| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE37431 |
Intelligent help system |
October 30, 2001 |
| An intelligent help system which processes information specific to a user and a system state is described. The system incorporates a monitoring device to determine which events to store as data in an historical queue. These data, as well as non-historical data (e.g. system state), are st |
| D394051 |
User interface icon for a display screen |
May 5, 1998 |
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| D386480 |
Notebook computer |
November 18, 1997 |
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| D370902 |
Front bezel for an upright personal computer |
June 18, 1996 |
|
| D370901 |
Front bezel for an upright personal computer |
June 18, 1996 |
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| D370900 |
Front bezel for an upright computer |
June 18, 1996 |
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| D365553 |
Bezel for a hard-disk drive tray assembly |
December 26, 1995 |
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| D365084 |
Solder pad for printed circuit boards |
December 12, 1995 |
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| D356547 |
Hand held computer |
March 21, 1995 |
|
| D345149 |
Computer |
March 15, 1994 |
|
| D344718 |
Computer |
March 1, 1994 |
|
| D344269 |
Computer housing |
February 15, 1994 |
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| D338884 |
Computer monitor bezel |
August 31, 1993 |
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| D338882 |
Support base for a computer |
August 31, 1993 |
|
| D338451 |
Computer housing |
August 17, 1993 |
|
| D337318 |
Upright large system cabinet for a computer |
July 13, 1993 |
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| D337317 |
Upright computer cabinet |
July 13, 1993 |
|
| D335868 |
Notebook computer |
May 25, 1993 |
|
| D332781 |
Housing for notebook computer |
January 26, 1993 |
|
| D331228 |
Computer housing |
November 24, 1992 |
|
| D307891 |
Compact enclosure for personal computers |
May 15, 1990 |
|
| 6366935 |
Combination laptop and pad computer |
April 2, 2002 |
| A portable lightweight combination laptop and pad computer has a display mounted on a main housing for movement between a closed position and an open position. In the closed position, a keyboard is covered by the undersurface of the display and the display viewing surface remains vis |
| 6219681 |
Combination laptop and pad computer |
April 17, 2001 |
| A portable lightweight combination laptop and pad computer has a display mounted on a main housing for movement between a closed position and an open position. In the closed position, a keyboard is covered by the undersurface of the display and the display viewing surface remains vis |
| 6170024 |
Adjusting the volume by a keyboard via an independent control circuit, independent of a host com |
January 2, 2001 |
| A computer system having dual paths for controlling a peripheral device electrically associated with a host computer. The peripheral device is electrically connected to the host computer and to an independent control circuit. Control inputs for the peripheral device and data and/or contr |
| 6100875 |
Keyboard pointing device |
August 8, 2000 |
| An apparatus and method emulates mouse pointer functions utilizing a keyboard having an additional special function key. When the special function key is depressed, designated keys on the keyboard are interpreted as "mouse keys" which may be used to direct a pointer on a computer screen |
| 6064766 |
Handwritten keyboardless entry computer system |
May 16, 2000 |
| A keyboardless entry computer system includes a transparent input screen that generates positional information when contacted by a stylus, and a display screen mounted physically below the input screen such that a character that is displayed can be seen below the input screen. The system |
| 6035358 |
Upgrade CPU module with integral power supply |
March 7, 2000 |
| A computer processing unit (CPU) module is described. The present CPU module accommodates a CPU and includes a power supply, a power good detection circuit and a clock speed selector, all of which are integral to the CPU module. The power supply provides the CPU module the ability to |
| 6014428 |
Voice templates for interactive voice mail and voice response system |
January 11, 2000 |
| Method and a system for a user-customizable interactive voice mail/voice response system are disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, an interactive voice mail/voice response ("IVR") system of the present invention enables a user to build and operate custom IVR functions using voice templat |
| 6002799 |
Handwritten keyboardless entry computer system |
December 14, 1999 |
| A keyboardless entry computer system includes a transparent input screen that generates positional information when contacted by a stylus, and a display screen mounted physically below the input screen such that a character that is displayed can be seen below the input screen. The system |
| 5999994 |
Dual path computer control system |
December 7, 1999 |
| A computer system having dual paths for controlling a peripheral device electrically associated with a host computer. The peripheral device is electrically connected to the host computer and to an independent control circuit. Control inputs for the peripheral device and data and/or contr |
| 5961613 |
Disk power manager for network servers |
October 5, 1999 |
| A computer network includes a network server in communication with a plurality of user terminals. The network server includes disk drives which store data accessible via the user terminals. To increase power efficiency of the network server, the number of accesses to the disk drives is |
| 5946377 |
Script-based DTMF information retrieval system |
August 31, 1999 |
| User-customizable method and system for enabling a user easily and conveniently to navigate one or more IVR systems regularly accessed by the user are disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, a script-based DTMF information retrieval system of the present invention enables a user to bui |
| 5933526 |
Handwritten keyboardless entry computer system |
August 3, 1999 |
| A keyboardless entry computer system includes a transparent input screen that generates positional information when contacted by a stylus, and a display screen mounted physically below the input screen such that a character that is displayed can be seen below the input screen. The system |
