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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7801943 | Cataloging audio content A method, apparatus, and signal-bearing medium that monitors users' audio choices within a network and presents a sorted list of the most recent or most frequent choices in a user interface, from which the user may select. The sorted list may include attributes of t... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7665078 | Huffman-L compiler optimized for cell-based computers or other computers having reconfigurable instruction sets A method for optimizing a code sequence by tuning the representations of an instruction set based on the frequency of operations performed by the code sequence. For example, the number of bit symbols used to represent a code sequence may be reduced using the present... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7665035 | Content selection apparatus, system, and method A media presentation apparatus includes a user preference storage module to store a user preference associated with a user activity and a content selection, coupled to a content selection module to select a content offering based on the user preference. A system inc... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7657885 | System and method for downloading software and services A system and method for downloading substantially up to date versions of selected software from a plurality of software vendors over a network and for installing the software to a hardware unit includes a first software handling machine in the network configured to ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7657716 | Save and restore of a protected area A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that in an embodiment save a protected area of a storage device by booting to the protected area, copying the contents of the protected area to the user area of the storage device, rebooting to the user area, an... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7634817 | Diagnostic authentication codes An authentication code for a diagnostic code is generated. In one aspect, the authentication code includes a timestamp indicating when the diagnostic generating the diagnostic code was run. In a further aspect, the authentication code includes a serial number for a ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7627626 | System for restricting use of a grid computer by a computing grid A system is disclosed for restricting operations of a grid software application performing on a grid computer of the computing grid. The system includes a method that presents a user of the grid computer with an option governing use of the grid computer by computing... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7610583 | Personalized software installation method for computer manufacturers Systems and methods for providing a customized installation procedure to a consumer purchasing a build to order system. A particular consumer may provide personal information at a point of sale along with component selections for a build to order system. A manufactu... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7600266 | Optical jukebox with copy protection caching and methods of caching copy protected data A copy protection comprehending cache catalog with a media jukebox tracks not only the titles of the media themselves, but also the number of copies of each media title, and the copy protection status of each media. When a particular media is not limited to a set nu... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7580080 | Automatic launch of picture-in-picture during commercials Methods and systems are provided for automatically launching a picture-in-picture (PIP) display on a television screen in response to detecting a commercial break. PIP launch scheme information is stored in a memory and retrieved upon the detection of a commercial b... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7567677 | Noise reduction scheme for a computer system A noise reduction scheme is incorporated into a computer system for reducing environmental background noise when a user is listening to audio output through a standard set of headphones. The noise reduction scheme utilizes the processing power of the computer system... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7562537 | Method of determining cooling system effectiveness A method and apparatus is disclosed for detecting the ineffectiveness or failure of a fan that is used to cool an electronic device. The method and apparatus use temperatures measured before and after the fan is energized to determine if the temperature trend is aff... | 07/21/2009 |
| 6906733 | Method, signal, system, and interface for display week-at-a-glance per-network electronic program guide grid A graphical user interface, system, signal, and software providing an electronic program guide including one or more windows having program scheduling information arranged by a single network. Each network's program scheduling information is accessed through the use... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6865379 | Automatic radio button mute A system and method of eliminating static while utilizing pre-programmed tuner buttons on a radio is disclosed. The system of the present invention mutes a pre-programmed tuner button frequency when the radio signal for the pre-programmed frequency is below a thresh... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6859924 | System restore apparatus and method employing virtual restore disk A system and method employing a virtual restore disk, such as a vendor supplied CD-ROM, allows software restoration from the vendor's software library. The customer's original software configuration is archived and the customer may use the virtual restore disk for r... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6842894 | Dynamic Compiling The present invention provides a novel execution environment for optimizing the efficiency of the distributed object system. In one embodiment, the invention includes a compiler with ability to interpret, just-in-time compile or pre-compile any object of the distrib... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6839705 | Method for delivering and caching preprocessed search results to improve performance of background information searches on a convergence device A method and apparatus for providing viewer specific program information is described. A user of an integrated personal computer and television convergence device requests specific programming information from a remote server using an electronic program guide. The r... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6832377 | Universal registration system The present invention provides a business process feature for providing universal registration in an information appliance network. The business process feature includes providing user registration information to a universal registration resource, the user registrat... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6816913 | Convenient system, method, and software for online computer users to summon offline computer users Computers are commonly connected in networks which allow interactive communications between two or more computer users. Occasionally, one user tries unsuccessfully to interactively communicate with another user who is unavailable for interactive communications. Acco... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6813161 | Movable standoff for mounting a circuit board An apparatus and method for supporting a circuit board within a computer chassis is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a standoff support mounted in a channel so that the standoff can be positioned along the length of the channel by moving or sliding the standoff wi... | 11/02/2004 |
