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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7434738 | Method and system for configuring a communication card in a computer system A method of configuring a communication card in a computer system comprises retrieving information relating to a country in which the computer system will be used from the computer system into the communication card. Based on the retrieved information, the communica... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7425810 | Disk drive management Arrangements and methods for implementing a “spin-down policy” for HDD motors that is “smart”, flexible and admirably achieves an objective of ensuring prolonged motor life as just discussed. To this end, one specific implementation involves (among other thi... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7423383 | Brightness controlling apparatus An apparatus and method for enabling screen brightness of a display unit to be adjusted automatically according to display brightness, thereby improving the visibility of the display screen to a viewing user. A brightness adjusting system including a gray scale grad... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7417967 | System and method for allowing an access point in a wireless network to operate at maximum speed A system and method for allowing an access point in a wireless network to operate at maximum speed includes determining if there is at least one client within the network that is operating at less than the maximum speed. If there is, then instruct the at least one c... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7415621 | Power supply system, computer apparatus and maximum power control method In dealing with degradation in performance of a system unit due to excessive controlling by performing a power consumption control function after power consumption of the system unit actually exceeds a maximum power of a power supply apparatus, the present invention... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7415322 | Motherboard having advanced fan control features A motherboard is capable of accepting various types of fans from same or different manufacturers and is capable identifying the type of fan to which it is connected. In one embodiment, the motherboard is capable of decoding bar code data originating from a fan of th... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412306 | Thermal management of a personal computing apparatus A method and system are provided for thermal management of a portable computing apparatus. Accelerometers are provided to detect changes in attitude, and temperature sensors are provided to detect changes in temperature. A fan is used to cool the internal temperatur... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409482 | Computer and method for on-demand network access control A computer and method that control access to a network. The computer includes an application that shrinks the window of opportunity for a network attack and reduces power consumption by automatically causing a computer to connect to the network when access is needed... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7401247 | Network station adjustable fail-over time intervals for booting to backup servers when transport service is not available A method for adjusting failover intervals in a computer network is provided. In one embodiment of the present invention transport protocol requests are sent to a backup server, receiving response messages from the server, and then the rate of transport protocol requ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7389536 | System and apparatus for limiting access to secure data through a portable computer to a time set with the portable computer connected to a base computer Access to secure data through a portable computing system is provided only when a timer within the system is running. The timer is reset with the portable system connected to a base system, either directly, as by a cable, or indirectly, as through a telephone networ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7389352 | System and method for concurrent WLAN and WPAN wireless modes from a single device A system and method for concurrent WLAN and WPAN wireless modes from a single device is presented. A client uses a Wi-Fi device's infrastructure mode to communicate in a WLAN environment and, during idle WLAN times, uses the Wi-Fi device's adhoc mode to communicate ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7386708 | Secure hardware personalization service Methods and devices for securely providing personalities to reconfigurable hardware. Reconfigurable hardware is provided with one or more domains. At least one domain serves as a gatekeeper domain and another domain serves as a task domain. A service provider provid... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7383575 | System and method for automatic password reset The loss of a computer's primary O.S. password, BIOS password, or HDD password (or even an application password) is sensed by a secondary O.S. based on a number of failed log on attempts to the affected component. The password can be reset by having the secondary O.... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379025 | Mobile antenna unit and accompanying communication apparatus An antenna unit is provided with an inverted F-type antenna element provided with a feeding point and a ground connection point, and a non-feed antenna element configured so as to resonate with the inverted F-type antenna element through electrical coupling. In addi... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7380268 | Methods apparatus and program products for wireless access points Methods, apparatus and program products which monitor wireless access points (12, 16) through which data can be exchanged with a network (10), identify an unauthorized access point (16), and respond to monitored data flow in a variety of manners... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376717 | Method and apparatus for automatically configuring a computer for different local area networks A method, computer program product, and data processing system for automatically configuring a networking-enabled device for use with different networks are disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, a client stores multiple configuration profiles containing configuratio... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7370345 | Domain controlling systems, methods and computer program products for administration of computer security threat countermeasures to a domain of target computer systems A threat management domain controller is responsive to a computer-actionable threat management vector that includes a first computer-readable field that provides identification of at least one system type that is affected by a computer security threat, a second comp... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366888 | Booting to a recovery/maintenance environment A system, computer program product and method for booting to a partition in a non-volatile storage unit without a local operator. In one embodiment, one or more bits in a BOOT register may be set by an operating system indicating if the BIOS should boot to the parti... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359334 | Apparatus, program and method for efficient data transmission with a wireless communications module A computer device, according to the present invention, includes: a power source judging means for judging whether power is supplied from an AC power source to the computer device capable of connecting with a wireless communications module which transmits and receive... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7360045 | System and method for backing up data from a quiesced storage device Provided is a Method and Computer Apparatus being capable of safely and reliably making a backup copy of data stored on the Hard Disk Drive (HDD). A user places a PC in a hibernation state by inputting a particular key operation under a typical OS environment. The w... