Layout Patents (Class 715/243)
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Patent number: 8212875Abstract: An interface and display of video from multiple fixed-position cameras is provided. A main video stream captured by a camera is selected to be the main video stream and is displayed to the interface. Video streams captured by the set of cameras and the main camera that are temporally related to the displayed main video stream are selected, including playback positions from one or more of a first segment of time in each of their respective video streams at the time of the main video stream, a second segment of time in each of their respective video streams prior to the time of the main video stream, and a third segment of time in each of their respective video streams after the time of the main video stream. The selected video streams are displayed to the interface in temporal relation to the display of the main video stream.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2006Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Andreas Girgensohn, Anthony Eric Dunnigan, Frank M. Shipman, III, Lynn D. Wilcox
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Publication number: 20120166938Abstract: A method for providing a customizable trading display of market instrument data includes selecting a subset from a plurality of quadrants, with each quadrant associated with one benchmark instrument and each benchmark instrument associated with one or more non-benchmark instruments. Market data is automatically retrieved for the instruments associated with each selected quadrant. A customizable trading display is generated, with the display comprising the subset of quadrants in a selectable layout and each quadrant presenting the associated market data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2012Publication date: June 28, 2012Inventor: Philip S. Langridge
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Publication number: 20120166937Abstract: A document editing apparatus includes an extraction unit, an adjustment unit, and a control unit. The extraction unit is configured to extract a layout variable used for acquiring an evaluation value for a plurality of layout evaluation items used to evaluate a layout of a document, if any layout evaluation item among the plurality of layout evaluation values exists that does not satisfy a layout evaluation reference value. The adjustment unit is configured to adjust a value of the layout variable to satisfy the layout evaluation reference value. The control unit is configured to display the document whose layout has been adjusted by the adjustment unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2011Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiro Hasegawa, Kitahiro Kaneda
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Patent number: 8208167Abstract: A data storing unit stores therein first data that includes replaceable data and can be printed by a printing unit or generate print data to be printed. A map-information storing unit stores therein data identification information for identifying the replaceable data and its position in the first data in association with each other. A replacement-data obtaining unit obtains the data identification information and replacement data for replacing the replaceable data. A data generating unit generates second data in which the replaceable data is replaced with the replacement data at the position corresponding to the data identification information.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2008Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Ricoh Company, LimitedInventor: Shintaroh Takahashi
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Patent number: 8207986Abstract: A display control device is provided, which can display, on a screen, a plurality of display objects related to a process object to undergo a predetermined process. The device comprises: an object-information acquisition unit that acquires information; an extraction unit that extracts some display objects having a specific relation with the process object; an importance-information acquisition unit that acquires information representing a degree of importance that the display object has in connection with display on the screen; and a control unit that displays the display objects extracted by the extraction unit in accordance with the information in a display region composed of substantially ring-shaped first to n-th regions (n is 2 or a gr ater integer) concentric to one another, such that a display object having a higher degree of importance than a display object displayed in an x-th region is displayed in an (x?1)th region located inside the x-th region.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2007Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mahina Nakamura, Maki Sato, Tsunehiro Motegi, Yumiko Okuma, Yasutsugu Sasaki
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Publication number: 20120159292Abstract: 1. A method of processing an object-based image file with content type dependent image processing algorithms, comprising the steps of: rasterizing the image, segmenting the rasterized image into segments that are distinguished by pre-defined content types, deriving, from the image file, a display list with objects to be included in the image, associating each object with one of the segments on the basis of a spatial relationship between the object and the segments, selecting, for each object, an image processing algorithm based on the content type of the associated segment, and processing each object with the selected algorithm.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2011Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: OCE-TECHNOLOGIES B.V.Inventors: Christophe Antoine LEYNADIER, Jérôme Olivier Rémi GUERMONT, Michaël DUPRÉ
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Publication number: 20120159311Abstract: One embodiment comprises a non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage medium, encoded with processor readable instructions to perform a method of displaying content in a web page. One method optimizes the order of HTTP requests made during the downloading of a web page or web application comprising a plurality of objects, and receiving a first portion of the plurality of objects in a first order. Additionally, (i) a viewable section of the web page, (ii) centers of the viewable section of the web page and each of the plurality of objects, and (iii) a distance from the center of the viewable section of the web page to the center of each of the plurality of objects may be determined. Furthermore, the objects may then be prioritized based on their distance from the center of the viewable section. A request to receive at least one additional portion of the objects in a second order based on the prioritization of the objects may then be sent.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2010Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: QUALCOMM INNOVATION CENTER, INC.Inventors: Jan E. Hanssen, Rajiv Kumar Vijayakumar, Mark Bapst
