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<title>freepatentsonline.com: Data processing: presentation processing of document, operator interface processing, and screen saver display processing</title>
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<title><![CDATA[SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTENT MANAGEMENT IN ELECTRONIC DISPLAYS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098305.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Methods, systems, and computer readable media are disclosed for presenting media content, which may include visual content and audio content, on a display network. A computing server and a plurality of electronic displays at a variety of display locations and in communication with the computing server are provided. A plurality of media content may be communicated to the computing server. The media content may also be communicated from the server to one or more of the electronic displays. A user is enabled to access a graphical user interface on the computing server to view and plan a schedule of times for at least one visual content of the plurality on at least one electronic display of the plurality. The method also includes displaying the at least one media content on the at least one electronic display at the schedule of times.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Document conversion and use system]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098299.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A document conversion and use system which converts a first structured document into a second structured document different in structure from the first structured document, comprising: a template storage unit storing a template indicating the structure of the second structured document; a structure specification unit for reading out the template from the template storage unit and causing a user to specify an element or an element content constituting the template; a correspondence definition specification unit for causing the user to define the correspondence definition specification indicating the correspondence between the element in the first structured document and the element in the template; and an unit for analyzing the template structure to specify the element or the element content specified by the structure specification unit, searching for the element defined by the correspondence definition starting from the element or the element content, and performing conversion processing according to the search result.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Automatic document reader and form population system and method]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098292.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A system, and method for automatic population of a form with data from an identification document. The system has a computer and an identification document reader or card scanner coupled to the computer. The card scanner is operable to read machine-readable indicia (e.g., magnetic stripe, bar codes) from one or more identification documents (e.g., driver's licenses, credit cards, Government Issued IDs and the like). The system stores at least one population definition that maps at least one identification document field to a form field. At least one machine readable indicia is read from the identification document, the machine readable indicia representing at least one field from the identification document. The authenticity of the identification document is verified and at least one form field is populated with the identification document field based on the population definition.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Methods and systems for prompting users of computing devices]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098304.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Systems and methods for prompting a user of a computing device on a scheduled basis and interpreting the user's responses to the prompting, are described.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[COLLABORATIVE ANNOTATION OF ELECTRONIC CONTENT]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098294.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An apparatus, program product and method provide a collaborative annotation environment that permits viewers of electronic content to share their personal annotations with other viewers of the electronic content only after the personal annotations have been reviewed by a party other than the original authors of such annotations. In addition, a default ordering may be generated for a plurality of annotations based upon the manner in which viewers of the annotations reorder the annotations. Furthermore, annotations that are submitted for review by multiple viewers may be scheduled for review according to the relative ratings of those viewers based upon prior submissions of those viewers.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNIFIED INTERFACE FOR MANAGING DSL SERVICES]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098308.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method for providing access to internet services includes displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a first pane configurable to display internet connection identifiers. The method also includes connecting simultaneously to the internet through a non-secure internet service provider and through a secure virtual private network over a single network access link, based on input to the first pane entered by at least one user of the graphical user interface.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and system for preparing and delivering an archive of information reposed on a collaborative transaction management platform]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098314.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method and a system for preparing and delivering an archive on a computer-readable medium is provided. A platform gathers and stores data on the platform that can be viewed through a first graphical user interface over the Internet. In addition, the platform generates an archive of the data in a web browser readable format containing instructions of a second graphical user interface. The archive can be viewed offline with a web browser through the second graphical user interface. Lastly, the first graphical user interface and the second graphical user interface are substantially identical.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Web Integrated Interactive Voice Response]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098306.