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Systems and methods for gesture-based distribution of files

Patent Number: 8464184
Publication Date: 2013-06-11
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A method for gesture-based distribution of files may include 1) receiving, at a first computing device, input that identifies a file for gesture-based distribution to one or more other computing devices; 2) detecting a plurality of additional computing devices in physical proximity of the first computing device; 3) for each computing device in the plurality of additional computing devices, determining a physical location of the additional computing device; 4) detecting, on the first ...

System and method for distinguishing multimodal commands directed at a machine from ambient human communications

Patent Number: 8464183
Publication Date: 2013-06-11
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A method and system of distinguishing multimodal HCI from ambient human interactions using wake up commands is disclosed. In one embodiment, in a method of distinguishing multimodal HCI from ambient human interactions, a wake up command is detected by a computing system. The computing system is then woken up to receive a valid user command from a user upon detecting the wake up command. A countdown timer is substantially simultaneously turned on upon waking up the computing system to ...

Device, method, and graphical user interface for providing maps, directions, and location-based information

Patent Number: 8464182
Publication Date: 2013-06-11
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In accordance with some embodiments, a portable electronic device with a touch screen display displays a map in an untracked mode of a mapping application. The device receives location information for the device, and detects a first activation of a mapping mode user interface element. In response, the device enters a tracked mode of the mapping application. While in the tracked mode of the mapping application, the device detects a second activation of the mapping mode user interface element ...

Floor selection on an interactive digital map

Patent Number: 8464181
Publication Date: 2013-06-11
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A digital map of a geographic area is displayed via a user interface, and a 3D representation of a multi-story building located in the geographic area is displayed on the digital map. The 3D representation includes multiple stacked, individually selectable floor maps corresponding to the floors of the multi-story building. A scrolling gesture that includes a motion in a direction substantially along a vertical axis of the 3D representation of the building is received. In response, the floor ...

Organizing graphical representations on computing devices

Patent Number: 8464180
Publication Date: 2013-06-11
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Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for identifying a current configuration of graphical representations displayed in a user interface presented by a computing device, each of the graphical representations being associated with a respective computer-executable application, determining at least one usage signal corresponding to each of the graphical representations, the usage signal reflecting user interaction with the respective ...

Math menu user interface on a calculator

Patent Number: 8464179
Publication Date: 2013-06-11
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A system comprises a processor and a keyboard coupled to the processor. The keyboard comprises a mathematical function key and an arrow key. When the mathematical function key is pressed, the processor causes the display to display a sequence of math functions or math menu choices upon a user repeatedly pressing the arrow key. For each math function displayed on the display, the processor concurrently also causes the result of the math function to be displayed without the user pressing ...

System and method for communicating information over a network

Patent Number: 8464178
Publication Date: 2013-06-11
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A system and method displays information for a multiple programs, each containing zero or one agent, an application, and zero or more pods. The agent communicates with another device such as a network to retrieve or provide information. Information to or from the agent is displayed by an application in a window that is used by other applications, one application at a time. Information to or from the agent is also displayed in one or more windows, each window dedicated to a single pod, and ...

Window resizing in a graphical user interface

Patent Number: 8464177
Publication Date: 2013-06-11
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Replacing display content in a window of a graphical user interface includes displaying a window in a graphical user interface, and displaying first display content in the window. A request initiated by a user to change a size of the window is received. Second display content is accessed based on the request. The second display content is different from the first display content. In response to the request, the window is resized and the second display content is substituted for the first ...

Dynamic stacking and expansion of visual items

Patent Number: 8464176
Publication Date: 2013-06-11
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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. ...

Journal display having three dimensional appearance

Patent Number: 8464175
Publication Date: 2013-06-11
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A graphical user interface for use with a computer system including a display and a user selection device for selecting audio files, video files, and image files. A layout engine responds to a format file referenced to the selected audio files, the selected video files and the selected image files. A rendering engine generates journal display data defining a 3D journal image in accordance with the format file, the journal display data being provided to the display and corresponding to a 3D ...

