http://www.freshpatents.com/Data-processing--presentation-processing-of-document-dtnewntc715.php USPTO Class 715 - Data processing: presentation processing of document en-us Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 1000 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 141 31 http://www.freshpatents.com/index.php?rss=true http://www.freshpatents.com/images/freshpatentsnav_rss.gif http://www.freshpatents.com/Creating-and-providing-online-presentations-dt20100128ptan20100023849.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 Embodiments of the present invention enable building, publishing, and viewing an online presentation. A presenter may create an online presentation on the presenter's local client and then publish the created presentation for access by viewers. In embodiments, a presentation may be represented within a presentation structure as a sequenced set... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-system-for-characterising-a-web-site-by-sampling-dt20100128ptan20100023850.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 A method of characterising a web site by sampling, the method comprising, the repeated steps of: accessing a URL; receiving a web page; analysing the URL and received webpage and recording characteristics thereof; identifying links within the received web page; grouping links within the received web-page based on proximity; and... http://www.freshpatents.com/Presenting-annotations-in-hierarchical-manner-dt20100128ptan20100023851.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 Ambient displays and electronic whiteboards are commonly used to present information during meeting or other appropriate settings. Many times graphical objects are displayed on ambient displays where users of the ambient display will create annotations to the graphical object to provide further comments, meaning, and/or context. Annotations on the ambient... http://www.freshpatents.com/Declarative-forms-and-views-dt20100128ptan20100023852.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 Technologies are described herein for declaratively defining forms and views and for rendering the declaratively defined forms and views. A declarative and rendering technology agnostic form definition is defined and stored that defines a layout for a form. A transformation definition file is also stored that defines a transformation from... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-apparatus-for-reconstructing-a-web-page-dt20100128ptan20100023854.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 Provided are a method and an apparatus for reconstructing a web page by using a web redefinition document. The method includes receiving an external web document and a web redefining document generated by a user, ‘determining whether attributes of an element in the web document are defined in the web... http://www.freshpatents.com/Methods-systems-and-devices-for-transcoding-and-displaying-electronic-documents-dt20100128ptan20100023855.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 A received markup language document including a structured list of elements is transcoded by a method which includes analyzing the structure of the document, generating a virtual rendering of a layout of the document, and identifying one or more rectangles each containing at least one element from the virtual rendering.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Windows-presentation-foundation-based-ui-generation-for-abstract-wsdls-dt20100128ptan20100023853.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 Systems and method are disclosed for the automated generation of user interfaces and applications. These methods include selecting a mark up language document for creating an application, and obtaining user input for creating the user interface. These methods also include parsing the mark up language document to obtain at least... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-forming-apparatus-dt20100128ptan20100023856.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 In a case where a display unit displays a setting screen having a first display area to display a draft graphical image in accordance with draft setting and a second display area to display a finished graphical image in accordance with sheet setting, and a user designates a position to... http://www.freshpatents.com/Intelligent-user-interface-using-on-screen-force-feedback-and-method-of-use-dt20100128ptan20100023857.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 Certain embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems combining user interface features with force feedback techniques in clinical applications. Certain embodiments provide a user interface providing clinical software tools and information access for a picture archiving and communication system. The user interface includes a plurality of regions displayed... http://www.freshpatents.com/Mobile-terminal-and-method-for-displaying-information-list-thereof-dt20100128ptan20100023858.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 A mobile terminal including a display unit including a touch screen, a memory unit configured to store data, a receiving unit configured to receive an input command to view requested stored data on the display unit of the mobile terminal, and a controller configured to classify the requested stored data... http://www.freshpatents.com/Morphing-a-data-center-in-a-virtual-world-dt20100128ptan20100023859.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 The present invention re-renders data center visualizations at different levels of abstraction based on roles or activities of an avatar. Morphing of data center objects is accomplished by either combining or decomposing existing data center objects in a manner that will result in a new object that maintains its relationship... http://www.freshpatents.com/system-and-method-for-listening-to-internet-radio-station-broadcast-and-providing-a-local-city-radio-receiver-appearance-to-capture-users--preferences-dt20100128ptan20100023860.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 A web service and associated method is provided that allows a user to select and listen to various radio stations via the Internet. The user interface is uniquely adapted to provide the appearance and controls as if the user were selecting the radio station from a frequency selection with a... http://www.freshpatents.com/Information-storage-medium-containing-interactive-graphics-stream-for-change-of-av-data-reproducing-state-and-reproducing-method-and-apparatus-thereof-dt20100128ptan20100023861.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 A method of reproducing interactive graphics data including menu data, the method including receiving a reproduction command of the interactive graphics data during reproduction of AV data, and changing a reproducing state of the AV data.... http://www.freshpatents.com/User-navigation-via-vectors-dynamically-mapped-to-distinct-media-attributes-dt20100128ptan20100023862.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 In one embodiment, a method comprises generating and displaying to a user a user selection interface, the user selection interface representing a plurality of content selection vectors extending from its origin and mapped to respectively distinct media attributes within a prescribed attribute type; detecting a user input that extends from... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-and-method-for-dynamic-generation-of-video-content-dt20100128ptan20100023863.