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20080276190 | Customer Relationship Management System with Quicknotes - A quicknotes system and method is provided. A software-based customer relationship management system and method may include the quicknotes functionality. | 11-06-2008 |
20090031237 | DISPLAYING AND NAVIGATING THROUGH MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS - An apparatus for displaying layers generated by multiple applications is provided. Layers generated by one or more applications are presented on a display at particular levels of transparency such that a user may be able to simultaneously view the layers. The user can select one of the layers with which to interact by varying the respective levels of transparency such that one of the layers is less transparent and the other of the layers is more transparent. In this way, the user may manipulate the levels of transparency of the layers to navigate through multiple applications and access a desired application. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided. | 01-29-2009 |
20090083645 | 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 scale GUIs that are positioned in the view and show the view position in the scene. | 03-26-2009 |
20090138811 | DISPLAY OBJECT PENETRATING APPARATUS - A display object blending apparatus capable of preventing a desired display object from being covered and hidden, by semi-transparently displaying a display object to cover another display object which meets a condition is provided. An instruction section ( | 05-28-2009 |
20090158185 | Adaptive map layer visibility control - The instant application provides a method and related system that adaptively turns layers on and off based upon a visibility value extracted from a respective layer or related database. Map data is first portioned by a grid and the visibility value for a layer is computed for each grid element. For a given map view, the visibility value of all grid elements within the view is used to compute an overall average visibility value for the layer in the current map view. The layer is then activated based upon the average visibility value as compared to a table of optimal scales. | 06-18-2009 |
20090204920 | Image Browser - A method of browsing images in an image collection using a processing system ( | 08-13-2009 |
20100011309 | DATA VISUALISATION SYSTEMS - A method in a computer of building a visual representation model for presenting plural forms of data from a data source to a user, comprising the steps of creating a first file of data (model file) representative of one or more physical attributes of one or more elements associated with one of a plurality of nodes in the visual representation, creating a second file of data (configuration file) representative of visual attributes of the one or more elements for each of the plurality of nodes in the visual representation and associating a variation in the visual appearance of the nodes in correlation with variation in the data from the data source which is associated with the nodes. | 01-14-2010 |
20100037165 | Transparent Windows - A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture are provided to support window transparency on a visual display of a computer system. At least two windows are created and present on the visual display, with each of the windows having transparency attribute. One of the windows is painted with a transparent area, and a second window is painted with a non-transparent area. An attribute is assigned to the transparent area of the window that enables the area to either be anchored to a specified position on the visual display, or free floating or fixed relative to the containing window on the visual display. | 02-11-2010 |
20100100836 | FACILITATING BROWSING OF RESULT SETS - A method of facilitating the browsing of a plurality of result sets by a user. The method includes displaying a plurality of queries on a computer display, each query having a corresponding result set, the plurality of queries thereby constituting a set of displayed queries, and displaying the result set of a selected displayed query in response to the user selecting the query from the set of displayed queries via a user interface procedure, while continuing to display the set of displayed queries so the user can subsequently select other queries from the set of displayed queries to thereby interleave browsing the result sets of the queries in the set of displayed queries. | 04-22-2010 |
20100146424 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING CONTENT OF AN INSTRUCTION AND AN INSTRUCTION LOCUS - An information processing apparatus includes an instruction identification unit that identifies an instruction based on an operation of the instruction of a user, an instruction locus identification unit that identifies an instruction locus corresponding to the instruction identified by the instruction identification unit based on association information that associates the instruction and the instruction locus of the instruction, and a presentation unit that associates and presents content of the instruction identified by the instruction identification unit and the instruction locus identified by the instruction locus identification unit and presents the content of the instruction and the instruction locus to give the instruction, to the user while explicitly illustrating a correspondence relationship of both. | 06-10-2010 |
20100153871 | DETERMINING REQUEST DESTINATION - [Object] To provide a technique for determining a layer that is to receive a request accurately when displaying a multilayer image. | 06-17-2010 |
20100153872 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method for providing a graphical user interface (GUI) and an electronic device using the method are provided. The method includes forming one or more groups of GUI items other than a GUI item selected by a user, moving the GUI items in the one or more groups, and enlarging and displaying the selected item on an area formed by movement of the GUI items. Therefore, it is possible to provide a GUI which enables easy manipulation and which is displayed with superior visual effect on a screen that is relatively small in size. | 06-17-2010 |
20100180222 | Display device and display method - A display device of present invention includes an operation input portion from which operation information is input by a user, a selection portion that selects a predetermined region on a display screen based on the operation information, and a scroll portion that scrolls the display screen in a state where a position of the selected predetermined region is held at a predetermined position. | 07-15-2010 |
20100185966 | Smart Control Panels - The presently disclosed technology teaches graphical user interfaces (GUIs) grouped in smart control panels that fade, disappear, move, rotate, and/or resize to reveal a work surface under the smart control panels. In one implementation, a smart control panel disappears until it is recalled by a keystroke. When the smart control panel is recalled, it reappears at a present location of a cursor on the work surface. In another implementation, the smart control panel disappears when the user renders an image in an area occupied by the smart control panel. More specifically, a cursor renders a mark across the work surface. As the mark reaches the smart control panel, the smart control panel disappears while the mark is rendered in the area occupied by the smart control panel. When the mark is no longer being rendered in the area occupied by the smart control panel, the smart control panel reappears. | 07-22-2010 |
