http://www.freshpatents.com/Data-processing--presentation-processing-of-document-dtnewntc715.php USPTO Class 715 - Data processing: presentation processing of document en-us Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:57 -0700 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/system-and-method-for-script-language-based-document-processing-dt20090813ptan20090204879.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:57 -0700 The subject application is directed to a system and method for script language-based document processing. First, an electronic document inclusive of scripted commands is received. Scripted commands are then parsed from the received electronic document. At least one electronic document is then retrieved from an associated storage in accordance with... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-of-story-telling-presentation-and-manufacturing-multimedia-file-using-computer-and-computer-input-device-and-computer-system-for-the-same-dt20090813ptan20090204880.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:57 -0700 The present invention provides a method of story telling presentation, and a computer input device and a computer system for the same. The method of story telling presentation according to the present invention includes embedding multimedia objects including a plurality of images relevant to a specific story, a subject forming... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-system-for-knowledge-based-filling-and-verification-of-complex-forms-dt20090813ptan20090204881.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:57 -0700 Filling forms is an activity, which finds its use in several day-to-day functions of any organization. The system of the present invention proposes the abstraction of the knowledge required to fill forms into a hierarchy containing three levels including form, process and domain knowledge. Such an abstraction caters to a... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-and-method-for-annotation-of-web-pages-dt20090813ptan20090204882.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:57 -0700 The invention relates generally shared annotation systems. More particularly, the invention provides a method for automatically navigating a document in a display, the method comprising: receiving an annotation related to the document, the annotation generated by a user at a first client; associating the annotation with a first indication in... http://www.freshpatents.com/Asynchronously-rendering-dynamically-created-content-across-multiple-network-domains-dt20090813ptan20090204886.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:57 -0700 A method includes loading a first document from a first document domain and rendering the first document to create a rendition. The first document includes a first instruction to dynamically create a second document object and a second instruction to write script loading logic into the second document object. The... http://www.freshpatents.com/Automated-management-and-publication-of-electronic-content-from-mobile-nodes-dt20090813ptan20090204885.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 A content collection and distribution system operates to collect digital data from a client node, and automatically distributes the collected data to predetermined destinations according to parameters designated in advance by authorized clients and/or other users. A mobile application is configured to operate on mobile handsets of a wireless telephone... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-program-and-system-for-the-dynamic-template-based-generation-of-internet-pages-dt20090813ptan20090204883.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 There is described a method for the dynamic generation of internet pages, a computer program and a computer system for carrying out said method. Internet pages are thus mostly generated when requested by a client. Script languages such as ASP or PHP are used which have a high demand for... http://www.freshpatents.com/Multi-layer-xml-customization-dt20090813ptan20090204884.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques for customizing aspects of a metadata-driven software application. In particular, embodiments of the present invention provide (1) a self-contained metadata engine for generating customized metadata documents from base metadata documents and customizations; (2) a customization syntax for defining customizations; (3) a customization creation/update... http://www.freshpatents.com/Document-processing-apparatus-document-processing-method-and-storage-medium-dt20090813ptan20090204888.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 A document processing apparatus performs document editing processing to locate a plurality of objects on a page. The document processing apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate a synchronization field for an object to be located according to an attribute of any one of the objects located on the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Managing-white-space-in-a-portal-web-page-dt20090813ptan20090204887.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to web page layout and provide a novel and non-obvious system for managing white space in a web page. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for managing white space in a web page includes detecting white... http://www.freshpatents.com/Adaptive-sampling-of-web-pages-for-extraction-dt20090813ptan20090204889.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 Techniques are provided for improving the recall rate of an information extraction system by automatically selecting pages to surface to a user for annotation based on variation data. Techniques are provided for generating the variation data during the construction of the template that is to be used for extraction. During... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-processing-apparatus-and-image-processing-program-dt20090813ptan20090204890.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 An image processing apparatus is provided. The image processing apparatus includes: a display unit which displays an image; a detection unit which detects a position on the display unit designated from an outside; an original image display unit which displays an original image based on original image data in a... http://www.freshpatents.com/Automated-product-layout-dt20090813ptan20090204891.