Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display; a communication device configured to communicate with a user terminals; and a processor configured to control the display to display a UI, which includes items corresponding to content to be shared by users, in response to inputs of the users received through the user terminals, and control the display to display, on the UI, reproduction control states of the content to be distinguishable according to the respective users.

Abstract: A display control method is for performing a process executed by a computer including a processor. The process includes reporting a theme to two or more user terminals; receiving options selected at the two or more user terminals with respect to the theme, from the two or more user terminals; and displaying, on a display device, the options and user information items regarding users who selected the options, in display areas provided for the respective options.

Abstract: A system includes a mandatory comment in a software productivity tool. In various implementations, the system includes a computer that carries out actions including: opening in the software productivity tool a document stored in a non-volatile hardware data storage device; receiving a definition of an actionable data item of the document; receiving a request for an action associated with the item; determining if the action triggers a predefined comment rule; if triggered, then: requiring a mandatory comment; storing the accepted entered comment in the non-volatile hardware data storage device; and performing the requested action.

Abstract: Techniques and technologies for a details pane of a user interface are described. In at least some embodiments, a system includes a user interface component operable to render a content section at least partially viewable within a details pane, the content section including a section header; when the location of the section header is above an uppermost available position within the details pane, causing an upper sticky header that is a duplicate of the section header to be visible at the uppermost available position; when the location of the section header is below a lowermost available position within the details pane, causing a lower sticky header that is another duplicate of the section header to be visible at the lowermost available position; and when the location of the section header is at or between the uppermost and the lowermost available positions, causing the section header to be visible.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for presenting items on a computer display for selection by a user. A subset of the items is arranged along an arc that stretches across the display, and the items can be scrolled based on user input. The user can select an item displayed along the arc to navigate to a separate display that has information about the selected item. Users can select items for purchase from the various displays.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a base user experience (UX) including a user interface (UI) corresponding to one or more features of a computing system; determining one or more user categories based at least in part on previous interactions with the UI by a number of users; classifying, using a machine-learning algorithm, a particular user into one or more of the user categories based at least in part on current interactions of the particular user with the UI; and determining, relative to the base UX, one or more modifications to the UI based at least in part on the classification of the particular user into one or more of the user categories. The modifications to the UI modify one or more features of the UX. The method also includes applying the modifications to the UI; and providing the UI as modified for display to the particular user.

Abstract: A portable terminal includes a user interface, a memory, a network interface, and a controller, and performs operations including: performing a first acquiring processing of acquiring a data identification information; performing a second acquiring processing of acquiring operation information representing output operations, performing a first output instructing processing of transmitting output instructing information to a output device via the network interface, the output instructing information being information for outputting a content data identified by the data identification information by a target operation; and performing, when it is determined that the operation identification information represents one output operation, a second output instructing processing of transmitting the output instructing information to the output device via the network interface, wherein the target operation of the second output instructing processing is the output operation represented by the operation information.

Abstract: A touch screen may be utilized by a marine electronic device to easily enter a route in relation to a chart. The marine electronic device may automatically determine and join geographic points associated with the chart to generate a route based on a touch pattern. The marine electronic device may be configured to complete the route to form a route loop in instances in which the start and end of the touch pattern are within a predetermined distance. The completion of the route may be accomplished by connecting the end point to the start point or by “snapping” the end point to the start point, e.g. shifting the end point to the start point. Additionally or alternatively, a user may use pre-determined route snippets to quickly and easily alter a route.

Abstract: A user terminal and a driving method thereof, a control device and a driving method thereof, and a control system of a controlled device are provided. The user terminal includes: a communication interface configured to communicate with a plurality of controlled devices which are operated based on individually set setting values; a user interface configured to receive an adjustment value for collectively controlling the plurality of controlled devices as a group; and a controller configured to individually adjust each of the setting values based on a ratio which relates to the received adjustment value, and to control the plurality of controlled devices based on the adjusted setting values.

Abstract: A system described herein includes a receiver component that receives an indication that a user has selected a first selectable buttontab in a toolbar installed in a client application. The system further includes a display component that causes a dashboard to be displayed on a display device in response to receipt of the indication that the user has selected the buttontab. The dashboard includes a content window that displays content and the buttontab, wherein the dashboard is a seamless visual combination of the buttontab and the content window.

