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20080209362 | Previewing Next State Based on Potential Action in Current State - A method, program and system for displaying the consequence of an input in a graphical user interface (GUI) are provided. The invention comprises displaying a GUI including a plurality of interaction control mechanisms (controls) having a selected or a deselected state. An input to a first control may cause a change in state to at least one other of the plurality of controls. Responsive to a first input at the first control (e.g., holding down a mouse button with the pointer on the first control), the invention displays a preview of the change in state of the plurality of controls that would occur if a second input is made at the first control (e.g., releasing the mouse button with the pointer still on the first control). If the user does not want the previewed change in state to occur, the user has simply to avoid making the second input (e.g., move the pointer off the first control before releasing the mouse button). | 08-28-2008 |
20080216017 | SYSTEM FOR ACCESSING A LARGE NUMBER OF MENU ITEMS USING A ZONED MENU BAR - A system that includes a pop-up graphical user interface that includes menu bars overlapping marking menu zones. The interface pops up at the current position of the cursor when the space bar is held down. The menu bars are positioned around a central marking zone with the common menu bars located above the central zone and task specific menu bars located below the central zone. The common application menu bar is positioned outer most and the common window menu bar is located inner most. The menu bars are sized in a “stair-step” pattern and the commands therein are left and right justified to fill the menu bar evenly. The menu bar menu items are accessed just like menu bar items typically found at the top of windows. The menu bars mimic the menu bars that a user may need to use during tasks that users typically perform using the menu bars found in application windows. The zones are divided into a central zone and four outer zones where user customizable marking menus are activated when a mouse button is held down while the cursor is in one of the zones. | 09-04-2008 |
20080222567 | Apparatus with Multiple Highlights - The invention relates to an apparatus ( | 09-11-2008 |
20080270940 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING MEDIA FILES - A method and an apparatus for selecting media files are provided. In the present invention, three keys are used for selecting a plurality of media files, wherein one of the keys is used for rotating and selecting a presently displayed media file, one of the keys is used for directly selecting the presently displayed media file, and another key is used for skipping the presently displayed media file. Complete select functions can be executed to a plurality of media files stored in any path by using foregoing three keys. The selected media files are stored in another path as being selected without spending time in actions such as moving, copying, and deleting, etc. Thus, the media file select operation is greatly simplified. | 10-30-2008 |
20090037845 | Method and System for Editing Web Data - The method for editing web data of the invention is applied to a web-editing system. The system receives a plurality of information via an internet. A user can use the system to edit the plurality of information. The method for editing web data comprises the following steps: displaying the plurality of information, a web-editing interface and a cursor, and when the cursor moves to one of the plurality of information, the one of the plurality of information appears with a selected effect; extracting the one of the plurality of information and showing on the web-editing interface when the user selects the one of the plurality of information; setting at least one parameter of the one of the plurality of information shown on the web-editing interface as editing information and displaying the editing information on the web-editing interface; converting the editing information to target editing information readable by an electronic device; and transferring the target editing information to the electronic device. | 02-05-2009 |
20090077498 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND PROGRAM FOR FACILITATING SELECTION OF OBJECTS ON DISPLAY SCREENS - A method for facilitating selection of an object on the display screen, an apparatus for implementing the method, and a program for causing a computer to function as the apparatus are provided. The method includes the steps of selecting a specific object on the display screen in response to a user input, extracting any of a plurality of objects displayed on the display screen that overlaps the selected specific object as a selection candidate by following a tree structure of the objects, and displaying a selection switching view including an element representing the selection candidate in the vicinity of the selected specific object. | 03-19-2009 |
20090282366 | HEURISTIC AND INTUITIVE USER INTERFACE FOR ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEMS - The present invention advantageously provides a method for interfacing an access control system and an input device, comprising the steps of displaying, on the input device, a set of choices from a plurality of choices, receiving one choice, and modifying the displayed set of choices based on the one choice, wherein modifying is performed by a heuristic method and/or a usage-based method. The heuristic method determines if one choice is a request for additional information, and, if it is, modifies the choices to include the additional information, and to exclude advanced and typical choices; and, if not, modifies the choices to include the advanced and typical choices. The usage-based method comprises incrementing a choice counter, if the counter is greater than multiple choices, modifying the choices to extra emphasize the choice, and if not, modifying the to emphasize the choice. | 11-12-2009 |
20090327960 | Ordered Multiple Selection User Interface - Techniques and mechanisms providing a visual indication of ordinal ranks of objects in an ordered list. When an object is selected for the ordered list, an ordinal rank for the object within the ordered list is determined and a visual indication of the ordinal rank is rendered to a user interface. | 12-31-2009 |
20100005418 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE, INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information display device includes: an image display unit that displays a plurality of images in a spiral manner according to a predetermined order; an operation information input, unit that, inputs operation information for the plurality of images; and a display processing unit that displays the plurality of images on the image display unit such that, in accordance with movement angle information and angular velocity information obtained from the operation information, the plurality of images are moved in a generally circumferential direction of a spiral formed of the plurality of images. Thus, the spirally arranged images are moved in the generally circumferential direction of the spiral, in accordance with the movement angle information and the angular velocity information obtained from the operation information. Therefore, compared to a case where an up-down-left-right key or the like is used, a particular one of the images can be selected through intuitive operation. | 01-07-2010 |
20100050121 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING MENU - A method of displaying a menu which displays at least one item selected by a user from a menu including a plurality of items is provided. A method of displaying a menu, including: displaying the menu including a plurality of items to a user; receiving a selection of at least one of the plurality of items from the user; and reducing a font size of a string of the selected at least one item, and displaying the string. | 02-25-2010 |
20100083178 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image display apparatus includes a reader/writer that obtains a series of images captured in time series, an extraction-condition setting unit that sets an image-extraction condition that can be hierarchically changed, an image extracting unit that extracts images from the series of images according to the image-extraction condition, a display unit that displays a list of images, and a display controller that controls the display unit. | 04-01-2010 |
20100088638 | GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - A geographic information system includes a server having a geographical user interface for communicating over a computer network, a database having location-specific information, and a website in communication with the database for accessing location-specific information. The geographic information system further includes a web page configured to display location-specific information, wherein the web page includes a plurality of icons, one of which illuminates automatically upon input of a selected location and provides a link to selected location-specific information. | 04-08-2010 |