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[One embodiment of a representative system for web integrated interactive voice response includes an interactive voice response system adapted to provide a plurality of voice menus to a user over a telephone and a graphical user interface system adapted to provide a plurality of menus in a graphical format to the user over a network connection. Information provided in the voice menus corresponds to information provided in the menus in the graphical format and is responsive to commands received by the graphical user interface system from the user. Other systems and methods are also provided.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method, System, and Graphical User Interface for Dynamically Updating Transmission Characteristics in a Web Mail Reply]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098312.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method, system and graphical user interface for dynamically updating transmission characteristics in a web mail reply are described. In one embodiment of the invention, a graphical user interface includes a web mail reply form that includes: one or more address fields; an input area for inputting a reply message; and a plurality of response options selectable by a user. In response to selection of a response option by a user, one or more of the address fields in the reply form are changed while maintaining the reply message in the input area.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STYLESHEET EXECUTION INTERACTIVE FEEDBACK]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098293.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method (and structure) for displaying mapping relationships defined by a plurality of instruction elements, each instruction element providing a relation between zero or more source elements and zero or more result elements, where each source element includes one of a plurality of source elements and each result element includes one of a plurality of result elements, including providing a user a representation including a portion of the mapping relationships and including one or more of the plurality of source elements, the plurality of instruction elements, and the plurality of result elements. The user is provided a method to select one of the elements in the representation. The selected element is highlighted in the representation and the highlighting can be propagated to any other elements related by the mapping that are displayed in the representation.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Automatic Reference Note Generator]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098317.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Content is transferred from one computer resource to another computer resource by receiving a first insertion point or replacement area from a first user interface to a destination computer resource, receiving an enablement to perform automatic paste operation, switching to a user interface to a source computer resource, receiving a user selection of content from said source user interface, and automatically copying the selected content to a transfer buffer and to the designated insertion point(s) in the destination computer resource. Each time source content is selected, a number of source reference data items such as author, publication date, and source file name or network address are captured and stored. The stored source reference identifies may then be used to automatically generate footnotes, end notes, and bibliographical entries.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and system for presenting information in a summarizing accordion view]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098327.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A user interface for providing an information gateway between a user and a computer platform includes two or more windows for displaying information, and for facilitating information entry from a user. The windows may be in the form of a rectangular box, although other shapes may be used. The size and/or shape of each of the windows changes as the window content changes. The user interface requires the user sequentially step through the windows, completing the required data entry for each window before proceeding to the subsequent window. As the user encounters a particular window, that window expands to display details of the window content. When the user completes the data entry fields of an expanded window and proceeds to the subsequent window, the completed window collapses to display a summary of the content. The expansion or collapse of a window may occur in a gradual or abrupt transition.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE SWITCHING OF A USER INTERFACE]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098307.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[This invention relates to a device for controlling the switching of a user interface ( 100 ) to a plurality of computers ( 120, 130, 150 ), said user interface including display means ( 111 ) and at least one input peripheral ( 112 ), and being interconnected with said plurality of computers via a switch ( 165 ). The device includes a memory ( 225 ) for storing a list of identifiers, each identifier identifying an application available on one of said computers; a graphical interface ( 220 ) for generating a window including a menu, said menu containing the list of applications the identifiers of which are stored in said memory; control means ( 250 ) adapted to receiving a selection command identifying an application selected from said list by at least said input peripheral and to transmitting to said switch an order for switching said interface to the corresponding inputs/outputs of the computer hosting said selected application.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Peer-to-web broadcasting]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098301.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method for peer-to-portal broadcasting, including providing a web page for a portal, the web page including an inline frame (iFrame), receiving meta-data for media files selected by a user for broadcast to the portal, and dynamically generating source code for the iFrame upon request, the source code including instructions for a web browser (i) to request an XML document that includes meta-data for user-selected media files, (ii) to transform the XML document to an HTML document using an XSLT transformation, and (iii) to insert the resulting HTML document into the web page for the portal. A system and computer-readable storage media are also described and claimed.