User interface for exploring media content

Patent Number: 8464174
Publication Date: 2013-06-11
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Methods and apparatus are provided for user interface operation. In one embodiment, a method includes displaying a user interface including one or more graphical elements, wherein display of the user interface is associated with a display configuration, and detecting a user command associated with navigating to one or more previously displayed user interface display configurations. The method may further include storing a user interface configuration for the display configuration, and ...

Device, method, and graphical user interface for manipulating user interface objects

Patent Number: 8464173
Publication Date: 2013-06-11
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A computing device with a touch screen display simultaneously displays on the touch screen display a plurality of user interface objects and at least one destination object. The computing device detects a first input by a user on a destination object displayed on the touch screen display. While continuing to detect the first input by the user on the destination object, the computing device detects a second input by the user on a first user interface object displayed on the touch screen ...

Configuration bar for launching layer for accessing user interface elements

Patent Number: 8464172
Publication Date: 2013-06-11
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A user-activatable dashboard (also referred to as a unified interest layer) contains any number of user interface elements, referred to herein as “widgets,” for quick access by a user. In response to a command from a user, the dashboard is invoked and the widgets are shown on the screen. The user can activate the dashboard at any time, causing the dashboard to temporarily replace the existing user interface display on the user's screen. Once the dashboard has been activated, the user ...

Device for displaying a function chart

Patent Number: 8464171
Publication Date: 2013-06-11
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A device for the dimensionally variable display of a function chart on a display (10) of a laboratory apparatus, including a processing unit (14) that accesses data storage means (16, 18, 20) for digital laboratory data to be displayed as a function chart, prepares the digital laboratory data for depiction on the display, and can be manually operated via mechanically actuated keys and/or switching means (24), wherein the processing unit for performing the ...

2D editing metaphor for 3D graphics

Patent Number: 8464170
Publication Date: 2013-06-11
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A system combines 2D and 3D modeling in rendering shapes and includes: a 3D modeling factory to generate a 3D model of selected shape parameters or features; a front face factory to generate 2D text and text effects, and some 2D shape effects; a ground plane factory to generate effects that are rendered on a ground plane of a shape; and a rasterizer/compositing engine to combine 2D and 3D effects generated by the front face factory, ground plan factory, and the 3D modeling ...

Methods for identifying cells in a path in a flowchart and for synchronizing graphical and textual views of a flowchart

Patent Number: 8464169
Publication Date: 2013-06-11
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The preferred embodiments described herein provide methods for identifying cells in a path in a flowchart and for synchronizing graphical and textual views of a flowchart. In one preferred embodiment, a method for identifying cells in a path in a flowchart is provided comprising the acts of displaying a flowchart comprising a plurality of cells, selecting a cell in the flowchart, determining a path comprising the selected cell, and identifying at least some of the cells in the path. In ...

Device home page for use in a device type manager providing graphical user interfaces for viewing and specifying field device parameters

Patent Number: 8464168
Publication Date: 2013-06-11
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A device management utility is described that includes a generalized graphical user interface facilitating access to a variety of resources associated with selected device types. In particular, the utility includes information interfaces communicatively linking the utility of a variety of data sources. In addition, the utility includes a graphical user interface display providing a variety of information associated with a selected device type. Such information includes device identification ...

System and method for synchronized authoring and access of chat and graphics

Patent Number: 8464167
Publication Date: 2013-06-11
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A system and method for communication in an online electronic chat environment having multiple communication devices connected to each other in a communication network is provided. Displayed on a display screen of an electronic communication device of the multiple communication devices, is a chat region configured to hold text, and a graphics region to hold graphic objects. The chat region and the graphics region are positioned on a common electronic canvas of the display screen. Text from ...

Friends list management

Patent Number: 8464166
Publication Date: 2013-06-11
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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 virtual characters, or a combination of the additional users and the additional virtual characters are designated as friends of the user in the virtual environment, and the friends ...

Multi-way video conferencing user interface

Patent Number: 8464165
Publication Date: 2013-06-11
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A videoconferencing application includes a user interface that provides multiple participant panels, each of which is displayed with perspective with the panels appearing to be angled with respect to the user interface window. The participant panels display live video streams from remote participants. A two-way layout provides two participant panels for two remote participants, each of which is angled inwardly towards a center position. A three-way layout provides three participant panels ...