| D497908 | Personal computer enclosure and stand | 11/02/2004 |
| 6809721 | “Mini-stick” module—new mobiles joystick input device A joystick designed to be used primarily in a mobile computing environment. The joystick is designed to attach to the side of a notebook computer in such a way that the support of the notebook computer becomes the support of the joystick. The interface the joystick ... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6807052 | Configurable bracket for mounting electronic devices The present invention is directed to a configurable bracket. A configurable bracket for mounting an electronic device within a chassis of an information handling system may include a bracket adapted for mounting in a first chassis configuration, the bracket includin... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804821 | Tray cover for vertically mounted optical disc drives A tray cover for retaining optical discs within an optical disc drive capable of being vertically oriented is comprised of a cover attachable to the tray of the optical disc drive. The cover forms a pocket against the tray for receiving the optical disc so that the ... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6801779 | Method and apparatus for interaction with broadcast content based upon position The present invention is directed to a system and method of interacting with broadcast content based upon position. By providing a method and apparatus suitable for interacting with broadcast content based upon position, a user has a dynamic and flexible way of inte... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6799196 | On-demand data streaming parceling A client device, or information appliance such as a personal digital assistant, is capable of receiving multimedia data streams from a server. However, due to processing and display capabilities, the client device may not be able to present the complete data stream,... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6795814 | System and method for CMOS integration The present invention is directed to a system and method for CMOS integration. A method of integrating CMOS within a product based on a received order includes receiving an order for a product having a desired configuration. The product is identified for CMOS loadin... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6789067 | Multiple recipe merge with feedback An electronic recipe manager capable of merging two or more electronic recipes into a task list that can be executed to prepare a multiple dishes or food items of a complete a meal is described. Electronic recipes for preparing one or more food items are retrieved w... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6788767 | Apparatus and method for providing call return service An apparatus and method for enabling provision of a call return service is disclosed. The apparatus utilizes a method of generating telephone numbers from voice messages. The method includes the step of using speech recognition to isolate a spoken number in a voice ... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6775829 | Method for configuring software for a build to order system The present invention is directed to a method of building a custom software configuration, which may include receiving a first customer order for a first information handling system and a second customer order for a second information handling system. The first cust... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6775768 | Universal boot disk A universal boot disk for a computer is disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a computer system comprises a computer, a removable media storage device, and a boot media. The storage device operatively couples the computer. The boot media is removably insert... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6771284 | System and method of providing a navigational aide The present invention is directed to a system and method of providing a navigational aide. In a first aspect of the present invention, a system and method of providing a navigational aide includes monitoring data displayed on a display device and detecting a marker ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6762929 | Display support apparatus A flexible display extension apparatus for supporting a flexible panel display in a viewing position. The extension apparatus includes an extension member that may be collapsed for allowing the flexible panel display to be at least partially rolled upon itself when ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6760045 | Simultaneous projected presentation of client browser display A system and method for displaying content accessed by a client to an audience via a projector is disclosed, wherein the content includes a client version suitable for access by clients and a projector version suitable for display by a projector. The system includes... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6760600 | Portable communication apparatus A personal computer apparatus includes a portable computer, a cellular telephone which can be connected to the portable computer, and a pager which can be connected to the cellular telephone. The portable computer, the cellular telephone, and the pager each have an ... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6757903 | Object driven software architecture method and apparatus The present invention provides an object driven software architecture that allows objects written in any programming language running on any operating system or hardware to communicate with any other object written in any other programming language running on any ot... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6753789 | Remote control panel A remote control device is provided with a rotatably mounted door member. The device has a main body with two, three, or more sides adapted for having selection buttons coupled therewith. The door member covers the selection buttons for the sides not in use so that ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6754631 | Recording meeting minutes based upon speech recognition A method and system for memorializing a conversation of a plurality of speakers are disclosed. A sample utterance of each of the plurality of speakers is sampled thereby producing a file of sample utterances each having a characteristic corresponding to one of the s... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6751382 | System for organizing wires and cables A system for organizing elongated objects (such as wires, cables, pipes, hoses, ducts, tubing, and other similar items) into bundles to create a more uniform, neat and functional arrangement is disclosed. The system includes a fastener adapted to extend along the le... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6748524 | Display and recordation of non-volatile memory changes The display and recordation of non-volatile memory (NVM) changes is disclosed. In one embodiment a computer comprises a central-processing unit (CPU), a storage device, a NVM such as a CMOS, and a program. The NVM stores a plurality of configuration settings. The pr... | 06/08/2004 |
