Abstract: A method includes storing, in response to marking by a user of an area of a displayed document, information on the marked area; displaying an icon representing the marked area; conducting the storing operation and the displaying operation for a different area; and creating, in response to an operation by the user for arranging two or more icons to be in contact with each other, a joined icon by joining the icons together; and combining marked areas represented by the two or more respective icons, according to a state of contact. A corresponding computer program product and computer system are also disclosed herein.

Abstract: A computer system receives a request to combine tabular data of a first table with tabular data of a second table. The computer system creates a profile for the second table indicating organization of types of data within the second table. The computer system determines a placement for at least one data element of the tabular data of the first table, into the second table, such that the placement agrees, to at least a specified confidence level, with the organization of types of data within the second table indicated by the profile. The computer system adds the at least one data element to the second table based on the determined placement.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a method and apparatus (“system”) that overcome the above-mentioned problems among others and provide an innovative solution aimed at creating an interactive, dynamic and effective multi-media object with HIP capabilities which may be used in online advertising, security, and user-defined security. The system leverages the existing HIP CAPTCHA real estate to create multi-media objects that guarantee a captivated audience, especially in online advertising. Combining interactive multi-media objects with HIP capabilities helps to meet a very critical need faced by advertisers and websites today—creating an effective impression of any multi-media object on a user (a guaranteed eyeball). Embodiments of the current invention introduce a variety of formats that involve interacting with a multi-media object to provide a more natural user interaction and ease of use while maintaining security.

Abstract: Manipulation of a Web page displayed through a first device as a function of user interaction with a second device is contemplated. The manipulation may include operating the second device as a touchscreen or other gesture-based controllable device and automatically providing corresponding navigation within the Web page as a function of interactions registered through the second device.

Abstract: A minimum font size to display for a specific user is received, for example as entered through a user interface. The retrieval of webpages by a web browser on a computer system is monitored. For each specific view of a retrieved webpage to be displayed, the text in the specific view is resized based on the minimum font size for the user. Text in the smallest font in the view is resized to the minimum font size for the specific user. Larger text is resized so that the proportionality between different font sizes in the view is maintained. The view of the retrieved webpage with the resized text is displayed to the user. As the user scrolls through a retrieved webpage, the text of each view is resized, and the current view of the retrieved webpage is displayed with the resized text.

Abstract: A computer system receives a request to combine tabular data of a first table with tabular data of a second table. The computer system creates a profile for the second table indicating organization of types of data within the second table. The computer system determines a placement for at least one data element of the tabular data of the first table, into the second table, such that the placement agrees, to at least a specified confidence level, with the organization of types of data within the second table indicated by the profile. The computer system adds the at least one data element to the second table based on the determined placement.

Abstract: Methods of receiving and displaying a server page and information thereof in an electronic device, particularly a wireless device operating in a slow communication channel. Data representing portions of a plurality of objects included in the page are initially received. Progress bars individually showing reception progress states of the received objects are generated and displayed. User inputs may be receivable for either canceling reception of a particular object, or allowing reception of an object while automatically canceling reception of other objects. The methods thus speed up the process of receiving desired information, particularly during a slow communication channel.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method for providing a recommended list of uniform resource locators (URLs) responsive to a uniform resource locator (URL). The method may include identifying, by a server, a plurality of users that clicked on an encoded uniform resource locator (URL) link corresponding to a URL. The server may identify a plurality of encoded URL links clicked by each of the plurality of users. The server may determine a number of users who clicked on each encoded URL link of the plurality of encoded URL links and also clicked on the encoded URL link. The server may enumerate, responsive a request comprising the URL, a list of URLs and their corresponding score based on the determination, each URL of the list of URLs corresponding to one of the plurality of encoded URL links.

Abstract: Systems and methods for customizing electronic documents based on use patterns are provided. A computer implemented method for customizing an electronic document, comprises automatically monitoring an interaction of a user with the document on an electronic device for reading the document to determine an area of interest of the document, determining the area of interest based on the user interaction, and altering cumulatively at least one of the appearance or behavior of the document on the electronic device at the area of interest, wherein the cumulative alteration is a function of a variable measure of the user interaction over a range.

Abstract: A method and apparatus that allows a user to specify whether his web page has primarily row or column layout. Web page editor software designed in accordance with the present invention generates the internal representation of a page (such as HTML) differently depending on how the user specifies the web page. A preferred embodiment of the present invention defaults to a primarily row layout, but allows the user to specify a primarily columnar layout by checking a box displayed by the editor. The editor generates an HTML table representing the page (or each frame of the page). Within the main HTML table, the editor generates HTML subtables, depending on whether the page is laid out using primarily row or column layout. The subtables are defined in such a way that the various elements of the page lined up in either a row or column direction, thus minimizing the problems.

