International Business Machines Corporation

Globalfoundries Inc.

Kinichi Mitsui

Yoshio Horiuchi

Susumu Fukuda

Satoko Kinoshita

Akira Saito

Daisuke Maruyama

Shahram Javey

Ken Kumagai

Kazushi Kuse

Shunsuke Fujimoto

Yuhki Sakuma

Tsuyoshi Ohira

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for displaying overlapping text elements on a graphical user interface. Initially, it is determined, whether a first display elements overlaps a second display element. If, the first display elements overlaps the second display element, then a text stack is created of all overlapping display elements. Only an identified display element is displayed on the text stack. Finally, a scroll mechanism is provided which allows a user to scroll through and display the first and second set of display elements which overlap.

Dynamic text scroll control in a user interface

In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes displaying a segment on a touch panel, the segment having a starting point and an end point corresponding to a first page and a last page, respectively, of a document, in response to a predetermined manipulation by a user. An indication is received that the user has performed at least one of touching a point on the segment and sliding a point on the segment. The document is scrolled to reach a page corresponding to the position of the point on the segment, in response to the indication. The document is scrolled, by a computer processor, on a page-by-page basis, in response to the user sliding the point in a direction perpendicular to the segment.

Method, apparatus, and computer program for scrolling a document on a touch panel

A method, computer program product, and system to optimize the display of related elements. The method includes a processor obtaining data elements and groups of data elements, and relationships between data elements in different groups and identifying parent-child dependencies between the groups. The processor identifies a root group among the groups: the root group has no parent dependency. The processor orders data elements in the root group, based on a predetermined policy and determines a display order of data elements in groups that are not root groups by optimizing a length of relationship lines representing the relationships between the data elements in different groups. The processor also determines a scroll position for each group and displays, in a graphical user interface on the display, the groups with a scroll bars at the scroll position in each group, and the relationships between data elements in different groups.

Obtaining and displaying relationships between elements

A display apparatus is adapted to display a plurality of graph structures by aggregating the plurality of graph structures into a single graph structure, where each of the graph structures is made up of a plurality of elements. An acquisition hardware unit acquires graph structures at a plurality of time points in a time series. A distinguishing hardware unit distinguishes unchanged elements and changed elements in the graph structures. An aggregating hardware aggregates the graph structures. A display hardware unit displays the aggregated graph structure such that the unchanged elements and the changed elements are identifiable. A contracting hardware unit contracts two or more unchanged elements and, in response to displaying the aggregated graph structure, displays a single contracted element instead of the two or more unchanged elements.

Aggregating graph structures

A display device for displaying a graph structure in which the graph structure has elements. The display device includes a display screen for displaying at least first and second display regions and a display screen processing section configured to display in the first display region at least a part of the graph structure including a first element. The display also includes a control section configured to cause the display screen to display in the second display region, responsive to selection of the first element displayed in the first display region, at least a part of the graph structure including the first element. Additional embodiments include a display method performed by the display device, and a computer program product used in the display device.

Display techniques for graphs

Embodiments include providing input from each of a plurality of input devices to one of a plurality of application programs. Aspects include receiving an input from one of the plurality of input devices, determining if the input from the one of the plurality of input devices has a corresponding application program selected from the one of a plurality of application programs. Based on determining that the input from the one of the plurality of input devices corresponds with the corresponding application program, aspects include forwarding the input to the corresponding application program. Aspects also include determining if the input corresponds to a second application programs from the plurality of application programs that is in a state of waiting for input to one application program has been entered from one input device and responsively establishing a correspondence between the second application program and the one of the plurality of input devices.

Providing input from input device to corresponding application program

The present invention provides a display apparatus adapted to display a plurality of graph structures each of which is made up of a plurality of elements, by aggregating the plurality of graph structures into a single graph structure as well as provides a display method of the display apparatus and a program used for the display apparatus, the display apparatus including: an acquisition hardware unit adapted to acquire a plurality of graph structures; a distinguishing hardware unit adapted to distinguish the plurality of elements between unchanged elements which have not changed in the plurality of graph structures and changed elements which have changed with transition between/among the plurality of graph structures; an aggregating hardware unit adapted to aggregate the plurality of graph structures; and a display hardware unit adapted to display the aggregated graph structure such that the unchanged elements and the changed elements will be identifiable.

An application is executed which provides a grid display and which includes: a spreadsheet generator for generating a screen comprising a group of display elements; a scroll controller for accepting a scroll operation of a screen displayed on a display device and for controlling the scrolling of the screen. If a cell is excluded from and a cell is newly included in a visible region displayed on the display device as a result of a scrolling operation, the scroll controller causes the cell included in the visible region to be displayed on the display device by modifying a content of an attribute, including location information, of a display element used to display the cell excluded from the visible region to a content for displaying the cell included in the visible region.

Re-using a display element associated with a first cell for a second cell

A system for performing a calculation processing for each cell in a sheet by setting a calculation formula to calculate values for the cell. The system includes: an input data selection unit for sequentially selecting, in response to association of a or a plurality of cells in a sheet having a plurality of input data recorded therein with a first cell, the plurality of input data as values for the first cell; a calculation unit for performing, in response to selection of the respective input data as values for the first cell, calculations of a calculation formula set in a cell other than the first cell and referring to the first cell; and a data output unit for outputting calculation results of the calculation formula obtained by the calculation unit for each of the input data as values of a or a plurality of second cells.

System and method for performing processing, such as spreadsheet processing

A layout table describing positions and types of a plurality of windows is used to manage a graphical user interface. At the time of initialization or when the layout table is changed, windows and associated window managing modules are generated or added in accordance with the contents of the layout table. The window managing module processes a user input event in accordance with its type and position, and displays appropriate information in the windows in accordance with the user's instructions. The user can describe the contents of the layout table in an external file or can specify layout information using a menu provided by the system when running the system. In this manner, the user can set the positions and types of windows as desired and improved ease of use can thus be enjoyed.

Apparatus and method for displaying windows

Graphical objects are used to set the relationships between a plurality of windows presented on a system display. The window relationships can be set by performing operations on the graphical objects, for instance, by selection by mouse click. Further, the relationships can be represented by changes in the display mode of the graphical objects. Thus, the invention enables the user to freely set the relationships between a plurality of windows and easily understand the relationships.

System and method for managing windows

A method and system are described for increasing quantitative database retrieval processing speed by minimizing access to the sequential file to the smallest possible value by use of score calculations using only the transposed file to rank the retrieval objects and terminating the process at a specified number of retrieval objects. Access to the transposed file is minimized by avoiding accessing unnecessary parts as much as possible, through the calculation of an anticipated score value which is used to make decisions about the optimum time for stopping the retrieval process. Further efficiencies are described through the use of relaxed order-ranking conditions which allow the process to be logically terminated even before the specified number of retrieval objects have been absolutely determined.

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Kinichi Mitsui