Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
715783000 | On-screen window list or index | 67 |
20080216010 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING HIERARCHICAL INFORMATION - Disclosed are methods and systems for displaying data elements in hierarchical databases in multiple frames. The method includes assigning attributes to data elements and sub-data elements in a hierarchical database. The data elements and sub-elements are in a parent-child relationship. The method further includes distributing a portion of the data elements in the database for display based on the attribute assigned to the distributed data elements and sub-data elements and displaying the distributed data elements and sub-data elements to a user by configuring a display in a plurality of individual frames. Individual frames of the plurality of frames are configured to display both distributed data elements and sub-data elements having related attributes simultaneously. The system includes hardware and software to carry out the method. | 09-04-2008 |
20080235614 | APPLIANCE WITH USER INTERFACE HAVING MULTI-USER MODE - In accordance with the present disclosure, a system for providing a customizable multi-user interface for a treatment appliance is presented. The system includes a user interface having a display region. The display region may include a user selection menu wherein one of a plurality of stored users may be selected. Once a user is selected, various customized user interface parameters and wash cycles associated with that user will be available for selection. The customized user interface parameters may include brightness, contrast, volume, and the like. Each cycle may include various customized wash cycle parameters, such as wash temperature, spin speed and soil level. The user interface may further include a plurality of soft keys provided for the selection of menu options on the display. In addition, the user interface may include a rotatable knob from which cycle selections may be made. | 09-25-2008 |
20080235615 | TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING WINDOWS THEREOF - A method of controlling windows in a terminal. The method includes displaying at least first and second windows on the terminal, inputting a command via the first window, and applying the input command to both of the first and second windows. | 09-25-2008 |
20080276195 | LIVE COMPANION WINDOW - An apparatus and method provide a companion application via a companion application corresponding to a host window provided by a host application, the companion window providing information or metadata descriptive of data in the host window. The host application and companion applications may be separate applications such that the host application is unaware of the companion application. The companion application may hook into the host application (e.g., via an application programming interface) and may monitor host application activities and/or data. Based on identification of data or events in the host application, the companion application may obtain information characterizing or providing a context for data provided by the host application. The host window and companion window may be attached to each other, the host window providing host application data and the companion window providing data describing the host application data. | 11-06-2008 |
20090013280 | Graphical user interface with meta-information and meta-control for items in a list - A user interface for a list of items, and methods of creating and using the user interface. The user interface includes a first visible region that displays a visible list of multiple items, a second visible region that displays meta-information common to all items in the list, and a third visible region that displays a meta-control corresponding to an action applicable to all items in the list. The user interface permits user interaction with individual ones of the items in the first visible region, with individual interaction being performed separately and independently of action on other items in the list. In addition, the user interface permits user interaction with all items in the list at the same time, through viewing and comprehension of the meta-information in the second visible region, and through meta-control of all items in the list by performing the action corresponding to the meta-control in the third visible region on all items in the list. | 01-08-2009 |
20090187850 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-SCREEN EXPERIENCE - A system and method for multi-screen experience, which comprises provision of multiple screens of information to a viewer at the same time. In an exemplary embodiment, a plurality of screens, each showing different angles of an event, are simultaneously provided to the user. In another exemplary embodiment, a given screen may be selected for full screen viewing or deselected for multi-screen viewing. In another exemplary embodiment, an identifier indicates, charts or illustrates how a given screen relates to an event. | 07-23-2009 |
20090217194 | Intelligent Dashboards - Some embodiments of the invention provide an intelligent method for displaying patient data. The method identifies a medical or non-medical condition. Based on the identified condition, the method then identifies a user interface for displaying patient data to a user. | 08-27-2009 |
20090259963 | Display Area Navigation - Display area navigation includes detecting an input device event, providing a display area navigation window, receiving a display area navigation command, and relocating an input pointer according to the display area navigation command. A display area provided by a large display and/or a plurality of displays may be quickly and easily navigated by using the display area navigation window to select a desired input pointer location on the display area. | 10-15-2009 |
