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Systems and methods for determining a user interface attribute

  • US 8,156,444 B1
  • Filed: 12/31/2003
  • Issued: 04/10/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method performed by computer-executable instructions executed by a processor, comprising:

  • the executed instructions detecting, within an existing application window displaying application-specific content on a display of a computer, an area of the window comprising non-primary content by locating, within a row of pixels in the window, a widest pixel region where a change in at least one of pixel color and pixel brightness is less than a predetermined threshold;

    the executed instructions creating a content display comprising an attribute, the attribute associated with the area of the window comprising the non-primary content;

    the executed instructions obtaining query search results in response to execution of a query;

    the executed instructions causing the content display to be displayed; and

    the executed instructions displaying the query search results within the content display.

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