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System and method for property-based focus navigation in a user interface
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In this paper, an improved system and method for focus navigation behavior specification in a user interface is provided, where a focus navigation engine is provided for applying a number of focus navigation behaviors for moving input focus within and among logical groups of user interface objects.Citations
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Apparatus and method for setting user interface according to user preference
TL;DR: In this article, an apparatus and method for setting a user interface according to user preferences is presented, in which the user interface can be set up by reflecting the user preferences, and the set user interface is synchronized in order to be used in other devices.
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System and Method of Inter-Widget Communication
TL;DR: In this paper, a method and apparatus enabling inter-widget communication and control uses a central server to receive selected widgets and settings associated with at least one widget, wherein the received settings are used to at least partly determine the settings of the other selected widgets according to a pre-defined relationship between or among the widgets.
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List item layouts system and method
TL;DR: In this article, a method of displaying list items is provided that includes defining a plurality of list items, defining plurality of layouts, and linking each list item to a layout such that each layout can be linked to one or more list items.
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Transparent interface used to independently manipulate and interrogate N-dimensional focus objects in virtual and real visualization systems
TL;DR: In this paper, a technique applies user selected points or regions of interest in the visualization system to identify corresponding points or region on transparent focus objects which describe the visualized objects, and which intersect the user's topological line of sight.
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Keyboard navigation of user interface
TL;DR: In this paper, a user interface is identified that has a keyboard focus and may receive input from a keyboard navigation module and a destination HTML element that is nearest to the current HTML element in the navigation direction and can receive keyboard focus is located in the user interface.
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Graphical user interface for 3-dimensional view of a data collection based on an attribute of the data
Colin R. Anthony,Stephane St-Michel,Zeke B. Odins-Lucas,Jordan L. K. Schwartz,Richard M. Banks,Harvey Marcus Simon Howell,Charles Cummins,Charles W. Stabb,Mark R. Ligameri +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, a three-dimensional view of a data collection based on an attribute is disclosed, where a timeline is provided for displaying files and folders and a histogram is provided as part of the view to allow the user to more easily navigate the timeline to find a desired file or folder.
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Systems and methods for a customizable sprite-based graphical user interface
TL;DR: In this paper, an object-oriented system for generating and displaying control items that allow users of an interactive network to recognize and select control functions via a graphical user interface is presented.
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User interface having simultaneously movable tools and cursor
William Buxton,Eric A. Bier +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a user interface technique for executing a program that operates on a set of underlying data and displays a visible representation thereof in the environment of a processor-controlled machine.
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Web browser allowing navigation between hypertext objects using remote control
TL;DR: In this paper, a set-top box as part of a client system communicating over the Internet with one or more servers allows a user to navigate using a remote control through World-Wide Web pages in which a plurality of hypertext anchors are displayed on a television.
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Method and system for switching between multiple computer applications
TL;DR: In this paper, a method is provided for use in a computer system that allows users to navigate quickly through multiple applications by extracting a preview representing a screen shot for each window open within the operating system and displaying the preview, a description, and an icon for the next window in the activation hierarchy.