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359339 | Smart access point The present invention provides a “smart” AP, whereby the AP periodically checks its connection with a network and, if a determination is made that the connection between the AP and the network server has been lost, an indication of this loss of connection is mad... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7352772 | Minimization of performance impact in overlying 802.11b and 802.11g networks A wireless network access point is described which provides the resources of a backbone network to wireless clients. The access point is able to minimize the performance impact on 802.11g clients in the presence of mixed in 802.11g/802.11b traffic by isolating wirel... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353428 | Polled automatic virus fix A client computer is connected via a network to an anti-virus server and polls the server for indication that an anti-virus needs to be immediately downloaded from the anti-virus server. The client computer disengages from the network, and re-establishes a link with... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7346851 | System and method for improved scroll mouse operation A system and method for improved scroll mouse operation is presented. A user operates a computer mouse, which includes a scroll ring that functions as a middle mouse button. During operation, the user configures a scroll suppression manager to discard a particular n... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7334135 | Data protection system for removable recording medium A system for controlling an external storage device connected to a computer by accepting an operation by a user via an acceptance means and encryption means for encrypting a predetermined data file stored in the external storage device, upon a particular event, is p... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333834 | Computer system providing selective wireless network enablement A computer system is provided with an antenna which disables inappropriate wireless communications when a communication controller is inconsistently connected with the antenna. The computer having a diversity antenna connected to a detachable wireless LAN card conta... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333638 | Minutiae fingerprint transactions Minutiae based fingerprint transactions are validated and authenticated over wireless based communications systems, such as over a Bluetooth wireless based communication system. Minutiae points are unique identification points on a fingerprint where a ridge in the f... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330966 | Providing security based on a device identifier prior to booting an operating system A method and apparatus for providing security based on a device identifier prior to booting an operating system on the computing device. Upon power on of a computing device, pre-execution services (PES) are loaded. The PES includes services for retrieving a device i... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7315955 | Circuit for turning off charging function to a battery of a system based on information set by user during the system in power-off state A power supply circuit for a computer system includes an AC adapter designed to be connectable to the computer system and supplying power to the system, a main battery and a second battery that are designed to be connectable to the computer system and get charged wi... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7315856 | Consolidated monitoring system and method using the internet for diagnosis of an installed product set on a computing device A method, system, and storage medium and system for managing computer system performance utilizing information acquired over the Internet is provided. The system comprises a user system having existing installed components that include software, hardware devices, sy... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7313309 | Optical device and color display unit using the optical device Optical device and color display unit to correct an angle of visibility, emphasize front brightness or diffusion degree, improve brightness and the performance of angle of visibility, and moreover improve the performance of chromaticity. An optical device is a film-... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7308652 | Entry of a password through a touch-sensitive computer screen A keyboard graphic is displayed on a touch-sensitive display screen of a computing system when it is determined that a password should be entered, so that the password can be entered by touching individual spaces within the keyboard graphic. The keyboard graphic may... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7304454 | Information processing apparatus for setting charge-start criteria level based on power supply drive history An information processing apparatus driven by an AC power supply or a rechargeable battery has a charge directing unit which initiates charging of the battery from the AC power supply, provided that the remaining amount of power of the battery is lower than a predet... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305559 | Software method for improved password entry A software method of authentication is described that uses both relative and absolute values of inter-keystroke intervals measured during entry of a unique identifier. Both the relative and absolute values have to be achieved during entry of the unique identifier. T... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7290276 | Information processing apparatus for secure information recovery In an information processing apparatus for performing user certification when an OS starts based on security key information of security hardware, a need has arisen to restore the security key information before replacement of the security hardware replaced for trou... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7283820 | Secure communication over a medium which includes a potentially insecure communication link In an information processing system, a mobile phone obtains a setting program which makes security settings for ensuring security of communication by performing authentication with a communication destination on an unsecured communication link, from a registration s... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7271769 | Antennas encapsulated within plastic display covers of computing devices Antenna devices are provided comprising antenna structures encapsulated or molded into plastic covers of computing devices to enable wireless communication. For example, one or more antenna structures can be encasulated within, or molded into, a plastic display cove... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7262603 | System and method for sensing the formation of tin whiskers A system and method for sensing the formation of tin whiskers is presented. An assembly substrate includes whisker detectors at various locations for detecting tin whiskers in an X direction, a Y direction, and a Z direction relative to the assembly substrate. Each ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7254727 | Information processor with suppressed cache coherence in low power mode An information processor having a normal-operation mode in which coherence control is performed for making data in a cache memory of a processor identical to data in a main memory and a power-saving mode in which the coherence control is suppressed to lower the powe... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254722 | Trusted platform motherboard having physical presence detection based on activation of power-on-switch A motherboard for a computer system is presented which provides a trusted platform by which operations can be performed with an increased level trust and confidence. The basis of trust for the motherboard is established by an encryption coprocessor and by code which... | 08/07/2007 |
