Tool Tip (e.g., Cursor Position Based) Patents (Class 715/711)
  • Publication number: 20140223301
    Abstract: A user-centric management application system and method for a security system that conceptualizes the security devices and the tasks to perform on the security devices as separate objects with common properties and behavior. Operators of the system create abstract containers, called dockviews, which the operator adds objects to in order to perform specific tasks. Because the operator assigns user access to dockviews and objects, the system tailors system access for both application users and tenants of the security system based on policy objectives. Dockviews have the ability to open in separate application windows to support priority display and isolation of critical management tasks. The system provides integrated user administration, event management and reports capability, a consistent “look and feel,” and system-wide automated event notification via a watchlist window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Tyco Safety Products Canada Ltd.
    Inventors: Stephan Frenette, Francois Cossette
  • Patent number: 8793579
    Abstract: Graphical user interfaces (GUIs) support the collaborative generation of life stories by helping the user view the development of the life stories of other users and facilitating interaction with them through these GUIs. A GUI according to a first type helps the user keep track of recent life stories and comments posted by other users of the collaborative system, and a GUI according to a second type helps the user view life stories of any user in a chronological manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Halliday, Christopher Lunt
  • Patent number: 8775936
    Abstract: A controller is provided that provides help for applications, wherein the controller is different from all of the applications. The controller receives a command and identifies a location that a user was pointing to on a display device when the command was received. The controller finds on the display device, a first image within a predefined distance of the location where the user was pointing to on the display device when the command was received. The controller determines an identity of an application that generated the first image. The controller searches for help data based upon the identity of the application that generated the first image and based on the first image. The controller displays the help data if the searching finds the help data assigned to the first image and the application that generated the first image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy J. Massaro, Karen E. Paone, Allen J. Ziolkowski
  • Patent number: 8769407
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to the help function and provide a method, system and computer program product for a pointing help system. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for pointing help in a GUI can include receiving a help event in association with a GUI control in the GUI, generating a help message for placement in a portion of the GUI statically configured to present different help messages, and visually coupling the GUI control with the help message through pointing help. In particular, in one aspect of the embodiment, visually coupling the GUI control with the help message through pointing help can include generating an arrow shell in a window separate from the GUI; and superimposing the arrow shell over the GUI to visually couple the GUI control with the help message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: David J. Muir
  • Patent number: 8751942
    Abstract: Methods, systems and processor-readable media for supporting bidirectional communications and data sharing. One or more wireless hand held devices can be registered with one or more controllers associated with one or more multimedia displays. One or more profile icons can be selected for use as a cursor(s) during interaction of the wireless hand held device(s) with one or more multimedia display(s) during rendering of an event as data on the multimedia display(s). Supplemental data can be provided from the multimedia display(s) and/or a remote database to the wireless hand held device(s) based on a selection of the data rendered on the multimedia display(s) marked by the cursor utilizing the wireless hand held device(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: FlickIntel, LLC
    Inventors: Kermit D. Lopez, Luis M. Ortiz, Richard H. Krukar
  • Patent number: 8739035
    Abstract: The invention relates to an applet for a mobile computing device, comprising an element to detect user input and perform appropriate associated actions, and to provide a cognitive aid for users of the mobile computing device. The invention also relates to a method for controlling operation of a mobile computing device, comprising detecting user input and performing appropriate associated actions and providing a cognitive aid for users of the mobile computing device. The invention further relates to a cognitive aid for a mobile computing device having a display screen, the cognitive aid being displayed on the display screen and including an on-screen and/or an audio tip, and being associated with an input vehicle of the mobile computing device. The cognitive aid provides relevant information to the user regarding the input vehicle. The invention still further relates to a method for assisting users of a mobile computing device having a display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Jim Trethewey
  • Patent number: 8732617
