Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
715802000 | Focus control | 71 |
20080301578 | Methods, Systems, and Computer Program Products for Navigating a Sequence of Illustrative Scenes within a Digital Production - Methods, systems, and computer program products which enhance the use of digitized content by users are described. The methods, systems, and computer program products include causing portions of the content to be adjusted in size according to dimensions which would best facilitate electronic review of the content. The methods, systems, and computer program products include preparing illustrated content for navigation, specifying dimensions for areas within content collections such as pages and orders for viewing the areas, and correlating the specified dimensions and the specified order with instructions for rendering an enhanced view of the content areas. In some embodiments, the illustrated content comprises a digitized comic book. | 12-04-2008 |
20080307353 | Medical Apparatus and User Interface for a Medical Apparatus - A medical apparatus comprises a user interface ( | 12-11-2008 |
20090044143 | System and Method for Handling Unexpected Focus Change Messages in a Computing Device - A system and method for managing non-user initiated focus changes in a computing device detects, in one embodiment, an operating system generated message indicating a focus change from a first window to a second window. Once detected, user input is inhibited for a predetermined time. The predetermined time is configurable by the user. After the predetermined time elapses, subsequent user input is permitted to be sent to the second window, which has the focus. | 02-12-2009 |
20090094551 | ENHANCEMENTS TO PREVENT SPLIT ENTRIES IN THE EVENT OF A WINDOW FOCUS SHIFT - The present invention discloses a solution to prevent split entries in an event of a window focus shift while still permitting the focus shift event to occur. The solution utilizes a number of different configurable techniques to accomplish this goal, all of which are designed to permit a user to finish directing input to an original window element, when an automatic focus shift event occurs that directs focus to a different window element. Techniques for preventing split entries can include, but are not limited to, a pause-triggered target shifting technique, a pause-triggered focus shifting technique, a password control focus retention technique, a password control focus shift alter technique, an entry continuation blocking after focus shift technique, an entry continuation alert after focus shift technique, and an entry continuation buffering after focus shift technique. The solution is not to be construed limited to these enumerated techniques. | 04-09-2009 |
20090138819 | WINDOW SWITCH SYSTEM - A system for switching an opened window in a computer system between a display state and a hide state includes a mouse and a window switch system. The mouse has a switch key and a signal control unit. The window control system includes a window recording unit, a display control module, a window state switch module and a signal processing unit. When the user presses the switch key to output a switch signal from the mouse to the window control system, the window state switch module changes the state of the opened window, and then, the display control module executes the altered result and outputs the result to the screen in the computer system, thereby achieving the purpose of switching the computer window between the display and the hide states, so as to prevent the information shown on the screen from being seen by unauthorized persons. | 05-28-2009 |
20090144654 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING CONTENT CONSUMPTION - Methods and apparatus for the online consumption of content. The use of a markup language to implement unique identifiers in content allows for the measurement and analysis of users' interaction with that content. Online reading aids such as visual masks and density indicators facilitate the users' interaction with that content. | 06-04-2009 |
20090172590 | CAPTURE METHOD AND CAPTURE DEVICE - A capture method and a capture device retrieve screen data to be captured. The capture method uses a program for causing a computer to execute a screen data information acquisition processing step of acquiring information of active screen data in screen data displayed on a screen; a determination processing step of determining whether or not the active screen data is from an application software to be captured based on the acquired information of the screen data; a capture processing step of capturing the active screen data when determined that the active screen data is from the application software to be captured in the determination processing step; and a save processing step of saving the screen data captured in the capture processing step. | 07-02-2009 |
20090187853 | METHOD OF SYNCHRONIZING MULTIPLE VIEWS OF MULTIPLE DISPLAYED DOCUMENTS - There is provided a method of synchronizing multiple views of multiple displayed documents. The method includes displaying a first document in a first viewing window. The method includes displaying a second document in a second viewing window. The method includes determining from the viewing windows an active window. The method includes determining for the active window a scale value and an offset value associated with the display of the associated one of the documents. The method includes redisplaying each document associated with the viewing window that is not the active window by using the determined scale and offset values. | 07-23-2009 |
20090217198 | Slideshow Display of Images for User-Defined Groups of Applications - A group is defined by a user to include two or more different applications executed on a computing device. The group is associated with one foreground window and one or more background windows on a screen of the computing device. Images of one application selected as a foreground application is displayed in the foreground window. The applications not selected as the foreground application displays images in the background windows. The foreground window is overlaid on the top of the windows of other applications, thereby partially or totally occluding the windows of other applications in the same group. The foreground application changes with elapse of time or upon detection of an event. Therefore, the same foreground window display images for different applications in the group at different times. The number of windows cluttering a screen of the application can be reduced because the user can interact with different applications in the group using the same foreground window. | 08-27-2009 |
