Abstract: A method includes a hierarchical dataset that includes a root-data object and data collections nested under the root-data object. Each data collection includes one or more data objects, each data object associated with one or more other data collections. The method also includes displaying a hierarchical user interface on a screen. The hierarchical user interface includes column. The columns include data-object columns and data-collection columns, wherein the columns alternate between data-object columns and data-collection columns. Each data-object column displays a list of the one or more data objects of a respective data collection. Each data-collection column displays a list of the one or more data collections of a respective data object, the data-collection columns includes a root-data-collection column displaying a list of the one or more data collections associated with the root-data object.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and product for GUI element acquisition using a plurality of alternative representations of the GUI element. The method comprising: obtaining a selection of a Graphical User Interface (GUI) element; obtaining a representation set of the GUI element, wherein the representation set comprises a plurality of alternative representations, each of which provides a manner of identifying the GUI element in GUIs; applying the representation set to identify the GUI element in a GUI of a program, wherein said applying the representation set comprises, for each representation of the alternative representations, independently applying the each representation to identify one or more GUI elements corresponding the each representation; and in response to determining that said applying the representation set provides an indefinite result, obtaining a modified representation set.

Abstract: An indication is obtained of interaction of a putative human user with a computing device. Responsive to the indication, presentation of a haptic pattern to the putative human user is facilitated; the pattern is not amenable to machine perception. Prompting of the putative human user to input information indicative of human perception of the pattern is facilitated. Information input by the putative human user is obtained responsive to the prompting. When the information input by the putative human user indicates that the putative human user is an actual human user, the interaction is permitted to continue. Haptic techniques are also provided for access control and/or to defend against malevolent web sites which masquerade as legitimate web sites.

Abstract: A system and method include maintaining, by a computing device, a modifiable list of one or more actions available for activation by a user of the computing device, at least some of the actions executable by at least some applications operable on the computing device. A common access interface of the computing device presents a set of one or more representations corresponding to each of the available actions. A determination is made, by the computing device, that the user has provided via the common access interface an input with respect to a particular representation corresponding to a particular available action. In response to the input, the computing device instructs a corresponding application to execute the particular available action.

Abstract: A graphical user interface showing real estate search results on an interactive display device in which a user selects from predefined search zones sub-level neighborhood search areas, and the search results comprise real property listings retrieved by a computerized search of one or more electronic databases which include real property listings from home construction providers, real property listings under construction, prospective real property listings on which construction has not begun, real property listings available for construction, prospective real property listings not having an assigned physical address, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: An operation guide apparatus includes a display and a processor. The display displays, on a display screen, operation guide information for providing a guide on an operation for continuously using a device. The processor performs processing to enable an operator who is doing the operation with such a posture that the operator is unable to see the operation guide information displayed on the display screen to recognize the operation guide information.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a tactile message providing method and a tactile message providing device. Embodiments of the present invention provide a tactile message providing method for a tactile sense in a mobile communication terminal device, the method including: (a) driving a tactile message program; (b) receiving a tactile pattern; (c) converting the tactile pattern into a pattern signal; and (d) transmitting the pattern signal to a reception terminal device, wherein the tactile message program includes a tactile pattern input window or a tactile switch icon for switching a text input window to a tactile pattern input window, wherein the pattern signal is a signal capable of transmitting tactile information by operating a tactile delivery unit of the reception terminal device.

Abstract: Methods and devices for selecting a card from an application stack, wherein the card represents a corresponding application that a user would like to make active or bring focus to. The selecting includes one or more of a dragging and a tapping action, with these actions being triggers for transitioning the device to an optional drag state or tapped state, respectively. Transitioning through this state executes the activating of a corresponding application or other action on the device to facilitate window/application/desktop management. The selecting further allows a user to specify which a touch screen (or portion hereof) on which a particular application should be launched.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a microphone, a touch screen display, a processor, and memory.

Abstract: The current disclosure relates to a system and method for secured screen sharing. A specially configured screen sharing server of the system may facilitate screen sharing between two independent and remote devices. The system may be configured to access state information from a primary client device. The system may then determine if any of the elements of the application state primary client interface correspond to sensitive information. The system may then mask the primary client interface to create a replica client interface by masking any elements of the application state that correspond to sensitive information. The system may then cause the replica client device to display the replica client interface by transmitting the application state to the replica client interface.

