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Todd Lefor

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Russell Brown

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Dustin James Gustafson

Leckie Gunter

Context information in a computer system is collected. Dependent context data maintains a reference to parent context data so that system context can be reconstructed and analyzed.

Contextual information monitoring

Allowing a user to navigate data in a user interface when a modal dialog box has been activated. A method includes displaying a graphical user interface window. The method further includes allowing user input for modifying a particular data in the graphical user interface window. Thereafter, the method further includes displaying a modal dialog superimposed and obscuring at least a portion of the graphical user interface window, including obscuring at least a portion of the data, and to prevent user input for modifying the data in the graphical user interface window so long as the modal dialog remains active. The method further includes identifying information indicating that the modal dialog should be hidden. The method further includes at least partially hiding the modal dialog revealing at least a portion of the obscured data, while continuing to prevent user input for modifying the data in the graphical user interface window.

Transparent messaging

A computer system for processing bidirectional characters includes a processor and memory. An application stored in the memory includes instructions that are executable by the processor and memory and that are configured to determine an embedding direction and at least one of output, export or display data including characters using bidirectional code. While at least one of outputting, exporting or displaying the data, the instructions are configured to parse a multi-segment data value including a plurality of segments and a delimiter arranged between adjacent ones of the plurality of segments. The delimiter includes two or more neutral type characters that are arranged immediately adjacent to one another. The delimiter causes the bidirectional code to apply the embedding direction to the delimiters of the multi-segment data value to maintain relative ordering of adjacent ones of the segments in the multi-segment data value.

Computer systems and methods using multiple neutral type characters as delimiters between segments in structured, multi-segment data values

The performance of computer system responses to user requests is measured and evaluated in the context of physical computing resource operation. Diagnostic information related to computer system performance is selectively provided based the measured performance and physical computing resource operation.

User experience diagnostics with actionable insights

Display screen with animated graphical user interface

Usage information is used to automatically change a display of a Graphical User Interface (GUI) for a computer application. Recommendations may also be automatically provided that when accepted by a user change the GUI of the application. The usage information includes recorded interactions along with the context of the actions. Generally, the contextual usage information includes interaction information that may be used to determine how a user is interacting with the application based on the current context of the user. The usage information that is recorded from one or more users may be used to change the GUI and/or provide recommendations. Usage information obtained from a larger set of users (e.g. based on a type of business) may be used to automatically determine the recommendations or change the GUI.

Automatically changing a display of graphical user interface

Scrollbar control is utilized for manually scanning for displayed/available information while controlling the amount of information that is actually materialized. In response to a drag and hold of the 'thumb' to a beginning or end location of the scrollbar, additional records may be retrieved depending on a display order of data on the user interface. If the location corresponds to an end of records (whether at the beginning or at the end of the order), that may be indicated. Upon release, the thumb may be moved automatically to a predefined location to indicate additional available records at the source if that is the case.

Interactive scrollbars for unknown data size

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