20090249245 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes: a display controller configured to control a plurality of display devices each having a display screen to display one or more application windows on the respective display screen; an user interface configured to accept an operation input by a user for operating the application window; a screen identifying module configured to identify a target display screen from among the display screens of the display devices, the target display screen being currently gazed on by a user; and a switch configured to switch a subject of the operation input through the user interface to the application windows displayed on the target display screen. | 10-01-2009 |
20090249246 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING INSTANT MESSAGE WHILE COMPUTER WORKING IN A FULL-SCREEN MODE - Methods for transmitting an instant message while a computer working in a full-screen mode. The method includes a computer executing the full-screen mode and a display control program first, and then fetching a message from an instant messenger module, and transmitting the message to the display control program, which embeds the message into a frame to be displayed next by the full-screen mode, and displaying the frame with the message. In such a way, a user is allowed to transmit and receive the message via the instant messenger module while a computer working in a full-screen mode, thus improving the convenience of using the full-screen mode. | 10-01-2009 |
20090319943 | CHARACTER INPUT APPARATUS AND CHARACTER INPUT METHOD - A letter input apparatus includes an input unit having at least one direction key, a display unit to display a screen having a display area to display at least one letter capable of being input by the input unit and at least one input key to input letters, and a control unit to cause the letter displayed on the display area to be input or displayed. | 12-24-2009 |
20100005414 | DISPLAY METHOD AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The composition mentioned hereinafter has been chosen to enable switching over the window targeted for manipulation by manipulating an arrow key, in case a subwindow which can be manipulated with a free cursor is present inside a main window which can be manipulated with a block cursor. In a state in which subwindow is focused during manipulation of main window, there is a switchover, by detection of lapse of a fixed time T, to manipulation of subwindow. In addition, in a state in which the free cursor is present in a border portion of subwindow during manipulation of subwindow, there is a switchover to main window as a result of detection of any one of: manipulation of key in the subwindow outward direction, pressing of key for a fixed time in the subwindow outward direction, and lapse of a fixed time T. | 01-07-2010 |
20100023888 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING FOCUS OF APPLICATION - Provided are a method and apparatus for controlling a focus of an application so that the focus is not compulsorily moved in a web browser. The method includes the operations of performing focus movement caused by a user input event in the application, detecting predetermined focus attribute information when focus movement caused by contents is requested while the user input event is processed, and determining the focus movement caused by contents according to the predetermined focus attribute information. | 01-28-2010 |
20100077345 | INDICATING INPUT FOCUS BY SHOWING FOCUS TRANSITIONS - A GUI conveys the location of input focus to a user by a dynamic focus indicator that displays the path followed by input focus during a transition from one GUI component to another. A focus indicator is displayed at a first location having input focus. In response to the location of input focus shifting from the first location to a second location, a path is indicated from the first location to the second location and the focus indicator is displayed at the second location. The location of input focus may shift due to an input from the user, a request from an application associated with the GUI, or a timing event. The path is indicated by presenting an animation routine in which the focus indicator appears to traverse the path. | 03-25-2010 |
20100077346 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC FOCUS SHIFT - The focus is automatically shifted among a plurality of application windows which are displayed concurrently. In order to achieve this, in the present invention, an interruption of communication processing started by an application corresponding to a first window displayed with the focus is detected. Then a second window to which the focus is to shift is determined based on the detection result and state data. As a result, the focus is automatically shifted, based on the determination result, from the first window displayed on a display section to the second window. | 03-25-2010 |
20100083168 | DEVICE INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A device information display apparatus for displaying multiple pieces of device information respectively obtained from field devices through communication therewith on a display unit based on the Enhanced EDD standard is structured such that it includes: a multi document generating unit for generating multiple pieces of device information including a dialog menu on WINDOWS (registered trade mark) standard child windows; and, a display information queuing unit for queuing the thus generated child windows therein and also for delivering such child windows to the display unit. | 04-01-2010 |