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 An automated system method for dynamically generating a composite video clip by a computer. In some embodiments of the invention, a template may be provided including at least one digital media asset and one or more placeholders, each placeholder associated with a respective dynamic content object and a respective layout.... http://www.freshpatents.com/User-interface-to-automatically-correct-timing-in-playback-for-audio-recordings-dt20100128ptan20100023864.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 Exemplary embodiments of methods to automatically correct timing of recorded audio in GUI are summarized here. One or more controls to adjust resolution of timing and degree of correction for the audio are displayed. The resolution of timing relates to heats on a grid and is affected by the degree... http://www.freshpatents.com/Cross-client-sensor-user-interface-in-an-integrated-security-network-dt20100128ptan20100023865.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 A system user interface (SUI) provides an iconic, at-a-glance representation of security system status. The SUI is for use across all client types, and includes numerous display elements presented across all types of client devices used to monitor status of the security system. The display elements of the SUI include... http://www.freshpatents.com/Network-based-system-for-configuring-a-programmable-hardware-element-in-a-measurement-system-using-hardware-configuration-programs-generated-based-on-a-user-specification-dt20100128ptan20100023866.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 A system and method for online configuration of a measurement system. The user may access a server over a network and specify a desired task, e.g., a measurement task, and receive programs and/or configuration information which are usable to configure the user's measurement system hardware (and/or software) to perform the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Systems-and-methods-for-filtering-network-diagnostic-statistics-dt20100128ptan20100023867.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 A computing device is configured to display a user interface. The user interface is configured to create a filter configured to be applied to network diagnostic statistics prior to aggregation of the network diagnostic statistics. The filter includes at least one device data limitation and at least one performance data... http://www.freshpatents.com/Techniques-for-visual-representation-of-user-activity-associated-with-an-information-resource-dt20100128ptan20100023868.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 A system and methodology for visually representing user activity associated with an information resource is described. Online and offline activities of users are associated with symbolic representations of those users. In an embodiment, the symbolic representation of a user has the appearance of a dust particle. The dust particle can... http://www.freshpatents.com/Remote-audio-dt20100128ptan20100023869.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 Various embodiments for remote presentation of an interface of a computing device, such as a PC, are described herein. In particular, in various illustrated embodiments, a local device such as a Digital Media Adapter (DMA), mobile device, cellular telephone, etc. may be used to receive input from a remote control,... http://www.freshpatents.com/Apparatus-and-method-for-integrated-management-of-clinical-trials-and-studies-at-an-irb-dt20100128ptan20100023870.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 The apparatus and methods of the present invention implement a computer-based system and procedure for the efficient and effective operation of one or more clinical trials using an IRB. The various methods are deployed against the backdrop of an Internet-based Software As A Service (SaaS) platform, allowing access to the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Methods-and-systems-providing-an-interactive-social-ticker-dt20100128ptan20100023871.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 A user interface for use in one or more processor-based devices comprising an interactive, social ticker shared among a plurality of users, the interactive social ticker including an animated flow of selectable content.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Web-page-serving-architecture-dt20100128ptan20100023872.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 The subject matter disclosed herein relates to presentation of content on web page protocols.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-apparatus-for-providing-toolbar-service-dt20100128ptan20100023873.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for providing a toolbar service. The method for providing a toolbar service in a system connected to a user client via a network includes generating a file which can be edited by a user and includes at least one item information for defining... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-apparatus-to-operate-different-widgets-from-a-single-widget-controller-dt20100128ptan20100023874.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 A method, apparatus, and computer readable storage to manage and display mini Graphical User Interface (GUI) applications, or widgets. A widget controller can be associated with a plurality of widgets, upon which a user of the widget controller can then cycle among the associated widgets to display a selected widget.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Automatic-rendering-of-user-interface-elements-dt20100128ptan20100023875.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to user interfaces and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for automatically rendering user interface elements based on predefined rules. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for automated rendering of user... http://www.freshpatents.com/Conversation-detection-in-a-virtual-world-dt20100128ptan20100023877.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to virtual world management and provide a method, data processing system and computer program product for conversation detection in a virtual world. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for conversation management in a virtual world data... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-and-method-for-reducing-bandwidth-requirements-of-a-presentation-transmitted-across-a-network-dt20100128ptan20100023876.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 An apparatus and method for reducing network bandwidth requirements associated with presentations transmitted over a network is disclosed. The method includes receiving information associated with a presentation at a remote site, and connecting to an on-line conference and accessing the presentation. The method also includes during the presentation, receiving control... http://www.freshpatents.com/Discerning-and-displaying-relationships-between-avatars-dt20100128ptan20100023879.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 The invention relates generally to virtual universe environments and, more particularly, to discerning and displaying information regarding relationships between two or more avatars in a virtual universe environment. In one embodiment, the invention includes determining whether a first avatar and a second avatar have at least one relationship with one... http://www.freshpatents.com/Virtual-notes-in-a-reality-overlay-dt20100128ptan20100023878.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 Virtual notes are provided that enable virtual communications between users. A user is enabled to input content into a note using an electronic device. The user is enabled to associate a virtual representation of the note with an entity to generate a virtual note. The user is enabled to position... http://www.freshpatents.com/Crime-alert-method-and-apparatus-dt20100128ptan20100023882.