20100275143 | On-screen display system and method - A method for operating an OSD capable system includes receiving video information from a video source and receiving OSD image information including a plurality of menus with different menu levels. The method also includes determining transparency degrees of the plurality of menus and generating an output signal to be displayed on a display terminal. The output signal represents the video information superimposed by the plurality of menus with the determined transparency degrees. | 10-28-2010 |
20100293489 | METHOD OF SETTING DRIVER PROGRAM OF IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH TRANSPARENT FUNCTION - A method of setting a user interface of a driver program of an image processing device includes applying a transparent setting to display the driver program in a transparent state on a display device to the driver program, and displaying the driver program with the applied transparent function on the display device when an application program operates the driver program. The driver program does not block an acquired result of the application program, and a user is able to perform a scanning operation at an optimum environment by adjusting a transparency level of the driver program displayed over the application program. | 11-18-2010 |
20100306688 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREFOR - An image display device and an operation method thereof are provided. An object may be displayed on a display. A display characteristic of the object may be changed when no input for the object is received for a predetermined period of time. | 12-02-2010 |
20100333006 | Apparatus and associated methods - An apparatus including a first display configured to be able to display user content and to have an active display state in which said user content can be stably displayed via active powering of the display, and a second display configured to be able to display user content and to have a passive display state in which said user content can be stably displayed without active powering of the display. The apparatus is configured such that the first display is positioned to at least partially overlie and cover the second display to provide a covered region of the second display. The apparatus is also configured such that the content on the second display in the covered region can be viewed through the first display. | 12-30-2010 |
20110016417 | Selective Hibernation Of Activities In An Electronic Device - In an electronic device capable of running multiple software applications concurrently, applications, documents, cards, or other activities can be selected for hibernation so as to free up system resources for other activities that are in active use. A determination is made as to which activities should hibernate, for example based on a determination as to which activities have not been used recently or based on relative resource usage. When an activity is to hibernate, its state is preserved on a storage medium such as a disk, so that the activity can later be revived in the same state and the user can continue with the same task that was being performed before the activity entered hibernation. | 01-20-2011 |
20110066962 | System and Methods for a Run Time Configurable User Interface Controller - The present invention relates to interface control systems and methods, for use with consumer electronic devices. User Interfaces, which are normally predefined at the time of manufacture, are entirely specific to the appliance by virtue of the underlying kernel or operating system. The present system includes means for providing information to and receiving information from a user to establish control over the user interface. The means for providing and receiving the information may be controlled, at least in part, by an alterable database that is separate from both the operating system and applications. This allows the database to be changed without making any changes to the underlying operating system or applications. The alterable database may be in a script form, and may be configured by the user at any time during normal operation of the apparatus. The system may invoke or modify the information contained in the alterable database in response to stimuli external to the alterable database. The alterable database may also cause flags to be set. These flags may result in a limit to the operation of the apparatus, a limit to the operation of the applications, or an alteration of information referenced by the alterable database. | 03-17-2011 |
20110072377 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAYING METHOD OF THE SAME - A display apparatus and a displaying method of the same, the display apparatus including a content output unit which outputs at least one content; a display unit; a video processor which processes and outputs a list image of the contents to the display unit; and a controller which controls the video processor to change a display effect of the list image according to frequency of use of the contents. | 03-24-2011 |
20110119610 | LIVE WALLPAPER - Display of on-screen elements is coordinated, which includes generating a graphical wallpaper representation in a first process on a first visual layer on a display of a computing device, generating one or more graphical objects in a second process on a second visual layer of the display, wherein the second visual layer is positioned visually on top of the first visual layer, receiving user interactions with the one or more graphical objects and generating information that reflects the user interactions, and communicating the generated information to the first process. | 05-19-2011 |
20110161849 | NAVIGATIONAL TRANSPARENT OVERLAY - A method performed on a user device includes displaying a source user interface that includes one or more selectable objects; receiving a user input with respect to one of the one or more selectable objects of the source user interface; determining, in response to the user input, whether a lower level interface, with respect to the one of the one or more selectable objects of the source user interface, exists; displaying the lower level interface, when it is determined that the lower level interface exists for the one of the one or more selectable objects, where the lower level interface is displayed as a transparent overlay representative of a user interface that would be displayed if the user were to select from or access the source user interface; determining whether another user input is received, where the other user input indicates that the lower level interface is to be activated; and displaying the lower level interface as an opaque overlay, when it is determined that the other user input is received. | 06-30-2011 |
20110239146 | AUTOMATIC EVENT GENERATION - A text input is received in a calendar context. The text input is processed with a context-neutral extraction process to generate a first set of elements and with a calendar-specific extraction process to generate a second set of elements. A calendar event is created from the first set of elements and the second set of elements and displayed on a display device without confirming the elements of the calendar event with a user. | 09-29-2011 |
