Abstract: A method and an apparatus for editing a screen of a mobile device having a touch screen. In an idle mode, the mobile device displays an item display region containing at least one item on an idle screen. In an edit mode, the mobile device displays an edit command region containing at least one predetermined edit command on an edit screen. When a first item contained in the item display region is moved to the edit command region, the mobile device executes the predetermined edit command assigned to a moved position of the edit command region.

Abstract: An icon operation method is provided. The method is suitable for a display displaying an operation option image having several icons. Each icon represents an operation. The method comprises steps of grouping some of the icons so that the icons in the same group are partially stacked with each other.

Abstract: A control unit (120) recognizes information that is being displayed in, from among display areas (110-1-110-3) that display information, a first display area and displays relevant information that relates to the information that was recognized in a second display area other than the first display area.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to manage zones of a playback system are disclosed. An example method includes displaying a plurality of zone icons, including a first zone icon and a second zone icon, each of the zone icons representing zone player(s) operable to play back multimedia content in a local area network, wherein the first and second zone icons are currently located in a first zone group region, and wherein the zone players associated with the first and second zone icons are members of a first zone group, the first zone group synchronously playing back a first multimedia content; receiving a first drag and drop input to select the second zone icon and drag the second zone icon from inside the first zone group region to outside the first zone region; and, based on the first drag and drop input, causing the zone player(s) associated with the second zone icon to be disassociated with the first zone group.

Abstract: A method for detecting and tracking a single finger or multi-finger gesture referred to as an edge swipe gesture that originates from an edge of a touch sensor and which is distinguished from normal touch sensor operations such as cursoring, wherein the edge swipe gesture generates detection and tracking data having an immediate change, whereas touchdown or movement towards and then away from an edge of the touch sensor will generate data that is different from the edge swipe gesture.

Abstract: A mobile terminal including a touch screen display unit configured to display content; and a controller configured to receive a setting of a region included in the displayed content, display a first graphic object corresponding to a first type of data included in the content in the set region and display a second graphic object corresponding to a second type of data included in the content in the set region, receive a selection of the first graphic object, extract the first type of data included in the content, and display the first type of data extracted from the content without the second type of data.

Abstract: In an electronic file system, preview information is provided to the user during a drag operation of a selected object onto a target object. The information indicates what type(s) of action is to be taken should the selected object be dropped onto the target object. The action(s) to be taken may depend upon the type of the selected object and/or the type of the target object. For example, where the selected object is an item and the target object is a persisted auto-list, the action may include adding, removing, or modifying one or more properties of the selected object to conform to one or more criteria defined by the persisted auto-list. Also, numerical feedback may be provided to the user where multiple objects are selected. For example, where seven objects are selected, the textual number “7” may appear next to the cursor.

Abstract: A computer software system is disclosed for single step coordination between software applications. A monitoring application automatically identifies a target application and presents a prompting window, such that if possible (but not necessarily) it appears to be attached to a side of the target window. Clicking a control in the prompting window automatically activates a secondary application, and automatically transfers information from the target application to the secondary application. Target desktop windows can be identified by their window captions and target HTML windows by their URL addresses. Controls on prompting windows can activate multiple secondary applications and/or different secondary application modes. Information can be obtained from a target application by reading a file stored for that purpose by the target application, by interprocess communication, or by screen scraping.

Abstract: A method for creating and processing a program includes selecting a new program object of an object type. The new program object is presented as a character string. The program is presented as text and a program object is presented as a character string when the program object is inserted into the program using drag-and-drop. The method also includes moving the selected program object to a target position in the program text. The method further includes examining the target position to determine whether a program object of the same or a compatible object type is present at the target position. If such a target program object is present at the target position, the method also includes replacing the target program object with the selected program object. Otherwise, the method includes inserting the character string representing the selected program object into the text of the program at the target position.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for presenting social network connections in association with a search engine results page (SERP) are provided. Upon receipt of a search query, it is determined if the query is a name query and if social networking data associated with the user is available. If it is determined that the query is a name query and that social networking data associated with the user is available, it is determined if there is a connection match to the query. If it is determined that one or more social network connections of the user match the name query, the matching social network connection is presented in association with the SERP. Additionally, the user may add a presented social network connection as a first degree connection and/or send a message to a presented connection from the context of the SERP.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention are directed to the stacking of visual items, and their subsequent expansion, or unstacking Upon selection of a stack, that stack expands into the individual visual items making up that stack. Further aspects of the present invention are directed to expanding a stack in different ways depending upon the circumstances. Further aspects of the present invention are directed to providing a hot area associated with, and potentially disposed around, a stack. Selection by the user of the hot area results in selection of the associated stack. The stack may itself be considered a single item that is itself selectable. After the stack is expanded, then the individual visual items making up the original stack are each individually selectable. However, when stacked, the individual items may not be selectable except as a complete stack.

