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20080201655 | System And Method For Providing A Dynamic User Interface Including A Plurality Of Logical Layers - A system and method for providing a dynamic user interface including a plurality of logical layers is presented. A user interface is provided via a heads-up display generator. Clusters including one or more concepts arranged proximal to each other such cluster to form a cluster spine is provided in a data layer. Controls to operate on a view of the cluster spines are provided in a control layer. Information about the clusters is provided in a concepts layer. A compass logically framing the cluster spines is provided in a heads-up display layer. A label to identify one such concept in one or more of the cluster spines appearing within the compass is generated. A plurality of slots positioned circumferentially around the compass is defined. Each label is assigned to the slot outside of the compass for the cluster spine having a closest angularity to the slot. | 08-21-2008 |
20080209354 | INTERACTIVE TOOLTIP TO DISPLAY AND NAVIGATE TO DIFFERENT RESOURCES OF A DATA POINT - Systems and methodologies for viewing locations of a data point within a system are provided. A system provided herein includes a locate component that determines locations of a selected data point and a display component that displays the locations of the selected data point in a location structure, which can be displayed at a common area of display with the selected data point. In addition, a system provided herein further includes a navigation component that receives the locations of the selected data point and facilitates navigation of the area of display to a location selected from the location structure. | 08-28-2008 |
20080209355 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING USER INTERFACE USED FOR GROUP COMMUNICATION - An apparatus and method for implementing a user interface used for a group communication. The apparatus includes a constructing unit to construct a plurality of user interfaces (UIs) in a predetermined format and an output unit to display in a first image the constructed UIs and objects selected by the UIs. The UIs include a first U to select content, a second UI to select a function corresponding to the content, and a third UI to select persons who are to share the content. | 08-28-2008 |
20080250338 | Method and Apparatus for Screen Object Manipulation - The present invention comprises a method and apparatus for manipulating screen objects utilizing multiband regions of influence. Positioning a reference point of an object within a particular band invokes a particular functionality or operation related to that band. In one embodiment, three types of functionality are provided. Moving a reference datum (for example, a line representing an edge or a user defined reference point) of an object A into a first band of an object B places object A under the influence of object B's gravity, causing object A to be pulled into precise alignment with object B. Moving the reference point of object A from the first band into a second band turns off object B's gravity, allowing object A to be freely moved to any arbitrary position near the object B. Moving the reference point of the object A to a position outside all bands causes object B's gravity function to be turned back on. In other embodiments, the bands of the invention provide other kinds of functionalities or operations. For example, one embodiment comprises bands that provide different types of precise positioning. In one embodiment, multiple bands are provided, each one causing objects to be positioned so as to be spaced apart by one of several precise, predetermined distances. | 10-09-2008 |
20090037833 | Electronic Device and Enhancing Document Viewing In Electronic Device - A method of enhancing document viewing in an electronic device and an electronic device are provided. The device comprises a display, a keyboard, and a controller operationally connected to the keyboard and the display, wherein the controller is configured to display on the display a document comprising several elements capable of obtaining focus. The controller is further configured to define a predetermined number of focus nodes on the display, associate each focus node with a press of a predetermined key of the keyboard, detect a press of a key of the keyboard, select a focus node on the basis of the detected key press, determine the element capable of obtaining focus, which is closest to the selected focus node, set the focus to the determined element. | 02-05-2009 |
20090064022 | Storage medium storing program and information processing apparatus - An information processing apparatus includes an LCD and a touch panel, for example. On the LCD, a plurality of operation items making up of a series of operating procedures by means of a touch panel are displayed, and a current operation item out of them is highlight. Whether or not the current operation item is executed is determined on the basis of coordinate data via the touch panel, and whether or not a state attained by execution of a previous operation item has not been maintained is determined. In a case that it is determined that the previous operation item has not been maintained, the display of the current operation item is changed to a normal manner. | 03-05-2009 |
20090100366 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR A 3D VIRTUAL SCENE - A navigation system for navigating a three-dimensional (3D) scene that includes a model or object with which a user can interact. The system accommodates and helps both novice and advanced users. To do this, the system provides allows a user to place a point on a model surface that is used as a focus point for tool operations. The focus point is a geometry sphere that shows orientation and relative position of the view in the scene. | 04-16-2009 |
20090132943 | Method and System for Creating a Multifunctional Collage Useable for Client/Server Communication - A system for mining data about activity performed within a virtual shopping cart includes a server node for serving the virtual shopping cart and for enabling activity within the virtual shopping cart, and a module running on the server for analyzing activity performed within the virtual shopping cart and for recording results of the analysis. The activity data mined is aggregated with other data mined over time relative to the same shopping cart such that preference data related to product types, product styles, merchants, brands, colors, and sizes may be determined to help fine tune product offerings. | 05-21-2009 |
20090164928 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING AN IMPROVED USER INTERFACE - An apparatus for enabling improved access to content items such as media content and applications may include a processor. The processor may be configured to provide for presentation of one or more graphical elements on a first axis, each of the graphical elements corresponding to a particular media type, present one or more content items associated with a currently highlighted one of the graphical elements on a second axis, and enable a user to modify display features associated with at least one of the graphical elements. | 06-25-2009 |
20090187840 | SIDE-BAR MENU AND MENU ON A DISPLAY SCREEN OF A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A handheld electronic device includes a display screen located on the device. The handheld electronic device features a body housing a microprocessor-run software application program that displays a menu including available user actions on a display screen of the handheld electronic device. The microprocessor-run software application displays a plurality of legends at a lateral side of the displayed menu based on receipt of a cursor position data indicating that the cursor on the display screen is in a proximate area of the display screen on which the plurality of legends display. | 07-23-2009 |
20090187841 | Remote Access to Layer and User Interface Elements - A user-activatable dashboard (also referred to as a unified interest layer) contains any number of user interface elements, referred to herein as “widgets,” for quick access by a user. In response to a command from a user, the dashboard is invoked and the widgets are shown on the screen. The user can activate the dashboard at any time, causing the dashboard to temporarily replace the existing user interface display on the user's screen. Once the dashboard has been activated, the user can interact with any or all of the widgets, and can configure the dashboard by adding, deleting, moving, or configuring individual widgets as desired. When the user wishes to return to the normal user interface he or she was working with, the user issues a command causing the dashboard to be dismissed. Once the dashboard has been dismissed, the previous user interface state is restored, allowing the user to resume normal interactions with the operating system. | 07-23-2009 |
20090222750 | ENTERPRISE SOCIAL NETWORKING SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE - An enterprise-based social networking application. Events for individuals may be collected from various enterprise-based information systems automatically using adaptors that are specially tailored for particular types of information systems. Such events may then be used to populate event feeds regarding individuals in that enterprise. A filtering model for formulating event feeds identifies events by individual, event type, and event time. The filter also identifies which individuals are in which group of a participant, and identifies which groups correspond to which event types. Incoming events may then be filtered into the event feeds depending on the group to which the individual belongs. A user interface for a participant to view and edit group membership is also provided. | 09-03-2009 |
20090293007 | NAVIGATING AMONG ACTIVITIES IN A COMPUTING DEVICE - A computing device runs multiple activities concurrently and provides at least two modes for interacting with the activities. The user may toggle between the modes as desired. In a full-screen mode, one activity occupies substantially an entire display screen. In a windowed mode, the activity is visible within a window, and a portion of at least one other window is also visible. In the windowed mode, the user can cause windows to move, thereby changing focus from one activity to another. For example, the window having focus can be moved off the screen, to be replaced by a new window that is then given focus. The windows are ordered in a sequence and move in concert with one another; pushing one window off one edge of the screen causes a new window to appear at the opposite edge. A persistent positional relationship can be established among windows. | 11-26-2009 |
20100031176 | METHOD OF DEFINING FOCUS MOVEMENT ORDER AND MOVING FOCUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD - Provided are a method of defining a focus movement order and a method of moving a focus. The method of moving the focus, according to the present invention, includes multi-dimensionally grouping two or more focusable elements into two or more focusable groups; displaying the two or more focusable groups; receiving a tab input from a user; moving the focus to another focusable group according to the tab input; receiving a layer change request from the user; moving the focus to a focusable element or a lower-layer group, which are included in a currently focused group; receiving a tab input from the user; and moving the focus to another focusable element or a lower-layer group according to the tab input. | 02-04-2010 |
