Assignee: Elonex I.P. Holdings, Ltd.

Location: London, GB
No. of patents: 32

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6490725	Transmitting notification of new video clips of interest from servers in wide area network A video jukebox service has a world-wide array of file servers interconnected by data links and having video input apparatus. Each file server has a plurality of connected clients. Video clippings input at the video input apparatus are shared with the oth...	12/03/2002
5964848	Peripheral device control through integrated drive electronics An IDE interface communicates with peripheral devices not conforming to ST506 specification by providing firmware to microcontrollers mounted on the non-conforming peripheral devices to translate between the data structure of an ST506 specification device...	10/12/1999
5954807	System for selecting and compressing data and sending temporarily stored compressed data on demand to individual ones of peripheral device selected and gated by interrupt signals An apparatus and methods are provided for pre-compressing data to be sent to a peripheral device in a computer system, sending the data to the peripheral device as a compressed data stream, and decompressing the data for use in the peripheral device in a ...	09/21/1999
5919262	Variable-voltage CPU voltage regulator An integrated CPU has an on-board switching voltage regulator with an electrically-erasable programmable read-only memory electronically accessible for storing a feedback reference coefficient for control. In further embodiments, output voltage is tuned v...	07/06/1999
5870624	Personal desktop system for scanning and printing A personal I/O device incorporates a scanner and a printer apparatus in a common assembly with a document drive designed to feed a single document or blank sheet past both the scanner and the printer apparatus. The I/O device comprises control circuitry f...	02/09/1999
5861873	Modular portable computer with removable pointer device A modular computer has a framework with module bays for receiving CPU modules, power modules, and peripheral function modules such as floppy and hard disk drives. The framework has a built-in compressed bus and a variety of function modules which can be p...	01/19/1999
5832214	Method and apparatus for data security for a computer A secure password log-in system for a computer having a keyboard with a keyboard data link to a keyboard controller comprises a data diverter circuit interposed in the keyboard data link between the keyboard and the keyboard controller; a boot read-only m...	11/03/1998
5805902	Structure and method for issuing interrupt requests as addresses and for decoding the addresses issued as interrupt requests An interrupt control circuit for use in a computer system has a CPU, a peripheral I/O device, and a bus having address lines for carrying signals to and from the peripheral I/O device. Interrupt requests generated by the I/O device are encoded as address ...	09/08/1998
5805901	Structure and method for mapping interrupt requests in a high-speed CPU interconnect bus system A compressed I/O bus system for a general-purpose computer multiplexes 32 bit data and addresses on 32 of 42 dedicated parallel signal paths, and optimizes the bus structure by mapping bus requests made by peripheral devices to "high" memory portions of s...	09/08/1998
5799067	Smart phone integration with computer systems A business telephone system employs digital signal processing in a digital telephone having a serial link for connection to a general-purpose computer. The Smart Phone is the central intelligence for the system, which may utilize a PBX connected in a LAN ...	08/25/1998
5793957	Satellite digital assistant and host/satellite computer system wherein coupling the host and the satellite by a host interface communication system results in digital communication and synchronization of files A personal digital assistant module with a local CPU, memory, and I/O interface has a host interface comprising a bus connected to the local CPU and a connector at a surface of the personal digital assistant for interfacing to a bus connector of a host ge...	08/11/1998
5790644	Computer-to-telephone interface A portable computer, such as a laptop, notebook, or palmtop computer, comprises control routines for providing a sophisticated touch-tone dialer operable through an existing or supplied output speaker, enabling calls to be routed without making a wired di...	08/04/1998
5774734	Variable-voltage CPU voltage regulator An integrated CPU has an on-board switching voltage regulator with an electrically-erasable programmable read-only memory electronically accessible for storing a feedback reference coefficient for control. In further embodiments, output voltage is tuned v...	06/30/1998
5721958	Apparatus and method for peripheral device control with integrated data compression An apparatus and methods are provided for pre-compressing data to be sent to a peripheral device in a computer system, sending the data to the peripheral device as a compressed data stream, and decompressing the data for use in the peripheral device in a ...	02/24/1998
5721936	Timer-controlled computer system power management A system for managing power levels for a general purpose computer having a standby and a full-power mode of operation provides apparatus and a method for monitoring times of user input and control routines for using the times of user input to calculate op...	02/24/1998
5721837	Micro-personal digital assistant including a temperature managed CPU A personal digital assistant module with a local CPU, memory, and I/O interface has a host interface comprising a bus connected to the local CPU and a connector at a surface of the personal digital assistant for interfacing to a bus connector of a host ge...	02/24/1998
