Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
715827000 | Mnemonic (e.g., accelerator key) | 9 |
20080288891 | USING A NUMBER SHORTCUT - A method for selecting an item using a number shortcut is disclosed. The method includes providing a list of items; receiving a number shortcut; and rendering an item from the list, wherein the item is associated with the number shortcut. Applications, apparatuses and computer programs for implementing the method is also disclosed. | 11-20-2008 |
20090019396 | User Programmable Key in a User Interface System - A User Programmable Key resides on an instrument to assist a user to access and execute preferred features of the instrument in a minimal amount of time. A feature or a set of features are programmed into the User Programmable Key by a user from some or all of the available features in an instrument. The User Programmable Key is assigned to an area adjacent or on the graphical user interface and visible while a user accesses other available buttons, menus or features of an instrument's menu tree. | 01-15-2009 |
20090249253 | DISPLAYING MNEMONIC ABBREVIATIONS FOR COMMANDS - Abbreviations are displayed for user-entered text commands, to facilitate discovery of keyboard shortcuts and to reinforce branding. Users enter commands by typing them into a text input field. Commands can be provided in a verb-noun structure, where the verb specifies what is to be done and the noun specifies the object or a parameter for the verb. Upon user entry of a command, or portion thereof, the entered portion is replaced by an abbreviation. The abbreviation can represent a single key, key combination, or multi-character string. The abbreviation can also include a logo or other graphic component, if desired. The abbreviation can replace the verb portion of the entered command, or it can be shown alongside or adjacent to the text input field, or it can be shown in an overlay or according to any other mechanism. A transition effect can be performed when introducing the abbreviation. | 10-01-2009 |
20090313581 | Non-Mouse Computer Input Method and Apparatus - A system and method which may allow a user to interact with a computer without having to use a mouse. If a user presses a hot key, e.g., Control+Alt+J, a user interactive control unit may look at a screen the user is currently working on, determine what on the screen may be clicked on by a mouse, assign a key to each of the clickable part, and display the name of an assigned key close to its corresponding clickable part on the screen. If the user presses a displayed key, a second screen may be presented, and the user interactive control unit may look at the second screen and determine what on the second screen is clickable by a mouse. The process may continue until the user interactive control unit determines that the user has hit his final destination and performed the operation he is interested in. Consequently, a user may use his mouse less but still be able to click on certain things. This method may save users, especially typists, considerable time. | 12-17-2009 |
20100058239 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCELERATED WEB PAGE NAVIGATION USING KEYBOARD ACCELERATORS IN A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - A system and method for accelerated web page navigation using keyboard accelerators in a data processing system. A navigation layer is provided within a web browser application to enable pre-processing of a markup language within a web page retrieved from a web server. Multiple sequentially and/or individually accessible pages (i.e., paged content) of the web page are detected and functionality of one or more buttons of a keyboard is associated with one or more navigation functions of the web page (i.e., keyboard accelerators are enabled). The keyboard accelerators include a right directional arrow button of the keyboard associated with a transition within the web page from a first page of the multiple individually accessible pages to a next sequential page, a left directional arrow button of the keyboard associated with a transition within the web page from a first page of the multiple individually accessible pages to a previous sequential page, and a numeric button of the keyboard associated with a corresponding page number of individual pages of the web page. | 03-04-2010 |
20100122213 | METHOD FOR ASSIGNMENT OF SHORTCUT KEY COMBINATIONS UTILIZING NUMERICAL-SHAPE ASSOCIATION - A method of assigning shortcut key combinations used to immediately initiate predetermined functions in a computer system, each function associated with at least one representative text. The method is characterized in that a substantial number of the assignments is each based on a numerical-shape association such that a portion of the representative text of the assigned function corresponds to at lease one of the numerical symbols of the assigned shortcut key combinations, wherein said portion does not contain any numerical symbol. | 05-13-2010 |
20100192098 | ACCELERATORS FOR CAPTURING CONTENT - Various embodiments can provide a convenient way of sending selected online content to one or more applications, such as an application running on a local machine, a web application, a web service, and so on. In at least some embodiments, one or more accelerators can be presented to a user based at least in part on a user having selected content and the nature of the content that the user has selected. An accelerator can serve as a pipeline that can send the selected content to one or more applications. A variety of different accelerators can be utilized, and each accelerator can be suited to handle a particular type or types of content. A user can select a particular accelerator, which can cause an application associated with the accelerator to be launched and selected content to be provided to the application. | 07-29-2010 |
20100287507 | Enabling and Disabling Hotkeys - A computer program product may include instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to perform operations that include monitoring an electronic device to determine whether the electronic device is in a specific state. The electronic device may define one or more hotkeys, and each hotkey may correspond to an input from one or more input components of the electronic device. If the electronic device is in the specific state, a rule associated with the specific state may be retrieved, and one or more hotkeys may be enabled or disabled based on the retrieved rule. In some implementations, enabling or disabling one or more hotkeys includes enabling or disabling one or more operations associated with corresponding one or more hotkeys. | 11-11-2010 |
20110087996 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING IMPROVED HELP FACILITY AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - An improved handheld electronic device and associated method in accordance with the invention provide an improved help facility that displays a list of hot key assignments. The help facility is context-specific, meaning that it displays the hot key assignments that are activatable in the context of the specific portion of the specific application that is active on the handheld electronic device. | 04-14-2011 |