20100095244 | Method for representing animated menu buttons - Optical storage media often contain data structures for a menu suitable for selection of a title, a chapter, a parameter or others. Such menus usually comprise a number of buttons to be displayed, with each button having a state. Possible states of buttons are “unselected”, “selected” or “activated”. According to the invention, the representation of a menu button may vary, depending on its state. An image or an image sequence, e.g. cartoon, may be associated to a buttons state, providing user animation. Further, a sound or sound sequence, e.g. melody or click, may be associated to a buttons state, and may be played back when the button enters this state. A data structure is disclosed which allows storage of such menu data e.g. on a Blu-ray disc. | 04-15-2010 |
20100107121 | OPERATION APPARATUS - Provided is an operation apparatus capable of securely preventing an erroneous operation in adjusting a seat and the like from being caused by a passenger. A seat shape image Sg representing an outer profile of a seat, and adjustable item buttons Tb representing names of movable portions, respectively, of the seat are displayed on a display screen. When a position, on a touch panel, corresponding to a position, on the display screen, of one of the adjustable item buttons Tb is touched, adjustment direction arrows Ty indicating directions, respectively, in which one of the movable portions corresponding to the one of the adjustable item buttons Tb is movable are displayed on the display screen. | 04-29-2010 |
20100131899 | Scannable Cloud - Disclosed herein is a method presenting to a user a tag cloud; wherein the tag cloud keywords' are highlighted based on its correlated records through a passive selection (mouse-over or touchscreen swipe); as well as highlighting its related records list(s) capable of representing the records' relationships within the tag cloud; and this method presents to a user a tag cloud; wherein an active selection (click of a mouse or a touchscreen tap) of a tag or a listed record further filters the list(s) of related records; whereas the tag cloud uncorrelated tags to an active selection remain visible and available for a selection. | 05-27-2010 |
20100169835 | MENU DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD FOR DISPLAYING MENU, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - The menu display device of the present invention includes: a display section | 07-01-2010 |
20100241992 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING MENU ITEMS OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for operating menu items using an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a camera, a visual perception unit, a displaying unit, and a display screen. The displaying unit displays menu items on the display screen. The camera captures a visual image of the user's eyes when a user views one of the menu items. The visual perception unit obtains a visual focus position from the visual image by analyzing pixel values of the visual image, calculates a visual offset for calibrating visual focus position, and calibrates the visual focus position according to the calculated visual offset when the user views the menu item on the display screen. | 09-23-2010 |
20100269068 | CHANGING SELECTION FOCUS ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method of allowing a user to discontinuously change selection focus on an electronic device is disclosed. A plurality of graphical items is presented on a display screen. Upon operation of a selection device in a predetermined manner, selection focus is immediately changed to a default lower priority graphical item without a need to scroll to the default item. Disclosed too is an electronic device having a graphical user interface containing one or more interactive lists, and each list containing one or more graphical items. An electronic device has a selection device and a computer program product for changing selection focus. The computer program product contains a readable medium and an action detection module operative to discontinuously change selection focus. | 10-21-2010 |
20100287505 | User Input for Hand-Held Device - A touch interface for a hand held device having a selection tool is described herein. The selection tool allows a large group of selectable items to be displayed in a relatively small space on a touchscreen display, and appears as an element of a graphical user interface on the touchscreen display. The selection tool comprises a plurality of overlapping bands that are disposed at an angle relative to one another and that rotate about a common central area. Each band includes a subset of selectable items in a larger group of selectable items. A user makes a selection selecting a band containing a desired item as a top-most band and selecting the desired item. The selected item may comprise, for example, an icon representing an application, a file or folder, a menu item, or a character from a large character set. | 11-11-2010 |
20100287506 | METHOD OF INTERACTING WITH A DISPLAY SYSTEM ON BOARD AN AIRCRAFT - In the method of interacting with a display system on board a aircraft: an operator sends to the system a selection of at least two symbols visible on a screen of a cockpit of the aircraft; and the system generates a list of elements associated with the selected symbols. Preferably at least one source system receives a notification from the display system indicating that at least one symbol visible on the screen and associated with the source system has been selected; and the source system generates a list including at least one element associated with the symbol. | 11-11-2010 |
20100306703 | METHOD, DEVICE, MODULE, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR AN INPUT INTERFACE - A method for accessing services in an apparatus that includes a multidetector is disclosed. A corresponding device, module and apparatus are also disclosed. Further, a computer program product for implementing the method is disclosed. | 12-02-2010 |
20100318938 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING SEARCH DATA - Provided are a method and an apparatus for displaying search data. The method includes generating an identifier representing selected data if one of data displayed on a screen is selected, displaying the identifier on the screen and maintaining the identifier on the screen even when another data is being displayed, and displaying data corresponding to selected identifier if the identifier maintained on the screen is selected. | 12-16-2010 |
20100333025 | Media Content Instance Search Methods and Systems - An exemplary method includes maintaining data representative of a plurality of media content instances, displaying within a graphical user interface a plurality of graphical objects positioned along a viewing axis, each of the graphical objects representing a metadata value within a metadata category associated with the media content instances, shifting a graphical object included within the plurality of graphical objects into a center focus portion of the viewing axis in response to a user input command, and transforming the graphical object from a book end depiction into a cover art depiction when the graphical object enters the center focus portion. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 12-30-2010 |
20110066978 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND TOUCH MENU CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An electronic apparatus and a touch menu control method thereof are provided. In the method, when a touch device detects a first touch signal, a menu controlling module is configured to start a menu controlling program to display a touch menu on a display device. The touch menu comprises a plurality of items and each of the items corresponds to a function. When the first touch signal exists, sequentially selecting one of the items every first predetermined time. Moreover, selecting the function corresponding to a currently selected item when the first touch signal is interrupted. Finally, executing a currently selected function according to a second touch signal detected by the touch device. | 03-17-2011 |
20110066979 | NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING APPARATUS - An endoscope apparatus is a nondestructive testing apparatus and includes: a menu display instruction section for inputting an instruction for displaying a menu screen in a hierarchical structure on a monitor; and a display control section which emphasis-displays a display portion in a hierarchy selected on the menu screen displayed in response to the instruction by the menu display instruction section compared with a display portion in a higher-level hierarchy than the selected hierarchy and a display portion in a lower-level hierarchy than the selected hierarchy, the selected hierarchy being derived from an item in the higher-level hierarchy, and which identifiably displays the item in the higher-level hierarchy, and identifiably displays an already-set item among items in the lower-level hierarchy, when the display portion in the selected hierarchy is emphasis-displayed, the lower-level hierarchy being derived from an item in the selected hierarchy. | 03-17-2011 |