20090300540 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ANIMAL IMAGING - A computer controlled veterinary imaging and diagnostic tool, the tool being performed by execution of computer readable code by at least one processor of at least one computer system, the tool comprising a main viewing area for the presentation of one or more images; a file list viewing area for listing images which can be selected for presentation in the main viewing area; and at least one tab for selection to filter the images listed in the file list viewing area. | 12-03-2009 |
20090313576 | PHRASE-DRIVEN GRAMMAR FOR DATA VISUALIZATION - A data visualization system may allow an untrained user to easily, rapidly, and unambiguously specify the content and format of a report about information. A user interface may present to a user and receive from the user a selection of a plurality of selectable visualization types, selectable data objects, and selectable data specifications. The user interface may display all of the selections which the user makes as a single composite phrase. | 12-17-2009 |
20100011315 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: an operation accepting unit that accepts an instructing operation for displaying a list in which plural items classified on the basis of a predetermined rule are ordered on the basis of the predetermined rule; and a display control unit that causes a display unit to display a part of the list in accordance with the accepted instructing operation, and causes the display unit to display a classification sign display bar in which classification signs representing the predetermined rule for each classification are ordered on the basis of the predetermined rule, the display control unit controlling a display state of the classification sign display bar so that an area including classification signs corresponding to items of the plural items which are contained in the list displayed on the display unit, and an area including classification signs other than the classification signs are displayed in different modes. | 01-14-2010 |
20100107115 | CHILD WINDOW SURFACING AND MANAGEMENT - Tabs or other display elements that do not comply with traditional “window” requirements can be individually presented to a user when the window containing such tabs or other display elements is hidden or obscured. The user can be enabled to perform tab-specific actions, such as closing a particular tab, or viewing a specific tab without interacting with the containing window. Executing processes utilizing such tabs can register them and provide order and display information. Subsequent tab-specific actions can be received and directed to such executing processes. Additional requests, such as for thumbnails and bitmaps, can be directed to such executing processes in order to implement the tab presentation mechanisms and to provide for the tab-specific actions. | 04-29-2010 |
20100175020 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING APPLICATION PROGRAM THEREOF - A mobile terminal and a method for providing an application program is provided. The method for providing an application program of a mobile terminal includes receiving an input sound signal, determining whether at least one predetermined keyword exists in the input sound signal, determining, if at least one predetermined keyword is determined to exist in the input sound signal, at least one application program mapped with the keyword may be displayed in response to detection of the input of the sound signal that is terminated. And a word corresponding to the keyword and at least one application program mapped with the keyword may be displayed. | 07-08-2010 |
20100192087 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR GENERATING A REPRESENTATIVE VIEW FOR A MULTIPAGE COMPILATION OF INFORMATION - A method according to one embodiment includes outputting one page of a multipage compilation of information; receiving a request to show portions of multiple pages of the multipage compilation of information, the request originating from a user input device; selecting the portions of the multiple pages of the multipage compilation of information; generating a view having the selected portions; and outputting the view to a graphical display device. | 07-29-2010 |
20110035699 | Browsing or Searching User Interfaces and Other Aspects - User interfaces for browsing and/or searching are described. In one embodiment, a method includes displaying a first display area for display representations of documents matching a search query, the first display area configured to display content of the documents which can have a plurality of different types of content including at least one of text-based content and a folder, and displaying a second display area for selecting a selected document to be displayed in the first display area. Other embodiments are also described, and computer readable media and apparatuses are also described. | 02-10-2011 |
20110078621 | THIN CLIENT SYSTEM, SERVER APPARATUS, CLIENT APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A thin client system transmits screen data including one or more windows operated in a server apparatus to a client apparatus, and displays the screen data in the client apparatus. The system includes a list display section, a selection information transmitting section, and an active state setting section. The list display section displays, in the client apparatus, a list of window names of the windows operated in the server apparatus, in response to a list display instruction operation by the user. The selection information transmitting section transmits information that a desired window is selected, when a name of the desired window is selected by the user among the window names displayed by the list display section. The active state setting section renders a window corresponding to the information active in the server apparatus, when the information that the window is selected is transmitted by the selection information transmitting section. | 03-31-2011 |
20110145753 | CONTENT PROVISION - A graphical user interface for a computer program, the interface comprising an array of main panes each providing access to a particular aspect of the program, the panes being in register with one another at a vertex corresponding to the area in which all the panes meet, each of the panes being adapted to expand as a pointing device highlights a pane, the expansion of said pane relative to the other panes wherein the panes remain in register with one another at the vertex as a pane expands. | 06-16-2011 |