    Abstract: Certain implementations of the disclosed technology may include systems and methods for enhanced function access in mobile applications. According to an example implementation, a method is provided. The method includes outputting an application selection screen including one or more icons. The method includes receiving an indication of a first gesture input entered at a first location of a presence-sensitive display, the first location being associated with a first icon from the one or more icons. The method also includes outputting an indication of the one or more predefined functions of the application associated with the first icon, and responsive to a selection, executing the selected at least one of the one or more predefined functions without outputting the respective primary application user interface for the application associated with the first icon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Armstrong, Joshua Kaplan
  • Patent number: 8732578
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for the controlled cursor's behavior. According to one example method, any desired data may be linked to a cursor and a desired cursor behavior could be defined to convey the linked data using the cursor. When a change in the linked data is detected, the example method includes using the desired cursor behavior to convey the changed data independent of a location where the cursor is placed on a screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
    Inventor: Simeon C. Peebler
  • Patent number: 8732610
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for enhanced browsing. The apparatus includes a user interface for presenting an enhanced browsing window of content identified by a link in a page displayed by a browser. The apparatus may include a prefetcher for fetching or prefetching the content and a cache for storing the window. The apparatus may also include an ad interface for retrieving advertisements for display with the content. When a first page is displayed in the browser, content identified by a link to a second page is automatically fetched and an enhanced browsing window, which may initially be invisible, is built. When a user mouses-over a status indicator associated with the link, the window is automatically displayed and the user can navigate the displayed content. The status indicator may change appearance to indicate a status of the prefetching (e.g., initiated, completed, success, failure, communication error).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: BT Web Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: James Kelly, Scott Milener, Wendell Brown
  • Patent number: 8707177
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, for generating in-situ resource guides. In one aspect, a method includes receiving flow elements for a resource, and for each flow element, identifying the respective resource instructions in the resource document that match a selector of the flow element; sequentially display flow interface elements, and for each sequentially displayed flow interface element: monitoring for the occurrence a user input of data in a user interface element corresponding to the selector of the flow element; and in response to monitoring the user input of data in a user interface element, sequentially displaying another flow interface element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Rory Parle, Mitul Patel, Peter B. Radmanesh, John Curran
  • Patent number: 8701177
    Abstract: A graphical representation of the firewall and a network coupled to the firewall is generated and displayed. A number of an inbound port of the network is displayed. An arrow adjacent to the port number pointing toward the network is displayed to indicate that a communication is permitted to the port. The port number and the arrow are located between an icon for the network and an icon for the firewall. A port number of a destination of a communication originating from the network is displayed. Also, another arrow adjacent to the destination port number pointing toward the firewall is displayed to indicate that a communication is permitted to the destination port number. The destination port number and the other arrow are located between an icon for the network and an icon for the firewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brooke Madsen Anderson, Wiliam C. Bunn, Mary Karnes, Sarah M. Lieberman, Mira E. Wilczek
  • Patent number: 8700996
    Abstract: Computer software applications presently allow the User to preview the impact of some commands on active documents via a small preview window. However, such preview windows are not representative of how the command will impact the entire document. The invention provides a method and system of efficiently and effectively previewing the impact of User commands on the entire document by executing User commands as they are identified. Leaving the menu open, the User is able to identify successive commands until the desired result is reached. Embodiments are described for execution of general commands, text editing commands, relocations of margins or guidelines, and relocations of graphic objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Corel Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin C. Unbedacht, Bruce G. Woodward, Eric D. Johnson
  • Patent number: 8694887
    Abstract: Subject matter disclosed herein may relate to dynamically selecting and/or determining terms for use with contextual shortcuts in electronic documents such as, for example, web pages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Vadim von Brzeski, Reiner Kraft