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 Methods and computer programs for automatically creating a text layout in an electronic design for a product to be printed. A number of defined text elements are available for user text entries. The product layout is based a user-selected image, if any, and on the text elements having user-supplied text... http://www.freshpatents.com/Positioning-map-views-to-show-more-optimal-route-information-dt20090813ptan20090204892.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 Described is a technology by which a more optimal map view with respect to route information is returned in response to an online mapping request. A start or end location is positioned away from the map center as appropriate to show as much route information as possible within the map... http://www.freshpatents.com/Dynamically-configurable-page-numbering-system-dt20090813ptan20090204893.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 A system and method for dynamically configuring page numbers. A user is prompted for pagination data, including page number, pagination formatting, and pagination location for each page of a rendition of a document, via a thin client interface on a workstation. A document image data file comprising a bitmapped electronic... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-application-performance-optimization-dt20090813ptan20090204894.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 Some embodiments provide an image editing application that allows users to quickly preview images and to edit images. The image-editing application provides a quick preview tool for foregoing the loading of a particular image in the display area after the particular image has been selected. Specifically, for each particular image,... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-application-performance-optimization-dt20090813ptan20090204895.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 Some embodiments provide a method that from a source external to a device, imports a first image and a lower resolution second image that corresponds to the first image into the device. The method assigns the second image as a temporary preview of the first image. The method generates a... http://www.freshpatents.com/Background-particle-manipulation-responsive-to-the-contents-of-a-selected-folder-dt20090813ptan20090204896.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 A user interface for an electronic device is described herein. The user interface varies properties of displayed background particles to provide the user with an indication of the contents of a selected folder without requiring the user to open the selected folder. In one embodiment, the electronic device varies the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Workflow-tracking-information-preview-dt20090813ptan20090204897.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 A method and system for presenting workflow tracking information for approval workflows assigned to business objects is provided. The approval system receives from a user a request to display the workflow for a business object and a workflow that has been assigned to that business object. The current state of... http://www.freshpatents.com/Management-of-recorded-data-for-online-simulations-dt20090813ptan20090204898.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to online simulations. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for managing recorded data for an online simulation can be provided. The method can include determining that a first experience of a user of the online simulation... http://www.freshpatents.com/Mobile-journal-for-portable-electronic-equipment-dt20090813ptan20090204899.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 A method, device and computer program for gathering event information associated with use, location, environment and/or function performed by a portable communication device. Event information may be stored in a memory of the portable communication device. The event information may include a date of the event, time event began, elapsed... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-system-for-navigation-of-web-sites-and-applications-dt20090813ptan20090204900.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 A method and system to aid in the navigation of a website or computer program having a plurality of resources by displaying a single navigation window having a visual display of all of the resources of the website or program and their hierarchal structure in which at least some of... http://www.freshpatents.com/End-to-end-response-enabling-collection-and-use-of-customer-viewing-preferences-statistics-dt20090813ptan20090204901.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 Targeted advertisements with associated dynamic content for response and feedback embedded into the ad's header are delivered to mobile viewing devices. The mobile viewing device records a user's response to advertisements and reports it back to an ad serving platform. The ad serving platform generates user profiles that incorporate the... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-and-interface-for-co-located-collaborative-web-search-dt20090813ptan20090204902.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 Systems and methods are provided to perform collaborative retrieval, communication, and navigation of electronic content in a co-located environment. In an illustrative implementation, a collaborative content environment comprises a collaborative content interface engine, and an instruction set comprising at least one instruction providing instructions to the collaborative content interface engine... http://www.freshpatents.com/Identifying-unique-content-in-electronic-mail-messages-dt20090813ptan20090204903.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 Unique content in interrelated email messages is identified and duplicate content filtered out for user friendly display of a flow of exchange within the interrelated messages. Follow-on messages such as replies or forwards are compared to the original message to determine which part of a follow-on message is not present... http://www.freshpatents.com/Electronic-device-and-method-for-determining-time-periods-for-a-meeting-dt20090813ptan20090204904.