20110078630 | SCROLLABLE CONTEXT MENU FOR MULTIPLE ELEMENT SELECTION - Selections from a long list of elements on a Graphical User Interface (GUI) are presented. When a context window is presented for the selections, different cues are provided in the context window to provide feedback regarding the selections that are not in the current view, and to also facilitate rapid navigation to those selections on the GUI. Interaction with the GUI widgets within the context window, and interaction with the context window itself, facilitates the navigation toward the other selections that are not in the current view. Interaction with the GUI widgets also facilitates the preview of the selections that are not in the current view, thus making it easier to determine what has been selected without having to navigate to the view that contains those selections. | 03-31-2011 |
20110099520 | Motor Vehicle Operating Device - A motor vehicle operating device has a display device, an operating element and a control device, which are mutually coupled and set up such that an operating element symbol that corresponds to the operating element with respect to its outline shape is displayed on the display device. Navigation through a hierarchical menu structure displayed on the display device can take place or takes place by use of the operating element. The operating element can be operated corresponding to a plurality of operating degrees of freedom. Different groups of operating degrees of freedom are enabled for the navigation at different locations of the hierarchical menu structure. Those operating degrees of freedom enabled at the current location of the menu structure are displayed on or at the operating element symbol. | 04-28-2011 |
20110107263 | System and Method for Using a Digital Inventory of Clothing - A device includes a communication module and a display. The communication module is configured to communicate with a personal database and to receive a plurality of digital images associated with a respective piece of clothing and/or an outfit from the personal database. The display is coupled to the communication module, and configured to display a first digital image associated with a recommended outfit based on a plurality of daily events associated with a user of the device. The display is also configured to display a second digital image associated with an advertised piece of clothing, and configured to enlarge the first digital image associated with the recommended outfit if the first digital image is selected or to enlarge the second digital image associated with the advertised piece of clothing if the second digital image is selected. | 05-05-2011 |
20110113373 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes: a display unit which displays an image; a user input unit which receives a user input; and a controller which controls the display unit to display a plurality of first icons corresponding to a plurality of content items selected by the user input and at least one function which commonly corresponds to the plurality of content items, and performs the function selected by a user input. | 05-12-2011 |
20110145763 | System and Method for Aggregating Multi-Protocol Flows for Network Monitoring - A system and method for aggregating IP flows in a telecommunication network is disclosed. A multi-protocol flow representing packets captured from the telecommunications network during a selected time period is displayed on a user interface of a network monitoring system. The multi-protocol flow is highlighted on the user interface display if any session records within the multi-protocol flow do not meet operator-defined criteria. The user interface detects a user's selection of the multi-protocol flow and displays a plurality of protocol-specific flows that are within the multi-protocol flow. The user interface detects the user's selection of one of the protocol-specific flows and displays a plurality of session flows that are within the selected protocol-specific flow. Any session records that do not meet operator-defined criteria are highlighted on the user interface. | 06-16-2011 |
20110154260 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and apparatus includes an electronic device that displays | 06-23-2011 |
20110161880 | BROWSER BASED OBJECTS FOR COPYING AND SENDING OPERATIONS - A disclosed method of transferring information between application programs on a mobile device may involve executing a browser application program on the mobile device to display a page containing one or more objects on a touch panel display; responsive to user touching of the display, identifying an object from the displayed page as having been selected by the user; and copying the selected object from the displayed page. The method further includes steps of displaying on the display a list of one or more destination programs available for selection and execution on the mobile device. The method may also involve steps of, responsive to user touching of the touch screen display, identifying one destination program as having been selected by the user, and launching the identified program. Then, the copied object is pasted for use in the execution of the identified destination program. | 06-30-2011 |
20110225546 | MAP SPOTLIGHTS - Various embodiments enable, in a mapping context, various regions containing points of interest to be spotlighted. In at least some embodiments, a map is displayed on a computing device and points of interest can be located on the map. One or more regions containing the points of interest can be visually spotlighted to draw the user's attention to associated regions. | 09-15-2011 |
20110231798 | DYNAMIC GRAPHIC INDICATOR FOR CONNECTED TASKS - A dynamic diagram for a set of connected tasks comprises icons in a graphic user interface, each icon representing a task, including a first task, a last task, and at least one intermediate task, the at least one intermediate task having at least two connected tasks one of which can optionally be immediately performed after the at least one intermediate task. Only one of the tasks is a current task represented by an active icon. Remaining tasks are represented by inactive icons. Two of the inactive icons, each representing one of the at least two connected tasks, are selectable as a new active icon representing a new current task; and first new-task indicators indicating the selectable inactive icons representing the at least two connected tasks. | 09-22-2011 |
20110252368 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Navigation of Multiple Applications - A method a multifunction device with a touch-sensitive display includes: detecting a first user input on a first application icon on the display; in response to detecting the first user input: activating and displaying a first application associated with the first application icon in a first region of the display and displaying a partial view of a second application in a second region of the display without activating the second application; detecting a second user input on the partial view of the second application on the display; in response to detecting the second user input: suspending the first application and activating a full view of the second application on the display; detecting a third user input to deactivate the second application; and, in response to detecting the third user input: deactivating the second application and resuming the first application on the display. | 10-13-2011 |
20110258583 | Processing execution program product and processing execution apparatus - A computer readable computer program product containing a processing execution program, the processing execution program includes: an area display instruction to display, in correlation to data displayed on a screen, a selection area to be operated by a user for selecting the data; a selection status display instruction to display a selection status indication indicating that the data has been selected in the selection area; a processing execution instruction to execute the processing to the data corresponding to the selection area in which the selection status indication is displayed; and an execution status display instruction to display an execution status indication on the processing in place of the selection status indication in the selection area. | 10-20-2011 |
20110258584 | Searching for Commands and Other Elements of a User Interface - The present invention provides a search capability to allow a user to easily locate a menu command or other user interface element associated with a search result. In one embodiment, a user enters a search term (or a portion thereof) in a search field. A list of results is displayed, for example in a results menu. The user can select or highlight any of the listed results; in response, the corresponding command is brought into view in context within the user interface, and is highlighted. The user can activate the selected command directly from the search results menu. | 10-20-2011 |
20110265038 | FILTERING DATA ENTRIES ON MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICES HAVING AUXILIARY INPUT DEVICES - A method of filtering data entries on a mobile device includes displaying a list of data entries on a display device of the mobile device. An indication of one of the data entries of the list is received at one of an input device and an auxiliary input device. Highlighting the data entry in response to the indication is performed. At an auxiliary input device, a pause of the indication is received. A filter for data entries that match the value of a predetermined field of the highlighted data entry is then executed. Results of the filter are displayed on the display device. | 10-27-2011 |