20110296327 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and display method are provided. The display apparatus includes an image receiving unit which receives a | 12-01-2011 |
20110302515 | MOBILE TERMINAL CAPABLE OF PROVIDING MULTIPLAYER GAME AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A method of operating a mobile terminal is presented. The method includes displaying a list comprising at least one item on a display module, displaying a first display screen showing a content of a first item on the display module when the first item is selected from the list, and displaying the list to overlap the first display screen when the list is subsequently selected to be displayed, wherein the display list screen overlapping the first display screen is at least partially transparent allowing the first display screen to be seen through the list. | 12-08-2011 |
20120023425 | Live Wallpaper - Display of on-screen elements is coordinated, which includes generating a graphical wallpaper representation in a first process on a first visual layer on a display of a computing device, generating one or more graphical objects in a second process on a second visual layer of the display, wherein the second visual layer is positioned visually on top of the first visual layer, receiving user interactions with the one or more graphical objects and generating information that reflects the user interactions, and communicating the generated information to the first process. | 01-26-2012 |
20120042271 | ENABLING USER INTERACTIONS BETWEEN USER INTERFACE COMPONENTS - An apparatus, method, and computer program product are disclosed for enabling user interactions between user interface components. An initial event module detects an initial user input event to a graphical user interface. The initial user input event is associated with a user interaction between a source user interface component and a target user interface component that occupy separate event domains. A transparent component module places a transparent user interface component over the target user interface component in response to the initial user input event. The transparent user interface component occupies the same event domain as the source user interface component. An interaction event module detects an interaction user input event to the transparent user interface component that continues the user interaction. An interaction communication module communicates information of the user interaction to the target user interface component using a communications channel supported by the target user interface component. | 02-16-2012 |
20120060108 | Systems and methods for flexible digital content monetization in a networked environment - A web content monetization system is disclosed that allows a publisher to create content and to hide portions of that content subject to acceptance of certain conditions, such as a payment. The hidden content is determined by the publisher and is bounded by two tags that can be applied to any portion of the content by the publisher. In place of the hidden content is a placeholder that indicates the conditions under which the hidden content is revealed. When the conditions are met, the hidden content is instantly revealed to the user in the online interface. The hidden content is protected by a digital lock and is not accessible in any manner until the applicable conditions are met. | 03-08-2012 |
20120066627 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - First, a plurality of selection objects having at least one part thereof displayed on a display area of a display device are moved relative to the display area, based on an output signal outputted from an input device. Then, when an end-located selection object among the moved plurality of selection objects reaches a predetermined position of the display area, displayed on the display area is an object having a shape identical or similar to one part of the plurality of selection objects displayed on the display area. | 03-15-2012 |
20120110483 | MULTI-DESKTOP MANAGEMENT - A transparency percentage value is associated with each application icon defined for active executable applications using a computing system. At least one application that is active on a desktop screen is collected for each of at least two different visual attribute values collected from a user. The different collected visual attribute values are displayed with a pointing widget. The icons of the applications are displayed using a transparency percentage value of zero percent (0%) for icons corresponding to the visual attribute value currently pointed to and a transparency percentage value of one hundred percent (100%) for any other icon that is not currently pointed to. In response to detecting a change by the user from a current visual attribute value to a different new visual attribute value pointed to by the pointing widget, the transparency percentage values of the application icons are adjusted based upon the new visual attribute value. | 05-03-2012 |
20120110484 | CENTRALIZED REGISTRATION FOR DISTRIBUTED SOCIAL CONTENT SERVICES - A system and method are directed towards enabling centralized registration for managing a selective display of visitor information to distributed social networking websites. A visitor may enter selective personal information, and determine what information is made available on a social networking webpage. The visitor may then return to the social networking website to view selective visitor information, such as within a reader roll. A visitor to a social networking website may select to not have their information displayed at selective a social networking website, while still being displayed at another social networking website. In one embodiment, selecting to not display their information may be performed by ‘mousing’ over their information and selecting a display option. Social networking websites may look to a centralized registration system to determine whether to display the visitor information, while still being able to obtain information about the visitor, and/or provide benefits to the visitor. | 05-03-2012 |
20120166989 | MANAGING TRANSPARENT WINDOWS - Methods and arrangements to manage transparent windows are described herein. Embodiments may comprise logic such as hardware and/or code to select one or more windows to make transparent and to switching the active window between source and target windows via the position of the mouse. Many embodiments provide a right click, pop-up menu (i.e., pressing the right mouse button generates a pop-up menu), a pull-down menu, or a button associated with windows. These features may allow a user to select individual or all windows to be transparent. A transparent window provides some view of windows or objects below the transparent window while providing some view of the contents such as graphics and/or text in the transparent window. Embodiments may also include management logic such as hardware and/or code to facilitate selection of a transparent window to make the window active. | 06-28-2012 |
20120174008 | INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE AND INFORMATION INPUT METHOD - An information input device includes: a display unit configured to display a user interface for acknowledging user input information in a content including an input field displayed on a display, by accepting an operation on the display, the user interface being displayed transparently as superimposed in front of the content; and a transcription unit configured to provide, in the input field in the content, the user input information acknowledged in the user interface. | 07-05-2012 |
