公开(公告)号：US07010753B2

公开(公告)日：2006-03-07

申请号：US10027963

申请日：2001-10-25

申请人： Helmut Windl ,  Helmut Fritz ,  Larry Constantine

发明人： Helmut Windl ,  Helmut Fritz ,  Larry Constantine

IPC分类号： G09G5/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0486 ,  Y10S715/964 ,  Y10S715/965 ,  Y10S715/966 ,  Y10S715/969 ,  Y10S715/97

摘要： Permitting or prohibiting a drop is executed at the beginning of the drag-and-drop action initiated by the user, by mouse-clicking on the object to be dragged, for example. Thus, the drag-and-drop action is shown as a visual drop permission or prohibition in the relevant drop areas, such as a visual queue, for example, check mark, etc. In the preferred embodiment, and upon initiation of the action, the surface components display which areas, parts, elements or substructures can or cannot accept a given object or data element before a mouse pointer, arrow or cursor reaches or moves over the relevant areas, parts, elements or substructures.

公开(公告)号：US07055105B2

公开(公告)日：2006-05-30

申请号：US10035478

申请日：2001-10-25

申请人： Helmut Windl ,  Helmut Fritz ,  Larry Constantine

发明人： Helmut Windl ,  Helmut Fritz ,  Larry Constantine

IPC分类号： G09G5/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0486 ,  G06F3/0483 ,  Y10S715/964 ,  Y10S715/965 ,  Y10S715/966

摘要： The mouse cursor is moved over the register of a register dialog once a drop-and-drag action has been initiated, then the register under the mouse cursor is automatically moved to the foreground after a variable time interval, and the contents can thus be seen. Process of making the item visible is initiated just by locating the mouse over the register of the concealed registered dialog. The invention can be extended to normal mouse movements (that is to say that other than drag drop.) Dropping an object on to a drop destination in a concealed register of a register dialog for drag and drop actions and drag and drop between the registers of a tabbed dialog or the pages of a workbook (such as the various tables in Excel, for example.)

公开(公告)号：US20080183780A1

公开(公告)日：2008-07-31

申请号：US11700358

申请日：2007-01-30

申请人： Mimi Amabile ,  Jeannine Aloe Strope ,  Larry Constantine

发明人： Mimi Amabile ,  Jeannine Aloe Strope ,  Larry Constantine

IPC分类号： G06F1/16

CPC分类号： G06F17/30542 ,  G06Q10/109

摘要： A method, computer program product and apparatus are provided for capturing inexact date information. In particular, a sophisticated date entry mechanism is provided that is capable of receiving, as input, date information associated with not only exact dates, but also “fuzzy” (i.e., partial or approximate) dates including, for example, “August of 2006,” or “about the first of June in the year 1996.” This date information may be input via any combination of a mouse, a keyboard, a microphone, or other input element, and in a plurality of different formats, including, for example, a plain language description of the exact or fuzzy date, and/or a relative description of the date. Once the date information has been received, the date entry mechanism is capable of determining in which format the date information was provided, and determining a date corresponding with the date information based on this format.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于捕获不准确的日期信息的方法，计算机程序产品和装置。 特别地，提供了一种复杂的日期输入机制，其能够接收与不仅确切日期相关联的日期信息，而且还可以接收“模糊”（即部分或近似）日期，包括例如“2006年8月 “或”大约在1996年6月1日。“ 该日期信息可以通过鼠标，键盘，麦克风或其他输入元件的任何组合以多种不同格式输入，包括例如精确或模糊日期的简单语言描述和/ 或日期的相对描述。 一旦接收到日期信息，日期输入机制能够确定提供日期信息的格式，并且基于该格式确定与日期信息对应的日期。

公开(公告)号：US20060248468A1

公开(公告)日：2006-11-02

申请号：US11119033

申请日：2005-04-29

申请人： Larry Constantine ,  Jeannine Strope ,  Rebecca Ralston

发明人： Larry Constantine ,  Jeannine Strope ,  Rebecca Ralston

IPC分类号： G06F17/00 ,  G06F9/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/2241

摘要： A method and apparatus are disclosed for displaying information in a visual scheme in which the visual scheme is assigned to a control button contained within a graphical user interface and assigned to a set of information associated with said control button, and in which the set of information is displayed within the assigned visual scheme when the control button is selected and the set of information is hidden when the control button is deselected. The method and apparatus are direct to a multi-level scheme that allows a user to quickly visually parse data in a complex document as well as individually view or turn off specific parts of the data hierarchy giving the advantage of efficient document consumption and flexible viewing. Because of the rules governing abstracts, this abstract should not be used in construing the claims.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于在视觉方案中显示信息的方法和装置，其中将视觉方案分配给包含在图形用户界面内并被分配给与所述控制按钮相关联的一组信息的控制按钮，并且其中该组信息 当选择了控制按钮并且当取消选择控制按钮时隐藏了该组信息，则在分配的视觉方案内显示。 该方法和装置直接涉及多级方案，其允许用户快速视觉地分析复杂文档中的数据，以及单独查看或关闭数据层次结构的特定部分，从而提供有效的文档消耗和灵活查看的优点。 由于管理摘要的规则，本摘要不应用于解释索赔。