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 A method of determining time periods for a meeting includes receiving an indication of at least two invitees for the meeting, obtaining calendar data for the invitees, determining common free time periods for the invitees based on the calendar data, and time-based collecting of calendar event records and the common... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-and-method-for-performing-video-collaboration-dt20090813ptan20090204906.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 Provided are systems and methods of video collaboration. End-users may participate in collaboration sessions in which inter-personal barriers are rapidly dissolved through the completing of collaborative tasks. The end-users may be grouped into teams to perform these collaborative tasks, and may be scored and/or ranked based not only on performance... http://www.freshpatents.com/Wide-area-interactive-information-distribution-system-dt20090813ptan20090204905.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 A wide area interactive information distribution system having a webserver that distributes information to a plurality of users having mobile display devices. The webserver and mobile devices allows users to interact with each other.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Friends-list-management-dt20090813ptan20090204908.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 A method and system of managing a user's friends in a virtual environment are presented. The method includes interacting a virtual character with a plurality of additional virtual characters in response to commands input from the user entered via the user computer. A subset of the additional users, the additional... http://www.freshpatents.com/Interactive-3d-animated-character-delivery-over-a-network-dt20090813ptan20090204909.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 Fully-rendered three-dimensional characters are delivered to a client over a network. A logic file and brief pre-rendered video clips are downloaded from a server. The video clips are downloaded only once and then cached locally for subsequent use. A software application uses the logic file to piece the video clips... http://www.freshpatents.com/Virtual-object-tagging-for-use-in-marketing-dt20090813ptan20090204907.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 A solution for conducting a marketing activity is provided. Activities in a virtual environment are monitored and descriptions of a virtual object involved in the activities are collected. A tag may be assigned to the virtual object based on the characteristic of the activities and/or the descriptions of the virtual... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-and-method-for-web-directory-and-search-result-display-dt20090813ptan20090204910.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 The present invention relates to a system and method for information process and display using artificially constructed apparatus. More specially, in one preferred embodiment of the present invention, a web directory for web sites or web pages are arranged according to two separate criteria, contents and types of the web... http://www.freshpatents.com/Medical-support-control-system-dt20090813ptan20090204911.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 A medical support control system comprising: a first controller connected to at least one device; a second controller connected to at least one device; a manipulation display device shared by the first controller and the second controller, and alternately displaying a first graphical user interface (first GUI) created by the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Geneeral-purpose-infinite-display-canvas-dt20090813ptan20090204912.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 Expanding and contracting a display screen container. Data is stored in a computer readable medium. The data represents a screen container such as a graphical desktop user interface displayable to a user on a computer display of a computing device. Data is stored representing artifacts, including one or more application... http://www.freshpatents.com/User-interfaces-for-managing-image-colors-dt20090813ptan20090204913.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 A computer-implemented method includes displaying multiple color bins in a user interface, each color bin representing a segment of a color spectrum, each color bin having a representative color that resides in the associated color spectrum segment, wherein each color bin is selectable such that selecting a color bin enables... http://www.freshpatents.com/User-defined-events-for-a-graphical-programming-environment-dt20090813ptan20090204914.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 One embodiment of the invention comprises a system and method for enabling a graphical program to dynamically register one or more events during execution of the graphical program. An event registration node may be displayed in the block diagram of the graphical program. One or more events may be associated... http://www.freshpatents.com/Distance-measuring-device-dt20090813ptan20090204917.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 The invention relates to a distance measuring device comprising a control unit. According to the invention, the control unit has a drawing mode that is used to create drawings.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-for-managing-search-folders-method-for-managing-folders-and-computer-dt20090813ptan20090204918.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 An organization process execution portion 64 is provided in a file management system 1 that has a function to manage files and search folders and a function to search files. When a search condition has been newly designated by a user, if the designated search condition does not match the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-for-switching-desktop-panels-in-an-active-desktop-dt20090813ptan20090204915.