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Patent number: 8205152Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, terminal, and computer program for presenting a markup language document which contains a frameset. The method comprises the steps of interpreting the instructions in the document so that no scrollbars are displayed in the individual frames. The frames may be displayed in a reformatted manner, e.g., with expanded dimensions and/or reformatted contents. Such reformatting of the displayed frames does not require any revision of the markup language document.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2005Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Opera Software ASAInventors: Geir Ivarsoy, Snorre M. Grimsby
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Publication number: 20120151331Abstract: A system and method provides a user interface on an electronic device with a listing of the most recently used or viewed items that is organized by the category of item. A menu containing the most recently read items is separated into separate categories such as books and periodicals. The menu displays the most recently opened item in each of the categories. In this manner, one category will not dominate over the other categories on the menu.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2011Publication date: June 14, 2012Inventors: Matt PALLAKOFF, Jeff TYCZ, Jennifer NG, Josh FELDMAN
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Publication number: 20120151311Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide a system, machine-readable medium and a method that may generate user-defined task management device. A system for navigating through a number of different computer applications to complete a task. In a graphical user interface generated by a processor, a screenflow template is presented to a user via a list of screens, tasks and applications outlining steps in a process. Based on user inputs, a user-defined screenflow may be generated that incorporates screens for data entry and informational purposes, intermediate tasks for completion of the process, and computer applications for processing inputted and retrieved data. A screen of the user-defined screenflow may access data storage to obtain data required to complete the task.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2010Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: SAP AGInventors: Jackson Mathai, Sabine Finke
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Patent number: 8201084Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a region extracting unit extracts a character region on an image; a character recognizing unit that recognizes characters in the character region extracted by the region extracting unit; a translating unit that translates a recognition result obtained by the character recognizing unit; and a changing unit that changes a constitution of the image with respect to the character region extracted by the region extracting unit according to a direction of the characters in the character region extracted by the region extracting unit, and according to a direction of the characters of the language translated by the translating unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2008Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yuya Konno
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Publication number: 20120144292Abstract: As part of a document summary view system, a miniaturized version of a document is provided that presents a summary overview of the document over a user interface, enabling a user to easily read and distinguish the contents of the document. The summary view may preserve a basic format and/or layout of a document and may retain the core elements within the document including headings, bulleted lists, tables, images, and/or the first sentence of each paragraph, and obscure any remaining text and elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2010Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventor: David B. Lee
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Patent number: 8195036Abstract: A storage medium includes multimedia image data, and text-based subtitle data for displaying subtitles on an image based on the multimedia image data, wherein the text-based subtitle data includes dialog information indicating subtitle contents to be displayed on the image, style information indicating an output style of the dialog information, and partial style information indicating an output style applied to a portion of the dialog information. Accordingly, subtitles can be provided in a plurality of languages without being limited to a particular number of units of subtitle data. In addition, subtitle data can be easily produced and edited. Likewise, an output style of the subtitle data can be changed in a variety of ways. Also, a special style can be applied in order to emphasize a portion of the subtitles.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2005Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kil-soo Jung, Sung-wook Park
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Patent number: 8196038Abstract: A system, method and graphical user interface (GUI) are described for managing a contacts and calendar database within an online stationery/card service.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2010Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.Inventors: Kelly Berger, Adnan Asar, Kevin Chang, Krys Taylor, Tanya Cheng, Alessandro Isaacs
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Patent number: 8196039Abstract: A method for programmatically extracting terms from a page is provided. A request to extract terms from a current page is received from a client browser. Responsive to receiving the request to extract terms from the current page, a command to extract terms from the current page is executed. A response is sent to the client browser. The response includes a result of the command to extract terms from the current page.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2006Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Bryce Allen Curtis, Stewart Earle Nickolas, Wayne Elmo Vicknair