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[System for Assisting Input of Dates in Data Processing System]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098324.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Assisting the computer input of date values includes storing a pre-specified reference date in a storage device, storing one or more user-inputted digits in the storage device, complementing the input digit sequence with a digit sequence generated on the basis of the reference date, and displaying the one or more generated candidate dates on the display device.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and Apparatus for Accelerated Scrolling]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098330.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Improved approaches for users to with graphical user interfaces of computing devices are disclosed. A rotational user action supplied by a user via a user input device can provide accelerated scrolling. The accelerated nature of the scrolling enables users to scroll or traverse a lengthy data set (e.g., list of items) faster and with greater ease. The amount of acceleration provided can be performed in successive stages, and/or performed based on the speed of the rotational user action. In one embodiment, the rotational user action is transformed into linear action with respect to a graphical user interface. The resulting acceleration effect causes the linear action to be enhanced such that a lengthy data set is able to be rapidly traversed.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rendering hypertext markup language content]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098296.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in a method that includes rendering Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) content, in an HTML rendering engine, to primitives of a vector graphics rendering engine; rendering the primitives, in the vector graphics rendering engine, to provide a user interface; receiving an input event via the user interface; determining, in the HTML rendering engine, a change in appearance for the user interface based on the input event; and updating at least one of the primitives for rendering by the vector graphics rendering engine in accordance with the change in appearance to update the user interface.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A WIDGET FOR DISPLAYING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098289.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A system and computer implemented method for providing a widget for dynamically displaying multimedia content are described. The method and system include receiving a plurality of parameters for an ancestor widget of the widget. The ancestor widget is embeddable, copyable, and for dynamically displaying at least a portion of the multimedia content. The widget being a copy of the ancestor widget. The plurality of parameters relate to controlling modification of the widget. The method and system also include rendering the widget based on the plurality of parameters. In another aspect, the method and system include providing embeddable code based on a plurality of parameters for the ancestor widget of the widget. In this aspect, the widget is also rendered the widget based on the plurality of parameters.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Displaying group icons representing respective groups of nodes]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098332.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Information is displayed regarding an arrangement of nodes coupled by a communications network. The nodes are associated with corresponding characteristics. Plural groups of the nodes are defined based on the characteristics associated with the nodes. Group icons representing the respective groups of nodes are displayed.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[User Interface for Browsing Image]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098316.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[This invention discloses an image search and display system that includes a graphic user interface to provide to a user with visual display of three-dimensional selections of location, time and people to navigate pictures. The location and time will be presented on a distorted map and timeline respectively, where the distortion is based on the number of pictures at a certain location or period of time. The thumbnails of people are sized according to the number of pictures including the relevant persons, and this will typically result in the owner of the content and close family/friends having the largest thumbnails. Also the user interface can group the people according to the number of pictures they have in common.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Media editing and creating interface]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098320.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A computer readable medium containing media creating application code which implements the following procedures, generating in a user interface an application window having a window frame the window frame defining a pane, displaying a theme in the pane, displaying a plurality of buttons on the frame; and displaying a status indicator on the frame.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[LAYING OUT WEB COMPONENTS USING MOUNTING AND POOLING FUNCTIONS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098326.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[To edit a web page so that various contents can be displayed, while ensuring fine uniformity of the whole web page, a mount (board art) is displayed within the web page so that content, such as an image or a text, can be pasted in the mount. When pasting the content in the mount, the content is compressed or extended so as to fit in a predetermined region disposed within the mount regardless of a data amount of the content. By arranging the mount within the page, fine conformity of the whole page is achieved by proximity, alignment, and repetition of a plurality of mounts.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and System for Navigating in a Database of a Computer System]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098311.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The invention is directed to a computer program, a computer system and a method for navigating in a database of a subject system. The subject system comprises a graphical user interface. The invention method comprising steps of (i) returning results ( 110 a - g ) from a query in the database, and (ii) displaying in the graphical user interface ( 100 ) the results returned using several levels of progressive granularity. Each of the results is associated with one of the levels of granularity, according to the query.