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20090005123 | METHODS, DEVICES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR LIMITING SEARCH SCOPE BASED ON NAVIGATION OF A MENU SCREEN - A method of operating an electronic device includes displaying a search field in a menu screen including a plurality of icons representing respective application programs. Selection of at least one of the plurality of icons is visually indicated responsive to navigation of the menu screen. A search scope is limited to at least one database associated with at least one application program represented by the selected at least one of the plurality of icons. The at least one database is searched using the limited search scope responsive to entry of a search string including one or more alphanumeric characters in the search field. If found in the at least one database, at least one search result including the search string is displayed. Related devices and computer program products are also discussed. | 01-01-2009 |
20090103899 | DYNAMIC MEDIA PROXIES BASED ON TIME AND USAGE PATTERNS - A system obtains an item of digital media having a first quantity of data, where the item of digital media includes one of image, video or audio media. The system stores the item of digital media in a first memory and decreases the item of digital media to a second quantity of data to produce a first media proxy based on a first amount of time that has elapsed since the item of digital media was stored in the first memory, where the second quantity is less than the first quantity. The system stores the first media proxy in the first memory. | 04-23-2009 |
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20110003550 | TACTILE INPUT FOR ACCESSORIES - A device includes multiple textured surfaces associated with functions of the device, and vibration sensors coupled to the textured surfaces. The device also includes a signal analyzer to analyze a signal received from the vibration sensors and determine which of the one or more textured surfaces is associated with the analyzed signal. The device further includes a function selector to select the function associated with the textured surface, based on the analyzed signal. | 01-06-2011 |
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20120163668 | TRANSLATION AND DISPLAY OF TEXT IN PICTURE - A method performed by a mobile terminal may include displaying an image via a display of the mobile device. A first user selection of a portion of the image is received and text in the selected portion of the image is identified. The identified text is displayed via the display. A second user selection of at least a portion of the identified text is received. The portion of the identified text is translated from a first language into a second language that differs from the first language. The translated text, in the second language, is displayed over the image via the display. | 06-28-2012 |