20100125804 | OBJECT POSITIONING IN A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - The invention provides a method, system, and program product for positioning an object in a graphical user interface (GUI). In one embodiment, the invention includes determining a position of focus within the GUI and positioning an object within the GUI such that the position of focus is on the object. | 05-20-2010 |
20100138766 | GRAVITY DRIVEN USER INTERFACE - Methods, systems, and techniques for presenting user interface elements on display screens are provided, in particular smaller display screens such as those available with mobile telecommunications devices. Example embodiments provide a gravity-based user interface mechanism which causes a menus to be displayed or to disappear when the mechanism determines that the device has been tilted up or down. In some embodiments, the mechanism causes an undo or a redo operation to occur when a tilt of the side or the opposite side of the device downward is detected. In one embodiment, a tilt downward of the left side cause an undo, whereas a tilt downward of the right side causes a redo. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and it is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 06-03-2010 |
20100153870 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN EVENT VISUALIZATION - According to some embodiments, an event query to an item supply chain event database is processed such that a trace extraction algorithm will be executed to determine extracted trace data. A plurality of location nodes may then be graphically represented on an interactive user display based on the extracted trace data. Similarly, a plurality of item flow edges connecting location nodes may be graphically represented on the interactive user display based on the extracted trace data. According to some embodiments, a selection from a user is received via the interactive user display, the selection being associated with at least some of the graphically represented information. Responsive to the received selection, the graphical representation may be adjusted in accordance with the extracted trace data. | 06-17-2010 |
20100162152 | Data Visualization Interactivity Architecture - A data visualization interactivity architecture may be provided. The architecture may allow the creation of a data visualization, such as a chart, and may expose an interactive feature on the visualization. The architecture may provide integration with multiple rendering platforms. When a user selects the exposed feature, the architecture may translate the selection into a common format and modify the data visualization according to layout rules independent of the rendering platform. | 06-24-2010 |
20100169813 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AND OPERATING USER INTERFACE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for displaying and operating a user interface and an electronic device are provided. In the method, a background frame is displayed. Further, a trigger signal triggered by an object on one of a plurality of areas of the background frame is received, in which the areas respectively correspond to a plurality of sub-menus of a function menu, and each of the sub-menus includes a plurality of options. The corresponding sub-menu is displayed on the area of the background frame which the trigger signal is triggered on. Thereby, usage convenience of the user interface is improved. | 07-01-2010 |
20100211901 | ON-VEHICLE APPARATUS AND CONTENT PROVIDING METHOD - The present invention is applied to, for example, a multimedia terminal having a function of navigation equipment and a function of playing back video and switches a display from a map display to a source display also with source switching operators | 08-19-2010 |
20100251153 | Systems, Methods, and Computer Program Products Displaying Interactive Elements on a Canvas - A computer program product having a computer readable medium having computer program logic recorded thereon comprises code for generating a canvas upon a display space, the canvas being larger than the display space and including an interactive element, code for navigating within the canvas upon the display space code for changing a status of the interactive element in response to navigation moving the interactive element within the display space. | 09-30-2010 |
20100281409 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HANDLING NOTIFICATIONS WITHIN A COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - A notification manager for a computing device which has a display which designates a notification display area for simultaneously displaying a plurality of notifications when said notification manager is in a foreground mode, said notification display area being hidden when said notification manager is in a background mode, wherein a temporary notification is displayed when said notification manger is in said background mode, said temporary notification being displayed on a portion of a display not reserved for the display of notifications. The notifications in the notification area may be arranged according to an order in which they are generated. In an embodiment, notifications having an associated application are displayed in the notification display area and other notifications are displayed in a second area. | 11-04-2010 |
20100299623 | Directional Focus Navigation - A rendering engine that supports directional focus navigation, in response to a directional input, shifts the focus to an appropriate focusable element. The rendering engine determines one or more focusable elements that are candidates to receive the focus based on the received directional input and based on the relative display locations of the focusable elements. The rendering engine selects the most appropriate candidate focusable element based on each candidate element's display location in relation to the display location of the element that currently has focus. | 11-25-2010 |
20100333005 | Display Processing Apparatus, Display Processing Method, and Computer Program Product - According to one embodiment, an display processing apparatus includes an operation receiver, a relation calculator, a grouping module, a display information generator, and a display controller. The operation receiver receives operation to select key content. The relation calculator calculates the relation of second contents to the key content. The grouping module performs grouping of the second contents into a plurality of groups based on items related to the calculation of the relation and calculates the relation of the groups to the key content. The display information generator generates first display information of the key content and second display information of the second contents. The display controller displays list information in which pieces of the second display information of the second contents divided into the groups are arranged around the first display information such that a group with higher group relation is closer to the first display information. | 12-30-2010 |
20110041088 | REAL TIME MAP RENDERING WITH DATA CLUSTERING AND EXPANSION AND OVERLAY - Systems and methods are provided for the organization, management, and graphical display of multiple logically related entities. In some embodiments, the systems and methods provide the real-time display of status and location information for a fleet of tracked vehicles. In some embodiments, the systems and methods permit the automatic clustering of assets based on a user's view of an underlying map. In some embodiments, the assets are vehicles that are a part of a managed fleet. In some embodiments, the assets are logically arranged into clusters of like assets. In some embodiments, the clusters provide graphical indications of status or class information of their underlying assets. | 02-17-2011 |
20110055743 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a reception section which receives, from an information input apparatus which accepted input of direction information indicating a direction on a display surface, the direction information, an attention object selection section which selects new attention object position information indicating a position of an object that is to be newly attended to from pieces of object position information based on the direction information received by the reception section, and a focus position control section which causes a focus to be displayed at a position on the display surface indicated by the object position information specified by the attention information, and also causes the focus to move to a position on the display surface indicated by the new attention object position information selected by the attention object selection section. | 03-03-2011 |
20110078601 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD AND MEDIUM - A display device includes: a display unit configured to display a list screen visually listing plural setting items including a first setting item in a focused state and a second setting item in a non-focused state; a focus display unit configured to allocate two stages for the first setting item, and to display the first setting item in one of the two stages and a current setting value for the first setting item in the other of the two stages in the list screen; and a non-focus display unit configured to allocate one stage for the second setting item and to display the second setting item in the one stage, without displaying a current setting value for the second setting item, in the list screen. | 03-31-2011 |
20110093804 | SCREEN OBJECT PLACEMENT OPTIMIZED FOR BLIND SELECTION - An improved handheld electronic device includes an input apparatus, an output apparatus, and a processor apparatus. The input apparatus includes a multi-axis input device such as a rollerball, trackball, joystick or touchpad, allowing the focus of a user interface program to be moved about a display from one screen object presented on that display to another. Up to four screen objects are presented on the display, each of those screen objects being positioned towards a corner of the display to enable a user to blindly operate the multi-axis input device, making use of a capture effect in which the focus of a user interface program is resisted from moving beyond an edge of the display, to guide movement of the focus to a given one of the up to four screen objects. | 04-21-2011 |
20110126139 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN VIRTUAL MACHINES - An apparatus and method for switching a VM screen in an environment in which a plurality of OSs operating on a virtual machine monitor (VMM), are provided. The VM screen switching apparatus provides VM screen switching so that features of a home screen or an operation screen provided by each VM can be shown. The VM screen switching apparatus provides a user interface for enabling a user to select a desired VM from a plurality of VMs. The apparatus determines a VM to be displayed as a foreground according to a user input signal, and combines graphic data of a currently displayed screen of a VM with graphic data for a screen of the determined VM to create a screen displaying VM screen switching, and outputs the created screen to a display device. | 05-26-2011 |
