Display Processing Patents (Class 715/273)
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Patent number: 9037968Abstract: A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for communicating information in a virtual environment are presented. A graphical user interface is provided to a user, where the graphical user interface displays a virtual environment that includes one or more virtual objects. A virtual object may be linked to a section of a digital document. Selection of the virtual objects in the virtual environment by the user is monitored. Information regarding the section of the digital document is communicated to the user based on receiving an indication that a virtual object is selected.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2012Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Zynga Inc.Inventors: William Pringle, Sean Hanley, Jay Monahan
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Publication number: 20150135067Abstract: One or more embodiments of techniques or systems for intelligent data presentation are provided herein. Data can be presented on similar devices having different characteristics in different manners. For example, data may be rendered in a first manner on a first device having one monitor, the same data may be rendered in a second manner on a second device having two displays or a different display size. Financial information, sales data, banking information, etc. may be presented in a variety of ways based on capabilities or properties of a device accessing the information or data. Similarly, renderings may be selected based on interaction capabilities or interaction options a user may have with different renderings or presentations. In other embodiments, user interaction with an automated teller machine (ATM), call center, vehicle, or other interface can be based on device properties or device capabilities.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2013Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Stephen M. Ellis, Bipin Sahni, David Hatch, Shahid Razzaq
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Patent number: 9032286Abstract: An image processing apparatus can conduct communication with a terminal through a network, and includes a storage, a communication unit, and a changing unit. The storage stores a setting Web page which is of a Web page used to change a setting of the image processing apparatus. The communication unit transmits the setting Web page to the terminal on a request from the terminal. The changing unit changes the setting of the image processing apparatus when a request is made to the setting Web page from the terminal. The setting Web page includes a description that notifies another image processing apparatus, which can conduct communication with the terminal, of a setting content of the image processing apparatus, the setting content being input to the setting Web page from the terminal.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2012Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Takashi Sugaya
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Patent number: 9032285Abstract: A method for extracting web content includes detecting, within a web page, a hierarchical structure that includes a plurality of nodes. Potential article nodes from the plurality of nodes are identified. The identified potential article node with a highest rank in the hierarchical structure is identified as an article node. Content is extracted from the article node.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2009Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Sam Liu, Parag Joshi, Yuhong Xiong, Clayton Atkins, Jerry Liu
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Patent number: 9032290Abstract: A social networking system includes a mechanism for integrating user actions on objects outside of the social networking system in the social graph. External system operators include widgets that, when executed by user devices, record user interactions that correspond to a defined structure of actions and objects. Third party operators utilize a tool provided by the social networking system to define the structure of actions and objects. External actions are recorded by the social networking system for publishing to the social graph.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2011Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Brynn Shepherd, Carl Philip Sjogreen, Vladimir Fedorov, Naitik Shah, Edward Kenneth O'Neil, Lars Eilstrup Rasmussen, Paul Tarjan, Michael Steven Vernal, Arthur George Rudolph
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Publication number: 20150128034Abstract: A method of case management includes receiving a plurality of previously executed case instances, receiving a selection of current case attributes and at least one candidate case outcome during runtime of a currently executing case instance, and generating a visual representation of case distributions using the previously executed case instances. The visual representation depicts a correlation between the current case attributes and the at least one candidate case outcome, and is generated using analytics applied to the plurality of previously executed case instances.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2014Publication date: May 7, 2015Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: FRANCISCO CURBERA, Matthew J. Duftler, Geetika T. Lakshmanan, Nirmal K. Mukhi, Szabolcs Rozsnyai, Aleksander A. Slominski
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Patent number: 9026906Abstract: A method and system to generate a user interface for an application, the user interface including a plurality of screen items, and each screen item being rendered based on associated screen item data. An output preview is generated and includes at least one preview item representative of a corresponding one of the plurality of screen items. Each preview item in the output preview is linked to the screen item data associated with the corresponding screen item, and is rendered in the output preview based on the linked screen item data.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2009Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: SAP SEInventors: Jackson Mathai, Johan Christiaan Peters
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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING AND NAVIGATING BOOKMARKS IN A SET OF ELECTRONIC READING MATERIAL
