| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7565625 |
Toolbar slot method and apparatus |
July 21, 2009 |
| A method for a computer system includes displaying a toolbar region with user selectable icons on a display, positioning a cursor on the display over the toolbar region, and receiving a first command from the user while the cursor is positioned over the toolbar region, wherein the first |
| 7555478 |
Search results presented as visually illustrative concepts |
June 30, 2009 |
| A system and method for providing search results in visually illustrative concept format is disclosed. Concepts relating to a query term are identified. The search results comprise a conceptual search result entry for each identified concept. Each conceptual search result entry includes |
| 7555477 |
Paid content based on visually illustrative concepts |
June 30, 2009 |
| A system and method for providing paid content relating to search results in visually illustrative concept format is disclosed. Concepts relating to a query term are identified. The search results comprise a conceptual search result entry for each identified concept. Each conceptual sear |
| 7516158 |
Customizing widget draw styles |
April 7, 2009 |
| Techniques for customizing draw styles of widgets to better accommodate a user's direct manipulation needs. A user can customize various attributes of a widget and its manipulators to suit the user's needs. The customizations are stored as a style. The stored style can subsequently b |
| 7486295 |
Pickwalking methods and apparatus |
February 3, 2009 |
| A method for an animation environment includes displaying a first geometric object on a display, wherein the first geometric object comprises a plurality of geometric components, wherein the plurality of geometric components are coupled according to a geometric hierarchy, wherein the |
| 7450003 |
User-defined private maps |
November 11, 2008 |
| A method, device, and system for presenting one or more user-defined private maps with a public map for sharing among a group of users are disclosed. The device includes a processor for executing computer programs, a memory for storing data, an input module for entering user commands |
| 7324069 |
Animation review methods and apparatus |
January 29, 2008 |
| A system comprises a source providing video in a first format, a video converter for converting video from the first to a second format, a server storing a video image from the video, and combining the video image with a graphical user interface to form a composite video, and a first |
| 7057618 |
Patch picking methods and apparatus |
June 6, 2006 |
| A computer program product for a computer system includes code that directs a processor to display a two-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional object on a display, wherein the two-dimensional representation comprises a plurality of two-dimensional regions, wherein the thr |
| 5893110 |
Browser driven user interface to a media asset database |
April 6, 1999 |
| A method for automatically constructing a database query for data assets associated with multimedia works. The database query is based on the context of a selected point of interest of a multimedia work. The point of interest is selected by a user interacting with the multimedia work and |
| 5655058 |
Segmentation of audio data for indexing of conversational speech for real-time or postprocessing |
August 5, 1997 |
| A method for segmenting audio data, comprising speech from a plurality of individual speakers, according to speaker is provided. The method comprises providing individual HMMs for each individual speaker, each individual HMM including at least one state, and constructing a speaker ne |
| 5606643 |
Real-time audio recording system for automatic speaker indexing |
February 25, 1997 |
| A processor controlled system for correlating an electronic index according to speaker for audio data being recorded in real time. The system includes a source of training data for each of the plurality of individual speakers and audio input system for providing real time audio data incl |
| 5592608 |
Interactively producing indices into image and gesture-based data using unrecognized graphical o |
January 7, 1997 |
| A user-interactive method for use in a processor-controlled machine provides a user with the capability to establish associations among image segments in a data structure that indicate visually-displayed but otherwise not recognized or interpreted information, for the purpose of retr |
| 5592607 |
Interactive method and system for producing address-correlated information using user-specified |
January 7, 1997 |
| An interactive method and system to support and facilitate note-taking tasks in a variety of settings, primarily, though not exclusively, in real time. In one embodiment, the system user uses a stylus device and display to enter notes in the form of handwritten strokes that are stored an |
| 5572651 |
Table-based user interface for retrieving and manipulating indices between data structures |
November 5, 1996 |
| A user-interactive method for use in a processor controlled machine provides a user with the capability to retrieve and manipulate associations previously established among image segments in a single or in multiple data structures, where the image segments are stored as image data an |
| 5564005 |
Interactive system for producing, storing and retrieving information correlated with a recording |
October 8, 1996 |
| An interactive processor-controlled system for entering and storing user information about an event that is being concurrently recorded in real time correlates the user information to user-requested addresses, such as time values stored with the recorded signals. The system includes a |