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 A process for reducing crime in schools includes the steps of providing an Internet web site adapted to permit the reports of crimes; using the web site to report a crime; and passing on a crime report to the web site to law enforcement authorities.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Defining-sectional-boundaries-of-a-webpage-dt20100128ptan20100023881.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 Disclosed are a method, system and computer program product for defining sectional boundaries of a webpage to enable efficient navigation of the content on a user device. Logical sections in a webpage are defined by comparing structured content in the webpage, analyzing patterns in a markup of the webpage, or... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-apparatus-for-animation-profiling-dt20100128ptan20100023880.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 The present invention relates to a method for displaying moving items in a user interface and, in particular, to such a method for use within a device for use with a wireless communications network. The invention provides a method and apparatus for displaying a moving object in which the object... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-apparatus-for-formatting-a-web-page-dt20100128ptan20100023883.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 A method and apparatus displays a web page on a wireless communication device by receiving the web page at the wireless communication device and determining at the wireless communication device whether the received web page is formatted for a portrait orientation on a display screen of the wireless communication device.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Rendering-hypertext-markup-language-content-dt20100128ptan20100023884.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in a method that includes rendering Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) content, in an HTML rendering engine, to primitives of a vector graphics rendering engine; rendering the primitives, in the vector graphics rendering engine, to... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-for-editing-an-avatar-dt20100128ptan20100023885.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 Systems, methods and computer readable media are disclosed for updating the appearance of an avatar that exists across an online multi-player gaming system, including an executing video game. In addition to the general system, systems, methods and computer readable media for updating the avatar, techniques are disclosed for prompting networked... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-apparatus-for-providing-customized-interface-in-ultrasound-system-dt20100128ptan20100023886.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 A method and apparatus for providing a customized interface in an ultrasound system is provided. The customized interface providing method includes: receiving a request for use of the ultrasound system from a user; displaying, in response to the request, a selection screen associated with selecting any one of software modes... http://www.freshpatents.com/Systems-and-methods-for-collecting-and-processing-diagnostics-and-statistics-for-a-fleet-of-turbines-dt20100128ptan20100023887.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 System and methods for displaying data associated with a plurality of power generating devices are disclosed. Data associated with the operation of the plurality of power generating devices is collected from a plurality of data sources. A user request to display data associated with one or more of the plurality... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-apparatus-for-controlling-focus-of-application-dt20100128ptan20100023888.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 Provided are a method and apparatus for controlling a focus of an application so that the focus is not compulsorily moved in a web browser. The method includes the operations of performing focus movement caused by a user input event in the application, detecting predetermined focus attribute information when focus... http://www.freshpatents.com/Providing-an-ad-hoc-3d-gui-within-a-virtual-world-to-a-non-virtual-world-application-dt20100128ptan20100023889.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 A method for receiving input from a user of a virtual world, the method including: interacting with an object displayed in the virtual world; displaying another object in the virtual world in response to the interacting, the another object adapted to interact with the user; displaying at least one of... http://www.freshpatents.com/Listing-for-received-messages-dt20100128ptan20100023890.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 A method including: adding an entry having a first text part to a listing of content items, wherein if the content item satisfies a first criterion, the first text part of the entry has a first content and wherein if the content item does not satisfy the first criterion but... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-system-for-updating-information-of-information-providing-site-dt20100128ptan20100023891.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 A method of updating item information of a specific site on an information providing site is provided. The method includes displaying the specific item information of the specific site, receiving user input for selecting one item among the displayed specific items, and when the selected item information displayed on the... http://www.freshpatents.com/User-interest-driven-launching-pad-of-mobile-application-and-method-of-operating-the-same-dt20100128ptan20100023892.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 Provided is a user-interest driven launching pad of a mobile application and method of operating the same. The user-interest driven launching pad inputs metadata of data elements related to a mobile device, forms a set of data elements having the same metadata, marks the set of data elements with user-interest... http://www.freshpatents.com/Active-and-progressive-targeted-advertising-dt20100128ptan20100023893.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 Methods and computer-readable media for presenting a user with advertising content, such as an advertisement or coupon, based on the user's responses to one or more questions are provided. A user may view a web page that includes one or more thumbnails, where each thumbnail represents a media, such as... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-for-selecting-elements-displayed-on-a-screen-dt20100128ptan20100023894.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 Application to graphical interfaces. According to the invention, said helix (H) is represented in three dimensions on said screen, and said selection system comprises a pointing/selection device using a cursor (10) for pointing at/selecting any element to be selected on the helix and a device for manipulating the helix, able to... http://www.freshpatents.com/Touch-interaction-with-a-curved-display-dt20100128ptan20100023895.php Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:04:34 -0800 Touch interaction with a curved display (e.g., a sphere, a hemisphere, a cylinder, etc.) is facilitated by preserving a predetermined orientation for objects. In an example embodiment, a curved display is monitored to detect a touch input on an object. If a touch input on an object is detected based...