Publication number: 20150121212Abstract: An improved mechanism is provided for presenting and navigating bookmarks in a set of electronic reading material (ERM). In one implementation, when a portion of an ERM is displayed, a graphical element, which represents the contents of the ERM, is also displayed. A current location indicator and one or more bookmark indicators are further displayed on or within proximity of the graphical element to show where, within the ERM, the currently displayed portion is located and where bookmarks are located. This provides a useful graphical overview to a user. In addition, the mechanism may facilitate navigation to a bookmark by enabling a user to select one of the bookmark indicators to navigate directly to that bookmark. The mechanism may also enable a user to navigate sequentially from bookmark to bookmark using a previous bookmark control and/or a next bookmark control. With these capabilities, bookmark presentation and navigation are improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2013Publication date: April 30, 2015Applicant: Apollo Group, Inc.Inventors: Johnathan Anderson, Uri Leshno, Holger Buerger -
Patent number: 9021351Abstract: Apparatus, method and program product set output characteristics of at least one device of a multifunction image processing system by displaying an initial output image for setting the output image on the display screen; displaying an output setting menu 230 related to a position on the output image according to an operator's indication input made at the position; updating the output image according to operator's setting operations on the setting menu; and displaying the updated output image as the final output image upon completing the setting. The setting menu is displayed in response to the operator's indication input made at the position on the output image and the setting operation input to the position by the operator.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2008Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Nao Takekawa, Kazuto Yamafuji
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Patent number: 9021353Abstract: Information is camouflaged to permit discreet access of the information at times when it is otherwise inappropriate to access the information. Information is camouflaged for computer device display by analyzing visual characteristics of baseline information designated to be displayed on a portion of an electronic display and causing the electronic display to display replacement information within a region of the electronic display in place of information or content that would normally be displayed within the region. The replacement information visually conforms to the visual characteristics so as to be camouflaged within other information displayed outside the region. An input/output interface may be at least intermittently displayed within a section of the region to permit a user to interact with a data stream providing the replacement information. When the input/output interface is displayed, it may also be camouflaged to conform to the visual characteristics of the baseline information.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2011Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Inventor: Jonathan Zornow
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Publication number: 20150113395Abstract: A method of processing a document by an electronic device is provided. The method includes displaying, by a display unit, a document, detecting selected areas in the displayed document, extracting information from the detected selected areas, generating the extracted information as lists, and storing the lists together with link information of documents where the lists are located, wherein the lists are stored as one document list.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventors: Moonsoo KIM, Dasom LEE, Kwangtai KIM
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Publication number: 20150113393Abstract: A system and method for prioritizing for display attribute data on an attribute map is herein disclosed. In this embodiment, the method for prioritizing for display attribute data on an attribute map can comprise the step storing in a data store a shape within a geographic region. The shape linked with attribute data. The attribute data comprising a first attribute entries for the shape regarding a first attribute. The attribute data further comprising second attribute entries relating to a second attribute. Additionally, the method further comprising the steps determining a priority first attribute entry based a first characteristic of the second attribute entries and displaying on an attribute map on a screen the shape comprising one a first visual representation based on one of the second priority entries having a database relationship to the priority first database entry.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2013Publication date: April 23, 2015Applicant: eQuisition, LLC.Inventors: James Norman Burgin, Heather Womble, Robert Gould
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Publication number: 20150113394Abstract: A document management system has a function of displaying documents in a form of threads based on relevance among the documents and dividing the threads into containers for display, the containers each including at least one document and having a date/time attribute. The document management system determines an order in which a plurality of threads are arranged, displays one container included in one of the plurality of threads, selects, from among the containers included in another thread adjacent to the one of the plurality of threads in the determined arrangement order, the container that is most relevant to the currently displayed one container, and controls the displaying so that the container is moved from the currently displayed one container to the selected container for display.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventor: Kazunari Yamanakajima
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Patent number: 9009849Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a method for sharing digital images on an image-sharing application, wherein a digital image is received from a user, the digital image including a first access setting defined by the user. A user-defined select region is identified on the digital image with a processor, wherein the select region includes a second access setting. Access to the digital image is permitted with an access controller based on the first access setting; and, access to the select region is permitted with the access controller based on the second access setting. In at least one embodiment, the digital image is displayed only to a first group of individuals based on the first access setting; and, the select region is displayed only to a second group of individuals based on the second access setting.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2012Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David B. Lection, William G. Pagan
