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Cingular Wireless Ii, LLC

Charles Monte

Michail Vasiltschenko

Ralph Debusmann

Jeong-Sook Lee

Gisbert Loff

Florian Hoffmann

Philip Miseldine

Christian Lieske

Christina Hall

Iuliia Konstantinova

Paul J White

Anne C Graham

David E Brudnicki

Peter Fornell

Ivy Cunningham

Stacia Lynn Pache

Barry E Carter

Brad Melmon

Configuring a graphical user interface according to a user's preferences is described herein. Systems and methods are provided for generating a dynamically varying themed interface for a user environment; defining appropriate color palettes associated within a brand definition of the user environment; and, providing one or more configuration settings for the rendering engine.

Dynamically-themed display utilizing physical ambient conditions

A system, computer-readable medium, and computer-implemented method, including receiving first temporal information relating to one or more calendar events, the calendar events each having a duration equal to a day or less; receiving second temporal information relating to one or more timeline events, the timeline events each having a duration equal to or greater than a day; generating a user interface including user interface representations of an integrated calendar and timeline visualization to, in response to user input, navigate and control aspects of both the calendar events and the timeline events; and presenting, in response to user input via the user interface, a synchronized navigation and control of both the calendar events and the timeline events.

Synchronized calendar and timeline adaptive user interface

Disclosed is an improved system for performing intelligent text reduction on text strings for optimal display in a variety of user interface display elements. The system includes a smart text reduction algorithm that can shorten text strings as necessary in response to resizing the user interface or elements therein. The system also includes a design time user interface for application developers (or other users) to design graphical user interfaces in a collaborative workspace. The design time user interface incorporates the smart text reduction algorithm to enable designers to modify user interface display elements and run the text reduction algorithm on any text strings that no longer fit within the modified display elements. The described embodiments can also translate text strings of user interface display elements and can execute the smart text shortening algorithm on the translated text strings accordingly.

Time user interface with intelligent text reduction

Intelligent text reduction for graphical interface elements

Mobile communications device

An improved percussive action electronic keyboard for play as a musical instrument of the type having pivoted playing keys having camming surfaces distal from finger contact surfaces thereof, pivoted hammers having cam follower surfaces for following the playing key camming surfaces, hammer stop for stopping the swing of the hammer in response to depression of its associated key, includes an electronic sensor for generating an electrical signal for each key which is related in amplitude to the pressure with which the key is depressed during play of the keyboard, and a scanning keyboard state monitor connected to said sensor including a keyboard scanner for scanning each of the keys of the keyboard to determine if a key event has occurred, an amplitude comparator for determining when a key depression causes a said key depression signal amplitude to pass predetermined minimum and maximum amplitude threshold values, a scan counter for counting the number of scans occurring between the scans when the key depression amplitude signal passes between the minimum and maximum amplitude threshold values and a digital output for putting out the number of scans as a digital value. A programmed microprocessor is connected to receive the digital value scan count for a key and converts the scan count into a key velocity signal. A keyboard setup memory is connected to the microprocessor for recording user provided setup parameters for operation of the keyboard, and the microprocessor is programmed to operate the keyboard in accordance with the setup parameters recorded in the keyboard setup memory. A programmable output path is connected to the microprocessor for putting out the key velocity signal to music generation equipment.

Modular electronic keyboard with improved signal generation

An improved percussive action electronic keyboard for play as a musical instrument of the type having pivoted playing keys having camming surfaces distal from finger contact surfaces thereof, pivoted hammers having cam follower surfaces for following the playing key camming surfaces, hammer stop for stopping the swing of the hammer in response to depression of its associated key, includes an electronic sensor for generating an electrical signal for each key which is related in amplitude to the pressure with which the key is depressed during play of the keyboard, and a scanning keyboard state monitor connected to said sensor including a keyboard scanner for scanning each of the keys of the keyboard to determine if a key event has occurred, an amplitude comparator for determining when a key depression causes a said key depression signal amplitude to pass predetermined minimum and maximum amplitude threshold values, a scan counter for counting the number of scans occurring between the scans when the key depression amplitude signal passes between the minimum and maximum amplitude threshold values and a digital output for putting out the number of scans as a digital value. A programmed microprocessor is connected to receive the digital value scan count for a key and converts the scan count into a key velocity signal.

Percussive action modular electronic keyboard

A percussive action silent electronic keyboard provides electrical input signals for electronic music synthesis equipment. The keyboard includes a housing, and a keyboard array of a plurality of depressable pivoted playing keys adjacently arranged as a musical keyboard. Each key communicates with a pivoted silent hammer in a cam and follower arrangement. A stop is provided for stopping the momentum of each silent hammer which is caused to move about its pivot by following a camming surface of its corresponding key resulting from depressing of the key during playing action. An electrical switch provided for each key, and the switch is responsive to the playing action of the key for generating and supplying electrical signals indicative of the action to the electronic music synthesis equipment with which said keyboard may be used to generate music.

Percussive action silent electronic keyboard

In the herein illustrated embodiment the harp or tone generator assembly of the piano is supported pivotally at one end so as to pivot in a substantially horizontal plane on its support, and a mechanism manipulated by the player shifts the movable end of the harp thereby to shift the position of the tone generators in the harp relatively to the percussion hammers, so that while the keys of the piano are depressed for playing, the player can selectively change the tone at will; an amplifying circuit compensates for the loss of volume due to the shifting and to the resultant change of the striking line.

Tone changing means for percussion instruments

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San Rafael, CA, United States of America

Charles Monte