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| 20080216021 | Building machine - The invention relates to a building machine, in particular a road-building machine, having running gear and a chassis which is fitted with a working unit which has one or more implements. The building machine has a stored-program control device for controlling the implements of the working unit and a device for displaying operational variables or operational states in the form of characters or images. In addition to the stored-program control device, the building machine has a centralized data processing device which is embodied in such a way that operational variables or operational states can be displayed as characters or images with the device for displaying operational variables or operational states. The exchange of data between the stored-program control device and the centralized data processing device is carried out via a first data bus, while the exchange of data between the data processing device and the device for displaying operational variables or operational states is carried out via a second data bus. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080270943 | COLOR AND SYMBOL CODED VISUAL CUES FOR RELATING SCREEN ITEMS TO EACH OTHER - Described is a system and a computer program product for visually delineating a relationship between diverse, but related graphical objects in a graphical user interface. An icon that has specified color scheme is associated with the diverse, but related but graphical objects. When one of the related graphical objects is displayed, the icon is displayed within the displayed graphical object. The persistence of the icon with the specified color scheme in the displayed graphical objects allows them to be recognized as related. In a particular instance, the icon is displayed with each graphical object in a series of graphical objects that represent an evolution of progression of development. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080313570 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEDIA LANDMARK IDENTIFICATION - Methods and systems are described for allowing a user to quickly determine parts of a media item in which the user will be interested. In the methods and systems described, a timeline is provided for the media item and semantic icons are used as media landmarks along the timeline. The semantic icons are related to the content or a description of the content at the location in the media item corresponding to the semantic icon's location on the timeline. The semantic icons, in addition to providing some immediate contextual information at a glance, also allow a user access to annotations of the media item. Semantic icons can represent tags, users who have created or modified annotations for the segment of the media item, or other relevant information. The semantic icons may also be used to determine a relative level of interest in different parts of the media item both with respect to the user and with respect to other users. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090077501 | Method and apparatus for selecting an object within a user interface by performing a gesture - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates invoking a command. During operation, the system suggests with a graphic element a gesture to use to invoke a command. The system then receives the gesture from a user at a device. Note that the gesture is received via an input mechanism, and also note that the gesture is a predetermined manipulation of the input mechanism. The system then determines a graphic element within the user interface that is associated with the gesture. Finally, upon determining the object associated with the gesture, the system invokes the command associated with the graphic element. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090106703 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PROVIDE USER-CUSTOMIZED CONTENT - Provided are method and apparatus to provide user-customized content using mark log information of a user to provide content that are customized according to a user. The method includes display selected content, generating mark log information of a user according to markings of the displayed content, searching content related to the mark log information on a server and linking the content found via the searching to the mark log information. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090138827 | Portable Electronic Device with Interface Reconfiguration Mode - A portable electronic device displays a plurality of icons (e.g., graphical objects) in a region in a touch-sensitive display; detects a predefined user action, with respect to the touch-sensitive display, for initiating a predefined user interface reconfiguration process; and varies positions of one or more icons in the plurality of icons in response to detecting the predefined user action. The varying includes varying the positions of the one or more icons about respective average positions. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090144663 | Information display device and image forming apparatus - A display control section | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090217206 | MODELESS INTERACTION WITH GUI WIDGET APPLICATIONS - A user displayed interactive GUI widget (icon) provides two or more regions. A first region provides widget manipulation function for editing the widget, editing including moving or sizing functions. A second region provides widget interaction function for user interaction with the widget including interaction lists or interaction graphics. The regions may comprise one or more icon border regions and one or more icon internal regions. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090288040 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND STORAGE DEVICE FOR AN EMBEDDED COMMAND DRIVEN INTERFACE WITHIN A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - A command line interface that is imbedded within a program can be implemented to any graphical user interface. An exemplary storage medium that is coupled to the processor such that the processor can read information from, and write information to, the storage medium. Herein, a method and system for providing an imbedded command line interface from within a program's graphical user interface that allows repetitive tasks to be more easily automated without the use of a mouse. The data can be formatted and filtered with only keyboard interaction such that command sequences are flexible and can be reused in the future. The method and system enable easier access to commands requiring multiple clicks and quicker command input over existing graphical user interfaces. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, the technical user can more easily share and distribute command routines and more easily diagnose issues. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20100077359 | MAP DISPLAY DEVICE - A map display device includes a display condition judging means | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100095248 | DESKTOP ICON MANAGEMENT AND GROUPING USING DESKTOP CONTAINERS - A set of desktop icons on a graphical user interface (GUI) desktop can be selected, which marks the icons as being associated with a desktop container. In the GUI, a visual depiction that the selected desktop icons are associated with the desktop container can occur. The desktop container can be a GUI object for grouping a set of desktop icons and for manipulating a grouped set of desktop icons as a group. A user interaction with the desktop container can be received, which results in a container action being performed. The container action can affect each of the selected desktop icons and/or can affect targets to which each of the selected desktop icons point. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100122217 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING ICON OF MULTIMEDIA FILE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF - A method and an apparatus for displaying an icon of a multimedia file on a user interface, and a recording medium thereof are provided. In the present method, a file quality grade of the multimedia file is obtained first. A resolution of the icon of the multimedia file is subsequently adjusted according to the file quality grade and the adjusted icon is displayed on the user interface. As a result, the user can quickly determine the quality of the multimedia file by determining whether the icon is clear or not, thereby more conveniently opening the multimedia file that meets the file quality requirement. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100125811 | Portable Touch Screen Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Entering and Using Emoji Characters - In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method performed at a portable electronic device with a touch screen display includes simultaneously displaying a character input area operable to display text character input and emoji character input selected by a user, a keyboard display area, and a plurality of emoji category icons. In response to detecting a gesture on a respective emoji category icon, the method also includes simultaneously displaying: a first subset of emoji character keys for the respective emoji category in the keyboard display area and a plurality of subset-sequence-indicia icons for the respective emoji category. The method also includes detecting a gesture in the keyboard display area and, in response: replacing display of the first subset of emoji character keys with display of a second subset of emoji character keys for the respective emoji category, and updating the information provided by the subset-sequence-indicia icons. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100223580 | DATA BROWSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - First type icon data containing one icon image per content item and second type icon data containing a plurality of icon images per content item are received and temporarily stored in a temporary storage unit. Among the icon data temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit, an icon image is read from each of one or a plurality of icon data items and displayed. In so doing, regarding the second type icon data among the icon data whose icon images are being displayed, a plurality of corresponding icon images are sequentially displayed by being sequentially read out of the temporary storage unit. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100269071 | INTEGRATING INFORMATION SOURCES - Disclosed is a method and system for integrating heterogeneous fragments of information from at least two collaboration channels, using one or more servers, each adapted to provide fragments from one collaboration channel; one or more adapters, each adapted to adapt a fragment provided by a corresponding server to an interface common to the collaboration channels; and a module adapted to: find a previously stored fragment related to a new adapted fragment, and create a link between the related fragment and the new fragment; and one or more repositories, each adapted to store an adapted fragment from a corresponding server. Other embodiments are also disclosed. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100293508 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ICON POSITION AND PORTABLE TERMINAL ADAPTED THERETO - An icon position movement controlling method and a portable terminal adapted to the method are disclosed. When icons are displayed on the display unit of the portable terminal, if a position movement locking function is set, the position of the icon can be locked so that they are not moved by a touch event that has occurred on the display unit or a screen of the display unit. A position movement releasing function can release the locked icons. Therefore, the icons can be prevented from moving due to unintentional touch events. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20110029930 | DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING DEVICE AND DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING METHOD - A distributed processing device includes a GUI generating section configured to generate a job execution folder in which a program file of a program used for distributed processing and a processor file corresponding to a computational resource for executing the distributed processing are to be put and to display the job execution folder on a display device, and a file processing section configured to give an instruction for an execution of the distributed processing if the program file and the processor file which are required for executing the distributed processing are put in the job execution folder. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110197166 | METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING ENTERPRISE DOCUMENTS AND DIRECTORIES BASED ON ACCESS LOGS - Systems and methods recommend documents or directories in an enterprise context by analyzing use proximity in the organizational hierarchy to find similar users. Evidence may be used from different sources to gage the degree of interest a user may have in a document. Such pieces of evidence may include viewing page thumbnails, viewing the document online, or printing, saving, or bookmarking the document. To make managing these different sources of evidence from users related by different degrees tractable, a model may be created where evidence values decay by different amounts over time and are combined with different weights. Additionally, these systems and methods also can make use of the directory structure of the document space to recommend directories as well as individual documents. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110202883 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A WIDGET - A method of providing a widget includes displaying a first widget indicating time, and displaying first information indicating an attribute of a second widget and second information specifying the first information based on a user's selection on the first widget. The second widget includes the first information and the second information. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110231801 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION FED VIA AN INPUTTING MEANS - A method for processing information fed by a user via an inputting means is provided. The method enables, firstly, receiving a set of directional elements via a user interface. The set of directional elements represent textual or non-textual information fed by the user. Secondly, the method enables interpreting the set of directional elements. The set of directional elements are identified as a combination of motion of the inputting means on the user interface and one or more inputs from the inputting means. Further, the method enables converting the directional elements into a sequence and translating the sequence into the textual or non-textual information using a mapping format. The mapping format corresponds to a predetermined mapping format or a new mapping format. Finally, the method enables rendering the textual or non-textual information on the user interface in the form of one or more symbols. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110246948 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF DISPLAYING IMAGE, IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE RECORDED THEREON - An image processing apparatus includes: an image display control unit controlling an image display on a display screen; an image generating unit generating a question image including a question and option buttons configured by icons that can be arbitrarily selected for the question; a position detecting unit detecting a position of a pointer present on the display screen from imaging data acquired by imaging the display screen; a position information storing unit storing positions of the icons when the question image is displayed on the display screen; and a control unit specifying an icon out of the icons selected by the pointer based on the position of the pointer and calibrating the position of the pointer based on the position of the icon, which is stored in the position information storing unit, corresponding to the icon specified to have been selected. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110314424 | SCALING TYPE OVERLAY ICONS - A method and system are provided for displaying icons in accordance with user preferences. The method includes providing a user with a size selection mechanism for selecting an icon size from a range of sizes. The method additionally includes searching a set of stored resources related to the underlying file and generating the icon in the selected size based upon the stored resources. The method may additionally include selecting a type overlay and scaling the type overlay independently from the icon. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120079433 | DEVICE AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTING WITH TARGET IN OPERATION AREA - A system for interacting with a target in an operation area having a selection tool includes an operating device. The operating device senses a motion to make a decision about whether the motion has a specific motion, and confirms whether the selection tool is located upon the target according to a distance between the selection tool and the target when the decision is positive. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120089948 | GESTURE CONTROLLED USER INTERFACE - In an embodiment, a device is described that includes a computer-readable medium, a processing device, and an MCUI. The processing device may be configured to execute computer-executable instructions stored on the computer-readable medium. The MCUI may include computer-executable instructions stored on the computer-readable medium. The computer-executable instructions may include instructions for processing data representing movement of the device to actuate one or more features of the device. Each feature may be designated on the device by a corresponding feature icon. The computer-executable instructions may also include instructions for providing, on the device, an indication of which feature is actuated on the device. The indication may be associated with a feature icon corresponding to an actuated feature. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120137256 | HUMAN READABLE ICONIC DISPLAY SERVER - The invention is directed to providing a method for managing a human-readable icon associated with a user for displaying the human-readable icon on one or more target displays in response to a request for a service from the user. An icon server is used to manage and validate a unique human readable icon. The publicly-viewable human-readable icon can provide confirmation to the user for a request for service while providing a level of anonymity. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120137257 | HUMAN READABLE ICONIC DISPLAY - The invention is directed to providing a method for managing a human-readable icon associated with a user for displaying the human-readable icon on one or more target displays in response to a request for a service from the user. A user-operable device is used to transmit a request for the service and additionally to validate a unique human readable icon. The publicly-viewable human-readable icon can provide confirmation to the user for a request for service while providing a level of anonymity. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120167013 | SYSTEM OVERVIEW DIAGRAM GENERATOR - Disclosed are methods, systems and products, including a method that includes receiving, by at least one processor-based device, data relating to features of a computing system, generating, by the at least one processor-based device, a diagram including graphical data representative of, at least partly, the features of the computing system, including an order of release of at least some subsystems of the computing system and layered relationship information, and providing the generated diagram to a user interface for presentation. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120246598 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING TRUSTWORTHINESS CLASSIFICATIONS FOR FILES AS VISUALLY OVERLAID ICONS - A computer-implemented method for displaying trustworthiness classifications for files as visually overlaid icons may include (1) identifying a file, (2) identifying a file icon that graphically represents the file within a file manager interface on a computing device, (3) obtaining a trustworthiness classification assigned to the file that identifies the trustworthiness of the file, and then (4) visually overlaying the file icon with a trustworthiness icon that graphically represents the trustworthiness classification assigned to the file. Various other systems, methods, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120278766 | ALERTNESS TESTING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method and apparatus for detecting the alertness of an equipment operator by displaying a moving icon, and asking the operator to track the movements of the icon, either by following it with the eyes in a head mounted display, or by following it with a finger on a touch screen. The operator's performance can be measured by tracking the gaze of the operator's eyes, or by tracking the operator's finger movements. The performance of the operator can be compared to that particular person's history of test results, or to a data base of test results of other operators. The characteristics of the icon can be varied, and distractions can be provided on the display or screen. Control of the display or screen, tracking of the operator's eyes or finger, and analysis of the test results, can all be performed by a computer. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20130014063 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING UNREAD ELECTRONIC MESSAGES - The presence of new unread electronic messages received, that is, messages received since unread messages were last reviewed, is provided by indicia presented to the user. These indicia can take various forms, such as by bolding, flashing, changing the size or color of a count of unread messages, and/or the unread message icon. Alternatively, a separate indication, such as a second count representing the number of new unread electronic messages received, or some other symbol, such as an explanation point, can be displayed. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130067416 | MEDICAL FLUID INJECTION SYSTEM - One embodiment provides a method of using contextural lighting to assist a user of a medical fluid injection system. In this embodiment, the method includes providing alighted display in proximity to a component of the injection system during setup of the medical fluid injection system. If the user has properly performed a setup function that is associated with the component of the injection system, the method further comprises providing a first visual indication on the lighted display. If the user has not properly performed the setup function that is associated with the component of the injection system, the method further comprises providing a second indication on the lighted display. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130125056 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a device includes a display and a controller. The display displays an icon corresponding to an application. The controller changes a display mode of the icon according to a use status of the application corresponding thereto. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130145324 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE STATE OF A BEVERAGE - A system, method and device determine the state of a beverage and communicate information regarding the beverage. A communication device runs an application that determines the start temperature of the beverage to be cooled and sets a desired end temperature. Thermochromatic inks are used on the container label or packaging of the container to convey temperature information. A camera of the communication device senses temperature information of an image of the container. The application then determines an amount of time for cooling the beverage also taking into consideration the type and size of container. The beverage is placed in a cooling device, a timer is initiated by the user, and the application later generates a message indicating the beverage has reached the desired end temperature. The user may link information generated from the application to social networking sites for purposes such as generating invitations to friends within the social network. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130145325 | DYNAMICALLY CHANGING APPEARANCES FOR USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS DURING DRAG-AND-DROP OPERATIONS - A user interface includes elements whose appearance dynamically changes in dependence upon functions associated with the elements. In the case of an icon that is the destination for a drag-and-drop operation, the image displayed for the icon changes in accordance with the object being dragged to it, to represent the task that will be performed as a result of the drag-and-drop operation. The appearance of other elements involved in drag-and-drop operations can also be varied, to reflect the task at hand. As a result, the user is provided with more intuitive feedback regarding the functions that will be performed by the computer as a result of a drag-and-drop operation. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130174097 | CO-LOCATED USER INTERFACE CONTROLS - A system may include presentation of a plurality of shapes on a display, each shape associated with a selection value and one or more of the plurality of shapes being circumscribed by one or more other of the plurality of shapes, reception of a selection of one of the plurality of shapes, and, in response to receipt of the selection, presentation of a graphical indication of the selection of the one of the plurality of shapes. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130191786 | METHOD OF PERFORMING A SWITCHING OPERATION THROUGH A GESTURE INPUTTED TO AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method of performing a switching operation through a gesture inputted to an electronic device includes determining whether a current user interface of the electronic device is a predetermined user interface, where the predetermined user interface is a non-interactive user interface without prompting to input the gesture for performing the switching operation; capturing the gesture inputted to the predetermined user interface of the electronic device; determining whether the captured gesture corresponds to a predetermined gesture; and performing a switching operation when the captured gesture corresponds to the predetermined gesture. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130239065 | UNLOCKING A TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - A method for unlocking a touch screen device includes providing a touch screen device in an idle mode. An area or region displayed on a screen of the device in the idle mode is contacted or activated to reveal at least one application icon associated with an active/unlocked state of the device. The region is moved, expanded or dragged to an edge of the device to change a state of the device to an active/unlocked mode and activate the revealed application. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130254719 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display displays a folder for containing therein an icon corresponding to an application. The controller changes a display mode of the folder according to the number of icons contained in the folder. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130275919 | OBJECT VISUALIZATION - A method for object visualization includes providing an operator with an object filter tool through a graphical user interface, the tool comprising a rail having a number of shapes placed at distances from each other along the rail, the shapes representing divisions within a list of objects, distances between the shapes correlating to a number of objects between the divisions. The method further includes receiving from the operator, an interaction with the tool indicating a selection of objects within the list and presenting to the operator, a list of objects filtered based on the interaction with the filter tool. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130283212 | Method for Unlocking Touch Screen Mobile Phone and Touch Screen Mobile Phone - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for unlocking a touch screen mobile phone and the touch screen mobile phone. When locking a screen of the touch screen mobile phone, one or more application icons generated according to a preset policy are displayed on a lock screen interface. After one application icon is selected and used for unlocking, an application interface corresponding to the selected application icon is directly entered. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130311950 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING CUTTING SHAPE USING INTERACTIVE PROGRAM IN COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL MACHINE TOOL - The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for inputting a processing shape using an interactive program in a computer numerical control machine tool, including: an input unit having a key for inputting a parameter of an inputted shape; a display unit which registers a shape processed by a user as a user registration shape and provides a user interface environment capable of editing the registered user registration shape; a memory unit which stores a plurality of user registration shapes; an interactive program control unit which displays the plurality of user registration shapes stored in the memory unit through the display unit when the user requests the user registration shape, and outputs shape information after the user selects a representative shape from the plurality of user registration shapes and inputs a parameter of the representative shape; and a programmable machine controller (PMC) unit which drives the machine tool on the basis of the shape information outputted from the interactive program control unit. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20140047392 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A DISPLAY - A display apparatus and a method of controlling a display apparatus which is controlled by an input are provided. A method of controlling a display apparatus which is controlled by an input displays a cursor and a selectable icon, moves the cursor according to a user manipulation input through the input; and removes the cursor and changes display status of the icon in response to the cursor moving into a preset region based on a location of the icon. As a result, the display apparatus can reduce the unnecessary load of the graphics processing and provide an intuitive GUI to the user. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140053108 | LOCATION AND TIME BASED UNLOCKED ACTION - A mobile electronic device is provided that comprises a display unit and a control unit configured to display at least a first and a second keylock icon associated with a unlock function on the mobile electronic device. The control unit may be configured to activate the display unit when unlocking the mobile electronic device and presenting a first start page in response to the first keylock icon being selected and a second start page in response to the second keylock icon being selected. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140068522 | TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING OPERABILITY OF AN APPLICATION - Provided is a terminal that displays the operability of an application including: a storage unit storing precondition information of the application relating to usage environment; a determination unit comparing the stored precondition information of the application and the current state information of the terminal, determining whether the application is normally operable; applying a visual effect based on the determination to an icon corresponding to the application; and displaying the visually affected icon. Accordingly, a user can intuitively check the status of the application desired to be executed, whereby the user convenience can be improved. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140096085 | REPRESENTING CRITICAL DATA FIELDS OF DATA TABLE - Various embodiments of systems and methods for representing data fields of a data table are described herein. In one aspect, the method includes determining at least one data field of a data table. Data related to the determined at least one data field is read. A graphical representation of the data related to the determined at least one data field is generated. The generated graphical representation is displayed along with the data table. A user selection of a subset of data displayed on the graphical representation is received. A subset of the data table is displayed based upon the selected subset of data. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140101616 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CREATING VIRTUAL FOLDER AND MANAGING STORED APPLICATIONS - An electronic device and method for creating a virtual folder and managing stored applications capable of displaying a list of at least one application associated with a selected virtual folder based on metadata information of an application. A method of an electronic device can include receiving a touch input of any one of at least one virtual folder, calling at least one application registered to the touch-input virtual folder, and displaying the called at least one application. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140101617 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING TASK RECOMMENDATION ICON IN A MOBILE DEVICE - A method and an apparatus for generating a task recommendation icon in a mobile device are provided. The method includes displaying content on a touch screen, extracting at least one object from the content, extracting at least one action for the at least one object based on user log information, generating at least one recommendation task for the at least one object and the at least one action, generating at least one task recommendation icon representing the at least one recommendation task, and displaying the at least one task recommendation icon on the touch screen. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140201681 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING AND DISPLAYING ACTIVITY ICONS ON A MOBILE DEVICE - Embodiments are directed to managing applications and displaying icons on a mobile device through processes that monitor usage of the applications by a user, alter a display of an application icon based on the usage of the application and a context of the mobile device, and suggest substitute or additional applications for installation based on the usage of the application. The context may comprise a location of the device, a time and/or frequency of usage of an application, and an activity associated with the usage of the application. The icon may be minimized or eliminated from display if the usage falls below a defined threshold for a context, or it may be maximized if the usage exceeds the defined threshold for the context. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140201682 | ENGAGING PRESENTATION THROUGH FREEFORM SKETCHING - Various technologies described herein pertain to presenting a graphical object on a display screen. An indication that specifies a selected value attribute from a dataset for the graphical object and an example icon for the graphical object can be received. The example icon is a cluster of strokes, where a stroke is a mark that is displayable on the display screen. The graphical object is generated based upon the example icon and data for the selected value attribute from the dataset. The graphical object includes instances of the example icon respectively modified based upon the data for the selected value attribute from the dataset. The graphical object can be caused to be displayed on the display screen. Creation of strokes of the instances of the example icon included in the graphical object can be recorded for subsequent replay. The graphical object can be annotated and/or modified by filtering the data. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140245229 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING OBJECT IN USER DEVICE - A method and an apparatus for operating an object in a user device having a touch screen are provided. The method includes displaying one or more objects on a screen, detecting a hovering input selecting the object, displaying the selected object distinguished from other object in response to the hovering input, detecting a touch contact input related to the object selected by the hovering input, and operating the object selected by the hovering input when the touch contact input satisfies a condition. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140304659 | MULTIMEDIA EARLY CHILHOOD JOURNAL TABLET - The instant disclosure is directed to a novel multimedia computer tablet for journaling events and milestones primarily that occur in early childhood, as an electronic baby book or journal. The inventive tablet can operate as an electronic photo album and as a familiar computer tablet, displaying photos, slides shows and videos, including sound and text editing. The invention comprises a wireless communication component for web access. A novel Android-based operating system is disclosed, featuring simple photo editing. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140359534 | Information Prompt Method And Electronic Apparatus - An electronic apparatus that includes at least a first element and a sensor and an information prompt method for the electronic apparatus are described. The method includes judging whether a predetermined posture of the electronic apparatus changes or not by a sensor to obtain a first judgment result; generating a first prompt information for prompting a first position where the first element is disposed, when the first judgment result indicates that the predetermined posture of the electronic apparatus has changed; outputting the first prompt information, to enable a user to determine the first position according to the first prompt information, and to operate the first element. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140365974 | DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR RELEASING LOCK STATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and method for releasing a lock status of the display apparatus are provided. The display apparatus includes a display unit for displaying a lock view comprising an affordance object including a plurality of blocks, the plurality of blocks including a plurality of selection blocks; and a control unit for controlling the display unit to alter a display state of each of the plurality of the selection blocks, as each of the plurality of selection blocks is touched by a user, and to switch from the lock view to an unlock view, after all of the plurality of selection blocks are touched. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20150113482 | SYSTEM FOR GENERATING ICONS WITH BLURRED BACKGROUND AND METHOD THEREFOR - A device, system, and method optionally includes a network interface device communicatively coupled to a user interface and a processor, coupled to the network interface device, configured to generate and cause the user interface to display an icon, the icon including a graphic and a background based, at least in part, on a blurred form of the graphic and an overlay color. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150363073 | APPLICATION ICON ARRANGEMENT METHOD AND TERMINAL - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an application icon arrangement method and terminal. The method comprises: setting a touch-sensitive hotspot zone in a screen area of a display page on a terminal; setting a plurality of icon display units in the touch-sensitive hotspot zone, in which are used to place an application icon; setting a sequence of placing the application icon into each of the plurality of icon display units; and placing the application icon into an icon display unit, according to a set position of the icon display unit and the sequence. By implementing the embodiments of the present disclosure, the scope of a user operation on an application icon in the upper section of the screen can be narrowed, and the reliability of one-hand tapping operation on the application icon can be improved. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20160048298 | METHOD OF PROCESSING CONTENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method of operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes selecting at least one particular location in content displayed on a display, identifying text included in the at least one particular location, and executing at least one program based on the text. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160070437 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING DESKTOP ICONS - A method for displaying desktop icons in an electronic device at first shows all icons as having a three-dimensional appearance and a default depth. A frequency of execution is recorded for each executed application having an icon and the apparent depth of each icon is changed to reflect different execution frequencies within a predetermined time period. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160070438 | Interfacing Method for User Feedback - An interfacing method for user feedback is disclosed, in which the interfacing method may include determining an expression mode of at least one interface element among a plurality of interface elements based on a relative relationship among cumulative numbers of the interface elements selected from the interface elements corresponding to response paths to contents. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160077707 | CONTROL METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A control method and an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a display screen and K inputting apparatuses. The display screen is fixed in the housing and a display output area of the display screen is visible through a first surface of the housing. The K inputting apparatuses are fixed in the housing and an operation surface of each of the K inputting apparatuses is exposed through a lateral surface of the housing. The electronic device is adapted to control the display screen to display M indicating icons on a periphery of the display output area. The electronic device is adapted to acquire, via the operation surface, the input operation at a first operation position on the operation surface, and perform a first function represented by a first indicating icon corresponding to the first operation position in response to the input operation. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160077708 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EXECUTING APPLICATIONS THROUGH APPLICATION SELECTION SCREEN - A method of operating a display device includes displaying one or more entities and one or more application icons associated with the one or more entities on an application selection screen; receiving a first input selecting an application icon of the one or more application icons, while continuing to display the application selection screen; and executing an application associated with the selected application icon, in response to the first input. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160085415 | MULTI-PARAMETER, RISK-BASED EARLY WARNING AND ALARM DECISION SUPPORT WITH PROGRESSIVE RISK PIE VISUALIZER - A medical monitoring device includes a data processor and a display device communicatively connected to the data processor. The data processor constructs a circular icon representative of received monitored physiological and alarm data for a plurality of vital signs monitored for at least one patient, the circular icon divided into wedges and each wedge corresponds to one of the plurality of vital signs, and label each circular icon with an identity of one of the at least one patient, and the identity includes at least one of a patient name and a patient location. The display device displays the constructed circular icon and the identity for the at least one patient. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160110094 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal capable of receiving a touch input and a control method thereof are provided. The mobile terminal includes: a display unit configured to receive a touch input drawn along a portion or the entirety of a shape of an icon corresponding to a pre-set application and output the icon according to the touch input; and a controller configured to execute the application corresponding to the icon drawn along the touch input. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160139771 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING NOTIFICATION ICONS - Various examples provide a method and an apparatus for removing notification icons. The method includes: displaying a notification icon corresponding to newly-obtained data on a user interface; obtaining information of the newly-obtained data; obtaining a pre-defined data type corresponding to the newly-obtained data by using the information of the newly-obtained data; obtaining information of a module having access to an interface for removing the notification icon by using the data type; starting the module based on the information of the module; and removing, by the module, the notification icon from the user interface by using the interface. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160147411 | METHOD FOR MANAGING TASK ON TERMINAL DEVICE, AND TERMINAL DEVICE - A method for managing a task on a terminal device and the terminal device are provided. The method for managing a task on a terminal device may include: monitoring whether a first application on the terminal device is running, and monitoring a user's action of operating a desktop of the terminal device; and displaying, on the desktop of the terminal device, a running-state icon corresponding to the first application if it is detected that the first application is running, and disabling the first application if it is detected that the first application is running and the detected user action meets a preset disabling condition corresponding to the first application; or displaying, on the desktop of the terminal device, a disabled-state icon corresponding to the first application if it is detected that the first application is in a disabled state. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160154488 | INTEGRATED CONTROLLER SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160202877 | EMERGENCY INFORMATION ACCESS ON PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES | 07-14-2016 |