20110302532 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Navigating Through a User Interface Using a Dynamic Object Selection Indicator - A device that is in communication with a display and a touch-sensitive surface sends instructions to the display for displaying at least a portion of a user interface, the user interface having one or more selectable objects. The device receives an input that corresponds to a first gesture detected on the touch-sensitive surface; and sends instructions to the display for displaying an object selection indicator. In response to receiving the input that corresponds to the first gesture: the device searches for a target selectable object; and sends instructions to the display for moving the object selection indicator. When a target selectable object is identified, the device moves the object selection towards the target selectable object. When a target selectable object is not identified, the device moves the object selection indicator in accordance with the first gesture. | 12-08-2011 |
20110307831 | User-Controlled Application Access to Resources - A host application on a computing device displays an icon or other visual representation of a resource of the computing device, and receives a request from one of one or more applications hosted by the host application. The request is a request to access the resource represented by the icon or other visual representation of the resource, and in response to the request the appearance of the icon or other visual representation of the resource is altered. The requesting application is allowed to access the resource only if a user selection of the displayed icon or other visual representation is received. | 12-15-2011 |
20110314421 | Access to Touch Screens - A method for activating objects displayed on a touch screen by using a finger of a user. The method includes the steps of displaying one or more objects on the touch screen, detecting an activation event of a specific one of the one or more objects caused by the user touching the specific object, and displaying a first peripheral zone around the specific object. The peripheral zone contains a plurality of regions each for allowing the selection or activation of a function underlying the specific object by finger touch of the user. | 12-22-2011 |
20110320978 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TOUCHSCREEN GESTURE RECOGNITION OVERLAY - Methods and devices provide a user interface featuring a gesture recognition overlay suitable for the small display of a mobile device equipped with a touchscreen user input/display. Such a gesture recognition overlay functionality may enable users to enter alphanumeric text and edit text by performing simple gestures on an overlay presented above other images on the touchscreen display. By providing a larger area for accepting user input touch gestures as well as presenting menus, the various embodiments facilitate text entry and editing operations on the relatively small area of most mobile device touchscreen displays. A variety of functions may be correlated to user inputs within the gesture recognition overlay, and various operating modes may be included in the functionality, such as a text selection mode and a toolbar menu mode. | 12-29-2011 |
20120005626 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING A WEB SEARCH VIA A CLIENT-SIDE MODULE - Disclosed is a method and system for providing to a user rapid access to search resources while interacting with electronic documents by providing for recognition of user initiated search triggers that result in searches being performed with minimal user input or page navigation. A method and system for performing a web search includes detecting, by a client-side module, a user-initiated search interface trigger occurring during display of the web page, the search interface trigger not associated with an input focus of the web page or an input focus of a browser, detecting, by the client-side module, a user-initiated search execution trigger after the detecting of the search interface trigger, and transmitting, by the client-side module to a search entity, in response to the detecting of the search execution trigger, a request for search results related to content associated with the search interface trigger. | 01-05-2012 |
20120017175 | MANAGEMENT OF SELECTED AND NONSELECTED ITEMS IN A LIST - A method includes, in response to items being selected in a graphical user interface, defining a first state for the items as selected items and a second state for a set of one or more unselected items in the list as unselected. The method includes graphically indicating via the graphical user interface the items as selected items and the set of items as unselected items. The method includes updating the first state of the items to a third state that reflects manipulation of the items while still indicating the items as selected items and maintaining the second state for the set of items. The method includes updating the graphical user interface to depict the manipulation of the items in accordance with the command while still indicating the items as selected items and the set of items as unselected items. | 01-19-2012 |
20120023447 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An apparatus and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, an apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive a selection of displayed content from a user. An obtaining unit is configured to obtain data corresponding to the selection. The data includes text data. An identification unit is configured to identify a keyword within the text data, and a control unit configured to generate a signal to highlight the keyword within the displayed content. | 01-26-2012 |
20120060121 | Content Feed User Interface - A content feed aggregator displays an ordered list of content items, including a selected item and a set of other items. The selected item is displayed in an expanded format while the other items are simultaneously displayed in a compact format. At least one respective item in compact format is displayed above the selected item and at least one respective item in compact format displayed below the selected item. In response to a user action for selecting a second item in the displayed list, the ordered list of content items is redisplayed with the second item displayed in the expanded format and the other items, including the first item, displayed in the compact format. | 03-08-2012 |
20120084729 | PROACTIVE BROWSING METHOD WITH SWING GESTURE IN FREE SPACE - The method provides a browsing environment for a user in a free space through proactive interface design and dragging-style operation gesture. The method contains the following steps. First, an interface is provided, which contains a number of selection items. Then, an automatic selection zone is provided in the interface. Then, by pressing down a button of a remote control device and moving the remote control device, the selection items are scrolled. Then, as a selection item enters the automatic selection zone, the selection item becomes the automatic selected item, and clicking the selection item would execute the selection item. With this method, a remote control device with a single key could be conveniently used for browsing menu, setting configuration, and Internet navigation without looking at the remote control device. | 04-05-2012 |
20120102432 | COMMUNICATING SECONDARY SELECTION FEEDBACK - An illustrative embodiment of a computer-implemented process for communicating secondary selection feedback using a potential action receives a selection of a single data point to form a selected single data point, renders a first highlight using the selected data point to create a first rendered portion, identifies and generates an available data structure associated with the selected data point, displays the first rendered portion, combines a type of action with the available data structure to form a combination, renders a second highlight using the combination to create a second rendered portion and displays rendered portions. | 04-26-2012 |
20120131506 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An apparatus and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, a method may obtain metadata associated with corresponding values of a first characteristic and a second characteristic of a plurality of content elements. A display including a plurality of display elements may be generated, and the content elements may be assigned to corresponding ones of the display elements, based on a comparison between first and second characteristic values and first and second characteristic value ranges. A first signal may be generated to display a representation of the display to a user, and a selection of a display element may be received from the user. The method may obtain a content element assigned to the selected display element. | 05-24-2012 |