20110154250 | METHOD FOR SEARCHING CONTENT - A content searching method for enabling a user to directly search for desired contents is provided. The content searching method includes displaying a location of a cell including a content being executed in a distribution map, which displays a plurality of cells divided according to a distribution axis, and when a search button is input, redistributing and displaying a location of the cell including the content being executed in a distribution map, which displays a plurality of cells in a changed skin screen depending on a distribution axis having a changed keyword. | 06-23-2011 |
20110197160 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION OF MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS - A method and apparatus for displaying information of multiple applications simultaneously on the execution screen of a common application is provided. A method for providing information in mobile terminal includes displaying an execution screen having a plurality of information display regions with execution of a common application, detecting an interaction made to one of the information display regions, executing an application related to information presented in the information display region at which the interaction is detected, and displaying original data corresponding to the information presented in the information display region at which the interaction is detected. | 08-11-2011 |
20110296340 | In-vehicle input system - An in-vehicle input system includes: a display device for displaying screen images having selection items; a selection operation device for moving a cursor from a first selection item to a second selection item to select and input the second selection item; a first image switching device for switching from a current level screen image to a lower level screen image when the selected second selection item is input; a second image switching device for switching from the current level screen image to an upper level screen image when the selection operation device selects and inputs a level return item of the selected second selection item disposed on a nearest screen edge side of the selected second selection item; and a level return item display device for emphasizing a display of the level return item when the second selection item is selected. | 12-01-2011 |
20120023438 | Fisheye-Based Presentation of Information for Mobile Devices - Embodiments relate to a computer-implemented method for graphically displaying or presenting a fisheye-based view of a large data list on the limited content viewing area of a mobile device. At least a subset of data rows within the data list and graphical representations of a plurality of data fields of at least the subset of data rows are generated and graphically displayed using a graphical user interface of the mobile device. When a user selects a focus row from the displayed data rows, a fisheye-based view of the selected focus row is presented. The fisheye-based view and the graphical representations of the data fields provide the user with a focus-plus-context view of a large data list. Further, the graphical representations provide the user with meaningful information even when particular data items are too small to read specific values. | 01-26-2012 |
20120060113 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING CONTENT - Some embodiments relate to using a carousel to display content. In some embodiments, a carousel having a plurality of slots may be displayed in a first portion of a display of a display device, and in response to user selection of one of the plurality of slots, content that is dynamically generated based on user input may be displayed in a second portion of the display, separate from the first portion. | 03-08-2012 |
20120084710 | REPOSITIONING WINDOWS IN THE POP-UP WINDOW - A dual-screen user device and methods for revealing a combination of desktops on single and multiple screens are disclosed. Selected desktops and/or running applications are displayed on dual screen displays. Desktops and applications can be shifted between screens by user gestures, and/or moved off of the screens and therefore hidden. Hidden desktops and screens can be re-displayed by yet other gestures. The desktops and applications are arranged in a window stack that represents a logical order of the desktops and applications providing a user with an intuitive ability to manage multiple applications/desktops running simultaneously. One user gesture launches an applications management window that provides visual indications of all of the applications and desktops running at the time, applications/desktops displayed on the screens. Other gestures can rearrange the order of all of the applications and desktops in the window stack. | 04-05-2012 |
20120084711 | Navigating Among Activities in a Computing Device - A computing device runs multiple activities concurrently and provides at least two modes for interacting with the activities. The user may toggle between the modes as desired. In a full-screen mode, one activity occupies substantially an entire display screen. In a windowed mode, the activity is visible within a window, and a portion of at least one other window is also visible. In the windowed mode, the user can cause windows to move, thereby changing focus from one activity to another. For example, the window having focus can be moved off the screen, to be replaced by a new window that is then given focus. The windows are ordered in a sequence and move in concert with one another; pushing one window off one edge of the screen causes a new window to appear at the opposite edge. A persistent positional relationship can be established among windows. | 04-05-2012 |