20110126140 | Program Object Properties Defined By Object Space - A user-interface program includes a space that defines adoptable properties as a function of position in said logical space. Chameleon program objects adopt those properties as a function of their positions in the space. The chameleon objects on a display have appearances that correspond to their adopted properties. | 05-26-2011 |
20110167368 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM - An information-processing device according to the present invention displays plural windows in a certain arrangement. The information-processing device selects one of displayed windows as a selected window, and in response to an operation to specify a direction, sets a window located in the direction as a selected window. The information-processing device also, in a case where plural windows are displayed in a certain arrangement, changes the arrangement in accordance with a predetermined operation. The change may be made in a regular manner or according to a random pattern. For example, in a case where window W | 07-07-2011 |
20110173553 | RELEVANCE ORIENTED GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF DISCUSSION MESSAGES - Messages to a focal user are organized by relevance of the message originators. A visual representation of the messages includes a focal user representation (textual or graphic) and multiple contact representations (textual or graphic). The contact representations are displayed at respective relevance distances from the focal user representation. Text regions present the contents of messages from the source contacts, e.g., using graphic novel-style word balloons. The contact representations can be positioned on screen in maps, radar format, or other configurations. Users can filter contacts according to relevance, and can filter messages by pertinence. | 07-14-2011 |
20110179367 | SIMPLIFYING APPLICATION ACCESS TO SCHEMATIZED CONTACT DATA - The present invention is directed to utilizing contact data controls to simplify access to schematized contact data. Contact data controls abstract the formatting of schematized contact data from applications. In some embodiments, applications that lack the configuration to natively access schematized contact data (e.g., lack the functionality to convert between schematized and non-schematized data or are not authorized) forward requests to access schematized contact data to an external contact data control. In other embodiments, applications that lack the configuration to natively access schematized contact data forward non-schematized data, which is to be used to update schematized contact data, to an external contact data control. External contact data controls appropriately interact with the schematized data and can provide user-interface such that an application designer need not have extensive knowledge of contact schemas associated with the schematized contact data. | 07-21-2011 |
20110209078 | DISPLAY SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY UPDATING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - A display system provides a graphical user interface having a dynamic display field, which is contained within a useable display area. The dynamic display field can have an expanded state and collapsed state, and the current state of the dynamic display field can depend on properties of the useable display area. When collapsed, the dynamic display area has a shared content area and two or more content tags. Each content tag can be active or inactive, and the shared content area shows displayable contents corresponding to active content tags. Tags are activated and deactivated based on user selections. When expanded, the dynamic display field includes dedicated content areas, where each dedicated content area shows a displayable content. Accordingly, when the useable display space allows, the dynamic display field can automatically transition to the expanded state, thereby enabling a greater amount of content to be displayed at a time. | 08-25-2011 |
20110225528 | Creating and Maintaining a Singular Uninterrupted Focus While Transitioning Through a Graduated User Interface - Method, device, and computer product for displaying a single focus on a device. A piece of content is displayed in a first application on a display of the device. The piece of content is enlarged to create a single focus on the piece of content on the display. Parameters of the piece of content are passed to a second application. The piece of content is duplicated as an identical piece of content in the second application, and the identical piece of content is visually exactly positioned behind the piece of content on the display. The piece of content is seamlessly swapped with the identical piece of content of the second application, so that the identical piece of content is visually positioned to be viewable by the user. Tools of the second application are visually presented in an incremental transition until the tools are viewable and available to the user. | 09-15-2011 |
20110276910 | COMPUTER NAVIGATION METHOD - A computer navigation method includes the steps of:
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20110314399 | WINDOWLESS RUNTIME CONTROL OF DYNAMIC INPUT DEVICE - Windowless runtime control of a dynamic input device is provided by a computing system including a container module to host one or more runtime environments, including a windowless runtime environment. The computing system further includes an input-device user-interface runtime application executed within the windowless runtime environment to receive dynamic-input messages from a dynamic input device while another application executed outside of the container module has active focus of the computing system. | 12-22-2011 |
20120005606 | DISPLAY CONTROLLING DEVICE, DISIPLAY CONTROLLING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present disclosure provides a display controlling device including: a receiving section receiving data of data broadcasting; a first display controlling section making a focus item as a predetermined item highlighted in a first display area of a display section and making an item other than the focus item normally displayed in the first display area based on the data; a second display controlling section making information corresponding to the focus item within the first display area displayed in a second display area of the display section based on the data; a selecting section selecting one of an automatic transition mode in which automatic transition of the focus item is effected and a normal mode in which the focus item is determined according to an user's operation; and a determining section determining one of a plurality of the items displayed in the first display area as the focus item. | 01-05-2012 |
20120042270 | USER INTERFACE VISUALIZATIONS - Aspects of the invention pertain to user interface visualizations, enabling efficient display of content on a display device. At least some content is presented having diagonal views to emphasize certain portions of the content while deemphasizing other portions of the content. | 02-16-2012 |
20120072861 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USER INTERACTION - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus, a computer program product and a method is provided for detecting via a user interface that a user interface element requiring user input is active ( | 03-22-2012 |
20120084686 | KEEPING FOCUS DURING DESKTOP REVEAL - Systems and methods are provides for adjusting focus during a desktop reveal. A window has focus before the desktop is revealed. After the window is returned and the desktop hidden, the focus is again placed on the window. Further, a configurable area associated with the screen that displays the window is maintained during the desktop reveal and the return of the window. | 04-05-2012 |
20120084687 | FOCUS CHANGE UPON USE OF GESTURE - Embodiments are described for handling focus when a gesture is input in a multi-screen device. In embodiments, a first image displayed on a first touch sensitive display of a first screen may be currently in focus. In embodiments, the gesture is a tap on a second touch sensitive display of the device. In response to the gesture, focus is changed from the first image on the first touch sensitive display to the second touch sensitive display. | 04-05-2012 |
20120124500 | USE OF DISCRETE INPUT TO CONTROL CONTROLLABLE DEVICE - In one embodiment, a method includes determining focus on a focus item associated with a controllable item. The focus item is displayed on an interface used to automatically control the controllable item. A controllable attribute is determined for controlling the controllable item. The controllable attribute is controllable by a first input device using incremental inputs. The method outputs an interface control on the interface for the controllable attribute. The interface control is configured to receive a discrete value from a second input device where the second input device is configured to transmit the discrete value. The discrete value is received from the second input device and the method causes automatic control of the controllable item to adjust the controllable attribute of the controllable item from a current value to the discrete value based on receiving the discrete value. | 05-17-2012 |
20120124501 | DISPLAY OF CONTROLLABLE ATTRIBUTES FOR A CONTROLLABLE ITEM BASED ON CONTEXT - In one embodiment, a method includes determining focus on a focus item associated with a controllable item. The focus item is displayed on an interface that includes a plurality of display positions. A context for the controllable item based on the focus being on the focus item and a set of controllable attributes associated with the controllable item are determined. The method dynamically determines an order of the set of controllable attributes based on the context. The context is used to prioritize the set of controllable attributes in the order. The set of controllable attributes is displayed in the order in at least a portion of the plurality of display positions. | 05-17-2012 |
20120159365 | PRESENTING A NAVIGATION ORDER OF SHAPES - In an embodiment, a command is received that designates a base shape. A navigation order of a plurality of shapes relative to the base shape is determined, where the plurality of shapes are adjacent to the base shape. The navigation order is presented by presenting identifiers of the plurality of shapes and an ordered sequence of the plurality of shapes. Focus is moved between the plurality of shapes in the navigation order after the navigation order is presented. | 06-21-2012 |
20120179988 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING ICON THROUGH GROUPING - A method for selecting an icon through grouping, according to an exemplary embodiment, includes grouping a plurality of displayed icons into a plurality of groups according to a user's selection, allocating a different key of a plurality of keys on a remote controller to each one of the plurality of groups according to the user's selection, receiving a user's key selection signal corresponding to one of the plurality of keys which corresponds to one of the plurality of groups, moving a selection area from a current icon to a focus icon of a group including an icon desired by the user according to the user's key selection signal, moving the selection area from the focus icon to the desired icon according to an input of at least one direction key on the remote controller and selecting the desired icon. | 07-12-2012 |