| 5901313 |
Application management system |
May 4, 1999 |
| An application management system for achieving a common user access (CUA) interface throughout multiple applications of a computer system is described. The system includes an operating environment having an application control module (ACM) that is run-time bound and executable by the |
| 5900014 |
External means of overriding and controlling cacheability attribute of selected CPU accesses to |
May 4, 1999 |
| A system for facilitating debugging of software running within an information processing unit includes an external trigger state machine which selectively overrides the cacheability attribute of a cache line. An in-circuit emulator (ICE), which is used for debugging purposes, monitors |
| 5898890 |
Method for transferring data between devices by generating a strobe pulse and clamping a clock l |
April 27, 1999 |
| A first and second electronic devices are connected by two data lines arranged in a wired-AND configuration so that each device can signal the other device by forcing one of the two-wires into a "low" condition. An inventive method uses serial transfer of a predetermined numbers of bits |
| 5892503 |
Multimedia console keyboard |
April 6, 1999 |
| A multimedia console keyboard provides a convenient user interface to provide multimedia functions easily accessible to the user. In general, the multimedia console keyboard provides speakers, microphones, volume control, brightness control, contrast control, a pointing device, an el |
| 5883625 |
Arrangement system for object placement on windows |
March 16, 1999 |
| A system and method for automatically arranging objects inside a container of a graphical user interface in a visually attractive and effective manner. In a departure from the art, selectable grid styles are provided for arranging cells into different configurations inside the container. |
| 5875232 |
Personalized voice mail identification system |
February 23, 1999 |
| A personalized voice mail identification system is enclosed. In a preferred embodiment, the system of the present invention resides on a personal computer (PC) connected to a phone line via a TAPI-compliant or other appropriate device for enabling telephone functions to be performed by t |
| 5873449 |
Shift table for use in a product conveyor system having workstations |
February 23, 1999 |
| A workstation includes a support assembly with at least one longitudinally extending rail. A longitudinally extending conveyor is slidably mounted to the rail for sliding movement between a home position, where the conveyor is predominately provided for working on a workpiece, and a seco |
| 5852437 |
Wireless device for displaying integrated computer and television user interfaces |
December 22, 1998 |
| A two-way wireless local transmission system integrates computer and television user interfaces. A television set-top device includes a separate transmitter and receiver. The transmitter converts an audio and video signal into a modulated signal within the 902-928 MHz frequency band |
| 5844557 |
System and method for detecting screen hotspots |
December 1, 1998 |
| The system and method of the present invention for detecting screen hotspots provides a graphical user interface environment that enables a user to select screen hotspots that are graphically represented by complex shapes and multiple colors. The use of complex-shaped multi-colored h |
| 5842024 |
Method of software installation |
November 24, 1998 |
| A method of reducing the time needed for installing a combination of software programs onto a hard disk drive by creating modules for each software program and associating a file with each software program that records all changes made to files and directories by the installation pro |
| 5838929 |
Upgrade CPU module with integral power supply |
November 17, 1998 |
| A computer processing unit (CPU) module is described. The present CPU module accommodates a CPU and includes a power supply, a power good detection circuit and a clock speed selector, all of which are integral to the CPU module. The power supply provides the CPU module the ability to |
| 5838321 |
User interface with embedded objects for personal computers and the like |
November 17, 1998 |
| A user interface with embedded or linked objects is enclosed. In one embodiment, the invention comprises a computer program, operating with a GUI and capable of linking or embedding an object from an application program into the GUI. The program includes instructions for determining a |
| 5826043 |
Docking station with serially accessed memory that is powered by a portable computer for identif |
October 20, 1998 |
| A docking station for connection with a notebook computer includes a non-volatile memory chip which stores a serial number, an identification number, and configuration information pertaining to the docking station. When a notebook computer engages with the docking station, an electrical |
| 5822598 |
Audio activity detection circuit to increase battery life in portable computers |
October 13, 1998 |
| A power management system for a computer system having an audio circuit which generates an audio output signal. An activity detection circuit senses audio signal activity on the analog audio signal. The power management system maintains power to at least the audio circuit when activi |
| 5819090 |
Application control module for common user access interface |
October 6, 1998 |
| An application management system for achieving a common user access (CUA) interface throughout multiple applications of a computer system is described. The system includes an operating environment having an application control module (ACM) that is run-time bound and executable by the |
| 5809559 |
System and method utilizing a virtual addressing buffer circuit to emulate a device which is phy |
September 15, 1998 |
| A method and apparatus using a virtual addressing buffer circuit afford address mapping and control flexibility to provide a unique opportunity for device emulation and software debugging. The method permits the emulation of a device which is physically not present in a CPU controlled |
| 5794052 |
Method of software installation and setup |
August 11, 1998 |
| A method for reducing the time needed for setting up a computer system in a user selected language version of a disk operating system by pre-installing a plurality of modules for different language versions of disk operating systems. Upon initial power on by an end user, a minimal di |