20120096392 | Managing Workspaces in a User Interface - Providing a bridge interface for managing virtual workspaces is disclosed. A plurality of workspace images is presented in a user interface, each workspace image corresponding to a different virtual workspace available to a user of a computer system. A user input is received indicating a selection of a presented workspace image. The user interface is updated to display a plurality of application windows associated with the selected virtual workspace. The displayed application windows are visually grouped into one or more clusters, each cluster corresponding to one or more application windows sharing a common characteristic. | 04-19-2012 |
20120102429 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC WINDOWING IN USER INTERFACES - Disclosed are implementations of methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable storage media for rendering information. In some implementations, user interface data including content capable of being displayed on a page is received. A dynamic window including one or more links linked with respective identifiable portions of the content on the page can be generated. The page of content and the dynamic window can be displayed in a user interface on a display of a computing device. The user interface can have a first state in which a first view of the page of content is displayed and a second state in which a second view of the page is displayed, where the second view is different from the first view. The dynamic window is capable of remaining displayed independent of a change of the user interface from the first state to the second state. | 04-26-2012 |
20120159380 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Navigation of Concurrently Open Software Applications - An electronic device includes a touch-sensitive display and one or more programs stored in memory for execution by one or more processors. The one or more programs include instructions for displaying a first application view that corresponds to a first application in a plurality of concurrently open applications. The one or more programs include instructions for detecting a first input, and in response, concurrently displaying a group of open application icons that correspond to at least some of the plurality of concurrently open applications with at least a portion of the first application view. The open application icons are displayed in accordance with a predetermined sequence of the open applications. The one or more programs include instructions for detecting a first gesture distinct from the first input, and in response, displaying a second application view that corresponds to a second application adjacent to the first application in the predetermined sequence. | 06-21-2012 |
20120174025 | Single-Handed Approach for Navigation of Application Tiles Using Panning and Zooming - Unique interactive systems and methods that facilitate single-handed navigation and interaction with applications within a display space on any type of mobile computing device are provided. Embodiments include or employ scalable application tiles corresponding to applications, whereby the application tiles can provide or indicate the current state of the corresponding application. State information provided in each tile can vary as well depending on the current size of the tile. Tiles can be arranged into a plurality of zones such that a user can view one zone at a time and obtain context and information from the application tiles in that zone rather than working with all tiles and all zones simultaneously. The view of the display space can be of the world or all application tiles, zone, or application. Panning and zooming among the zones, application tiles and/or views can also be performed. | 07-05-2012 |
20120246592 | METHOD FOR CUSTOMIZING USER INTERFACE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method for customizing a user interface and an electronic device thereof are provided. In the present method, if a first input signal is detected when an active window corresponding to an application program is displayed on a screen of the electronic device, an operating screen of the active window is captured and the active window is closed. A launching mechanism between the operating screen and a thumbnail thereof is established. The thumbnail is added to a home screen of the electronic device, and the home screen is displayed on the screen. Thereby, the performance of the electronic device is improved by ensuring that system resources won't be occupied by a closed window. | 09-27-2012 |
20120260210 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSESSING SECURITY RISKS - A user interface facilitates assessing security risks for linear corridors. The interface includes a navigation window presenting geospatial data for an area associated with a corridor. The interface also includes a navigation tool having a corridor indicator that provides a diagrammatic linear representation of the linear corridor, indicia along the corridor indicator that represent critical assets, and a corridor window superimposed on the corridor indicator that slides linearly along the corridor indicator. The portion of the corridor displayed in the interface corresponds to a location of the corridor window on the corridor indicator. The interface also includes an attributes area presenting information associated with the area presented in the navigation window. At least one of the navigation window and the attributes area is configured to present risk assessment information associated with the linear corridor. | 10-11-2012 |
20130067389 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In a mobile terminal and a control method thereof, the mobile terminal includes a display unit configured to display a plurality of objects, a detector configured to detect information associated with an object selected by a user from the plurality of objects, and a controller configured to generate a second display window when the user selects at least one of the plurality of objects, the second display window being separate from a first display window for displaying the plurality of objects, and output information detected by the detector on the generated second display window. | 03-14-2013 |