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Compound Web Document Generation Method and Web-based Editing System for Generating a Compound Web Document]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098298.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Files of various file formats are converted into markup language files, such as HTML files or XML-based files, and a compound web document is generated from the markup language files so that the compound web document may be displayed using a web browser, such as Internet Explorer. Files of the above-mentioned file formats may include a PowerPoint file (*.ppt), a Word file (*.doc), an Excel file (*.xls), a single packaged web page (*.mht), and an image file (*.bmp, *.jpg, *.gif, *.png). Thus the compound web document may be retrieved without linking any other files.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[MULTIMEDIA VISUAL PROGRESS INDICATION SYSTEM]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098323.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A multimedia visual progress indication system that provides a cache bar that is overlaid onto the program material or displayed on a dedicated display. A cache bar indicates the length of a recording session or the length of stored program material and expands to the right when material is being recorded. Index and/or bookmark indicators are displayed next to the cache bar. A position indicator moves within the cache bar and tells the user visually where his current position is within the program material. Numeric time or counter mark of the current position is displayed in the vicinity of the cache bar. The trick play bar and its associated components are displayed for a predetermined time period.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Annotation Management System]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098295.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An annotation management system for providing real-time annotations for media content during a videoconference session is provided. The annotation management system includes a media management server configured to manage media data and annotation data for distribution to participants of the videoconference session. A storage server in communication with the media management server is configured to store the media data and the annotation data. An event database in communication with the media management server is configured to capture events associated with the annotation data. A media analysis server is in communication with the media management server, the event database, and the storage server. The media analysis server is configured to associate the stored annotation data with the captured events to enable reconstruction of the videoconference session based on the captured events. A videoconference system, a computer readable medium, a graphical user interface, and a method are also included.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method for Spell-Checking Location-Bound Words Within a Document]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098302.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present invention uses spatial dictionaries (termed locationaries), for meaningfully checking and correcting the spelling of text on Geographic Information System (GIS) maps or other computer documents containing spatially, or coordinate-, bound text. Locationaries keep track of correctly spelled words and the geographic areas within which they are considered correctly spelled. In a preferred embodiment, locationaries are feature classes, ‘map layers’ of properly-spelled words or attributed features (objects). The invention selects such features from locationaries based on spatial criteria relative to the textual objects to spell-check. It then exports the attribute values to dictionaries that can be used by conventional spell checking engines. Once all errors and suggestions are found with such an engine and within user-specified criteria, a dialog is shown that contains a row per potentially-misspelled word found. From that dialog, the user can edit the word in the original textual object of the map.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Patient information bar and method for tracking and displaying blood products]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098329.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method and system for managing blood products and tracking their movement in which a database is provided for entering and storing information pertaining to each patient, and a patient toolbar is provided for selectively displaying patient information and condition including but not limited to each patient's special needs, prior transfusion reaction history, directed blood components, and blood type with a manual control button to selectively display each item or category of information on a screen.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A WIDGET FOR DISPLAYING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098290.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A system and computer implemented method for providing a widget are described. The method and system include receiving a rule and at least one condition corresponding to the rule for the widget. The widget is embeddable and dynamically displays multimedia content. The widget provides input to a provider and receives at least a portion of updatable multimedia content from the provider. The rule indicates at least one action in response to the at least one condition. The method and system further include performing the at least one action for the widget based on the rule and in response to the at least one condition.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and apparatus for interacvtive multimedia author tool and dynamic toolbar]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098319.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method of relying upon intelligent feedback to create a dynamic toolbar that provides navigation and creation options that change dependant upon the location of the dynamic toolbar and the type of multimedia page being viewed.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEVELOPING AND MANAGING GROUP SOCIAL NETWORKS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098313.