20120198372 | COMMUNICATION PROCESSING BASED ON CURRENT READING STATUS AND/OR DYNAMIC DETERMINATION OF A COMPUTER USER'S FOCUS - In an example embodiment, there is disclosed herein an apparatus comprising a user interface, focus detection logic operative to obtain data representative of user activity, and alert suppression logic coupled with the user interface and the focus detection logic. The alert suppression logic suppresses an alert for the user interface responsive to the focus detection logic determining from the data representative of user activity that an associated user is focused on a task. | 08-02-2012 |
20120198373 | Focus-Driven User Interface - Systems, methods and computer readable media for implementing a Focus-Driven User Interface using a Focus-Driven MVC architecture are described. The Focus-Driven MVC architecture builds on the traditional MVC framework, adding a Focus component between the Controller and Model components. The Focus component implements Focus Logic to handle Focus-Driven features. The Focus component may receive access commands or requests from the Controller, relay those commands to the Model and, in response, obtain data from the Model. The Focus Logic applies rules to the data, determines relevancy rankings for the given property, and sends the processed data to the Controller which, in turn, may update the user interface with the processed data. | 08-02-2012 |
20120233561 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL HAVING MULTIPLE DISPLAYS AND A DATA PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile communication terminal includes a display unit comprising a plurality of displays, one of which being formed as a touch panel, and a controller for analyzing a signal inputted through the touch panel to determine whether movement distance of data satisfies pre-set conditions, and outputting a control signal for displaying the corresponding data through a different display region according to the corresponding result. | 09-13-2012 |
20120240069 | METHOD FOR ENLARGING CHARACTERS DISPLAYED ON AN ADAPTIVE TOUCH SCREEN KEY PAD - Selected adaptive touch screen key pad characters not existing in a list of possible available character strings are removed from the touch screen key pad and the space occupied by the remaining characters on the key pad and their character size (font) are enlarged, making their recognition and selection by a user much easier. The method includes detecting selection of a button displaying at least one of the selectable characters; creating at least one character substring, one for each of the one or more selectable characters displayed on the selected button; identifying selectable characters on the touch screen not included in the one or more character strings; removing the identified selectable characters from the touch screen; and enlarging the selectable characters remaining on the touch screen. | 09-20-2012 |
20120240070 | METHODS FOR SHOWING USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS IN AN APPLICATION - In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving user input requesting emphasis of user interface elements displayed on a page; analyzing the page for determining the user interface elements; and visually emphasizing at least some of the user interface elements displayed on the page. Additional systems, methods, and computer program products are also presented. | 09-20-2012 |
20130014043 | Directional Focus Navigation - A rendering engine that supports directional focus navigation, in response to a directional input, shifts the focus to an appropriate focusable element. The rendering engine determines one or more focusable elements that are candidates to receive the focus based on the received directional input and based on the relative display locations of the focusable elements. The rendering engine selects the most appropriate candidate focusable element based on each candidate element's display location in relation to the display location of the element that currently has focus. | 01-10-2013 |
20130067372 | ALIAS SELECTION IN MULTIPLE- ALIASED ANIMATIONS - A computer system determines that various user interface (UI) elements are to be moved to a different position within the UI. The computer system initiates a first animation that creates first and second aliases for each UI element that is to be moved. The computer system then receives an input that interrupts the initiated first animation. The input indicates that at least one of the UI elements that is being moved during the first animation is to be moved to a different position. The computer system then determines which of the first and second aliases is optimal for use as a starting point for a second animation based on various visibility factors, and initiates a second animation at the determined optimal alias. The second animation uses the determined optimal alias as a starting point and a third, different alias as an end point. | 03-14-2013 |
20130080952 | DATA RECOVERY - A data recovery method and system is provided. The method includes initializing and presenting by a processor, a computer generated presentation data. The processor monitors input cursor focus, a cursor, and data input from a user with respect to the computer generated presentation data. The data input is automatically stored within a specified memory unit. A portion of the data input is directed to an associated area in the computer generated presentation data. A focus change with respect to the cursor, the associated area, and the data input is detected and in response, a message a message indicating the focus change is presented to the user. The processor receives a command from the user in response to the message. | 03-28-2013 |
20130080953 | MULTI-AREA WIDGET MINIMIZING - A method for multi-area widget minimization, including: detecting a user selection action at a predetermined area within a widget in a user interface, wherein the widget includes a plurality of minimization policies that each correspond to a different predetermined area within the widget, wherein the user interface is displayed on a display device; selecting a policy corresponding to the predetermined area in which the user selection action is detected; and minimizing the widget in a manner determined by the policy for the predetermined area in which the user selection action is detected. | 03-28-2013 |
20130104065 | CONTROLLING INTERACTIONS VIA OVERLAID WINDOWS - Some embodiments of the inventive subject matter are directed to affixing a first window to a top layer of a stack of overlaid windows in a user interface, and making one or more portions of the first window transparent. One or more portions of one or more additional windows below the first window in the stack of overlaid windows become visible through the one or more portions of the first window. Some embodiments are further directed to directing a focus for user input to the one or more additional windows below the first window while the first window remains affixed at the top layer. | 04-25-2013 |
20130139085 | Operation Support Computer Program, Operation Support Computer System - An operation-support computer program causes processing means to perform (1) assignment processing of first key input order information; (2) key input order information image display processing; (3) after assignment processing of the first key input order information has been performed, upon detecting a modification instruction of an object to be a focus of input, performing focus transition processing, performing deletion processing of the key input order information, carrying out update processing of the key input order information assignment, performing assignment processing of second key input order information and key input order information image display processing, and informing the user of the operation-support computer system of the relationships of the new key input orders; and (4) after assignment processing of the second key input order information has been performed, upon detecting a modification instruction of the object to be a focus of input, performing each of the processing of (3). | 05-30-2013 |
20130167057 | DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR RELEASING LOCKED STATE AND METHOD THEREOF - Methods and apparatus are provided for releasing a locked state of a display apparatus. A display unit displays a locked view having an affordance object. When the affordance object is touched at a touch point, the control unit controls the display unit to switch to an unlocked view while tilting the affordance object in a direction corresponding to the touch point. | 06-27-2013 |
20130179812 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NAVIGATING A USER INTERFACE USING A TOUCH-ENABLED INPUT DEVICE - A method and system for navigating a user interface using a touch-enabled remote control device are disclosed. A focus element that visually emphasizes a user interface element is provided on a user interface of an application executing on a client device. Input data transmitted from a remote control device in communication with the client device is received. The input data is detected by a touch-enabled surface of the remote control device. The application causes concurrent movement of the focus element and the user interface element on the user interface based on the input data. | 07-11-2013 |
20130179813 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NAVIGATING A USER INTERFACE USING THRESHOLD DETECTION - A method and system for navigating a user interface using a touch-enabled remote control device are disclosed. A focus element that visually emphasizes a user interface element is provided on a user interface of an application executing on a client device. Input data transmitted from a remote control device in communication with the client device is received. The input data is detected by a touch-enabled surface of the remote control device. The application causes concurrent movement of the focus element and the user interface element on the user interface based on the input data. | 07-11-2013 |
20130198668 | Image Object Behavior in a User Interface - In one embodiment, presenting an image in a user interface in a first presentation mode of a plurality of presentation modes, comprising displaying a cropped version of the image when a display area for the image in the first presentation mode is smaller than the image; and in response to a user interaction with the image in the first presentation mode, transitioning the image to a second presentation mode, comprising zooming out the image from the cropped version of the image to a full version of the image. | 08-01-2013 |