20130080968 | USER INTERFACE WITH MEDIA CONTENT PREDICTION - Some implementations include displaying media content items on a home screen of a computing device. A display order for a list of media content items may be determined based, at least in part, on a predicted likelihood that an individual one of the plurality of media content items will be selected. A home screen of a user interface may be displayed, according to the determined display order, with a list of a plurality of media content items that are available to the computing device. | 03-28-2013 |
20130111395 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FLIPPING THROUGH CONTENT | 05-02-2013 |
20130152010 | MULTIPLE TAB STACK USER INTERFACE - Computer-implemented methods for organizing graphical user interface windows into separate stacks of windows is provided are provided. In one aspect, a method includes providing, for display, a first window in a graphical user interface, and receiving a request to display a second window in the graphical user interface when viewing the first window. The method also includes moving the first window to a first stack in the graphical user interface in response to the request, and displaying the second window in the graphical user interface in a second stack. In response to a request to display a third window in the graphical user interface, the third window is configured to be displayed in the first stack or in the second stack based on a defined constraint shared between the third window and the second window. Systems, graphical user interfaces, and machine-readable media are also provided. | 06-13-2013 |
20130232442 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - The invention relates to a computer-implemented graphical user interface ( | 09-05-2013 |
20130263042 | Method And System To Manage Multiple Applications and Corresponding Display Status On A Computer System Having A Touch Panel Input Device - The invention provides a method and system to manage multiple applications and corresponding display status which operates on a touch screen or touch panel computing device. The system comprises a) a screen splitting module for indicating which target areas of the screen will be used to launch and display a new application; b) an application launch module for deciding which applications to launch and display in selected target areas; c) an application management module for managing display mode and status of multiple running applications; and d) an action detection module receiving touch events or gestures from a user and converting them into commands for modules a-c. Several gestures are defined in the present invention to enlarge or to reduce the display of a running application, to launch or close an application, and managed the remaining applications simultaneously. | 10-03-2013 |
20130283203 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING SEARCH RESULTS - Method, system, and programs for displaying search results are disclosed. A first page that contains a first piece of content is presented to a user. A second page that contains a second piece of content including one or more search results is generated. The second page is arranged behind the first page such that the second page is invisible to the user. A first triggering event associated with a predetermined user input is detected. In response to the first triggering event, at least part of the first page is moved in a direction from a default position for a distance to expose at least part of the second page such that the second piece of content on the second page becomes visible to the user. | 10-24-2013 |
20130332882 | CONTEXT BASED DESKTOP ENVIRONMENT FOR CONTROLLING PHYSICAL SYSTEMS - A method for providing an operational context-based desktop environment for a physical system. The method includes displaying a desktop comprising a plurality of regions, each of the plurality of regions representing a different operational context of the physical system, and wherein the plurality of regions include visual indicia corresponding to their operational context, visual indicia of one or more active graphical user interfaces corresponding to the operational context and visual indicia of dynamic operational data corresponding to the operational context. The method further includes enlarging the active graphical user interfaces corresponding to the operational context of the region, responsive to user activation of a first region. The plurality of regions can be arranged according to a physical layout of the physical system or as a flow sheet reflecting an order of process steps for a process run by the physical system. | 12-12-2013 |
20130346912 | Method And System To Launch And Manage An Application On A Computer System Having A Touch Panel Input Device - The invention provides a method and system to launch and manage an application which operates on a touch screen or touch panel device, replacing traditionally used HIDs such as a mouse, mouse stick, trackball or touch pad. Variants of the system comprise a viewable screen area splitting module for indicating which target areas of the viewable screen will be used for launch and display of a new application, by an application launch module deciding which applications to launch and display in the previously selected target areas and by an application management module defining in which display mode and state of an already running application will be displayed or otherwise closed. A list of icons displays within the new target area designated for launch of the application. Selection of an icon within the target area, informs the system which application to display in the target area. | 12-26-2013 |
20140096069 | Method of Selecting an Application Target Window in a User Interface - A method for controlling application windows is provided for use with a graphical user interface (GUI) display which is divided into at least first and second application windows. Various software applications may be launched in the first and second application windows. In order to switch locations of the software applications launched in the first and second application windows the user selects a swap window button, for example by tapping or clicking on a swap window icon on the GUI display. | 04-03-2014 |
