10th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 85 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150067457 | CREATING ACCESSIBLE, TRANSLATABLE MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATIONS - The present invention provides a computer implemented method for generating translatable and accessible multimedia presentations. The method can include transforming a presentation master file defining a multimedia presentation into each of a text file and a variables file, generating a plurality of slides for a slide show with text strings from the text file and imagery and audiovisual elements from the variables file, and launching the slide show. Transforming a presentation master file into each of a text file and a variables file can include additionally transforming the presentation master file into a visual markup language document emulating the multimedia presentation. As such, in an aspect of the embodiment, the method further can include detecting an assistive technology, and rendering the visual markup language document in lieu of the slide show. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067458 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR DOCUMENTING THE CONDITION OF TANGIBLE PROPERTY - The embodiments disclosed herein include systems, methods, and apparatuses for documenting the condition of tangible property. In preferred embodiments, a method for documenting conditions of tangible property with a client device include capturing, by the client device, image data, wherein the image data includes image data of the property, generating annotation data based on a determined feature of the image, and associating the annotation data with a region of the image data, wherein the region of the image data includes the determined feature of the property. The method may also include capturing, by the client device, additional image data, wherein at least a portion of the annotation data is displayed by the client device when capturing the additional image data and generating documenting data based on the image data, the annotation data, and the additional image data, wherein the documenting data documents a first condition of the property. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067459 | IDENTIFYING EXTRA MATERIAL IN COMPANION CONTENT - Systems and methods are disclosed which facilitate identifying extra substantive material within a content item not included within corresponding companion content items. For example, extra substantive material may include commentary, interviews, or improvisation included within an audio book and not included within a corresponding electronic book. Specifically, an electronic marketplace is disclosed that may analyze two companion content items to determine similarities and differences between the content items. Thereafter, portions that differ between the content items may be further analyzed to determine whether these portions include extra substantive material. Also disclosed is an electronic marketplace for providing information regarding content items, including the existence of extra substantive material within a content item. In some instances, the electronic marketplace may be configured to provide samples of extra content within a content item to a user. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067460 | ANNOTATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - The present disclosure relates to a method to provide convenience and efficacy for annotation functionalities within electronic documents. Functionality includes, processed singly and/or in batch mode, the ability to create summaries of annotations within a preferred template, to follow hyperlinks within a document and thereby process any annotations contained within cross-referenced materials, and to embed multi-media content at particular document locations of interest to the user. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067461 | System and Method of Embedding Symbology in Alphabetic Letters and Then Linking the Letters to a Site or Sites on the Global Computer Network - A system and method of embedding symbology in alphabetic letters and then linking the letter to a site or sites on the global computer network, i.e., the Internet, are provided. The system and method provide for capturing an image of at least one character fixed in a medium; determining at least one letter of an alphabet corresponding to the at least one character; determining a numerical value for the determined at least one letter; looking up in a database a hyperlink corresponding to the numerical value; and presenting the hyperlink on a display device. The system and method further provide determining at least one marking within the at least one letter; and determining a location for the at least one marking within the at least one letter, wherein the combination of the at least one marking and the location for the at least one marking corresponds to the numerical value. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067462 | Smoothing Paths in a Graphical Interface Generated by Drawing Inputs - Systems and methods are provided for smoothing paths in a graphical interface generated by drawing inputs. One embodiment involves determining a value of a motion attribute associated with a drawing input to a graphical interface. The embodiment also involves modifying a value of a smoothing parameter for a smoothing operation based on the determined value of the motion attribute. The smoothing parameter at least partially determines an amount of smoothing performed by a smoothing operation on input points generated by the drawing input. The embodiment also involves generating a path for rendering in the graphical interface. The path can be generated by applying the smoothing operation to the input points using the determined value of the smoothing parameter. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067463 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING DATA IN A TABLE WHILE RETAINING A FIXED HEADER - A method and computer-executable program code for displaying data in a table having columns, rows and a plurality of cells defined by the columns and rows. The method involves the steps of creating a first and a second sub-tables positioned one above another or side-by-side. The top sub-table defines a non-scrollable, fixed header, while the bottom table defines a scrollable data table. The top table has a visible part and a hidden part, which contains records copied, without re-positioning or re-ordering, from a maximum width cell in the top or bottom table corresponding to each individual column. To form a fixed sidebar, the code computer-executable program code adjusts the height of the rows based on the parameters of a maximum height cell in the row. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067464 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTED ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE DOCUMENTS - Systems and methods for distributed electronic signature documents. A method for distributed electronic signature documents includes creating a signing template that contains information about how a signable document is to be signed. A signable document is created to be distributed to a signer for signing. The signable document is electronically transmitted to the signer. A message is sent using an activatable control in the signing document to a web signing server to invoke the signing process. A browser window is opened on a signer's computer in order to execute the signing process. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067465 | HANDWRITTEN DOCUMENT PROCESSING DEVICE, HANDWRITTEN DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD, AND HANDWRITTEN DOCUMENT PROCESSING PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, a handwritten document processing device includes an input/output unit and a processing unit. The input/output unit acquires sets of stroke data of a handwritten document. The processing unit is capable of implementing a first processing operation of deriving table data based on the sets of stroke data and supplying the table data to the input/output unit. The table data include first and second ruled line data, and first cell data. The first cell data include a shape pattern. A length in a second direction of a cell shape and an inter-ruled line distance along the second direction are independently modifiable. The first ruled line generated based on the first ruled line data extends in a first direction. The second ruled line generated based on the second ruled line data extends in the first direction. The second direction intersects the first direction. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067466 | UTILIZING CLASSIFICATION AND TEXT ANALYTICS FOR OPTIMIZING PROCESSES IN DOCUMENTS - Classification and text analytics are used to evaluate passages, extract text, identify concepts, and provide displayable and searchable notations to assist document editors in identifying and evaluating conflicting or duplicate directives (also called policies or rules) within a large document. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067467 | COLLABORATIVE AUTHORING - A collaborative authoring application provides an authoring environment in which two or more users can edit a document concurrently. Each user edits a copy of the document, sends updates to a master copy of the document, and receives updates from the master copy of the document. The authoring environment generally inhibits the users from providing conflicting editing instructions to the master copy of the document. For example, each user can generate a content lock about one or more data units within the document. The authoring environment may synchronize content locks automatically and content only at the request of the user. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067468 | UTILIZING CLASSIFICATION AND TEXT ANALYTICS FOR OPTIMIZING PROCESSES IN DOCUMENTS - Classification and text analytics are used to evaluate passages, extract text, identify concepts, and provide displayable and searchable notations to assist document editors in identifying and evaluating conflicting or duplicate directives (also called policies or rules) within a large document. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067469 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAY CONTROL - According to at least one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes an input module and a display processor. The input module receives data of a document, the document including elements and an annotation, wherein if the document is displayed on a first screen, the elements are arranged in a first layout and the annotation is arranged on at least a part of a first element of the elements. The display processor displays the document on a second screen differing in size from the first screen, using the data, wherein if the document is displayed on the second screen, the elements are arranged in a second layout and the annotation is arranged on at least a part of the first element of the elements in the second layout. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067470 | MOBILE TERMINAL SUPPORTING NOTE FUNCTION AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A method for controlling a mobile terminal is provided. The method includes displaying respective notes, upon execution of a note function, determining whether a user input for selecting one of the notes has been received, and transforming and displaying a selected note based on a first attribute of the selected note and the received user input. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067471 | CORRELATING IMAGE ANNOTATIONS WITH FOREGROUND FEATURES - A machine may be configured to execute a machine-learning process for identifying and understanding fine properties of various items of various types by using images and associated corresponding annotations, such as titles, captions, tags, keywords, or other textual information applied to these images. By use of a machine-learning process, the machine may perform property identification accurately and without human intervention. These item properties may be used as annotations for other images that have similar features. Accordingly, the machine may answer user-submitted questions, such as “What do rustic items look like?,” and items or images depicting items that are deemed to be rustic can be readily identified, classified, ranked, or any suitable combination thereof. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067472 | WEB BROWSER FINGERPRINTING - Systems, methods, and devices are directed towards identifying a web browser by targeting a document parser component in a layout engine of a web browser. Malformed HTML may be provided to a client device having the web browser. Based on how the layout engine responds to the received malformed HTML, a fingerprint can be generated classifying/identifying a class, type, and other features of the web browser/layout engine. Other fingerprinting techniques may be combined with this malformed HTML approach to improve an accuracy of web browser identification, or to be used to detect/counter user-agent spoofing. Identification of the web browser/layout engine may then be used, among other things, to provide web content that is formatted to be useable by the receiving client device. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067473 | WEB APPLICATION FRAMEWORK - The present disclosure extends to organizing content and logic for business processes and information technology infrastructure and facilitating collaborative content creation. Embodiments comprise an extensible web application framework having a presentation tier configurable during runtime and dynamically configurable external services for implementation of business rules. Implementations of the present disclosure may integrate with virtually any external content management system. Embodiments of the present disclosure may be deployed as a model-view-controller (“MVC”) framework pattern. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067474 | Web Application Framework - The present disclosure extends to organizing content and logic for business processes and information technology infrastructure and facilitating collaborative content creation. Embodiments comprise an extensible web application framework having a presentation tier configurable during runtime and dynamically configurable external services for implementation of business rules. Implementations of the present disclosure may integrate with virtually any external content management system. Embodiments of the present disclosure may be deployed as a model-view-controller (“MVC”) framework pattern. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067475 | Web Application Framework - The present disclosure extends to organizing content and logic for business processes and information technology infrastructure and facilitating collaborative content creation. Embodiments comprise an extensible web application framework having a presentation tier configurable during runtime and dynamically configurable external services for implementation of business rules. Implementations of the present disclosure may integrate with virtually any external content management system. Embodiments of the present disclosure may be deployed as a model-view-controller (“MVC”) framework pattern. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067476 | TITLE AND BODY EXTRACTION FROM WEB PAGE - Technologies are generally provided for extracting a body and a title of an article displayed on a web page. A web page may display content such as advertisements, images and links in addition to the web page article. A user may select to view the article in a reader application without the additional content, and the reader application may extract the body and the title from the web page. Title candidates may be selected by identifying meta tags associated with the title and removing website names from the meta tags. Body candidates may be selected by identifying clusters of text nodes based on a font size and depth in a document object model tree for the web page. A best cluster that is most likely the body may be selected and a corresponding title candidate maybe selected as the best title. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067477 | CROSS-REFERENCES WITHIN A HIERARCHICALLY STRUCTURED DOCUMENT - A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system is provided for creating and managing internal cross-references within a hierarchically structured document. In an implementation, a method may include identifying a cross-reference target within a hierarchically structured document. The method may also include determining one or more components of the cross-reference based upon, at least in part, a hierarchical location of the cross-reference target within the hierarchically structured document. The method may further include creating a cross-reference based upon, at least in part, the components of the cross-reference. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067478 | WEB SERVER, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING CUSTOMIZED WEB PAGES - A method for generating a customized web page is provided. The method includes identifying an identity of a user when the user opens a browser to browse content from a web server and obtaining partial content of the web page from the web server. The obtained partial content is associated with the user's customized topics of the web page. A customized web page is created according to the obtained partial content and the created customized web page is displayed. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067479 | Representation of Multiple Markup Language Files that Differ in Structure and Content in One File for the Production of New Markup Language Files - A method and apparatus for representing two or more related markup language source files in a single delta file is provided. The markup language source files are represented in such a way that the delta file is easily processed to produce one or more merged combinations of the source files. The method and apparatus ensure that any one of the original files can be extracted from the delta file and the delta file remains a valid delta file for any remaining source files. The method and apparatus is adapted to enable the sources files to be aligned with respect to structurally significant elements and textual content so as to reduce repetitions in the delta file of common content. The method and apparatus are suited for use, but not exclusively, with XML documents and files. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067480 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DESIGNING ARTIFACTS ASSOCIATED WITH A WEBPAGE - The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for designing webpage and, more particularly, to systems and methods for designing artifacts associated with a webpage in a web development environment. In one embodiment, a system for designing artifacts associated with a webpage is provided. The system may identify a style pattern based on an HTML pattern of the webpage and one or more boundary conditions. The system may also determine one or more editing operations to be performed on the artifacts based on one or more style specifications. The system may further perform the one or more determined editing operations on the artifacts based a value associated with one or more of the artifacts, the style pattern, and the boundary conditions, and render design of the artifacts based on the performance of the editing operations. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067481 | WEB PAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND WEB PAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A Web page display apparatus includes: an acquisition unit for acquiring a Web page; a generation unit for generating a reduced Web page by reducing the Web page so that the particular element has a width smaller than that of the display size when a user-specified particular element in a plurality of elements constituting the Web page has a width greater than that of display size of a display unit; and a display control unit for controlling the display unit to display a particular reduced element of the reduced Web page corresponding to the particular element when the particular element has a width greater than that of the display size. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067482 | METHOD FOR LAYOUT OF SPEECH BUBBLES ASSOCIATED WITH CHARACTERS IN AN IMAGE - A system and method of speech bubbles layout are described. A context module determines geometric constraints of speech bubbles for characters in an image and features of the characters in the image, receives a speech content for one or more characters, and identifies a conversation order of the characters. A layout module generates a layout of the speech bubbles based on the features of the characters, the speech content, and the conversation order. The layout of the speech bubbles is within the geometric constraints of the speech bubbles in the image. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067483 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT - According to one embodiment, an electronic device displays an electronic document in a first style. The document includes a handwritten stroke associated with a first element in the document. The handwritten stroke is displayed in a first area in the document of the first style. A relative position of the first area with respect to the first element is a first relative position. The device displays the document in a second style different and changes a display position of the handwritten stroke from the first area to a second area in the document of the second style. A relative position of the second area with respect to the first element in the document of the second style is a second relative position different from the first relative position. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067484 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a display apparatus that displays a first page and a second page. The display apparatus includes a determining unit configured to determine whether or not the layout of the first page is similar to the layout of the second page by comparing an object included in the first page with an object included in the second page which is different from the first page; and a display unit configured to display the first page on a screen based on a display area having been set by a user, wherein, if the determining unit determines that the layout of the first page is similar to the layout of the second page, the display unit displays the second page on the screen based on the set display area. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067485 | METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method and electronic device are provided for processing data. Analog text included in a document is detected. A first area of the analog text that converts to digital text and a second area of the analog text that does not convert to the digital text are determined. The digital text is displayed in the first area that converts to the digital text, and an image of at least a portion of the analog text is displayed in the second area that does not convert to digital text. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067486 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING AUTO-CORRECTION IN MESSAGING - A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting in a corrected text message an auto-correction by the first communication device of a target word of a group of words, detecting an input command requesting a transmission of the corrected text message to a second communication device, responsive to the detecting of the input command, presenting a correction alert indicating the target word that has been auto-corrected, and in response to the presenting of the correction alert, presenting an option for modifying the target word, where the transmission of the corrected text message to the second communication device is limited to after the option for modifying is presented at the first communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067487 | INTELLIGENT AUTO COMPLETE - A method includes incorporating a local service within a user's device, accessing at least one external service via the user's device; starting a service request for the at least one external service from an input area of the user's device, causing the local service to determine at least one possible completion for the service request based on the input to the at least one external service, and providing the at least one possible completion to the input area of the user's device, wherein the local service consults at least one user context before providing the at least one possible completion to the input area of the user's device. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067488 | USER INTERFACES, ASSOCIATED APPARATUS AND METHODS - 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: enable detection of one or more stroke user inputs for use in deciphering an entered character during a character entry mode; enable detection of a jolt during the character entry mode; upon detection of the jolt, associate one or more of the stroke user inputs with the jolt; and provide for a predetermined timeout period during which the one or more associated stroke user inputs are at least one of considered for removal from display and considered for removal from consideration in deciphering the entered character. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067489 | ZOOMABLE PAGES FOR CONTINUOUS DIGITAL WRITING - Facilitating digital writing on a tablet screen includes providing a viewing screen corresponding to the tablet screen, superimposing on the viewing screen an authoring screen for a user to provide digital writing, the authoring screen being a magnified portion of the viewing screen, showing a mapping portion on the viewing screen, where the mapping portion corresponds to the portion of the viewing screen being magnified into the authoring screen, and projecting on to the viewing screen writing entered by the user in the authoring screen. The authoring screen is semi-transparent and writing and the mapping portion on the viewing screen are viewable through the authoring screen. The authoring screen may be superimposed over an entirety of the viewing screen. Writing provided on the viewing screen may be presented as faded strokes. A user may pan the authoring screen to facilitate entering writing into different parts of the viewing screen. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067490 | VIRTUAL INTERFACE ADJUSTMENT METHODS AND SYSTEMS - An exemplary method includes a virtual interface adjustment system detecting, based on user input data associated with user input received by way of a virtual interface of a user device, an erroneous input pattern that includes at least one unintentional input, determining, based on the erroneous input pattern, an adjustment procedure configured to adjust the virtual interface to avert future unintentional inputs that correspond to the at least one unintentional input of the erroneous input pattern, determining an adjustment procedure trigger for the adjustment procedure, activating the adjustment procedure trigger, detecting, after the activating, an occurrence of the adjustment procedure trigger, and executing, in response to the detecting of the occurrence of the adjustment procedure trigger, the adjustment procedure to avert the future unintentional inputs that correspond to the at least one unintentional input of the erroneous input pattern. Corresponding methods and systems are also described. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067491 | INTELLIGENT AUTO COMPLETE - A method includes incorporating a local service within a user's device, accessing at least one external service via the user's device; starting a service request for the at least one external service from an input area of the user's device, causing the local service to determine at least one possible completion for the service request based on the input to the at least one external service, and providing the at least one possible completion to the input area of the user's device, wherein the local service consults at least one user context before providing the at least one possible completion to the input area of the user's device. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067492 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus for representing at least one candidate for a character string to be input based on at least one input character includes an acquisition unit configured to obtain situation information which represents the situation in which the information processing apparatus exists based on the information detected by the at least one sensor. The information processing apparatus further includes a prediction unit configured to predict at least one character string to be input based on the at least one character input by a user operation, a storage unit configured to store two or more character strings with each of the two or more character strings being associated with situation information which represents the situation in which the character string is used and a representation unit configured to represent at least one character string predicted by the prediction unit. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067493 | METHOD OF MODIFYING TEXT INPUT FROM USER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFOR - A method for operating an electronic device with a display includes: displaying a virtual keypad on a screen of the display; receiving one or more characters from a user through the virtual keypad; displaying the one or more characters on the screen; displaying one or more recommended words at a location close to the virtual keypad on the screen based on at least some of the one or more characters; displaying a first key on the screen; maintaining the one or more characters on the screen when a user input for selecting the first key is received; and removing the recommended words from the screen. Furthermore, other embodiments can be made. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067494 | PRINT TO DISPLAY ON MOBILE DEVICE - Text data received or retrieved by a mobile apparatus is printed to a print-ready file that is configured to capture the text data with a page format and width and a display font that is visually acceptable on a display of a mobile apparatus, so that the print-ready file is displayed on the display of the mobile apparatus without horizontal cutoff of the text data. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067495 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Providing Feedback for Changing Activation States of a User Interface Object - An electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface, a display, and one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface displays a user interface object having a plurality of activation states; detects a contact on the touch-sensitive surface; and detects an increase of intensity of the contact from a first intensity to a second intensity. In response to detecting the increase in intensity, the device: changes activation states M times, and generates a tactile output on the touch-sensitive surface corresponding to each change in activation state. The device detects a decrease of intensity of the contact from the second intensity to the first intensity; and in response to detecting the decrease in intensity, the device: changes activation states N times, and generates a tactile output on the touch-sensitive surface corresponding to each change in activation state, where N is different from M. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067496 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Providing Tactile Feedback for Operations Performed in a User Interface - An electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface and a display displays a user interface object on the display, detects a contact on the touch-sensitive surface, and detects a first movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface, the first movement corresponding to performing an operation on the user interface object, and, in response to detecting the first movement, the device performs the operation and generates a first tactile output on the touch-sensitive surface. The device also detects a second movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface, the second movement corresponding to reversing the operation on the user interface object, and in response to detecting the second movement, the device reverses the operation and generates a second tactile output on the touch-sensitive surface, where the second tactile output is different from the first tactile output. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067497 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Providing Tactile Feedback for Operations Performed in a User Interface - An electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface and a display displays a user interface object on the display, detects a contact on the touch-sensitive surface, and detects a first movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface, the first movement corresponding to performing an operation on the user interface object, and, in response to detecting the first movement, the device performs the operation and generates a first tactile output on the touch-sensitive surface. The device also detects a second movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface, the second movement corresponding to reversing the operation on the user interface object, and in response to detecting the second movement, the device reverses the operation and generates a second tactile output on the touch-sensitive surface, where the second tactile output is different from the first tactile output. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067498 | SCENARIO GENERATION METHOD, SCENARIO EXECUTION METHOD, SCENARIO GENERATION DEVICE, AND SCENARIO EXECUTION DEVICE - A scenario generation device includes a processor that executes a procedure. The procedure includes: detecting data representing a target object of an operation target and data representing a user operation on the target object based on objects displayed on a screen by application software operating on a computer; detecting data representing a peripheral object positioned at the target object periphery from out of the objects displayed on the screen, and detecting a positional relationship on the screen between the target object and the peripheral object; and generating a scenario in which the data representing the user operation, the data representing the target object, the data representing the peripheral object, and data representing the positional relationship are associated with each other. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067499 | System and Method for Sequencing Rotatable Images - A system and method for sequencing rotatable images are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, an image database contains an at least one image collection comprising a plurality of view sets. The view sets each comprise a parallel sequence of images that depicts the same sequentially formatted subject matter as the other view sets in the image collection, but from a unique common perspective point. A unique view index is assigned to each view set in the at least one image collection, while a unique frame index is assigned to each image within each view set. Using these view and frame indices, the content module allows the user to dynamically and selectively choose the common perspective point at which to view the sequentially formatted subject matter at any step in the sequence of images, thereby providing a 360 degree, selectively rotatable view of the subject matter. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067500 | ON-LINE INTERACTION SYSTEM - An avatar display system monitors the activities or status of different members on a network site. Avatars representing the different members are displayed in conjunction with an on-line application according to the different identified member activities or status. Different avatar display techniques and filtering schemes are used to both promote and improve interactions between different members of the on-line application or website. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067501 | METHOD TO GENERATE DYNAMIC CUSTOMIZED CONTEXT-SENSITIVE HELP - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for customizing help screens. A computer receives a request for help content. The computer identifies an annotated help file that corresponds to the request for help content. The computer identifies one or more variables in the identified annotated help file. The computer retrieves a value for each of the one or more variables from a software product. The computer replaces each of the one or more variables in the identified annotated help file with the retrieved value to generate customized help content. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067502 | GUIDED BROWSING EXPERIENCE - Methods and systems of providing a guided navigation experience are described. According to various embodiments, a first type of use case may be determined for a first use of a website by a user. The first type of use case may be determined amongst a plurality of types of use cases. A first navigation recommendation may be determined based on the determined first type of use case. The first navigation recommendation may comprise a recommendation for the user to navigate to a first content on the website. The first navigation recommendation may be caused to be displayed to the user. In some embodiments, the plurality of types of use cases may comprise at least one of viewing an update of a profile of another user, viewing an event associated with the profile of another user, performing a job search, and participating in or viewing a discussion. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067503 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS WITH AGENT STORE - A virtual assistant platform (“VAP”) provides a self-supporting and expandable architectural framework for virtual assistants (“VAs”) to communicate with a user via an electronic device. VAs may communicate with other devices, software programs, and other VAs. VAs may include intelligent agents configured to perform particular tasks. The VAP may include an execution environment that provides an interface between the VA and the electronic device and a framework of services for the intelligent agents. A VA may participate in or coordinate a group of VAs in which knowledge and tasks can be shared and cooperatively executed. The execution environment may include an agent store for registering agents for use on the VAP, storing agent code and data, and distributing agents to requesting users. Through the agent store, new VAs and agents may be distributed to users to expand their use of the VAP. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067504 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTENT ACCORDING TO FIELD ATTRIBUTE - An operating method of an electronic device is provided. The method includes selecting an area corresponding to at least one field of a page displayed through a display of the electronic device on the basis of an input; confirming an attribute corresponding to the at least one field among a plurality of attributes including a first attribute and a second attribute; and selectively providing a content corresponding to the attribute among at least one content including a first content and a second content according to the confirmed attribute. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067505 | System And Methods For User Curated Media - Methods and systems for recommending online media content to other users includes receiving a selection of media content rendered on content page. The media content is identified by a user for sharing. A list of topics associated with the user is generated for presenting on a user interface. The topics are descriptive of the media content selected for sharing. Selection of one or more topics for the selected media content is received from the user. The received selections define the user's relevancy perspective for the selected media content. A recommendation for the selected media content is provided in content streams of users that follow the selected topics for users interactions with the selected media content. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067506 | METHOD OF SUBSTITUTING SONGS IN A PLAYLIST - A method for playing an original playlist and for substituting alternate versions of the songs during playback is disclosed. The user can set the extent to which the number and type of alternate versions are substituted into the original playlist. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067507 | PERSONALIZED AUDIO PRESENTATION OF TEXTUAL INFORMATION - Each of a plurality of stations has a respective sequence of tracks of Internet content of common subject matter and a respective play pointer indicating a location in the sequence of tracks. In response to a first input, the presentation mode of the station is configured in a continuous play mode in which the play pointer is progressed through the sequence of tracks queued to the station regardless of whether or not the station is presently selected for presentation. In response to a second input, the presentation mode is configured in a pause play mode in which the play pointer is progressed through the sequence of tracks queued to the station only while the station is selected for presentation to a user and otherwise pauses progression of the play pointer. The processor transmits tracks of the station and progresses the play pointer in accordance with the configured presentation mode. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067508 | POINT-TO-POINT CONTENT NAVIGATION USING AN AUXILIARY DEVICE - One embodiment provides a system comprising a content navigation application module including a user interface unit, a synchronization unit, and a content navigation control unit. The user interface unit generates first metadata information associated with a content frame of a first piece of content. The synchronization unit synchronizes the display of the first metadata information with the display of the content frame during content playback of said first piece of content. The first metadata information and the content frame are displayed on different devices. The content navigation control unit enables content navigation based on user interaction with the first metadata information when the first metadata information is displayed. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067509 | METHOD AND A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY RATING A MUSIC TRACK - A portable electronic device for automatically rating a music track comprised in a set of music tracks and a method therein are provided. The portable electronic device detects at least one user interaction during performance of the music track. Next, the portable electronic device adjusts a rating of the music track based on the detected at least one user interaction, thereby automatically rating the music track. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067510 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND SELECTION CONTROL METHOD - A display system includes a display device and an information terminal adapted to communicate with the display device. The information terminal includes a processor and a storage part storing instructions which when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform a process including determining whether content data stored in the storage part is capable of being played back on the display device based on information associated with playback capability of the content data on the display device; displaying a list screen of identification information items of content data when the content data is determined as being capable of being played back on the display device; and transmitting, to the display device, content data corresponding to identification information items which are selected from the list screen displayed. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067511 | SOUND VISUALIZATION METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and an apparatus are provided for audio data playback in an electronic device. Pieces of color information, included in an image that is matched to audio data, are acquired, when the audio data is requested. At least one of the pieces of color information is mapped to at least one sound level range of predetermined audible sound according to a percentage of a respective color in the image. A predetermined object pattern is displayed using the at least one of the pieces of color information mapped to the at least one sound level range of the audio data, when the audio data is played. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067512 | Analyzing Captured Sound and Seeking a Match Based on an Acoustic Fingerprint for Temporal and Geographic Presentation and Navigation of Linked Cultural, Artistic, and Historic Content - Collections of music and other items, related by time, location, genre, and artist, and that are registered in a data model to provide a foundation for their curatorship, discovery, and procurement are accessed by analyzing captured sound and seeking a match based on an acoustic fingerprint. As a result of said match, a map through the history and culture of music is created for display. The map is created in an embodiment by a series of choices, where a choice is a combination of any of time, place, genre, and artist. Both expert and regular individual curators can define the maps; or the maps can be defined algorithmically. Based upon said matches, one or more animated murals depicting a fundamental combination of any of time, place, genre, and artist are provided to a user via a user interface for the navigation of music, its history, and culture. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067513 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Facilitating User Interaction with Controls in a User Interface - An electronic device, with a touch-sensitive surface and a display, includes one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface. The device displays, on the display, a first control for controlling a first operation. The device detects, on the touch-sensitive surface, a first input that corresponds to the first control; and in response to detecting the first input: in accordance with a determination that the first input meets first control-activation criteria but does not include a contact with a maximum intensity above a respective intensity threshold, the device performs the first operation; and in accordance with a determination that the first input includes a contact with an intensity above the respective intensity threshold, the device displays a second control for performing a second operation associated with the first operation. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067514 | MODIFYING A SEGMENT OF A MEDIA ITEM ON A MOBILE DEVICE - Systems and methods for permitting selection and modification of a set of video segments on a mobile device is described. A user interface is provided on a screen of the mobile device to allow a user to select any of a plurality of original video segments of an original video. A selection of at least one of the original video segments is received via the user interface. A request for a modification to the selected at least one original video segment can also be received via the user interface. The systems and methods can cause a modification of the selected at least one original video segment to be performed to provide at least one modified video segment. The at least one modified video segment can be presented via the user interface. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067515 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROLLING METHOD FOR SCREEN, AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF - An electronic device, a controlling method of a screen, and a program storage medium thereof are provided. The screen includes a display panel and a touch-sensitive panel. The display panel shows a root window on which all display contents are shown. The controlling method comprises the following steps. A command signal is received. The coordinate system of the screen is transformed with a transformation according to the command signal. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067516 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A wearable electronic device including a wireless communication unit configured to be wirelessly connected to a projector for projecting a stored presentation onto a screen of an external device; a main body configured to be worn by a user; a microphone integrally connected to the main body; a display unit configured to be attached to the main body; and a controller configured to match voice information input through the microphone with corresponding contents of the stored presentation, and display at least a following portion of content that follow the corresponding contents on the display unit. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067517 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUPPORTING MUSIC PLAYING FUNCTION AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device and a method for controlling the electronic device are provided. The method includes receiving at least one input sound from a user, determining one of a plurality of reference sounds included in a guide track as a device playing sound corresponding to the at least one input sound, and playing the device playing sound. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067518 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING SLIDE SHOW AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - When slide show image data sets are generated from a plurality of image data sets, the image data sets, DVD-Video files representing the slide shows generated from the image data sets, and information representing reproduction order are stored in a manner that allows a user to access them S | 2015-03-05 |