20130219314 | METHOD FOR ADAPTING THE GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION ON THE USER INTERFACE OF A COMPUTER USER STATION - Exemplary embodiments relate to a method for adapting graphic representation on a user interface of a computer user station for the graphic representation of data of an industrial processing plant. Input signals received on or at the computer user station result in a size change of the graphic representation by zooming of the predefinable display region on the user interface or the selection of an object field of the graphic representation. The object field being located in the graphic representation at an associated object field position, for display or user interaction. With the selection of an object field for display or user interaction, fixing the object field on the user interface in a size sufficient for display or user interaction occurs, even if a size change of the graphic representation into a range unsuitable for the display or for the user interaction occurs due to zooming. | 08-22-2013 |
20130227454 | Method and Apparatus for Providing an Option to Undo a Delete Operation - A computer-implemented method, at an electronic device having a display and means for receiving user input, said method comprises, in response to receiving user input indicative of an operation in relation to a selected item, displaying an undo option selectable by a user of said device to undo the operation in relation to the selected item, wherein the undo option is displayed for a predetermined period of time. | 08-29-2013 |
20130246954 | APPROACHES FOR HIGHLIGHTING ACTIVE INTERFACE ELEMENTS - A graphical user interface can provide a three-dimensional appearance that is consistent for changes in a current location or point of view of a user. The user's point of view can be determined by analyzing images showing a current relative location of the user with respect to the device, and motion sensors operable to provide information about changes in orientation or position of the device. In addition to point of view updates, the interface can render active elements such that the elements appear to be closer to an outer surface of the display element. Such rendering can enable the user to easily determine which elements are active, such as may be used to provide text input to the device. | 09-19-2013 |
20130246955 | VISUAL FEEDBACK FOR HIGHLIGHT-DRIVEN GESTURE USER INTERFACES - Disclosed are approaches for user interface control. In one embodiment, a method can include: indicating a highlight of a first object of a plurality of objects displayed on a display screen; accepting a signal deriving from a first gesture input of a user indicating a neutral position relative to the highlighted first object; accepting a signal deriving from a second gesture input of the user indicating a directional position at least a predetermined distance from the neutral position; and indicating, in response to the second gesture input, a movement of the highlight from the first object to a second object adjacent to the first object, and where the directional position of the second gesture input correlates to a position on the display screen of the second object relative to the first object. | 09-19-2013 |
20130254691 | OPERATING A DEVICE WITH AN INTERACTIVE SCREEN, AND MOBILE DEVICE - Operating a device with an interactive screen includes determining a point on an interactive screen in response to an operable component on a device being operated, a location of the operable component on the device being independent from a location of the interactive screen on the device; locating a focus in content presented on the interactive screen based upon the point determined on the interactive screen; and highlighting the focus on the interactive screen for a user of the device to activate the focus by operating the interactive screen. | 09-26-2013 |
20130268874 | DISPLAY SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY UPDATING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - A display system provides a graphical user interface having a dynamic display field, which is contained within a useable display area. The dynamic display field can have an expanded state and collapsed state, and the current state of the dynamic display field can depend on properties of the useable display area. When collapsed, the dynamic display area has a shared content area and two or more content tags. Each content tag can be active or inactive, and the shared content area shows displayable contents corresponding to active content tags. Tags are activated and deactivated based on user selections. When expanded, the dynamic display field includes dedicated content areas, where each dedicated content area shows a displayable content. Accordingly, when the useable display space allows, the dynamic display field can automatically transition to the expanded state, thereby enabling a greater amount of content to be displayed at a time. | 10-10-2013 |
20130275900 | PORTABLE INTERACTIVE INTERFACE FOR INTERVIEW-BASED INVESTIGATIONS - An interactive interface for interview-based investigations is provided in which a process flow diagram is displayed on a portable computing device. When the portable computing device recognizes selection of a node of the process flow diagram, an expansion of the node is displayed overlapping a portion of the process flow diagram. The expansion of the node is presented to allow for data entry (or information display) while displaying the flow chart position. | 10-17-2013 |
20130283195 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY ADAPTING A VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - In one example embodiment, a mobile computing device displays at least part of an electronic form containing input objects to accept user input. A virtual keyboard module parses the form to discover attributes of the input objects and automatically determines whether the form includes a command button or other non-textual input object, based on results of the parsing. In response to discovering that the form includes a non-textual input object, the virtual keyboard module automatically adds a corresponding non-textual virtual keyboard component to a virtual keyboard, and the virtual keyboard module displays the virtual keyboard with the added non-textual virtual keyboard component on the display of the mobile device. The added non-textual virtual keyboard component may be configured to allow a user to invoke, from the virtual keyboard, a function associated with the corresponding non-textual input object in the form. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 10-24-2013 |
20130298057 | NAVIGATING AMONG ACTIVITIES IN A COMPUTING DEVICE - A computing device runs multiple activities concurrently and provides at least two modes for interacting with the activities. The user may toggle between the modes as desired. In a full-screen mode, one activity occupies substantially an entire display screen. In a windowed mode, the activity is visible within a window, and a portion of at least one other window is also visible. In the windowed mode, the user can cause windows to move, thereby changing focus from one activity to another. For example, the window having focus can be moved off the screen, to be replaced by a new window that is then given focus. The windows are ordered in a sequence and move in concert with one another; pushing one window off one edge of the screen causes a new window to appear at the opposite edge. A persistent positional relationship can be established among windows. | 11-07-2013 |
20130298058 | Creating and Maintaining a Singular Uninterrupted Focus While Transitioning Through a Graduated User Interface - A mechanism for displaying a single focus on a device is provided. A piece of content is displayed in a first application on a display of the device. The piece of content is enlarged to create a single focus on the piece of content on the display. Parameters of the piece of content are passed to a second application. The piece of content is duplicated as an identical piece of content in the second application, and the identical piece of content is visually exactly positioned behind the piece of content on the display. The piece of content is seamlessly swapped with the identical piece of content of the second application, so that the identical piece of content is visually positioned to be viewable by the user. Tools of the second application are visually presented in an incremental transition until the tools are viewable and available to the user. | 11-07-2013 |
20130298059 | INDICATING POTENTIAL FOCUS IN A USER INTERFACE - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for an integrated user interface an interface that receives user input through the user interface. Output is provided through the user interface, and all user input received through the user interface is interpreted as explicitly being separated input into one of three classes, namely, pointing input, content input, and command input. | 11-07-2013 |
20130311921 | Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Accessibility Using a Touch-Sensitive Surface - An accessibility method is performed by an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface. The method includes: displaying a plurality of user interface elements on the display; in response to detecting a first user interface navigation gesture by a finger on the touch-sensitive surface, navigating in the plurality of user interface elements in accordance with a current navigable unit type; in response to detecting a first user interface navigation setting gesture on the touch-sensitive surface: changing the current navigable unit type from the first navigable unit type to a second navigable unit type; and outputting accessibility information about the second navigable unit type; after changing the current navigable unit type, in response to detecting a second user interface navigation gesture by the finger on the touch-sensitive surface, navigating in the plurality of user interface elements in accordance with the current navigable unit type. | 11-21-2013 |
20140047367 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: an acquisition section configured to acquire positional information specified by a user on an input image for specifying area selection; and out of a calculation result of a transformation matrix between an object plane being a perspective projection plane formed by an object in the input image and an isothetic plane, a selected-area calculation section configured to calculate an area in the object plane as a selected area by the user using the transformation matrix of the object plane corresponding to the positional information specified by the user. | 02-13-2014 |
20140101585 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF THE SAME - An image processing apparatus and a controlling method of the same are provided. The method includes displaying a first screen corresponding to a first application; displaying a second screen corresponding to a second application above the first screen such that the second screen overlaps at least a portion of the first screen; and displaying at least a portion of the second screen that overlaps the portion of the first screen, while controlling the first application. | 04-10-2014 |
20140108980 | VISUALIZATION AND NAVIGATION OF KNOWLEDGE DOMAINS - A system stores visual content in a computer storage device, and displays the visual content on a display unit in an undistorted projection in an overview mode. The system receives input from a user to focus on a specific topic in the undistorted projection, and converts the undistorted projection into a distorted projection that focuses on the topic selected by the user. The system then displays a relatedness, using geometric proximity, between the selected topic and one or more other topics in the distorted projection. | 04-17-2014 |
