Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
715866000 | Miscellaneous customization or adaptation | 20 |
20080235634 | ELECTRONIC PAPER DEVICE FOR USE BY AIRCRAFT PILOTS AND CREW - An electronic paper device is disclosed for use by aircraft pilots and crew. The electronic paper device may include a communication interface that facilitates downloading of aviation-related documents, the aviation-related documents being and available for downloaded prior to each flight, a memory that stores the aviation-related documents, a user interface that facilitates access and use of the aviation-related documents by a user, and an electronic paper display that displays the aviation-related documents to the user in a manner that permits viewing in all lighting conditions. | 09-25-2008 |
20080244470 | THEME RECORDS DEFINING DESIRED DEVICE CHARACTERISTICS AND METHOD OF SHARING - An electronic device ( | 10-02-2008 |
20080256495 | Personalized user interface - A user interface of a computing system is personalized based on whether the computing system is used in a home environment, a business environment, etc. In one implementation, user interface content is stored that is defined for a plurality of consumer-usage environments, such as the home and business environment. The computing system identifies its consumer-usage environment, whether it is a home environment, a business environment, etc. The computing system then personalizes a user interface that is provided to a user based the environment in which it is being or will be used. To personalize the user interface, the computing system identifies the proper user interface content defined for the consumer-usage environment, and provides the user interface based on the proper user interface content. | 10-16-2008 |
20080282204 | User Interfaces for Electronic Devices - An interaction engine ( | 11-13-2008 |
20080282205 | UNIFIED LAUNCHER USER INTERFACE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING MULTIPLE DISPARATE ENVIRONMENTS ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A unified launcher user interface system and method for integrating a plurality of applications in different runtime environments on an electronic device, for example a mobile device is disclosed. The unified launcher user interface system includes a user interface presenting icons representing the plurality of applications configured to run in separate runtime environments, wherein the applications are launched from the unified launcher user interface system within a normalized environment. | 11-13-2008 |
20090125850 | SELECTIVELY LOCKING GUI CONTROLS TO PREVENT ACCIDENTAL OPERATIONS IN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - The present invention discloses a solution to add a user selectable lock to a GUI control, such as a close button. The lock can be imposed on an individual window. After being applied, a user will have to explicitly unlock the control before the control can be selected, which prevents inadvertent selections of the locked control. For example, a lock can be placed on a close control to prevent accidental closing of a window. Locks can be manually or automatically applied. Automatically applied locks can be associated with a set of user configurable rules, which can also establish rules for automatically unlocking GUI controls. An applied GUI control lock can be unlocked in a user configurable manner, with any level of security. | 05-14-2009 |
20090222771 | ADAPTABLE MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADAPTATION - A measuring device providing a display device. The operation of the measuring device can be adapted by a user. In this context, operation includes the input and output of parameters in dialogs and the switching between dialogs. The display device displays the dialogsand can display several dialogs simultaneously. The input of given values in given dialogs effects the opening and/or closing of at least one respectively associated further dialog. The content and/or the position and/or the form and/or the linking of the dialogs are adapted. The operation of the measuring device is functional during the adaptation. Exclusively the currently-displayed dialogs are adaptable. | 09-03-2009 |
20090319958 | Machine Readable Design Description for Function-Based Services - A machine readable form of a design document is described which may be used in automatically generating a user interface for a service. In an embodiment, the machine readable form of a design document is generated by adding attributes to functions which make up the service. These attributes define the dependencies between functions, including the flow of data between functions and any required user input for execution of the functions. An extended service description, which includes details of the application logic of the service, may be generated automatically from this machine readable form of a design document and the extended service description may be used to automatically generate a user interface for the service. | 12-24-2009 |
20100037187 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A USER INTERFACE BASED ON THE EMOTIONAL STATE OF A USER - Methods and apparatus for modifying a user interface as a function of the detected emotional state of a system user are described. In one embodiment, stress analysis is performed on received speech to generate an emotional state indicator value, e.g., a stress level indicator value. The stress level indicator value is compared to one or more thresholds. If a first threshold is exceeded the user interface is modified, e.g., the presentation rate of speech is slowed. If a second threshold is not exceeded, another modification to the user interface is made, e.g., the speech presentation rate is accelerated. If the stress level indicator value is between first and second thresholds, user interface operation continues unchanged. The user interface modification techniques of the present invention may be used in combination with known knowledge or expertise based user interface adaptation features. | 02-11-2010 |
20100058255 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING WEBPAGES IN A MEDIA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an Internet Protocol Television system having a controller to receive an identification of a first presentation device, select a webpage graphical user interface (GUI) template from a library according to the identification of the first presentation device, receive a request to present a customization of the webpage GUI template at a second presentation device, identify an adaptation process to accommodate presentation of the customization of the webpage GUI template at the second presentation device, customize the webpage GUI template according to one or more directives received from the first presentation device, thereby generating a customized webpage GUI, adapt the customized webpage GUI according to the adaptation process, present the customized webpage GUI at the first presentation device, and present the adapted customized webpage GUI at the second presentation device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 03-04-2010 |