20140149918 | TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGEMENT AND PRESENTATION OF CONTENT - Techniques are disclosed that involve providing enhanced user experiences involving the consumption and management of content. For instance, embodiments provide user interface elements that present information regarding content that overcomes barriers or silos between application and platforms. Examples of such user interface elements include a three dimensional carousel, a preview stack, a favorites button, and a My Channel user interface. Also, embodiments may provide techniques for obtaining contextual content. Such techniques include, but are not limited to, zooming mechanisms and combining (or “mashup”) mechanisms. | 05-29-2014 |
20140149919 | DEVICES, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR PERFORMING ACTIONS RELATED TO SELECTED MESSAGES IN A MESSAGE IN-BOX AND FOR TRANSFERRING CALLS - Telephonic computing devices having touch screen displays with new and improved methods and user interfaces for performing actions related to selected messages in a message in-box and for transferring calls, thereby increasing the effectiveness, efficiency, and user satisfaction with such devices. Such methods, devices, and interfaces may complement or replace existing methods, devices, and interfaces for performing actions related to selected messages in a message in-box and for transferring calls. | 05-29-2014 |
20140149920 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR SWITCHING APPLICATION PROGRAMS - A system switches application programs in an electronic device by storing data identifying a plurality of category groups of application programs, grouped based at least on application function. The system detects a manipulation operation command input for manipulation of operation of a first application program. In response to the manipulation operation command, the system uses the stored category group data in providing the user with displayed data identifying a second application program of at least one of, (a) the first category group and (b) a second category group of the plurality of category groups, different to the first category group. The system initiates execution of the second application in response to user selection of the second application program via the displayed data. | 05-29-2014 |
20140245218 | DISPLAYING DATA SETS ACROSS A PLURALITY OF VIEWS OF A USER INTERFACE - A method for displaying attributes of a computer system. Displaying, on a user interface, a representation for each of the plurality of groups. Receiving a selection of one or more of the plurality of groups to display, based on a selection of one or more corresponding representations of the displayed representations. Displaying, in a first view on the user interface, the one or more related attributes of each of the selected one or more groups. Receiving a request to display the one or more related attributes of each of the selected one or more groups, in a second view on the user interface, wherein the second view depicts attributes in an alternative manner than the first view. Displaying, in the second view on the user interface, the one or more related attributes of each of the selected one or more groups. | 08-28-2014 |
20140258918 | MEDICAL INFORMATION DISPLAYING APPARATUS - A medical information displaying apparatus is provided to facilitate efficiency in performing image interpretation and diagnostic process performed with windows being displayed. The apparatus comprises: display; display controller; first determiner; and adjuster. The display controller displays windows having predetermined display sizes. The first determiner determines, with at least first window displayed on display screen and if second window is additionally displayed on display screen, whether there is an area for displaying second window on display screen, based on a display area for first window and displaying conditions for second window. If no area is available for displaying second window, adjuster determines whether it is possible to make adjustment to displaying conditions of first window and/or second window so that first window and second window will be displayed on display screen, adjuster also configured to adjust displaying conditions if displaying conditions can be adjusted. | 09-11-2014 |
20140282221 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR WINDOW DISPLAYING - An apparatus may include one or more memories and one or more processors. The one or more memories may include instructions. The one or more processors may be configured to execute the instructions to facilitate providing a window of an application for display from a perspective in front of the window, receiving a touch input, and in response to the touch input, providing multiple windows for display on the apparatus from a perspective vertically above the multiple windows. The multiple windows may include the window. A display of one window may be switched to a display of multiple windows based on a single touch input. Methods for displaying windows and machine-readable storage medium are also disclosed. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282222 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal including a touch screen display configured to display a plurality of items included in a list; and a controller configured to: sense a predetermined-type first touch input with respect to the touch screen display, partition the touch screen display into at least first and second regions in response to the first touch input, display at least some of the items that have been displayed on the touch screen display prior to the sensing of the first touch input, as they are, to the first region, display at least one other item including a first item or a last item in the list to the second region, sense a predetermined-type second touch input different from the first touch input with respect to the touch screen display, and move together the items displayed on the first and second regions in response to the sensing of the second touch input. | 09-18-2014 |