20120174009 | METHOD FOR INPUTTING MEMO IN TOUCH SCREEN TERMINAL AND DEVICE THEREOF - A method inputs a memo in a touch screen terminal. The method includes determining whether a memo function is requested while displaying contents of a specific function on a screen, upon receiving the request of the memo function, displaying a memo window that is transparently or translucently overlaid on the screen on which the contents of the specific function are displayed and that supports free drawing, and detecting an input of the contents onto the memo window and storing the contents displayed on the screen upon receiving a request for storing the contents at a later time. | 07-05-2012 |
20120233562 | COMPREHENSIBILITY OF FLOWCHARTS - Various arrangements for simplifying a display of a flowchart are presented. A flowchart may include a plurality of elements, including a plurality of vertices and a plurality of edges. A selection of an element of the plurality of elements may be received. A logical distance for each element of the plurality of elements may be calculated. The logical distance may be between each element and the element identified by the selection. The flowchart may be displayed with a portion of the plurality of elements emphasized. The portion of the plurality of elements emphasized are selected at least partially based on the logical distance of each element of the plurality of elements. | 09-13-2012 |
20120311473 | ALERT EVENT NOTIFICATION - Alert event notifications may be provided by: displaying a first user interface layer including at least one user interface element configured to provide an alert event notification; displaying a second user interface layer such that at least a portion of the second user interface layer overlays the at least one user interface element configured to provide an alert event notification; detecting an alert event; and at least partially displaying the at least one user interface element configured to provide an alert event notification in an area where the at least a portion of the second user interface layer overlays the at least one user interface element configured to provide an alert event notification. | 12-06-2012 |
20130042192 | Mobile Terminal Data Refreshing Method and Mobile Terminal - The present invention discloses a mobile terminal data refreshing method and a mobile terminal. The above method comprises: updating interface image data of a HOME User Interface (HOME UI) and/or a local top bar, synthesizing interface image of the HOME UI and the local top bar into top bar image data with transparency; and displaying the top bar image data in the top bar window of the desktop of the mobile terminal. According to the technical solution provided in the present invention, the local top bar can be easily integrated into the HOME UI to implement translucent display style, and all functions of the top bar of the HOME UI can not be affected. | 02-14-2013 |
20130167058 | CLOSING APPLICATIONS - Application closing techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a computing device recognizes an input as involving selection of an application displayed in a display environment by the computing device and subsequent movement of a point of the selection toward an edge of the display environment. Responsive to the recognizing of the input, the selected application is closed by the computing device. | 06-27-2013 |
20130239035 | METHOD OF SETTING DRIVER PROGRAM OF IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH TRANSPARENT FUNCTION - A method of setting a user interface of a driver program of an image processing device includes applying a transparent setting to display the driver program in a transparent state on a display device to the driver program, and displaying the driver program with the applied transparent function on the display device when an application program operates the driver program. The driver program does not block an acquired result of the application program, and a user is able to perform a scanning operation at an optimum environment by adjusting a transparency level of the driver program displayed over the application program. | 09-12-2013 |
20130290886 | METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PRESENTING APPLICATION LISTS - A method for presenting application list is disclosed, which is applied to an electronic device. The method includes activating a list arrangement program which reads several applications and generates categorized application list accordingly. Each application is associated with one of the categories, and includes objects representing the application. The categorized application list includes several groups, each of them includes a category name of one category and the objects associating with one or more applications under the category. The method further includes receiving the control command for displaying one of the groups at the index region of the user interface of the electronic device. The index region is arranged at the side of the user interface. Thus, an application list which is categorized may be provided for improving the convenience of accessing applications. | 10-31-2013 |
20130332871 | PORTABLE APPARATUS WITH A GUI - A portable device includes: a display screen; a processor; and an input device operable by a user, wherein the processor controls the display screen to display a graphical user interface comprising a plurality of images arranged in a three dimensional (3D) space in one of a depth layout and a curved layout. In the depth layout mode images are displayed arranged such that at least a first image is positioned further away in the 3D space than a second image and each image is positioned upon a two dimensional (2D) surface extending into the 3D space, transverse to the 2D surface at its respective position and facing the plane of the display screen. In the curved layout mode the images are arranged along a curved path within the 3D space forming a coil about an axis which is parallel to or forms an acute angle relative to the plane of the display screen such that at least one image is positioned facing outwards from the coil and at least one image is positioned facing inwards towards the axis such that each image faces the plane of the display screen. | 12-12-2013 |
20140033099 | SEGMENTED SCROLL BAR - Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to receive a first command to display a selected portion of an electronic document, wherein the selected portion is indicated by a visible indicator in a selected segment of a segmented scroll bar having a dynamically compressible trough. Further activities may include sending a second command to display a document page having a page number corresponding to the visible indicator, wherein the trough comprises segments corresponding to the pages of the document. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 01-30-2014 |
20140040802 | ADAPTABLE TRANSPARENCY - By adjusting visual settings on a display behind a section of a background to emphasize menu options, a user can determine the status in the series of menus and sub-menus and can better read the menu options. | 02-06-2014 |