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Publication number: 20120137214Abstract: A system and method for producing an integrated missal bulletin having a base content origination system, a first and a second local entity system, and a production system. The base content origination system compiles the base content portions and assigns each base content portion a base content portion reference identifier and transmitting the compiled base content with the associated base content portion reference identifiers to the production system. The first and second local entity systems receiving local entity content and local integration instructions and them to the production system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2010Publication date: May 31, 2012Applicant: Haubrich-Rupp PartnershipInventor: John Michael Haubrich
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Patent number: 8190992Abstract: Report views offer a user the ability to specify ancillary data views and also view that data in a scorecard viewing experience. A report view definition may be implemented as a metadata-based mapping of logical reports to physical reports for scorecards and KPIs. Reports are categorized based on their presentation size and/or type. Categorized report attributes included in the report view metadata are managed by a configuration UI. The report view metadata further includes schema, ordering capabilities, and mapping UI such as re-use of report views in multiple areas.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2006Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Ian Tien, Robert Alan Blood, Corey Hulen, Chen-I Lim
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Patent number: 8185820Abstract: Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and systems associated with document generation are disclosed. For example, methods, apparatuses, devices, and systems associated with formatting content for display are disclosed. Including method apparatuses, devices, and systems to read a data file and a template file, create one or more sub-assemblies based at least in part on said template file and/or said data file; and execute one or more tags in said template file to populate said one or more sub-assemblies with data from said data file.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2005Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Adobe Systems IncorporatedInventor: Charles Good
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Patent number: 8185819Abstract: A computer readable medium, an electronic document or a system that uses one of these that includes particular code that specifies a first module selectively designated for inclusion in a personalized container document and additional code that specifies a second module selectively designated for inclusion in the personalized container document. The container document designates a plurality of modules included in the container document. Each module in the plurality of modules is adapted for rendering module data for presenting in the container document. The first module is adapted to render module data based at least in part on the particular code, the particular code including a first content type element, a first content element, and one or more preference elements.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2005Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Adam Sah, Dylan Parker, Christopher H. Rohrs, Jessica Ewing
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Patent number: 8181104Abstract: A system and method are described for automatically generating style sheet formatting for stylistic edits to a Web page in a Web development environment. The Web development environment detects the user's selection of particular content of the Web page and captures any stylistic changes that the user makes to the content. Using the stylistic changes, the Web development environment searches a style data structure to determine whether any style rules already exist that correspond to the user's stylistic changes. If the Web development environment does not find a pre-existing style rule, it automatically generates one or more style rules for the stylistic edits and associates those rules with the selected content. If a pre-existing style rule exists within the style data structure, the Web development environment assigns the pre-existing style rule to the selected content.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2004Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Adobe Systems IncorporatedInventors: Russ Helfand, Narciso B. Jaramillo
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Publication number: 20120117461Abstract: A document with a supplementary explanation in which a supplementary explanation character string is given in a ruby form in a character size which conforms to a character size of a document is easily, effectively generated. Information on a character size of a character in a character area is stored; the information on the character size is read to correct the information on the character size for each character area based on a character size of each character area; one character area is divided based on information on the corrected character size; information on a display form of a supplementary explanation character string is generated based on the information on the corrected character size when information on a character size is corrected for a character in a character area made by division; and a document with a supplementary explanation is generated based on the information on the display form.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2011Publication date: May 10, 2012Inventors: Ichiko SATA, Takeshi Kutsumi
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Patent number: 8176416Abstract: A method and system for presenting a document to a plurality of media device types optimized for the display medium. A document is generated in a markup language, and a plurality of style sheets are provided for formatting the document for a requesting device, with each style sheet accommodating a distinct display environment. The markup elements that reference two separate cascading style sheets (CSS) are configured differently such that they isolate the CSS reference for either high-resolution graphical display devices or small screen, low-resolution graphical display devices. A third style sheet is used as an intermediary to pass a CSS reference to small screen browsers while at the same time, shielding the CSS reference from certain high resolution browsers incapable of parsing the syntax of the reference.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2006Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Brian R. Williams, Carl Lee Wilson, Jr.
