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Rovi Corporation

Jonathan David Friedman

Michael J Kruzeniski

David Henry Wykes

Kathleen W Holmes

Chad A Voss

Catherine Sayim Kim

Joel Bernard Jacobs

Brian M Wilson

Darren Alexander Apfel

Audrey C Louchart

Michael A Smuga

Rosanna H Ho

Joseph P Marquardt

Paula Guntaur

Michael Prstojevich

Joseph McLaughlin

Albert Y S Shum

Michael K Henderlight

Audrey C C Louchart

Jirawat Jeamvigite

Victor E Shiff

Seth Frankel

Dane M Howard

Scott McManigal

Brad Cracchiola

Sayim Kim

Scott Harold Wilson

Norio Fujikawa

Jason Todd Henderson

David Claux

Larry Russell Butcher

Sandra Irene Vargas

Bo Stefan Andren

Keith Lindsey Rowe

Russell Lee Simpson, Jr

Ryan Thomas Murphy

Stephanie E Teng

Peter Andrew Bernard

Chao-Chung Lin

Eva Britta Karolina Burlin

Matthew Justin Von Bencke

Jasdeep Singh Chugh

Christopher C L Tham

Patrick S Corrigan

Dustin Owen Williams

Kenneth Paul Hinckley

Michael Jack Sinclair

Leroy B Keely

Patrick Markus Baudisch

Avi R Geiger

Georg F Petschnigg

David B Perry

Steven Benjamin Goldberg

Hugh Edward McLoone, Jr

Sally Liu

Kristian Lennart Magnus Andaker

Kristian Lm Andaker

Nell H Hoffman

Albert Yiu-So Shum

Russell Lee Simpson

Joseph P Mclaughlin

Systems, methods, and software disclosed herein facilitate draft reminders. In at least one implementation, a primary view of an information management application is rendered. In various scenarios the primary view may include primary items, such as emails, events, tasks, or other types of items. When a reminder view is invoked, draft items are identified to include in the reminder view. The reminder view is then rendered in an overlaid manner with respect to the primary view and includes the draft items.

Reminder views in email applications

Reminder views for facilitating draft reminders

In implementations of creating a communication group, a mobile device can receive a selection to enable communication of location information between devices that correspond to entities from a group of entities associated with a user of the mobile device. The mobile device can receive location information that describes a physical location or proximity of the devices that correspond to the entities, and present in a user interface on a display device, a visual representation that indicates at least one of the entities is at a location within a pre-set distance of the mobile device. A communication group can be created that includes the entities selected from the group of entities associated with the user of the mobile device. The mobile device can also communicate the location information of the mobile device to all of the devices that correspond to the entities as a group communication based on the communication group.

Creating a communication group

In an implementation, a mobile communications device includes a display device having touchscreen functionality, a keyboard having a plurality of physical keys that include a dedicated key and letter keys arranged according to a QWERTY layout, and one or more modules. The one or more modules are configured to output a user interface on the display device responsive to selection of the dedicated key, the user interface having a plurality of portions that are selectable via the touchscreen functionality to cause input of a respective one of a plurality of emoticons.

Alternative inputs of a mobile communications device

A mobile communications device user interface is described. In an implementation, a method is implemented by a computing device that includes displaying content in conjunction with a first level of a hierarchical menu in a user interface on a display device of the computing device. Responsive to receipt of an input to navigate to a second level of the hierarchical menu that is a sublevel of the first level, the second level in displayed conjunction with the content on the display device, the content having a reduced display richness when displayed in conjunction with the second level than when displayed in conjunction with the first level.

Mobile communications device user interface

This document describes tools capable of enabling users of mobile communication devices to create communication groups quickly and easily. With such a communication group a user may call, text, or instant message all persons in the group at once by selecting the communication group rather than each person in the group. In one embodiment, the tools enable a user to build a communication group by dragging and dropping indicators for persons he or she knows from one area of a screen into another area. In another embodiment, the tools automatically collect persons from those that the user knows based on one or more criteria. The user may then easily create a communication group of those collected persons, such as by tapping on an area of a mobile device's display.

Location-based display characteristics in a user interface are described. In an implementation, a determination is made by mobile communications device that icon is to be displayed at a particular location in the user interface. A display characteristic is applied by the mobile communications device that is defined for the particular location such that a display of the icon is changed. The icon is displayed having an applied display characteristic on the display device of the mobile communications device at the particular location in the user interface.

Location-based display characteristics in a user interface

User interface animation techniques are described. In an implementation, an input having a velocity is detected that is directed to one or more objects in a user interface. A visual presentation is generated that is animated so a first object in the user interface moves in parallax with respect to a second object. The presentation is displayed so the first object appears to moves at a rate that corresponds to the velocity.

User interface with parallax animation

Contextual search by a mobile communications device is described. In an implementation, a search query is a received and a context is detected of a user interface currently being displayed on a display device of a mobile communication device. One or more search results are displayed on a display device of a search performed in the detected context using the search query.

Contextual search by a mobile communications device

Contextual search by a mobile communications device is described. In an implementation, a search query is a received and a context is detected of a user interface currently being displayed on a display device of a mobile communications device. One or more search results are displayed on a display device of a search performed in the detected context using the search query.

Location based display characteristics in a user interface

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