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Patent number: 9009585Abstract: A method of creating a software wizard. The method involves receiving, by a computer, an instruction to create a wizard, displaying by the computer one or more forms, created before receiving the instruction to create the wizard, receiving by the computer one or more customization instructions of at least one of the displayed one or more forms and storing a file defining a wizard including the displayed one or more forms as customized by the one or more customization instructions.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2008Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignees: Avaya Technology LLC, Avaya Communication Israel Ltd.Inventors: Ronen Ben Chetrit, Dan Gluskin, Nimrod Dezent, Itai Ephraim Zilbershtein, Kurt H. Haserodt
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Patent number: 9009587Abstract: A browser locking tool for an information handling system (IHS) may prevent data loss on a webpage. The browser locking tool may prevent navigation away from the webpage by both browser level navigation controls and webpage level navigation controls. Alternatively, the browser locking tool may allow navigation away from the webpage when the navigation should not cause data loss.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2012Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Robert Dale Wilhelm, Derek Ryan Brewer, Michael Bockus
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Patent number: 9007613Abstract: A secure mobile printing method and system allow a user to unlock remotely submitted print jobs without having to remember job identifiers and without imposing onerous barcoding requirements on printer firmware or requiring the user to scroll through a list of print jobs on a printer's front panel display screen. An exemplary method, performed on a mobile device, comprises initiating a print job, assigning a job identifier for the print job, selecting a printer for the print job, sending to the selected printer the print job and the job identifier whereby the print job is locked on the selected printer, imaging a printed printer identification code (PIC) on an exposed surface of the selected printer, resolving the printed PIC image to the job identifier, and sending to the selected printer the job identifier whereby the print job is unlocked.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.Inventor: William John Vojak
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Patent number: 9003555Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a method for sharing digital images on an image-sharing application, wherein a digital image is received from a user, the digital image including a first access setting defined by the user. A user-defined select region is identified on the digital image with a processor, wherein the select region includes a second access setting. Access to the digital image is permitted with an access controller based on the first access setting; and, access to the select region is permitted with the access controller based on the second access setting. In at least one embodiment, the digital image is displayed only to a first group of individuals based on the first access setting; and, the select region is displayed only to a second group of individuals based on the second access setting.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2012Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David B. Lection, William G. Pagan
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Patent number: 9003281Abstract: To provide a user with an easily understandable help document, the MFP capable of executing a plurality of processes includes a process designation accepting portion to accept designation of at least one of the plurality of processes, a workflow generating portion to generate workflow definition data defining the one or more processes accepted, and a help document generating portion to generate a help document corresponding to the generated workflow. The help document generating portion includes a summary page generating portion to generate a summary page having listed thereon process names for identification of the one or more processes defined by the corresponding workflow definition data.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2008Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventor: Masaya Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20150095772Abstract: A statistical process is performed on a plurality of differential data between a collection of finalized values of parameters, which have been set a plurality of times in the past (finalized value data), and a collection of initial values represented by a data template. In addition, a result image, which indicates the results of the statistical process, is generated. In a case where a user interface calls up a new data template and displays a collection of initial values therefor, the user interface simultaneously displays the result image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventor: Masashi KURANOSHITA
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Publication number: 20150095771Abstract: A system and method include determining a context of a user via a mobile device having a processor and a memory device, selecting a journal using the processor based on the determined context of the user, determining an application corresponding to the journal using the processor, and opening the selected journal in the loaded application using the processor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2013Publication date: April 2, 2015Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Elif Karakaya, Howard J. Locker, Matthew Lloyd Hagenbuch, Matthew Price Roper