20140372936 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING TAG DATA - The present invention discloses a method for displaying tag data on a browser display interface. According to the present invention, an instruction for acquiring data associated with a data tag of an browser display interface is triggered when it is detected that a pointing device is moved onto the data tag; the data associated with the data tag is acquired in response to the instruction for acquiring the data; and a data browsing interface is generated for the acquired data, and the generated data browsing interface is displayed on the browser display interface on which the pointing device locates. The advantageous effect of the present invention is that the data browsing interface associated with the data tag is displayed on the browser display interface, thereby improving the efficiency of window switching and the convenience of use, and leading to a more intelligent browser. | 12-18-2014 |
20150020020 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL CONTENT PLATFORM FOR A NETWORK - Apparatus, system and method for presenting content in a multi-dimensional format is disclosed. A communication apparatus is configured to communicate data to a network, and a storage is operatively coupled to the communication apparatus. The storage is configured to store data to be presented to a user via the network. A processor may be configured to process the data to generate a presentation form for the data, wherein the presentation form includes a polyhedron having a plurality of faces, wherein each face of the polyhedron includes a portion of the data on each face. The presentation form may further include a secondary form that is nested within an area inside the polyhedron. The presentation form is then communicated for presentation to the user. A portable device is also disclosed for controlling and interacting with the presentation form. | 01-15-2015 |
20150095842 | EXTENDABLE BLADE SEQUENCE ALONG PANNABLE CANVAS DIRECTION - A user interface that includes a canvas that extends in one direction. An activation mechanism may be used to generate an initial blade in the canvas. A blade is a user interface element that occupies a portion of the canvas in the dimension along which the canvas extends. The blade includes multiple selectable elements that each have a corresponding blade. The user interface includes an extension mechanism configured to present a corresponding subsequent blade on the canvas perhaps adjacent to the prior blade when a selected element from a prior blade is selected, the subsequent blade also including multiple selectable elements that may be hierarchically structured. In this manner, blade chains may be created representative of a journey that the user has taken since initiating the first blade. | 04-02-2015 |
20150121296 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN INPUT OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and an apparatus for processing an input of an electronic device are provided. The method includes displaying an object screen; buffering an object at a position where a proximity input is detected, when the proximity input is detected; and, executing the buffered object collectively and displaying an execution screen when a touch input is detected on the object on which the proximity input occurs. | 04-30-2015 |
20150121297 | Flipping Through Content - Systems and methods for enabling users to rapidly flip through displayed pages of content in an intuitive manner are provided. Graphical animations for transitioning from one page to another can be executed so that portions of three or more pages can be simultaneously viewed. This enables a user to make snap judgments as to whether she wishes to explore any one of those pages in more detail as she rapidly flips through the pages. | 04-30-2015 |
20150293663 | DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - Provided are a display control method by which the user can cause, with enhanced ease of use, one display device to display multiple screens, and a computer program, a display control device, and an image display system. A working area generation unit generates multiple areas corresponding to multiple display areas displayed on a display screen and positions the generated areas in a working area. When only a display area A (parent screen) is displayed on the display screen (when the PinP function is disabled), a pointer position monitoring unit determines whether the pointer position has moved from an area a to an area b and outputs the determination to a simultaneous display command generation unit. If so determined, the simultaneous display command generation unit outputs a PinP function enable command to a display device. | 10-15-2015 |
20150309668 | METHODS FOR OPERATING MULTIPLE WINDOWS ON A HANDHELD MOBILE TERMINAL AND THE HANDHELD MOBILE TERMINAL CONDUCTING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to handheld mobile terminals that implementing methods for a technology of displaying and adjusting sizes of multiple windows on a screen of a handheld mobile terminal. The handheld mobile terminal may be configured to display a plurality of windows together on a screen. Under an edit mode, the handheld mobile terminals may receive a first instruction from a user of the handheld mobile terminal to adjust a target window of the plurality of windows to any size the user wishes; and adjust the size of the target window according to the instruction. | 10-29-2015 |
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20160018955 | User Interface Spaces - A user interface can have one or more spaces presented therein. A space is a grouping of one or more program windows in relation to windows of other application programs, such that the program(s) of only a single space is visible when the space is active. A view can be generated of all spaces and their contents. | 01-21-2016 |