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A system and method for facilitating the configuration and management of events within a social networking system is disclosed. The system enables members of similar or different geographic region and/or like interests, hobbies, social status, relationship status, family status, etc. to interact with the system to view activities, register to participate in activities, and schedule activities. A personal workspace, accessible through a variety of devices (e.g., kiosks, web clients, wireless devices, and set-top boxes) enables network members to view a personal calendar, scheduled events and activities, invitations, localized news, and the like. The personal workspace further facilitates registration to participate in scheduled activities. A scheduling interface enables network users to configure and schedule activities through selection and/or entry of an activity details. The system further interacts with other systems to determine facility availability, facility costs, payment processing, perform background checks, synchronize calendars and contact lists, and the like.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING SOCIAL PAYMENT OR COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098325.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A system and computer implemented method for providing a widget are described. The widget is embeddable and for dynamically displaying multimedia content. The method and system include receiving an event configuration for an event, receiving a configuration of the widget, and allowing the widget to be copied to provide a copy. The widget is for dynamically displaying multimedia content related to the event, and is embeddable and copyable. The configuration includes the event with which the widget is associated. The multimedia content includes updatable tracking mechanism(s) for the event. The copy is embeddable, copyable, associated with the event, and displays at least a portion of the multimedia content. The copy has a copy configuration including at least one sub-campaign. The copy includes updatable sub-campaign tracking mechanism(s) for graphically tracking progress of the sub-campaign. The method and system also include rendering the copy on a site.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Portable Multifunction Device with Soft Keyboards]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098331.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A portable multifunction device displays a first icon and a second icon on its touch screen display. In response to a sequence of finger movements across the first and second icons, wherein the finger stays in contact with the touch screen display during the movements, the portable device highlights the first icon for at least a predefined time period if a parameter associated with the finger's position relative to the touch screen display meets a first predefined condition and then highlights the second icon for at least the predefined time period if the parameter associated with the finger's position relative to the touch screen display meets a second predefined condition.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD FOR PROVIDING MENU SCREEN SUITABLE FOR MENUS PROVIDED BY EXTERNAL DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE USING THE SAME]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098318.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method for providing a menu screen suitable for menus provided by a connected external device, and an imaging device using the same, are provided. The method includes acquiring menu name information on names of menus provided by a connected external device; and displaying names of menus provided by the external device based on the acquired menu name information.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Executing an operation associated with a region proximate a graphic element on a surface]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098315.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Executing an operation associated with a region proximate a graphic element on a surface. A user interaction with a region proximate a graphic element on a surface is detected, where the surface comprises a plurality of regions proximate the graphic element. Responsive to the user interaction, an operation associated with the region is executed.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and System for Cross-Platform Form Creation and Deployment]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098291.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present invention is directed to systems and methods of creating and deploying electronic forms for collecting information from a user using a browser, where the browser may be one of a plurality of browser platforms. Characteristics of forms are entered by a human designer using a form designer by using drag-and-drop operations, and stored in XML template files. The form may be previewed by the designer. When a user on the Internet (or an intranet) requests a form by a browser, the characteristics of the browser are sensed and a form appropriate for the browser is deployed to the browser by a form server. Information is then captured from the user. The form may also be saved or printed.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ANIMATION OF ICONS BASED ON PRESENCE]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098328.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method and system for indicating availability of a contact is provided. The presence system displays to the user an indication of the presence state in association with the contact. The presence system provides an indication of the availability associated with the presence state of the contact when the user indicates to view such information. When the contact has high availability, the presence system displays an increasing animation. When the contact has low availability, the presence system displays a decreasing animation.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING AND MANAGING INFORMATION ON WEBPAGE USING INDICATOR]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098310.