5715477	Apparatus and method for peripheral device control with integrated data compression An apparatus and methods are provided for pre-compressing data to be sent to a peripheral device in a computer system, sending the data to the peripheral device as a compressed data stream, and decompressing the data for use in the peripheral device in a ...	02/03/1998
5708840	Micro personal digital assistant A personal digital assistant module with a local CPU, memory, and I/O interface has a host interface comprising a bus connected to the local CPU and a connector at a surface of the personal digital assistant for interfacing to a bus connector of a host ge...	01/13/1998
5708776	Automatic recovery for network appliances An automatic recovery system for a network appliance features a watchdog processor that monitors operation of the appliance and initiates reboot as necessary. A primary and a secondary boot partition are provided in the system, in some embodiments on the ...	01/13/1998
5706336	Telephone system circuitry for discriminating between voice and data transmissions A selective call-waiting system for telephony use samples transmission on a busy line if the line subscribes to the selective call-waiting service, and avoids interrupting the transmission with a call-waiting signal if the transmission is data-type. If th...	01/06/1998
5692199	Personal digital assistant module having a host interconnect bus without an interrupt line and which handles interrupts as addresses associated with specific interrupts in memory A personal digital assistant module with a local CPU, memory, and I/O interface has a host interface comprising a bus connected to the local CPU and a connector at a surface of the personal digital assistant for interfacing to a bus connector of a host ge...	11/25/1997
5680126	Modular portable computer A modular computer has a framework with module bays for receiving CPU modules, power modules, and peripheral function modules such as floppy and hard disk drives. The framework has a built-in compressed bus and a variety of function modules which can be p...	10/21/1997
5672408	Duplicate copies from a printer or copier A print-through form comprises a top and a base layer with the top layer having a pattern of openings in at least one region, the pattern of openings having center-to-center distances substantially less than, the size of characters or other elements to be...	09/30/1997
5663916	Apparatus and method for minimizing DRAM recharge time A Dynamic random access memory has multiple registers dedicated to each column, and is controlled to refresh by reading multiple bit values from distinct capacitance storage cells consecutively, followed by consecutive refresh steps for the same capacitan...	09/02/1997
5648799	Low-power-consumption monitor standby system A system for managing power states for a video display monitor for a computer during periods of operator inactivity senses the presence or absence of signals provided to the video display monitor for forming an image on the monitor, such as red (R), green...	07/15/1997
5640302	Modular portable computer A modular computer has a framework with module bays for receiving CPU modules, power modules, and peripheral function modules such as floppy and hard disk drives. The framework has a built-in compressed bus and a variety of function modules which can be p...	06/17/1997
5633920	Smart phone A business telephone system employs digital signal processing in a digital telephone having a serial link for connection to a general-purpose computer. The Smart Phone is thus the central intelligence for the system, which may utilize a PBX connected in a...	05/27/1997
5613906	Method and apparatus for waste heat removal from a computer enclosure A hot-air chimney for a computer in an enclosure, for the purpose of removing hot air generated by ICs within the enclosure, is fabricated in the shape and form of an expansion card for the computer. The chimney has a base panel in the shape of the expans...	03/25/1997
5600800	Personal computer system having a docking bay and a hand-held portable computer adapted to dock in the docking bay by a full-service parallel bus A personal digital assistant module with a local CPU, memory, and I/O interface has a host interface comprising a bus connected to the local CPU and a connector at a surface of the personal digital assistant for interfacing to a bus connector of a host ge...	02/04/1997
5586498	Duplicate copies from a printer or copier A print-through form comprises a top and a base layer with the top layer having a pattern of openings in at least one region, the pattern of openings having center-to-center distances substantially less than the size of characters or other elements to be ...	12/24/1996
5579524	Optimized power supply system for computer equipment A power supply system for a general purpose computer has plural power supplies for powering selected groups of components. One of the power supplies serves the keyboard and its controller, and the keyboard controller is configured to turn the other power ...	11/26/1996
5579489	Hand-held portable computer having capability for external expansion of an internal bus A personal digital assistant module with a local CPU, memory, and I/O interface has a host interface comprising a bus connected to the local CPU and a connector at a surface of the personal digital assistant for interfacing to a bus connector of a host ge...	11/26/1996

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Assignee: Elonex I.P. Holdings, Ltd.