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Patent number: 8996542Abstract: Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a hierarchical data set may be displayed in a database view in a content window of a program or graphical user interface. A filter panel may display one or more categories of information about the hierarchical data set including one or more filterable items that may be selected by a user. In response to a user selection, filtered contents of the hierarchical data set may be displayed in the database view according to the selection to allow a user to navigate the hierarchical dataset via the database view. In one or more embodiments, the hierarchical data set may comprise a file system.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2006Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Adobe Systems IncorporatedInventors: Arno Gourdol, Wade Heninger
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Patent number: 8996038Abstract: A method for displaying an idle screen, which is varied depending on a specific condition of a mobile communication terminal, for better graphic impressions. When the user of the mobile communication terminal travels between countries, and a border crossing is detected, a landmark image of a corresponding country is displayed on the idle screen. In addition, an animation effect is displayed on the idle screen so as to inform of the occurrence of the corresponding event. Accordingly, a novel graphic effect is provided to the user via a user interface having enhanced entertaining features.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung-Hwan Baek, Jin-Yong Kim, Kyoung-Sik Yoon, Hee-Woong Choi, In-Won Jong, Hee-Kyung Jeon
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Publication number: 20150089358Abstract: Techniques for managing display of content include identifying a document to present to a user on a graphical user interface (GUI); extracting at least one property of the document, the property including metadata associated with the document; determining a correlation between the document and one or more document topics associated with the user; determining an amount of time to display a portion of the document to the user through the GUI based at least in part on the property and the correlation; and displaying the portion of the document to the user through the GUI for the determined amount of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2013Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventors: Wen-Syan Li, Gufei Sun, Heng Wang
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Patent number: 8988715Abstract: In a touch panel environment, it is difficult to notice when a printer driver displays a user interface and whether processing is waiting for an input from a user at the time of printing. When print setting information requiring that a printer driver displays a message dialogue for prompting a user's input at the time of printing is set, an information processing apparatus activates software operated in a desktop environment in a process different from print processing.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2013Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Takeshi Tarumi
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Patent number: 8990686Abstract: A navigable view of objects (e.g. charts, tables, graphs, data sources, individual sheets of a workbook, . . .) that are obtained from one or more electronic object sources are displayed as graphical objects. The objects may be automatically/manually organized within the navigable display (e.g. by type, by sheet, by relationship, by data source, . . .). A user may navigate through the displayed objects. For example, a user may zoom in on an object to see a full screen version of the object. When zoomed in on an object, the navigable display may be panned (e.g. left, right, up or down) to see adjacent objects. From one object, the user may explore related elements using the same shared data (e.g. exploring a table object also shows a data source element). A user may also perform supported operations on the objects (e.g. sort/filter/drill down/drill up) that affect a display of the related objects.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2011Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Amy Lin, Gabhan Berry
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Publication number: 20150082137Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for providing a calculated measure from one or more existing measures of a data object. Actions include receiving data associated with the data object, displaying a data visualization based on the data, the data visualization being displayed within a graphical user interface (GUI), receiving user input, the user input defining the calculated measure, the calculated measure being a function of at least one existing measure of the data object, at least one dimension of the data object, and an aggregation schema, and providing a modified data visualization for display, the modified data visualization including the calculated measure.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2013Publication date: March 19, 2015Applicant: Business Objects Software Ltd.Inventor: Emmanuel Zarpas
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Publication number: 20150082161Abstract: An approach is provided for an information handling system to present knowledge-based information. In the approach, a semantic analysis is performed on the document with the analysis resulting in various sets of semantic content. Each of the sets of semantic content corresponds to an area in the document. The areas of the document are visually highlighted using visual indicators that show the availability of the sets of semantic content to a user via a user interface. In response to a user selection, such as a selection using the user interface or a user specified configuration setting, a selected set of semantic content is displayed to the user using the interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2014Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventors: Donna K. Byron, Krishna Kummamuru, Alexander Pikovsky, Timothy Winkler