Abstract: A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium, said computer program configured to control a controller to: output, to a display driver, data for causing the display driver to drive a display of a printing apparatus to display, in a first area of the display, a plurality of images including a first image, wherein the plurality of images are representative of a plurality of respective different types of label data field, and to display a second image representative of the appearance of a label medium occupying a second area of the display that is different from the first area; and in response to receiving, from a selector, information comprising data representative of an operation of the selector by a user to select the first image and data representative of a position within the second area, output, to the display driver, data for causing the display driver to drive the display to display a revised version of the second image representative of the appearance of the label medium; wherein the revise

Abstract: A first item and a second item that are displayed in a user interface are selected via a computational device. A determination is made as to whether a linkage between the first item and the second item is a valid linkage, wherein the valid linkage indicates that inferences that relate the first item to the second item may be drawn by interpreting properties of the first item and properties of the second item. In response to determining that the linkage between the first item and the second item is a valid linkage, the properties of the first item and the properties of the second item are interpreted to infer new properties that relate the properties of the first item to the properties of the second item.

Abstract: Delivering a filtered search result includes identifying a filtered search result in response to a search query from a user that is associated with at least one member of an augmented social group where the augmented social group including social network connections of the user and individuals other than the social network connections who share a common interest with the user and delivering the filtered search result to the user through a user interface.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for providing a drag and drop discovery mode in electronic touch sensitive devices. In response to a user dragging and dropping a content icon into a search box, the content discovery mode may perform a search for content similar to that deposited into the search box. The search box may increase in size or change appearance while receiving the content icon. The results of such a search may be displayed to the user with a content discovery animation that shows similar content icons emerging from the search box and populating the device screen. The animation may be accompanied by sound effects. The newly discovered content may be randomly scattered over a portion of the screen, or they may be bundled into groups based on similar characteristics, and each group may be accompanied by a header notifying the user of the characteristics of the group.

Abstract: A graphical user interface used in a virtual media system for allowing a server computer to access objects (files and folders) on storage devices of a client computer. The server is controlled by input signals from the client. The desktop of the client displays a first file management window showing objects on the storage devices, and a second window representing a desktop of the server. Using input devices connected to the client, a user selects objects in the first window and drags and drops them on the second window. In response, the client performs a virtual media mounting process to present the selected objects to the server as objects on a local drive of the server, without presenting any unselected content on the storage devices. The local drive is shown in the second window on the client's desktop to allow the user to explore its content.

Abstract: A system and method for a mobile device to efficiently use a geofence capability without draining its battery, and to allow flexibility in specifying various parameters related to geofencing, such as the latency and confidence in determining when or where a geofence breach occurs, and reducing the probability of not detecting a geofence breach.

Abstract: A portable computing device includes a radio frequency (RF) wired link, a data wired link, a core module, a plurality of multi-mode RF units, and a plurality of data modules. The core module is operable to communicate control information with one or more of the plurality of multi-mode RF units in a first frequency band via the RF wired link. The core module is further operable to communicate data of a wireless communication with one or more of the plurality of multi-mode RF units in a second frequency band via the RF wired link. The core module is further operable to communicate clock information to the plurality of multi-mode RF units in a third frequency band via the RF wired link.

Abstract: A system facilitates collaborative communications and information sharing in a network defined by a model. The model and a portion of the system are stored on a storage component coupled to a terminal. The system captures context information and user-defined data, the user-defined data provided during user interaction of the user in a first domain of the network, and dynamically stores the context information as metadata associated with the user-defined data, the user-defined data and the metadata stored on the storage component; a tracking component for tracking a change of the user from the first domain to a second domain of the network and dynamically updating the stored metadata based on the change, where the user accesses the user-defined data from the second domain; and an interface to the system that permits the user to create and view the user-defined data according to the model of the network.

Abstract: Methods, computing devices, and computer-readable media are provided for interpreting gestures and triggering actions on a graph when the gestures are detected. The triggered actions may include the addition or deletion of nodes, connections between nodes, or connections between node ports; the expansion or collapse of a set of nodes; or the copying of nodes. The input may describe an action of selecting, dragging, holding, flicking, shaking, pinching, unpinching, or spinning a graphical object such as a node or a connection. Gesture interpretation logic determines whether the input matches a stored or known gesture. If the input matches a gesture, then the gesture interpretation logic may perform an action mapped to the gesture instead of or in addition to the normal action that would otherwise be caused by each individual input.