  • Patent number: 8677257
    Abstract: A graphical user interface (GUI) element permits a user to control an application in both a coarse manner and a fine manner. When a cursor is moved to coincide or overlap the displayed GUI element, parameter adjustment is made at a first (coarse) granularity so that rapid changes to the target parameter can be made (e.g., displayed zoom level, image rotation or playback volume). As the cursor is moved away from the displayed GUI element, parameter adjustment is made at a second (fine) granularity so that fine changes to the target parameter can be made. In one embodiment, the further the cursor is moved from the displayed GUI element, the finer the control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Doepke, Hans-Werner Neubrand
  • Patent number: 8671078
    Abstract: Embodiments are configured to provide sharing of business logic items. A document may contain business logic items, for example, sets, members, or measures. Some business logic items may be created by a publisher who wants to make the business logic available to other users so that others can access the business logic. Embodiments provide for using an integrated server platform search component to automatically retrieve business logic items which exist in one or more documents stored in a document library. This may allow for a publisher to provide business logic to other users without having to rely on the other users to retrieve the business logic from a specific document, and without requiring the other users to know of the existence of the business logic. Restrictions may be placed so that a publisher can control what specific pieces of business logic may be made available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Josh C. Zimmerman, David Scott Gustafson, Kurt Leonard Ziegler
  • Patent number: 8670977
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for retrieving audio segments from a spoken document. The spoken document preferably is one having moderate word error rates such as telephone calls or teleconferences. The method comprises converting speech associated with a spoken document into a lattice representation and indexing the lattice representation of speech. These steps are performed typically off-line. Upon receiving a query from a user, the method further comprises searching the indexed lattice representation of speech and returning retrieved audio segments from the spoken document that match the user query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Murat Saraclar, Richard William Sproat
  • Patent number: 8667384
    Abstract: There is disclosed a user interface for editing photo tags. In an embodiment, the user interface embodies a method of editing photo tags, comprising: displaying a photo on a display; providing a photo tagging mode for editing tags for the displayed photo; and for each tag used to tag a subject or object in the photo, identifying the tag type and associating a unique pointer for each tag type to highlight the corresponding tagged subject or object. The method may further comprise: displaying a tag list of tags used to tag a subject or object in the photo; and identifying the tag type of each tag in the tag list. In an embodiment, context sensitive information may be accessed for each tag depending on the tag type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Michael S. Brown, Gerhard D. Klassen, Terrill Dent
  • Patent number: 8661344
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for detecting an action providing input associated with an element of a user interface (UI) and/or graphical model, and providing an indicator to indicate the action has been detected. The UI and graphical model may provide elements that may be editable or otherwise changeable. The action may provide input that may change a value of the editable element of the UI or alter an element of the graphical model. Upon detection of the action, an indicator is provided in the UI or the graphical model in a manner associated with the detected changed element. The indicator may be a visual indicator or any other sensory indicator, such as a sound, force, or tactile indicator. The indicator provides a prompt to a user that one or more elements of the UI or graphical model may need to be saved, applied, or any changes canceled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.
    Inventor: Jay Ryan Torgerson
  • Patent number: 8650503
    Abstract: A mockup image can be received at a user interface designer module and a representation of the mockup image can be overlaid with a representation of a user interface that is under construction. One or more visual features of the user interface and one or more visual features of the mockup image can be matched. Also, one or more guides can be matched to one or more features in a mockup image, and one or more features of a user interface that is under construction can be automatically matched to the one or more guides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Bogdan Mihalcea
  • Patent number: 8645870
    Abstract: Methods and systems, including computer program products, implementing a preview cursor for image editing. One method includes displaying an image, receiving user input moving a cursor representing an editing tool to a position on the image, and in response, displaying a cursor icon representing the cursor at the position. The editing tool is operable to have an effect when applied. The cursor icon shows the effect of applying the editing tool at the position while and only while the cursor is at the position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Ralf Berger, Steve M. Troppoli