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Publication number: 20150082160Abstract: The system provides a method and apparatus for sorting and displaying collections of communications. These communications can be a single type or multiple types of data and may come from email systems, bulletin boards, text messages, Facebook and Twitter postings and comments, financial transactions, travel itineraries or any other type of communications. The communications represented by the system can be electronic or physical as desired. The system can also present forwarded, copied, replied, or other types of communications. In one embodiment, the system provides a Universe View of a set of communications. The Universe View, in one embodiment, is a three dimensional representation of a plurality of cubes. Each cube represents a subset of a collection of communications. Each cube can be color coded or shaded to represent a dominant theme of the contents of the communications represented by the cube.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2014Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventors: Carl Mandel, David Mandel, Brian Fudge, Lew Roth, Gregory Bolcer, Gerry Deckert
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Patent number: 8984401Abstract: An apparatus for displaying sub page content includes a display unit, a storage unit, and a processing unit. The apparatus communicates with a network server. The processing unit obtains a webpage from the network server and one or more sub pages linked to the webpage. The display unit displays a first window for displaying label of each sub page designating a type which is binding with each sub page. The processing unit controls the display unit to display a second window for displaying the sub page content of the label displayed on the first window which is determined to be selected according to whether operation position of user's operation performed on the first window is on the area of the label of sub page displayed. A related method is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2012Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shih-Fang Wong, Xin Lu, Yao-Hua Liu, Xi Lin
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Patent number: 8982145Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for generating and providing display error indications. In one aspect, a method includes accessing data defining display areas and, for each display area: respective display area borders that are different from display area borders of other display areas; and display data for each of a plurality of objects that are rendered in the display area, the display data defining, for each object: a display position of the object; display dimensions of the object; and content data defining content of the object; wherein each object in each display area corresponds to a respective object in each other display area; receiving user input specifying a change in the display data of a first object in a first display area and, in response, determining whether the change causes a display error; and for each display area for which the change causes a display error, generating an error indication.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2012Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Nestor F. Hernandez, Dmitriy Portnov, Mengya Tang, Ankit Jain
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Patent number: 8976393Abstract: An image forming apparatus to support a near field communication (NFC) function receives address book information stored in a user terminal by tagging the user terminal, and generates a quick menu in which image forming functions related to the received address book information are listed and displays the quick menu on a user interface unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2013Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jea-hong Park, Dae-hyun Kim, Sung-joon Park
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Patent number: 8977951Abstract: A system receives an identification of an electronic form that contains a set of objects. At least one object allows a user, via a graphical user interface, to provide input to the object. The system identifies a set of objects from the electronic form to be included within a panel used by a wizard to complete the electronic form. The system generates the panel for presentation by the wizard. The panel allows the user to provide input to those objects on that panel.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2006Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Adobe Systems IncorporatedInventors: Christopher H. M. Ethier, Trevor H. Ward, Keith R. McLellan, Anthony R. Rumsey
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Patent number: 8977957Abstract: An image processing apparatus displays a preview image of an input job and a method controls the apparatus. The apparatus determines an attribute of an object included in an input job, analyzes the job while switching the degree of the precision of analysis of the job based on a user-specified display size and the attribute of the object, and generates and displays a preview image of the job based on the analysis results.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2010Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kenta Matsui
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Patent number: 8972856Abstract: A method for modifying a document at a client-side application is disclosed. The method involves receiving a user-requested document at a client-side application from a server; querying a database by the client-side application with entities in the user-requested document, where at least one entity is associated with entity information stored in the database; in response to querying the database, receiving the entity information associated with the at least one entity at the client-side application; modifying the user-requested document at the client-side application to obtain a modified document, where modifying the document comprises adding the entity information or a link to the entity information associated with the at least one entity; and displaying the modified document with the client-side application.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2008Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventor: Prashanth Channabasavaiah
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Publication number: 20150058721Abstract: A method and a device are disclosed for a reader application configured to run on a computing device. The scrolling reader application, when run on the computing device, causes the computing device to display a scrolling text stream field, a control panel configured to control the scrolling of the text stream, a status line including at least a page number and a line number, and several special-function elements including a table of content button, a current position button, and an index button. The scrolling reader application may further include a module to serialize a text document into a character array usable to form a text stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventor: Bob Wolter