Abstract: A user interface apparatus includes a display device, display application, and processor. The display device includes a display area, and the display area includes an active area. The processor and display application are configured to display application stacks, each of which may be moved into and out of the active area in response to user input, and each of which contains one or more stack cards. Each application stack is associated with a computer application, and each stack card represents a content entity capable of being operated on by the computer application corresponding to its application stack. When an application stack is in the active area the application stack is activated such that its stack cards are displayed in sequence and at least one of them may be selected. Selecting a stack card causes the corresponding computer application to be executed and to operate on the corresponding content entity.

Abstract: A mobile terminal and application execution controlling method in a mobile terminal are provided. The present invention includes executing a first application and a second application, displaying an execution picture of the first application and an execution notification indicator of the second application, receiving a touch and drag action from the execution notification indicator of the second application to the execution picture of the first application, displaying information provided by the second application during the touch and drag action, and adding the information provided by the second application to information of the first application corresponding to an execution status of the first application.

Abstract: A terminal device includes: an image generating unit generates a configuration change image used for changing a configuration of an entire image displayed by a display device which includes an individual image on the basis of image information supplied from one or more terminal devices; and an input unit to which operation information representing an operation relating to a change in the configuration is input. The configuration change image represents an arrangement of the individual image in the entire image and includes an individual-image arranging area divided into a plurality of display target areas and an icon arranging area including the icon of each of the terminal devices.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus is provided that includes a display, a memory storing a plurality of functions in such a manner that associates the functions each with one of a plurality of categories, and a controller for causing the display to array and display objects representing respective functions that are a part of a plurality of functions. In response to a command to change the displayed objects, the controller changes the displayed objects on category basis.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, an interface method for controlling a menu on an electronic device includes displaying, on a screen of the electronic device, a plurality of service pages and at least one menu object attached to one of the plurality of service pages, receiving a menu configuration mode conversion command to change a configuration of at least one of the plurality of service pages, displaying, on the screen, a menu generating object in response to the received menu configuration mode conversion command, receiving a motion command to move the menu generating object, moving the menu generating object in response to the received motion command, receiving a drop command to attach the moved menu generating object on a particular service page among the plurality of service pages, and attaching the moved menu generating object to the particular service page in response to the drop command.

Abstract: Methods and arrangements to manage transparent windows are described herein. Embodiments may comprise logic such as hardware and/or code to select one or more windows to make transparent and to switching the active window between source and target windows via the position of the mouse. Many embodiments provide a right click, pop-up menu (i.e., pressing the right mouse button generates a pop-up menu), a pull-down menu, or a button associated with windows. These features may allow a user to select individual or all windows to be transparent. A transparent window provides some view of windows or objects below the transparent window while providing some view of the contents such as graphics and/or text in the transparent window. Embodiments may also include management logic such as hardware and/or code to facilitate selection of a transparent window to make the window active.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system, method, and program product for dynamically updating an input language of a smart physical keyboard. A local computer receives an indication that a remote session has been started, where starting the remote session includes the local computer accessing a remote computer. The local computer determines a keyboard input language for the remote session. The local computer then updates one or more keys of a smart physical keyboard to display the keyboard input language for the remote session.

Abstract: Computationally implemented methods and systems include obtaining visual data of an actual view of a scene from a real environment, determining whether activity-inferring data that infers at least initial occurrence of one or more user activities associated with the scene from the real environment have at least been acquired, and presenting, in response at least in part to determining that the activity-inferring data have at least been acquired, an augmented view of the scene from the real environment, the augmented view including one or more augmentations that have been included into the augmented view based, at least in part, on the activity-inferring data. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.

Abstract: An enhanced electronic health record system. A user device having a display accesses electronic health records and clinic note templates stored on digital storage segments. A template selection screen is presented on the display of the user device. The template selection screen has at least two view modes. One view mode is a grid view, in which icon representations of various clinic note templates are displayed, each icon representation having a number of secondary icons providing additional functionality and information to the user. Also available is a list view, which also contains a vertical listing of available clinic note templates, each list element also having secondary icons. Upon selection of a template, the user is presented with a formatted clinic note. Additional functionality is available to the user to aid in the efficient capture of information.

Abstract: Determining and applying format attributes associated with content in an electronic document that is cut or copied from an electronic document and pasted into the same or different electronic document. The determination may be based on the format attributes of the content within a region of an electronic document containing the cut or copied content and the format attributes of a region of content that includes the location where the cut or copied text may be pasted. Local formatting may be associated with the source region of content and the destination region of content. Direct, or emphasis formatting, may be associated with content that has been cut or copied.