20100088635 | METHODS OF MANIPULATING A SCREEN SPACE OF A DISPLAY DEVICE - Methods to manipulate a screen space of a display device are disclosed. A plurality of application windows of a plurality of applications are displayed on a screen space. At least a first application and a second application are executing to display a plurality of windows. A user interface of system level applications may be displayed. A selection of a single application mode is received. In response to the receiving of the selection of the single application mode, all the windows are removed automatically from the screen space, except for a first application window. At least the first and second applications continue being executed. The user interface of the system level applications may continue to be displayed. Next, a request to display a second application window is received. The second application window is displayed while the first application window is removed from the screen space. | 04-08-2010 |
20100138779 | METHOD OF DRIVING AN INTERACTIVE SYSTEM AND USER INTERFACE SYSTEM - The invention describes a method of driving an interactive system ( | 06-03-2010 |
20100153877 | Task Switching - A user interface for switching between applications is provided. The user interface comprises control means for executing a first and a second application, for displaying the first application as a main application, for receiving a first input and in response thereto displaying the second application as a main application. The user interface also comprises control means for executing a plurality of applications, and control means for displaying one of said applications, for receiving a second input and for marking the displayed application as an alternate application. | 06-17-2010 |
20100185978 | CONTEXT PANE WITH SEMANTIC ZOOM - Technologies are described herein for providing a context pane with semantic zoom. A content interface including a content pane and a context pane is provided. The content pane may be adapted to provide content, and the context pane may be adapted to display a richness of contextual data. A selectable interface element is also provided in the content interface. When the interface element is selected, the context pane may be transformed from displaying the richness of contextual data into displaying another richness of contextual data. | 07-22-2010 |
20100275154 | System and Method For Securely Presenting Data - An apparatus for securely presenting data to a user, the apparatus comprising: a data receiver, configured to receive the data, and a data presenter, associated with the data receiver, configured to present the received data to the user on a screen, through a graphical user interface comprising a first part exposing only a portion of the presented data and a second part disabling free viewing of a remaining portion of the presented data. | 10-28-2010 |
20100275155 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING SETUP SCREEN WITH SCREEN NAVIGATION PATH - A display device includes a display unit, first storing unit, first display control unit, second display control unit, first transition unit, second transition unit, and marking unit. The display unit includes a first portion and a second portion. The first storing unit stores title strings for a plurality of screen images including a base screen image and being arranged hierarchically from the base screen image along a screen navigation path starting from the base screen image. The first display control unit displays a first screen image on the first portion. The second display control unit displays a navigation string on the second portion. The navigation string includes at least one of the title strings corresponding to at least one of the screen images which is positioned in a part of the screen navigation path from the base screen image to the first screen image. The marking unit attaches a mark to one of the title string corresponding to a third screen image of a higher hierarchical level than the first screen image and included in the navigation string in order to distinguish the title string attached with the mark from the other title string. The first transition unit changes the first screen image displayed on the first portion to a second screen image of a lower hierarchical level than the first screen image when a user performs a prescribed selection, thereby displaying the second screen image on the first portion. The second transition unit changes the first screen image to a third screen image when the user performs a reverse transition operation, thereby displaying the third screen image on the first portion. | 10-28-2010 |
20100287498 | USER INTERFACE COMMAND DISAMBIGUATION IN A MULTI-WINDOW OPERATING ENVIRONMENT - A method of disambiguating a target window for a user input in a multi-window computing environment can include receiving a user input event in a multi-window computing environment rendered in a display by a processor of a computer. The method further can include determining whether a focus change had occurred from a previously focused application window to a currently focused application window within a threshold period of time. Finally a prompt can be rendered to disambiguate an intended target application window amongst the currently focused application window and the previously focused application window if a focus change had occurred within a threshold period of time and the user input event can be routed to a selected target application window amongst the currently focused application window and the previously focused application window. Otherwise the received user input event can be routed to the currently focused application window without first rendering the prompt. | 11-11-2010 |
20110035703 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An electronic device on which a multi-window system operates. The electronic device includes a detecting unit to detect a switchover of an active window, and a volume control unit to change, when the switchover of the active window is a switchover to another window from a sound output window defined as a user interface for a process of outputting a sound, a volume setting value relating to the output sound by the process of the sound output window. | 02-10-2011 |