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Patent number: 8966364Abstract: An image editing apparatus allowing easy edition of page arrangement order on the preview display of page images includes a display device having a display screen and a preview display device configured to display image data in a scrollable manner. If any page is selected from the images of preview display, the selected page is displayed as a reduced image at a position different from the preview images. By drag-and-dropping the reduced image to an arrangement of preview images, the selected page moves to the drag-and-dropped position in the image data.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kumiko Ogino, Shinsaku Tohki
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Patent number: 8966358Abstract: A document machine may detect a request for provision of a document while that document is available for provisioning. The document machine may update a count of referrals to the document and, based on the count of referrals transgressing a threshold value, generate a substitute document based on the original document. This substitute document may then be provided in response to further requests for the original document after the original document is no longer available for provision. The updating of the count of referrals is based on the identifier of a network that referred a request detected while the first document was still available for provision. The document machine may then provide the substitute document in lieu of the original document in response to a further request for provision of the first document.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2011Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: eBay Inc.Inventor: Dennis Goedegebuure
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Patent number: 8966357Abstract: A solution is provided that allows a user to provide an alternate set of metadata for any number of data points within a report, while in a report design environment. They may lay down a grid on the work area and specify the data by placing the relevant dimensional metadata, extracted from the source, in the grid as row headings and column headings. The user may then select either a column or a row from the grid and upon doing so may be provided with a mechanism to define alternate metadata that can describe all data points that are in the column or row in the target system. This allows for a much more user-friendly environment in which to specify metadata mappings between internal sources and external sources.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2011Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Oracle International CorporationInventors: Paul Tangen, Sekhar Marasanapalle, Hugh Wallis, Carlos R. Rivas
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Publication number: 20150052429Abstract: The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method, comprising: at a device with a touch screen display: displaying a first electronic document, comprising a plurality of locations, each location associated with one of a plurality of further electronic documents; detecting a touch event at or near one of the locations as represented on the touch screen display; translating a first portion of the first electronic document in a first direction; translating a second portion of the first electronic document in a second direction such that the first electronic document is displayed as splitting into the two portions at a split location; and revealing a second electronic document associated with the touched location within an expanding gap between the two portions caused by the translation of the first electronic document. A device and computer readable medium are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2014Publication date: February 19, 2015Inventors: Andrew ASHBURNER, Tom DRUMMOND
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Patent number: 8959432Abstract: In general, this disclosure describes techniques for visually emphasizing information displayed on a computing device. In one example, a method that includes receiving a first portion of a document for display by the computing device, the first portion of the document including multiple elements separated by one or more delimiters. The method further includes dividing the multiple elements into a first set of one or more elements, each of which is displayable in its entirety at a time of display of the first portion of the document, and a second set of at least one element, the at least one element not displayable in its entirety at the time of display of the first portion of the document. The method further includes generating for display the first portion of the document, including visually emphasizing the first set of elements with respect to the second set of elements.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2011Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventor: Jeffrey Allen Sharkey
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Publication number: 20150046806Abstract: A popular highlight may be presented to a user who wishes to make the popular highlight a personal user highlight. Upon activation of a control, a personal user highlight is generated from the popular highlight. The user may then manipulate the resulting personal user highlight as they would any other user highlight.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2014Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventors: Emily Margaret Anderson, Tom Killalea
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Patent number: 8954847Abstract: A method of displaying an on-screen graphical user interface, the method comprising providing a plurality of user-selectable icons, and a plurality of content icons representing respective items of contents; generating image data for the on-screen user-interface with a multi-dimensional array which includes a first axis comprising the plurality of user-selectable icons adapted to be arranged in a specific direction and which is also adapted to include a second axis comprising the plurality of content icons in a direction intersecting, or abutting, the first axis; and outputting the image data for the on-screen user interface related to displaying the contents to a display, wherein the generating displays the second axis to intersect, or abut, the first axis.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2011Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Mathieu Audet