20100077362 | SERVER-CONTROLLED USER INTERFACE - A distributed computational system, with local and remote processing components, is configured to provide a user interface of the local component that is stored in the local component but is controlled and updated by the remote component. | 03-25-2010 |
20100083192 | VARIABLE SCREEN MAGNIFIER USER INTERFACE - The magnifier interface system determines a level of user activity with a screen magnifier user interface and determines a current user interface mode. If the system is currently in the full mode and the level of user activity indicates user interaction with the screen magnifier user interface below a threshold, then the system transitions from the full mode to the watermark mode based on the lack of determined user activity. If the system is currently in the watermark mode and the level of user activity indicates user interaction with the screen magnifier user interface, then the system transitions from the watermark mode to the full mode based on the determined user activity. Thus, the magnifier interface system presents a full user interface that transitions into a smaller watermark interface when not in use to take up less screen real restate yet remain available to users. | 04-01-2010 |
20100122220 | Method of and apparatus for dynamically generating a user presentation based on database stored rules - A method of dynamically generating a user presentation includes selecting and retrieving at least one of a plurality of rules stored in one or more databases in response to a request from an application program, executing the rule to retrieve data from the one or more databases, and generating presentation data based on the data. The presentation data may be for use in the user presentation of the application program. | 05-13-2010 |
20100169844 | Customization Abstraction - Which one of a plurality of customization levels of a customizable operation of a software application is to be provided to a customizing user of the customizable operation may be determined, wherein each of the plurality of customization levels represents a different level of customization abstraction for customizing the customizable operation at an associated level of complexity. A maintenance view including a visual representation of the customizable operation may be provided, the visual representation corresponding to the determined customization level. A customization to the customizable operation may be received and applied to the customization to the customizable operation to cause the software application to implement the customization during an execution thereof. | 07-01-2010 |
20110078637 | SELF-SERVICE COMPUTER WITH DYNAMIC INTERFACE - A self-service computer with dynamic interface. The self-service computer includes a processor for receiving environment information, for selecting among different user interface features including different transaction screens and different transaction screen content based upon the environment information, and for providing selected user interface features during a transaction involving a customer. | 03-31-2011 |
20120011477 | USER INTERFACES - Apparatus comprises at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code. The memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform a method of: determining an emotional or physical condition of a user of a device; and changing either: a) a setting of a user interface of the device, or b) information presented through the user interface, dependent on the detected emotional or physical condition. | 01-12-2012 |
20120023463 | DOCK-SPECIFIC DISPLAY MODES - In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products. A mobile computing device is determined to have electrically coupled by physical contact with a docking system that is adapted to supply electrical power for charging the mobile computing device. The docking system is determined to be a first type of docking system from a plurality of types of docking systems. A first user interface profile that corresponds to the first type of docking system is selected from among a plurality of user interface profiles. Each of the plurality of user interface profiles corresponds to a respective type of docking system from the plurality of types of docking systems. The first user interface profile is presented by the mobile computing device in response to selection of the first user interface profile. | 01-26-2012 |
20120324404 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RENDERING A REMOTE VIEW AT A CLIENT DEVICE - Examples of systems and methods are provided for facilitating rendering at a local client device a remote view associated with a remote application on a remote server. A method may comprise generating the remote view of the remote application based on display output data of the remote application, wherein a portion of the display output data is visible in the remote view, tracking coordinates and dimensions of the portion of the display output that is visible, receiving a message from the remote server comprising coordinates and dimensions of one of a window box, a dialog box and an object, comparing the coordinates and dimensions of the portion of the display output data that is visible with the coordinates and dimensions of the one of the window box, the dialog box and the object, and adjusting the portion of the display output data that is visible based on the comparison. | 12-20-2012 |
20130117719 | Context-Based Adaptation for Business Applications - The present disclosure describes methods, systems, and computer program products for providing context-based adaptations in business applications. One example method includes identifying an executing instance of an application associated with at least one adaptation configuration, where each adaptation configuration is associated with a set of context criteria. An environmental context associated with the executing instance of the application is determined. A request to perform an operation of the application is received, and a comparison of the environmental context is made with the at least one adaptation configuration to determine if the environmental context satisfies the set of context criteria. The at least one adaptation configuration is then applied for the performance of the operation based on the environmental context satisfying the set of context criteria. | 05-09-2013 |
20130212542 | Automatic Detection of User Preferences for Alternate User Interface Model - A method for automatic detection of user preferences for alternate user interface model includes operating a digital device with an active user interface model and receiving one or more input signals from a user of the digital device. The method includes comparing the one or more input signals with one or more latent user interface models and determining if one of the latent user interface models has a higher likelihood given the one or more input signals than the active user interface models. The method also includes responsively substituting the latent user interface with the highest likelihood given the one or more input signals for the active user interface model. | 08-15-2013 |