20150067519 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Manipulating Framed Graphical Objects - An electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface, a display, and one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface displays a graphical object inside of a frame on the display, and detects a gesture. Detecting the gesture includes: detecting a contact on the touch-sensitive surface while a focus selector is over the graphical object, and detecting movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface. In response to detecting the gesture: in accordance with a determination that the contact meets predefined intensity criteria, the device removes the graphical object from the frame; and in accordance with a determination that the contact does not meet the predefined intensity criteria, the device adjusts an appearance of the graphical object inside of the frame. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067520 | SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A PLURALITY OF GRAPHICAL REPORTS FROM A DATA SET - A system and method is provided for batch generation of graphic reports from one or more data sets for multiple recipients including, among other features, creation of a report template for graphically presenting information regarding a plurality of subsets of the data set with the ability to specify different graphical presentations of identical data types for different report recipients, and the ability to generate for each report recipient from a library of graphic templates, a report that graphically displays the same type of data differently for different report recipients based on specifying different graphical presentation of identical data types for different report recipients. The system and method also provides for a user to specify the data set(s) and to automatically and periodically send a generated report to each report recipient. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067521 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING CONTENT USING ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A method of selecting at least one device from among a plurality of electronic devices having first and second electronic devices, based on at least one of information about the plurality of electronic devices and a user input for at least one of the electronic devices is provided. The method includes presenting content through the plurality of electronic devices such that a first portion of the content is displayed through the first electronic device and a second portion of the content is displayed through the second electronic device. Also, this method includes performing a particular function associated with presentation of the content through the selected at least one device. Various other embodiments are possible. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067522 | CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a control apparatus including a control unit configured to control, based on a content list as a list of content items to be provided by providing apparatuses that are connected to a network and capable of providing the content items and on connection relationship information indicating connection relationships between the providing apparatuses and input terminals of output apparatuses that are connected to the network and capable of outputting the content items, a providing apparatus to provide a selected content item that is selected from among the content items in the content list and an output apparatus including an input terminal to which the providing apparatus is connected, as control targets via the network. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067523 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING MEASUREMENT WINDOW AND USER TERMINAL PERFORMING THE SAME - This application relates to a method of controlling a measurement window and the method includes (a) measuring measurement targets according to measurement cycles for a plurality of measurement windows, (b) displaying measurement values for the plurality of the measurement targets on a measurement target sub window of each of the plurality of the measurement windows in a time-series order, (c) detecting a temporal position of an event to provide the event when the event occurs at one of the plurality of the measurement windows, (d) detecting the temporal position for each of at least one of other measurement windows and (e) providing the event at a corresponding temporal position for each of the at least one of other measurement window. Therefore, the method may simultaneously display a system measurement value generated at a specific time on a plurality of windows. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067524 | CONTENT ITEMS STORED IN ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Provided herein are a portable terminal and a method for managing content stored in a plurality of devices. Information associated with a plurality of electronic devices registered under a user identifier is displayed. Content items stored across the plurality of electronic devices are searched. Content items found across the plurality of electronic devices are displayed. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067525 | Method and system for provisioning computing resources - A method, computer-readable medium, and system for provisioning computing resources across multiple cloud providers and/or data centers are disclosed. A graphical user interface is used to select a plurality of computing resources and at least one cloud provider and/or at least one data center for providing the plurality of computing resources. Scripts associated with the at least one cloud provider and/or at least one data center are accessed, where each script is capable of automatically setting up a computing resource on an associated cloud provider or associated data center. The scripts are then used to automatically allocate and/or configure the computing resources on the at least one cloud provider and/or at least one data center. As such, computing resources can be automatically provisioned using a generic graphical user interface and without a user having skills or credentials specific to each cloud provider and/or data center. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067526 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT IMAGE PAINTING AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF - A method of providing image painting information is provided. The method includes: displaying a paintable first image on a screen of a terminal; receiving a user input requesting reference painting information about the first image; requesting painting information of a second image related to the first image from a server, based on the user input; receiving the painting information of the second image from the server; and displaying the received painting information of the second image on the screen of the terminal. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067527 | Cloud-Based Custom Metric/Timer Definitions and Real-Time Analytics of Mobile Applications - A method for real-time capture of analytics from real users of a native mobile application (app) includes storing a custom metric/timer definition for a native mobile application (app) in a configuration file on a server. The custom metric/timer definition includes one or more identifiers of an element or object of the native mobile app selected by touch gesture input via a user interface on a mobile device running the native mobile app in a special mode. The configuration file is downloaded from the server to real users running the native mobile app on associated mobile devices. Immediately thereafter, one or more collector servers receive data beaconed in real-time from the associated mobile devices of the real users. The beaconed data includes custom metric/timer data obtained from the custom metric/timer definition. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067528 | CONTROL METHOD - A control method according to the present disclosure is used in a remote control system including apparatuses and an information terminal that controls at least one of the apparatuses via a network. The control method includes: a step (S | 2015-03-05 |
20150067529 | CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A control method causes a computer of an information apparatus to: display a display screen representing a floor plan on a display; display on the display screen device icons, the device icons including a dehumidifier icon; when selection of the dehumidifier icon is sensed, display on the display an operation screen for operating a dehumidifier corresponding to the dehumidifier icon, the operation screen being displayed on the display screen and outside of a region corresponding to a room where the selection of the dehumidifier icon is sensed; output a control command for operating the dehumidifier to a network based on an operation on the operation screen; and display an operation state of the dehumidifier in the region corresponding to the room where the selection of the dehumidifier icon is sensed based on the operation on the operation screen. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067530 | DISPLAY GENERATING DEVICE, DISPLAY GENERATING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A display generating device includes a display screen generator generating a display screen showing connection status between each wireless communication device in a wireless network in which a plurality of the wireless communication devices operate in an autonomous and distributed manner, and a detector detecting an operation of changing connection status performed by a user via the display screen generated by the display screen generator, wherein, when the operation of changing connection status is detected by the detector, the display generating device performs a change process of reflecting the content of the operation of changing connection status. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067531 | USER-BASED CUSTOMIZATION OF A USER INTERFACE - A customized user interface service includes a self-customization and an auto-customization of user interfaces. A user interface is customized based on usage data of the user. The usage data includes historical navigational data. The usage data is analyzed to identify a pattern of usage. The user interface is customized based on the identified pattern of usage. The customized user interface service also allows a user to select and execute customizations. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067532 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display apparatus includes a detecting unit that detects terminal position information including information concerning a position of another display apparatus with respect to the display apparatus; and a display unit that displays a part of a given image based on the terminal position information detected by the detecting unit. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067533 | SOCIAL PROFILING OF ELECTRONIC MESSAGES - A method of associating an electronic message social profile with electronic messages. The method comprises identifying a plurality of users having a social affinity to one another, tagging each of a plurality of electronic messages received at a plurality of messaging accounts of the plurality of users with at least one user behavior tag indicative of a behavioral messaging action performed by one of the plurality of users, identifying a cluster of electronic messages having a common content from the plurality of electronic messages according to a similarity analysis, calculating, using a processor, an electronic message social profile for members of the cluster based on a combination of respective the at least one user behavior tag of the members of the cluster, and associating the electronic message social profile with the members of the cluster. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067534 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING CONTENTS OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method of and apparatus for sharing contents of an electronic device are provided. The method includes displaying contents; if a touch input for sharing the contents is generated, displaying an application list including applications and an execution item for each application which displays a number of contents previously shared with an application; if an execution item of an application in the application list is selected, sharing the contents with an application, and updating and displaying the execution item. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067535 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING INSTANT MESSAGING (IM) MESSAGE - A method and an apparatus for displaying an Instant Messaging (IM) message are provided. The method includes, when the size of a picture to be processed is greater than the size of a container, setting the display size of the picture to be processed to be not greater than the size of the container; and drawing the picture to be processed according to the set display size. As such, a picture to be processed having the size greater than the container size can be adapted to the size of a container in IM software, and the IM software can directly display the entirety of the picture that is originally greater than the container size. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067536 | Gesture-based Content Sharing Between Devices - Various embodiments provide an ability to join a virtual conference session using a single input-gesture and/or action. Upon joining the virtual conference, some embodiments enable a computing device to share content within the virtual conference session responsive to receiving a single input-gesture and/or action. Alternately or additionally, the computing device can acquire content being shared within the virtual conference session responsive to receiving a single input-gesture and/or action. In some cases, content can be exchanged between multiple computing devices connected to the virtual conference session. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067537 | SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE-BASED CONTENT CREATING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Provided are an SNS-based content creating system and method. The SNS-based content creating system includes a terminal configured to share a content creation information or a content correction information with the other terminal through the SNS and a visualization object managing server configured to manage the database, wherein the terminal comprises a user input unit configured to receive text information, a text processor configured to recommend a visualization candidate material for the text information by using a database, a visualization processor configured to create or correct content, based on selection information about the recommended visualization candidate material and a network processor configured to transmit the content to other terminal. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067538 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATING EDITABLE VISUAL OBJECT - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for creating an editable visual object. In accordance with an embodiment, the apparatus for creating an editable visual object includes an interface unit for providing an editable visual object creation interface to a user. A template display unit displays a basic template for an editable visual object desired to be created by the user on the interface. A visual object creation unit is configured to, if the user edits the displayed basic template, create an editable visual object based on editing information. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067539 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a contribution action detecting unit configured to detect a contribution action representing a contribution from a user to a target, a contribution degree giving unit configured to give the user a contribution degree in accordance with the contribution action, a virtual distance setting unit configured to set a virtual distance which is a virtual distance between the user and the target on the basis of an integrated value of the given contribution degree of the user, and a contribution degree notification screen display control unit configured to control a display of a contribution degree notification screen in which the set virtual distance is visually expressed. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067540 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, PORTABLE DEVICE AND SCREEN DISPLAY METHODS THEREOF - A portable device and screen display methods of a display apparatus connectable to a portable device are provided. The method includes displaying a collaborative screen including a plurality of operation areas on the display apparatus; allocating at least one of the operation areas to the portable device; displaying the collaborative screen with the allocated operation area being distinguishable; and giving notification so that the allocated operation area is displayed on a corresponding portable device. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067541 | VIRTUAL SOCIALIZING - In general, techniques of the present disclosure are directed to a system for virtual socializing between electronic devices. In one example, the method includes joining, by a first computing device, a communication session enabling communication between the first computing device and a second computing device. The method includes outputting, multimedia content that is output at the second computing device. The method also includes receiving and outputting, by the first computing device, data from the second computing device using the communication session, while the multimedia content is outputting at the first output device, where the data comprises data captured by an input device of the second computing device. The method further includes sending a configuration request that sets a control model mode of the communication session, where the control model mode controls which computing devices communicatively coupled via the communication session has permission to modify at least the multimedia content. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067542 | GUI WINDOW WITH PORTAL REGION FOR INTERACTING WITH HIDDEN INTERFACE ELEMENTS - A computer is operated by displaying a window on a display device, where the window is an opaque window overlaid on the entirety of a system desktop that includes graphical representations of system controls and application controls. The window displays user interface elements of an application program executing on the computer, and also includes a portal region displaying an image of the system desktop including counterparts of the system controls and application controls. The computer provides user-controlled operation of the system controls and application controls based on simulated user interaction with the counterparts of the system controls and application controls in the portal region. The application program can effectively coordinate the use of the display by itself and by the system and other applications using the system desktop, relieving the user of this task. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067543 | Live Videocast to Social Network - In some implementations, a method includes receiving a selection of one or more users of a social networking service, the selection received via a social networking interface. A live visual data feed derived from a camera is received, where the received live visual data feed has a multiple frames and has a time interval between successive frames of the live visual data feed. A modified live visual data feed is sent over a network to be distributed using the social networking service to the selected users of the social networking service. The modified live feed includes frames derived from the frames of the received live visual data feed, and the modified feed provides a different time interval between its successive frames than the time interval between the frames of the received live feed. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067544 | Selecting an Option Based on Context After Waking from Sleep - System and method involving user interfaces and remote control devices. More specifically, these user interfaces may be particularly useful for providing an intuitive and user friendly interaction between a user and a device or application using a display, e.g., at a “10 foot” interaction level. The user interfaces may be specifically designed for interaction using a simple remote control device having a limited number of inputs. For example, the simple remote control may include directional inputs (e.g., up, down, left, right), a confirmation input (e.g., ok), and possibly a mute input. The user interface may be customized based on current user activity or other contexts (e.g., based on current or previous states), the user logging in (e.g., using a communication device), etc. Additionally, the user interface may allow the user to adjust cameras whose video are not currently displayed, rejoin previously left videoconferences, and/or any of a variety of desirable actions. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067545 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A VISUAL MEETING PATH - An example method is provided and includes causing display of a visual representation of calendar information that comprises at least one meeting indicator, determining a visual meeting path that comprises at least one visual meeting path node that corresponds to the meeting indicator, determining an attendance status of the meeting, such that the attendance status corresponds with the visual meeting path node, and causing communication of the attendance status of the meeting to an organizer of the meeting. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067546 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to designate, in accordance with a first operation for specifying a first region on first information displayed on a screen, the first region as a first selection region. The processor is configured to designate, in accordance with a second operation for specifying a second region in the first region, a region in the first region except the second region as a second selection region. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067547 | TECHNIQUES FOR DETECTING INACTIVE BROWSER WINDOWS - Embodiments provide techniques for tracking the lifecycles of client-side browser windows in the context of a web application. In an embodiment, a server component of a web application can receive a notification that an application page in a first window has been unloaded. In response, the server component can associate the first window with an expiration time and add the first window to an expiration list of windows that are potentially inactive. If a request is received by the server component from the first window while the first window is in the expiration list, the server component can identify the first window as active and remove it from the list. If a request is received by the server component from a second window after the expiration time associated with the first window, the server component can identify the first window as inactive and free all resources for the first window. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067548 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CONTENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method and system for extending display content across multiple display devices over a network using fingerprint of a user by registering fingerprints of the user in a master device and allowing the user to perform an action on the master device is provided. The method includes broadcasting, by the master device, a first key to one or more slave devices after authorizing the user and generating the first key based on a polarity of a hand performing the user action on the master device and considering a relative location of the slave device, and extending, by the master device, the display content to one or more identified slave devices within the network after establishing a connection between the master device and one or more slave devices. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067549 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DISPLAY APPARATUS, SINK APPARATUS THEREOF, MIRRORING SYSTEM THEREOF - A display device controlling method, a sink device thereof, and a mirroring system thereof are provided. The display device controlling method includes receiving metadata and media data for mirroring a screen image at a sink device from a source device, if a request is received, determining whether the request is an independent request for requesting to perform an operation of the sink device independent from an operation of the source device, or a dependent request for requesting to perform an operation of the sink device dependent to an operation of the source device, and, if the request is an independent request, carrying out the request at the sink device. When the request is input to the sink device, an operation desired by a user may be quickly performed. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067550 | DUAL SCREEN SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for dual screen presentation, using a touch screen of a terminal and a screen of a computing device includes recognizing a connection between the mobile terminal and the computing device, detecting an application program window moving into a scope of a screen of the mobile terminal from a scope of a screen of the computing device, and displaying the application program window on a touch screen of the mobile terminal. A mobile terminal includes a transceiver configured to communicate data with a computing device, a touch screen configured to display an image or a video, and a controller configured to detect an application program window moving into a scope of a screen of the mobile terminal from a scope of a screen of the computing device, and cause the touch screen to display the application program window. Other embodiments including a computing device are also disclosed. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067551 | USER INTERFACE DESIGN FRAMEWORK - Disclosed herein are technologies for a WYSIWYG user interface (UI) design tool that enables runtime behaviors (e.g., content update and user interaction) with UI controls during design time of such controls. That is, using a UI design tool in accordance with the technology described herein, the human designer can see and experience the runtime behavior of the UI controls while designing those controls. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067552 | Manipulation of Content on a Surface - Various embodiments enable expeditious manipulation of content on a surface so as to make the content quickly visually available to one or more attendees or participants. In at least some embodiments, content can be automatically manipulated to automatically present the content in a surface location that provides an unobstructed view of the content. Alternately or additionally, content can be manually selected to become “floating” in a manner which moves the content to a surface location that provides an unobstructed view of the content. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067553 | AUTO DRAW FLOW - A computing device can automatically generate a flow diagram showing statuses that objects in a system can possess, and the possible transitions between these statuses. Using snapshots of database data, the device can determine how the statuses of these objects have changed over time. The device can analyze the data to suggest which database fields likely represent object status. The device can render the flow diagram to illustrate system states at different selected times. Each rendered flow diagram can indicate, for the selected time point, the quantity of objects that possessed each status at that time, and, for a selected time interval, the quantity of objects that changed from each status to each other status during that time interval. The statuses can be represented in the flow diagram as status bubbles having sizes that are based on the quantities of objects have those bubble's statuses at the selected time point. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067554 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR SYNTHESIZING IMAGE - A method and device for synthesizing an image are provided. The method includes obtaining a first image and a second image, determining at least one object in the first image, and synthesizing the second image with the determined at least one object. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067555 | METHOD FOR CONFIGURING SCREEN AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method of an electronic device to configure a screen is provided. The method includes determining at least one area in a wallpaper displayed on the electronic device, selecting at least one content to be connected to the at least one determined area, and connecting the at least one selected content to the at least one determined area. | 2015-03-05 |
20150067556 | MULTI-FACETED NAVIGATION OF HIERARCHICAL DATA - Various mechanisms are provided for navigating among visualizations of quantitative data. At least one relationship is defined among a plurality of visualizations. A virtual multi-faceted shape is constructed, having a plurality of surfaces, some or all of which may correspond to visualizations. Visualizations may be presented, for example, by projecting or texture mapping the visualizations on corresponding surfaces of the shape. In at least one embodiment, surfaces are spatially oriented with one another in a manner that represents a relationship between the corresponding two visualizations. The user can interact with the virtual shape, for example by causing it to rotate, zoom, move, or the like. Such interactions cause different visualizations to be displayed. | 2015-03-05 |