20160041695 | DYNAMICALLY CONFIGURABLE PORTLET - An improved solution for portlets is provided. In an embodiment of the invention, a method of automatically configuring a portlet includes: receiving a portlet; searching content of the portlet for a contextual aspect; and automatically applying attribute information to a portlet window object based on a discovered contextual aspect. | 02-11-2016 |
20160062639 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A method for operating an electronic device including a touch sensitive display is provided. The method includes displaying at least two application execution screens on the touch sensitive display not to be superposed on one another, receiving a touch input or a hovering input through the touch sensitive display, selecting at least one application execution screen among the at least two application execution screens at least partially in response to the reception of the touch input or the hovering input, and displaying the selected application execution screen to be superposed on at least a portion of a non-selected application execution screen among the at least two application execution screens. | 03-03-2016 |
20160070423 | COMBINED SWITCHING AND WINDOW PLACEMENT - Systems, methods, computer storage media, and graphical user interfaces (GUIs) are provided for combined switching and placement of windows based on a single action. The single action may be moving an element to a hot spot or a snap portion of a display area. In response to the single action, an element is automatically launched, repositioned according to a snap portion or a hot spot that recognized the element, and opened, and a view is automatically switched to a view of at least the element. | 03-10-2016 |
20160077676 | Linear Progression Based Window Management - Some embodiments implement a linear switching application that provides functionality for switching between different windows based on an x-axis ordering of the windows instead of the z-axis or other ordering of prior art. The linear switching application identifies an array of currently open windows and sorts the array based on the leftmost x-coordinate position of the windows in the array. Optionally, the linear switching application modifies the GUI to display window identifiers based on the leftmost x-coordinate position of each window to orient the user to the x-coordinate position of each of the windows on-screen. The application determines an index in the current x-sorted array for the window that is currently frontmost and changes the frontmost window based on the current frontmost window and a directional input provided by the user. | 03-17-2016 |
20160085382 | OPERATION SCREEN DISPLAY DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDED WITH DISPLAY PROGRAM - An operation screen display device according to the present invention displays operation screens which have a hierarchical structure on a display surface, and displays a lower level window, in which a region of at least a part of an operation screen of a lower level layer associated with an operation key which is performed with a pinch out operation is displayed, on a display surface at a specified size based on a size specified with the pinch out operation by a user for any of a plurality of operation keys in the operation screen. | 03-24-2016 |
20160110432 | RECORDING MEDIUM STORING SEARCH RESULT DISPLAY PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND SEARCH RESULT DISPLAYING METHOD - In a state in which, in a sectional region s, search result display region t is disposed at a side opposite a key information display region side of search result display region t+1 along an arrayed direction of a plurality of search result display regions that are included in the sectional region s, and, in a state in which search result of ranking m is displayed in the search result display region t of the sectional region s, and search result of ranking m+1 is displayed in the search result display region t+1 of the sectional region s, when a first touch operation is detected, the search result of ranking m+1 is displayed in the search result display region t of the sectional region s, and search result of ranking m+2 is displayed in the search result display region t+1 of the sectional region s. | 04-21-2016 |
20160147393 | DRAWER FOR DISPLAYING HIERARCHICAL DATA - Implementations generally relate to the generation of tile visualization for interactively displaying data on a user device. In some implementations, a method includes retrieving hierarchical data from a data storage system, including one or more first data items and one or more second data items descended from at least one of the first data items. The method further includes generating for display a main window including at least a portion of the hierarchical data. The method further includes enabling a user to select one or more of the first data items or the second data items. The method further includes generating for display a drawer window upon activation of a drawer function. The method further includes causing the selected data items to be displayed in the drawer window. | 05-26-2016 |
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20160191842 | USER INTERFACE METHOD, SYSTEM, AND DEVICE IN MULTITASKING ENVIRONMENT - In a user interface method, system and device in a multitasking environment, it is possible for a user to view all of a plurality of simultaneously executed applications by assigning different display areas to the plurality of applications. In the method, system and device, priorities of applications already being executed and of additional applications for which execution is requested are determined, and a display area size is determined and assigned to each application according to its priority. The system comprises a set-top box for performing the latter functions and a user terminal for transmitting a user request, while the device comprises a control unit for performing the latter functions. | 06-30-2016 |
20160196013 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF INFORMATION | 07-07-2016 |
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