  • Patent number: 8635530
    Abstract: Statistical filtering of data using graphical user interfaces in information technology systems. One embodiment comprises generating a graphical statistical representation of a data set and displaying the graphical statistical representation on an electronic display. One or more manipulable graphical elements are also displayed in conjunction with the graphical statistical representation, wherein the manipulable graphical elements represent one or more statistical ranges for the graphical statistical representation. Based on user adjusting one or more of the manipulable graphical elements specifying one or more adjusted statistical ranges, the data set is filtered to correspond to the graphical statistical representation within the one or more adjusted statistical ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas S. Brugler, Vincent C. Conzola, Randall A. Craig, Todd M. Eischeid, Mark E. Molander
  • Patent number: 8631328
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a wireless communication unit, a memory, a touch screen, and a controller. The wireless communication unit establishes a connection to an external digital picture frame. The memory stores a plurality of images including one or more characters and information mapped to the characters. The touch screen displays a first image stored in the memory. And, the controller transmits the first image and first information mapped to the first image to the digital picture frame via the wireless communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Tae Hyun Kim, Lan Jung
  • Patent number: 8624858
    Abstract: A method includes: detecting a first touch at a first location on a touch-sensitive display; detecting a second touch at a second location on the touch-sensitive display; and displaying a navigation indicator on the touch-sensitive display in response to detecting the second touch while first touch contact is maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Blackberry Limited
    Inventors: Steven Henry Fyke, Jason Tyler Griffin, Kevin Howard Orr, Laura Mahan
  • Publication number: 20130346857
    Abstract: Displaying a hierarchy. A method includes identifying a set of nodes representing sites in a hierarchy. The set of nodes share one or more common characteristics not shared by any other nodes in the hierarchy. The method further includes determining that the set of nodes, as a set, meet a predetermined condition. As a result of the nodes sharing the one or more common characteristics not shared by any other nodes in the hierarchy and as a result of the set meeting the predetermined condition, the method further includes aggregating at least a portion of the set of nodes. The method further includes displaying in a graphical user interface a representation of the hierarchy including displaying the aggregated portion as a single entity in the hierarchy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chuanbo Zhang, Huajun Luo, Yue Chen, Daniel D. Ward, Justin K. Stanton, Chung Man Yiu, Jie Du, David C. James, Leyu Feng
  • Patent number: 8612880
    Abstract: Systems and methods for uploading documents to a document database by using an efficient drag and drop interface is provided. The drag and drop interface includes a persistent and movable drop box rendered on an operating system. The drop box is preconfigured to access a document database to upload documents. Furthermore, the drop box is persistently available on a desktop of the operating system, wherein one or more objects can be dragged and dropped for upload to the document database from any other interface or from the desktop, whereupon documents corresponding to the one or more objects are uploaded to the database based on preconfigured destination locations to which to upload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Inware, LLC
    Inventor: David D. McDermott
  • Patent number: 8572510
    Abstract: Multiple dropdowns on a graphical user interface (GUI) are dynamically linked at runtime. The dropdowns are associated with inter-related attributes of an object displayed on the GUI. The content of each dropdown includes a list of values of an attribute and is entirely or partially hidden until the dropdown is selected. The list of values of each dropdown are dynamically generated and rendered at runtime, using stored data that links the attributes to their parent attributes. The stored data can be dynamically updated to reflect currently-available attribute values and the relationship of the attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventor: Nancy Yan
  • Patent number: 8560949
    Abstract: A method in a power transmission or distribution system, an operator terminal in such a system as well as to a computer program product from such an operator terminal, wherein the operator terminal presents graphical objects representing electrical power transmission control stations together with graphical objects representing power lines on a display, and changes the degree of abstraction of the presentation based on an operator selection or an own selection. A change from a lower to a higher degree involves moving a group of graphical objects including control stations closer to a condensation center point on a power line that is common for this group, and a change from a higher to a lower condensation degree involves moving the group away from the condensation center point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: ABB Research Ltd.