20140075353 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods for uploading documents to a document database by using an efficient drag and drop interface is provided. The drag and drop interface may include a persistent and movable drop box rendered on an operating system. The drop box may be preconfigured to interface with or access a document database to upload one or more documents. Furthermore, the drop box may be persistently available on a desktop of the operating system. For example, the drop box may be visible and accessible through any other interface, such as a web browser or email client, that may be rendered in the same pixel locations as the drop box. Accordingly, one or more objects may be dragged and dropped for upload to the document database from any other interface or from the desktop. Once the one or more objects have been dragged and dropped over the persistent doe drop element | 03-13-2014 |
20140096047 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, METHOD OF EXECUTING APPLICATION, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An electronic apparatus includes a storage unit which stores a plurality of applications, a management unit which manages a list of applications that have been already selected from among the plurality of applications stored in the storage unit, a user interface which applies transparency to a shortcut region which includes an icon corresponding to each application included in the list, and displays the transparent shortcut region, and a controller which, if one of the displayed icons is selected, drives an application corresponding to the selected icon. | 04-03-2014 |
20140143698 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE THROUGH PROXIMITY TOUCH INPUT - A method and an apparatus for providing a user interface through a proximity touch input are provided. The method includes selecting at least one of multiple functions according to a preset criterion upon generation of a proximity touch input by an input means, displaying an icon corresponding to the selected function as a recommended icon, and executing a function corresponding to a recommended icon selected from the displayed recommended icon. | 05-22-2014 |
20140143699 | MENUS WITH TRANSLUCENCY AND LIVE PREVIEW - A region menu is used to easily access menu items. Generally, the region menu includes a number of regions with associated menus that are located close to an initial mouse position from where the region menu is evoked. Hovering over any of the regions of the region menu displays the menu item that is associated with the region. Additionally, hovering over a menu item within one of the regions of the displayed region menu may activate a live preview showing a projected result of what would occur should that menu item be selected. During a live preview, a portion of the region menu becomes translucent such that content beneath the menu becomes visible. | 05-22-2014 |
20140149905 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND PAGE NAVIGATION METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device and a page navigation method thereof for facilitating navigation among pages are provided. The method disclosure includes displaying a first page, detecting a touch gesture requesting navigation to a second page on a screen displaying the first page, displaying the second page overlapped with the first page upon detection of the touch gesture, changing a transparency of at least one of the first and second pages according to a distance between a current touch point and an initial touch point of the touch gesture, and displaying, when the touch gesture is released, one of the first and second pages. | 05-29-2014 |
20140157161 | VARIABLE OPACITY ON-SCREEN KEYBOARD - An aspect provides a method, including: determining, at an information handling device, user input triggering display of an on-screen keyboard; and displaying the on-screen keyboard on a touch screen display of the information handling device according to a variable opacity setting; wherein the variable opacity setting establishes at least an initial opacity of the on-screen keyboard, and further wherein at least one sub-portion of the on-screen keyboard is semi-transparent. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 06-05-2014 |
20140157162 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING A WINDOW FOR A USER INTERFACE - Methods and apparatuses to display windows. In more than one embodiments of the invention, a window is closed automatically (e.g., after a timer expires, or when a condition or criterion is met, or a system input is received) without user input. In some examples, the window is translucent so that the portion of another window, when present, is visible under the window. In some examples, the image of the window is faded out before the window is closed and destroyed. In some examples, the window does not close in response to any input from a user input device. In some examples, the window is repositioned (or hidden) automatically when another translucent window is displayed. The degree of translucency, the speed for fading out, the discrete levels of translucency for fading out, the time to expire, and/or other parameters for controlling the display of the window may be set by the user or adjusted by the system (or application software programs) automatically according to system conditions or other criteria. | 06-05-2014 |
20140195943 | USER INTERFACE CONTROLS FOR PORTABLE DEVICES - A method of controlling an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display that has a graphical user interface (GUI) with a primary display and a translucent layer. The method includes displaying the primary display which contains the graphical objects for normal operation, while the primary display is being displayed, activating the translucent layer to display a control arrow arrangement, manipulating the control arrow arrangement to adjust a parameter associated with the GUI or the electronic device, and de-activating the translucent layer to cause the primary display to be displayed again. | 07-10-2014 |
20140208249 | PRESENTING A MODAL DIALOG BOX USING AN INVISIBLE PANEL UNDERNEATH - Techniques for presenting a modal dialog box in a graphical user interface are described herein. According to one embodiment, a semi-transparent panel is displayed superimposed on a graphical user interface (GUI) page in response to a first user interaction with the GUI page. The GUI page provides a user interface for managing a virtualization system. A dialog box is then displayed on top of the semi-transparent panel, where the dialog box is to receive an input from the user. An alert is generated in response to a second user interaction with an area of the semi-transparent panel other than the dialog box, where the alert indicates that the second user interaction is invalid. | 07-24-2014 |
20140250396 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE AND RELATED METHOD - A graphical user interface that is embodied in a computer-readable medium for execution on a computer, and configured for processing of an image that is displayed on a screen. The graphical user interface includes an original version of a control element, and a blurred version of the control element. The blurred version of the control element is superimposed over the image on the screen, and the original version of the control element is superimposed over the blurred version of the control element on the screen. | 09-04-2014 |