Abstract: Principally, character input operation can be carried out surely in a simplified manner and in a short time. A character input assist device includes one or more side edge parts provided at a panel surface of a touch panel to have a step serving as a finger hold, and a character icon display controller that is configured to display, along the side edge parts at the panel surface, a plurality of first character icons and second character icons associated with a selected first character icon, and an icon identifiers provided at the side edge parts to allow the position of each of the first character icons or the second character icons to be individually identified.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for generating an arced path of travel for a user interface element. In accordance with one implementation, a method is provided that includes operations performed by at least one processor. The operations of the method include determining coordinates for a start point and an end point of the user interface element corresponding to locations on a user interface. The method may also include determining a minimum arc angle and a maximum arc angle for an arc. Additionally, the method may generate an arced path based on the start point coordinates, the end point coordinates, the minimum arc angle, and the maximum arc angle. The method may also generate commands that move the user interface element along the arced path in the user interface.

Abstract: A medical image displaying apparatus includes: a user interface configured to receive a user input with respect to an object that is movable; a display configured to display the object on a medical image in response to the user input; and a controller configured to move the object and change a velocity of the object based on a property of the object.

Abstract: A method is provided for making available an assistance suggestion for a user of a motor vehicle. The method determines information on the availability of helpers and displays the available helpers based on that information. After selecting a helper by the user, the method sets up a communication link between the user and the selected helper, makes available assistance information to the selected helper, and receives an assistance suggestion which is based on the assistance information made available.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention is a method for triggering a widget in an application. The method includes: obtaining the layout information of the first page in the application; extracting the clickable widgets in the first page and the corresponding widget types according to the layout information of the first page; and obtaining the corresponding click-trigger modes according to the corresponding widget types and triggering the clickable widgets through the corresponding click-trigger modes. Thus, an application behavior can be triggered orderly and intelligently, manual workload is reduced greatly, the efficiency is improved and the completeness of triggering the application behavior can be guaranteed. Further disclosed in the present invention are an apparatus for triggering the widget in the application, a mobile terminal and a storage medium.

Abstract: A method and computing system for providing, using one or more computing devices, a synchronous communication session for a plurality of users of a social network. A first video stream of a first user of the plurality of users is rendered within a primary viewing field associated with the synchronous communication session. At least a second video stream of at least a second user of the plurality of users is rendered within the primary viewing field associated with the synchronous communication session.

Abstract: A UI providing apparatus is disclosed. The present user interface (UI) providing apparatus comprises: a reception unit for receiving user information using near field communication from a communication device in which the user information is stored; a control unit for configuring a UI so as to respond to information about the type and the degree of a user's disability derived on the basis of the user information; and an output unit for outputting the configured UI.

Abstract: Navigation using metadata exposed in a semantic zooming environment. The semantic zooming environment has multiple zoom levels. For a given displayed object, the displayed object may not just be a different size, but actually be displayed differently at each semantic zoom level. At one or more of the semantic zoom levels, a displayed object may have displayed metadata of the displayed object. A user may interact with the metadata to trigger a query on that metadata against a data source, causing an entire collection of objects to be populated that also have some relationship to that same metadata. The collection of objects may itself be populated within a semantic zoom environment that additionally exposes metadata, allowing the process to repeat. Thus, the principles described herein allow advanced navigation techniques whereby data may be narrowed down and/or change direction, easily by users manipulating metadata exposed in semantic zoom environments.

Abstract: Systems and methods for performing personalized operations of a mobile device are provided. An example method includes determining a sensor signature has been received. The sensor signature may be a combination of acoustic and non-acoustic inputs. A classification or recognition or matching score for the received sensor signature may be calculated. A context associated with one or more of the operations of the mobile device may be determined. A confidence level or weight may be determined for the acoustic and non-acoustic inputs based on the context. Based on the confidence level or weight, a determination may be made whether to perform the one or more operations. The determination whether to perform the one or more operations may be further based on a combination of the confidence level or weight and the score. Determining the context can include identifying the type and level of noise associated with the mobile device's environment.

Abstract: Computer-implemented methods for analyzing interactions between a user and a computing device include analyzing user interaction data to identify a plurality of user gestures, and analyzing the gestures to identify those likely to represent user struggles or difficulties encountered with a user interface. A predictive model is generated from this analysis for use in identifying user gestures likely to represent user struggles during further user sessions.