Abstract: An icon line is displayed on a screen so as to align icons laterally. When a user slides a stick laterally based on an originating point corresponding to a point on an icon of the icon line, it is possible to scroll the icon line laterally in accordance with the stick being moved, and when a user slides a stick vertically based on an originating point corresponding to a point on an icon of the icon line, it is possible to move only the icon of the icon line in accordance with the stick being moved. Therefore, a user is allowed to easily change the display order in which a plurality of objects are displayed on the screen.

Abstract: A conversation GUI may include a canvas, a feed section, and a process section. The canvas may present icons associated with documents uploaded by members of a conversation associated with the GUI, the members including a local user of the local computing system and remote users of remote computing systems, the canvas being located in a fixed section of the conversation GUI. The feed section may present messages sent by the local user and by the remote members. The process may be separate from the canvas and the feed section and include at least a first task and a second task associated with a specified process. A computing system may, upon completion of the first task, send a message to the local user indicating that the first task is complete and the second task is to be performed.

Abstract: Systems, methods, computer-readable mediums, user interfaces and other implementations are disclosed for manually or automatically linking widgets. The automatic linking of widgets includes detecting a trigger event associated with a first widget, and providing access to a second widget in response to the trigger event. The trigger event can be the downloading, previewing, installation, launching, updating, operating or any other interaction with one or more widgets. The trigger event can also be the exercise of a function or feature of a widget. In some implementations, a communication path or channel is established between widgets for sharing information. In other implementations, linked widgets are provided access to shared information. A widget link manager can be used to manually establish links between widgets and to designate shared information, restrictions, etc.

Abstract: A method includes displaying a plurality of display elements on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device; displaying a selection tool on the touch-sensitive display; in response to detecting a first gesture, selecting a first portion of the plurality of display elements, the first portion comprising at least one display element; and in response to detecting a second gesture, moving the selection tool without selecting the display elements; and in response to detecting a third gesture, selecting a second portion of the plurality of the plurality of display elements, the second portion being non-contiguous with the first portion.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for analyzing unstructured time stamped data of a physical process in order to generate structured hierarchical data for a hierarchical time series analysis application. A plurality of time series analysis functions are selected from a functions repository. Distributions of time stamped unstructured data are analyzed to identify a plurality of potential hierarchical structures for the unstructured data with respect to the selected time series analysis functions.

Abstract: A method for reliably using ping to account for interactions with electronic content includes receiving a request for a content item from a user device, selecting a content item in response to the request, determining whether the user device is ping enabled, and generating a hyperlink for inclusion with the selected content item. The hyperlink has a target URL and a ping attribute. At least one of the target URL and the ping attribute is based on a result of the determination whether the user device is ping enabled. The method further includes distributing the content item and the hyperlink to the user device and receiving a ping request from the user device. The ping request includes the target URL and an identifier of the distributed content item. The method further includes accounting for the interaction in response to receiving the ping request from the user device.

Abstract: Integrated multi-criteria decision frameworks disclosed herein can facilitate making good decisions when faced with a complex choice among several alternatives with different combinations of strengths and weaknesses. Some decision support systems using multi-criteria methods can combine multiple multi-criteria methods in a single adaptable decision support intervention. In some embodiments, the framework can include some or all of the following modules: a decision strategy module; a balance sheet module; an interactive decision dashboard module; an ordinal ranking module; a direct weighting module; and an Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) module.

Abstract: When a user touches an icon, a control unit displays pointers for enabling anchors to be selected in directions extending radially from the icon. The pointers are displayed while the user is touching the icon or when a short time has elapsed after a finger has been separated from the icon. A touchable region is displayed at each position in the vicinity of the icon in each of four directions indicated by the pointers. For example, when a touch region is touched using a finger different from the finger touching the display position of the icon, a link corresponding to the touch region is selected.

Abstract: A virtual venue application for displaying information is provided, where the virtual venue application is implemented as part of an apparatus, or a system. The virtual venue application allows one or more users to store digital information, where the virtual venue application displays the stored digital information within a virtual environment, and where the virtual environment is presented by one or more two- or three-dimensional screens displayed within a user interface. The virtual venue application further enables interaction between users in a virtual environment.

Abstract: A system and method for synchronous operation of linked command objects in a software application. The software application manages data objects in a number of contexts. Each context manages a number of command objects. Each command object operates on data objects in its context. To support synchronous operations that affect the state of data objects in more than one context, command objects are linked to each other. When a command object is executed, its context identifies a command object linked to the executed command object and initiates the execution of the linked command object. This synchronization allows for synchronous undo and redone operations. The delete states of the command objects are also synchronized. When one command object is deleted the command object linked thereto is also deleted, thereby preventing the linked command object from being independently undone resulting in an inconsistent state of the contexts.