20140282159 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SCREEN DISPLAY USING TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY - A background image is displayed on a touch screen of an electronic device. Overlapped with the background image, a semitransparent layer is displayed. When a touch and drag action is detected from the semitransparent layer, the transparency of a touch and drag region is changed. Transparency of the semitransparent layer may be changed according to temperature or humidity. | 09-18-2014 |
20140298225 | SCREEN DEFINITION DEVICE FOR OPERATING PANEL - A screen definition device includes a screen data generating unit that outputs screen data generated by combining model screen data in which section information is set, with screen definition tables for the model screen data; a screen data combining unit that combines the screen data with the other screen data based on a reference relation indicated by link information of the screen data and the link information of the other screen data; and a screen definition table setting unit that sets screen definition tables in a table form. | 10-02-2014 |
20140325413 | Computer-Implemented Method For Manipulating Three-Dimensional Modeled Objects Of An Assembly In A Three-Dimensional Scene - A computer-implemented method for manipulating three-dimensional modeled objects of an assembly in a three-dimensional scene comprising the steps of:
| 10-30-2014 |
20140344737 | GRADUATED VISUAL AND MANIPULATIVE TRANSLUCENCY FOR WINDOWS - Methods and systems for providing graphical user interfaces are described. Overlaid, information-bearing windows whose contents remain unchanged for a predetermined period of time become translucent. The translucency can be graduated so that, over time, if the window's contents remain unchanged, the window becomes more translucent. In addition to visual translucency, windows also have a manipulative translucent quality. Upon reaching a certain level of visual translucency, user input in the region of the window is interpreted as an operation on the underlying objects rather than the contents of the overlaying window. | 11-20-2014 |
20140359504 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING APPLICATIONS IN THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device and a method control applications in the electronic device. The method of controlling applications in the electronic device includes: executing a plurality of applications in a foreground and a background; detecting the number of touch points input to a touch screen to select an application according to the detected number of the touch points; detecting a touch gesture for controlling the selected application; and controlling the selected application according to the detected touch gesture. | 12-04-2014 |
20140365932 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING CHARACTER IN MOBILE DEVICE - An apparatus for displaying characters in a mobile device includes a screen configured to display an input window containing a virtual keyboard and a message window, wherein the screen is configured to receive one or more characters through a virtual keyboard in the input window on a screen in a typing mode, and a controller configured to cause the screen to display the one or more characters in the input window, and a message window on the screen at a substantially same time by each character received. A method includes receiving one or more characters through a virtual keyboard in an input window on a screen in a typing mode, and displaying the one or more characters in the input window, and a message window on the screen at a substantially same time by each character received. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 12-11-2014 |
20150012857 | METHOD FOR OPERATING VIRTUAL ADJUSTING BUTTON - A method for operating a virtual adjusting button is provided. A virtual adjusting button is displayed. The virtual adjusting button is operated by an operating point of an operating unit for adjusting a setting value correspondingly. A movement of the operating point is detected when the operating point is located on the virtual adjusting button and the virtual adjusting button is selected. A dynamic virtual adjusting button corresponding to the virtual adjusting button is displayed with the movement of the operating point when detecting that the operating point moves toward a direction away from or close to a reference point of the virtual adjusting button. A displaying size of the dynamic virtual adjusting button is changed correspondingly with a change of a distance between the operating point and the reference point. A precision of the setting value for adjusting is changed by operating the dynamic virtual adjusting button. | 01-08-2015 |
20150020012 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND INPUT METHOD EDITOR WINDOW ADJUSTMENT METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device and an input method editor window adjustment method thereof are provided. The electronic device comprises a touch screen and a processor, wherein the touch screen is electrically connected to the processor. The processor is configured to display an input method editor window, wherein the transparency of the input method editor window is a first transparency percentage. The processor increases the transparency of the input method editor window until the transparency reaches a second transparency percentage after an input silence time, wherein the second transparency percentage is smaller than 100%. | 01-15-2015 |
20150033169 | MOVING OBJECT ON RENDERED DISPLAY USING COLLAR - In response to receiving a first user action in relation to an object displayed on the rendered display, a collar is displayed on the rendered display around the object. The collar and the object can be made translucent. The collar can have the same shape as the object, but can be larger in size than the object. In response to receiving a second user action in relation to the collar, the object and the collar are moved on the rendered display in correspondence with the second user action, without finalizing a current location of the object on the rendered display after the second user action has been completed. In response to receiving a third user action, the current location of the object is finalized on the rendered display and the collar is removed from around the object on the rendered display. | 01-29-2015 |
20150046859 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RUNNING APPLICATION IN MOBILE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for running an application in a mobile terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a display for running a second application on a first screen according to a second touch event, and displaying a second screen smaller than the first screen, and a controller for hiding the second screen from a current screen to display an entire area of the first screen while a touch in an external area of the second screen is detected, and displaying again the second screen on the first screen if the touch in the external area of the second screen is released. | 02-12-2015 |
20150074575 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING APPLICATION USING KEY INPUTS OR COMBINATION THEREOF - A method and an apparatus for controlling an application using key inputs or a combination thereof. The apparatus may be implemented as, for example, a mobile terminal including a touch screen configured to display an icon corresponding to a first application under a display layer of a second application currently displayed on the touch screen, and a controller configured to execute the first application in response to detecting an input to the second application configured to execute the first application. | 03-12-2015 |