Abstract: An integrated application program for video shooting, video sharing, video editing and contact information management on a mobile device. Upon being invoked, the application program directly enters into the video shooting mode of a graphical user interface (GUI) where a user can start to shoot a video after interacting with the GUI only once. Further, contact information is represented using a grid like visual object within the GUI. A grid includes a plurality of pictorial tiles, each representing a contact group. The social grid is customizable by user configurations and/or automatically based on a number of predefined factors. Once recipients are selected from the grid, the video message can be transmitted to the selected recipients. All functionalities can be within a single application program resident on the mobile device.

Abstract: A method of providing a task assistant to provide an interface to an application, the method comprising activating the task assistant, the activation having an associated visual display. The method in one embodiment includes receiving input from a user through multimodal input including a plurality of speech input, typing input, and touch input, interpreting the input, and providing a formatted query to the application, receiving data from the application in response to the query, and providing a response to the user through multimodal output including a plurality of: speech output, text output, non-speech audio output, haptic output, and visual non-text output, wherein the task assistant has a plurality of active states, each of the active states having an associated visual display.

Abstract: A system for determining display information comprises an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive widget information. A processor is configured to determine display information based at least in part on the widget information and display system information. Determining display information comprises determining a first subset of widget information to not display, determining a second subset of widget information to modify, and determining a third subset of widget information to display.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, a client device may obtain an email including a plurality of components. Responsive to an action to open the email, the client device may obtain user data associated with a user. The client device may determine a subset of components of the plurality of components of the email to be displayed in a customized email based on the user data. The subset of components may be caused to be displayed in the customized email via a user interface without displaying one or more other components of the plurality of components in the customized email.

Abstract: A testing system and method for a security system is disclosed. In one example, the testing system includes a mobile computing device carried by an operator such as a technician and a configuration server, the configuration server communicating with one or more of an intrusion detection subsystem, video surveillance subsystem, and/or access control subsystem and providing testing information to the mobile device. In one embodiment, the testing system provides configuration information to security devices within the subsystems, where the configuration information includes associations between the devices of the subsystems for executing testing upon the devices in the associations.

Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a first display control unit configured to enlarge and display a target object on a screen among a plurality of objects included in an image, and, based on receiving an instruction to display on the screen an object other than the target object being displayed on the screen from a user, to display a next object to be displayed, a second display control unit configured to display the image on the screen, and, in a case where the instruction from the user is received while display of the screen is controlled by the first display control unit, display an image on the screen with respect to each of the plurality of objects, the image indicating display order, and a changing unit configured to change the display order by receiving the user's operation for which display is controlled by the second display control unit.

Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a personalized content recommendation system determines a content-offering value (COV) for each title of content identified in a content catalog, wherein the COVs indicate terms of offerings to a user for consuming each title of content; calculate, for each title of content, a content-relevance value (CRV), wherein the CRV indicates respective relevancies of each title of content to the user; calculate, for each title of content, a cost-content sensitivity index (CCSI) value indicative of the user's relative cost and content sensitivities, wherein the CCSI value is calculated for a time-of-day parameter or a content-genre parameter for consuming each title of content; calculate, for each title of content, a cost-content tradeoff score (CCTS) based on the COV, CRV, and CCSI value; and identify k number of titles of content having the highest CCTS.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for re-deploying metadata and it's associated data from a source organization to a destination organization of a cloud-based computing environment. After metadata that is to be retrieved from the source organization is selected, a metadata engine can automatically create a manifest file that comprises the selected metadata that is to be retrieved. The manifest file can then be stored at secure file storage for re-deployment. A data engine can then automatically retrieve data associated with the selected metadata based, for example, on objects specified in the selected metadata. This data can be automatically saved and stored at a secured database for re-deployment. Thereafter, both the manifest file and the data associated with the selected metadata can be re-deployed to the destination organization.

Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a computer system for organizing in-person gatherings of users of topic-related interest, comprising a web-based meeting management facility having a user interface accessible to multiple users, wherein each of the multiple users may use the user interface to join at least one of multiple meeting groups based on at least one of topic-related interest and geographic locale, where a user becomes a member when they join the meeting group; and a server-based progressive announcement facility for enabling an organizer to control a time-staged meeting announcement release related to a meeting group based on an announcement delivery parameter, wherein the time-staged meeting announcement release includes multiple time-staged meeting announcements each including at least one user within the multiple users.

Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method may include (1) determining that a user is viewing a user interface of an application, (2) detecting that the user has requested assistance with interacting with a specific portion of content displayed within the user interface, and then (3) assisting the user with interacting with the specific portion of content by (A) identifying, within a repository of software documentation that describes features of the application, information relevant to utilizing the specific portion of content and (B) dynamically integrating the relevant information into the user interface. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.