    Inventor: Mikko Rissanen
  • Publication number: 20130268855
    Abstract: From a computer generated user interface (UI), a selection of a UI element representing a corresponding business process element is received. The metadata of the selected UI element is retrieved from a database to determine associated business process elements. The associated business process elements are determined by identifying a lineage of an input to the business process element corresponding to the selected UI element, identifying a lineage of an output from the business process element corresponding to the selected UI element, and identifying a lineage of a transformation of data associated with the business process element corresponding to the selected UI element. Based upon the determination of the associated business process elements a visual representation of the dataflow involved in executing the business process is rendering on the computer generated UI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventor: JOHN O'BYRNE
  • Patent number: 8548450
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing, and a wireless transceiver carried by the housing. The mobile wireless communications device may also include a display carried by the housing, and a controller carried by the housing and coupled to the display and the wireless transceiver. The controller may be configured to wirelessly download a first page from among a plurality of pages collectively including a sequential listing of a plurality of selectable files. The controller may also be configured to display the first page with a scrollable cursor thereon, and wirelessly download a second page based upon the scrollable cursor being positioned at a threshold number of selectable files in the first page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Alexander Vitas Ceponkus, Paul Munguia
  • Patent number: 8549443
    Abstract: A GUI interface, a method of programming a GUI interface, and an apparatus which enables functions of controls in the GUI to be activated by a movement to a control and then another subsequent movement related to that control. It may be defined more precisely below. A GUI in which, when a pointer 0 is immediately adjacent or passes over a control area 1, a procedure is initiated whereby subsequent movement of the pointer over a predetermined path area 3 generates a ‘click’ event which simulates direct clicking of the control 1 and moving outside the predetermined path area 3 prior to completion of the path 3 resets the control to as if the pointer has never started along the predetermined path area 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Inventor: Nes Stewart Irvine
  • Patent number: 8543942
    Abstract: A computing device has a processor executing instructions to provide a graphical user interface rendered on a display device, the user interface includes a first control rendered on the display device and a second control rendered on the display device, wherein, by receiving input through the user interface of a selection within a proximity of at least one of the first control and the second control, the computing device renders at least one supplemental control on the display device corresponding to the selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventor: Mayank Kumar
  • Patent number: 8539353
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for interacting with a file stored on a computing device that includes a display. The method includes causing a first user interface element to be displayed; receiving user input; determining that the user input is received for a duration of time greater than a threshold value; and, in response to determining, causing a first full tab to be displayed on a first side of the first user interface element, where the first full tab is associated with a first function for manipulating the file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Jones, Ryan Devenish, Jonathan Kaplan, John Furlan, Elizabeth A. Cleary, Matthew John Barthelemy
  • Patent number: 8538917
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are described for performing file coordination operations on a computer system. For example, one embodiment of a system for performing file coordination comprises: a file coordination service having arbitration logic for arbitrating among different read and write processes attempting to perform file read and write operations, respectively; and a file presenter representing a file opened by a file editing application and registering the opened file with the file coordination service; wherein prior to permitting a read/write process to perform its designated read/write operation, the file coordination service notifies the file presenter and waits for a response from the file presenter indicating that the read/write operation may proceed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Piccirelli, Ali T. Ozer
  • Patent number: 8527896
    Abstract: A graphical user interface is provided that has two distinct sections. A first area has an array of menu items. When a menu item is hovered over by a pointer, an icon such as a contextually-related animated icon is displayed on a second area and changes its appearance in such a way as to indicate to the user the location of the pointer and/or the consequence of selecting that menu item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Andrew Matthews, Kanwal VedBrat, Mark Richard Ligameri, Paul Alexander Gusmorino, III, Charles W Stabb, Gregory Scott Matthews Melander, Robert Kenneth Stein, III, Jenny Lam
  • Publication number: 20130227412
    Abstract: Tooltip generation for zoom feedback is described. In response to the initiation of a zoom operation, a tooltip is generated. The tooltip shows an established potential zoom level that will be used to execute the zoom operation if no other zoom level is established or selected. Multiple potential zoom levels may be shown within the tooltip before the zoom operation is executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Karin Iancu Ornstein, Hendrik van den Broek, Marge Boots, Raymond Wong, Chadwick Chow