20150089419 | PRESENTATION OF A CONTROL INTERFACE ON A TOUCH-ENABLED DEVICE BASED ON A MOTION OR ABSENCE THEREOF - Techniques are described herein that are capable of causing a control interface to be presented on a touch-enabled device based on a motion or absence thereof. A motion, such as a hover gesture, can be detected and the control interface presented in response to the detection. Alternatively, absence of a motion can be detected and the control interface presented in response to the detection. A hover gesture can occur without a user physically touching a touch screen of a touch-enabled device. Instead, the user's finger or fingers can be positioned at a spaced distance above the touch screen. The touch screen can detect that the user's fingers are proximate to the touch screen, such as through capacitive sensing. Additionally, finger movement can be detected while the fingers are hovering to expand the existing options for gesture input. | 03-26-2015 |
20150095823 | MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE INSTRUCTIONAL GRAPHICAL OVERLAY SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS - An instructional graphical overlay system is configured to overlay an instructional graphical overlay over an operating system, software application, or menu on a computing device to provide instructions or guidance to a user to complete a desired action using the computing device. In various embodiments, the system is configured to display a first graphical user interface and overlay a second instructional graphical user interface over at least a portion of the first graphical user interface. In some embodiments, the system is configured to enable the user to use the first graphical user interface to complete the desired action while the second instructional user interface is overlain over the first graphical user interface. | 04-02-2015 |
20150121270 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An information processing method and an electronic device are disclosed. The method includes: judging whether a display region of a second non-full-screen window is totally covered by a display region of a first non-full-screen window; and if the display region of the second non-full-screen window is totally covered by the display region of the first non-full-screen window, generating an adjustment instruction and adjusting the first non-full-screen window and/or the second non-full-screen window based on the adjustment instruction to make both the display region of the first non-full-screen window and the display region of the second non-full-screen window displayed partly or totally in the display region of the touch display unit, where the conversion parameter at least includes a parameter value, a matrix, a parameter group or a parameter set. | 04-30-2015 |
20150128080 | METHOD AND TERMINAL FOR DETERMINING OPERATION OBJECT - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and terminal for operating through a touch screen. The method includes: after a transparent virtual keyboard is displayed, receiving a first operation for a display area of the transparent virtual keyboard through a touch screen; determining, according to the first operation, that a target object of the first operation is a page content in the display area of the transparent virtual keyboard; and performing the first operation for the page content in the display area of the transparent virtual keyboard. Therefore, the operation may be directly performed for the determined target object. Therefore, no additional operation is required to perform switching between the transparent virtual keyboard and the page, thereby reducing user operations and improving the user experience. | 05-07-2015 |
20150293654 | OVERLAPPED TRANSPARENT DISPLAY AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a display device providing a user interface to switch a control object of a pointer from the display device to an external transparent display device. The display device includes a display unit including a first display area, a communication unit to communicate with an external transparent display device including a second display area, and a control unit. The control unit receives a pointer control signal, detects a first area among the first display area overlapped by the external transparent display device, sets a user interface to a position proximate to at least a portion of the edge of the first area, transmits the pointer control signal to the external transparent display device when the pointer overlaps at least a portion of the user interface, and transmits no pointer control signal when the pointer moves into the first area in a path not passing through the user interface. | 10-15-2015 |
20150293664 | MANAGING APPLICATIONS IN MULTITASKING ENVIRONMENT - A method, program product and computer for managing computer programs in a running state on a computer operating system are described. The computer programs have at least one normal user interface representation, such as a window, for receiving input from a user and producing output to a user. Reduced representations of normal user interface representations are formed for the computer programs so that the reduced representations can be presented simultaneously on a display of the computer. A selection input is received from a user for selecting a reduced representation of a second computer program for providing a normal user interface representation of the second program to a user in response to the selection input. At least a part of the normal user interface representation of the first program simultaneously with the reduced representations, where the reduced representations are indicative of states of the computer programs. | 10-15-2015 |
20150301739 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DATA ENTRY ON A VIRTUAL INTERFACE - A novel keyboard interface and input method are described. The interface is driven by a dynamic, general-purpose typing and data-entry software application, with a reduced number of keys to minimize screen real-estate requirements, especially for mobile devices. At any given time, the interface presents base characters with built-in key points on or around the base characters that can be selected and/or swiped to generate characters. The key points are strategically placed based on the intuitiveness of such placements, reducing the curve for learning how to use the interface. Its advantage over other methods of input such as handwriting, voice and gesture recognition is that it is less prone to error and privacy issues. The interface occupies a dramatically smaller area of the screen compared to traditional on-screen keyboards and can provide alternate placement as well as transparency to reveal text or images underneath. It can be implemented in most mobile and other computing platforms with reduced resource requirements. | 10-22-2015 |
20150309699 | MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MEASURING DEVICE USING TRANSPARENT DISPLAY CONTENT - A measuring device comprises a control unit, a display unit and an input unit. The control unit is configured to control the display unit to display a first content in a first display area and a second content in a second display area. The input unit is configured to allow a user to select one of the first display area, the second display area and no display area. The control unit is then configured to display the first content at least partially transparent, when the first display area is selected, and to display the second content at least partially transparent, when the second display area is selected. | 10-29-2015 |
