22nd week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 60 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140149833 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE ERROR CHECKING - A method of selectively enabling error checking in an information handling system, including receiving information indicating that data associated with a first memory portion in a system memory should be subject to error checking during transmission between the memory controller and the system memory and indicating that data associated with a second memory portion in the system memory should be free of error checking during transmission between the memory controller and the system memory, receiving a memory access request directed to one of the first and second memory portions, transmitting data between the memory controller and the system memory in response to the memory access request, and selectively performing an error checking technique on the transmitted data based on the information. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149834 | WEB BROWSER ADAPTED TO INVOKER - Exemplary embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and system for configuring a web browser executing in a computer to render a web page for display at the computer. A first hyperlink request is received from a first program executing in the computer to obtain and render a first web page corresponding to the first hyperlink. In response, the web browser obtains the first web page, and renders the first web page according to a first set of web page configuration parameters. A second hyperlink request is received from a second program executing in the computer to obtain and render a second web page corresponding to the second hyperlink. In response, the web browser obtains the second web page, and renders the second web page according to a second set of web page configuration parameters that differs in part from the first set of web page configuration parameters. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149835 | USING STRUCTURED DATA FOR ONLINE RESEARCH - Various embodiments utilize structured data contained within a resource, such as a web page, to enable a user to define collections of data. Individual constituent parts of a collection or “links” are collected within a collection. In one or more embodiments, a full page viewing experience can be provided which enables users to not only view more details for a given link, but to view multiple different links at a time. Other viewing options and collection interactions are provided. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149836 | Dashboard Visualizations Using Web Technologies - Dashboard files such as dashboard structure files and spreadsheet files are converted into text-based, language-independent data interchange format files (such as JSON files) to allow dashboards to be rendered using varying web technologies such as HTML5 and JavaScript. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149837 | Spreadsheet Cell Dependency Management - A spreadsheet file and a dashboard structure file characterizing a dashboard are received. These files are then analyzed to determine dependencies. Subsequently, for each determined dependency, an event listener is registered for a dependent component that corresponds to the determined dependency. These event listeners are notified of an event from an event source when a corresponding dependee is changed. Dependent components are then updated using data from a corresponding dependee in response to event notifications so that each updated dependent component can be rendered within the dashboard. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149838 | Dashboard Formula Execution - Formulas in dashboards can be executed at a client executing web technologies such as HTML5 and JavaScript. The formulas specified by a spreadsheet file are transformed into a pre-defined notation format and then recursively evaluated. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149839 | Asynchronous Dashboard Query Prompting - A client receives data from a server that includes a dashboard generated at the server by converting each of a spreadsheet file and a dashboard structure file into a text-based, language-independent data interchange format. In addition, the dashboard includes at least one component dependent on at least one prompt. Thereafter, the at least one prompt is asynchronously rendered in a graphical user interface at the client. Data is later received that includes answers to one or more prompts. At least one query is subsequently executed based on the received answers. After results of the executed at least one query is received, the component having a corresponding received answer is rendered in the dashboard. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149840 | SIZE REDUCER FOR TABULAR DATA MODEL - A size reducer for tabular data models. As the tabular data model is being created, the size reducer evaluates one or more columns of the tabular data model. For a given column, the memory burden and data type of the column are determined Based on this information, the size reducer automatically determines at least one modification that can be made to the column (as compared to the source column at the data source) in order to reduce the size of the column's burden in the tabular data model. Example modifications might include splitting of column as compared to its source column in the data source, removing information (e.g., rounding) from a column as compared to its source column, and even eliminating columns from the tabular data model that are present in the external data source. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149841 | SIZE REDUCER FOR TABULAR DATA MODEL - A size reducer for tabular data models. After the tabular data model is being created, the size reducer evaluates one or more columns of the tabular data model. For a given column, the data type of the column is determined. Based on this information, the size reducer automatically determines at least one modification that can be made to the column (as compared to the source column at the data source) in order to reduce the size of the column's burden in the tabular data model. Example modifications might include splitting of column as compared to its source column in the data source, removing information (e.g., rounding) from a column as compared to its source column, and even eliminating columns from the tabular data model that are present in the external data source. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149842 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A NET EFFECT PLATFORM FOR DEVELOPING AND CORRECTING SCREEN SCRAPING PARSER SCRIPTS - Individuals using a data management system are provided the capability to make corrections to default values presented in a simulation of at least part of a webpage including default data indicating the layout of the webpage, and/or one or more identified data fields determined by heuristic analysis and/or from data collected from other individuals/users. These contributing individual corrections are then transformed into contributing individual originated parser scripts associated with the webpage. The contributing individual originated parser scripts are then implemented and/or applied to the webpage for all individuals, including the contributing individual. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149843 | VARIABLE PROFILES AND PROFILE ORGANIZER - A system may include a profile module and a network interface module. The profile module may be configured to generate a first profile of a user of a social network based, at least in part, on first characteristics related to the user and a second profile of the user based, at least in part, on second characteristics related to the user, at least one of the first plurality of characteristics being the same as at least one of the second characteristics and at least one of the first characteristics being different from at least one of the second characteristics. The network interface module may be configured to transmit the first profile to a device of a third party based on the third party meeting a first criterion and the second profile to a device of the third party based on the third party meeting a second criterion. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149844 | PROGRESSIVE CONSOLIDATION OF WEB PAGE RESOURCES - Described herein are systems, method and devices for modifying web pages to enhance their performance. In certain non-limiting embodiments, improved resource consolidation techniques are described, which are sometimes referred to herein as ‘progressive’ consolidation. Such techniques can be used to consolidate page resources in a way that allows a client browser or other application to process each of the consolidated resources after it arrives, even if all the client has not fully retrieved all of the consolidated resources yet. The teachings hereof can be used, for example, to modify a markup language document (HTML) to consolidate CSS, JavaScript, images, or other resources referenced therein. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149845 | METHOD FOR GENERATING WEBSITES - A method for generating a website includes obtaining a seed input associated with an entity. The seed input may include one or more keywords, such as a business name. Obtaining the seed input may include receiving the seed input from the user, or the seed input may be obtained without input from the user. The seed input is used to identify the entity. The method further includes retrieving, using at least one of the seed input and the identification of the entity, content relevant to the entity from one or more data stores. Retrieving the content may include using one or more categories relevant to the entity to identify the content. The website is generated without an input from the entity, and includes at least a portion of the content. Generating the website may include identifying a template having a plurality of content regions for containing the content. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149846 | METHOD FOR COLLECTING OFFLINE DATA - A method for generating a website includes obtaining a seed input associated with an entity. The seed input may include one or more keywords, such as a business name. Obtaining the seed input may include receiving the seed input from the user, or the seed input may be obtained without input from the user. The seed input is used to identify the entity. The method further includes retrieving, using at least one of the seed input and the identification of the entity, content relevant to the entity from one or more data stores. Retrieving the content may include using one or more categories relevant to the entity to identify the content. The website is generated without an input from the entity, and includes at least a portion of the content. Generating the website may include identifying a template having a plurality of content regions for containing the content. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149847 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING FIXED LAYOUT FILES - Provided is a method and apparatus for processing a fixed layout file. The apparatus for processing the fixed layout file comprises: an XML file generating module configured to generate an XML file. The XML file includes parameters of a dynamic interactive object; and a data setting module configured to set an action for opening the XML file in a description of the fixed layout file, to display effects and behaviors of the dynamic interactive object after the XML file is opened by triggering the action. In some embodiments, the apparatus for processing the fixed layout file further includes a data presenting module which is configured to trigger the action to open the XML file when the fixed layout file is opened by the reader, to obtain the dynamic interactive object so that the effects and behaviors of the dynamic interactive object are presented in the reader. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149848 | INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE FOR THE INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENT - A system and method for providing management such as creation, manipulation, storage, control, and retrieval of digital content for a company on a global basis. Digital content is created and stored in, for example, the eXtensible Markup Language (XML) format using the relationship between component mapping information and content information comprising webpage components. The XML data is developed by defining page components, mapping the components on a page and indexing the page for future retrieval of the page. The data is then stored in a single database, as segments related to the page, for call-up by a user. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149849 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING MARKUP LANGUAGE DOCUMENTS - A method for facilitating the processing of markup language documents, e.g., XML documents, uses a code generator that creates programs configured to read dynamic XML documents at run time, avoiding many of the complexities arising from the use of conventional “XML Parse” statements. In one embodiment, this process involves (1) creating a template document using the markup language, wherein the template document includes a set of tags associated with the markup language documents; (2) parsing the template document to determine a data structure corresponding to the tags in the template document; and (3) generating an application program in the programming language (e.g., COBOL), wherein the application program includes a definition of the data structure, and is configured to read, during run-time, the markup language document and generate a corresponding set of data elements corresponding to the data structure. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149850 | Web Browsing Enhanced by Cloud Computing - Methods and devices include a server and at least two web browsers operable on at least two different computing devices. A server processes requested code to return binary code as metadata to assist a computing device render a webpage. The server transmits the generated metadata to at least one computing device. The computing device renders a webpage using at least a portion of the provided metadata. The metadata may identify portions of JavaScript that can be processed in parallel. The metadata may identify a library portion that does not have to be loaded. The metadata may identify a portion of the webpage that may be rendered first before a second portion of the webpage. Returning metadata to the computing device can assist the computing device in parsing, analyzing or executing the request for the webpage. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149851 | METHOD FOR DATA CHUNK PARTITIONING IN XML PARSING AND METHOD FOR XML PARSING - A method for data chunk partitioning in XML parsing and a method for XML parsing are disclosed in the invention, the method for data chunk partitioning in XML parsing includes: partitioning an XML file into multiple XML data segments, and allocating the multiple XML data segments to multiple threads for parallel processing; determining a candidate boundary start symbol in the XML data segment; determining a boundary symbol type of the candidate boundary start symbol, and recording the boundary symbol type and a position of the candidate boundary start symbol; determining a valid boundary start symbol; partitioning the XML file into multiple data chunks by taking the valid boundary start symbol as a boundary. With the method, the integrity of the XML elements in each data chunk can be ensured, and thus effectively improving the efficiency of XML data parsing. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149852 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISINTEGRATING AN XML DOCUMENT FOR HIGH DEGREE OF PARALLELISM - The present invention relates to the field of high performance computation. Particularly, the invention relates to converting a huge XML document into SDML format which can be processed with high degree of parallelism to achieve high performance. In addition also SDML can be used as a standalone protocol for data representation. SDML deals with one time write and many times read. Further, SDML files can be splitted on number of lines which makes it easier to distribute among multi cores and even distributing across servers. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149853 | MICROBLOG-BASED DOCUMENT FILE SHARING METHOD AND DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention provide a microblog-based document file sharing method and device. The method comprises: converting a document file into an swf file; performing format confusion on the swf file; and publishing the swf file after the format confusion through a microblog platform. After the embodiments of the present invention are applied, information transmission and the audience size are expanded through sharing via microblog technologies. In addition, the format confusion is performed on the swf file, so that the possibility of directly obtaining the original of the document file through a link is eliminated, and therefore, the information security of the document is also enhanced. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149854 | SERVER AND METHOD FOR GENERATING OBJECT DOCUMENT - A server stores a plurality of initial files and parameters of the initial files. When a user inputs contents of the initial files to the server, the server obtains a template for each initial file. The server searches for contents of all columns in each template from the parameters and the input contents. The searched contents are put in the columns of each template. The templates with the put contents are generated to object files corresponding to the initial files. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149855 | Character Segmenting Method and Apparatus for Web Page Pictures - The present invention provides a character segmenting method for web page pictures comprising: scanning row by to a web page picture and demarcating in units of rows the picture into alternating first blank regions and first content regions; segmenting the demarcated first content regions from the web page picture; scanning column by column each of the segmented first content regions, and demarcating in units of columns each of the first content regions into alternating second blank regions and second content regions; and segmenting the second content regions and the second blank regions according to the pixel coordinates of the second blank regions so as to take the segmented second content regions as individual characters in the first content regions determined as fiction pictures. By applying the method, a web page picture can be segmented into individual characters, and the individual characters can be rearranged to the screen size of a mobile terminal for appropriate display on the screen thereof. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149856 | UNIFIED SOCIAL CONTENT PLATFORM - A system can optionally include a social network database configured to store social network information records, each information record including at least two of: an actor, a verb, an object, and an attributed entity. The system can further include a processor configured to generate a summary of one of the information records based the on at least two of the actor, the verb, the object, and the attributed entity of the information record, display on a developer user interface a rendering screen configured to format a display model based on a developer input, the display model including a summary field configured to display the summary, and transmit to a user device an interface screen based on the summary and the model. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149857 | DETECTING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN EDITS AND ACTING ON A SUBSET OF EDITS - Systems and methods are disclosed herein for detecting compounding and conflicting suggested edits in a collaborative document editing environment. A first edit and a second edit to an electronic document are received. A shared position of the first edit and the second edit in the electronic document is identified, and a compounding relationship or a conflicting relationship is determined based at least in part on the identification. The first edit, the second edit, and an indicator of the relationship are displayed to a user of the electronic document. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149858 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REFERENCING A PORTION OF A DOCUMENT - A mechanism for referencing a portion of a document. A method includes identifying, by a processing device of a user device, a portion of a document, the portion selected by a user of the user device. The method also includes displaying, by the processing device, the selected portion of the document as a graphical representation of an icon on the user device. The method also includes detecting, by the processing device, a reference to the icon displaying the selected portion of the document, the reference performed by the user. The method further includes providing, by the processing device, the referenced selected portion of the document associated with the icon to the user. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149859 | MULTI DEVICE PAIRING AND SHARING VIA GESTURES - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to multi device pairing and sharing via non-touch gestures. In an embodiment, a method comprises detecting, by a parent device, an initiating non-touch gesture performed by a user towards the parent device. The method also comprises initiating an action based on the detecting. The method further comprises triggering, by the parent device, a gesture recognition mode on one or more secondary devices based on the detecting. And the method further comprises completing the action upon a positive gesture recognition by the one or more secondary devices. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149860 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING A TAPESTRY INTERFACE - A system and methods are provided for presenting a tapestry interface including graphical elements for a plurality of asset. In one embodiment, a method includes scoring assets for display in the tapestry interface, wherein the tapestry interface provides a presentation for a plurality of assets having relevance based sizing, arrangement of the assets based at least in part on a grid pattern, and determining presentation characteristics of assets for display of the tapestry interface by a device based on the scoring, the presentation characteristics including presentation size and arrangement of assets on the grid pattern for each asset. The method may also include presenting the tapestry interface on the device, wherein at least a portion of the tapestry interface is displayed based on the presentation characteristics determined for each asset and arrangement of assets on the grid pattern. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149861 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING MUSIC LYRICS AND DEVICE USING THE SAME - The present disclosure the proposes a method of displaying and seeking lyrics and an portable handheld electronic device using the same. The method includes the steps of selecting an audio recording and displaying a progress indicator of the audio recording. After receiving a touch signal on the progress indicator, the device would locate the segment of lyrics of the audio recording which is based on the location of the signal on the progress indicator. Next a pop up window on the touch screen would emerge from the progress indicator and be displayed, and the lyrics would be displayed within the frame of the pop up window. The lyrics could be one line or two lines only. The audio recording and/or the lyrics could be played from the beginning of the line corresponding to the location of the touch signal on the progress indicator. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149862 | MEDIA REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A media reproducing apparatus may include a main body; a touch wheel button unit disposed in a region of the main body; and a control unit configured to perform a first function in response to receiving a first drag operation in a circumferential direction while a first start point disposed in the touch wheel button unit is touched, and perform a second function in response to receiving a second drag operation in the circumferential direction while a second start point, which is different from the first start point, is touched. The media reproducing apparatus may also include the region of the main body configured as a touch panel. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149863 | INTERACTIVE GROUP CONTENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - In an exemplary system, a content hub subsystem is selectively and communicatively coupled to a plurality of access devices. At least a subset of the access devices is associated with a predefined group of users. The content hub subsystem is configured to receive data representative of content from at least one of the access devices associated with the predefined group of users, map the content to the predefined group of users, and provide data representative of the content to the access devices associated with the predefined group of users. Each of the access devices associated with the predefined group of users is configured to generate at least one interactive graphical object representative of the content, and generate and present a graphical user interface including the interactive graphical object. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149864 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a plurality of feature amount extraction parts configured to extract, from content, a plurality of feature amounts containing information concerning a camera motion in a frame, and a display control part configured to display a GUI corresponding to an operation concerning the camera motion in the frame on the frame in the content on the basis of the information concerning the camera motion extracted by the feature amount extraction parts. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149865 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a plurality of feature amount extraction parts configured to extract, from content, a plurality of feature amounts, a display control part configured to control display of an image of the content and information concerning the feature amounts of the content, and a selecting part configured to select display or non-display of the information concerning the feature amounts. The display control part controls display of importance of a scene found on the basis of the display or non-display of the information concerning the feature amounts which is selected by the selecting part. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149866 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PLAYING MEDIA OBTAINED VIA THE INTERNET ON A TELEVISION - Systems for browsing media that is accessible via the Internet are described. In many embodiments, the system includes a browsing application that identifies media within pages retrieved via the Internet by performing document analysis. The document analysis identifies pieces of media referenced by the page and, in a number of embodiments, also identifies pieces of media referenced by pages linked to by the original page. The identified pieces of media can be used to generate playlists that can then be played for a user via a television. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149867 | WEB-BASED INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE UTILIZING VIDEO COMPONENTS - One embodiment may include apparatus, methods and/or systems for providing one or more interactive experiences over a network, such as the Internet, wherein the experiences include one or more of audio, video data, applications, feature, functions or other forms of content. In one embodiment, the experiences are accessed by one or more websites that include a plurality of interactive features, such as those for an interactive game. The interactive experience may include one or more content segments presented to the participants through which a story including several scenes may be presented. The content segments may include applications which provide a desired functionality, such providing direction on a map or otherwise. Additional and alternative interactivity, such as online analytics relating to the content may be analyzed, emails, phone calls or other communications to participants and/or editors may be provided and other forms of during and/or post experience interactivity may be provided. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149868 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AUDIO ASSISTANCE FOR NON-VISUAL NAVIGATION OF DATA - A method and system for providing audio assistance for non-visual navigation of data. The method includes receiving a scroll input; determining a page length associated with the data; associating the page length with a plurality of steps; associating an audio pattern to each step; determining a step, of the plurality of steps, that corresponds to the scroll input; and playing, to the user, the audio pattern corresponding to the step. The system includes an electronic device, a communication interface, a memory and a processor to receive a scroll input, to determine a page length associated with the data, to associate the page length with a plurality of steps, to associate an audio pattern to each step, to determine a step, of the plurality of steps, that corresponds to the scroll input and to play, to the user, the audio pattern corresponding to the step. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149869 | AUTOMATIC RATING SYSTEM USING BACKGROUND AUDIO CUES - Methods and systems for capturing, transmitting and processing data for generating ratings relating to multimedia programming based on passively obtained user cues are disclosed herein. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149870 | MODIFYING KEY FUNCTIONALITY BASED ON CONTEXT AND INPUT ASSOCIATED WITH A USER INTERFACE - Methods and devices are provided for modifying key functionality based on context of a user interface. A system configured to practice the method presents a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface providing a user interface element for data entry, and analyzes a user interaction via the user interface element and a context of the user interaction within the user interface element. Based on the user interaction and the context, the system activates a non-default mode for a key having a default mode. The key can be a physical key or a key in a virtual on-display keyboard. The default mode can be inserting a character such as a period or a comma, and the non-default mode can be launching voice input. The system receives, via the key, input directed to the user interface element, and performs an action associated with the non-default mode in response to the input. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149871 | SERVICE ADDRESS VALIDATION TOOL FOR A SERVICE PROVIDER NETWORK - A device receives, from a user, a selection of a geographic region associated with a service provider network. The device generates a map of the geographic region, where the map includes notations of residential and business addresses, service provider network information, and addresses that purportedly are not accessible to the service provider network that potentially are actually accessible to the service provider network. The device presents the map to the user and receives, from the user, an indication that certain of the address that purportedly are not accessible to the service provider network have been determined to actually be accessible to the service provider network, or have been determined to not be accessible to the service provider network. The device revises the service provider network information based on the validation of the one or more addresses. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149872 | COMMUNICATION CONNECTION METHOD, COMMUNICATION CONNECTION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION CONNECTION PROGRAM - A communication connection apparatus may include a display unit to display an image of a device selected as a communication target with which to establish a communication connection. The apparatus may further include a processing unit to update a progress informing image for informing progress of a communication connection synthesized with the selected device image. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149873 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND MOBILE DEVICE FOR PRIORITIZING A DISCOVERED DEVICE LIST - The described embodiments relate generally to methods, systems and computing devices, including at least a mobile device, for ordering a discovered device list according to a Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) of each device in the discovered device list. Thus, the discovered device list has at the top of the list the device that has the highest RSSI, with the remaining devices in the discovered device list presented in descending order of RSSI. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149874 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION CONTENT FOR ENHANCED ACCESSIBILITY OVER WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - Information content is managed in a network-based communication system by providing a first web-based interface accessible to a first user, the first web-based interface being configured to permit the first user to designate at least one data source that is external to the first web-based interface, maintaining persistent information content on behalf of the first user including content obtained from the data source designated by the first user, and generating a second web-based interface different than the first web-based interface, wherein access to at least a portion of the persistent information content is provided to each of one or more additional users via the second web-based interface in a manner controlled by the first user via the first web-based interface to thereby facilitate interaction between the first and additional users. The first and second web-based interfaces may comprise respective content management and mobile web sites. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149875 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTATION OF A TAPESTRY INTERFACE - A system and methods are provided for or presenting a user interface by a device for exploring content associated with a media title. In one embodiment, a method includes displaying a tapestry interface for a plurality of assets, wherein the tapestry interface is an arrangement of graphical elements associated with the plurality of assets, the graphical elements having relevance based sizing, and updating relevance scoring of assets for display in the tapestry interface. The method may further include determining presentation characteristics of assets for display in a tapestry interface based on the updating, and updating the presentation of the tapestry interface on the device based on the presentation characteristics. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149876 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE OF NETWORK SERVICES IN RECEIVING CONTENT AND DATA - A first device implements an application platform that is shared with a second device. The application platform can be implemented so that the first device and the second device operate to have a same identity to at least the network service. The first device provides a user interface in order to receive input for accessing or using the network service. Additionally, the first device communicates input received in response to providing the user interface to the network service. The first device can receive a token from the network service in response to communicating the input. Additionally, the first device can communicate a set of data items to the second device. The set of data items includes the token and one or more identifiers that enable the second device to access and use the network service while appearing as the first device to the network service. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149877 | METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING PUSH MESSAGE - The present disclosure discloses a method and a terminal device for displaying a push message, wherein the method comprises steps of detecting a triggering event for loading a new content; determining whether a blank loading area exists on a current display page for loading the new content; and, if the blank loading area exists on the current display page, displaying the push message in the blank loading area. In the present disclosure, the display resources of a terminal device can be sufficiently utilized by displaying push message when the loading page is blank, so that a user can acquire various types of information without performing tedious operations, thereby simplifying user operations. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149878 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RAPID ACCESS TO A CONTACT IN A CONTACT LIST - A method and apparatus for displaying and accessing contacts in a contact list on a display device. In some embodiments, the method includes displaying a list of contacts on the display device, wherein the list of contacts is separated into groups of contacts by contact group separators based on at least one configuration setting, generating a quick access index including a plurality of selectable index items each associated with a group of contacts, wherein the selectable index items are only generated for the groups of contacts that include at least one contact, and displaying the quick access index over at least a portion of the list of contacts. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149879 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING IDLE SCREEN SERVICE - A method and apparatus for providing an idle screen service are disclosed. A mobile communication terminal receiving contents provided from at least one content provider server in a mobile communication system environment is also disclosed. The mobile communication terminal may include a content receiver module which receives contents provided through a mobile communication system by separating into layers, a handset operating system module which operates the terminal and runs an application and which has a user interface, and a content management application mod ole which synthesizes the contents separated into layers received from the content receiver module into one idle screen layer and which provides it to the idle screen of the mobile communication terminal. According to at least one embodiment of the invention, several contents provided in a mobile communication system environment can be provided at once on a mobile communication terminal idle screen in an idle mode, to satisfy the demands of the user for DIY services and increase the content participation rate. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149880 | INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD SHARING - Technologies are generally described for providing interactive whiteboard sharing. An interactive whiteboard may enable two or more users to control and interact directly with an interactive whiteboard interface. The whiteboard may also enable users to interact with the whiteboard employing individual client devices connected with the whiteboard over a wireless or wired network. The whiteboard may distinguish each input method and the source of the input. The whiteboard may share the content of the whiteboard's user interface with the user's individual client device, and the user may interact with the whiteboard content on a user interface of the client device. The whiteboard may detect the input on the client device, and may update the content of the whiteboard interface with the input provided at each of the client devices such that the whiteboard may continuously reflect content updates and changes input on the interactive whiteboard and on connected client devices. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149881 | Content Transfer involving a Gesture - Content transfer involving a gesture is described. In an implementation, a method is implemented by a mobile communications device that includes recognizing a gesture input via a touchscreen of the mobile communications device that is indicative of a direction, the touchscreen including a display of content. One or more other mobile communications devices are located that are positioned, approximately, along the indicated direction of the gesture. A communication is formed to transfer the content to the located one or more other mobile communications devices. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149882 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR COLLABORATIVE CAX EDITING - A method for collaborative CAx editing may include (1) enabling editing of a proprietary representation of an engineering object by a user, where the proprietary representation includes one or more features of the engineering object, (2) storing an operations log of the engineering object on a collaborative CAx server, (3) detecting creation of a feature of the engineering object within the proprietary CAx application, and (4) inserting a feature identifier corresponding to the feature within the proprietary representation of the engineering object. A system, apparatus, and computer-readable medium corresponding to the above method are also disclosed herein. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149883 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPUTER-AIDED CONSUMPTION OF INFORMATION FROM APPLICATION DATA FILES - The present invention provides a system and method for collecting and aggregating user-generated data based on user provided parameters and measures of relevance of underlying content. A user's data is combined with already existing collective data to generate relevant mark-ups for a document or other consumable data file, such as audio or video. The marked-up version of the document or data file is then displayed to users to, inter alia, help increase efficiency and assist in comprehension. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149884 | User-Based Interactive Elements - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a computing device of a first user, an indication of a message to the first user from a second user. The computing device provides for persistent display to the first user an interactive element indicating that the first user has a message from the second user. The interactive element is configured to function and to be displayed independent of and without altering the activity of an application already open on the computing device that the first user is interacting with. The interactive element is further configured to continue to be displayed until the computing device receives first user input selecting the interactive element or second user input dismissing the interactive element. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149885 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A TAPESTRY INTERFACE WITH INTERACTIVE COMMENTING - A system and methods are provided for presenting a tapestry interface including graphical elements for a plurality of assets. In one embodiment, a method includes displaying a tapestry interface by a device for a plurality of assets, wherein the tapestry interface is an arrangement of graphical elements associated with the plurality of assets, the graphical elements having relevance based sizing, and receiving social media data associated with at least one asset displayed in the tapestry interface. The method may also include displaying one or more assets with graphical elements, the graphical elements based on social media data received for the one or more assets. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149886 | CALENDARING BETWEEN USER PROFILES - Calendar items can be scheduled with a joined group of user profiles. Scheduling calendar items can include, for each of the calendar items, sending a calendar item request to each of the user profiles in the group of user profiles. In response to the joining of a new user profile to the group, the new user profile can be automatically sent a calendar item request for each of one or more of the calendar items scheduled with the group of user profiles. Also, a first user profile can receive a request to share a calendar with a second user profile. The request can be received from the second user profile and can list one or more additional user profiles as recipients of the request. A representation of the request to share can include a control that can be selected to share the calendar with the additional user profile(s). | 2014-05-29 |
20140149887 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMIZED RESOLUTION IN RESPONSE TO USERS' OBJECTION TO POSTED CONTENT - A social networking service initiates a custom resolution process when a receiving user indicates objection to a message posted by a posting user. In embodiments, the networking service provides interfaces to the receiving user to obtain information about the user's intended goal, and to elicit information from the user about the context of the user's objection. The networking service analyzes the received information to determine an emotional context associated with the objection. Based on the emotional context and also based on additional social context information associated with the two users, the networking service presents customized resolution options to the receiving user. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149888 | VISUALIZING REACH OF POSTED CONTENT IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - Effects of content communications propagated to users of a social networking system may be tracked and measured by the social networking system. Identifiers of content presented to users within a time period before the users interact with the content are recorded. As users interact with the content, additional data describing the interactions with the content and the users interacting with the content are stored. Various metrics may be determined from the data describing interactions with the content. For example including virality metrics and reach metrics, may be determined and presented to the user that posted the content. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149889 | INPUT ASSOCIATIONS FOR TOUCH SENSITIVE SURFACE - There is disclosed a method of collaborative working at a touch sensitive surface of a collaborative input system, the method comprising: a. selecting, by touch, at the touch sensitive surface, a displayed icon; b. providing further inputs, by touch, at the touch sensitive surface, wherein the further inputs are associated with the selected icon. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149890 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING DATA - Examples of the present disclosure provide a method and device for displaying data. The method includes the follows. Buddy data of user A is pulled. User data of a user, who uses an Application Program (APP) selected by user A, is pulled. User data of a user, who uses the APP and is a buddy of user A, is selected, based on the pulled buddy data and the pulled user data. The selected user data is displayed. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149891 | USING CUSTOM RTF COMMANDS TO EXTEND CHAT FUNCTIONALITY - A device identifies a location for a custom RFT command in a message. The custom RTF command is stored in the identified location of the message. The device also receives such messages and detects the custom RTF command in the message and acts upon the detected RTF command. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149892 | METHOD FOR BROWSING THE INTERNET USING COMMUNICATION SESSIONS - A method for browsing websites, search engine results, cloud application projects, and desktop application files using communication sessions such as blogs, forums, and chat rooms. This method enables users to create communication sessions with titles associated with a webpage, a search keyword, a cloud application, or a desktop application; display the titles once the webpage, search keyword, cloud application, or desktop application is opened on the computer display; and open a communication session by selecting its title on the computer screen. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149893 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUAL ANALYSIS OF ON-IMAGE GESTURES - A method and system for providing at least a link to a content item related to a multimedia content element respective of an on-image gesture. The method comprises receiving, from a user device, at least on-image gesture and the multimedia content element; analyzing the at least on-image gesture determine at least one portion of the multimedia content element that a user is interested in; generating at least one signature for each of the at least a portion; determining a content item corresponding to the at least one identified portion of multimedia content, wherein the determination is based in part on a type of the at least on-image gesture; and modifying the received multimedia content element to include at least a link to an informative resource containing the content item. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149894 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - An electronic apparatus, a display control system, a display control method, and a display control program stored on a recording medium, each of which determines one or more display components to be displayed together with an application user interface, using display size information, priority order information, and display condition information that are previously stored for each one of the display components. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149895 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM TO GENERATE A USER INTERFACE FOR ANALYTICAL MODELS - Embodiments relate to a method to dynamically generate a user interface for computing a prediction on analytical models. The analytical models received from a computing device are parsed by a processor of a server to extract a plurality of analytical metadata and the extracted plurality of analytical metadata is stored in a set of metadata tables. Analytical relationship information from the one or more analytical models is extracted for scoring using the stored plurality of analytical metadata and is stored in a set of relationship tables created by the processor. The user interface is generated using the stored plurality of analytical metadata and displayed on computing device for receiving one or more inputs for each of the data entry fields from a user. The prediction is computed by applying the stored analytical relationship information on the received one or more inputs and displaying the computed prediction on the user interface. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149896 | FOR-YOUR-INFORMATION EVENTS - A for-your-information event can be received in a computer system. The for-your-information event can include an event time field that indicates a scheduled time for the for-your-information event. The computer system may not automatically block the scheduled time of the for-your-information event on a calendar in response to receiving the for-your-information event. User input indicating that the for-your-information event is to be converted to a regular event can be received. In response to the user input, the computer system can convert the for-your-information event to a regular event. Converting the for-your information event can include automatically including the scheduled time of the for-your-information event as a scheduled time for the converted regular event. Also in response to the user input, the computer system can automatically block the scheduled time of the for-your-information event on the calendar. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149897 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM TO DESIGNATE CONTENT RETRIEVAL ON AN INTERACTIVE DISPLAY - Disclosed is a method, computer program product and a system configured, in response to a user placing one or more markings at a first location on a display screen, creating a mapping between data representing the one or more markings; saving the data in a file that is identified at least in part by the mapping; and in response to the user inputting a command to retrieve the markings, retrieving the data from the file based on the mapping and rendering markings on the display screen at a second location specified by the user. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149898 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM TO DESIGNATE CONTENT RETRIEVAL ON AN INTERACTIVE DISPLAY - Disclosed is a system configured, in response to a user placing one or more markings at a first location on a display screen, to create a mapping between data representing the one or more markings; to save the data in a file that is identified at least in part by the mapping; and in response to the user inputting a command to retrieve the markings, to retrieve the data from the file based on the mapping and to render markings on the display screen at a second location specified by the user. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149899 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING OPERATION STATES OF MODULES INCLUDED IN COMPUTER SYSTEM - A method for obtaining and displaying operation states of a plurality of modules of a system. The operation state of one module that is carrying out a current function is acquired along with the operation states of a module set that is being used by the one module in carrying out its current function, wherein the module set may itself include a plurality of individual modules. Thereby, the latest operation states of the one module and its module set are acquired without inquiring of the operating state of each individual module that makes up the one module and its module set. Thus, the latest operation states of the individual modules included in the system can be displayed without imposing extra loads on the modules, i.e., without imposing extra negative influence on the current function being carried out, and/or on essential operations of the system. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149900 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING AND NAVIGATING EMBEDDED USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS - A method and system to define attributes of a plurality of interactive user interface elements, the attributes including, at least, a textual descriptor and a value representation of an associated data element; associate at least one of the interactive user interface elements into a group of user interface elements; and display, embedded in a user interface of a first application, the group including a presentation of the textual descriptor and the value representation of the associated data element for each interactive user interface element in the group. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149901 | Gesture Input to Group and Control Items - In one embodiment, a method receives a gesture via a touchscreen of an electronic device. The touchscreen displays a set of objects that are used to control a set of controllable devices. The method then determines the gesture is a command to group a plurality of objects together and joins the plurality of objects as a single group. The plurality of objects correspond to a plurality of controllable devices. A control to apply to the single group is determined in response to receiving the gesture where the control is applied to the plurality of controllable devices to cause the plurality of controllable devices to perform a function together. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149902 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY - An electronic device includes a processor to execute an interface module to cause an interface to be displayed on a touch sensitive display. The interface includes a slide button, a path, and a character panel. The slide button is slidable along the path, and the character panel includes a number of characters. The processor is used to determine a position of the slide button where a sliding direction of the slide button changes from a first direction to a second direction opposite the first direction, and further used to determine one of the characters corresponding to the position and select the one of the characters. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149903 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE BASED ON PHYSICAL ENGINE AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method for operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes setting a virtual physical field in at least one region in a screen, mapping a UI object to be displayed in the at least one region to at least one virtual physical object in the physical field, assigning a physical attribute to the at least one virtual physical object, determining a state of the at least one physical object on the basis of the physical field and the physical attribute of the UI object by using a physical engine, the state including at least one of a location, a form, a shape, and a color, and displaying the UI object according to the state of the at least one virtual physical object. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149904 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus displays a list of a plurality of objects on a display unit, and, if a first selection instruction to select one of the displayed objects is input, assigns layout order to the selected object. If a second selection instruction to collectively select a plurality of the displayed objects is input, the information processing apparatus assigns layout order to the selected plurality of objects in order continuous with the layout order already assigned to the object and based on a predetermined condition. According to the information processing apparatus, a user can assign specified desired order to each individual object while automatically and collectively assigning order to a plurality of objects based on the predetermined condition. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149905 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND PAGE NAVIGATION METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device and a page navigation method thereof for facilitating navigation among pages are provided. The method disclosure includes displaying a first page, detecting a touch gesture requesting navigation to a second page on a screen displaying the first page, displaying the second page overlapped with the first page upon detection of the touch gesture, changing a transparency of at least one of the first and second pages according to a distance between a current touch point and an initial touch point of the touch gesture, and displaying, when the touch gesture is released, one of the first and second pages. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149906 | Electronic Bookshelf - According to one embodiment, one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media may embody software that is operable, when executed, to present, on a display, a plurality of applications available for execution. The software may further receive a selection of an application from the plurality of applications and communicate a request associated with the application in response to receiving the selection. The software may then receive, in response to the request, the application in a packaged form. The packaged form may correspond to an operating system associated with the media. The software may also unpackage the application in order for the application to be executed and present, on the display, the results of executing the application. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149907 | TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A method for operating a terminal includes: receiving an input of a first gesture that indicates at least a partial area in a document displayed on the terminal; receiving an input of a second gesture that corresponds to a specific function; and performing the specific function with respect to contents of the document that are included in the at least the partial area in the document. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149908 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING APPLICATIONS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method controls an electronic device. The method includes detecting a folder display event. The method also includes, in response to detecting the event, displaying a folder and simultaneously displaying a quick menu window including at least one application included in the folder on an area adjacent to the folder without any input with respect to the folder. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149909 | ON-SCREEN GEAR SELECTOR FOR AUTOMATIC TRASMISSION - An on-screen gear selector for an automatic transmission, which provides an interface between the driver and the automatic transmission. The gear selector provides the current selection by the driver to the transmission control unit. The virtual on-screen gear selector provides safety and security features, and is incorporated into the software of the gear selector, such as not allowing the transmission to change from park until the brake pedal is depressed, or not allowing the transmission to change from drive to a lower gear or reverse if the speed of the vehicle is above a predetermined value, thereby avoiding damage to the transmission. The use of the on-screen gear selector also provides the benefit of reducing space and weight of the vehicle, by having less mechanical parts. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149910 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING MEDICAL IMAGE ACQUISITION INFORMATION AND MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A method of displaying information relating to medical image acquisition includes: identifying execution procedures for acquiring medical images of an object; generating a state display bar including buttons relating to the execution procedures; and displaying the state display bar on a screen. The buttons are arranged on the state display bar and one of the buttons corresponding to one of the execution procedures has a length that is different from lengths of all or some of other buttons corresponding to other execution procedures. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149911 | ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AND APPLICATION FOR SAME - Disclosed is a musical instrument simulator executable on a portable computing device to cause the portable computing device to: display a first interface defining a plurality of keys and at least one key modifier; and generate a target sound in response to a user manipulation of one or more of the plurality of keys and the at least one key modifier. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149912 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING A PHYSICAL VIEW OF A DEVICE - An apparatus and methods are disclosed for displaying a physical view of a monitored device. The apparatus for displaying a physical view of a device is provided with a plurality of modules configured to functionally execute the steps of displaying a physical representation of a device, generating a plurality of grid lines in association with a predetermined portion of the physical representation of the device, and displaying an icon configured to convey information regarding a status of the device, wherein the icon is displayed within an area defined by the plurality of grid lines. These modules in the described embodiments include a rendering module, a grid module, and a status module. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149913 | ELECTRONIC CALENDAR APPLICATION - A portable electronic device including a calendar application having a personalized background media, a touch screen operable to display a calendar entry and to display varying timescales, wherein the calendar application determines one or more recommended background media based on analysis of the calendar entry or timescale, and changes the personalized background media of the calendar application to one of the recommended images. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149914 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING USER INTERFACE IN ACCORDANCE WITH USER'S INTENTION - A user interface is controlled to support a user using an image processing apparatus which can perform a task, for example, for storing image data obtained by a scanner in a memory or printing the image by a printer. Ina display apparatus which can display a user interface including operation items, a user's intention is estimated, and an operation by the user for specifying a task is supported. For example, statuses of an image input unit and an image accept unit relating to execution of the task are monitored, and display forms of the operation items are varied in accordance with results of the monitoring. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149915 | Devices, Systems and Methods for Managing Custom Alpha Tags - Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for a subscriber of services on a network to display a custom operator name or alpha tag on the subscriber mobile communications device. The custom alpha tag (or operator name) is selected or defined by the subscriber via an interface on a communications device, and a custom operator name request is submitted to a provisioning logic on the network. The provisioning logic communicates with business rule logic on the network, the business rule logic being configured to retrieve and/or update a first account associated with the subscriber with the custom operator name. A billing logic within a billing subsystem may be invoked to debit a second account associated with the subscriber. A programming logic on the network then updates one or more mobile devices with the custom alpha tag. The several logic units may be part of an Over-the-air (OTA) platform on the network. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149916 | CONTENT MANIPULATION USING SWIPE GESTURE RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY - A method of manipulation of content provided by a hosting server using swipe gesture recognition on a user device having a touch input display. The method includes storing the content, combined with a swipe gesture recognition module to form a content package, on the hosting server. The swipe gesture recognition module is associated with at least one displayable content element of the content. The method further includes receiving, at the hosting server, a request for the content package from the user device and transmitting the content package from the hosting server to the user device for display by an application running on the user device. A defined action is applied to the at least one displayable content element if it is determined that a swipe gesture has occurred on the at least one displayable content element. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149917 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MAPPING HEALTHCARE SERVICES ANALYTICS FOR VOLUME AND TRENDS - Certain examples provide systems and methods for analysis and graphical visualization of healthcare services data. Certain examples provide a healthcare services analysis and visualization system. The system includes a data store to store data related to healthcare services provided in at least one geographic region. The system also includes a processor to retrieve and sort data from the data store based on one or more criteria, analyze the sorted data, and transform the sorted data into a geographical map representation of the healthcare services data. The system includes a user interface to display the geographical map representation of the healthcare services data and facilitate user review and interaction with the geographical map representation and the underlying healthcare services data. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149918 | TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGEMENT AND PRESENTATION OF CONTENT - Techniques are disclosed that involve providing enhanced user experiences involving the consumption and management of content. For instance, embodiments provide user interface elements that present information regarding content that overcomes barriers or silos between application and platforms. Examples of such user interface elements include a three dimensional carousel, a preview stack, a favorites button, and a My Channel user interface. Also, embodiments may provide techniques for obtaining contextual content. Such techniques include, but are not limited to, zooming mechanisms and combining (or “mashup”) mechanisms. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149919 | DEVICES, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR PERFORMING ACTIONS RELATED TO SELECTED MESSAGES IN A MESSAGE IN-BOX AND FOR TRANSFERRING CALLS - Telephonic computing devices having touch screen displays with new and improved methods and user interfaces for performing actions related to selected messages in a message in-box and for transferring calls, thereby increasing the effectiveness, efficiency, and user satisfaction with such devices. Such methods, devices, and interfaces may complement or replace existing methods, devices, and interfaces for performing actions related to selected messages in a message in-box and for transferring calls. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149920 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR SWITCHING APPLICATION PROGRAMS - A system switches application programs in an electronic device by storing data identifying a plurality of category groups of application programs, grouped based at least on application function. The system detects a manipulation operation command input for manipulation of operation of a first application program. In response to the manipulation operation command, the system uses the stored category group data in providing the user with displayed data identifying a second application program of at least one of, (a) the first category group and (b) a second category group of the plurality of category groups, different to the first category group. The system initiates execution of the second application in response to user selection of the second application program via the displayed data. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149921 | Using Clamping to Modify Scrolling - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving user input to scroll within a GUI on a touch screen. The user input includes a touch gesture having a path that includes a starting point and one or more other points on the touch screen. The computing device determines regions of the touch screen defined with respect to the starting point. A first one of the regions corresponds to a first scrolling axis, and a second one of the regions corresponds to a second scrolling axis perpendicular to the first scrolling axis. If the path corresponds to the first region, then the computing device scrolls within the GUI according to the user input linearly and parallel to the first scrolling axis. If the path corresponds to the second region, then the computing device scrolls within the GUI according to the user input linearly and parallel to the second scrolling axis. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149922 | Infinite Bi-Directional Scrolling - In one embodiment, a method includes providing for display to a user content including multiple content objects that each have a boundary defining a two-dimensional area. A two-dimensional scroll region for user scrolling within the content is determined. The two-dimensional scroll region is independent of the two-dimensional areas of the content objects. User input to scroll within the content in one or both of the two dimensions across one or more of the boundaries is received. The method includes scrolling within the content according to the user input, the scrolling being continuous across the boundaries. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149923 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus cyclically scrolls contents displayed on a predetermined display area when a user operation on a touch panel for scrolling a part of contents displayed on the display area is detected among a plurality of contents. The scrolling is stopped or decelerated when the boundary of the plurality of contents has been scrolled up to an end of the display area. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149924 | LOGGED EVENT FREQUENCY VISUALIZATION - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for logged event frequency visualization. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for logged event frequency visualization is provided. The method includes loading into memory of a computer system a set of logged data entries and associated time stamps from a data store of log entries and computing in the computer system a frequency of logging for each of the logged data entries. The method additionally includes concurrently displaying in a log viewer both the logged data entries and also a visualization of the frequency of logging for each of the logged data entries. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149925 | DISPLAYING SYSTEM WITH NAVIGATION FUNCTION AND DISPLAYING METHOD THEREOF - A displaying system with a navigation function and displaying method thereof produce a navigation element with at least one link block in a displaying block. Each of the link blocks corresponds to a function element. When a click operation is detected on one link block, the scroll element is triggered for displaying the function element corresponding to the clicked link block in a viewable area of the displaying block. The mechanism helps improve browsing. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149926 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR ARRANGING A PLURALITY OF ITEMS AUTOMATICALLY IN A CANVAS - An apparatus arranges a plurality of items automatically in a form of collage in a canvas while maintaining the original size ratio between the items. The apparatus includes: an arrangement position selecting unit determining a position of a cell which is divided to arrange a k-th item among the respective cells having k− | 2014-05-29 |
20140149927 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A display device and method of controlling the same is provided. The method of controlling the display device that displays multiple windows comprises displaying a first window in which a first application is running and a second window in which a second application is running, setting respective priorities for the first window and the second window, and controlling a brightness of the first window and the second window in a differential manner based on the priorities. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149928 | PRESENTATION OF IMAGE ON DISPLAY SCREEN WITH COMBINATION CROP AND ROTATION AND WITH AUTO-RESIZING OF CROP FIELD - A portable electronic device, computer program product, and method of presenting image information on a display with combined cropping and rotation selection and auto-resizing of cropped portion of the displayed image. A processor accepts a selection of a portion of a displayed image in a selection rectangle frame over the displayed image, based on detecting a first gesture. The processor determines a request for rotation of the displayed selection rectangle frame based on detecting a second gesture. The processor then rotates the selection rectangle frame on the displayed image and resizes the selection rectangle frame while maintaining it within the outer boundaries of the displayed image. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149929 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGE REGISTRATION - A system and method for providing processable data associated with anatomical images may provide a user interface including a pivot and stem tool via which to align multiple images, a flashlight bar for viewing portions of an overlaid image, and/or user-movable markers for establishing a location of one or more anatomical landmarks with regions of one or more images. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149930 | USER INTERFACE - An electronic device comprising: a display; a housing enclosing the display and defining an exterior surface region adjacent to the display, the exterior surface region having a plurality of surface zones indicated thereon, the surface zones being capable of being written on by a user to save a written marking thereon; a memory; and user input apparatus; the device having: a first mode in which the device performs a function in respect of a subject entity and in which in response to operation of the user input apparatus to indicate one of the zones the device stores the entity in the memory in association with that zone; and a second mode in which in response to selection of a zone by means of the user input apparatus the device performs a function in respect of an entity stored in association with the selected zone. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149931 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a setting controller, a display processor, and a saving storage processor. The setting controller sets a plurality of areas on a desktop screen in accordance with a screen layout for the desktop screen comprising a plurality of regions. The display processor allocates an application window on the desktop screen to one of the plurality of areas to display the application window in the one of the plurality of areas. The saving storage processor automatically saves setting information when the application window is allocated to the one of the plurality of areas and is displayed in the one of the plurality of areas. | 2014-05-29 |
20140149932 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A TAPESTRY PRESENTATION - A system and methods are provided for presenting a tapestry interface including graphical elements for a plurality of assets. In one embodiment, a method includes displaying a tapestry interface by a device for a plurality of assets, wherein the tapestry interface is an arrangement of graphical elements associated with the plurality of assets, the graphical elements having relevance based sizing and detecting a user input to the device, the input associated with at least one asset displayed in the tapestry interface. The method may also include displaying one or more graphical elements in a graphical display pane based on the user input, the one or more graphical elements for locating assets of the tapestry presentation. | 2014-05-29 |