20110078624 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Manipulating Workspace Views - In some embodiments, a multifunction device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface creates a plurality of workspace views. A respective workspace view is configured to contain content assigned by a user to the respective workspace view. The content includes application windows. The device displays a first workspace view in the plurality of workspace views on the display without displaying other workspace views in the plurality of workspace views and detects a first multifinger gesture on the touch-sensitive surface. In response to detecting the first multifinger gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, the device replaces display of the first workspace view with concurrent display of the plurality of workspace views. | 03-31-2011 |
20110107257 | FOCUS STEALING PREVENTION - One implementation provides monitoring a user's activity within a first window that is visible to the user in a graphical user interface (GUI), receiving notification of an incoming message intended for the user, and, upon receipt, opening a second window that is visible to the user in the GUI, the second window being distinct from any other window currently open in the GUI. When a predetermined condition is satisfied based upon the user's activity being monitored in the first window, the implementation further provides deactivating the first window in the GUI and activating the second window to provide the user with notification of the incoming message. | 05-05-2011 |
20110113364 | DIRECTIONAL NAVIGATION OF PAGE CONTENT - A system and method for displaying and navigating through structured content, such as a webpage, is provided. The content includes focusable elements, at least one of which is a non-enableable element that is normally not capable of gaining focus when the content is displayed in a browser or other viewing application. Navigation of the content by moving focus from one element to another includes moving the focus to the focusable, non-enableable element. The non-enableable element is defined as a focusable element by an attribute. Focusable elements may also be defined with attributes for capturing directional navigation instructions and calling event handling functions in response to detected directional navigation instructions. | 05-12-2011 |
20110131525 | VISUALIZATION AND INFORMATION DISPLAY FOR SHAPES IN DISPLAYED GRAPHICAL IMAGES BASED ON USER ZONE OF FOCUS - Graphical viewing of shapes and descriptive information in displayed graphical images. In one aspect, shape information is displayed in a graphical interface using a computer system and includes causing a display of an image and one or more shapes in the image, and causing a display of a cursor on the display device. Labels are displayed on the display device, each label associated with a different displayed shape. One or more of the labels are displayed within a zone of focus of eyes of a user of the graphical interface and one or more of the labels are displayed outside the zone of focus, where the labels displayed in the zone of focus are displayed differently than the labels displayed outside the zone of focus. | 06-02-2011 |
20110246934 | Vehicular manipulation input apparatus - In a hierarchical display structure, a high layer window contains one or more input images that serve as a window switchover region for switching into a low layer window. Each of the input images is a first correspondence image that has a unique color. When a manipulation device selects one of the input images and performs a determination input to the selected input image in the high layer window being displayed on a screen of a display device, the display on the screen is switched from the high layer window into the low layer window. The low layer window on the screen contains a background image as a second correspondence image that has a color identical to a color of the input image to which the determination input was performed in the high layer window. | 10-06-2011 |
20110307828 | MEMORY ALLOCATION VISUALIZATION FOR UNMANAGED LANGUAGES - A “Memory Allocation Visualizer” provides a dynamic visualization that animates memory allocation event trace information over a time period of execution of a program. Consequently, the Memory Allocation Visualizer provides a visualization and understanding of a program's memory system behavior. Various modes of display with custom color mappings and zooming allow the user to see how heaps are used over time (e.g., by allocation type, age, size, thread id, etc.). Custom displays also allow the user to detect potential memory leaks and fragmentation problems. Composable filters enable the user to focus on specific issues. Various techniques are used to enable processing of a very large numbers of trace events while enabling rapid response to visualization view changes. | 12-15-2011 |
20120030617 | Methods of Manipulating a Screen Space of a Display Device - Methods to manipulate a screen space of a display device are disclosed. A plurality of application windows of a plurality of applications are displayed on a screen space. At least a first application and a second application are executing to display a plurality of windows. A user interface of system level applications may be displayed. A selection of a single application mode is received. In response to the receiving of the selection of the single application mode, all the windows are removed automatically from the screen space, except for a first application window. At least the first and second applications continue being executed. The user interface of the system level applications may continue to be displayed. Next, a request to display a second application window is received. The second application window is displayed while the first application window is removed from the screen space. | 02-02-2012 |
20120084723 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHOWING STORED WINDOW DISPLAY - Systems and methods are provided for changing a user interface for a multi-screen device. The user interface can change based on the movement of a window. The system can receive a user interface event that modifies the display of windows in the user interface. Upon receiving the user interface event, the system determines if a window has been covered or uncovered. If a window has been covered, the window is placed in a sleep state. If a window is uncovered, the window is activated from a sleep state. A sleep state is a window state where an application associated with the window does not receive user interface inputs and/or does not render the window. Moreover, in a sleep state an image representing the window is maintained in memory. | 04-05-2012 |
