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| 20080259211 | Using Subtitles for Other Purposes - Aspects of the invention are directed to using subtitles for purposes other than viewing them on a display screen overlaid on the sub-title's corresponding content. While watching television with sub-titles activated, a terminal user may be offered a short-cut and/or one or more options which will use a current (or recently occurring) subtitle for other purposes. A user may be given an opportunity to use the subtitle text for sending the subtitle as message, storing the subtitle as a calendar note, etc. In accordance with another embodiment, subtitles of media content running in the background on a media content receiver terminal may be scanned based on configurable criteria input by a user. If there is a match, the user will be notified via an alarm and may change to the media channel on which the match was found. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080270895 | METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, USER INTERFACE, AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTIVE TEXT INPUT - A method for predictive text input is disclosed. The method includes receiving a punctuation symbol at text input; determining, from a set of stored punctuation symbol combinations, a set of punctuation symbol combination candidates; and presenting the set of punctuation symbol combination candidates for enabling selective input from the punctuation symbol combination candidates. A computer program, a user interface, and an apparatus is also disclosed. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080295018 | Apparatus, method and computer program product providing an adaptive forward button for a browser application - Disclosed are apparatus, computer program products, methods and a user interface that operate in conjunction with a forward button or control. In accordance with the exemplary embodiments of this invention a method includes, during a first instance of operation of an application, and in response to linking to a second page from a first, displayed page, saving an identification of the second page in association with an identification of the first page; and during a second instance of operation of the application, after termination of the first instance of operation, and in response to activating a forward button when the first page is displayed, retrieving the saved identification and automatically linking to the second page. A further method operates in response to a user closing a displayed web page, for storing information descriptive of a location of a cursor within the web page and, in response to the web page subsequently being opened, for accessing the stored information and displaying the web page so as to include the cursor positioned at the same location. In the exemplary embodiments the first and second pages may be web pages, or they may be at least one of files and file folders, as two non-limiting examples. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090106694 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR AFFECTING AN ARRANGEMENT OF SELECTABLE ITEMS - Provided is an apparatus that includes a processing unit configured to monitor a quality of user performance in selecting one or more selectable items that are presented on a display. The processing unit is further configured to cause the one or more selectable items to be presented on the display in a modified arrangement based at least in part on the quality of user performance in respectively selecting the one or more selectable items. For example, the processing unit can be configured to cause the selectable items to be presented in a modified arrangement based at least in part on noted frequency of user error in respectively selecting the selectable items and/or on noted rate of user selection in respectively selecting the selectable items. Also provided are corresponding methods and computer program products. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090231964 | Variable alarm sounds - Exemplary embodiments of the invention provide in an exemplary aspect thereof a method that includes storing data descriptive of a plurality of alarm sounds received from at least one source of alarm sounds, the stored data forming a set of alarm sounds; selecting an alarm sound from the set of alarm sounds; and playing the selected alarm sound at a predetermined time, where the selected alarm sound is one corresponding to data that was most recently stored. In another exemplary aspect of the invention a method includes, in response to a user input, enabling an alarm function and recording a current time of day; monitoring the time of day and activating the alarm function when the time of day is equal to a predetermined time of day; and making an alarm sound audible, where the alarm sound is selected from a set of alarm sounds based at least in part on a difference in time between the recorded time of day and the predetermined time of day. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20100169830 | Apparatus and Method for Selecting a Command - A method for selecting a command in a mobile communication terminal that includes a display and a character input device is disclosed. The method includes detecting input of at least one character using the character input device; displaying a list of commands associated with the at least one character; and detecting a selection input associated with a command of the list. A corresponding mobile communication terminal, apparatus, and computer program product are also presented. | 07-01-2010 |
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| 20090002127 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENT OF CALL & MESSAGE ALERT LEVELS FOR MISSED/REJECTED CALLS/MESSAGES - A device for intelligently adjusting a volume level for call/message alerts includes a processor, an interface(s), a memory, a timer and a volume adjuster. The processor receives a call(s)/message(s) and causes the memory to store data associated with the call(s)/message(s). The processor invokes a timer and instructs a ringer to generate a call/message alert. The processor receives an additional call(s)/message(s) and determines if these calls/messages are sent from the same user of an electronic device as a previous call/message within a time period. If a previous call/message was missed by a user of a terminal, the processor causes a ringer to increase the volume of a subsequent call/message sent from the user of the electronic device. If a previous call/message was rejected by a user of a terminal, the processor causes the ringer to decrease the volume of a subsequent call/message sent from the user of the electronic device. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090051661 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for Providing Automatic Positioning of Text on Touch Display Devices - An apparatus for providing automatic positioning of text on touch display devices may include a processing element. The processing element may be configured to receive an indication of a detection of touch event associated with an object, determine text corresponding to a location of the touch event, and provide for a display of the text at a different location within the object. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090109243 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ZOOMING OBJECTS ON A DISPLAY - A method including determining a content area of a display including at least one content item to be scaled, presenting scaled content, corresponding to the at least one content item, in an scaled content area on the display, providing an indication of the scaled content area on the display and returning the scaled content to a previous size by selecting an area of the display that is outside the indicated scaled content area. | 04-30-2009 |