20150339040 | GRADUATED VISUAL AND MANIPULATIVE TRANSLUCENCY FOR WINDOWS - Methods and systems for providing graphical user interfaces are described. Overlaid, information-bearing windows whose contents remain unchanged for a predetermined period of time become translucent. The translucency can be graduated so that, over time, if the window's contents remain unchanged, the window becomes more translucent. In addition to visual translucency, windows also have a manipulative translucent quality. Upon reaching a certain level of visual translucency, user input in the region of the window is interpreted as an operation on the underlying objects rather than the contents of the overlaying window. | 11-26-2015 |
20150363085 | User Interface for the Application of Image Effects to Images - An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: in response to user input selecting a selectable marker ( | 12-17-2015 |
20150378572 | MANAGING TRANSPARENT WINDOWS - Methods and arrangements to manage transparent windows are described herein. Embodiments may comprise logic such as hardware and/or code to select one or more windows to make transparent and to switching the active window between source and target windows via the position of the mouse. Many embodiments provide a right click, pop-up menu (i.e., pressing the right mouse button generates a pop-up menu), a pull-down menu, or a button associated with windows. These features may allow a user to select individual or all windows to be transparent. A transparent window provides some view of windows or objects below the transparent window while providing some view of the contents such as graphics and/or text in the transparent window. Embodiments may also include management logic such as hardware and/or code to facilitate selection of a transparent window to make the window active. | 12-31-2015 |
20150378593 | IMPLEMENTATION METHOD FOR USER INTERFACE OF MOBILE DEVICE, AND MOBILE DEVICE - The present invention discloses an implementation method of user interface for a mobile device and a mobile device. Herein, the method comprises: detecting a trigger action on the mobile device; in response to the trigger action, displaying n layers of response region, wherein the n layers of response region are transparent rectangle, and overlap at one of their corners or edges, calculating display position(s) of one or more UI element(s), and presenting the UI element(s) in the valid region of each layer of response region. In the present invention, the sector UI may provide the user with a convenient access to opening an application corresponding to the UI element. | 12-31-2015 |
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20160034112 | USER INTERFACE DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - A user interface (UI) display method is provided. The UI display method includes displaying an operation window including one or more setting items on a screen, and if a first one of the setting items is inputted, causing at least a part or all of the remaining operation window part except for the first item not to be displayed on the screen. | 02-04-2016 |
20160062564 | DIGITAL DEVICE FOR COPYING DIGITAL CONTENTS BY SCREEN OVERLAP AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - The present specification discloses a digital device and controlling method thereof, by which digital contents can be copied by screen overlap. The digital contents display a first screen and a second screen on a first layer and a second layer, respectively. And, the digital content included in the second screen located in a region corresponding to an input window region included in the first screen to an input window of the first screen. As a process so-called ‘COPY and PASTE’, it is characterized in copying a digital content exactly to a screen-overlapped location on a display by screen overlap. | 03-03-2016 |
20160062613 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR COPYING AND PASTING OBJECTS AND METHOD THEREOF - A method for copying and pasting an object displayed on a display of an electronic device includes receiving an invoking signal for copying the object, initiating a copy and paste function upon receiving the invoking signal, selecting the object to be copied when the copy and paste function is initiated, creating a window after the object is selected and displaying the window containing the selected object on the display, and moving the window containing the selected object to paste the selected object. The window remains displayed on the display when a current interface is changed for another interface. | 03-03-2016 |
20160098187 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal including a touch screen configured to display a first image; and a controller configured to display a second image magnifying a portion corresponding to a touch-selected region of the first image while continuing to display the first image. | 04-07-2016 |
20160110056 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE - 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. A method of providing a user interface (UI) by an electronic device is provided. The method includes displaying a control UI, receiving a first drag input via the displayed control UI, and, when a direction of the first drag input corresponds to a first direction, displaying a cursor UI at a preset location. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a UI through which an electronic device can easily receive a user input may be provided. | 04-21-2016 |
20160117071 | COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC ORGANIZATION, INDEXING AND VIEWING OF INFORMATION FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES - A computer data processing system including a central processing unit configured with an integrated computer control software system for the management of data objects including dynamic and automatic organization, linking, finding, cross-referencing, viewing and retrieval of multiple objects regardless of nature or source. The system provides an underlying component architecture having an object-oriented database structure and a metadata database structure which stores only one instance of each object while linking the object to multiple collections and domains for grouping into and retrieval from any of the collections. The system employs configurable, extensible attribute/properties of data objects in metadata format, and a user-configurable interface that facilitates information management. | 04-28-2016 |
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20160188156 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - According to an aspect of an exemplary embodiment, an image display method may include displaying, on a display, an item list including a plurality of items and a cursor; detecting a user input for moving the cursor; and moving the cursor based on the user input and changing a property of at least one item of the plurality of items included in the item list based on a spatial relationship between the at least one item and the cursor. | 06-30-2016 |
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