rendering destinations within the submenu area may involve accessing the destination list by selecting a split button proximate to a presentation of an application launcher. Typically, the destination list references items managed by an application invoked by the application launcher. Destinations retrieved from the destination list are populated into the submenu area based on size characteristics thereof. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090217203 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SEGMETING RELATIVE USER PREFERENCES INTO FINE-GRAIN AND COURSE-GRAIN COLLECTIONS - A method of segmenting relative user preferences into fine-grain and coarse-grain collections is provided. The method includes providing a set of content items having associated descriptive terms. The method also includes receiving user search input and, in response thereto, presenting a subset of content items. The method includes receiving user selection actions and analyzing the selections to learn the user's preferred descriptive terms. The method includes expressing the learned preferred descriptive terms as a segmented probability distribution function having at least one fine grain segment and at least one coarse grain segment. In response to subsequent search input, the method calls for selecting and ordering a collection of content items by promoting the ranking of content items associated with the learned preferred descriptive terms of the user according to the differentiation provided by the segmented probability distribution function. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090276729 | ADAPTIVE USER FEEDBACK WINDOW - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to maintaining a history of user interaction data within a sliding window, where the sliding window may be sized based at least in part on a quantification of such user interaction. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090288038 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CONTROLLING A DISPLAY ON A DATA EDITING SCREEN - The invention provides a method, system, and program product for controlling a display on a computer-aided design (CAD) data editing screen, whereby commands more likely to be utilized are preferentially displayed. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090293017 | System and Method to Assist in Tagging of Entities - A method to assist in tagging an entity includes a user selecting at least one threshold for the user's activity of at least one entity; monitoring user activity of the at least one entity; and when the at least one threshold is reached, automatically suggesting or recommending to the user that the at least one entity be tagged. The user has the option to tag or not tag the at least one entity. Usage data is associated with a tagged entity. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090293018 | HISTORY-BASED TRACKING OF USER PREFERENCE SETTINGS - A process is disclosed for using the existing Universal Resource Identifier (URI) history feature of browsers to maintain user preference settings, or other state information, used by one or more web sites or other systems. In one embodiment, when a user makes a particular preference selection on a web site, the user's selection is recorded in the browser's URI history by causing the browser to access a URI (or a set of URIs) representing the particular selection. The same or a different web site may subsequently test the browser's URI history for this particular URI by including appropriate JavaScript or other executable code in a page requested by the browser. Depending upon the outcome of this test, the web site and/or the page's executable code may take an appropriate action or inaction consistent with the preference selection. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090300545 | PRESENTING INFORMATION REGARDING SELECTED ITEMS - An approach is described for recording the selections made by a user and then presenting information regarding these selections to the user in various contexts. Each selection corresponds to the user's express request to receive information (such as a telephone number) that is useful in performing a transaction (such as calling a particular business entity). | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100011320 | METHOD FOR ASSIGNMENT OF A USER-DEFINED SHORTCUT KEY FOR AN APPLICATION WINDOW TO SWITCH TO IT QUICKLY - The present disclosure is directed to a method for allowing a user to configure shortcut keys to a specific application. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100011321 | PORTABLE TERMINAL WITH MULTITASK FUNCTION AND TASK ICON DISPLAY METHOD THEREFOR - A portable terminal according to the present invention is a portable terminal including a multitask function and a task icon display unit, including: a display unit for displaying one or more task icons in order of starting histories of tasks when the one or more task icons are displayed in the task icon display unit; and a highlight unit for highlighting an icon of a task selected by a user among the one or more task icons being displayed during transition to task switching. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100042949 | MENU MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computer-based menu management system and method creates a record for each of the menu options in a main menu of an electronic device, creates a sub-record for each of sub-menu options in a low hierarchy of each of the menu options, and assigns initial values to parameters of each record and each sub-record. The system and method further adds a predetermined value to each of the parameters of each record or each sub-record, in response to each visit to a corresponding menu option or a corresponding sub-menu option. In addition, the system and method totals current values of the parameters, and sorts the menu options and sub-menu options of each of the menu options according to the current values of the parameters of each record and each sub-record in a predetermined sorting period. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100070921 | DICTIONARY CATEGORIES - A method for a portable apparatus including enabling the portable apparatus for character input, comparing the inputted characters with words in a list and prioritizing and listing matches of the comparison in a priority list depending on current context. Further, displaying the priority list, enabling selection from the displayed priority list and enabling updating of the list depending on current context. A corresponding application, apparatus, system, user interface and computer program is also disclosed. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100070922 | START MENU OPERATION FOR COMPUTER USER INTERFACE - Described is distinguishing between input mechanisms to determine which input mechanism was used to activate a start menu. A start menu is selected that corresponds to the input mechanism that was used to activate it. Further data corresponding to start menu interaction is received, and action is taken via based on the further interaction. For example, upon detecting activation of a start menu, how the start menu was activated from among activation types is used to present a first start menu/behavior for a first activation type, which may differ from a second start menu/behavior activated via a second activation type. For example, a determination may be made as to whether a start menu was invoked via a pointing device or via keyboard; when via keyboard, a search entry region may be provided, by which a user may directly enter search criteria via the keyboard. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100122212 | OBTAINING FEEDBACK FOR AN ACCESSED INFORMATION ITEM - Obtaining feedback for an accessed information item. A user and an information item accessed by the user are associated. associating a user and an information item accessed by the user. A provision to the user of a prompt to provide feedback on the accessed information item until a later time that is dependent upon the accessed information item is delayed. A trust indication to take account of the provided feedback in response to the prompt is updated. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100131895 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO SELECT MEDIA CONTENT - Systems and methods to select media content are provided. A method includes dynamically selecting content items for presentation via a media player based on user media selection settings. The user media selection settings specify a proportion of a first category of media content to be presented and a proportion of at least one second category of media content to be presented. The at least one second category includes a user defined category. First media content is associated with the first category based on an intrinsic property of the first media content and second media content is associated with the user defined category based on a property that is not intrinsic to the second media content. The method also includes generating an output stream presenting the dynamically selected content items. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100131896 | MANUAL AND AUTOMATIC TECHNIQUES FOR FINDING SIMILAR USERS - A user data engine records profile data supplied by a user and usage data that is based on interactions between the user and a software application. A group data engine receives a set of user data comprising the profile data and the usage data for each user of a plurality of users. The group data engine determines a similarity value between each pair of users of the software application. The group data engine identifies groups of similar users based on the similarity values by executing one or more clustering algorithms. A user may then search for other users and groups of users of the software application and may then receive information from the users and/or groups of users that is related to use of the software application. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100131897 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The display device allows easily operating plural controlled devices connected to a network. The display device includes a communication unit communicating with controlled devices X | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100138788 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING ACTIVITIES - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller adapted to present a task toolbar by way of a display of the communication device, create an entry in the task toolbar, identify a party responsible for one or more tasks associated with the entry, associate the party with the entry and update the task toolbar to show by way of the display the association of the party to the entry, create one or more tasks, associate the one or more tasks with the entry of the party in the task toolbar, and synchronize one or more communication resources of the party according to the entry associated with the party and the associated one or more tasks. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100162167 | INTERACTIVE PROFILE CARDS FOR MOBILE DEVICE - A device receives a request to display an interactive profile card for a particular contact and retrieves contact-related items for the particular contact. The device also retrieves a template for the interactive profile card and generates a graphic representing a contact-related item. The device displays the template with the graphic and executes a peripheral application to present the contact-related item when the graphic is selected by a user of the computing device. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100169832 | Floating Hierarchical Menu of Navigation History - A method for enabling access to a history of previously accessed data items includes (a) providing a floating hierarchical menu of navigation history which may alternatively be located at any portion of a main window including a hierarchical tree displaying a plurality of previously accessed data items in response to a first user input, and (b) providing for a second user input to select the hierarchical level of nodes displayed, wherein each such data item is displayed as a node of the tree and each such node may be selected to retrieve the previously accessed data item. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100175025 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY DISPLAYING APPLICATION SHORTCUT ICONS OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for dynamically displaying application shortcut icons of an electronic device constructs a dependency relation graph according to applications whose invoked frequency has reached a predetermined frequency value, and further according to browsing paths whose count has reached a predetermined dependency rule. The method further computes a weight value of each node in the dependency relation graph for ranking the applications to display application shortcut icons of the applications on the electronic device according to the rank. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100180231 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERSONALIZED FAST NAVIGATION - A system for personalized navigation of computer screens. The system can comprise one or more electronic data processors. The system can also include a module configured to execute on the more or more electronic data processors, where the module can be configured to display a plurality of icons retained in a file associated with a particular user on a computer screen. The icons can comprise one or more assigned icons from an assigned icons list and candidate icons from a candidate icons list, where both the assigned and candidate icons are derived from a pool of icons. Also, the module can be configured to assign an icon to a currently displayed screen by utilizing a selection tool and placing the icon in the assigned icons list, where the icon is selected from the candidate icons list. The module can be further configured to return to the assigned screen when the assigned icon is selected. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100180232 | Method and System for Grouping Buyers Based on Common Interests - Described herein are embodiments for identifying and grouping users of a system based on common interests and/or purchasing goals. In embodiments, one or more items of interest of a user are determined based on user input. A group is formed based on the on the one or more items of interest to the first user. At least a second user is identified based in part on at least one predetermined criterion and based in part on the second user having at least one or more items of interest corresponding to the one or more items of interest of the first user and the one or more items upon which the group was formed. Once the group is formed, the second user is automatically notified of the formation of the group. A third user is identified based on at least a second one of a predetermined criterion and the third user is given access to the group. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100192096 | Biometrics based menu privileges - Automatically displaying differing menu listings from which selection of content is made based upon biometric identification. This may entail obtaining biometric information of a user from a selection device that is associated with a content access device through which access to content items is made. Once the user is identified by the biometric information, a modified menu list from which selection of content items is displayed, with the shown content items being tailored to the identified user. Selection of content items for reproduction by the content access device is then made. Different first and second biometric identification information may be used for a particular user to initially authenticate and identify the user, and then provide navigation among content menu lists according to the second biometric information. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100229120 | OPERATION ASSISTING APPARATUS AND OPERATION ASSISTING METHOD - Provided are an operation assisting apparatus and a method thereof which accurately estimate an intention of a user and present a desired function more preferentially. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100235787 | System and method for accessing internet protocol phone based applications - A system and method for accessing internet protocol (IP) phone based applications in an IP phone is disclosed. The method includes displaying a sidebar display on a graphical user interface (GUI) of the IP phone. The sidebar display is visible while an IP phone based application is displayed adjacent the sidebar display on the GUI. A plurality of quick access icons located in the sidebar display are displayed. Each quick access icon is configured to be activated to open at least one IP phone based application for display on the GUI. The context of each opened IP phone based application is preserved when another of the plurality of applications is selected using its quick access icon for display in the GUI to enable multiple IP phone based applications to operate simultaneously. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100235788 | FAVORITES LIST SHARING - Techniques are described to share items from a favorites list. In an implementation, a list entry for a favorites list may be associated with content from a third party source by a first user. The favorites list may be presented in a webpage to display the list entry and the associated content to another user. A control operable to share the list entry with the other user may be exposed with the list entry. Responsive to operation of the control, the content and/or related data may be obtained from the third party source and data may be stored to associate the list entry including the obtained content with the other user. In at least some embodiments, the control is operable by a single-click to cause the sharing of the list entry. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100235789 | DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A display control system includes a memory system and an identifying control unit. The memory system is configured to store an identification code for an authorized operator of the display control system and an associated function interface for the authorized operator. The associated function interface comprises commonly used functions of the authorized operator, and an identification code of each authorized operators. The identifying control unit configured to receive and identify the identification code from the authorized user, invoke an instruction corresponding to the identification code from the memory system to generate the associated function interface, and control a display of the display control system to display the associated function interface. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100251175 | AUTO-POSITIONING A CONTEXT MENU ON A GUI - A computer-implemented method, system and computer program product for positioning a context menu on a Graphical User Interface (GUI) are presented. A cursor over a selected element on the GUI is clicked to display a context window. When scrolling to a chosen option within the context window occurs, the entire context menu moves, thus keeping the selected element aligned next to a scrolled-to option in the context window. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100269067 | USER INTERFACE TO RENDER A USER PROFILE - A method for updating a user profile characterizing a user experience with at least one application software, the user profile being described through a plurality of tags of different weights based on the popularity of the tag in said user experience, said method comprising the acts of rendering a Graphical User Interface (GUI) of the user profile through a tag cloud using a virtual representation for each tag, the size of each virtual representation being linked to the corresponding weight of the tag, receiving at least a first entry for changing the size of one selected virtual representation, updating in the user profile the weight of the tag corresponding to the selected virtual representation based on the first entry. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100281427 | SELECTING ONE OF PLURAL USER PROFILE PERSONAE BASED ON CONTEXT - A context relating to a service accessed in response to a request responsive to user action is determined. Based on the determined context, at least one of plural, different user profile personae is selected. The selected at least one user profile persona contains information useable during access of the service. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100281428 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, DEVICE OPERATION SCREEN GENERATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus registers processing executed by an image processing device as a button, acquires device information of the image processing device from the image processing device, and decides a hierarchy for displaying the registered buttons based on the acquired device information and contents of processing corresponding to the registered buttons. The apparatus groups a plurality of buttons which are decided to be displayed on a lower level into one or more groups, and makes one summary button correspond to each group. The apparatus generates operation screen information for displaying a button that is decided to be displayed on an upper level and the summary button that has been summarized on an operation screen, and sends the operation screen information to the image processing device. The image processing device displays an operation screen based on the received operation screen information and accepts a user operation. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100287504 | MANAGING CONTACT GROUPS FROM SUBSET OF USER CONTACTS - Systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums for managing a subset of user contacts on a telecommunications device are provided. In one embodiment, a software application executed by a processor of a telecommunications device determines at least two contact groups from a subset of contacts accessible by a telecommunications device. The software application executed by the processor of the telecommunications device also generates a contact display including at least one contact group associated with the subset of contacts based on a current context of a user of the telecommunications device. The current context can include, for example, one or more of a location, time, date, and the like. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100299635 | METHOD FOR EXECUTING MENU IN MOBILE TERMINAL AND MOBILE TERMINAL USING THE SAME - A method for executing a menu in a mobile terminal is disclosed, wherein the method includes displaying a first icon on a touch screen of the mobile terminal, receiving a first multi touch gesture pattern on the first icon, and displaying at least one second icon upon recognition of the first multi-gesture pattern, the at least one second icon a sub icon of the first icon. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100306702 | Radial Menus - Some embodiments of the invention provide several novel techniques for manipulating radial menus in graphical user interfaces of an application. In some embodiments, radial menus include multiple selectable items arranged about an internal location (e.g., a center of the radial menu). The novel radial menu techniques of some embodiments include (i) non-uniform spacing of menu items, (ii) the use of shading or highlighting within a region associated with an item to indicate the present selectability of the item, and (iii) the use of radial gestures for opening sub-menus and the subsequent display of the sub-menu. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100333022 | OPERATION SUPPORT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF THE SAME - The operation support apparatus includes: an operation load calculation unit ( | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110016425 | DISPLAYING RECENTLY USED FUNCTIONS IN CONTEXT SENSITIVE MENU - A computer implemented method displays an object. The method includes causing the display of a context specific shortcut menu in response to a user command. The menu can include a set of functions relating to the context of the displayed object and a set of a predetermined number of the most recently used functions relating to the context of the displayed object. The most recently used functions can be displayed above the other functions. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110029922 | ADAPTIVE PATTERN RECOGNITION BASED CONTROLLER APPARATUS AND METHOD AND HUMAN-FACTORED INTERFACE THEREFORE - The need for a more readily usable interface for programmable devices is widely recognized. The present invention relates to programmable sequencing devices, or, more particularly, the remote controls for consumer electronic devices. The present invention provides an enhanced interface for facilitating human input of a desired control sequence in a programmable device by employing specialized visual feedback. The present invention also relates to a new interface and method of interfacing with a programmable device, which is usable as an interface for a programmable video cassette recorder. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110035705 | ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA VISUALIZATION AND INTERACTION METHOD - A method of operating an entertainment system includes computer-implemented steps including accessing a source of audio/video content. The source is capable of providing a plurality of media items. The media items are analyzed to thereby determine a corresponding classification for each of the items. A visual representation of each of the classifications is provided on a display of the entertainment system. One of the classifications being selected by a user is sensed. In response to the sensing, one of the media items corresponding to the selected classification is played, and/or the user is offered a choice among a plurality of the media items corresponding to the selected classification. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110066977 | ANALYZING AN INTERACTION HISTORY TO GENERATE A CUSTOMIZED WEBPAGE - Systems, methods and articles of manufacture are disclosed for generating a webpage. In one embodiment, a request may be received from a user to view the webpage that includes portlets. A time of the request may be identified. The portlets may be provided. Based on an interaction history of the user and the identified time of the request, the portlets may be arranged on the webpage. The webpage may be output for display, in response to the request. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110072392 | Pattern Analysis for a Multi-Dimensional Analytical System - A pattern analysis system enables a user to obtain specific analysis from multi-dimensional storage structures. The patterns analysis system guides the user interaction through the selection of specific available patterns. This enables the user to gain access to analytics data available in the multi-dimensional storage structure without specific knowledge of a command system syntax or semantics. Also, the user does not need knowledge of the contents or organization of the multi-dimensional storage structure. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110072393 | MULTI-CONTEXT SERVICE - A multi-context service is described. In embodiments, a first input on a touch-screen of a portable device is detected as a selection of an object icon displayed on the touch-screen. A second input on the touch-screen is detected as a selection of an application icon displayed on the touch-screen. The object icon is associated with a content object, and the application icon is associated with a command provider that performs one or more actions on the content object. The content object is associated with the command provider to initiate the command provider to perform at least one of the actions on the content object based on the content object being associated with the command provider. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110078628 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING VIEWERSHIP TO ENHANCE A MEDIA LISTING DISPLAY IN A MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATION - Systems and methods are provided for providing listings in a media guidance application based on predicted or real time viewership of a media item. If viewership for a media item is determined to not meet a target viewership, a listing for the media item in the media guidance application is enhanced. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110078629 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE CAPABLE OF AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING USER INTERFACE AND METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an input unit, a display unit and a storage unit. The storage unit stores a product function list and a plurality of UI profile files. Each of the UI profile files defines one display format. A UI (user interface, UI) establishing module activates a function of the electronic device for establishing a UI. A product function list loading module loads the product function list from the storage unit. A product function list parsing module parses the loaded product function list. A user interface profile file loading module selectively loads the UI profile file from the storage unit. A user interface generation module displays the parsed product function list on the display unit according to the display format of the selective UI profile file, and links the generated menu interfaces to generate a series of user interfaces. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110099519 | Menuing Structure for Media Content - Methods, systems, articles of manufacture, and apparatus for causing a computer system such as a media device to perform operations may include receiving input from the user selecting a media type category, identifying media content items within the selected media category that the user has previously selected for presentation, prioritizing the identified media content items based on a predetermined set of rules, and presenting to the user a menu of at least some of the identified media content items in an order based on a result of the prioritization. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110107260 | PREDICTING ITEM-ITEM AFFINITIES BASED ON ITEM FEATURES BY REGRESSION - Two items are determined to be similar to each not only based on previous actual user behavior, but also based on the observed relatedness of the characteristics of those two items. A first characteristic and a second characteristic are determined to have some affinity for each other if a high proportion of users who select items having the first characteristics also select items that have the second characteristic, and vice-versa. Two items having characteristics with high affinity for each other are determined to have some similarity to each other, even if very few or no users who selected one of those items ever selected the other of those items. A first item that is determined to be sufficiently similar to second item in this manner may be recommended to a user who has selected the second item as potentially also being of interest to that user. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110107261 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF FOR MANAGING APPLICATION MENU STRUCTURE - The disclosure relates to an electronic device and a method thereof for managing an application menu structure. The application menu structure includes a main menu having a list of main options. The electronic device includes a display module, a calculation module, and a display module. The calculation module calculates usage frequency of each of the main options. The disposition module disposes one of the main options having greatest usage frequency at the center of the display module and disposes another one of the main options having a non-greatest usage frequency to surround the one of the main options of the greatest frequency on the display module. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110119626 | ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM SMART KEYS - A method of operating an entertainment system having a user interface including a plurality of menus may include computer-implemented steps. Steps may include receiving a menu selection via the user interface. The menu selection may be associated with a menu. The menu may be displayed on the user interface in response to receiving the menu selection. The menu selection may be stored for subsequent retrieval. A key (or button) may be associated with the stored menu selection such that activating the key causes the menu associated with the stored menu selection to be retrieved and displayed on the user interface. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110119627 | PROVIDING GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE BASED UPON USAGE HISTORY - A multimedia data processing device for providing a graphic user interface includes a multimedia data processing unit configured to process a plurality of multimedia data corresponding respectively to a plurality of sources; an icon generating unit configured to generate a plurality of icons corresponding respectively to the plurality of sources; and a controller configured to control updating at least one of the plurality of icons to reflect a usage history of the at least one of the plurality of icons. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110126154 | INTELLIGENT COMMAND PREDICTION - A method, system, and computer program product for intelligent command prediction are provided. The method includes determining a command prediction preference associated with a user from user profile data, and selecting one or more command history repositories responsive to the command prediction preference. The one or more command history repositories include command history data collected from a plurality of users and classification data associated with the plurality of users. The method also includes calculating command probabilities for commands in the command history data of the selected one or more command history repositories as a function of the classification data associated with the plurality of users in relation to the user. The method additionally includes presenting a next suggested command as a command from the command history data of the selected one or more command history repositories with a highest calculated command probability. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110126155 | Gallery Application For Content Viewing - A gallery software application enables a user to browse, view, and interact with various content items, such as still images and videos. The gallery includes a graphical user interface, where a content item is represented by an image. A group of content items is represented by a displayed stack of partially-overlapping images. A content item is associated with geo-location information and timestamp information. This information is used to divide the content items into groups. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110138328 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE CAPABLE OF ARRANGING ICONS AND METHOD THEREOF - A method for arranging icons in an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a storage unit storing a table recording icons provided by the electronic device and the number of click frequency of each of the icons. The method includes recording which of the icons is clicked and updating the number of click frequency of the clicked icon in the table, further causing the number of click frequency of the clicked icon to increase one if the icon is clicked. Then, arranging some of the icons according to the number of click frequency recorded in the table if a currently run application is closed. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110154259 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR QUICK SELECTION FROM ORDERED LIST - Techniques for quick selection from an ordered list include dividing all items in the ordered list into current groups. Each current group includes a different range of the items. A corresponding plurality of icons for the plurality of current groups is presented substantively simultaneously on a display screen. One corresponding icon for each current group indicates a range of items included in the current group. In response to receiving input that indicates a particular icon corresponding to a particular group of the plurality of current groups, all items included in the particular group are divided into a plurality of next current groups. Each next current group includes a different range of the items included in the particular group. The next current group replaces the previous current group; thus, a corresponding plurality of icons for the plurality of next current groups is presented substantively simultaneously on the display screen. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110161878 | INTER-APPLICATION NAVIGATION APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Inter-application navigation apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed. An exemplary method includes a computing system accessing a plurality of applications, generating an application access history specifying an order by which the applications are accessed by the computing system, and displaying an inter-application navigation user interface including a plurality of user-selectable graphical objects representing the plurality of applications accessed by the mobile phone device, the user-selectable graphical objects arranged in a slideable list within the inter-application navigation user interface based on the application access history. The plurality of applications represented by the plurality of user-selectable graphical objects in the inter-application navigation user interface includes an application being executed by the computing system and an application not being executed by the computing system when the inter-application navigation user interface is displayed. Corresponding apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110197163 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION IN MOBILE TERMINAL - An information provision method and apparatus of a mobile terminal is provided for managing and providing information items associated with a plurality of communication accounts of a user in an integrated manner. An information provision method for a mobile terminal includes configuring a plurality of identity informations associated with communications of a specific contact item; detecting an input for selecting an integrated contact management menu; and displaying the identity informations or communication informations associated with individual identity informations in an integrated manner. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110231797 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING RELATIVE MOTION OF OBJECTS ON GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - A method including causing, at least in part, display of objects on a graphical user interface, where each of the objects corresponds to data or an application accessible via the graphical user interface. The method further includes causing, at least in part, display of the objects in motion on the graphical user interface based on user input and based on respective relative mass values associated with the objects. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110258581 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING SIZE OF AN ICON AND RELATED HANDHELD DEVICE - A method for adjusting a size of an icon displayed by a navigation device is disclosed. The method includes the navigation device generating a setup value respectively for each icon by calculating a selected frequency of each icon or by setting an icon menu and the navigation device determining whether to zoom in the corresponding icon according to the setup value. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110258582 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A method of displaying items on a mobile terminal includes displaying a first icon group of a plurality of icons on a display of the mobile terminal, such that each icon of the first icon group is associated with an application that is executable on the mobile terminal. Also performed is detecting user contact at a first location of the display relative to a displayed location of a particular icon of the first icon group and detecting further user contact representing a dragging over a distance beginning from the first location, such that the dragging represents substantially continual user contact from the first location over the distance. Also, after the dragging occurs over a threshold distance, displaying a second group of icons in an icon display region, such that each icon of the second icon group is associated with an application that is executable on the mobile terminal. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110296345 | Technique For Determining And Indicating Strength Of An Item In A Weighted List Based On Tagging - A weighted list may be visually shown on a website, e.g., as a tag cloud, object cloud, etc. The font size of each item in the weighted list indicates its strength relative to the other items in the same. The strength of a weighted list item is determined based at least on individual weights associated with the users who applied a given tag to an object. For example, the item in the weighted list may represent the given tag in a tag cloud, or the object in an object cloud. The respective weights associated with the users when applying the given tag to the object may be different from one another because of different qualities of the users. For example, the weight associated with a user varies with the number of times the given tag was applied to that user. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110296346 | ACTION TOOL BAR FOR MOBILE APPLICATIONS - According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for dynamically providing a tool bar in a user interface is provided. The method includes determining at least one action that is commonly performed based on data displayed on a current page of a graphical user interface of a communications device, creating a tool bar comprising at least one icon representing the at least one action, associating the tool bar with the current page of the graphical user interface, and providing the tool bar to the communications device for display on the current page of the graphical user interface. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110302531 | INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD - A store server provides an online site for introducing content. The store server displays, on a user terminal, a screen on a hierarchical level that is lower than that of a currently-shown screen when a predetermined entry button is operated by a user and displays, on the user terminal, a screen on a hierarchical level that is higher than that of currently-shown screen when a predetermined cancel button is operated by the user, among screens where a front-page screen displaying a plurality of categories is set to be on a higher hierarchical level, a category screen in which information of a plurality of pieces of content belonging to a same category is aggregated is set to be on a middle hierarchical level, and a detail screen of a piece of content is set to be on a lower hierarchical level. The store server provides information of the front-page screen, to which recommendation information concerning the user is added, when the front-page screen is to be displayed and provides information of the detail screen, to which recommendation information concerning the content is added, when the detail screen concerning specific content is to be displayed. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110314420 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PERFORMING ACTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A PORTAL - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for performing actions associated with a portal. These mechanisms and methods for performing actions associated with a portal can enable an improved user experience, increased efficiency, optimized productivity, etc. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120011470 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING MENU ITEM IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method and an apparatus for managing a menu item in a portable terminal are provided. In the method, at least one item is selected from items displayed on a screen according to a user control. An attribute of selected at least one item is determined. A new item is generated by one of dividing and merging the at least one item depending on the determined attribute. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120030622 | Display apparatus - A display apparatus includes a display and a controller. The controller displays a plurality of menus in a hierarchy order on the display. One of the menus contains a plurality of selectable items. When one of the plurality of selectable items is selected more than a predetermined number of times, the controller displays said one of the plurality of selectable items in a menu on a higher hierarchy. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030623 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Activating an Item in a Folder - A portable electronic device displays a plurality of icons on a touch-sensitive display. The plurality of icons includes a folder icon that corresponds to a folder that contains a plurality of items. The folder icon includes respective selectable item indicators for at least some of the items in the folder. The device detects a finger gesture on the touch-sensitive display at a location that corresponds to the folder icon. In response to detecting the finger gesture on the touch-sensitive display at the location that corresponds to the folder icon, the device determines a respective item in the plurality of items in the folder that corresponds to the detected finger gesture and activates the respective item. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120036476 | MULTIDIRECTIONAL EXPANSION CURSOR AND METHOD FOR FORMING A MULTIDIRECTIONAL EXPANSION CURSOR - A multidirectional expansion cursor and method of implementing the same are provided. The multidirectional expansion cursor displayed on a display screen and moved under input control of a user includes selection keys, wherein the selection keys are displayed on the display screen such that the selection keys correspond to one or more object selectable on the display screen, and, when an intended object among the one or more objects is selected by input control of a user, the intended object is executed. The method includes generating an expansion cursor displayed on a display screen to be moved under input control of a user, and partitioned by selection keys, making one or more objects selectable on the display screen correspond to the selection keys and displaying them on the display screen, selecting the selection key corresponding to an intended object to execute the intended object among the one or more objects. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120036477 | Mini Toolbar User Interface - A toolbar in a client application such as a web browser may be miniaturized. The miniature toolbar annexes itself to a part of the chrome region of the client application, modifying the functionality of the annexed part. The annexed part may be a search box. At least a subset of the features of the toolbar is accessible from the miniature toolbar, but some toolbar features may not be accessible from the miniature toolbar. Some features of the miniature toolbar may replace some features of the annexed search box. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120042282 | Presenting Suggested Items for Use in Navigating within a Virtual Space - An exploration system is described for assisting the user in navigating within a virtual space that can be represented using a tiled multi-resolution image. The exploration system receives various selection factors that have a bearing on the selection of suggested items from a collection of candidate items. The selection factors can include focus-of-interest information that pertains to a user's presumed current focus of interest within the virtual space, semantic association information that describes semantic relationships among different features pertaining to the virtual space, and history information which describes prior expressed interest in items, e.g., as manifested in prior selections of items. The exploration system uses these selection factors to determine a set of suggested items. The suggested items provide recommendations to the user regarding items that may be germane to the user's current interests in his or her navigation within the virtual space. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120060119 | Methods and Systems for Segmenting Relative User Preferences into Fine-Grain and Coarse-Grain Collections - A method of segmenting relative user preferences into fine-grain and coarse-grain collections is provided. The method includes providing a set of content items having associated descriptive terms. The method also includes receiving user search input and, in response thereto, presenting a subset of content items. The method includes receiving user selection actions and analyzing the selections to learn the user's preferred descriptive terms. The method includes expressing the learned preferred descriptive terms as a segmented probability distribution function having at least one fine grain segment and at least one coarse grain segment. In response to subsequent search input, the method calls for selecting and ordering a collection of content items by promoting the ranking of content items associated with the learned preferred descriptive terms of the user according to the differentiation provided by the segmented probability distribution function. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120060120 | Methods and Systems for Segmenting Relative User Preferences into Fine-Grain and Coarse-Grain Collections - A method of segmenting relative user preferences into fine-grain and coarse-grain collections is provided. The method includes providing a set of content items having associated descriptive terms. The method also includes receiving user search input and, in response thereto, presenting a subset of content items. The method includes receiving user selection actions and analyzing the selections to learn the user's preferred descriptive terms. The method includes expressing the learned preferred descriptive terms as a segmented probability distribution function having at least one fine grain segment and at least one coarse grain segment. In response to subsequent search input, the method calls for selecting and ordering a collection of content items by promoting the ranking of content items associated with the learned preferred descriptive terms of the user according to the differentiation provided by the segmented probability distribution function. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120066645 | DETERMINATION AND DISPLAY OF RELEVANT WEBSITES - Various embodiments utilize certain events that occur within a Web browser to recognize an imminent intent, on the part of the user, to navigate to a website. Given such events, in combination with a user's past browsing patterns and history, an automated and personalized navigation solution can be provided to expedite navigation. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120110505 | AUTOMATIC UPDATING APPARATUS, AUTOMATIC UPDATING METHOD, AND PROGRAMMABLE STORAGE MEDIUM EMBODYING PROGRAM TO PERFORM METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC UPDATING - An automatic updating apparatus includes a traffic receiver that receives numbers per unit time of the access of more than one menu displayed in a screen and calculates rates of variability with respect to the numbers of the access to each menu, and a menu updating unit that updates a menu display in the screen based on the rates of variability. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120117512 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING MENU ITEMS ON USER INTERFACE OF CONSUMER ELECTRONICS DEVICE - A consumer electronics device has a video display, a processor controlling the display, and a computer readable storage medium accessible to the processor. The storage medium bears instructions executable by the processor to cause a user interface (UI) to appear on the display, where the UI includes plural alpha-numeric elements. Further, each element includes plural alpha-numeric characters arranged in a row. Even further, each element is characterized by a color, a row orientation, and a size, where at least the size is established at least in part by a frequency of selection of an element. Thus, at least a first element has a first color, first size, and first row orientation and at least a second element has a second color, second size, and second row orientation respectively different from the first color, first size, and first row orientation. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120124519 | Facilitating Interaction with System Level Search User Interface - A system level search user interface that includes both a data entry portion and a search identification portion is displayed. Data input by a user as a search term is displayed in the data entry portion, and identifiers of each of one or more scopes on the computing device that can be searched using the search term are displayed in the search identification portion. Search results based on a selected scope are displayed in a search results portion of the system level search user interface. A set of keyboard shortcuts allow users to quickly search using any of the scopes, and see previews of a number of results that each of the scopes return. Additionally, the system level search user interface allow users to easily focus on different search result entries, and efficiently change scopes for searching. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120137251 | METHOD FOR MANAGING MENU FUNCTION IN MOBILE STATION - The method for managing menu functions in a mobile station includes the steps of executing menu edition, selecting menu items the user uses frequently in the executed menu edition, to set up a menu, executing the menu, and displaying the menu of the selected menu items at first. The basic menu inclusive of all menu items the mobile station provides is selected as a last menu item of the mode menu displayed at first so that the user can access to menu items other than the menu items of preference. By providing easy mode menu with menu items the user or manufacturer of the mobile station uses frequently in advance, and displaying on a display window at first, the user is permitted a quick and easy access to a desired menu item without going through many steps of menus for using the desired menu item. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120167007 | Targeting Questions to Users of a Social Networking System - Users of a social networking system post questions for other users to answer. Questions are automatically tagged based on keywords extracted from text within the posted questions as well as user-selected tags. Users also browse questions asked by other users on the social networking system using an interface that displays questions by topics and sub-topics. Answers may be voted on and sorted by social information related to the browsing user. Affinities for tags are recorded based on users' interactions with the question and answer service. Affinities for tags may also be used to target questions to other users and sort answers. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120174032 | System and Method for Displaying Responses from a Plurality of Users to an Event - The invention relates to a system and method for a computer game and social experience that captures people's emotions at specific moments during a live or pre-recorded event. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120240081 | METHOD FOR MANAGING A PLURALITY OF ELECTRONIC BOOKS ON A COMPUTING DEVICE - There is provided a method for managing a plurality of electronic books on a computing device. The electronic books may be stored in a plurality of storage sources, the plurality of storage sources being selected from, for example, local storage on the computing device, network-linked storage, network-linked electronic book retailers, and so forth. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120260214 | RECOMMENDING DIGITAL CONTENT BASED ON IMPLICIT USER IDENTIFICATION - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for recommending digital content to a user of a digital content application based on continually learned patterns of behavior. Based on metrics collected from a current session of the digital content application, properties associated with one or more users interacting with the application are inferred. The inferred properties are matched against previously defined patterns of behavior to identify digital content that could be presented to the one or more users for optional selection. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120272188 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a registration unit and a setting unit. The registration unit registers in an operation history memory, when obtaining operator information indicating an operator who has performed an operation on a document, document identification information of the document and an operation history including the operator information in association with each other. The setting unit refers to a setting rule memory that stores a setting rule which is a predetermined rule for setting a usage limitation for the operation history and which associates a setting condition with usage limitation information, and, in a case where the operator information included in the operation history satisfies the setting condition, performs setting so that the usage limitation information associated with the satisfied setting condition is used for usage limitation of the operation history of the document identified by the document identification information associated with the registered operation history. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20130007661 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND DISPLAYING USER PREFERENCE TAG CLOUDS - Systems and methods for generating and displaying user preferences in a tag cloud are provided in accordance with various embodiments of the present invention. A user preference tag cloud may be of any shape and size and may be generated using a stencil selected by a user. A user preference tag cloud may thus present a user's media preferences in an attractive and compelling visual arrangement that, in some embodiments, also functions as an intuitive interface which allows users to indicate and/or modify their preferences. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130007662 | PRIORITIZATION OF URGENT TASKS ON MOBILE DEVICES - Application launching icons are prioritized and displayed on a mobile electronic device having a limited display area. How much time is available to a user for use of the device is determined, and any tasks that correspond to defined priorities are identified. The application launching icons are prioritized for display order in accordance with time and priorities to provide the user with a prioritized arrangement of the applications as represented by the icons in order to accomplish priority tasks. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130019203 | PROVIDING CUSTOMIZATION OF CONTEXT BASED MENUS - Context based menus are customizable to extend features to meet user demand. An application providing the context based menu reads a custom configuration from an XML file or receives input through a user interface to construct a context based menu. The custom configuration hosts attribute information for placement of controls, visualization or controls, and/or behavior of controls in the menu. Custom configuration is editable and provides features to add and remove controls from a default context based menu. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130024815 | METHOD OF ARRANGING USER INTERFACE OBJECTS IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL AND AN APPARATUS THEREOF - A method and apparatus arrange a user interface object on a screen in a portable terminal. The method includes storing and updating a usage history of programs designated by respective user interface objects during a pre-set time period according to at least one time-related criterion or place-related criterion, selecting a selected criterion from the at least one time-related criterion or place-related criterion, and determining an arrangement position of a user interface object corresponding to each program by referencing the usage history stored and updated with respect to the selected criterion, with the usage history including an amount of usage time and the number of manipulations of each program. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130042205 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is an information processing apparatus including a novel user interface capable of switching a number of images for display on a screen. The information processing apparatus displays a menu image representing one or more menu item images on a screen, displays, when any one of the one or more menu item images is selected, a selection target image associated with the selected menu item image on the screen, stores a selected order of already-selected ones of the one or more menu item images, displays, when one direction along one side of the screen is specified, another selection target image, which is selected in accordance with the stored selected order and the one direction, and redisplays the menu image when an opposite direction to the one direction is specified in a state in which the selection target image associated with the menu image selected most recently is displayed. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130055161 | DATA FILTERING USING FILTER ICONS - Techniques are described for filtering a list of data objects based on a user selection of one or more filter icons. Embodiments provide an interface including a plurality of filter icons in a graphical user interface, with each of the filter icons associated with at least one respective class of data objects. A selection of at least one of the filter icons is received. In response to the received selection, embodiments output a portion of the list of data objects that contains only data objects from the classes of data objects that are associated with the selected at least one filter icon. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130055162 | USER INTERFACE FOR ACCESSING GAMES - A system and method for employing a user interface to facilitate user access to games. The example method includes displaying a band of plural adjacent tiles, wherein each tile represents a game, and wherein the band is scrollable in response to a specific user input; and arranging adjacent tiles based on a sorting rule, wherein the sorting rule includes arranging each tile according to a time of use and/or a time of download of a game associated with each tile. In a more specific embodiment, the method further includes illustrating, via the adjacent tiles, one or more games corresponding to one or game recommendations obtained in response to accessing a social network associated with a user of the user interface. Menu selections can allow access to recommendations; access to related games; access to games based on social network usage, and so on. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130080974 | REGION RECOMMENDATION DEVICE, REGION RECOMMENDATION METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A region recommendation device | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130091464 | TILTING CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINE - A tilting control method for an automatic teller machine (ATM) is disclosed. In particular, according to exemplary embodiments, various types of people operating the ATM may be considered. According to exemplary embodiments, both hardware tilting and software tilting may be executed by mechanically or programmably tilting a display by the operation of a user on the ATM. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130097560 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING MENU SCREEN OF USER DEVICE - A method for operating a menu screen in a user device is provided. The method includes activating a menu screen in response to a user's request; changing a state of an item of the menu screen according to a use log for each corresponding application when the menu screen is activated; and displaying the menu screen according to the state change of the item. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130111404 | USER INTERFACE FOR SAVING DOCUMENTS USING EXTERNAL STORAGE SERVICES | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130111405 | CONTROLLING METHOD FOR BASIC SCREEN AND PORTABLE DEVICE SUPPORTING THE SAME | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130132900 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING AND DISPLAYING ICONS IN RELATION TO A FREQUENCY OF ICON SELECTION - A method, system and computer-readable medium are provided for enabling the organization, presentation and selection of icons related to information technology processes on the basis of frequency of launching of applications or use of services related the selected icons. In a first version, certain icons related to individual information technology processes are associated with an enclosing icon displayed by a computer at least partly on the basis of a history of frequency of use of applications software or related services. The user may direct the computer to display or cease displaying the icons by selecting the enclosing icon. In a second version the enclosing icon may be additionally or alternately associated with and/or disassociated from the enclosing icon at least partly on the basis of user instruction. In a third version, the selected icons may be personalized by associating textual, graphical and/or photographic data as provided by the user. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130132901 | METHOD OF PROVIDING THUMBNAIL IMAGE AND IMAGE PHOROGRAPHING APPARATUS THEREOF - A method of providing one or more thumbnail images and an image photographing apparatus thereof include displaying a plurality of thumbnail images corresponding respectively to a plurality of image data, if at least one of the plurality of thumbnail images is selected, changing a displaying status of the selected thumbnail image to be distinguishable from that of remaining thumbnail images and, if a user's motion is recognized, replacing the remaining thumbnail images with other thumbnail images while keeping the selected thumbnail image therein. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130145318 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A determination is made on whether or not an instruction of temporarily stopping a recommendation list is issued, and in a case where it is determined that the instruction for the temporary stopping is issued, even when another item is selected by a user, a control is conducted to avoid an update of the displayed recommendation list. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130145319 | INTERACTIVE ELECTRONIC CATALOG APPARATUS AND METHOD - An interactive electronic display of a plurality of inventory items across a distributed network has a database having information for each of a plurality of display items. A processor is configured to organize at least one electronic catalog of display items, said catalog being distributable across the distributed network such that at least one user computer with access to the network may access the catalog. Instructions may be received from the user and the catalog changed according to those instructions. Further changes in the catalog may be entered from the publisher in response to an editorial change entered by a user, according to preconfigured directions. The display of the catalog may be controlled by a user with a graphical user interface such that the user may toggle between different catalogs or different displays of a catalog, which may be a different layout or a different color. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130152017 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE - Described is an example of an apparatus and method for providing a graphic user interface (GUI). A plurality of icons may be displayed on a screen. A frequency of use of each of the icons displayed on the screen may be stored. Accordingly, an external appearance of at least one icon from among the plurality of icons may be changed to reflect the frequency of use of the plurality of icons. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130167087 | MODE-BASED GRAPHICAL EDITING - Among other disclosures, a method includes associating an initial work area corresponding to a portion of graphical data with a graphical editing tool, receiving a request indicating a change in editing mode to use of the graphical editing tool, determining an active work area based on the initial work area associated with the graphical editing tool, and selecting the active work area, at least initially, for editing using the graphical editing tool. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130174091 | NINE-KEY CHINESE INPUT METHOD - A Chinese input method in a mobile device comprising a touch screen, the method comprise classifying a plurality of initial icons into initial icon groups according to a predetermined criteria and arranging the initial icon groups on a virtual keyboard of the touch screen to display an initial icon keyboard, determining one or more of the plurality of the initial icons as initial icon input based on touch input on the initial icon keyboard, arranging a plurality of final icons on the virtual keyboard of the touch screen to display a final icon keyboard and determining one or more of the plurality of the final icons as final icon input based on touch input on the final icon keyboard. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130219337 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR ARRANGING ICONS OF APPLICATIONS OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a method of an electronic device for arranging icons of applications of the electronic device, a starting time and an ending time of each of the applications is recorded in a storage system of the electronic device each time that the applications are run. A number of time intervals within a day are fixed, and a sample period is set, so that if a user of the electronic device selects an applications menu displayed on a display screen of the electronic device, the icons of each of the applications are arranged in the applications menu according to the counted running time of each of the applications. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130239054 | Method And Device Of Operation Menu Display Control For Analyzer - An operation menu display control method for an analyzer is provided which can change the ranking of operation menus to be displayed preferentially in accordance with the frequency of their use by users and which can set operation menus that can be displayed preferentially regardless of the frequency of their use. A storage unit stores a usage count | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130311946 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USER-CENTERED ICON LAYOUT ON MAIN SCREEN - Disclosed herein is an apparatus for user-centered icon layout on a main screen. The apparatus includes a generator which analyzes a usage pattern of a user terminal according to applications and generates lifestyle information based on a user preference of the applications, a determiner which determines order of priority with regard to the applications according to usage frequency and duration for each of the applications installed in the user terminal based on the lifestyle information, and a display which selects N applications (where, N is a natural number) based on the determined order of priority with regard to the applications, loads icons respectively corresponding to the N selected applications from a memory, and displays the icons on the main screen of the user terminal. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130326413 | Managing a User Interface for an Application Program - A method, apparatus and computer program is disclosed for managing a user interface (UI) for an application program in which a plurality of user interface methods are provided for a given application program function, one or more of the more frequently used UI options being maintained in the UI while one or more of the less frequently used UI options are removed. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20140053105 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - Included are: a plural-push information management unit; a screen attention degree determination unit; a selection operation history collection unit; a selection probability calculation unit calculating a user's selection probability for each category; and a display style determination unit causing pieces of push information in a category having a higher probability to be displayed in a more easily selectable display style. The categories include a relevance category including pieces of push information regarding content displayed on the screen. The selection probability calculation unit calculates a selection probability of the relevance category having a first attention degree as a screen attention degree to be higher than that having the second attention degree lower than the first attention degree; and calculates a selection probability having a first number as the number of selection times to be higher than that having a second number smaller than the first number. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140059487 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NON-LINEAR REPRESENTATION OF TIME IN CALENDAR APPLICATIONS - Methods and systems for displaying increments of time in a calendar view are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method receives a selection of commonly-used increments of time for the calendar and allots equal amounts of display space in the calendar view for each commonly-used increment. The method allots less display space for other increments of time that are not commonly-used as compared to space allotted for the commonly-used increments. In another embodiment, a system presents a calendar view having a plurality of increments of time and events in a display. The system includes an input device for receiving a selection of commonly-used increments of time and a processor configured to alter the calendar view by displaying the commonly-used increments of time linearly with equal amounts of display size for commonly-used increments of time and decreasing the size of other increments of time in proportion to their proximity to commonly-used increments. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140075384 | Context Aware Non-Linear Task Bar Orientation - A contextually sensitive visual display for active applications and open files. Active applications and open files are semantically analyzed, ranked and presented in a hierarchical orientation responsive to the ranking. A primary interface is divided into primary sections, with each active application assigned a primary section corresponding to its rank. Open files are similarly hierarchically oriented in a secondary interface divided into secondary sections and in communication with a primary section containing an active application associated with the open files. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140096080 | INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS, INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information display apparatus includes a display, a receiver, a memory, and a display controller. The display displays plural items in a list format in accordance with an order in a display field. The memory stores therein selection record information representing past record of selection of each of the plural items. The receiver receives an operation for updating items displayed in the display field based on the selection record information. The display controller specifies, when the operation is received by the receiver, at least one of the plural items by referring to the selection record information, and controls the display to display a part of the plural items including the specified item in the list format in accordance with the order in such a manner that the specified item is displayed at a reference position in the display field. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140137040 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION-PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION-PROCESSING METHOD - An example information-processing device that includes: a first registering unit that registers, in accordance with an operation performed by a user, a link data set indicating a specific data set, a specifying unit that specifies a status of use of a link data set registered by the first registering unit or a status of use of a specific data set indicated by a link data set registered by the first registering unit, and a second registering unit that registers at least one of a plurality of link data sets registered by the first registering unit based on a status of use specified by the specifying unit. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140149935 | User-Intent-Based Chrome - In one embodiment, a method includes monitoring current user interaction with a graphical user interface (GUI) associated with an application on the computing device. The application is associated with one or more of chrome elements for initiating a function of the application. The method also includes predicting future user interaction with the GUI based at least in part on the current user interaction with the GUI. The future user interaction is next with respect to the current user interaction in a sequence of user interactions with the GUI. The method also includes determining a chrome element of the application that is associated with the future user interaction; and providing for display in association with the GUI the chrome element of the application that is associated with the future user interaction. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140157196 | ELECTRONIC DECISION SYSTEM AND DECISION METHOD - An electronic decision system is provided. The electronic decision system has: an interaction apparatus configured to display a graphical interface, thereby retrieving multiple option values selected by a user; a database; and a decision module configured to retrieve at least one historical option value corresponding to the user and the multiple option values, wherein the decision module further determines a determination result according to the multiple option values, the at least one historical option value, and the at least one scenario criterion, and displays the determination result on the graphical interface of the interaction apparatus. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140157197 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER MENU THEREOF - A display apparatus and a method for providing a user menu are provided. The method for providing a user menu of a display apparatus includes displaying an electronic manual to explain a setting item of the display apparatus and, if a command to add one setting item from among a plurality of setting items included in the electronic manual is input, adding the setting item to a user menu. Accordingly, a user may recognize the functions provided by the display apparatus better and more accurately and add a setting item corresponding to a frequently-used function to the user menu. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140165001 | Adaptive Presentation of Content Based on User Action - Various embodiments provide an intelligent adaptive content canvas that can enable users to access content, such as photos and videos, and consume the content in an adaptive environment that tailors the user experience in accordance with various parameters. The user experience is personalized to the user and is adaptively predictive in a manner that attempts to surface content that the user would likely wish to consume. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140173515 | IDENTIFYING AND DISPLAYING A SET OF HIGH PRIORITY CONTACTS ON A DISPLAY DEVICE - A method and apparatus for identifying and displaying a set of high priority contacts on a display device associated with an end user device. In some embodiments, the method includes retrieving high priority contact list configuration settings that include one or more criteria for identifying a set of high priority contacts from a contact list having a plurality of contacts, determining whether information associated with one or more of the plurality of contacts meets the one or more criteria retrieved, identifying the one or more of the plurality of contacts that meet the one or more criteria as a set of one or more high priority contacts, and displaying the set of one or more high priority contacts in a high priority contact list on the display device. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140195972 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING PROGRAMS OR ICONS - A terminal is provided. The terminal includes a memory, and a processor for managing icons of programs installed in the memory. The processor determines a criterion for icon arrangement, arranges the icons according to the criterion for icon arrangement, and displays all or some of the arranged icons on a screen. The criterion for icon arrangement comprises at least one of most recently/frequently used, time, place, pattern of program use, and category. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140208268 | ADAPTIVE ROW SELECTION - Embodiments provide techniques for presenting a user interface. An initial interface containing a first plurality of selectable elements is presented to a user. Embodiments assign the user to a first one of a plurality of preference groups. A plurality of selections made by the user of selectable elements from the plurality of selectable elements are detected. Embodiments then generate a second interface for the user that includes a second plurality of selectable elements, based on the first preference group to which the user is assigned and the selectable elements selected by the user. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140237427 | BROWSING DEVICE, BROWSING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - Provided is a browsing device including a display unit that displays a content, an operation receiving unit that receives a user's operation, a history extraction unit that extracts an operation history regarding an operation that does not change the display of the content displayed on the display unit, and a calculation unit that calculates an interest level of the user with respect to the content, based on the operation history extracted by the history extraction unit. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140250411 | USER SELECTION HISTORY - Traversal of selections within a productivity application is described. When a user indicates a traversal signal, an ordered list of user selections is searched for a next selection entry in the ordered list. Object information from the next selection entry is obtained, wherein the object information describes a position and content of an object in a user interface of the productivity application. Using this object information, a current selection in the user interface is changed to the object corresponding to the next selection entry without changing the order of the list. Any action other than simple traversal taken by the user on an object will change the content and order of the list. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140282244 | Word cloud rotatable through N dimensions via user interface - A system and related method are disclosed for rendering a set of words linked to an n-dimensional vector space in a word cloud rendered from a two-dimensional projection of the vector space, where the user can click and drag a word, and the subspace and projection thereon will shift to place the word where the user has dragged it in a new projection, and the other words in the cloud will shift correspondingly, offering the user new insights. The importance of words in a document set is represented by word size, and relatedness between words demonstrated by color similarity. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140282245 | DYNAMIC ICONS - A portable electronic device that includes a memory for storing a plurality of applications and information relating to a plurality of icons, a display for displaying at least one of the icons, a user interface for allowing the user to select the at least one icon displayed on the display, and a processor for determining which of the plurality of icons to be displayed on the display according to a predetermined criterion, among other things. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140304654 | Wine Rating Tool, Simulator & Game For Portable Computing Device - Items—including gourmet products—are evaluated and rated by participants in a controlled event, with an interface adapted to capture numerical ratings and other descriptors. Events can be facilitated and simulated by a game wizard to assist in planning and effecting events. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140317567 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GRAPHICALLY DEPICTING PEOPLE AND INTERESTS - A system of graphically depicting people and interests can comprise an anchor structure having a dimensional area, an identity icon adapted to be positioned on or adjacent to the anchor structure, and a plurality of interest icons adapted to be positioned on or adjacent to the anchor structure and having a graphical relationship to the identity icon. The identity icon can be prepared so that it has an area no larger than 25% of the dimensional area of the anchor structure. Likewise, the any one of the interest icons can also have an area no larger than 25% of the dimensional area of the anchor structure. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140331179 | Automated Presentation of Visualized Data - A data visualization application provides an automated presentation of visualized data. A visualization of data is generated based on contextual information. Alternate visualizations displayed as actionable suggestions are also generated based on the contextual information. The application displays visualization and the actionable suggestions in proximity. The visualization is updated with an alternate visualization associated with a selected actionable suggestion in response to a user action selecting the actionable suggestion. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140337795 | Beverage Dispensing Device with Graphical Representation of Customized Beverage Selection - Systems and methods for dispensing compositions, such as beverages, are provided. A beverage dispenser may be configured to receive input corresponding to a selection of a beverage, and in response, a graphical representation of the beverage at a display device. The beverage dispenser may receive additional input corresponding to an adjustment of an amount of an ingredient of the selected beverage, and in response, the graphical representation of the beverage may be updated. The graphical representation of the beverage may include graphics depicting the beverage container, the volume of liquid in the beverage container, and the adjusted ingredient. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140344752 | CARDIAC ARREST EVENT (CODE) SUPPORT SYSTEM, EQUIPMENT AND METHDOLOGIES PROVIDING RECORDATION, DOCUMENTATION, ANALYSIS, FEEDBACK AND POST EVENT PROCESSING - Disclosed embodiments are directed at providing a cardiac arrest event support system, equipment and methodologies that enable recordation, documentation, real time analysis, feedback to personnel treating a victim of the event and post event processing to support objective documentation and post event processing (e.g., inventory, billing, etc.). | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140351756 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A MULTIMEDIA CONTAINER - A system and method for displaying a multimedia container. The method includes accessing, within a mobile device, a datastore corresponding to a multimedia container, wherein the multimedia container comprises a plurality of objects and the datastore comprises information about the plurality of objects; determining a plurality of most recently accessed objects of the plurality of objects; determining a respective image corresponding to each of the plurality of most recently used objects; determining an order of each respective image based on a respective access time of a respective object corresponding to the respective image; and displaying a multimedia container image comprising each respective image according to the order, the multimedia container image corresponds to the multimedia container. In one exemplary implementation, a first object of the plurality of objects is a first portion of content and a second object of the plurality of objects is a second portion of content. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140365966 | MANAGEMENT OF INPUT METHODS - Embodiments of a system and method are disclosed concerning the management of a plurality input methods on a computer. The input method may define how input from a human interface device is interpreted by a receiving application. The method may include locating one or more input method factors. The method may also include determining a numerical score of the input method factor using a metric of the input method factor and a weight of the factor. The method may also include ranking an input method factor using the determined numerical score of the input method factor. The method may also include presenting a user selection interface that lists the plurality of input methods as a function of the ranking. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20150012884 | EDIT PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An edit processing apparatus for enhancing user operability. The edit processing apparatus has an output device for displaying a target to be edited; and a CPU that displays on the output device edit menus for the target in accordance with a relative positional relationship between a position of the target and a cursor position on the output device and a frequency of selection made at the cursor position in the past. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150020027 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF PROCESSING INFORMATION IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An apparatus for processing information of an electronic document includes: a display unit configured to display at least one recommended item indicating user interest information in a first electronic document, and a controller configured to provide to the display unit for displaying the at least one recommended item in the first electronic document based on user information collected from the first electronic document, and to provide to the display unit for displaying user interest information through a function corresponding to a selected item of the at least one recommended item. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150020028 | CHARACTER INPUT DEVICE AND CHARACTER INPUT METHOD - A character input device includes: a display for displaying a plurality of character candidates for an input character; a use frequency database that accumulates, for each character, a first character use frequency of use as first character and a successive use frequency of at least one character used in succession to the character; a first character extractor that extracts a highly-ranked predetermined number of frequently-used characters used frequently as first character, based on first character use frequencies of respective characters; a successive use frequency extractor that extracts, for at least one frequently-used character, the successive use frequency of at least one character used in succession to the frequently-used character; and a display controller that displays the predetermined number of frequently-used characters as arranged in a center on the display and displays the characters other than frequently-used characters as arranged around the frequently-used characters, based on the successive use frequencies. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150082242 | Providing Context Menu Based on Predicted Commands - Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a context menu based on predicted commands. One embodiment involves identifying historical commands previously performed in an application. The embodiment also involves determining that each of a subset of commands from the historical commands has a higher correlation with a trigger command than others of the plurality of historical commands. The embodiment also involves generating a context menu including the subset of commands in response to receiving a request for the context menu after performing the trigger command in the application. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150089448 | ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS NAVIGATION USING TILE CHARACTERISTICS THAT CHANGE WITH APPLICATIONS DATA - In example embodiments, space filling elements displayed on a computer screen represent items in one or more levels of a hierarchical menu structure. The area of a space filling element indicates the number of accesses to an application associated with the space filling element. Other attributes of the space filling element may indicate values of characteristics of an associated application. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150113478 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE, ACCOUNTING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM - A communication terminal device includes an icon creation unit that creates an icon on a display screen for access to resources, the icon containing access destination information so that classification of the resources can be determined, a information storage unit that stores local resources, a resource viewing unit that acquires and outputs resources in response to a selection input of the icon, and an icon use information transmission unit that transmits icon use information for the selected and input icon to an accounting server device together with access destination information as information from which classification of the resources can be determined, in which the resource viewing unit acquires the network resources based on redirection information received from the accounting server device when the selected resources are the network resources, and acquires the local resources from the information storage unit when the resources are the local resources. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150121306 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CUSTOMIZING FUNCTIONS OF MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATIONS - Methods and systems are described herein for a media guidance application that customizes icons on an interface based on the frequency of use of the icon and provides the user with feedback related to the frequency of use for each icon. For example, the interface may include a plurality of icons, in which each of the plurality of icons is associated with individual visual properties. For each icon, feedback related to its frequency of use is provided by the media guidance application by modifying the individual visual properties associated with each icon. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150121307 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device including a score calculating unit configured to calculate a score indicating a relationship between pieces of content, a layout-information generating unit configured to extract content, which is highly related to content selected by a user from content displayed toward the user, based on the score and to generate layout information defining a layout in which the extracted content is emphasized, and a layout-information output unit configured to output the layout information to a display controller for displaying the content toward the user. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150121308 | USER TERMINAL, INTERFACE ICON UPDATING SYSTEM AND INTERFACE ICON UPDATING METHOD - An interface icon updating system for updating positions of icons displayed on an interface of a user terminal includes a storage module, a statistics module, a category conformation module, an icon conformation module and an icon replacement module. The storage module stores a relationship between the icons and program categories corresponding to application programs associated with the icons. The statistics module calculates operated times of each icon in a preset period of time. The category conformation module determines the icon operated the most times in the preset period of time, and determines the program category corresponding to the application program associated with determined icon according to the relationship. The icon conformation module determines other icons associated with determined category according to the relationship. The icon replacement module arranges all determined icons at a preset area of the interface. The disclosure also provides an icon updating method. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150309671 | Treemap-Type User Interface - In one embodiment, a user interface system based on a treemap-type presentation includes a processor and a memory. The processor is operative to store data for items which can be invoked, generate data for a user interface screen having regions arranged according to an arrangement, at least some of the regions being different sizes and being arranged according to size order, assign at least some of the items to the regions, receive user selections from an input device, determine which item is being selected for each user selection, refresh an assignment of the items among the regions of the user interface screen so that even though the assignment of the items among the regions is changed as a result of the refreshment, the arrangement and sizes of the regions in the user interface screen remain unchanged. Related apparatus and methods are also described. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150324067 | VEHICLE INFOTAINMENT GATEWAY - MULTI-APPLICATION INTERFACE - Systems and methods of application management related to vehicle infotainment systems are discussed. One example system may include one or more application components, with each application component associated with a distinct software application. The example system may also include a history component maintaining a history of recently used applications from among the one or more application components. The history of recently used applications may be ordered based on times of most recent usage of the recently used applications. Additionally, the example system may include an application management component providing an application manager that facilitates selection among the one or more application components. The application manager may present a home screen and the history of recently used applications via an output component. The history of recently used applications may be updated based on user selection among the one or more application components. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150370423 | MOBILE TERMINAL, AND MENU ITEM DISPOSING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF - A mobile terminal, and a menu item disposing method and apparatus thereof are provided. The menu item disposing method includes the following steps of providing a menu operation hotspot at a first predetermined position on a touch screen of the mobile terminal, the menu operation hotspot having a predetermined number of touch regions; receiving an input setting; obtaining usage priorities of menu items; and disposing the predetermined number of said menu items on the predetermine number of touch regions in a descending order of the usage priorities, wherein when the input setting complies with left-hand operation habit, then the menu item having the highest usage priority is disposed on the leftmost touch region of the menu operation hotspot; and when the input setting complies with right-hand operation habit, then the menu item having the highest usage priority is disposed on the rightmost touch region of the menu operation hotspot. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150370425 | APPLICATION MENU FOR VIDEO SYSTEM - The invention is directed to an electronic device. The electronic device generates for presentation on a display a user interface including a plurality of groups of icons. A plurality of the icons have been grouped based at least in part on metadata of applications associated with the icons. The electronic device receives input selecting a respective icon. In response to receiving the input selecting a respective icon, the electronic device invokes an instance of an application associated with the respective icon. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160011742 | System And Method For Providing User Access | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160034138 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SETTING A TWO HAND MODE TO OPERATE A TOUCHSCREEN - A method for setting a two hand mode to operate a touchscreen includes: receiving, via the touchscreen, at least one point of contact on the touchscreen generated by one or more fingers of a user, the touchscreen including a plurality of icons; detecting, by at least one processing device, a total number of the points of contact on the touchscreen and respective coordinates of the points of contact; determining, based on the total number of the points of contact and the respective coordinates of the points of contact, whether the user intends to use two hands to operate the touchscreen; and controlling the touchscreen to display the plurality of icons according to a result of the determining. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160034444 | PHRASE-BASED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A client device, such as a digital video recorder, provides a phrase-based communication system in which users are presented with a dynamic messaging interface of selectable phrases and other elements. At least some of the phrases may be selected using algorithms that identify phrases that are likely to be useful to the particular user and/or the context in which the user is creating a message. In this manner, a user is able to generate useful messages quickly, without being limited to stale and fixed canned messages. Popular phrases may be identified by, for example, a server that relays based on messages exchanged between users. These popular phrases may then be harvested for use in the dynamic messaging interface. Moreover, context-sensitive metadata elements may be added to the dynamic messaging interface based on, for example, content that the user is currently viewing or about which the user is currently accessing information. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160048273 | DIGITAL DOWNLOADING JUKEBOX SYSTEM WITH USER-TAILORED MUSIC MANAGEMENT, COMMUNICATIONS, AND OTHER TOOLS - A digital downloading jukebox system including a mechanism for delivering custom services to a recognized user, including services for creating playlists, communicating with others, accessing other features, etc. is provided. In some exemplary embodiments, after a user is recognized, the jukebox system allows users to access a special front-end via an Internet-enabled device or on an actual jukebox. Then, the user may, for example, create playlists, share songs with friends, send messages to friends, and access other value-added content. Such a system preferably learns about networks of friends, and enables managers to send similar messages to regular customers and/or others known to the system. In some exemplary embodiments, changes via a first user interface on a first device are reflected on second user interface on other properly-configured devices. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160054894 | DYNAMIC LAYOUT FOR ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS - Techniques are described for dynamically adjusting the layout of an organizational chart being presented inside a browser window. Adjusting the layout of the organization chart has certain advantages such as ensuring that the organizational chart can be displayed in the browser window with minimal scrolling. The direct reports of a manager can be presented as a matrix in the organizational chart when the manager is selected. In one example, the layout of the matrix can be a vertical vector or a two dimensional vector depending on the number of direct reports the manager has. In another example, the layout of the matrix can change depending on the space available within the browser window to display the matrix. In other examples, the organizational chart can also be scaled based on the screen resolution or screen size of the client device that is presenting the organizational chart. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160092043 | Timeline View of Recently Opened Documents - Some embodiments provide a method for displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) for an electronic device. The method receives input to display files recently opened on the electronic device. In response to the input, the method displays a chronologically-arranged graphical representation of files recently opened on the electronic device from two or more applications that operate on the electronic device. The files are arranged in several groups based on when the files were open on the electronic device. A first group of the several groups is selectable to initiate opening of several files in the first group so that the files in the first group are open concurrently. A second group of the several groups is selectable to initiate opening of several files in the second group so that the files in the second group are open concurrently. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160110033 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DISPLAY SURFACE OF AN OPERATOR CONTROL DEVICE AND OPERATOR CONTROL DEVICE IN A VEHICLE - A method for controlling a display surface of an operator control device in a vehicle, wherein data for a menu structure having menus in different levels is stored in a memory and the presence of an actuating object in a detection region is detected and the menus of the menu structure include a subsurface for displaying vehicle-specific information, wherein the subsurface having the vehicle-specific information is displayed or modified in the associated menu on the display surface only if it is detected that the actuating object enters into the detection region or exits from the detection region. Also disclosed is a corresponding operator control device in the vehicle for performing the method. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110042 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM RECORDING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An example information processing apparatus includes a display; storage configured to store one or more applications; and a hardware processor configured to control the display to display a menu screen, including one or more selection images operable for launching applications, both when the information processing apparatus is started and when executing of a launched application is stopped. The processor is further configured to automatically change an aspect of the menu screen after the information processing apparatus is turned off and re-started. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110328 | Display Method And Electronic Device - A display method and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: displaying a display interface including at least one object; obtaining progress information of at least one first object of the at least one object, where the progress information indicates a content position of the at least one first object that was last output; and displaying the progress information of the at least one first object in the display interface. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160147385 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION DISPLAYING APPARATUS - A biological information displaying apparatus which is configured to display biological information measured by a sensor adapted to be attached to a patient, includes: a displaying unit which is configured to display the biological information on a screen; an operation menu storing unit which is configured to store a plurality of operation menus for operating the biological information displaying apparatus; an operation menu priority determining unit which is configured to determine priorities of the operation menus stored in the operation menu storing unit, based on a predetermined condition; and a preferential-shortcut menu displaying unit which, based on the priorities determined by the operation menu priority determining unit, is configured to select a first part of the operation menus as a first shortcut menu, and which is configured to display the first shortcut menu on the screen. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160154545 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING AND DISPLAYING APPLICATION ICONS | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160165029 | PROVIDING INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH A PLURALITY OF COMMUNICATION ACCOUNTS OF A USER OF A MOBILE TERMINAL - An information provision method and apparatus of a mobile terminal is provided for managing and providing information items associated with a plurality of communication accounts of a user in an integrated manner. An information provision method for a mobile terminal includes configuring a plurality of identity informations associated with communications of a specific contact item; detecting an input for selecting an integrated contact management menu; and displaying the identity informations or communication informations associated with individual identity informations in an integrated manner. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160170583 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ELEMENT NAVIGATION | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160170584 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ARRANGING CONTENTS DISPLAYED ON SCREEN | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160179302 | PHOTO SELECTION AND MANAGEMENT APPLICATION | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160188126 | COLLABORATIVE DATA BASED DEVICE MAINTENANCE - Systems and methods for collaborative data based device maintenance are provided. In example embodiments, an indication of a malfunction of a user product of a user is received. In response to receiving the indication of the malfunction, a component of the user product corresponding to the malfunction is identified. User data of another user that includes data associated with the user product is accessed. An item listing associated with the component is identified based, in part, on the user data of another user. User data of the user is accessed . An order parameter for an order corresponding to the item listing is determined based on the user data of the user and the another user. A recommendation to place the order corresponding to the item listing using the determined order parameter is presented. | 06-30-2016 |
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