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Patent number: 8176120Abstract: A method of composing a web page is described. The method includes transmitting an authoring web page including an embedded authoring tool to a client computer using a network. The authoring tool may be used to compose the web page. Web-page content corresponding to the composed web page is received from the client computer. The composed web page may include one or more regions for displaying one or more advertisements having one or more links to one or more content locations. In another aspect of the disclosure, an advertising program registration module may include a link or other mechanism for sending the authoring web page to a publisher registering to participate in the advertising program.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2010Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Justin M. Rosenstein, Amin Zoufonoun
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Patent number: 8176417Abstract: Creation and maintenance of a web page can be facilitated using an interactive web application that runs in a browser at a client machine. The interactive web application can be provided to the client machine over a network by a development application at a server. Using the interactive web application, a user can configure various aspects of a web page, including but not limited to layout, colors, fonts, tools, live dynamic content, and the like, directly on the sever without knowledge of mark-up language coding or other techniques such as cascading style sheets.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2009Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Platformic, Inc.Inventors: Mark Underhill, Claudio Canive
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Patent number: 8176415Abstract: The method for communicating structured information, such as a report or an account, between a first user and at least one second user, includes a step of defining a document standard, which determines the general frame of the document in the form of a series of titles and/or conventional meanings and authorized values of certain conspicuous information fields. The transmitting user inputs data to be supplied incorporating a step of inputting text and/or titles as a supplement to the general frame and/or a step of selecting values on the conspicuous fields and transmitting data of the document addressed to the second user. Each recipient user selects a sorting criterion based on the titles or conspicuous fields. The document is then reorganized in accordance with the selected criterion and a step of supplying to the second user the document reorganized in accordance with the criterion.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2003Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Systeam SarlInventor: Michel Lefebvre
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Publication number: 20120110430Abstract: Cooperation-based method of managing, displaying, and updating DNA sequence data is provided. According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cooperation-based method of managing DNA sequence data, the method comprising receiving annotation data inputted for an anchor corresponding to at least one base of a DNA sequence; and storing the received annotation data in an annotation data table which comprises one or more columns for annotation data. Present invention provides a cooperation-based method of managing, displaying, and updating DNA sequence data, the method allowing research results related to a DNA sequence to be shared freely.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2011Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: SAMSUNG SDS CO.,LTD.Inventors: Minseo PARK, Jung-Youn LEE
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Publication number: 20120110438Abstract: The font size of text included in web page content is proportionally scaled based on proportional container widths and/or a minimum readable font size. The proportional font scaling improves web content readability on small-screen devices while maintaining relative proportions of font sizes between text containers when the text containers are rendered at full display width.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2010Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jorge Peraza, Philip K. Liu
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Publication number: 20120109776Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide a computer-based application that allows its users to insert their pictures in a variety of different photo books. Each photo book has several pages that have one or more picture fields for presenting pictures. Different photo books can differ in their size, themes, covers, page designs, page colors, picture-field designs, picture-field layouts, and/or other attributes. In some embodiments, the application also allows the users to modify photo books that they select. For instance, a user can modify the page design, color, frame design, and/or other thematic aspects of a selected photo books. Also, in some embodiments, the user can add picture and text fields to the photo book. Once the user has completed designing the photo book and inserting pictures in the photo book, the user can order the photo book through an online transaction that is initiated through the application.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2011Publication date: May 3, 2012Inventors: Joshua Fagans, Eric Hanson, Jeff Robbin, Timothy B. Martin
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Patent number: 8171398Abstract: A server system for generating information to be delivered to a client having an RSS reader according to this invention, includes a layout unit configured to execute layout processing of content data acquired from a content server in accordance with template data, a generation unit configured to generate, when an error has occurred in the layout processing by the layout unit, syndication data including link information to data associated with the error, and an information providing unit configured to provide the syndication data generated by the generation unit to the client, and to provide, when an acquisition request of the data designated by the link information included in the syndication data is issued, that data to the request source.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2007Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Toshihiko Hosotsubo