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Disclosed is a system for displaying and managing information on a webpage using an indicator in which, a memo and so forth can be recorded in the desired contents of the webpage through the indicator and the URL of the webpage can be stored with the indicator to call out them at anytime, whereby providing a convenience in terms of search and manage of information. The system having a client server and a system server comprises an indicator displayed on a surface of specific contents of each webpage with reference to coordinate values corresponding to the specific contents of each webpage and for classifying and elaborating on the specific contents; an indicator generation module for generating the indicator comprising a block setting portion for predicting a width of the specific contents of the pertinent webpage, a coordinate setting portion for grasping the coordinate value of a webpage area corresponding to the specific contents predicted by the block setting portion, an input portion for inputting information to be recorded in the indicator, a storage portion for storing the coordinate value of the coordinate setting portion, an URL (uniform resource locator) of the pertinent webpage, and the input information of the input portion, and an output portion for outputting the indicator to the specific contents of the pertinent webpage based on the information stored in the storage portion; and an indicator database stored in the system server through the storage portion and collected according to a specific classification.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING AND ANALYZING SURFACE WOUND DATA]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098322.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A 3D surface wound, injury, and personal protective equipment (PPE) data entry system provides an easily usable graphical user interface through which an examiner can objectively record data relating to surface wounds and injuries sustained by a subject human, as well as PPE used when the wounds/injuries were sustained. The system includes a 3D human model onto which the examiner draws the surface wound(s) and/or damage to the PPE. The subject human's record is stored in a database of similar records. The database records comprise quantifiable, objective data that is easily compared and analyzed. An analysis tool can aggregate a selected population of human subjects within the database to create wound density information that can be statistically analyzed and/or displayed on a standard 3D human model. Such objective wound density information may facilitate improved medical and/or tactical training, and improved PPE design.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Document managing system and method thereof]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098303.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[For each of documents or folders containing the documents, setting data on a plurality of setting items in a print settings window for printing the document and display setting data on the print settings window are stored. When an instruction is provided to print a document, the print settings window for the document is displayed on the basis of the setting data and display modification data, and the display modification data for the print settings window is stored according change or addition of a setting item in the print settings window.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[EMAIL GENERATION METHOD AND SYSTEM]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098073.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An email generation method and system. The method comprises receiving and storing by a computing system, a first data object. The computing system comprises XML files. Each XML file comprises email templates. The computing system receives language identification data identifying a first XML file of the XML files. The first XML file comprises a first set of email templates. The computing system selects the first XML file in response to receiving the first language identification data. The computing system receives template identification data identifying a first email template of the first set of email templates. The computing system selects the first email template in response to receiving the template identification data. The computing system retrieves the first data object stored in the computing system. The computing system automatically generates a first email by incorporating first portions of the first data object into associated sections of the first email template.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and apparatus for in-band discovery of capabilities of managed devices]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098321.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An in-band mechanism for discovery of device management capabilities is provided. The in-band discovery mechanism is similar to an out-of-band discovery mechanism and uses a non-proprietary mechanism. A management provider may query the management capabilities of devices and may register devices that may only be managed in-band with a directory agent.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING PRESENCE INFORMATION]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098297.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present invention discloses a method for providing presence information, including: setting a validity period of the presence information; publishing, by a presentity client, the received presence information and the validity period to a presence server; and distributing the received presence information and the validity period to a watcher client by the presence server. Thus, the watcher client knows the validity period of the presence information, such as an end time of a current presence time, and thereby selects timely an appropriate time for communication with the presentity client. Furthermore, the present invention also provides a start time of the current presence information, and thus the watcher client knows a duration of the current presence information of the presentity client. The present invention further discloses a system for providing presence information.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Deletion Gestures on a Portable Multifunction Device]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094371.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Deletion gestures for use on a portable multifunction device with a touch-sensitive display are disclosed. In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method for use in conjunction with the portable multifunction device comprises displaying a list of items on the touch-sensitive display, detecting a first gesture on the touch-sensitive display to edit the list of items, responding to the first gesture by displaying a first icon next to each deletable item in the list, detecting a second gesture on the touch-sensitive display to select one of the deletable items, and responding to the second gesture by displaying a second icon next to the selected item. If a third gesture on the second icon is detected, the selected deletable item is deleted. If a fourth gesture on the first icon next to the selected deletable item is detected, the second icon is deleted.