  • Publication number: 20130198222
    Abstract: Automation systems, methods, and mediums. A method includes displaying, in a user interface, a portion of code associated with a process running in the automation system. The process is associated with a point variable in the automation system. The portion of code includes the point variable. The method further includes identifying a location of a cursor in a user interface in response to detecting the cursor in the location associated with the user interface for a period of time. The method includes requesting the point value of the point variable in the portion of code and associated with the location of the cursor. The method includes receiving the value associated with the variable over a network connection. The method includes displaying the point value in the user interface in association with the point variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventors: Lonnie Douglas Spears, Charles James Koerner
  • Publication number: 20130179781
    Abstract: Presented herein are techniques for invoking user interfaces in graphical computing environments involving “hooking” gestures applicable to an edge of a display. These gestures involve positioning a pointer near an edge of the display depicting the environment, and then moving the cursor to a second location that is distanced from but near the first location (e.g., moving the pointer into a corner of the display, and then toward the center of the display, or to a midpoint of an adjacent edge of the display), resulting in the presentation of the user interface under the pointer at the second location. Variations include presenting a preview of the user interface (e.g., a subset of a user interface menu) at the second location while the pointer is in the first location, and refraining from presenting the user interface upon failing to complete the gesture or receiving extraneous input before completing the gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jennifer Nan, Jesse Clay Satterfield, Zach Robinson, Robert Jarrett, Patrice L. Miner
  • Patent number: 8479097
    Abstract: A method for providing a user interface for an industrial control system including a computer and a plurality of process graphics including software objects for controlling and/or monitoring real world objects controlled by the control system. A display of selected process graphics, a designated view arranged with a tab or another selector, is automatically generated. The designated view may be generated dependent on selecting one or more logical groupings to which control system software objects representing the real world objects belong. At least one tab on a designated view, or an active link, is arranged to display a small visual representation of a second process graphic to which it is linked on detection of a computer input on or near the at least one tab, or link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: ABB Research Ltd.
    Inventors: Kristoffer Husoy, Tone-Grete Graven, Torgeir Enkerud
  • Patent number: 8468452
    Abstract: A system and method that calls attention to a location of departure in a display includes and interaction system and a content presentation system. The interaction system identifies each interaction with an area in a first display. The content presentation system upon return to the first display from a second display changes the first display to draw attention to the identified area with an animation. The animation expires after a first period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Polle T. Zellweger, Bay-Wei Chang, Jock D. Mackinlay
  • Publication number: 20130151964
    Abstract: A controller is provided that provides help for applications, wherein the controller is different from all of the applications. The controller receives a command and identifies a location that a user was pointing to on a display device when the command was received. The controller finds on the display device, a first image within a predefined distance of the location where the user was pointing to on the display device when the command was received. The controller determines an identity of an application that generated the first image. The controller searches for help data based upon the identity of the application that generated the first image and based on the first image. The controller displays the help data if the searching finds the help data assigned to the first image and the application that generated the first image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Timothy J. Massaro, Karen E. Paone, Allen J. Ziolkowski
  • Publication number: 20130151963
    Abstract: A minimized state navigation bar is provided for switching between modules within an expanded communication service such as email, calendar, contacts, tasks, etc. and for presenting preview peeks associated with each module to a user. The minimized state may be selected automatically based on user interface context or user action. A temporary preview of a module may be provided upon a hover action over the icons without actually needing to switch to a module. The preview may also be docked or pinned to a location on the main user interface so that it is displayed within the main user interface. New or interesting activity within each module may be highlighted by displaying an information badge next to an icon, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel Costenaro, Elizabeth Holz, Alessio Roic, Jedidiah Brown
  • Patent number: 8452710