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Patent number: 8170371Abstract: A method for pre-recognition processing of forms with non-fixed fields. One or more objects that are present on a form can be reliably identified after conversion of the form into an electronic state. Objects are preliminarily assigned to act as reference points for spatial binding of data input fields or groups thereof. In the case of a text object as a reference point, text recognition is additionally performed. The spatial location of a reference point may be not fixed. A reference point may be described as alternative. Field identification may be performed either automatically or manually.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2003Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: ABBYY Software, LtdInventors: Konstantin Zuev, Ruslan Garashchuk
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Patent number: 8171400Abstract: An image transmission apparatus includes a display device, a display image data generator, a storage device, a storage controller, a transmitter, and a display controller. The image transmission apparatus is connectable to a plurality of image projection apparatuses. The display image data generator is configured to generate display image data, the storage device is configured to store the display image data, and the transmitter is configured to transmit the display image data for display on each image transmission apparatus connected to the image transmission apparatus according to an overall layout display for the combination of potentially connected image transmission apparatuses. The display controller is configured to display an image on the display device using the display image data and to display a plurality of layout display images corresponding to the display image data transmitted to the image projection apparatuses in a layout display region on the display device.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2008Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Tomohiro Nomizo
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Patent number: 8171404Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to systems, methods and devices for manipulating documents. According to one aspect of the present invention, the responses, from multiple examinees, to a question on an examination may be combined to form a combined document associated with the question for grading, scoring or other analysis. According to a second aspect of the present invention, markings made by the examination grader, on the combined document, associated with an examinee may be combined with the examinee's examination document to produce a modified examination document.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2007Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.Inventors: Gregory Eugene Borchers, Rono James Mathieson
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Patent number: 8171389Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for processing document data, wherein the document data comprises at least one page in order and the page comprising at least one layer in order, the method comprises: managing and controlling the at least one layer respectively. The technical scheme of the present invention enables process a document on layers in the docbase management system and provides more flexible document processing.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2008Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Sursen Corp.Inventors: Donglin Wang, Xu Guo, Changwei Liu, Kaihong Zou, Xiaoqing Lu
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Patent number: 8171399Abstract: A user interface for repositioning Web page components that includes an HTML table. Each cell of the table can represents a Web page component that is able to be repositioned. Each cell can include an identifier and a user selectable position control. The identifier can identify the Web page component. The user selectable position control can accept user input designating a position of the component within the Web page. An activation control can accept input entered within the user selectable position control when selected. Activation of the activation control can result in the Web page being reconfigured so that the position of the Web page components corresponds to positions specified by the position controls. In one embodiment, the user interface can be an accessibility option for users having difficulty with a drag and drop interface.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2008Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Thomas D. Coppedge, III, Becky J. Gibson, Kevin E. Hicks, Andrew J. Lahart, David Salinas, Michael A. Squillace
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Patent number: 8169655Abstract: When a plurality of image data are received, a form data from among at least one form data and a format data from among at least one format data are selected based on number of the image data. The image data, selected form data and format data are combined to generate an output image.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2011Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Katsuyuki Toda
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Publication number: 20120102392Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are concerned with displaying a data set within a display area of a display device, where the data set includes a plurality of groups of elements, each of the groups including a higher-level element and one or more lower-level elements. Each element may for example form part of a Document Object Model for an HTML document. Elements are processed to identify and render one or more elements in the display area. An element is identified if the region it occupies corresponds with a selected portion of a layout area of the data set. Groups of elements are processed differently in dependence on whether a higher-level element of a group has a pre-defined spatial relationship with respect to one or more lower-level elements in the group, allowing the invention to efficiently process elements which are members of groups for which the pre-defined spatial relationship has been identified.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2010Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: Visto CorporationInventors: Benjamin Charles Reesman, Christopher Mark Downey, Matthew John DiMeo