Abstract: A method consistent with certain implementation involves presenting a graphical user interface (GUI) to a user on a display, where the GUI presents a visual representation of a room that is adapted to be adjusted in size and shape by user manipulation of a controller; the GUI has a drop and drag menu adapted to selection of an object from a plurality of objects for placement at any selected position within the room; at least one of the objects comprising a loudspeaker; and where the GUI provides for input of data characterizing the loudspeaker. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to automatically link process control graphics to process control algorithm information are described. An example method involves displaying a first process control image including process control algorithm information and displaying adjacent to the first process control image a second process control image to include process control graphics. The method automatically links at least some of the process control algorithm information to a graphic in the second process control image in response to user inputs associated with the first and second process control images.

Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates seamless integration of a data storage service within an operating system (OS). An online safe deposit box can store a portion of data, wherein the online safe deposit box is hosted by a data storage service provider. A local operating system associated with a device can leverage a graphic user interface (GUI) to interact with a portion of data associated with the device. A map component can create a mapped drive that integrates the online safe deposit box within the local operating system to enable seamless data interaction between the local operating system and the online safe deposit box, wherein the data interaction is at least one of a data upload from the local operating system to the online safe deposit box or a data download from the online safe deposit box to the local operating system.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for multi-source, multi-destination data transfers that include identifying a plurality of destination points having destination contexts in one or more destination objects; selecting source content for transfer; displaying destination contexts for the destination points; and directing source content to at least one destination point in dependence upon the displayed destination contexts. In typical embodiments, identifying destination points includes recording each identified destination point and storing in association with each recorded destination point a copy of a destination context for each recorded destination point.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for nested object drag and drop enablement utilizing object cloning. In an embodiment of the invention, a method of nested object drag and drop enablement utilizing object cloning includes the detection of a drag event in a GUI of an application and the identification of an object in the GUI associated with the drag event. The method also includes the retrieval in memory of one or more clones of other objects in the GUI that are nested in the identified object and the generation of an avatar for the identified object and the one or more clones. Finally, the method includes the movement in a display of the avatar from a source location of the drag event to a target location of a drop event detected in the GUI of the application.

Abstract: In a first step of a two step content selection operation, initial content can be selected by detecting movement of a content selection object with respect to a computing device. The selection area can be calculated based on the object movement that is detected. The content within the selection area can be selected and displayed in a second display area overlaying the original content. The initial content can be copied into the second display area. All or part of the initial content can be enlarged, enabling the second step of the selection operation in which a subset of the initial content is selected.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for nested object drag and drop enablement utilizing object cloning. In an embodiment of the invention, a method of nested object drag and drop enablement utilizing object cloning includes the detection of a drag event in a GUI of an application and the identification of an object in the GUI associated with the drag event. The method also includes the retrieval in memory of one or more clones of other objects in the GUI that are nested in the identified object and the generation of an avatar for the identified object and the one or more clones. Finally, the method includes the movement in a display of the avatar from a source location of the drag event to a target location of a drop event detected in the GUI of the application.

Abstract: In a computing environment comprising multiple desktop windows displayed to a user of a client computer, a method to manage client application windows associated with applications configured to run on the client computer is provided. The method includes detecting user input regarding movement of a client application window from a client desktop window to a remote desktop window, removing a task bar icon associated with the client application window from a task bar displayed in the client desktop window, instructing the remote computer to generate a drone of the client application window in the remote desktop window and to display the task bar icon associated with the client application window in a task bar of the remote desktop window, and displaying the client application window always on top of all other windows. The method may further include applying appropriate clipping region to the client application window.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for handling of flight deck data are disclosed. The disclosed flight deck data handling means including means such as a cursor-based and touch screen-based means that attach a representative state of the data under pilot manipulation in one or more of the following locations: (1) at the origin display location of the handled data; (2) at the target display location of the handled data; and (3) at any point from the origin to the destination display locations that a cursor or touch input traverses. The representative state of the data is shown via a context-sensitive repeater coupled to a cursor and touch inputs such that continuous feedback as to the current state of the pilot's data manipulation is maintained.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus and electronic devices for moving a target element are provided herein. An exemplary method can be implemented on an electronic device having a display unit. The display unit can display a display interface. A selection signal can be received. A state of a target element on the display interface can be updated as a selected state according to the selection signal. A movement signal linked after the selection signal can be received. A notification message of a target location can be displayed following the movement signal on the display interface. A confirmation signal linked after the movement signal can be received. The target element can be moved to the target location based on the confirmation signal.