公开(公告)号：US20070186187A1

公开(公告)日：2007-08-09

申请号：US11349703

申请日：2006-02-08

申请人： Jeannine Strope ,  Larry Constantine

发明人： Jeannine Strope ,  Larry Constantine

IPC分类号： G06F19/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0481

摘要： An electronic progress scoring mechanism or indicator visually informs the user of how much of a task is complete and what is the nature or direction of the progress of task completion (positive or negative). A goal scoring software provides a scale and indicator based display for a task whose progress is to be monitored. The indicator can slide over the scale to indicate the most recent status of the task. A bi-directional reference pointer is displayed adjacent to the scale to provide a visual cue as to whether the most recent status indicates an upward (e.g. “better”) or downward (e.g. “worse”) progress from the immediately preceding status. An overlayed display window may also be provided adjacent to the sliding indicator to textually display the two most recent scores of progress and the relationship between them (i.e., whether there is a positive or negative movement from an earlier score to the most recent score). The task status indicator display can provide significantly more information on the progress of a task in an intuitive, but non-intrusive (non-distracting) manner. Because of the rules governing abstracts, this abstract should not be used to construe the claims.

摘要翻译： 电子进度评分机制或指标可视化地向用户通知任务完成多少，任务完成（正或负）进度的性质或方向是什么。 目标评分软件为要监视其进度的任务提供基于比例和指标的显示。 指示器可以滑过比例以指示任务的最新状态。 显示与缩放相邻的双向参考指针，以便提供关于最近的状态是否表示从紧前面的状态向上（例如“更好”）或向下（例如“更差”）进展的视觉提示。 还可以在滑动指示器附近提供覆盖的显示窗口，以文本显示两个最新进展得分和它们之间的关系（即，是否存在从较早评分到最近得分的正或负运动）。 任务状态指示器显示可以以直观但非侵入性（非分心）的方式提供有关任务进度的更多信息。 由于管理摘要的规则，本摘要不应用于解释索赔。

公开(公告)号：US08161026B2

公开(公告)日：2012-04-17

申请号：US11700358

申请日：2007-01-30

申请人： Mimi Amabile ,  Jeannine Aloe Strope ,  Larry Constantine

发明人： Mimi Amabile ,  Jeannine Aloe Strope ,  Larry Constantine

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F17/30542 ,  G06Q10/109

摘要： A method, computer program product and apparatus are provided for capturing inexact date information. In particular, a sophisticated date entry mechanism is provided that is capable of receiving, as input, date information associated with not only exact dates, but also “fuzzy” (i.e., partial or approximate) dates including, for example, “August of 2006,” or “about the first of June in the year 1996.” This date information may be input via any combination of a mouse, a keyboard, a microphone, or other input element, and in a plurality of different formats, including, for example, a plain language description of the exact or fuzzy date, and/or a relative description of the date. Once the date information has been received, the date entry mechanism is capable of determining in which format the date information was provided, and determining a date corresponding with the date information based on this format.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于捕获不准确的日期信息的方法，计算机程序产品和装置。 特别地，提供了一种复杂的日期输入机制，其能够接收与不仅确切日期相关联的日期信息，而且还可以接收“模糊”（即部分或近似）日期，包括例如“2006年8月 “或”大约在1996年6月的第一个月。“该日期信息可以通过鼠标，键盘，麦克风或其他输入元素的任何组合输入，并且以多种不同格式输入，包括 例如，确切或模糊日期的简单语言描述和/或日期的相对描述。 一旦接收到日期信息，日期输入机制能够确定提供日期信息的格式，并且基于该格式确定与日期信息对应的日期。

公开(公告)号：US20060248446A1

公开(公告)日：2006-11-02

申请号：US11119186

申请日：2005-04-29

申请人： David Carlson ,  Larry Constantine

发明人： David Carlson ,  Larry Constantine

IPC分类号： G06F15/00

CPC分类号： G06F16/248

摘要： A method of displaying information is comprised of displaying a representation associated with certain information and displaying, proximate to the representation, an alphanumeric code assigned thereto. The code is comprised of one or more keystrokes needed to select the information associated with the representation. The information may be hierarchically arranged such that a plurality of representations is at the same level in the hierarchical arrangement. In that case, displaying a code may include displaying a code comprised of a common letter/number and a unique number/letter, respectively, proximate to the plurality of representations. Another aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a method of organizing information for a display wherein the information is represented in the display by a plurality of indicium. A code comprised of the input needed to select the information associated with its indicium is assigned. The assigned code is displayed proximate to the indicium representative of the information to which the code is associated. Other aspects of the present disclosure include computer readable media carrying instructions for carrying out or enabling the disclosed methods as well as computers and computer systems for carrying out or enabling the disclosed methods. Because of the rules governing abstracts, this abstract should not be used in construing the claims.

摘要翻译： 显示信息的方法包括显示与特定信息相关联的表示，并且在表示附近显示分配给其的字母数字代码。 代码由选择与表示相关联的信息所需的一个或多个按键组成。 信息可以被分层布置，使得多个表示在分层布置中处于相同的级别。 在这种情况下，显示代码可以包括分别在接近多个表示的情况下显示包括公共字母/数字和唯一的数字/字母的代码。 本公开的另一方面涉及一种组织用于显示器的信息的方法，其中所述信息由多个标记在显示器中表示。 分配由选择与其标记相关联的信息所需的输入的代码。 分配的代码显示在与代码相关联的信息的标记代表附近。 本公开的其他方面包括携带用于执行或实现所公开的方法的指令的计算机可读介质，以及用于执行或实现所公开的方法的计算机和计算机系统。 由于管理摘要的规则，本摘要不应用于解释索赔。