20120159391 | MEDICAL INTERFACE, ANNOTATION AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - In one aspect, annotating graphical elements can include displaying a graphical element at a user interface which provides annotation options for selecting areas for annotation, and options for adding highlighting and comments. A user uses the annotation options to select areas of the graphical element for annotation, to select highlighting and user input methods, to and provide comments. After receiving the user input, the graphical elements can be displayed along with the selected annotations. In another aspect, providing information about medical conditions can include presenting a user interface that includes a representation of an anatomical region of the human body. A user can use user-selectable display elements to indicate areas in the anatomical region in which a medical condition is experienced. After receiving the user input, the user can be presented with a selection of medical conditions corresponding to the selected areas, as well as information about medical specialists. | 06-21-2012 |
20120221974 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING ELEMENTS OF A USER INTERFACE - Methods and apparatus are provided for displaying a user interface to present a plurality of media titles. In one embodiment, method includes displaying a user interface including a plurality of graphical elements, wherein each graphical element is associated with a media title and assigned a focus state, and assigning one of the graphical elements with a selected focus state, wherein the graphical element is displayed to include a glow accent. The method may further include detecting a user command to adjust the display of the user interface, and adjusting the display of the user interface to initiate scrolling of graphical elements based on the user command, wherein adjusting the display relates to speed scrolling and the display of graphical elements is transitioned continuously to present graphical elements at an increased rate and for continuous motion across the user interface based on the user command, and wherein the selected focus state and at least one focus state of the graphical elements is updated based on the scrolling. | 08-30-2012 |
20120221975 | Song Lyric Processing With User Interaction - A computer-implemented system (and method and computer readable storage medium) are disclosed for processing interactions with song lyrics. The system is configured to provide for display on a screen of a computing device the song lyrics. The system detects a selection of a segment of the song lyrics and provides for display a menu of options for interacting with the selected segment of the song lyrics. The system receives a selection of an option from the menu of options and updates, in a user interaction database, a data field corresponding to the selected segment with the selected option from the menu of options. The system executes the selected option from the menu of options. | 08-30-2012 |
20120240082 | OPERATION METHOD OF INTERACTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM AND MENU THEREOF - An operation method of an interactive service system is disclosed. The method includes the following steps: (1) providing a first menu, wherein the first menu has a plurality of first options arranged in a first array marked by a label selected from the group consisting of a numeral, icon, word and color; (2) selecting one of the first options in the first menu; and (3) providing an interactive service or a next layer menu according to the selected first option. | 09-20-2012 |
20120254799 | VISUAL WIDGET SEARCH - A technique for a visual search sets a transient mode on, gathers objects to form a pile of objects, wherein each object has a predefined portion visible, and determines whether a selector is over the predefined portion of an object in the pile of objects. Responsive to a determination that the selector is detected over the predefined portion of the object in the pile of objects, the object is presented in a foreground. It is determined whether the object in the foreground is selected to form a selected object. Responsive to a determination that the object in the foreground is selected to form a selected object, the pile of objects is restored to an original state with the selected object scrolled into view within the predefined display area. | 10-04-2012 |
20120297342 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ARRANGING ICONS DISPLAYED BY THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device and a method arrange icons on a screen of the electronic device. In the method, when a user selects an icon displayed on a screen, the device determines whether there is a sub-icon associated with the selected icon. If there is a sub-icon, the device arranges and displays the sub-icon in a radial arrangement on the screen around the selected icon, so the user can visually perceive the relation between the selected icon and its sub-icon, and easily select and use a desired function or data associated with the sub-icon. | 11-22-2012 |
20120311497 | System for business portfolio modeling and analysis - A system and method for facilitating integrating enterprise data from multiple sources for display via in a common interface. An example method includes displaying, via a first user interface display screen, a first set of one or more personnel icons representative of one or more enterprise personnel, and providing a first user option to select one or more of the personnel icons. A second user interface display screen may be displayed in response to or after selection of one or more of the personnel icons. The second user interface display screen presents a first type of data. The second user interface display screen further provides a second user option to select one or more user interface features associated with the first type of data, and to then trigger display of a third user interface display screen. The third user interface display presents a second type of data that is associated with the first type of data. | 12-06-2012 |
20130031510 | Method and System for Selecting a Button in a Blu-Ray Disc Java Menu - In one embodiment, a button mapping method comprising comparing an image difference between images before and after a keyboard event, the images including a first and second version of buttons in a menu, respectively; constructing by the processor a button map based on the comparison, the button map comprising button information for at least two buttons in the menu; receiving one or more selection signals corresponding to one or more non-keyboard events; and translating the one or more selection signals into one or more keyboard events based on the button map, wherein the button in the menu is selected based on the translation. | 01-31-2013 |
20130061176 | ITEM SELECTION DEVICE, ITEM SELECTION METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - In an item selection device, a display controller displays an item on a screen. A first acquirer acquires a position of contact by a user on the front side of the screen. A second acquirer acquires a position of contact by a user on the back side of the screen. A measurer measures an inclination of the item selection device. An outputter outputs an item selected based on the position acquired by the first acquirer when the measured inclination satisfies a first condition and outputs an item selected based on the position acquired by the second acquirer when the measured inclination satisfies a second condition. Furthermore, the display controller displays the item in a first state when the measured inclination satisfies the first condition and displays the item in a second state when the measured inclination satisfies the second condition. | 03-07-2013 |
20130086524 | SCREEN CREATING SYSTEM OF PROGRAMMABLE DISPLAY AND SCREEN CREATING PROGRAM THEREOF - A screen creating system including: a display unit that displays a drawing screen; a property-information managing unit that manages property information of components configuring the drawing screen; and a list display unit configured to acquire the property information of a component selected by a user from the property-information managing unit, display the acquired property information of the component on the display unit, and edit a predetermined setting item of setting items configuring the displayed property information. | 04-04-2013 |
20130111406 | Visually Representing a Menu Structure | 05-02-2013 |
20130117714 | LIST-BASED INTERACTIVITY FEATURES AS PART OF MODIFYING LIST DATA AND STRUCTURE - Embodiments are provided that include interactive electronic list features and functionality, but are not so limited. In an embodiment, a method is configured to enable users to directly manipulate list content and/or structure in context. A system of an embodiment includes at least one client and a server system to manage aspects of electronic lists, including providing visualization features that correspond with pre-selection, post-selection, and/or editing states or inputs. Other embodiments are also disclosed. | 05-09-2013 |
20130139108 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROVIDING USER INTERFACE - A method of providing a UI and a display apparatus applying the same include the operations of selecting a main thumbnail, searching thumbnails related to the main thumbnail on a basis of the main thumbnail, and displaying the selected main thumbnail and the searched thumbnails on radial axes according to a preset arrangement criterion. | 05-30-2013 |
20130145320 | HIGHLIGHTING OF OBJECTS ON A DISPLAY - A method and apparatus are described for controlling a highlighting of one of a plurality of operational objects on a display. A spatially continuous movement of a pointing position on the display, which is provided by a user by means of a user input interface is converted in the highlighting of one of the plurality of objects. If the pointing position coincides with one of the plurality of objects, this object is highlighted ( | 06-06-2013 |