System and method to create a collaborative web-based multimedia contextual dialogue

Patent Number: 8464164
Publication Date: 2013-06-11
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The present invention relates a method and system for collaborating in a shared network space comprising logging in from the one or more user machines to the shared space in a network from a user application to a host, wherein the shared space is created by interaction of executable codes in the host and the user application and the shared space is described by a session attribute list; loading a media application with tools into a one or more user machines; inputting graphical content; and ...

Sharing on-line media experiences

Patent Number: 8464163
Publication Date: 2013-06-11
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A lead user may share an on-line media content experience with one or more followers by identifying content of interest being experienced on the lead user system, identifying one or more followers with whom to share the content of interest, inviting the followers to experience the content of interest, and enabling the followers to access the content of ...

System and method of ranking and searching for professional profiles

Patent Number: 8464162
Publication Date: 2013-06-11
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A method for searching and ranking professional profiles includes a profile ranking tool that assigns a numeric value to a professional's prestige and competence, called an overall quality score. Different weights are assigned to several different factors that rank a professional based on attributes such as one's peer rating, quality of education, breadth and depth of experience and the quality of work ...

Managing permissions in a collaborative workspace

Patent Number: 8464161
Publication Date: 2013-06-11
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An approach for managing permissions in a collaborative workspace involves providing a permissions user interface presentation without loosing a context associated with a collaborative workspace user interface presentation. The permissions user interface presentation visually organizes a set of workspace members into two or more permission level categories. The permissions user interface presentation also allows a user to efficiently add new workspace members from a local system or an ...

User interface device, user interface method, and recording medium

Patent Number: 8464160
Publication Date: 2013-06-11
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A user interface device (1) includes a display unit (2) which displays a first work space assigned to a user and a second work space different from the first workspace; a detection unit (3) which detects a position of the user; a calculation unit (4) which calculates an appropriate distance between the user and the second work space according to a type of an application program controlled by the user through the first work space; and a notification unit ...

Personalized internet interaction

Patent Number: 8464159
Publication Date: 2013-06-11
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A method of a user interacting with an Internet, comprising: tracking interactions of the user with an Internet; analyzing said tracked interactions to determine at least one aspect of a user's interaction with the Internet; and modifying future interactions of said user with said Internet, responsive to said determined aspect, wherein said modified interactions comprise site-content related interactions with a plurality of unrelated sites. Preferably, the aspect is adapted in real-time to ...

Method and arrangement for sharing information search results

Patent Number: 8464158
Publication Date: 2013-06-11
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The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for bookmarking information search results on page level and sharing these results between other users. The method includes at least: entering a search query; sending the query to a search engine; and receiving a search result having a list of data files matching to the search query. The method comprises at least: paginating the content of the data files retrieved; rendering page previews of the data files; selecting the pages to be ...

Smart browsing providers

Patent Number: 8464157
Publication Date: 2013-06-11
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A web browser program is for execution by a client computer connectable to a plurality of server computers via a computer network. The web browser program automatically reconfigures chrome of a user interface to the web browser program to provide a user access to any one of a plurality of groups of related information. A content display program module is configured to receive content data from a current server computer that is one of the plurality of server computers. The content display ...

Interactive product configurator with default decisions

Patent Number: 8464156
Publication Date: 2013-06-11
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An interactive product configurator includes a constraint network having a plurality of nodes. The configurator receives a new user choice after previously asserting one or more default decisions. The configurator then retracts the previously asserted default decisions before asserting the new user choice. The default decisions are then ...

Method and system for facilitating delivery of content

Patent Number: 8464155
Publication Date: 2013-06-11
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There is provided a method for use by a server for facilitating delivery of content to a number of display devices. Each of the display devices can include, for example, an output display and a personal computer. In one embodiment, content is received from a computer coupled to the server. The content can be, for example, an image, video, or audio data. The content is stored in a source storage file, which is associated with a number of display devices coupled to the server. A group ...