20140108981 | WEIGHTED FOCUS NAVIGATION OF GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - A current focus element that has focus is identified from a plurality of focus elements in a user interface. User input corresponding to a navigation direction is received, and a rank is assigned to each of a plurality of eligible focus elements according to a focus algorithm. The focus algorithm may include a plurality of weight factors that are based on the navigation direction and the positions of eligible focus elements relative to a position of the current focus element. Focus is switched from the current focus element to a target focus element, which is selected from the plurality of eligible focus elements based on a rank of the target focus element. | 04-17-2014 |
20140137017 | REGION MARKING FOR AN INDOOR MAP - A computer-implemented method of marking regions of an electronic map that shows a floor plan of a building includes receiving the electronic map and displaying a user interface on a display device. The user interface includes displaying the electronic map. The method also includes receiving user input demarcating a closed region of the electronic map and receiving user input indicating an element type of the closed region. A tag is then added to the electronic map to indicate the element type of the closed region. | 05-15-2014 |
20140189557 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING OBJECTS USING AN OBJECT MAP - Embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for mapping objects. One embodiment can include a server providing an object management system managing objects in a repository and an application program interface for interfacing with the object management system. The system can also include an object mapping system configured to provide an object map of the objects in the repository in a manner that allows a user to easily navigate and take actions on the objects. | 07-03-2014 |
20140189558 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM IS RECORDED - Provided are a device and a method which facilitate continued focusing of a user on specific content information even when said specific content information has been moved off the display screen by scrolling or page transitioning. Focus content information, which is identified from content information displayed on the display screen of the terminal device, is set in advance as content information for user focus. Then, in response to user operations which transition said focus content information out of the display area, copy content information, being a copy of said focus content information, is displayed for a certain period of time on the display screen of said terminal device. | 07-03-2014 |
20140201658 | RENDERING MAPS WITH CANVAS ELEMENTS - The disclosure generally describes computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for rendering maps using canvasses. One method includes: presenting a portion of a first map in a first canvas of a user interface; receiving a user input to perform a function associated with changing a display presentation of the first map; populating a second canvas with a second map associated with the first map; exposing at least a portion of the second canvas; and hiding at least a portion of the first canvas. | 07-17-2014 |
20140237407 | USER INTERFACE NAVIGATION UTILIZING PRESSURE-SENSITIVE TOUCH - An approach is provided to direct data to different applications based upon the amount of pressure applied by a user of a pressure sensitive touch-enabled screen. In this approach, a touch input is received at a location of the pressure sensitive touch-enabled screen. The various applications currently being displayed at the location are identified along with the physical pressure level (amount of pressure applied) at the location on the pressure sensitive touch-enabled screen. One of the applications running on the device is selected based on the amount of pressure applied and the touch-based input provided by the user is directed to the selected application. | 08-21-2014 |
20140245205 | KEYBOARD NAVIGATION OF USER INTERFACE - Embodiments that relate to systems and methods for navigating a user interface via a keyboard are provided. In one embodiment, one or more keystroke events corresponding to one or more keystrokes are received from a listener module. The one or more keystrokes are associated with one or more keys that correspond to a navigation direction in the user interface. A current HTML element in the user interface is identified that has a keyboard focus and may receive input from a keyboard navigation module. A destination HTML element that is nearest to the current HTML element in the navigation direction and can receive keyboard focus is located in the user interface. The keyboard focus is then moved to the destination HTML element. | 08-28-2014 |
20140282157 | USER INTERFACE NAVIGATION ELEMENTS FOR NAVIGATING DATASETS - One embodiment of the invention sets forth a data navigation engine that generates user interface navigation elements for navigation large and expanding datasets. The user interface navigation elements may include a pivot control zoom slider for adjusting the data resolution with respect to different zoom pivot locations, an interactive ruler for consistent visual feedback and navigation of intervals of data within the dataset, a context bar for viewing the data proximate to a current view, and a multi-scale slider for repositioning the dataset within the current view. These user interface navigation elements provide the end-user with consistent control and visual feedback while navigating the dataset, independent of the size of the dataset or the portion of the dataset displayed within the current view. Therefore, large and expanding datasets can be navigated more effectively relative to prior art approaches. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282158 | Positioning Pads for Moving a Position of Interest on a Display - Positioning pads are displayed via a display device to facilitate movement of a position of interest (e.g., as indicated by a cursor) with respect to a structured object also displayed via the display device. The structured object is analyzed to determine predicted locations to which a user may subsequently wish to navigate the position of interest, and positioning pads are displayed at, or associated with, the predicted locations. When activation of a positioning pad is detected, (i) the position of interest is moved to the location of, or associated with, the positioning pad, and (ii) the positioning pad is no longer displayed via the display device. | 09-18-2014 |
20140310625 | DETECTION OF PAN AND SCALING DURING MULTI-FINGER TOUCH INTERACTIONS - In one embodiment, a graphical display device may use a set of one or more thresholds to remove a scaling motion from a panning input using multiple fingers. The graphical display device may receive a user input in a user movement interface having at least a first bio-point | 10-16-2014 |
20140310626 | Nested User Interfaces for Multiple Displays - In embodiments, nested user interfaces for multiple displays includes a plurality of user interface panels that can be individually displayed on a small display screen, as well as displayed together to form a nested user interface on a display device that is larger than the small display screen. Each of the user interface panels can be sequentially displayed as individual user interface panels that encompass the small display screen. The plurality of user interface panels can be displayed proximate one another to form the nested user interface on the display device. | 10-16-2014 |
20140337773 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A POLYHEDRAL GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - A display apparatus for displaying content-related information as a polyhedral graphical user interface (GUI) is provided. The display apparatus includes a display configured to display a plurality of polyhedral GUIs on a screen, and a controller configured to control the display to display at least one of a size of the plurality of polyhedral GUIs and an arrangement of the plurality of polyhedral GUIs differently depending on a priority of the content-related information. | 11-13-2014 |
20140344736 | Bound Based Contextual Zoom - Methods and systems for bound based contextual zoom are disclosed. Legacy WINDOWS desktop and web applications were designed for a mouse or other high-precision pointing device, and as such, small controls and closely grouped controls/icons were commonly designed/used on the screen. Interacting with such applications remoted to a touch-based device (e.g., a smartphone or tablet) is difficult. Bound based contextual zoom overcomes at least some of these limitations by permitting a user to zoom in on an area of interest within an application or desktop, and for a period of time long enough to complete the touch interaction. The area zoomed might be a group of controls on a ribbon bar, the minimize/maximize/close buttons in the top-right corner of a window, a group of form input controls, or any other natural cluster of related user interface (UI) elements. The size of the area zoomed and the zoom factor applied are calculated to allow a user to complete their task without overly obscuring the rest of the application/desktop. | 11-20-2014 |
20140351729 | METHOD OF OPERATING APPLICATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - An electronic device capable of multitasking is provided. A method of operating an electronic device includes displaying a window of a foreground application, displaying at least one window of background applications on at least a part of the window of the foreground application, detecting a user input for selecting one of the at least one window of the background applications, and assigning a foreground authority to a background application corresponding to the selected one window to update the selected one window. | 11-27-2014 |
20140359503 | Systems, Methods, and Computer Program Products Displaying Interactive Elements on a Canvas - A computer program product having a computer readable medium having computer program logic recorded thereon comprises code for generating a canvas upon a display space, the canvas being larger than the display space and including an interactive element, code for navigating within the canvas upon the display space code for changing a status of the interactive element in response to navigation moving the interactive element within the display space. | 12-04-2014 |
20140365931 | MOUSE CURSOR CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method for controlling a mouse cursor in this invention includes: upon detecting an event that represents a focus was moved between plural objects displayed on a screen, identifying an object of a movement destination of the focus; identifying a position of the object of the movement destination; setting an end point to which a mouse cursor is moved, based on the identified position of the object of the movement destination; and performing first movement of the mouse cursor to a position that is nearer to the end point, plural times, until the position of the mouse cursor reaches the end point. | 12-11-2014 |