20120084724 | SLEEP STATE FOR HIDDEN WINDOWS - Systems and methods are provides for changing a user interface for a multi-screen device. The user interface can change based on the movement of a window. The system can receive a user interface event that modifies the display of windows in the user interface. Upon receiving the user interface event, the system determines if a window has been covered or uncovered. If a window has been covered, the window is placed in a sleep state. If a window is uncovered, the window is activated from a sleep state. A sleep state is a window state where an application associated with the window does not receive user interface inputs and/or does not render the window. | 04-05-2012 |
20120084725 | MANAGING HIERARCHICALLY RELATED WINDOWS IN A SINGLE DISPLAY - The present disclosure is directed to methodologies and devices for handling the display of hierarchically related windows in a single-screen communication device. | 04-05-2012 |
20120084726 | MINIMIZING APPLICATION WINDOWS - Embodiments are described for minimizing application windows displayed on one or more displays of a multi-screen device. A device may display a dual screen application which is displayed across both screens. Depending upon which screen is used to launch (or reopen) an application, the dual screen application may be minimized to the other screen. | 04-05-2012 |
20120096397 | 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 indicating a selection of a presented workspace image is received. The user interface is updated to display a plurality of application windows associated with the selected virtual workspace in addition to displaying the plurality of workspace images. | 04-19-2012 |
20120124514 | PRESENTATION FOCUS AND TAGGING - Architecture that facilitates the directing of viewer focus on selected content in the presentation document. Focus is visually represented using a focus viewport, which provides a bounded area in which the content of focus is enhanced for viewing, while content outside the viewport is impaired from being viewed. Selecting on a particular point or location in the document automatically activates the focus viewport and applies focus (e.g., enlarged viewing) to an area proximate the selection point. The content selected for focus can be tagged as a landmark section, which is then stored with other content tagged as landmark sections, some or all of which can then be run as frames in a movie strip for continuous review. | 05-17-2012 |
20120174030 | NAVIGATING AMONG HIGHER-LEVEL AND LOWER-LEVEL WINDOWS ON A COMPUTING DEVICE - Disclosed are methods for consistent navigation among higher-level and lower-level windows on a device's display screen. A user can consistently navigate from one higher-level window to another and use the same navigation tools to navigate among the lower-level windows (if any) within a higher-level window. Some embodiments present a set of small “overviews” to the user. Each overview corresponds to one of the higher-level windows. In addition to the set of overviews, a larger “preview” can be shown of the window with focus. If the window with focus contains lower-level windows, then the preview can include “snapshots” of those lower-level windows. In some embodiments, a “title bar” provides more information about the window with focus, such as the title of that window. When a lower-level window is currently active within the higher-level window with focus, the title bar can show information about that active lower-level window. | 07-05-2012 |
20120284665 | REMOTE ACTIVE WINDOW SENSING AND REPORTING FEATURE - A system and method is provided for remote active window sensing of a display in a computing device and reporting of the same. The system includes a tool including a remote monitoring and reporting component configured to monitor active windows of one or more remote devices and provide a report to a presenter as to whether the active windows of the one or more remote devices are for a presentation of the presenter. | 11-08-2012 |
20120304115 | NOKIA PLACES FLOATING PROFILE - A method and system for marking a location with a mobile device, uploading location information from the marked location to a location based service, creating a web page for the location information, and adding descriptive content to the web page pertaining to the location. | 11-29-2012 |
20130117712 | INTERACTIVE IMAGE ANALYSIS - A system for interactive image analysis is disclosed, comprising an image visualization subsystem ( | 05-09-2013 |
20130145313 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND MULTITASKING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a mobile terminal and a multitasking method thereof. In a state where a plurality of layers corresponding to a plurality of applications are displayed on a screen, a user performs an operation through an uppermost application. In this case, a search region of a preset shape through which a lower application can be directly visible is created on the uppermost application. This can allow the user to more rapidly and conveniently search for or select information provided from the lower application, and to apply the information to multitasking. | 06-06-2013 |
20130263048 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, PROGRAM AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A display control apparatus includes an operation detector detecting an operation indicating a movement direction, an object analysis device specifying an object to which a focus is moved by a one-time operation among objects displayed on a screen and operated by a user, as an object of a first group, and a display properties setting device setting display properties of the object of the first group so that the user may distinguish the object of the first group from other objects. | 10-03-2013 |