Abstract: Methods and systems for generating and sending an XML document are described. In a specific implementation, methods and systems for responding to an XML client request utilize an XML response generator. The XML response generator responds to a client request without having to first build and save the entire response. An emitter object is provided that receives data that is gathered. The calls are made in a particular order and ensure that the hierarchical nature of the response that is being built is preserved. The emitter object translates the data that it receives into response portions that are in proper XML syntactic form.

Abstract: A computer implemented method and apparatus for automatically improving legibility based on preferred font characteristics. The method comprises determining a plurality of preferences regarding font size characteristics of sample text; receiving a request to view an electronic document having text in a given font; and displaying text of the electronic document in the given font with a zoom level based on the preferences.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for presenting content on tearable displays. One of the methods includes presenting, by a device having a tearable display, first content on the tearable display; receiving, at the device, an indication of a tear in the tearable display, the tear in the tearable display defining a first portion and a second portion of the tearable display; in response to receiving the indication, determining, by the device, a size of the second portion of the tearable display; and presenting, by the device, second content within the second portion of the tearable display including sizing the second content according to the size of the second portion of the tearable display.

Abstract: A system for providing an individual user with customized information is described. The user provides the system with the user's preferences. The system compares each user's preferences to a database to provide the user with notification via an e-mail newsletter sent over a computer network. The newsletter is individually prepared for each user by dynamically populating the newsletter with the necessary information as the newsletter is being sent to the individual. Thus, there is no need to first prepare the newsletter, store it, send it, and delete it. This approach reduces the need for more equipment as the number of needed newsletters increases.

Abstract: Synchronizing a data stream with an associated metadata stream by receiving a data stream and a metadata stream having a plurality of metadata events associated with the data stream, identifying within the data stream a plurality of data events, matching each of the data events to one of the metadata events in accordance with a matching criterion, and synchronizing the data stream with the metadata stream by effecting a relative time shift between the metadata stream and the data stream in accordance with a time shift adjustment value that results in the smallest sum of absolute differences between time indices of each matched data event and metadata event.

Abstract: Methods and arrangements are provided for utilizing a secondary application to render invitational content. Primary content rendered by a web browser can be embedded with a command requesting that a secondary application be executed. The secondary application can be executed in a secured sand box environment and configured to render invitational content in a second window above the primary content. The secondary application can be known and trusted by the operating system to gather sensitive data used to select appropriate invitational content. Further, data can be included in the command requesting that the secondary application be executed. The invitational content can be associated with secondary views that can be rendered without affecting the primary content. The secondary application can collect data to render the secondary view, such as the exact point selected, which is used to render graphical transition effects leading to the secondary view.

Abstract: Therefore, what has been described is an improved for visually implementing a web page layout, where the web page layout includes a nested drop zone. Allowing the user to interactively implement nested drop zones provides numerous benefits, including the benefit of being able to create specialized layout configurations for a web page without requiring the need for expert programmers to write computer code for the new configuration. This permits the user to implement highly customized layout in a very easy and efficient way. In addition, an improved approach has been described to implement a new type of widget that obtains its context information from another widget. For example, when a contextual widget is dropped into a drop zone, that contextual widget would obtain its context data from its parent drop zone widget.

Abstract: The invention relates to electronic document processing. Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method and apparatus for copying a text format pattern. In one embodiment of the present invention there is a method for copying a text format pattern, including: receiving a selection of a sample object from a user, the sample object including multiple sample paragraphs of which at least two sample paragraphs have different format patterns; receiving a format copying instruction of from the user, the format copying instruction indicating reformatting a target object with the format pattern of the sample object, where the target object contains multiple target paragraphs; determining a corresponding relationship of the format pattern of the sample paragraphs with the target paragraphs; and applying the format pattern of the sample paragraphs to the target paragraphs in accordance with the corresponding relationship.

Abstract: Text content embedded with multimedia content is provided from a content provider to a client device. The multimedia content may be provided to the client device separate from the text content. In particular, multimedia content metadata indicating a storage location of the multimedia content may be provided to the client device after the text content. The client device may request the multimedia content from the content provider based on the multimedia content metadata. The content provider may send the requested multimedia content to the client device after receiving an authenticated version of the multimedia content metadata.

Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a computer program for facilitating management and processing of data relating to changing conditions of multiple subjects involved in a government-sponsored social program. The computer program is configured for implementation by a processor to display multiple subjects, which form a group of subjects involved in the government-sponsored social program, in one of a column and row format. Multiple requirements, which each are required to be satisfied within a certain deadline pursuant to the government-sponsored social program, are displayed in the other of the column and row format, such that the displayed multiple subjects and multiple requirements form a matrix. One of multiple identifiers, which are displayed at each of the intersections of the matrix, each indicate status of the requirement relevant to the associated subject, each of the multiple identifiers being visually unique to enable identification of the relevant status.