System and method for synchronized multi-track editing

Patent Number: 8464154
Publication Date: 2013-06-11
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There is provided herein a system and method for producing a single audio recording from multiple recordings of the same event. In the preferred embodiment, the instant invention will automatically analyze and visually time-align each of the individual source takes, so that the takes containing the same content are positioned beneath each other. This will make it possible for the user to quickly survey, evaluate, and edit different takes of the same event. The instant invention will ...

Copying an object in an animation creation application

Patent Number: 8464153
Publication Date: 2013-06-11
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A first input is received in an animation creation application having a user interface showing a virtual-space area for first objects, and a timeline area for second objects representing events. To generate the first input, a user presses and holds an input control while a cursor is over one of the first or second objects. It is determined whether the input control is held for at least a predefined duration. If so, a copy of the object is assigned to the cursor, and the copy is subsequently ...

Method and apparatus for providing instructional help, at multiple levels of sophistication, in a learning application

Patent Number: 8464152
Publication Date: 2013-06-11
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An apparatus and method for providing instructional help, at multiple levels of sophistication, in a learning application includes assistance in the form to at least two optional levels of sophistication. The user can select any level of sophistication according to desire or need. The levels allow for flexibility in learning relative to the person involved, the amount of previous knowledge the person has about the subject matter, the differences in how different people learn.

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Universal scores for location search queries

Patent Number: 8463774
Publication Date: 2013-06-11
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A method for performing a location search includes receiving a location search query, identifying one or more geographic feature documents that satisfy the location search query, ranking the identified geographic feature documents in accordance with scores that are based, at least in part, on corresponding address support scores, to produce a set of ranked documents, and providing results, in accordance with the ranked documents, that identify at least one geographic feature corresponding ...

Decentralised web annotation

Patent Number: 8463767
Publication Date: 2013-06-11
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Annotations relating to web sites may be based on blog posts relating to the web sites. A user viewing a web site may concurrently view related blog posts about the web site. More particularly, in one implementation, a method includes detecting when a user visits a web page and receiving, in response to the detection, a group of blog posts that link to the web page. The method further includes displaying an indication of the group of blog posts to the user while the user is visiting the web ...

Method, system and program product for screensaver breakthrough of prioritized messages

Patent Number: 8458619
Publication Date: 2013-06-04
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Authorized priority alerts are permitted to “pop up” on top of a running screensaver in a computer display without suspending operation of the screensaver. A windows manager monitors for priority alerts from applications. If the screensaver is active in the display, the windows manager determines if the alert issuing application and alert type are permitted to breakthrough the screensaver. If so, an alert notification window identifying the content of the alert is generated and ...

Vehicle-mounted apparatus, information providing method for use with vehicle-mounted apparatus, and recording medium recorded information providing method program for use with vehicle-mounted apparatus therein

Patent Number: 8458618
Publication Date: 2013-06-04
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A vehicle-mounted apparatus is disclosed which includes a displaying unit for providing information to a user, an inputting unit for inputting operations carried out by the user, and a controlling unit for controlling a display of the displaying unit based on the operations input through the inputting unit. The inputting unit has at least a touch-sensitive panel attached to a display screen of the displaying unit. The controlling unit causes the displaying unit to display a menu screen ...

Device, method, and graphical user interface for manipulating user interface objects

Patent Number: 8458617
Publication Date: 2013-06-04
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Data display method and reproduction apparatus

Patent Number: 8458616
Publication Date: 2013-06-04
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To provide a data display method for displaying an attribute item information linked to a content data on a display screen, having the following steps of: displaying a list including an attribute item information respectively allocated to a plurality of content data in a predetermined region of the display screen, and displaying, when a predetermined attribute item information is selected for reproduction from the list, the list and a plurality of attribute item information linked to a ...

Device, method, and graphical user interface for managing folders

Patent Number: 8458615
Publication Date: 2013-06-04
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A multifunction device displays a plurality of selectable user interface objects on the display. In response to detecting the first input, the device moves a first object in the plurality of selectable user interface objects across the display to a location on the display that is proximate to a second object in the plurality of selectable user interface objects. In response to detecting that the first input meets predefined folder-creation criteria while the first object is proximate to the ...