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Publication number: 20120102393Abstract: A ruby character is displayed in an appropriate display form corresponding to characteristics of a layout of a document intended for giving of ruby characters. In a document generating apparatus, a storage portion stores information on a layout of a document as document layout data, a unification judging portion reads the document layout data stored in the storage portion, and a ruby character setting portion judges unification of a layout of the whole document based on the read document layout data to set a display form of a ruby character based on a judgment result by the unification judging portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2011Publication date: April 26, 2012Inventors: Takeshi KUTSUMI, Ichiko Sata
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Patent number: 8166386Abstract: A method and system for producing a patent specification is capable of producing a patent specification draft rapidly for the inventor, applicant or patent attorney, thereby reducing the time to complete the specification and improving the mutual understanding between the inventor and the patent attorney. After the inventor inputs the technical characteristics and other related description via a graphic interface, a patent specification draft can be produced rapidly. The method includes the steps of inputting a title, selecting the type of invention, entering the graphic interface, inputting the name and function of each element to form an output data section, inputting the data having multiple sets of text areas, cooperating the input data having multiple sets of text areas with individual output data section, combining, trans-pasting and composing the corresponding input description to form multiple sets of output data sections. In this way, the contents of a patent specification can be formed.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2008Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Inventors: Chung-Yuh Chang, Yao-Hui Chang
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Publication number: 20120096343Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for providing a dynamic loupe for displayed information of a document. The displayed information can be provided in various sub-regions of the document. Based on the position of an input relative to a particular sub-region, the loupe can be sized and positioned such that a portion of information from the sub-region is displayed in the loupe. The portion of information can be displayed using a loupe scale factor that may differ from a scale factor used for the rest of the displayed information. The loupe position can be selected such that the contents and or position of the loupe may be biased towards a particular sub-region.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2010Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Nils Beck, Conrad Carlen
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Patent number: 8161377Abstract: Methods, machines, and machine-readable media for arranging images on pages of an album are described. In one aspect, an album has multiple potential states each corresponding to a respective arrangement of the images on the pages. In accordance with one method, the album is received in an initial state. A series of successive states from the initial state to an end state is determined. Each of the successive states is selected from candidate states in a respective neighborhood of a corresponding preceding one of the states in the series based on a heuristic evaluation of the candidate states.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2005Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventor: C. Brian Atkins
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Patent number: 8161382Abstract: Provided is a method of providing font services by using an item server and a service server, including: the item server maintaining font providing information including font information and area information associated with the font information, for each user in a user database; the service server maintaining service page database including text associated with each area of the service page associated with the user; the service server receiving the font providing information associated with the user from the item server; generating the service page in which a text image, corresponding to the text associated with a certain area of the service page and generated according to the font information associated with the certain area, is displayed in the certain area, based on the received font providing information; and providing the generated service page by transmitting to a user terminal.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2005Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: NHN CorporationInventors: Eun Ju Joung, Tae Heon Lee
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Patent number: 8161375Abstract: A system and method are described for creating personalized stationery online. For example, a computer-implemented method according to one embodiment comprises: defining variable types including formatting options to be used in stationery templates; specifying variables to be used for a particular stationery template, each of the variables being assigned a particular variable type; creating a global template for a product category of stationery; extracting metadata from a file or other content provided by a stationery designer; and creating a product template using information contained in the global template and the metadata extracted from the file.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2008Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.Inventor: Kelly Berger
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Patent number: 8160403Abstract: A game apparatus functioning as an image transmitting apparatus includes a CPU. The CPU performs an edit of at least one image with a controller according to an instruction by a user, transmits image data of the image through a wireless communication module to a network during execution of the edit, and further transmits layout information indicating a layout of the image after completion of the edit.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2008Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideo Hatayama, Masamichi Sakaino, Masaru Nishita, Takeshi Shimada