20130152018 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH SCREEN AND PAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A page processing method for an electronic device is provided. The method includes the steps of: displaying a first cube consisting of a plurality of stacked layers, the stacked layers comprising a top layer displaying a current active icon group and remaining layers beneath the top layer associated with corresponding inactive icon groups; displaying a second cube consisting of a plurality of stacked layers, the stacked layers each associated with a inactive icon group; determining the touched region; determining the type of the touch by the user; retrieving a target page stored in the storage unit or creating a target page; creating at least one new icon group; and displaying the target page on the page display region, and updating the icon groups on the first and second cubes. An electronic device using the page processing method is also provided. | 06-13-2013 |
20130174092 | METHOD AND CORRESPONDING APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING ARC MENU INDEX - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and a corresponding apparatus for displaying an arc menu index, which are used to display index characters on an arc display bar. The method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: receiving a menu expanding instruction; and expanding an arc menu index on a display according to the menu expanding instruction, where the arc menu index includes an index operation area, an index pointer, and index characters; the index operation area is an area encompassed by an arc border line displayed on the display and a display frame intersecting the arc border line, the index characters are arranged along the arc border line, and the index pointer is located in the index operation area and is configured to indicate a selected index character. | 07-04-2013 |
20130179837 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INTERFACE - A computer implemented method is performed at an electronic device having a user input and a display: The method comprises displaying at least one item on a first display area of the display, receiving a user input selecting an item displayed on the display and associating a change in importance with said selected item, changing a characteristic of the visual appearance of the selected item on the display to reflect the change in importance, and storing an indication of the changed importance in connection with the selected item. An electronic device and computer program product are also provided. | 07-11-2013 |
20130232448 | METHOD FOR REPRESENTING ANIMATED MENU BUTTONS - Optical storage media often contain data structures for a menu suitable for selection of a title,, a chapter, a parameter or others. Such menus usually comprise a number of buttons to be displayed, with each button having a state. Possible states of buttons are “unselected”, “selected” or “activated”. According to the invention, the representation of a menu button may vary, depending on its state. An image or an image sequence, e.g. cartoon, may be associated to a buttons state, providing user animation. Further, a sound or sound sequence, e.g. melody or click, may be associated to a buttons state, and may be played back when the button enters this state. A data structure is disclosed which allows storage of such menu data e.g. on a Blu-ray disc. | 09-05-2013 |
20130246971 | UNLOCKING A TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - A method for unlocking a touch screen device includes providing a touch screen device in an idle mode. An area or region displayed on a screen of the device in the idle mode is contacted or activated to reveal at least one application icon associated with an active/unlocked state of the device. The region is moved, expanded or dragged to an edge of the device to change a state of the device to an active/unlocked mode and activate the revealed application. | 09-19-2013 |
20130290902 | USER CONTROL INTERFACE FOR AN APPLIANCE, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A touchscreen user interface and associated method are provided for controlling a laundry appliance. The laundry appliance includes a controller device configured to direct operation of at least one operational component associated with the laundry appliance in response to at least one user selection via a touchscreen user interface in communication with the controller device. The touchscreen user interface has a display screen for displaying a series of main laundry cycle icons, each main laundry cycle icon being associated with a respective main laundry cycle capable of being implemented via the controller device. The series of main laundry cycle icons are scrollable across the display screen in opposing first and second scrolling directions, and each main laundry cycle icon is individually selectable as one of the at least one user selection via user touch interaction with the touchscreen user interface. | 10-31-2013 |
20130318475 | UNLOCKING METHOD FOR A TOUCH SCREEN - A method for unlocking a touch screen is applicable to an electronic device having a touch screen. The method includes displaying a main object on the touch screen upon the touch screen being locked; displaying a plurality of secondary objects in an arrangement on the touch screen upon a physical object touching the main object; highlighting the main object or one of the secondary objects when the touching has lasted for a first period; de-highlighting the highlighted and highlighting the main object or another of the secondary objects on the touch screen, when the touching has lasted for a second period longer than the first period; and upon the physical object leaving the touch screen when the main object or a secondary object is highlighted, unlocking the touch screen. And then a step of activating an application corresponding to the highlighted object may be performed. | 11-28-2013 |
20140013277 | QUEUING FILES TO BE SENT TO AN APPLICATION - A method and associated system that enable files in a file directory to be queued or marked prior to sending the files to a common application. A first selectable function is provided to queue a selected file within a first queue, wherein only selected files are queued, and wherein files from different folders may be queued. A selection of an application with which to open the queued and selected files is received. A second selectable function is provided to automatically open all of the queued and/or selected files with the application, wherein files across different folders can be opened with a single operation of the second function. | 01-09-2014 |
20140059488 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIEWING SELECTED DESCENDANT NODES IN A TREE HIERARCHY DISPLAYED IN TABULAR FORM - A system, method, and computer program product for automatically summarizing selections in a hierarchical data tree. Embodiments display a table with at least one entry, corresponding to a level of a branch of a tree, representing a node and comprising a node descriptor, a node selection status indicator, and a summary of selected descendant nodes present. A user may toggle a node selection status via the node selection status indicator, which visually denotes a node selection status is one of selected, unselected, and mixed, according to the number of selected descendant nodes present. The summary of selected descendant nodes comprises a list of descendant node descriptors that summarize an ordered set of nodes between a current node and a lowest level selected node. Either navigation to an entry or modification of a node selection status triggers a propagation of node property updates. | 02-27-2014 |
20140082554 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING CATEGORIES - A method in an electronic device includes: displaying, on a display screen, a plurality of categories, the plurality of categories being displayed in a first direction; detecting, by a processor, a selection of a category from the plurality of categories; modifying an arrangement in which the plurality of categories are displayed, the modifying including displaying the category in a selection region, such that the category is at least partially superimposed over other ones of the plurality of categories, and displaying, on the display screen, a plurality of elements of the category, the plurality of elements being displayed in a second direction that is different from the first direction. | 03-20-2014 |
20140129985 | TOUCH BASED SELECTION OF GRAPHICAL ELEMENTS - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for touch based selection of graphical elements. Embodiments of the invention improve the usability of interacting with data visualizations. When multiple graphical elements are covered by a finger touch, a gesture recognition component detects ambiguity in the selection. In response, a visualization component draws additional regions around the touched location. The additional regions correspond to the covered graphical elements covered. Thus, a user is made aware of the graphical elements covered by his or her finger. These additional regions are touch friendly and more easily selectable. A finger can be moved into one of the additional regions and released to finish the selection. The gesture recognition component interprets this gesture as if the user tapped directly and unambiguously on the corresponding graphical element. | 05-08-2014 |