    Abstract: A system to present secure expandable advertisements using an API and cross-domain communication. A content publishing system that hosts a website can implement an expandable advertisement using IFRAMEs that are expanded upon receiving an API call from a third party rich media vendor that hosts the expandable advertisement when the content publishing system and the third party media vendor are of differing domains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Francis Smith, Saji Joseph
  • Publication number: 20130124989
    Abstract: Object editing controls may be provided. First, a selection of an object within an electronic document may be received. Then, in response to the received selection of the object, at least one selectable control may be displayed. The at least one selectable control may be configured to provide a set of most commonly used editing controls for editing the selected object. Upon selection of the at least one selectable control, a user interface comprising the set of most commonly used editing controls may be deployed next to the selected object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Doan, Alexandre Gueniot
  • Patent number: 8429543
    Abstract: An interface enables perception of information regarding e-mail communications. The interface includes an e-mail application user interface that enables perception of e-mail message information for one or more e-mails received by an e-mail participant and that enables active display of one or more of the received e-mails selected by the e-mail participant, The interface also includes a mechanism that determines a request for e-mail message information for one of the e-mails from within a desired e-mail message that is not actively displayed. The interface further includes an informational tool tip that provides a temporary perceivable indication to the e-mail participant of at least a portion of the requested information for the desired e-mail message while maintaining active display of the one or more selected e-mails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: James Andrew Canfield, Kenneth Carbone, David Fairlie Colburn, Linda Nols Myers, Thomas E. Van Lenten, Gregory Alan Willis
  • Publication number: 20130097500
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for providing positionable dynamic content. A system receives a selection of a part of help options displayed by a user interface. The system identifies content corresponding to the part of help options and a location of a displayed element corresponding to the part of help options. The system loads a tooltip with the content corresponding to the part of help options. The system outputs the tooltip at a position based on the location of the displayed element corresponding to the part of help options via the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: Salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventor: Salesforce.com, inc.
  • Patent number: 8413072
    Abstract: An apparatus, system and method that allow for context and language specific data entry via a user interface. A user interface is displayed on a display device, where the user interface includes a data entry menu having one or more menu selections. A menu selection is activated. A data entry method is displayed, where the data entry method is context and language specific to the activated menu selection. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin Corbett, Brian David Johnson, Dave Koste
  • Patent number: 8397176
    Abstract: A user interface dialog is provided. The user interface dialog comprises tear-off functionality for being torn-off from a drop-down selection, and docking functionality for docking onto a docker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Corel Corporation
    Inventors: Ramesh Subramanian, Stephen Mereu, Robert Reid
  • Patent number: 8365098
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for displaying key information in a portable terminal. Display of key information is provided such that a user can easily confirm information about a shortcut key set by the user or a function for each key of a key input module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Sang Won, Gwang-Woo Choe, Min-Bum Kim, Jung-Sook Cha
  • Publication number: 20130019174
    Abstract: Tooltips associated with a context based menu are presented for providing information about executable commands on the context based menu. Tooltips may provide information about how to interact with the context based menu including what graphical icons on the context based menu represent and what actions a user can take to execute commands from the context based menu. The tooltips may be brief labels of the commands on the context based menu and may also expand to descriptive tooltips providing more information about the commands. The tooltips may be automatically presented in response to a detected period of inactivity by a user and may additionally be presented in response to detection of a user action such as a press and hold action in association with one or more commands on the context based menu, and may be displayed in a variety of positions around the context based menu.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Erez Kikin Gil, Matthew Kotler, Vignesh Sachidanandam, Mark Pearson, Ned Friend
  • Publication number: 20130019173
    Abstract: Context based menus are employed for content management through touch or gesture actions, keyboard entries, mouse or pen actions, and similar input. Context based menus may be deployed using a variety of shapes, forms, and content. Different actions and combinations of actions enable users to activate submenus, execute commands, or collapse context based menus. By enabling viewing of menus and execution of commands through context based menus positioned in relation to displayed content user experience is enhanced when interacting with user interfaces with limited display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Kotler, Erez Kikin Gil, Vignesh Sachidanandam, Andrew Hockman, Christopher Pratley