20140372922 | Interactive User Interface Including Layered Sub-Pages - Some embodiments provide a user interface that includes a top page having an x-axis and a y-axis that extend at least partially along horizontal and vertical directions, and an imaginary z-axis that extends into the depth of the top page. The user interface of sonic embodiments includes a first subpage that is accessible from a top page and a second subpage, which is further in depth along the z-axis than the first subpage, that is accessible from the first subpage. The top page may change in appearance throughout the duration of time when at least the first subpage is shown to place focus away from the top page. | 12-18-2014 |
20150020011 | MEDIA PROGRAM DISCOVERY ASSISTANCE USER INTERFACE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - As exemplary media program discovery assistance user interface method includes a computing device 1) displaying, on a display screen, a graphical user interface that includes a media program browse panel configured to present browse content representing media programs and an adaptive media program discovery assistance panel presented together with the media program browse panel in the graphical user interface, 2) detecting a current browse state of the media program browse panel, 3) selecting, based on the detected current browse state of the media program browse panel, media program discovery assistance content for inclusion in the adaptive media program discovery assistance panel, and 4) populating the adaptive media program discovery assistance panel with the selected media program discovery assistance content. Corresponding systems and methods are also described. | 01-15-2015 |
20150058770 | METHOD AND APPRATUS FOR PROVIDING ALWAYS-ON-TOP USER INTERFACE FOR MOBILE APPLICATION - An approach for providing an always-on-top user interface for a mobile application is described. An always-on-top module may provide an always-on-top user interface mode for a mobile application, wherein the always-on-top user interface mode presents at least one session of the mobile application in a user interface element that is always visible in a display of a mobile device. The always-one-top module may also receive an input for activating the always-on-top user interface mode for the mobile application. Further, the always-one-top module may render the user interface element for presenting the at least one session in the display of the mobile device. | 02-26-2015 |
20150058771 | VISUALIZATION AND NAVIGATION OF KNOWLEDGE DOMAINS - A system stores visual content, and displays the visual content on a display unit in an undistorted, overview projection. The system receives input from a user to focus on a topic in the undistorted, overview projection, and transforms the undistorted, overview projection into a focused display showing the topic selected by the user and content related to the topic selected by the user in a continuous sequence of increasingly distorted projections. In the focused display, the content that is not related to the topic selected by the user does not move on the focused display, and the content that is related to the topic selected by the user moves towards the topic selected by the user on the focused display. | 02-26-2015 |
20150067561 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An electronic apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a touch input module, a display, a control module, a detection module, and a function assignment module. The control module is configured to make a selected window displayed on the display active. The detection module is configured to detect an application program corresponding to the active window. The function assignment module is configured to assign a function in accordance with the application program detected by the detection module to a touch input module. | 03-05-2015 |
20150082216 | Hover Controlled User Interface Element - Example apparatus and methods concern controlling a hover-sensitive input/output interface. One example apparatus includes a proximity detector that detects an object in a hover-space associated with the input/output interface. The apparatus produces characterization data concerning the object. The characterization data may be independent of where in the hover-space the object is located. The apparatus selectively controls the activation, display, and deactivation of user interface elements displayed by the apparatus on the input/output interface as a function of the characterization data and interface state. Selectively controlling the activation, display, and deactivation of the user interface elements includes allocating display space on the input/output interface to the user interface elements when they are needed for an operation on the apparatus and selectively reclaiming space on the input/output interface allocated to the user interface elements when they are not needed for an operation on the apparatus. | 03-19-2015 |
20150121268 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR METADATA MANAGEMENT VIA A USER INTERFACE PAGE - Techniques and/or mechanisms to provide efficient system metadata management via a user interface (UI) page. In one embodiment, a search string is received via a dialog box of a UI page. Based on the search string, a first list is provided for display in the UI page, the first list including one or more items each representing a respective metadata type of a plurality of metadata types. Based on a focus on a first item of the first list, a second list is displayed in the UI page, the second list including one or more items each representing a respective a metadata management command corresponding to the metadata type represented by the first item. Based on a focus on a second item of the second list, a metadata management command is executed without requiring navigation away from the UI page. | 04-30-2015 |
20150121269 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER INFORMATION MANAGEMENT VIA A USER INTERFACE PAGE - Techniques and/or mechanisms to provide efficient system user management via a user interface (UI) page. In one embodiment, a search string is received via a dialog box of a UI page. Based on the search string, a first list is provided for display in the UI page, the first list including one or more items each representing a respective user of a plurality of users. Based on a focus on a first item of the first list, a second list is displayed in the UI page, the second list including one or more items each representing a respective a user management command corresponding to the user represented by the first item. Based on a focus on a second item of the second list, a user management command is executed without requiring navigation away from the UI page. | 04-30-2015 |
20150128079 | METHOD FOR EXECUTING FUNCTION IN RESPONSE TO TOUCH INPUT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - A method of executing a function in response to a touch input and an electronic device implementing the same are provided. The method includes determining, by the electronic device, a first priority application among applications installed in the electronic device, mapping a function of the first priority application to a virtual button based on a predetermined touch input, recognizing the touch input on the virtual button that is displayed by a display module, and executing a function corresponding to the recognized touch input. | 05-07-2015 |
20150135108 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR MANIPULATING USER INTERFACES BASED ON FINGERPRINT SENSOR INPUTS - Devices, methods and graphical user interfaces for manipulating user interfaces based on fingerprint sensor inputs are provided. While a display of an electronic device with a fingerprint sensor displays a first user interface, the device may detect movement of a fingerprint on the fingerprint sensor. In accordance with a determination that the movement of the fingerprint is in a first direction, the device allows navigating through the first user interface, and in accordance with a determination that the movement of the fingerprint is in a second direction different from the first direction, the device allows displaying a second user interface different from the first user interface on the display. | 05-14-2015 |
20150135109 | 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. | 05-14-2015 |
20150143273 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Determining Whether to Scroll or Select Content - An electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface and one or more intensity sensors displays content. While a focus selector is over the content, the device detects a gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, the gesture including a first contact on the touch-sensitive surface and movement of the first contact across the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to movement of the focus selector on the display. In response to detecting the gesture, when the contact has an intensity below a selection intensity threshold, the device scrolls the content on the display in accordance with the movement of the focus selector on the display without selecting the content. In response to detecting the gesture, when the contact has an intensity above the selection intensity threshold, the device selects at least a portion of the content in accordance with the movement of the focus selector over the content. | 05-21-2015 |
20150324092 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF HIGHLIGHTING OBJECT ON IMAGE DISPLAYED BY A DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus which includes a display configured to display an image including a plurality of objects; a user interface configured to receive an input of a highlight moving key in order to move a highlight from a first object to a target object positioned in a direction associated with the highlight moving key; and a controller configured to determine the target object satisfying a predetermined condition as the target object among the plurality of objects biased from the first object toward the direction desired by the user in accordance with the input of the highlight moving key, and move the highlight of the first object to the target object. | 11-12-2015 |
20150363078 | FOCUS SHIFT CONTROL APPARATUS - A shift controller | 12-17-2015 |
20150379160 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR TRANSFERRING FOCUS CONTROL AND RELATED RETURN CONTENT WITHIN A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - Embodiments of the disclosure herein transform user client device application switching input into instantiated toggling or switching of focus control of a user interface between an application hosting interface elements of return contents associated with the application and the said interface elements. The embodiments include a method comprising the instantiating of a return content in an application for display upon the application next returning to focus control. The method further comprises determining that the application has returned to focus control and displaying a return content only if display criteria associated with displaying the return content have been met. | 12-31-2015 |