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Patent number: 8156426Abstract: Stylized digital content is rapidly created by reading a first file and a plurality of second files. The first file contains a digital content item and each second file contains at least one style definition. At least one display instance of stylized digital content is created by applying the style definition of one of the plurality of second files to the digital content item of the first file. The at least one display instance is mapped to a location on the display device. A location is received from a pointing device and one of the plurality of display instances is displayed based on the received location.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2009Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LPInventor: Steven Neil Tischer
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Patent number: 8156423Abstract: An intermediary such as a gateway will intercept a markup document being sent in a response message from a web server to a client station and will determine that the client station does not have stored locally the set of objects necessary to render the markup document. The intermediary will then modify the response message to include both the markup document and the necessary set of objects. Upon receipt of the response, the client station will extract and store the objects as non-cached objects, to be used when rendering the markup document. Preferably the client station is a cell phone.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2004Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.Inventors: Kevin E. Hunter, Balaji S. Thenthiruperai, Scott A. Papineau
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Patent number: 8156431Abstract: In order to maintain consistencies of relations between objects and page attributes in document data, a document editing apparatus for editing document data including a plurality of pages, includes a determination unit which determines, when a process is executed for the document data, whether or not the process includes a move process or copy process of an object across pages, a composition unit which composites, when it is determined that the process includes the move process or copy process, information associated with a page attribute of an editing source page on which the object is currently laid out to the object to generate a composite object, and a layout unit which lays out the composite object as an object on an editing destination page as a move destination or copy destination.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2009Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kazufumi Kobashi
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Patent number: 8155952Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention provides a method, comprising: receiving a query from a user computer device; determining what custom messages are applicable based on the query; and delivering any applicable custom messages to the user computer device. The messages may be selected and customized based on a customization control parameter. In one embodiment, the customization control parameter may include the interface language, the regional settings, and the version of the product. Advantageously, trial versions of dictionaries may have different messages from paid or non-trial versions. For example, for the trial versions, a warning message will be sent informing the user that the trial period is about to expire. Additionally, the server device has the capability to detect whether the version used by a user is bootleg or not, and send customized messages to users of bootleg versions.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2009Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Abbyy Software, LtdInventors: Anna Matveenko, Alexander Rylov
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Patent number: 8156447Abstract: Implementing a digital contact sheet generator includes receiving input parameters from a remotely located user to create a table. The table includes one or more table cells, each of which comprises a text cell and an image cell. The input parameters define an appearance of the contact sheet and the table. Each table cell is formatted by selecting an image from a set of source media and calculating a size of the image cell associated with the particular table cell. A location of the image cell within the particular table cell is then determined and the image is resized. The image cell is repositioned and the resized image is drawn in the image cell.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2008Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Industrial Color, Inc.Inventors: Aaron H. Holm, Steven P. Kalalian
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Patent number: 8156425Abstract: Determining a total dimension of items in computer-based user interface control (e.g., non-uniform items displayed in grid-view), may be accomplished by determining an estimated dimension value (e.g., for all items in a series) and combining (e.g., multiplying) that value with a total number of items (e.g., items in the series). If a viewport offset value and viewport item value is known, and/or a previously realized dimension and previously realized item value is known, the estimated dimension value may be determined by combining one or more of these values with values for realized items. Otherwise, the estimated dimension value can be determined by dividing the realized items dimensions value by the number of realized items. A total dimension value may be used by a user interface element, for example, to calculate an appropriate size and location of a scroll bar display.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2008Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Benjamin F. Carter, Cedric P. Dussud
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Publication number: 20120084642Abstract: A method for managing multiple columns in a document. The method includes obtaining a text stream from the document; obtaining a current fill limit associated with an initial column of the multiple columns; placing, using a layout engine, the text stream within the multiple columns according to the current fill limit; identifying, after placing the text stream, a first fill level of a final column of the multiple columns; calculating a first difference between the current fill limit and the first fill level of the final column; calculating, in response to the first difference exceeding a tolerance, a revised fill limit based on the current fill limit; placing, using the layout engine, the text stream within the multiple columns according to the revised fill limit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2010Publication date: April 5, 2012Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA SYSTEMS LABORATORY INC.Inventors: Jason James Grams, Todd Michael Plummer