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Email Client for a Portable Multifunction Device]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094369.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A computer-implemented method for providing email at a portable communications device with a touch screen display is disclosed. A first portion of a list of entries with information about corresponding electronic messages is displayed in a first area of the touch screen display. A first portion of an electronic message that corresponds to an entry in the list of entries is displayed in a second area of the touch screen display that is separate from the first area. In response to a first gesture by a user in the first area of the touch screen display, the list of entries is scrolled to display a second portion of the list of entries. In response to a second gesture by the user in the second area of the touch screen display, the electronic message is moved in two dimensions to display a second portion of the electronic message.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Application of abnormal event detection (AED) technology to polymers process]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097637.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present invention is a method and system for detecting an abnormal event for process units of a Polymers Unit. The method compares the operation of the process units to statistical, engineering or heuristic models. The statistical models are developed by principle components analysis of the normal operation for these units. In addition, the engineering models are based on correlation analysis between variables or simple engineering calculations. If the difference between the operation of a process unit and the normal model result indicates an abnormal condition, then the cause of the abnormal condition is determined and corrected.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING VIRTUAL WORLD CONTENT FROM A SERVER SYSTEM TO A CLIENT]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098064.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Virtual world content is transmitted from at least one server to at least one client computer by defining a camera position on the client computer and projecting a geometrical shape from the camera position in the direction of a viewing vector. This geometrical shape defines a subsection of the virtual world content, which is then transmitted to the particular client, where it is maintained within a content cache.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Managing virtual machines and hosts by property]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098309.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Virtual machines and hosts of virtual machines are dynamically organized and managed in accordance with specific properties of the virtual machines and hosts. A system can be browsed for virtual machines/hosts having a specific property(s). Properties and property values are represented by a hierarchical structure of folders and subfolders, and/or in a textual hierarchical directory structure. Selection of a property value results in the virtual machines/hosts having the selected property value attributed thereto. Browsing can also be accomplished via a hierarchical textual directory structure. A virtual machine can be selected to navigate the virtual and view its constituents. Properties, property values, virtual machines, and hosts can be added, deleted, and/or modified.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[DIGITAL BROADCASTING RECEIVING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AUDIBLY INFORMING OF CHANNEL CHANGE]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098434.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Provided are a digital broadcasting receiving device and method for audibly informing a user of a channel change. The method includes searching for channel information and channel audio guide signal premapped to the channel information, upon sensing a channel change, selecting a channel audio guide signal corresponding to the channel information, if channel information about a changed channel exists, and outputting the selected channel audio guide signal through an audio output unit. Thus, the method is capable of informing a user of a channel change by outputting a channel audio guide signal, allowing the user to audibly check a changed channel.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MULTIPLE SCREENS AND METHOD OF DYNAMICALLY CONFIGURING MULTIPLE SCREENS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080094511.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An apparatus for providing multiple screens and a method of dynamically configuring multiple screens is provided. The apparatus for providing multiple screens is capable of connecting a plurality of screens to a plurality of output ports so as to dynamically configure the plurality of screens which provide multiple contents on a single physical display device. The apparatus for providing multiple screens includes a service processing module which generates an output screen and a plurality of logical screens for displaying a plurality of services, and an output module which searches the plurality of logical screens for a logical screen combination that can be connected to an output port and that is mapped to the output screen, and maps the output screen to the output port.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and system for extracting information from web pages]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098300.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A crawler collects webpage data and obtains a list of URL's of interest used to construct a searchable index. The HTML stream is received for each relevant URL and each HTML stream is imported onto a browser or rendering engine so as to render the page. From the browser, the run-time data structure for each page is obtained. From the run-time data structure, layout information of the webpage is obtained. The layout information can include location and size of images, text, video clips, banners, etc. Using various heuristics, selected items of interest are identified as relevant according to their associated layout information. Then, when a query is received and a match is found in the index, only the information identified as relevant is fetched and presented to the user.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Decision Support Systems for Guideline and Knowledge Navigation Over Different Levels of Abstraction of the Guidelines]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097965.