Rendition-based graphical layout management

Patent Number: 8458614
Publication Date: 2013-06-04
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Systems and methods which implement rendition-based graphical layout management techniques are shown. According to an embodiment, desired resizing of items within a program's user interface is managed through a developer graphically describing a plurality of different sized renditions of a desired user interface and other different sized renditions of the user interface being dynamically interpolated and/or extrapolated through operation of the program. According to embodiments, linear ...

Dynamic user interface for previewing live content

Patent Number: 8458613
Publication Date: 2013-06-04
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A dynamic user interface for previewing live content includes multiple tiles. Information for multiple pieces of live content available from a gallery is obtained, and this information is presented in the multiple tiles of the user interface in accordance with a current user interface layout. In accordance with one aspect, this current user interface layout changes automatically over time as the user interface is displayed. In accordance with another aspect, one or more of the multiple ...

Application management framework for web applications

Patent Number: 8458612
Publication Date: 2013-06-04
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Various embodiments are directed to an application management framework for web applications that may provide speed improvements, capability improvements, user experience improvements, increased advertising profit opportunities, and simplified application development to wide range of network devices. The described embodiments may employ techniques for containing, controlling, and presenting multiple web-based applications in a shared web browser application management framework. Sharing a ...

Displaying a map on a handheld wireless telecommunication device

Patent Number: 8458611
Publication Date: 2013-06-04
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Tickers are populated with location-based information that is selected according to the geographic location of communication devices. The location of a communication device is identified based on a GPS system, proximity to transmitters in a wireless network, user input, or using other techniques. Location-appropriate content is obtained either in real-time from the network or from a local data store at the communication device. In general location-based, context-aware content can be ...

Medical information generation and recordation methods and apparatus

Patent Number: 8458610
Publication Date: 2013-06-04
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Computer-implemented medical information recording methods are described. According to one aspect, a computer-implemented medical information recording method includes displaying a graphical user interface including a graphical representation of the human anatomy, accessing user inputs interacting with the graphical representation of the human anatomy, and generating an electronic record comprising data pertaining to the health of the patient using the user inputs interacting with the ...

Multi-context service

Patent Number: 8458609
Publication Date: 2013-06-04
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A multi-context service is described. In embodiments, a first input on a touch-screen of a portable device is detected as a selection of an object icon displayed on the touch-screen. A second input on the touch-screen is detected as a selection of an application icon displayed on the touch-screen. The object icon is associated with a content object, and the application icon is associated with a command provider that performs one or more actions on the content object. The content object is ...

Focus state themeing

Patent Number: 8458608
Publication Date: 2013-06-04
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Focus state themeing is accomplished by separating the processing of the focus state from the processing of an operative state of a control element. The operative states of the control element are entered or exited based upon the detection of input from a user or the detection of control availability by the operating system or by an application running on the operating system. Once an operative state is determined for a control element, the focus state of the control element is detected and ...

Declarative method for handling defaults

Patent Number: 8458607
Publication Date: 2013-06-04
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According to various embodiments, methods, systems, and configuration applications for handling defaults and/or choices in a product configuration are provided. An exemplary method of handling defaults in a product configuration comprises presenting a product configuration to a user via a user interface. The method further comprises receiving a selection from the user of a configuration option via the user interface. The method further comprises determining, using a configuration engine ...

Displaying relatedness of media items

Patent Number: 8458606
Publication Date: 2013-06-04
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In a method in a computer system for displaying on a display device a plurality of media items as selectable media tiles, a focus media item and a plurality of related media items are received. The plurality of related media items are related to the focus media item. Relatedness information pertaining to the plurality of related media items is received. The relatedness information identifies a relationship strength between at least one of the plurality of related media items and the focus ...

Image file as container for widgets in GUI authoring tool

Patent Number: 8458605
Publication Date: 2013-06-04
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A method for authoring a graphical user interface (GUI) includes providing a widget builder interface for editing a template widget and receiving user input of widget properties for the template widget. The widget properties including a widget type, one or more widget parameters, and one or more images. The method further includes saving the widget properties and the one or more images into a widget file conforming to a standard image file ...