20140143723 | USER INTERFACE FOR PROVIDING CONSOLIDATION AND ACCESS - Methods and systems for providing graphical user interfaces are described. To provide greater access and consolidation to frequently used items in the graphical user interface, a userbar is established which includes a plurality of item representations. To permit a greater number of items to reside in the userbar, a magnification function can be provided which magnifies items within the userbar when they are proximate the cursor associated with the graphical user interface. | 05-22-2014 |
20140195973 | MOBILE DEVICE FOR PERFORMING TRIGGER-BASED OBJECT DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A method for controlling a mobile device to perform trigger-based object display is provided. The method includes displaying a plurality of objects on a touch screen by arranging the plurality of objects on a grid with rows and columns intersecting each other, detecting a trigger occurring to at least one of the plurality of objects, and applying an emphasis effect to the at least one of the plurality of objects to which the trigger has occurred. | 07-10-2014 |
20140215398 | INTERFACE SCANNING FOR DISABLED USERS - Systems and processes for scanning a user interface are disclosed. One process can include scanning multiple elements within a user interface by highlighting the elements. The process can further include receiving a selection while one of the elements is highlighted and performing an action on the element that was highlighted when the selection was received. The action can include scanning the contents of the selected element or performing an action associated with the selected element. The process can be used to navigate an array of application icons, a menu of options, a standard desktop or laptop operating system interface, or the like. The process can also be used to perform gestures on a touch-sensitive device or mouse and track pad gestures (e.g., flick, tap, or freehand gestures). | 07-31-2014 |
20140223373 | RADIAL CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method includes displaying, to a user via an electronic display, a radial control comprising a plurality of concentric arcs, the radial control including a first central section defined by a first arc of the plurality of concentric arcs, and a plurality of child sections collectively defined by the first arc and the other arcs of the plurality of concentric arcs, the plurality of child sections being delineated from one another by dividers extending between two or more arcs of the plurality of concentric arcs, wherein the first central section is associated with a parent activity and each of the plurality of child sections is associated with a child activity related to the parent activity. | 08-07-2014 |
20140282247 | CONTROL OF SEARCH RESULTS WITH MULTIPOINT PINCH GESTURES - A device displays a listing of items in an item data display area on a display. The device receives an indication of a pinch gesture from a touch-enabled screen and scales a facet of the item data to produce a scaled-facet listing responsive to the pinch gesture. The device scales by modifying a degree of a characteristic corresponding with a facet of the item data displayed in the scaled-data display area in an increasing amount responsive to the pinch-in gesture. The modifying further comprises producing a scaled-out listing implemented as an updated portion of item data having a temporal indicator that is later than an initial display of item data by an amount proportional to a magnitude of a pinch gesture characteristic corresponding to the pinch-in gesture. Finally, the device displays the scaled-facet listing as an updated set of item data. | 09-18-2014 |
20140304655 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a text extraction unit that extracts selection candidate text from a text string displayed on a display screen, and a selection area placement unit that places selectable areas for the selection candidate text on the display screen in a manner that the selectable areas differ from a display area of the selection candidate text. | 10-09-2014 |
20140325441 | USER INTERFACE - A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor of an electronic device having a touch-sensitive display, cause the processor to enable a user interface of the device, including presenting a list of items on the display, each item having content associated therewith, highlighting an item in the list by presenting a highlight marking on that item, translating the highlight marking within the list, in response to an object gliding along the display, and opening the content associated with the currently highlighted item, in response to a tap gesture on the display. | 10-30-2014 |
20140325442 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - In the present invention, a plurality of functions are allocated to respective rotary encoders (RE1 to RE5) from among numerous functions involved in ultrasonic diagnosis, and each of the rotary encoders selectively targets for operation each of the allocated plurality of functions. Names for the plurality of functions allocated to each of the rotary encoders are displayed as a bundle within respectively corresponding function menus (FM1 to FM5). Within each of the function menus, the name of the function that is currently being targeted for operation is given a special display mode. For example, the function menu (FM1) displays BbH and AIP, which are the names for two functions allocated to the rotary encoder (RE1), the lower AIP being displayed at a lower brightness than the higher BbH, to explicitly show that the current target for operation is BbH. | 10-30-2014 |
20140337796 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SELECTING A DISPLAYED AIRCRAFT APPROACH OR DEPARTURE - A system and method are provided for highlighting and selecting one of a plurality of graphical IFR procedure depiction on an aircraft display. A displayed legend includes a plurality of textual procedure identifications, one each for each of the graphical IFR procedure depictions. Movement of a cursor over either a graphical IFR procedure depiction or a textual procedure identification highlights both, and selection thereof removes all other graphical IFR procedure depictions and textual procedure identifications from being displayed. | 11-13-2014 |
20140337797 | Method and Assembly for Displaying Menu Options - An interactive ordering apparatus includes a processor and a memory. The memory is configured to store instructions and data. The processor is configured to execute the instructions to (i) produce a display in a viewable area of a touchscreen and to (ii) receive input from a user via the touchscreen. According to the instructions, the processor is configured to divide at least a portion of the display into a plurality of mutually exclusive sections, and display a first plurality of choices in a first section of the plurality of sections. The processor is also configured to, in response to selection by the user of a first choice of the first plurality of choices, (i) move the first plurality of choices to a second section of the plurality of sections and (ii) display a second plurality of choices in the first section. | 11-13-2014 |
20140344753 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE CONTROL PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH SAID PROGRAM IS STORED - A display device ( | 11-20-2014 |
20140351758 | OBJECT SELECTING DEVICE - An object selecting device includes a display unit including a display screen that displays a plurality of objects; a touch panel; a candidate object extracting unit that, when the touch panel detects a touching operation using an indicator, extracts an object displayed within a predetermined range including a touch position as one or more candidate objects; a temporarily selected object extracting unit that, when the touch panel detects a sliding operation of the indicator on the touch panel, extracts one candidate object from among the candidate objects as a temporarily selected object; and a selecting unit that, when the selecting unit receives a determining operation by a user, selects the temporarily selected object as a selected object. | 11-27-2014 |
20150026640 | Information Searching Method and Terminal - An information searching method and a terminal, which are related to the field of communications technologies, address a problem of operation inconvenience in an information searching process. The method includes displaying, after a user triggers a target letter in an alphabetical index area, information summarized by the target letter in an information display area. The alphabetical index area is used to display an alphabetical index and the information display area is used to display information to be searched for. The method also includes receiving a first specified operation triggered by the user and locking the information displayed in the information display area so that, after the information display area receives a page-turning operation triggered by the user, the information displayed in the information display area is switched only within a range of currently displayed information. | 01-22-2015 |