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 A desktop environment for a mobile computing device provides the user with multiple user desktops that can be changed on the fly by the user depending upon the particular experience the user desires. The desktop environment comprises a desktop module with a plug-in interface, a plurality of plug-in panels corresponding... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-for-providing-strategies-to-reduce-the-carbon-output-and-operating-costs-of-a-workplace-dt20090813ptan20090204916.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 A system is described for providing strategies to reduce the carbon output and operating cost of a workplace. The system may include a memory, interface, and processor. The memory may store an initial configuration of a workplace and workplace initiatives. The initial workplace configuration may include equipment and travel data... http://www.freshpatents.com/Device-driver-having-customizable-user-interface-dt20090813ptan20090204919.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 A device-driver program includes a switchover unit to switch display screens on a user interface between a first display screen and a second display screen, a setting-item-status-management unit to store data indicative of a sequence position of a setting item arranged in a setting item display area of the first... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-browser-dt20090813ptan20090204920.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 A method of browsing images in an image collection using a processing system (101). The method includes having the processing system (101) cause a representation of a number of images to be displayed, the representation including the number of images arranged in an image ring (110). The image ring is... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-and-method-for-organizing-managing-and-using-electronic-files-dt20090813ptan20090204921.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 A system for organizing information resources electronically, preferably in the context of a lesson plan is disclosed. The system also provides a simple, clean, easy-to-use interface that creates a dynamic structure for storing document and other information files and for presenting the user with an easy method to retrieve and... http://www.freshpatents.com/Device-setting-apparatus-and-device-setting-system-dt20090813ptan20090204923.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 The device setting system is formed by connecting an MFP and a PC having a displaying portion over a network. The PC includes a storage portion that has stored thereon information of an instruction manual including description of a method of setup operation for various setup items of the MFP... http://www.freshpatents.com/Techniques-to-manage-communications-resources-for-a-multimedia-conference-event-dt20090813ptan20090204922.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 Techniques to manage communications resources for a multimedia conference event are described. An apparatus may comprise an audio management component operative to manage multiple audio connections for a multimedia conference event. The audio management component may comprise an audio monitor module communicatively coupled to an audio message module. The audio... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-system-and-computer-program-product-for-failure-analysis-implementing-automated-comparison-of-multiple-reference-models-dt20090813ptan20090204924.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 System, method and computer program products for failure analysis implementing automated comparison of multiple reference models. An exemplary embodiment includes a method for failure analysis for an instruction set implementation in a computer system, the method including running a test-case in a first and a second model, determining if the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Active-desktop-with-changeable-desktop-panels-dt20090813ptan20090204925.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 A desktop environment for a mobile computing device provides the user with multiple user desktops that can be changed on the fly by the user depending upon the particular experience the user desires. The desktop environment comprises a desktop module with a plug-in interface, a plurality of plug-in panels corresponding... http://www.freshpatents.com/Information-processing-apparatus-for-locating-an-overlaid-message-message-locating-method-and-message-locating-computer-readable-medium-dt20090813ptan20090204927.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 A computer-implemented method, for selectively locating an overlaid message on a screen of a display apparatus, includes: obtaining notification information that includes an indication of the content of the message to be displayed on a screen of the display apparatus; adaptively selecting an area of the screen to serve as... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-and-method-for-generating-a-file-peek-ahead-user-interface-dt20090813ptan20090204926.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 Systems and methods in accordance with various embodiments of the present invention provide for viewing a subset of a file in a secondary window, where a viewable portion of the file is displayed in a main window of a user interface. A user-selection of a reference marker made in the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Layer-based-user-interface-dt20090813ptan20090204928.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 A layer-based user interface for computing devices. In the layer-based user interface, the functionality of the device is distributed to layers and accessed via them. Each layer is composed of a number of components or features that are typically represented by icons. The components can present, for example, data or... http://www.freshpatents.com/Favorite-gui-for-tv-dt20090813ptan20090204929.php Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:41:58 -0700 A favorites GUI for a TV includes a carousel-type display of icons representing user-defined favorites that is overlaid on the current background video of the TV, with the center-most icon being the “current” icon and being enlarged relative to the other icons. Live video appears in icons representing TV channels....