20130318472 | Method and device for electronic terminal to realize desktop switching, and electronic terminal - The present application discloses a method and device for an electronic terminal to realize desktop switching, and the electronic terminal thereof to avoid monotonous desktop switching through screen sliding and to enrich the functions of the electronic terminal. The method includes that: a current motion state of an electronic terminal is acquired by way of an acceleration sensor arranged in the electronic terminal; a primary desktop switching mode corresponding to the current motion state is determined according to a stored corresponding relation between a motion state and a desktop switching mode; and desktop switching is performed according to the primary desktop switching mode. | 11-28-2013 |
20130326401 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Navigating Through a Range of Values - A multifunction device displays a navigation user interface that includes: a navigation bar having a plurality of unit regions and a plurality of subunit regions. Each of the unit regions represents a range of values. Each subunit region represents a subset of a respective range of values. The navigation user interface also includes a content area for displaying content associated with subunit regions. In response to detecting an input that selects a respective subunit region, the multifunction device updates the content area in accordance with the respective selected subunit region. In response to detecting an input that selects a respective unit region, the multifunction device updates the navigation bar to include subunit regions in accordance with the selected unit region and updates the content area in accordance with at least one of the subunit regions in the updated navigation bar. | 12-05-2013 |
20130346917 | CLIENT APPLICATION ANALYTICS - A sequence of user actions is generated from a runtime trace of a client application that is analyzed against a set of detectors to infer a feature-level usage analytic. The feature-level usage analytic identifies a common trait among the various users that use a feature of the application and is used as a basis to reflect the user's experience with the feature. The feature-level usage analytic may be a level of the user's ability with the application or an application state that indicates an outcome of a group of users' usage with a particular feature. The feature-level usage analytic provides a developer with insight into the user's behavior when using the application. | 12-26-2013 |
20140013273 | INTERACTIVE REFOCUSING OF ELECTRONIC IMAGES - A method is performed to refocus a digital photographic image comprising a plurality of pixels. In the method, a set of images is computed corresponding to the digital photographic image and focused at different depths. Refocus depths for at least a subset of the pixels are identified and stored in a look-up table. At least a portion of the digital photographic image is refocused at a desired refocus depth determined from the look-up table. | 01-09-2014 |
20140019908 | Facilitating the Use of Selectable Elements on Touch Screen - When the user touches a touch selectable element, the appearance of the computer recognized selected element may be changed so that the user can confirm that the element is, in fact, the element the user intended to select. If it is not, in some embodiments, the user can slide the user's finger to the correct element and, again, that element may be modified in a way to indicate to the user which element has now been selected. When the user removes the user's finger from the touch selectable element, in some embodiments, the element is then selected. Also, the user, in some embodiments, can touch blank areas of the display screen to reveal which elements on the display screen are touch selectable elements. | 01-16-2014 |
20140053101 | METHODS FOR DISPLAYING ON A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - Methods of displaying multiple sources of information in a graphical user interface on a display include separately displaying at least some of the multiple sources of information within graphical user interface components within the graphical user interface. All of the graphical user interface components within the graphical user interface are displayed including a focus graphical user interface. | 02-20-2014 |
20140059485 | TOGGLE GESTURE DURING DRAG GESTURE - Methods and systems for providing input to a computing device based on a toggle gesture performed during a drag gesture are provided. A drag gesture can be performed on a touch screen to manipulate a user interface object. For example, the drag gesture can move the user interface object or resize the user interface object. Such manipulation commands may have alternate modes or options. For example, a user may want to place a copy of the user interface object rather than simply moving it. Accordingly, a toggle gesture can be performed during the drag gesture to choose an alternate manipulation command. For example, a drag gesture can be performed to move an object, and a toggle gesture can be performed during the drag gesture to copy the object instead of moving it. | 02-27-2014 |
20140068507 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EDITING AN IMAGE IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method edit an image in a portable terminal, with the method including displaying one or more icons indicating stylus pen functions; when a highlighter icon corresponding to a highlighter function is selected among the displayed icons, displaying a text selected by a stylus pen in an image in a preset fluorescent color; and storing the displayed text in accordance with the fluorescent color. | 03-06-2014 |
20140157193 | CHANGING ANIMATION DISPLAYED TO USER - A computing system may perform a method comprising displaying, on a graphical user interface (GUI) on a display of the computing system, a plurality of initial animations to a user, each of the plurality of animations being displayed in response to an identical function call, having an identical visual appearance, and being displayed to prompt an input from the user. The method may also comprise monitoring, by a processor of the computing system, the user's input to each of the plurality of animations. The method may also comprise displaying, by the GUI, a subsequent animation to the user, the subsequent animation being displayed in response to the identical function call but having a different visual appearance than the plurality of initial animations, the different visual appearance of the subsequent animation being based on the monitored inputs. | 06-05-2014 |