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Patent number: 8953218Abstract: A method and apparatus for extending LCDS imaging data stream imaging capabilities. An imaging data stream can be modified to permit the imaging data stream to implement at least one full-color call for rendering full-color forms and full-color jobs via at least one rendering device within a rendering system. This can be accomplished by creating and associating at least one full-color extension with a syntax of the imaging data stream in order to implement the at least one full-color call in an extensible set of color spaces, and also compactly decoding, storing indexing and searching the at least one full-color call within a particular job. In addition, an LCDS imaging data stream can be modified to provide an image substitution pathway to permit at least one full-color image included in said LCDS imaging data stream to be substituted for monochrome images or highlight color images.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2006Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: George Kenneth Hartupee, Jr., Hayley H. Yau
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Patent number: 8954555Abstract: A browser request is received at a computing device. A determination is made as to whether to replace the browser request with a push notification based upon characteristics of the browser request. The browser request is replaced with the push notification in response to determining, based upon the characteristics of the browser request, to replace the browser request with the push notification.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Erik J. Burckart, Andrew J. Ivory, Aaron K. Shook, David M. Stecher
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Patent number: 8954846Abstract: A communication apparatus including: a positional information storing portion which stores positional information of content-related information; a content-related-information obtaining portion which obtains the content-related information; a web-page generating portion which generates, using the content-related information, a web page including first information; a web-page storing portion which has a storage device store the web page, the storage device being accessible from an external device; an assigning portion which assigns web-page positional information to the web page such that the external device is allowed to access to the web page; a recording-page generating portion which generates a recording page on which is described second information; a positional-information adding portion which adds the web-page positional information to the recording page; and a recording controller which controls a recording section configured to perform recording on a recording medium, such that the recording section rType: GrantFiled: November 20, 2009Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Shoji Sato
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Patent number: 8949714Abstract: A method of sending an integrated message using a portable device according includes executing an integrated message application supporting a plurality of channels including at least two channels having different messaging schemes. An input window permits entry of a message, and the message is displayed on a message display window. In response to a user selection for displaying icons of a hidden state that corresponds to the plurality of respective channels, displaying the icons corresponding to the plurality of respective channels in response to the user choice, and sending the message using at least one activated channel of the plurality of channels.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2011Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyun Mi Park, Tae Won Um, Seok Hyun Jeong
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Patent number: 8943395Abstract: This is directed to a preview application for displaying several documents simultaneously in a single window, where the several documents are displayed as books. To view the pages of a document, the preview application can open the book and display the pages of the document (e.g., in a one or two-dimensional array). A user can also search for particular terms within the several documents. In response to a search, the preview application can filter the pages of the several documents and only display those pages that include the search terms. The displayed pages can be ordered in any suitable manner, including for example by search rank.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2012Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Conrad Carlen, Patrick Coffman, Ryan Staake, Matthew Jacob Sarnoff
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Publication number: 20150026570Abstract: A report creating support apparatus displays, on a display unit, an evaluation item associated with a diagnosis target and a plurality of evaluation values for the evaluation item, determines one indicated evaluation value from the plurality of evaluation values displayed, and superimposes criteria information of the indicated evaluation value and criteria information of not less than one evaluation value other than the indicated evaluation value among the plurality of evaluation values on display.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventors: Takeshi Kubo, Yoshio Iizuka
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Patent number: RE45422Abstract: Annotation techniques are provided. In one aspect, a method for processing a computer-based material is provided. The method comprises the following steps. The computer-based material is presented. One or more portions of the computer-based material are determined to be of interest to a user. The one or more portions are annotated to permit return to the one or more portions at a later time. In another aspect, a user interface is provided. The user interface comprises a computer-based material; a viewing focal area encompassing a portion of the computer-based material; and one or more indicia associated with and annotating the portion of the computer-based material.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2012Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Loughton Technology, L.L.C.Inventor: Christopher Vance Beckman