| 09th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 47 |
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| 20160062527 | TOUCH PANEL TO MINIMIZE SIGNAL DISTORTION AND DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a touch panel disposed on a TFT substrate | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062528 | KEYBOARD FOR USE WITH A COMPUTING DEVICE - A keyboard for use with a computing device includes multiple rows of keys with each of the rows of keys including multiple keys. A horizontal pitch of the keys is between 18 mm and 19 mm and a length of the rows of the keys is between 230 mm and 235 mm. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062529 | TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A method of fabricating a touch display apparatus is provided which includes: forming a first substrate on a first carrier; forming an assembly part on a second carrier, wherein the assembly part includes a second substrate, a third substrate and a touch sensing layer interposed therebetween, and the third substrate is relatively near a side of the second carrier; assembling the first substrate and the assembly part such that a display layer is formed between the first substrate and the assembly part; and at least removing the first carrier. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062530 | Ultrasound-Based Force Sensing of Inputs - An electronic device that senses home button inputs through ultrasonic force sensing. The electronic device may correlate that amount of force that a user applies to the home button with a specific home button command. In certain embodiments, the system may combine the force of touch information with other information that is sensed for a particular touch to correlate the touch input with a greater number of home button commands. A home button embodiment discussed herein may include a home button image that is displayed on a touch sensitive panel. In other embodiments, a home button may be located outside of the boundaries of a touch sensitive panel. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062531 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION TARGET DEVICE IN VEHICLE, AND STEERING WHEEL - A setting unit dynamically sets a first area and a second area on a touch sensor mounted on a grip portion that a driver grips on a steering wheel. A first detector is configured to detect a state where a first area in a touch sensor mounted on a grip portion that a driver grips on a steering wheel is touched. A second detector is configured to detect a state where a particular input operation is performed on a second area located on the upper side of the first area in the touch sensor. A controller is configured to control an operation target device to be operated with the touch sensor according to the particular input operation when the first detector detects the state where the first area is touched and the second detector detects the state where the particular input operation is performed. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062532 | SPECIFIED POSITION DETECTION DEVICE - To realize a specified position detection device that can easily detect a specified position with high accuracy. Based on a pulse drive resonance current that flows from a drive signal input unit 13 to Y-axis loop coils Y1, Y2, . . . , YM, a tuned resonance current flows through a position specifying tool 5 that is positioned adjacent to one Y-axis loop coil. Based on the tuned resonance current, an induced resonance current flows through one of X-axis loop coils X1, X2, . . . , XN where the position specifying tool 5 is positioned. As a result, a position detection output signal S6, which indicates a coordinate position where the position specifying tool 5 is positioned, is obtained. In this manner, by using a simple configuration that uses resonance operations of each component, from a specific positioned target coordinate position, it is possible to obtain a position detection signal that is clearly distinguishable from other coordinate positions. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062533 | METHOD OF DISAMBIGUATING WATER FROM A FINGER TOUCH ON A TOUCH SENSOR PANEL - A computer-implemented method is disclosed. The method includes: identifying a touch detected on a touch sensor panel; extracting touch information associated with the touch; calculating an overall confidence value based on the extracted touch information; comparing the confidence value with a predetermined threshold; and determining whether to identify the touch as a non-touch based on a result of the comparison. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062534 | Information Processing Method And Electronic Device - An information processing method and an electronic device are described. The method is applied to an electronic device and includes obtaining first track data of a motion of an operating body with respect to the electronic apparatus, and obtaining first identification data of the operating body; deriving first input data corresponding to the first identification data and the first track data; and the electronic apparatus responding to the first input data. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062535 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a touchscreen display and a controller. The controller is configured to switch a frame rate of image display on the touchscreen display from a first frame rate to a second frame rate which is higher than the first frame rate when a first program is activated. The first program is configured to display, on the touchscreen display, an object showing handwriting in response to a handwriting input operation on the touchscreen display. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062536 | MOTHER SUBSTRATE FOR A TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND ARRAY TEST METHOD THEREOF - A mother substrate for touch screen panel includes a plurality of sensing patterns disposed in an active area, a plurality of first pads disposed in an non-active area surrounding the active area, a plurality of position detecting lines disposed in an non-active area and connecting the sensing patterns and the first pads and a plurality of second pads connected to the first pads. The first pads are spaced apart from each other by a first width. The second pads are spaced apart from each other by a second width more than the first width. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062537 | APPARATUS FOR DRIVING OF TOUCH PANEL - Embodiments relate to a touch panel operable in a first haptic mode and a second haptic mode. The touch panel includes first electrodes and second electrodes intersecting the first electrodes. The touch panel further includes an elastic dielectric member disposed between the first electrodes and the second electrodes to separate the first electrodes and the second electrodes. The first electrodes are applied with a first voltage during the first haptic mode. The second electrodes are applied with a reference voltage in the first haptic mode. A subset of the second electrodes is applied with a second voltage to generate electrostatic force between the subset of the second electrodes and a user's finger in the second haptic mode. The elastic dielectric member vibrates in response to the first voltage applied to the first electrodes in the first haptic mode. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062538 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A touch screen panel includes: a touch sensing substrate provided with a hole at least one side of the touch sensing substrate; and a flexible printed circuit board inserted into the hole and electrically connected to the touch sensing substrate. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062539 | MOBILE TERMINALAND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed. The present disclosure includes a touchscreen configured to recognize at least one touch point at a same timing point and a controller, if a touch pattern for releasing a lock is received through the touchscreen, releasing a lock state of the touchscreen and outputting a preset screen. And, the touch pattern includes a preset touch pattern corresponding to the number of the at least one touch point recognized at the same timing point. Accordingly, a lock is released in response to a command for releasing a lock screen of a touchscreen, various informations are outputted, and a function is launched, simultaneously. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062540 | REDUCED-SIZE INTERFACES FOR MANAGING ALERTS - An electronic device with a display can receive an alert comprising information, and in response to receiving the alert, issue a perceptual output. The device can detect a user input and determine whether the user input was detected within a predetermined time interval after the perceptual output. In accordance with a determination that the user input was detected within the predetermined time interval, the device can display a notification on the display, wherein the notification comprises a first portion of the information. If the device continues to detect the user input after a second predetermined time period, the device can display a second portion of the information, where the second portion is different from the first portion. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062541 | ELECTRONIC TOUCH COMMUNICATION - Touch inputs such as single-finger contacts and multiple-finger contacts are detected at an electronic device and translated into electronic touch communications for playback at an external electronic device. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062542 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a mobile terminal device in which a locking mode is released based on a touch intensity in order to prevent an unlocking operation by an unintended touch, and a driving method thereof, wherein the driving method includes detecting a touch intensity for each touch when a plurality of touches occur in a locking mode, and releasing the locking mode on the basis of the plurality of touch intensities detected, or executing a function corresponding to the plurality of touch intensities detected. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062543 | TOUCH CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD - A method for controlling a touch control device includes defining a first area and a second area on a touchpad, detecting whether a touched position on the touchpad that is touched by an operating object falls in the first area or the second area, and calculating the corresponding on-screen coordinates of the operating object with different sets of ratios depending on the touched position. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062544 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus comprises a display, a touch panel, a detector, and a processor. The display comprises a display screen. The touch panel is provided on the display screen and configured to detect a touch operation. The detector is configured to detect whether an input operation by an input device is available, the input device being different from the touch panel. The processor is configured to set, when the input operation by the input device is available, a first resolution on the display screen, and when the input operation by the input device is not available, a second resolution on the display screen, the second resolution different from the first resolution. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062545 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND TOUCH DETECTING METHOD THEREOF - A portable electronic apparatus and a touch detecting method thereof are provided. In the method, a touch is detected by a touch screen of the portable electronic apparatus. Then, whether the touch is located in an edge area of the touch screen is determined. If it is determined that the touch is located in the edge area of the touch screen, the touch time during which the touch continues and no other touch is detected by the touch screen is accumulated, and whether the accumulated touch time exceeds a preset time is determined. If the accumulated touch time exceeds the preset time, related information of the touch is removed from an event triggered by the touch until the touch ends. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062546 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY SYSTEM INCLUDING CIRCUITRY TO ADDRESS DISPLAY PERTURBATIONS INDUCED BY PANEL SENSING - A video display includes a video display panel and a video display drive circuit configured to control a display on condition. A touch screen includes a touch screen panel (mounted on top of the video display panel) and a touch panel control and sense circuit configured to operate the touch screen panel in a self-capacitance mode. The touch panel control and sense circuit includes sense drive circuits configured to generate sense drive signals for application to sense lines of the touch screen panel. A controller controls actuation of the sense drive circuits so that the sense drive signals are synchronized to the display on condition. In an implementation, the leading edges of the sense drive signals are synchronized to the display on condition. In another implementation, a window is synchronized to the display on condition and the leading edges of the sense drive signals exhibit jitter within the window. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062547 | Method of Scanning Touch Panel and Touch Integrated Circuit for Performing the Same - According to embodiments, methods of scanning a touch panel and a touch integrated circuit (IC) for performing the same are disclosed. The touch IC simultaneously supplies a first driving signal having a first phase and a second driving signal having a second phase to a first driving line and a second driving line of the touch panel, respectively, and detects a sensing signal from a sensing line crossing the first driving line and the second driving line. The touch IC acquires a first scanning signal corresponding to the first driving line and a second scanning signal corresponding to the second driving line from the sensing signal. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062548 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH SENSING FUNCTION - Disclosed is a timing controller for a display panel comprising: a mode controller arranged to operate a display panel in one of a sensing mode or a display mode; a sensing controller arranged to obtain sensed data associated with a transistor during the sensing mode, the transistor corresponding to a touch recognition area of the display panel; a touch controller arranged to compare a change value of the sensed data with a touch critical range; wherein the touch controller is further arranged to extract position information or identification information on the touch recognition area if the change value is within the touch critical range. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062549 | Instrument Detection with an Optical Touch Sensitive Device - An optical touch-sensitive device detects touch events caused by instruments (e.g., pens, styluses) and distinguishes these events from touch events caused by fingers. In some embodiments, different instruments can also be distinguished. The optical touch-sensitive device includes multiple emitters and detectors. Each emitter produces optical beams which are received by the detectors. The optical beams preferably are multiplexed in a manner so that many optical beams can be received by a detector simultaneously. Touch events disturb the optical beams, for example due to frustrated total internal reflection. Information indicating which optical beams have been disturbed is analyzed to detect one or more touch events. The analysis also distinguishes instrument touch events from finger touch events. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062550 | Instrument Detection with an Optical Touch Sensitive Device - An optical touch-sensitive device detects touch events caused by instruments (e.g., pens, styluses) and distinguishes these events from touch events caused by fingers. In some embodiments, different instruments can also be distinguished. The optical touch-sensitive device includes multiple emitters and detectors. Each emitter produces optical beams which are received by the detectors. The optical beams preferably are multiplexed in a manner so that many optical beams can be received by a detector simultaneously. Touch events disturb the optical beams, for example due to frustrated total internal reflection. Information indicating which optical beams have been disturbed is analyzed to detect one or more touch events. The analysis also distinguishes instrument touch events from finger touch events. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062551 | NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER READABLE OBJECT DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, OBJECT DISPLAY DEVICE, AND OBJECT DISPLAY SYSTEM - A non-transitory recording medium storing a computer readable object display control program, the program being configured to run on a device, is provided, wherein the device includes: a display part which displays an object on a screen; and an operation part which enables manipulating the object, wherein the program causes the device to perform: a first process in which, when an object is selected from a plurality of objects forming one file, a group of objects contained in the file is specified, the group of objects being associated with the object having been selected; and a second process in which, when one or more of the objects having been selected are displayed on the display part, the group of objects associated with each of the objects having been selected is displayed so as to be viewed. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062552 | WINDOW MANAGEMENT METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUPPORTING THE SAME - A window management method in an electronic device and an electronic device thereof are provided. The method includes receiving, by a controller, a user input event generated in association with a selection of an item displayed in a display area of a display; and outputting, to the display, by a display control module, a plurality of windows corresponding to the selected item and information indicating at least one output capable window corresponding to the selected item and available to be output in a specified form in a specified area. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062553 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THROUGH USER TERMINAL, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND USER TERMINAL FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method of controlling an image forming apparatus using a user terminal includes displaying a popup window corresponding to an event generated in the image forming apparatus, determining whether at least one user terminal is connected to the image forming apparatus, and applying a previously set timeout to the popup window according to the connection of the user terminal. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062554 | DRAG MOVE GESTURE IN USER INTERFACE - The disclosed method and device are directed to navigation, by a dual display communication device, through display objects. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062555 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC LINKED PANELS IN USER INTERFACE - A computer system may be configured to: execute a first query associated with a first panel; display the first panel in a user interface based on first display settings of the first panel, the first panel displaying at least a portion of the result of the first query, the result of the first query associated with a variable; execute a second query associated with a second panel, wherein the second query refers to the variable associated with the first query; display the second panel in the user interface based on second display settings of the second panel, the second panel displaying at least a portion of the result of the second query; and in response to user input changing the displayed result in the first panel: re-execute the second query; and update the display of the second panel in the user interface based on results of the re-executed second query. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062556 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING TOUCH INPUT - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display having a first area and a second area functionally divided, a determination module configured to determine a location of a touch input, and a processing module configured to process the touch input based on a state of the electronic device, if the location of the touch input is in the second area. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062557 | METHOD OF PROCESSING CONTENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method for processing contents at an electronic device is provided. The method includes generating a first content corresponding to a user input applied to content via the electronic device, and displaying a floating user interface (UI), which displays first scrap information on the first content, on a screen of the electronic device. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062558 | BACKEND TECHNIQUES FOR FUNNEL ANALYSIS - Techniques for providing information describing how users are funneling through various products and features of a website are described. According to various embodiments, a user specification of a first set of one or more entities is received. A data structure storing a plurality of data structure entities is then accessed, each of the data structure entities corresponding to an online user session and describing one or more user interaction events included in the corresponding online user session. A set of the plurality of data structure entities are then retrieved from the data structure, the set of the plurality of data structure entities corresponding to online user sessions that include a user interaction event with at least one of the entities in the first set. Information regarding the retrieved set of the plurality of data structure entities is then provided to a user, via a user interface. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062559 | Generating Task Flows for an Application - The present disclosure provides a method for generating task flows for an application. Actions of a user of an application are monitored and key actions carried out by the user in the application are logged. Based on a determined flow of key actions a task flow is formed. A representation of the task flow is stored for access by other users. The stored representation of a task flow is associated with a goal to be achieved in the application. Representations of task flows may be stored locally to the application for access by other users of the application or remotely stored with an indication of the application to which a task flow relates to provide access to the task flows by users of other applications. A list of stored representations of task flows may be provided to enable selection of a task flow. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062560 | AUTOMATIC PROCESSING WITH MULTI-SELECTION INTERFACE - A multi-selection system allows selection of multiple displayed items in a GUI, and processes an underlying data set based on the selection. Users may utilize swipes or concurrent point interactions with the GUI to co-select items. The system identifies actions to perform for selected items based on selection criteria associated with the selected items, or mapping data that maps the selected items to actions. The system automatically identifies grouping criteria for data returned from performed actions and displays resulting groups for further user selection. The system provides suggestive visual highlights that identify commonly co-selected items in the interface. The system collects instrumentation items, for historical usage data, that record aspects of users' interactions with the system. As such, the system may identify, from the historical usage data, sets of commonly co-selected items, mappings between combinations of items and one or more actions, productive arrangements of items displayed in GUIs, etc. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062561 | USER-SELECTABLE QUASI-PERMANENT PARTIAL OVERLAP OF USER INTERFACE DISPLAY - A method includes displaying via a processor a user interface on a display screen of a computing device, detecting a selection of a portion of the first user interface, generating a clip configured to include the selected portion of the user interface as content. The method further includes displaying the generated clip on the display screen to enable a user of the mobile device to review the content, and maintaining the display of the generated clip on the display screen even after the user interface is no longer displayed on the display screen. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062562 | AUTOMATIC PROCESSING WITH MULTI-SELECTION INTERFACE - A multi-selection system allows selection of multiple displayed items in a GUI, and processes an underlying data set based on the selection. Users may utilize swipes or concurrent point interactions with the GUI to co-select items. The system identifies actions to perform for selected items based on selection criteria associated with the selected items, or mapping data that maps the selected items to actions. The system automatically identifies grouping criteria for data returned from performed actions and displays resulting groups for further user selection. The system provides suggestive visual highlights that identify commonly co-selected items in the interface. The system collects instrumentation items, for historical usage data, that record aspects of users' interactions with the system. As such, the system may identify, from the historical usage data, sets of commonly co-selected items, mappings between combinations of items and one or more actions, productive arrangements of items displayed in GUIs, etc. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062563 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THEREFOR - The present specification relates to a display device and a method of controlling therefor. According to one embodiment of the present specification, a method of controlling a display device may include the steps of displaying a video image and a timeline interface corresponding to the video image, setting frames of which correlation is greater than a predetermined ratio among a plurality of frames included in the video image as a first frame group, setting a first point and a second point on the timeline interface based on the first frame group, setting a first panorama section between the set first point and the second point and displaying a first panorama interface corresponding to the first panorama section. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062564 | DIGITAL DEVICE FOR COPYING DIGITAL CONTENTS BY SCREEN OVERLAP AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - The present specification discloses a digital device and controlling method thereof, by which digital contents can be copied by screen overlap. The digital contents display a first screen and a second screen on a first layer and a second layer, respectively. And, the digital content included in the second screen located in a region corresponding to an input window region included in the first screen to an input window of the first screen. As a process so-called ‘COPY and PASTE’, it is characterized in copying a digital content exactly to a screen-overlapped location on a display by screen overlap. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062565 | Method of Removing External Devices for Computer System and Related Computer System - A method of removing external devices for a computer system includes detecting a plurality of external devices connected to the computer system; displaying a list via a display device when the computer system receives a removal indication signal, wherein the list comprises a plurality of selection fields corresponding to the plurality of external devices and each of the plurality of selection fields corresponds to one of the plurality of external devices, respectively; and determining whether to perform a removal procedure on an external device among the plurality of external devices according to whether a selection field corresponding to the external device among the plurality of selection fields is selected when the computer system receives a removal signal. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062566 | DEVICE ASSOCIATED WITH A VEHICLE AND HAVING A SPELLING SYSTEM WITH A COMPLETION SUGGESTION - An operating unit is used to choose least alphanumeric characters and/or symbols and to combine them to form a character group. A display device displays selectable characters in a selection field and displays selected characters in an one input field. Data is stored in a storage unit. A data processing unit selects data from the data stored in the storage unit according to predefinable criteria, taking into consideration a chosen character and previously selected characters. A completion suggestion with at least one completion element is displayed in close proximity to the chosen character in the selection field, insofar as a possible completion of the chosen character and the previously selected characters. The completion element is choosable by a user by the operating unit, and a chosen completion element can be selected by a user by the operating unit. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062567 | MUSIC USER INTERFACE - The present disclosure relates to music user interfaces. A device, including a display and a rotatable input mechanism, is described in relation to accessing and playing music. In some examples, a user can provide input through the rotatable input mechanism to access a landing screen of a music application. The landing screen concurrently displays an affordance for accessing playlists, an affordance for a list of artists, and an affordance for accessing a list of songs. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062568 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An example system includes: a display processing unit performing processing of displaying on a display unit a home screen containing a selection image and a background image, the selection image being constructed from one or a plurality of images used for receiving selection operation, the background image serving as a background of the selection image; and a scroll operation reception unit receiving operation of scrolling the selection image displayed on the display unit. In accordance with the operation of scrolling received by the scroll operation reception unit, the display processing unit scrolls the selection image while animating the background image of the home screen. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062569 | INTELLIGENT CONTENT QUEUING FROM A SECONDARY DEVICE - Example embodiments provide systems and methods for managing intelligent content queuing from a secondary device for content delivery to a primary device. A content queuing system on the secondary device generates and displays a playlist interface on the secondary device. A selection of a content item to be added to a playlist is received. The content queuing system determines that addition of the content item causes a live content item to overlap with an on-demand content item on the playlist. As a result, the content queuing system creates at least two segments for the on-demand content item. The live content item is positioned between the first and a second segment on the playlist. The first segment is scheduled to end at a start time of the live content item and the second segment is scheduled to begin at an ending time of the live content item. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062570 | REDUCED-SIZE NOTIFICATION INTERFACE - An electronic device with a touch-sensitive display can obtain a plurality of alerts associated with dates and times. The device can detect a user input, and in response to the input display a notification interface. The notification interface can include a future notification representing a future alert with a date and time after the current date and time, and a past notification representing a past alert with a date and time before the current date and time. The future and past notifications can be separated by a graphical separator that has an indication of the current time. The future and past alerts correspond to different installed applications. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062571 | REDUCED SIZE USER INTERFACE - A method includes: at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display and a rotatable input mechanism: receiving data representing a collection of photos stored on an external device; displaying a first view of an image, the image comprising a first representation including a visual representation of a first photo in the collection of photos and a second representation including a visual representation of a second photo in the collection of photos. The first representation and the second representation may be arranged in fixed positions with respect to each other, and, in the first view, may be displayed at a first size. A first movement of the rotatable input mechanism may be detected and, in response, a second view of the image may be displayed in which the first representation and the second representation are displayed at a second size different than the first size. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062572 | REDUCED SIZE CONFIGURATION INTERFACE - An electronic device with a camera invokes a wireless communications pairing mode for pairing the electronic device with an external device. The electronic device obtains an image via the camera. The image contains a pattern displayed on a display screen of the external device, and the pattern comprises identifying information of the external device. The electronic device receives data from the external device, determines whether the received data corresponds with the identifying information, and, in response to a determination that the received data corresponds with the identifying information, registers the external device as a paired device. In some examples, the electronic device is a smartphone and the external device is a wearable electronic device. Pairing the electronic device and the external device may allow the devices to exchange information and operate interactively with one another. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062573 | REDUCED SIZE USER INTERFACE - A method includes, at an electronic device: receiving data representing a sequence of images stored on an external device; displaying, on a touch-sensitive display, a representation of the sequence of images; determining whether a contact detected on the touch-sensitive display at the representation of the sequence of images has a characteristic intensity above a threshold intensity; in response to a determination that the characteristic intensity is above the threshold intensity, displaying a user interface menu including a user interface object representing an option to display a background of a user interface based on the sequence of images; detecting a selection of the user interface object; detecting a motion indicative of a wrist raise gesture; and in response to detecting the motion indicative of a wrist raise gesture, displaying the background of the user interface on the display of the electronic device based on the sequence of images. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062574 | ELECTRONIC TOUCH COMMUNICATION - Touch inputs such as single-finger contacts and multiple-finger contacts are detected at an electronic device and translated into electronic touch communications for playback at an external electronic device. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062575 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus that executes an application including a plurality of user interfaces displaying information corresponding to a plurality of edit modes includes storing information about controls arranged in each of the plurality of user interfaces displayed on a display, managing the information about controls arranged in each of the plurality of user interfaces, acquiring an edit mode selected when customization of the plurality of user interfaces is instructed, acquiring control information about a control executable in the acquired edit mode, displaying, on a screen for customizing the plurality of user interfaces, a list of the acquired control information, and receiving an instruction to edit the plurality of user interfaces. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062576 | PRESENTATION APPARATUS AND METHOD PROVIDING COMPOSER CONTENT CONTROL AND PRESENTER SELECTION FLEXIBILITY FOR CRAFTING PRESENTATIONS - A system for creation of content and assembly of selected content for a presentation, with a composer that creates and stores content modules in a library, each content module locked from change except by the composer, and a communications network linking the library with a performer that accesses selected content modules for a non-linear pitch presentation of the content therein, the presentation tracked and reported for a targeted development to modify and improve the presentation based on the presentation failing to meet a pre-determined criteria. A presentation method is disclosed. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062577 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROVIDE VISUAL BROWSING - Systems and methods for multi-directional visual browsing on an electronic device are described. In example embodiments, a primary result and a peripheral result are determined. A display layout based on attributes associated with the primary result and the peripheral result is generated. The display layout is then formatted into instructions, which will cause a device to render the display layout. The instructions are transmitted to the client device. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062578 | Systems and Methods for Displaying a Digest of Messages or Notifications Without Launching Applications Associated with the Messages or Notifications - In one embodiment, one or more communications are received by a computing device, where each communication is associated with an application on the computing device. Based on the received communications, a set of interactive elements are determined, each interactive element corresponding to a particular received communication. A subset of the interactive elements are determined based on the application associated with the communication corresponding to the interactive element, or the age of the communication corresponding to the interactive element. The subset of interactive elements is displayed. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062579 | CUSTOMIZING USER INTERFACE INDICATORS BASED ON PRIOR INTERACTIONS - A method may provide a customized graphical user interface indicator. The method may include determining a count corresponding to a number of user interactions between a user and a graphical user interface for an application that is executed at a computing device. Based on the count, an appearance of an indicator may be customized. The indicator may provide instructions for interacting with the graphical user interface for the application. Based on a first count, the indicator may be customized to have a first appearance, and based on a second count, the indicator may be customized to have a second appearance, where the first appearance is different from the second appearance. The indicator having a customized appearance may be caused to be displayed concurrently with the graphical user interface for the application. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062580 | Computerized Dynamic Splitting of Interaction Across Multiple Content - User interface (UI) manipulations may be performed by eliminating noticeable process boundaries associated with or generated by different applications. The techniques herein describe dynamically splitting manipulations across multiple pieces of content without regard to various types and/or states of the user interface manipulations and/or without regard to whether the multiple pieces of content are associated with different individual processes. In at least one example, the techniques described herein enable quick, responsive, and seamless UI manipulations with complex configurations of content on a UI and/or with multiple pieces of content associated with more than one application. Additionally, the techniques described herein further enable content on a UI to “stick” to the user input manipulation or move with the user input manipulation such that the content appears to stay directly in contact with the user input manipulation. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062581 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING FILE - The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for displaying a document, which pertain to the field of computer technology. The method includes: in a state where a target document is displayed on a screen, when it is detected that the screen is subjected to displacement, determining a direction of the displacement; and translating the target document on the screen according to the direction of the displacement. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062582 | STOPWATCH AND TIMER USER INTERFACES - An electronic device may display a first lap time representation, and may move the first lap time representation in accordance with a first amount of elapsed time. While moving the first lap time representation, the electronic device may detect a lap input. In response to the lap input, the electronic device may cease movement of the first lap time representation, display a second lap time representation, and move the second lap time representation in accordance with a second amount of elapsed time. A relative positioning of the first lap time representation and the second lap time representation may correspond to a difference between a first lap time and a second lap time. In some embodiments, the electronic device may update the timescales of lap time representation(s) in accordance with a rotational input. In some embodiments, the electronic device may update a timer duration setting in accordance with a rotational input. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062583 | REMOVABLE, CONFIGURABLE VEHICLE CONSOLE - Methods and systems for a removable, configurable vehicle console are provided. Specifically, a configurable console may comprise one or more displays that are capable of receiving input from a user. At least one of these displays may be removed from the console of a vehicle and operated as a stand-alone computing platform. Moreover, it is anticipated that each one or more of the displays of the console may be configured to present a plurality of custom applications that, when manipulated by at least one user, are adapted to control functions associated with a vehicle and/or associated peripheral devices. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062584 | ANCHORING VIEWPORT - The present disclosure relates to techniques of configuring a layout of graphical objects for display. In one example process, the device detects a scroll request and determines whether the scroll request meets predetermined criteria. If the scroll request meets the criteria, the device configures the layout of graphical objects that are to be displayed once the display is scrolled so that the graphical objects are arranged on the display differently than the arrangement in which the graphical objects would have been displayed, had the layout not been configured. If the scroll request does not meet the criteria, the device forgoes the configuration of the layout of graphical objects. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062585 | MANAGING OBJECTS IN PANORAMA DISPLAY TO NAVIGATE SPREADSHEET - A panorama display application shows objects from a spreadsheet such as charts in primary screen of a mobile device adjoined by left and right virtual screens. The application overlays interaction controls such as sort and filter functions on the object. The application also provides additional interaction controls for the object on the left virtual screen and associated objects links on the right virtual screen. The application may expose the additional interaction controls and the associated objects links by overlaying portions of the virtual screens on the primary screen. The application fluidly shifts content from virtual screens to the primary screen subsequent to detected user action on the overlaid portions. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062586 | OVERLAP-FREE POSITIONING OF GRAPHICAL OBJECTS, IN PARTICULAR FOR KNOWLEDGE QUANTIFICATION - The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method for processing drag-and-drop gestures on a user interface, the method comprising the steps of displaying a plurality of graphical objects (M | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062587 | DYNAMIC BOXING OF GRAPHICAL OBJECTS, IN PARTICULAR FOR KNOWLEDGE QUANTIFICATION - The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method for processing drag-and-drop gestures on a user interface, the method comprising the steps of displaying a plurality of graphical objects (M | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062588 | SLIDE TO APPLY - According to various exemplary embodiments, user input of a single continuous gesture from a touch-sensitive surface of a first device to a touch-sensitive surface of a second device is detected. It is determined that the gesture corresponds to a drag-and-drop operation performed on an icon displayed on the touch-sensitive surface of the first device, the icon representing user profile information. Moreover, it is determined that the gesture terminates proximate to a job position user interface element in a job recruitment user interface window displayed on the touch-sensitive surface of the second device. Thereafter, the user profile information of the user is transferred from the first device to the second device. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062589 | REDUCED-SIZE USER INTERFACES FOR DYNAMICALLY UPDATED APPLICATION OVERVIEWS - An electronic device with a touch-sensitive display can detect a contact with the display, and in response to detecting the contact, the device can display a user interface screen representing a corresponding application. The user interface screen can include an affordance for launching the application, and a set of information obtained from the application, where the set of information is updated in accordance with data from the application. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062590 | USER INTERFACE FOR LIMITING NOTIFICATIONS AND ALERTS - The present disclosure relates to systems and processes for limiting notifications on an electronic device. In one example process, data representing a user input can be received by an electronic device. The data representing the user input can include touch data from the touch-sensitive device, ambient light data from an ambient light sensor, intensity data from a contact intensity sensor, and/or motion data from one or more motion sensors. Based on the data, it can be determined whether the user input is a cover gesture over a touch-sensitive display of the electronic device. In response to determining that the user input is a cover gesture over the touch-sensitive display, the electronic device can be put into a DND mode for a predetermined amount of time. While in the DND mode, the electronic device can cease to output some or all notifications. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062591 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE UNLOCKING - An electronic device comprising: a sensor module for detecting a tilt of the electronic device; a touchscreen display; at least one processor configured to: control the display to display at least a part of a 3-dimensional (3D) object having a plurality of faces, each face comprising a respective plurality of elements; detect an unlocking pattern that is input using the object and a tilt value that identifies at least one value in an orientation of the electronic device that occurs while the unlocking pattern is being input; and at least partially unlock the electronic device based on the tilt value and the unlock pattern. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062592 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OBJECT CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An electronic device and an object control method therefor are provided. The electronic device includes a display module configured to display at least one object on a screen of the electronic device, a user input module configured to receive a user input, and a processor configured to compare a coordinate of each of the objects with a coordinate of the user input and to control attributes of each of the objects. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062593 | PINCH GESTURE TO SWAP WINDOWS - The disclosed method and device are directed to a communication device that receives, by a gesture capture region and/or a touch sensitive display, a gesture while a first touch sensitive display is displaying a first displayed image and a second touch sensitive display is displaying a second displayed image and, in response, ceasing to display the first displayed image on the first touch sensitive display and commencing to display the first displayed image on the second touch sensitive display and ceasing to display a second displayed image on the second touch sensitive display and commencing to display the second displayed image on the first touch sensitive display. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062594 | Boundary Limits on Directional Selection Commands - A user interface for a computer processes a directional selection command for selecting display data between a start cursor location and an end cursor location. Given a current end cursor location in the display data, a boundary in the display data of content which contains the current end cursor location is identified. When selecting display data in response to a directional selection command, the computer searches within the display data in the designated direction from a current end cursor location for a next instance of a pattern in the display data. The pattern depends on the command. If the identified boundary is reached before the next instance of the designated pattern, then the current end cursor location is moved to the identified boundary. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062595 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes storage including an operating system (OS) and circuitry. The circuitry executes the OS capable of creating a first user account and a second user account. The OS comprises a first function for prohibiting, according to a first setting, first functions of the OS out of functions available to the first user account while user has logged in to the second user account. The OS further comprises a second function for prohibiting, according to a second setting, second functions of the OS. One of the second functions coincides with one of the first functions. The first function is prohibited from being active while the second function is active or the second function is prohibited from being active while the first function is active. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062596 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SETTING BLOCK - Methods and apparatuses are provided for setting a block in an electronic device. Content is displayed on a display of the electronic device. The electronic device senses a first touch input on an area for setting the displayed content in the display as a block. The electronic device senses a second touch input while the first touch input is maintained on the area. The electronic device sets at least a part of the content as the block, based on a movement of the second touch input. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062597 | COMMUNICATING BETWEEN A VIRTUAL AREA AND A PHYSICAL SPACE - Apparatus transmits an identifier for association with a virtual area by an administering network service, generates output data from human perceptible stimulus in a physical space, transmits the output data in connection with the virtual area, receives input data associated with the virtual area, and generates human perceptible stimulus in the physical space from the input data. A persistent association is created between the apparatus and a virtual area. A respective presence is established in the virtual area for a communicant operating a client network node connected to the virtual area. A respective connection between each active pair of complementary sources and sinks of the client network node and the apparatus are administered in association with the virtual area. A client network node displays a graphical user interface, establishes the administered connections, and presents interaction controls associated with the object for interacting with communicants in the physical space. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062598 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT REARRANGEMENT - A method includes displaying, on a touch-sensitive display, a plurality of application icons in a first configuration at locations on a hexagonal grid in relation to an origin. The application icons have corresponding ranks based on their respective locations in relation to the origin. In response to detecting a movement of a user contact from a first position to a second position: the display of a first application icon at a first location is translated to a second position; a second configuration of the application icons is determined based on the first location and the second location; and the display of the application icons is transitioned from the first configuration to the second configuration. In the second configuration, no application icon except the first application icon is displaced by more than one location relative to the first configuration. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062599 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - Provided are a mobile terminal capable of capturing an image and a control method thereof. The mobile terminal includes: a display unit configured to output an automatic scrap icon and a manual scrap icon for selecting first screen information and partial screen information included in the first screen information; and a control unit configured to, in response to a preset touch input applied to the automatic scrap icon, extract meta data regarding the first screen information, select partial screen information included in the first screen information on the basis of the extracted meta data, generate second screen information including the selected partial screen information, and control the display unit to output the generated second screen information. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062600 | METHOD AND PORTABLE TERMINAL HAVING BENDED DISPLAY UNIT AND COVER FOR EXECUTING APPLICATION - A portable terminal apparatus includes a bended display including a front display area and a side display area, and a controller that displays a UI element corresponding to an application on a side display area of the bended display if the cover is closed, and in response to a touch with respect to at least one UI element from among the UI elements and an opening of the cover being detected, executes an application corresponding to a UI element with the detected touch, and controls the bended display so that an execution screen of the application is displayed on the front display area. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062601 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD FOR MOVING APPLICATION FUNCTIONAL INTERFACE - In method for moving an application functional interface, an intermediate interface of the main desktop interface is generated and displayed. The intermediate interface includes icons, and each icon associates with an application functional interface of the main desktop interface. One of the icons is selected from the intermediate interface. An application functional interface associated with the selected icon is determined. A move operation applied on the selected icon is obtaining for moving the selected icon from a current place to a first place on the intermediate interface. A destination position of the application functional interface associated with the selected icon is determined when the operation applied on the selected icon is released in the first place. The application functional interface associated with the selected icon is updated to the destination position. The updated main desktop interface is displayed. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062602 | INTELLIGENT DEVICE-CONFIGURABLE ICONS - Systems and methods are disclosed for providing an icon for display by a user interface from an automation device that the icon depicts. Specifically, present embodiments are directed to methods and systems capable of detecting, with processing circuitry of an automation device, a shell program on a workstation via an automation control network. Further, embodiments are capable of providing icon configuration data to the shell program from the automation device, wherein the configuration data controls characteristics of an icon representative of the automation device for display in a visualization of the workstation. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062603 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELF-LEARNING DYNAMIC INTERFACES - A system and method for generating dynamic user interfaces that retrieve, at a backend UI server, one or more user requests originating from an information management application, retrieving, at the backend UI server, a data response originating from a data server in response to the one or more user requests, calculate, at the backend UI server, relevance values for each display component of the information management application, append the calculated relevance values to the data response, transmit the calculated relevance values and the data response to a frontend UI server; and generate, at the frontend UI server, a user interface for the information management application based on the calculated relevance values. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062604 | VIRTUAL ASSISTANT DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM - In accordance with aspects of the disclosure, a computing device may provide a user interface for developing an interactive natural-language response system, which may include a virtual assistant. A user may interact with a system using spoken, written (e.g., text), or other input methods. The user interface may allow a user to associate sentences with intents, tag words within the sentences with concepts, and construct a grammar using the associated intents and tagged concepts. The system may use the grammar for automatically predictively associating sentences with intents and words with concepts. The system may display in the foam of a chat transcript a single branch of a tree of a discussion between the virtual assistant and a user. The user interface may graphically display variable values to assist a user to test system responses under different simulated conditions. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062605 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SUGGESTED REMINDERS - A method for annotating a message executes at a computing device having one or more processors and memory. The memory stores one or more programs configured for execution by the one or more processors. A plurality of messages for a user is analyzed to determine whether a task reminder is derivable for any of the messages. In this way, task reminders are derived for at least a subset of the messages. A user interface for an electronic messaging application is provided. The interface includes a list of objects, one or more of which represents a collapsed state of a message in the message subset and comprises a summary, task reminder, and a dismissal affordance. Responsive dismissal affordance selection, the task reminder and the dismissal affordances are removed from the object. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062606 | Zone Recognition - An example implementation may involve receiving, via a radio interface, a radio transmission indicating a particular playback device of a media playback system. Based on the received radio transmission, the implementation may further involve determining that the device is within a given proximity to a zone of the media playback system that includes the particular playback device. Based on determining that the device is within the given proximity to the zone of the media playback system, the implementation may also involve causing the graphical interface to display an indication of (i) an identifier of the zone and (ii) a characteristic of the zone. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062607 | AUTOMATIC PROCESSING WITH MULTI-SELECTION INTERFACE - A multi-selection system allows selection of multiple displayed items in a GUI, and processes an underlying data set based on the selection. Users may utilize swipes or concurrent point interactions with the GUI to co-select items. The system identifies actions to perform for selected items based on selection criteria associated with the selected items, or mapping data that maps the selected items to actions. The system automatically identifies grouping criteria for data returned from performed actions and displays resulting groups for further user selection. The system provides suggestive visual highlights that identify commonly co-selected items in the interface. The system collects instrumentation items, for historical usage data, that record aspects of users' interactions with the system. As such, the system may identify, from the historical usage data, sets of commonly co-selected items, mappings between combinations of items and one or more actions, productive arrangements of items displayed in GUIs, etc. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062608 | BUTTON FUNCTIONALITY - Button functionalities for user interfaces, e.g., for use with a portable multifunction device, are disclosed. Exemplary button functionalities are described for an electronic device with a display, a rotatable and depressible input mechanism, and/or a button. Different device features may be accessed, depending on whether the rotatable and depressible input mechanism or the button is activated, and further depending on whether the activation represents a single press, a double press, or an extended press on the rotatable and depressible input mechanism or the button. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062609 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure provides a mobile terminal capable of providing information stored therein in a simplified manner, the mobile terminal including a touch screen configured to display one of a plurality of home screen pages, a wireless communication unit that is configured to perform communication with an external server, and a controller configured to generate a widget page associated with information, when the information is received from the external server through the wireless communication unit, wherein the widget page is a newly-generated home screen page, different from the plurality of home screen pages. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062610 | Information Display System That Displays Appropriate Information Corresponding to Contents of Ongoing Conference or Presentation on Terminal and Recording Medium - An information display system includes a word recognition device, a server, and a plurality of terminals. The server includes a first communication circuit, a dictionary, and a first control circuit. The first control circuit transmits the received word and the searched explanation to the plurality of terminals. The plurality of terminals each include a second communication circuit, an operation circuit, a display circuit, a storage circuit, and a second control circuit. When receiving the word and the explanation of the word from the server, the second control circuit causes the display circuit to display the received word and causes the storage circuit to store the received explanation. When accepting a selection of the displayed word via the operation circuit, the second control circuit obtains the explanation corresponding to the selected word from the storage circuit to cause the display circuit to display the obtained explanation. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062611 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD - A method of displaying an image includes: receiving a user input of selecting an image displayed on a display included in the communication device; selecting an image according to the user input; and activating an application using the selected image when the selected image is displayed on a foreground of the display, and displaying the selected image and the activated application to overlap with each other. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062612 | Information Access Technique - The present invention discloses a method for interactively providing information about a product service to a user when the user engages with a special image using an electronic device. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062613 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR COPYING AND PASTING OBJECTS AND METHOD THEREOF - A method for copying and pasting an object displayed on a display of an electronic device includes receiving an invoking signal for copying the object, initiating a copy and paste function upon receiving the invoking signal, selecting the object to be copied when the copy and paste function is initiated, creating a window after the object is selected and displaying the window containing the selected object on the display, and moving the window containing the selected object to paste the selected object. The window remains displayed on the display when a current interface is changed for another interface. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062614 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SELECTING AN OBJECT FROM A LIST - A method for selecting an object from a list. A portion of a list is displayed using graphical objects on a display surface and functions are assigned to each graphical object. The list is displayed as a stack in which a first graphical object is completely visible at the top of the stack, and other graphical objects are only partly visible perspectively behind the first graphical object, wherein one of the other graphical objects is selected by a selection operating process. The first graphical object displayed at the top of the stack disappears when a selection operating process has been detected such that one of the other graphical objects is displayed at the top of the stack after the first graphical object has disappeared, and the second graphical object is automatically selected so that the function assigned to the second graphical object is carried out. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062615 | Combined Selection Tool - Combined selection tool techniques are described in which selection of portions within an image is enabled via a tool configured to selectively switch between a coarse selection mode and a refinement selection mode. In one or more implementations, an image is exposed for editing in a user interface and input is obtained to select portions of the image using the tool. The selection mode is automatically toggled between the coarse selection mode and refinement selection mode based on characteristics of the input, such as position and velocity of the input or gestures mapped to the input. Then, selection boundaries defining the selection of portions of the image are modified in accordance with the input. In one approach, the coarse selection mode corresponds to a graph cut mechanism and the refinement selection mode corresponds to a level set mechanism. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062616 | SEMANTIC CARD VIEW - Architecture that enables a card interaction model that can present cards in different ways. When a user performs tasks, new stacked cards (one card on top of another card) corresponding to those tasks open in a left pane over the top of a background canvas (a card overlay of the underlying canvas). Users can scroll through the card stack of the card overlay to retrieve previous cards. Additionally, in an alternative viewing mode, a user can interact with the card overlay via an interactive affordance (an interactive object made available to facilitate a potential action) to enable viewing (e.g., an overview) of the cards in a side-by-side card overlay manner to further enable the opening and quick navigation to one of the previous cards. The architecture has applicability to mapping systems where searches range over many different geographical sites. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062617 | Map Zooming Based on Semantic Meaning - Systems and methods for map zooming based on semantic meaning are provided. One example system includes one or more server computing devices configured to perform first operations. The first operations include receiving a request for a map from a first client device associated with a first user; obtaining user preferences data associated with the first user; and selecting a first semantic group from a plurality of semantic groups based at least in part on the user preferences data. Each of the plurality of semantic groups comprises a plurality of different semantic entities. The first operations include providing the map to the first client device. Zooming functionality provided to the first user allows the first user to zoom a displayed portion of the map between a plurality of different geographic areas respectively associated with the plurality of different semantic entities included in the first semantic group. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062618 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM INCORPORATING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE IN A SIDE LEDGE OF A VEHICLE CABIN - A method of operation for a system incorporating a graphical user interface embedded in a knob disposed on a side ledge within a cabin of an aircraft includes displaying a menu for at least one controllable parameter, receiving a selection of the controllable parameter, displaying at least one control for the selected controllable parameter, receiving a control input for the selected controllable parameter, and adjusting the selected controllable parameter consistent with the control input. The controllable parameter comprises a plurality of controllable parameters selected from a group comprising light intensity, light color, temperature, media type, media content, media volume, and the degree of openness of at least one window shade. A knob and an executable computer program product also are provided. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062619 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE DISPLAY OF INFORMATION - A method of controlling display of information on a touch-sensitive display of a portable electronic device includes displaying selectable elements in an application screen. The first selectable element is located at a first location and, in response to receipt of an input, entering the display control mode of the portable electronic device. The method also includes, while in the display control mode and in response to receipt of a gesture on keys on a mechanical keyboard, moving, by an operating system on the portable electronic device, the application screen on the touch-sensitive display such that the first selectable element is moved to a second location. In response to detecting a touch at the second location while the first selectable element is displayed at the second location, utilizing, by the application, the touch to select the first selectable element. Returning the application to an original location on the touch-sensitive display when exiting the display control mode. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062620 | Mobile Application Management Systems and Methods - An exemplary mobile application management system detects a first user input provided by a user while a first user interface associated with a first feature of a mobile application is displayed within an application display area of a display screen of a mobile computing device executing the mobile application. The first user input represents a request to transform the first user interface into a minimized widget associated with the first feature of the mobile application. The mobile application management system directs, in response to the first user input, the mobile computing device to concurrently display, in place of the first user interface, the minimized widget within a first region of the application display area and a second user interface associated with one or more additional features of the mobile application within a second region of the application display area. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062621 | USER INTERFACE FOR FUNNEL ANALYSIS - Techniques for providing information describing how users are funneling through various products and features of a website are described. According to various embodiments, a user specification of a first set of one or more entities is received. A user interface element is then displayed, the user interface element indicating an amount of total online user sessions that include user interactions with at least one of the entities in the first set during a specific time interval. Thereafter, a user specification of a second set of one or more entities is received. A second user interface element is then displayed, the second user interface element indicating a subset of the total online user sessions that include user interactions with at least one of the entities in the second set subsequent to the user interactions with at least one of the entities in the first set. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062622 | USER INTERFACE FACILITATING MESH GENERATION - A mesh is a collection of multiple shapes referred to as elements, each of which can share an edge with one or more other elements of the mesh. The mesh is presented to the user on a display, and the user identifies a new element to be added to the mesh. User input is received to manipulate the new element (e.g., move the new element around the display). As the new element is manipulated, various conditions are applied to determine edges of elements existing in the mesh that the new element can be snapped to. Snapping a new element to an edge of an existing element in the mesh refers to adding the new element to the mesh so that the new element and the existing element share the edge. Indications of the edges of existing elements to which the new element can be snapped are provided to the user. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062623 | IMAGE DISPLAY AND INTERACTION USING A MOBILE DEVICE - A system and method are described for delivering content to a mobile device using a companion device. The companion device acts as a proxy device to send and receive signals on behalf of other proxied devices. Once content is loaded onto the mobile device, a user can navigate through the content using a navigation path determined based on a user's item of focus. Various transitions and animations can be displayed along the navigation path. Moreover, a user can interact with the content when viewed in a specific layout using touch events or a rotation input device. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062624 | CONTROL SYSTEM USER INTERFACE - Embodiments include systems and methods comprising a gateway located at a premise forming at least one network on the premise that includes a plurality of premise devices. A sensor user interface (SUI) is coupled to the gateway and presented to a user via a remote device. The SUI includes at least one display element. The at least one display element includes a floor plan display that represents at least one floor of the premise. The floor plan display visually and separately indicates a location and a current state of each premise device of the plurality of premise devices. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062625 | COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING AND DISPLAYING ICONS - In a method for classifying and displaying icons on a desktop, a main interface having icons of all the installed applications is generated. Each icon is associated with an application installed on an electronic device. Classes of the applications are obtained and a navigation interface having a number of class icons is generated. A request to search for applications belonging to a single class is recognized, and a sub-interface having all the icons of applications belonging to the searched class is generated. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160062626 | VEHICULAR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A vehicular electronic device such that volume increase/decrease adjustment can be easily performed using a volume switch displayed on a touch-panel type display unit. Upon detection of a touch operation in a reference volume switch region displayed in an operation region of the display unit, an operation area enabling volume increase/decrease is enlarged from the reference volume switch region to a wide-region volume switch region. Thus, the operation for increasing or decreasing (adjusting) volume (volume increase/decrease operation) can be easily performed. | 2016-03-03 |