20140181740 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RELATED USER INPUTS - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is, a method, comprising detecting a static touch user input defining, responsive to detecting the static user input, a start point for a selection area, and defining the selection area in dependence on a duration of the static touch user input. | 06-26-2014 |
20140208263 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY DISPLAYING CHARACTERS OVER A SCREEN OF A COMPUTERIZED MOBILE DEVICE - A method of changing a display of an original image on a screen of a computerized mobile device is provided herein. The method comprises the following steps: (i) dynamically identifying conditions related to display changes. The identified conditions are as a result of an identified event; (ii) dynamically selecting at least one area of the original image that is displayed on the screen that is defined as an Area of interest (AOI), according to the identified conditions; and (iii) dynamically changing the display of the original image according to the AOI by visually enhancing said AOI area such that the visual enhancement gradually decreases from the AOI and farther thereto, to visually emphasize the AOI area while maintaining visual continuity of the entire original image. The visual continuity in each area of visual enhancement in the original image is maintained by a convex visual effect. | 07-24-2014 |
20140208264 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PROGRAM AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - A focus part of an object is displayed in an actual display area, which is a part of a display target area set within a window that is visible on a screen, without changing the size of the focus part and the layout of the display object. A control unit sets a reference point P based on the positions of a display element and the actual display area in a drawing target area ( | 07-24-2014 |
20140237423 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A data processing apparatus includes a display control unit that controls browsing document data to be displayed, the browsing document data being configured by plural browsing object data items, a position information acquisition unit that acquires position information, the position information being pointed by a pointing unit and indicating a position corresponding to the browsing document data displayed by the display control unit, a direction identification unit that identifies a direction pointed by the pointing unit, starting from the pointed position, based on a history of a motion by the pointing unit, and an attention data identification unit that identifies attention data indicating browsing object data that is focused, among the plural browsing object data items, based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit and a direction identified by the direction identification unit. | 08-21-2014 |
20140282235 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - An information processing device includes a processor that executes a procedure. The procedure includes: (a) acquiring concentration level information relating to a degree of concentration of a user on the device; (b) acquiring action information that directly or indirectly represents an action of the user; (c) setting a first threshold that is for determining, in accordance with the concentration level information acquired in (a), whether or not the action information acquired in (b) is an operational instruction; and (d) determining, using the first threshold set in (c), whether or not the action of the user represented by the action information acquired in (b) is intended as an operational instruction by the user. | 09-18-2014 |
20140365960 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PAGE VIEW SWITCHING - A method for page view switching is provided. The method includes detecting a view switching operation in an application interface by a user to switch from a current view to a target view. The method also includes destroying the current view corresponding to the view switching operation and creating a view object corresponding to the target view in the view switching operation by calling a view controller class. Further, the method includes assigning values to the view object through a view controller and displaying the view object with the assigned values on the application interface to display the target view to the user. | 12-11-2014 |
20150020025 | REMOTE DISPLAY AREA INCLUDING INPUT LENSES EACH DEPICTING A REGION OF A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - Examples disclosed herein relate to a remote display area including input lenses each depicting a region of a graphical user interface. Examples include, in response to detection of a graphical user interface (GUI) input event with a remote computing device within an input lens having input focus, invoking the GUI input event at a location of the GUI of a local computing device within the region of the GUI depicted in the input lens having input focus. | 01-15-2015 |
20150347364 | HIGHLIGHTING INPUT AREA BASED ON USER INPUT - In one aspect, a device includes a touch-enabled display, a processor, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to present at least a first input area at a first location on the touch-enabled display and receive first input to the touch-enabled display. The instructions are also executable to determine whether at least the first input is to be represented at the first input area, and highlight the first input area at least in part in response to a determination that at least the first input is to be represented at the first input area. | 12-03-2015 |
20150363046 | INTEGRATING BROWSER NAVIGATION BETWEEN MULTIPLE BROWSING CONTEXTS - A method, apparatus, and program product are disclosed for opening a second browsing context from a first browsing context, switching focus from the first browsing context to the second browsing context, and returning the focus to the first browsing context in response to receiving browser navigation input in the second browsing context. | 12-17-2015 |