20150026641 | Terminal Multiselection Operation Method And Terminal - The present invention discloses a terminal multiselection operation method and a terminal, which relate to the field of terminals and can implement a batch operation on multiple entries of displayed entries and increase an operation speed of a user. An embodiment of the present invention discloses a terminal multiselection operation method. The method includes receiving a first operation of a user when content currently displayed by a touchscreen is displayed entries. The displayed entries correspond to data items stored in a terminal. The method further includes activating the selection mode of the touchscreen when the first operation is a first preset operation for activating a selection mode. The method further includes receiving a second operation of the user and carrying out a second preset operation on all entries along a track of the second operation. | 01-22-2015 |
20150067601 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Displaying Content Associated with a Corresponding Affordance - An electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, and sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface displays, on the display, an affordance corresponding to respective content at a respective size and detects a gesture that includes an increase in intensity of a contact followed by a subsequent decrease in intensity of the contact. In response to the increase in intensity, the device decreases a size of the affordance below the respective size. In response to the subsequent decrease in intensity: when a maximum intensity of the contact is above a content-display intensity threshold, the device ceases to display the affordance and displays at least a portion of the respective content; and when a maximum intensity of the contact is below the content-display intensity threshold, the device increases the size of the affordance to the respective size and forgoes displaying the respective content. | 03-05-2015 |
20150067602 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Selecting User Interface Objects - An electronic device with a display, touch-sensitive surface and one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface displays a first user interface object and detects first movement of the contact that corresponds to movement of a focus selector toward the first user interface object. In response to detecting the first movement, the device moves the focus selector to the first user interface object; and determines an intensity of the contact. After detecting the first movement, the device detects second movement of the contact. In response to detecting the second movement of the contact, when the contact meets selection criteria based on an intensity of the contact, the device moves the focus selector and the first user interface object; and when the contact does not meet the selection criteria, the device moves the focus selector without moving the first user interface object. | 03-05-2015 |
20150074603 | MENU DISPLAY DEVICE, MENU DISPLAY METHOD, MENU DISPLAY PROGRAM, TELEVISION RECEIVER PROVIDED WITH MENU DISPLAY DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A focus frame ( | 03-12-2015 |
20150082245 | Deterministic Visual Indication of User Data Context - A VCI (visual context indicator) color is assigned deterministically and proactively at runtime to user data contexts, and is not stored in the database, spreadsheet, or other context. VCI colors can be high contrast friendly colors. The same color is assigned to a given context each time the application runs unless the context's identifying property has changed. Color assignments are not made by users or by the application's designer, but are done instead by hashing from a context's identifying property into a VCI color palette containing, e.g., eight to sixteen colors. Unlike text-selection coloring, VCI coloring is based on the user data context's identifying property. The color assignment visually indicates context by displaying the context's name in the VCI color, or by displaying a graphical element in the VCI color near the context name. VCI color assignment also shows the occurrence and result of changes in user data context. | 03-19-2015 |
20150082246 | Gestures for Selecting Text - In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for selecting text using a touchscreen display of a computing device. A computing device identifies physical contact between multiple fingers and the touchscreen display at a starting location, wherein the identifying is in distinction to identifying physical contact between a single finger and the touchscreen display. The computing device determines that the physical contact persists during movement of the physical contact from the starting location to an ending location. The computing device determines that the physical contact was interrupted at the ending location. The computing device identifies that text displayed between the starting location and the ending location is text that has been selected by a user of the computing device. | 03-19-2015 |
20150095851 | COMPOSABLE SELECTION MODEL THROUGH REUSABLE COMPONENT - A selection component that facilitates selection of user interface items. Upon receiving a user interface item identification from a data model component, the selection component determines a selection state of the identified user interface item using maintained selection state. The selection component then propagates the selection state in two directions. In one direction, the selection component notifies the identified user interface item of the selection state so that the user interface item may visualize its selection state. In the other direction, the selection component notifies an action module of the selection state of the user interface item so that the action module may take further action external to the user interface item based on the selection state. For instance, the action module might create a new user interface element. | 04-02-2015 |
20150301697 | A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR A PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE - A method of handling a graphical user interface of a computing device includes a display and a touch screen is described. The method for the computing device includes displaying a user interface element on the display, opening a menu structure on a side of the element by a touch on the touch screen, and activating a menu option from the menu structure by positioning the menu option within a selection area of the menu structure by a touch. An apparatus that is configured to perform the method and a computer program product comprising instructions to perform the method are also described. | 10-22-2015 |
20150317040 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EDITING VIRTUAL CONTENT OF A VIRTUAL SPACE - A system for editing virtual content of a virtual space. The system may include a host server comprising one or more physical processors configured to effectuate presentation of an editing interface on a client computing platform associated with an administrator user. The files may store property values for the properties of the virtual content of the virtual space. The property value for a property of virtual content may be determined based on a selection of a file that stores the property value. The editing interface may be configured to receive selection of a file from a group of files that stores different property values for the same property in order to implement the property value(s) of the selected file. The editing interface may be configured to present visual cues to the administrator related to the selection of files that store different property values for the properties of the virtual content. | 11-05-2015 |
20150370444 | COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RENDERING AN ANIMATION OF AN OBJECT IN RESPONSE TO USER INPUT - Computer-implemented systems and methods are provided for rendering an animation of an object in response to a user selection in a user interface. In accordance with some embodiments, an indication of a selection of a user interface element may be received, and characteristics of the user interface element may be identified. Coordinates corresponding to a spatial location of the user selection may be determined. An animation of an object that changes over time may then be rendered based on the user coordinates and the identified characteristics of the user interface element. | 12-24-2015 |
20160011727 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING HIGHLGHT THEREOF | 01-14-2016 |
20160147412 | INDICATING A PORTION OF CONTENT PREVIOUSLY DISPLAYED - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for displaying content are described. A preview item is provided for display on a mobile device. The preview item is associated with a content item, and the preview item includes preview text excerpted from the content item. A user selection of the preview item is received. In response to the user selection of the preview item, the preview text is identified within the content item. The content item and an indication of the preview text's location within the content item are provided for display on the mobile device. Providing the indication can include, for example, highlighting text at the end of the preview text within the content item. | 05-26-2016 |