20160026355 | ACCESSIBLE CHART NAVIGATION USING OBJECT NEIGHBORHOOD - A method, system, and computer program product for accessible chart navigation using object neighborhood are provided. An input is received to navigate a focus away in a direction from a first object, the first object being a member of a set of objects depicted in a graphical visual chart. A set of inputs is designed to access the chart without using a pointing device or requiring visual inspection of the chart and the set of objects. The set of inputs includes the input and a second input to allow return to a previous step in navigating the chart. A second object is identified to which to navigate responsive to the input, the second object being located within a neighborhood of the first object at a shortest neighborhood distance from the first object. Navigation is performed to the second object to keep the focus within the neighborhood. | 01-28-2016 |
20160041730 | Application Reporting in an Application-Selectable User Interface - This document describes techniques for application reporting in an application-selectable user interface. These techniques permit a user to view reports for applications in a user interface through which these applications may be selected. By so doing, a user may quickly and easily determine which applications to select based on their respective reports and then select them or their content through the user interface. | 02-11-2016 |
20160042495 | DISTORTION VIEWING WITH IMPROVED FOCUS TARGETING - The invention provides a method for human-computer interaction (HCI) on a graphical user interface (GUI). The method includes the steps of displaying a plurality of objects positioned in relation to each other and in relation to the display window; determining user input; distorting at least one of the position relations according to a magnification function with a focal dip, where the focal position of the magnification function is controllable by the user input; and updating the distortion whenever the relevant user input changes. | 02-11-2016 |
20160048287 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal; a camera; a display unit configured to display a preview image received through the camera; and a controller configured to receive a touch applied to a first graphic object included in the preview image, adjust a focus around the first graphic object, display an indicator on the display unit indicating there is first information associated with the first graphic object, receive a preset type of touch applied to the indicator when the preview image is displayed, and display the first information associated with the first graphic object based on the preset type of touch. | 02-18-2016 |
20160054862 | FOREGROUND/BACKGROUND ASSORTMENT OF HIDDEN WINDOWS - Graphical navigation of foreground and background applications running on a mobile computing device across multiple active user environments, even when graphics information for background applications is not maintained by a mobile operating system of the mobile computing device. A last graphical representation of an application screen may be captured as the application state is transitioned from the foreground state to the background state. The last graphical representation may be associated with a position in an application activity stack representing foreground and background mobile operating system applications. The navigation techniques may be used in a computing environment with multiple active user environments. A first active user environment may be associated with the mobile operating system. A second active user environment may be associated with the mobile operating system or a desktop operating system running concurrently with the mobile operating system on the mobile computing device. | 02-25-2016 |
20160062620 | Mobile Application Management Systems and Methods - An exemplary mobile application management system detects a first user input provided by a user while a first user interface associated with a first feature of a mobile application is displayed within an application display area of a display screen of a mobile computing device executing the mobile application. The first user input represents a request to transform the first user interface into a minimized widget associated with the first feature of the mobile application. The mobile application management system directs, in response to the first user input, the mobile computing device to concurrently display, in place of the first user interface, the minimized widget within a first region of the application display area and a second user interface associated with one or more additional features of the mobile application within a second region of the application display area. | 03-03-2016 |
20160070432 | Manipulating Documents in Touch Screen File Management Applications - Disclosed are examples of manipulating documents in file management applications. In one example, a listing of at least one file can be encoded in a user interface of a client application for rendering in a touch screen display. A touch input can be received that designates a selected one of the files, where the touch input can be a gesture performed on the touch screen display. In response to a type of the gesture matching a predefined gesture type, a determination can be made whether at least one of the files is active in the client application and the user interface can be modified to include the at least one of the files and the selected one of the files in response to the at least one of the files. | 03-10-2016 |
20160085414 | INTERACTIVE CONTENT CREATION SYSTEM - According to various embodiments, a user interface (UI) includes a precedence graph area and an icon list displaying multiple types of program icons. A user selection of one of the program icons is received, the user selection corresponding to moving the selected program icon to the precedence graph area, the selected program icon referencing a composer UI to generate content of a specific media type. The selected program icon is characterized as a first program-content-pairing icon that references the content created by the composer UI. Thereafter, a user interaction with a plurality of program-content-pairing icons in the precedence graph area is detected, the user interaction corresponding to specifying an ordering of the plurality of program-content-pairing icons. A program flow precedence graph referencing a program flow of an interactive program is the generated, based on the ordering of the program-content-pairing icons in the precedence graph area. | 03-24-2016 |
20160092038 | SEMI-MODAL INTERACTION BLOCKER - Embodiments can provide interactivity to one or more components (e.g., windows, dialog boxes, tool bar, etc.) in a visual analyzer application while blocking interactivity for other components displayed on a GUI of the application. A contribution mechanism can be leveraged where a broadcast message can be sent to various components displayed on the GUI of the application. The various components within the application can then indicate whether they would like to be kept interactive during a triggering event (e.g., upon selection of a certain component). Upon receiving the indication that the components would like to remain interactive, the application allows those components to remain interactive while preventing access to other components in the GUI. | 03-31-2016 |
20160103932 | DYNAMICALLY MODIFYING ELEMENTS OF USER INTERFACE BASED ON KNOWLEDGE GRAPH - A method and a system for dynamically modifying at least one element of a User Interface (UI) of a first electronic device are provided. The method includes collating usage information of at least one data source in the first electronic device, categorizing the collated usage information into one or more knowledge clusters, forming a knowledge graph using the one or more knowledge clusters, and dynamically modifying the at least one element of the UI based on the knowledge graph. | 04-14-2016 |
20160110048 | Displaying Related Content in a Content Stream - A method includes displaying a scrollable sequence of content items, the content items having a plurality of sources and a plurality of content types; in response to user commands, scrolling the scrollable sequence of content items in a direction parallel to a first axis; visually indicating a first focus item in the scrollable sequence and displaying in the current focus item an affordance including a related-content affordance; and responding to user selection of the related-content affordance in the current focus item by scrolling the current focus item in a direction parallel to a second axis that is distinct from the first axis and displaying a second focus item in place of the first focus item, the second focus item including a content item of one or more content items related to the first focus item in accordance with predefined criteria. | 04-21-2016 |
20160110090 | Gesture-Based Content-Object Zooming - This document describes techniques and apparatuses for gesture-based content-object zooming. In some embodiments, the techniques receive a gesture made to a user interface displaying multiple content objects, determine which content object to zoom, determine an appropriate size for the content object based on bounds of the object and the size of the user interface, and zoom the object to the appropriate size. | 04-21-2016 |
20160124514 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A control method and an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a photographing unit configured to photograph a hand including fingers, a display unit configured to display a plurality of content objects, and a control unit configured to recognize a finger gesture of the photographed hand and a distance from the electronic device to the finger, and control the display unit to change and display a range of a displayed content object according to the recognized finger gesture and the distance. | 05-05-2016 |
20160124617 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING OBJECT ON DEVICE, DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, Machine Type Communication (MTC), Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, and technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. Provided are methods, apparatuses and systems for controlling an object displayed on a device, based on a hovering input obtained by the device. | 05-05-2016 |
20160139747 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR NAVIGATION OF CONCURRENTLY OPEN SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS - An electronic device includes a touch-sensitive display and one or more programs stored in memory for execution by one or more processors. The one or more programs include instructions for displaying a first application view that corresponds to a first application in a plurality of concurrently open applications. The one or more programs include instructions for detecting a first input, and in response, concurrently displaying a group of open application icons that correspond to at least some of the plurality of concurrently open applications with at least a portion of the first application view. The open application icons are displayed in accordance with a predetermined sequence of the open applications. The one or more programs include instructions for detecting a first gesture distinct from the first input, and in response, displaying a second application view that corresponds to a second application adjacent to the first application in the predetermined sequence. | 05-19-2016 |
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