20150378536 | MULTI-VIEW MODEL FOR MOBILE APPLICATIONS BASED ON DOUBLE STACKS - Disclosed herein are technologies for implementing a multi-view model for devices using a plurality of stack registers. In some implementations, front-stack and back-stack registers enable a user to keep multiple views simultaneously and facilitate fast switching from one view to another without losing any unsaved data in each view. | 12-31-2015 |
20160004427 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Displaying User Interface Objects Corresponding to an Application - An electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface and a display, that includes one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface, displays a plurality of application icons, where the plurality of application icons include a respective application icon corresponding to a respective application. While a focus selector is over the respective application icon, the device detects a gesture that includes a contact on the touch-sensitive surface; and in response to detecting the gesture: when the contact had a maximum intensity during the gesture that was below a respective intensity threshold, the device displays an application window of the respective application; and when the contact reached an intensity during the gesture that was above the respective intensity threshold, the device displays a plurality of user interface objects that correspond to the respective application. | 01-07-2016 |
20160070448 | STACK OF MAPS - A system collects user data that describes at least one destination. The system generates, based on the collected user data, map data to render a plurality of maps. The maps are arranged in a stack so that a first interactive map is primarily displayed in the user interface and one or more dynamic maps are conceptually below that interactive map. A portion of each dynamic map is viewable and selectable within the user interface. As updated map data is received, information on the interactive map and dynamic maps is correspondingly updated. When a dynamic map is selected or the system detects that a dynamic map is to be displayed, the system provides for display a new interactive map that replaces the previous interactive map in the user interface. | 03-10-2016 |
20160139737 | APPLICATION CONTAINERS AND APPLICATION CONTAINER GENERATOR - Application containers, displayed on a display of a computing device, organize essential applications and other data that a user needs into a single view. An application container can include only the most important applications and data for a user's specific role. Using a nested file directory, application containers create role-based mini start screens composed of tiles that when activated launch nested application containers and different types of applications and that can display various static and dynamic data. Application containers can filter, share, and display tiles and data based on the user's role. Application containers can also create reports and graphs based on data underlying each application container. Some application containers are generated by using an application container generator. | 05-19-2016 |
20160139766 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which facilitating management of contents saved in a clipboard. The present invention includes a touchscreen, a clipboard memory, and a controller configured to control the touchscreen to display a screen associated with a first application, save, in the clipboard memory, content designated by a user displayed on the screen associated with the first application, and control the touchscreen to display the saved content together with a screen associated with a second application, in response to receiving a command to switch from displaying the screen associated with the first application to displaying the screen associated with the second application. | 05-19-2016 |
20160139866 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SCREEN DISPLAY CONTROL IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An apparatus and method are provided for controlling the display of a screen in an electronic device that supports multitasking. In the method, the apparatus displays first and second application execution screens on first and second areas of a screen, respectively. The first and second areas are distinct from each other. When an event for executing a third application is detected, the apparatus displays the second application execution screen on the first area and also displays a third application execution screen on the second area in response to the detected event. When execution of the third application is terminated, the apparatus displays the first application execution screen on the first area and also displays the second application execution screen on the second area. | 05-19-2016 |
20160147379 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND SCREEN DISPLAY METHOD - A display control unit that displays a screen that transitions to a next screen based on a predetermined input made by a user on a display unit; and a determining unit that determines, when the screen is displayed and the predetermined input has not been made, whether a display condition for a preview for next screen to let the user view the next screen in advance is satisfied are included, and the display control unit displays the preview for next screen on the display unit when the display condition is satisfied. | 05-26-2016 |
20160162162 | Text Processing Method and Touchscreen Device - A text processing method, where the method includes displaying text; acquiring an input of a user; and enlarging and displaying text in a first preset area according to the input, and at the same time, reducing and displaying text in a second preset area, to enable display of the text to stay in an initial state, which means to enable a character in the text to stay displayed at a location in a row and/or a column in which the character in the text is displayed before the enlarging and displaying text in a first preset area and at the same time reducing and displaying text in a second preset area is executed, to resolve a technical problem in the prior art that it is inconvenient for a user to view and select text due to a dense arrangement of the text. | 06-09-2016 |
20160253062 | METHOD FOR PRESENTATION BY TERMINAL DEVICE, AND TERMINAL DEVICE | 09-01-2016 |