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A system and method are provided for executing an executable clinical practice guideline for providing guidance in treating a patient. The system includes a guideline repository providing for storing a plurality of executable clinical practice guidelines, at least one interface providing for entry of clinical context data associated with at least one of the patient and the patient's treatment and a display. A system server, which upon receipt of said clinical context data, automatically chooses an appropriate clinical practice guideline and displays the guideline with a visual navigator on the display. The server automatically provides the guideline at its present level of abstraction, and also provides the user with a visual navigator which defines the current level of abstraction; Alternatively, upon receipt of a signal generated by a user to manually choose, via the UI, the guideline and the level of abstraction of the guideline, which are then displayed. The level of abstraction may be changed by user input in both manual and automatic mode.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[GRAPHICAL AUTOMATED MACHINE CONTROL AND METROLOGY]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097621.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A graphical programming system allows a user to place geometric shapes onto a scaled image, the shape having associated behavior that operates on the image or on the object of which the image is formed. In a preferred embodiment, the shapes are objects in the Visio program by Microsoft Corporation. The shapes are dragged from a stencil onto an image provided by ion beam or electron microscope image. The shape invokes software or hardware to locate and measure features on the image or to perform operations, such as ion beam milling, on the object that is imaged.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[PROCESSING AN XML FEED WITH EXTENSIBLE OR NON-TYPED ELEMENTS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098373.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A computerized system that implements a type system can process one or more XML documents that comprise unknown schema elements, which may not correlate within one or more types in the type system. In one implementation, for example, a computer system receives one or more XML document feeds and deserializes only those schema elements that correlate with one or more system types. The computer system further passes the unknown schema elements to a buffer. An application program, such as an XML reader, can extract the unknown schema elements from the buffer as appropriate. In one implementation, for example, the application program maintains its own types separately from the system types. The application program can then correlate its application-specific types with the buffered schema elements to deserialize and process the buffered schema elements.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SIMULATION-ASSISTED SEARCH]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097975.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A visually-oriented search system guides a search with non-verbal inputs. Instead of specifying discrete attributes (words) as input to a search engine, a user may create a visual model of a desired end result and apply the model as a generalized input from which discrete attributes are extracted for submission to conventional search engines. The search may be enhanced with a simulation of the visually-created query, and the simulation may be transformed into a query suitable for distribution to one or more search engines. The query may be refined using domain-specific rules, vocabulary, expert systems, and the like. Search results may be browsed by a user, or employed to further refine subsequent searches.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Wealth Management Education System and Method]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097881.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A wealth management education system and method thereof includes a storage unit, an input unit, an event selection unit and an ROI computation unit. The storage unit containing historical data of multiple capital markets, correlation matrices among those market, and multiple economic events. A user uses the input unit to enter sum of investment into those capital markets to trigger off a selection of one economic event according to a selection criterion. The ROI computation unit solves respective ROI of those capital markets according to the selected economic event, historical data and correlation matrices of those capital markets.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING AND ANALYZING SURFACE WOUND DATA]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080098333.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A 3D surface wound, injury, and personal protective equipment (PPE) data entry system provides an easily usable graphical user interface through which an examiner can objectively record data relating to surface wounds and injuries sustained by a subject human, as well as PPE used when the wounds/injuries were sustained. The system includes a 3D human model onto which the examiner draws the surface wound(s) and/or damage to the PPE. The subject human's record is stored in a database of similar records. The database records comprise quantifiable, objective data that is easily compared and analyzed. An analysis tool can aggregate a selected population of human subjects within the database to create wound density information that can be statistically analyzed and/or displayed on a standard 3D human model. Such objective wound density information may facilitate improved medical and/or tactical training, and improved PPE design.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[System And Method For Simulating Global Product Development]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080097734.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A global software development model instrument is described. The instrument utilizes a global system dynamics model, as well as one or more site-specific discrete event simulation and system dynamics models to model interactions within and between software development sites. Parameters, equations, and interactions between the model components are editable to allow for the simulation and comparison of various software development options and to provide for global software development research. Additional product development situations can be modeled as well, including hardware and systems engineering.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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