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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8156235 | Apparatus and method for determining modes and directing streams in remote communication A communication apparatus for remote communication may include a first local module configured to intercept a first stream. The first stream may utilize a first transmission protocol and may be destined to a remote destination over a network. The first local module ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8122140 | Apparatus and method for accelerating streams through use of transparent proxy architecture A communication apparatus for remote communication may include a local transparent proxy module configured to intercept a first stream destined to a remote destination and configured to make a first determination whether to accelerate communication associated with t... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8079021 | Method and apparatus for display of windowing application programs on a terminal A video display terminal capable of operating with a graphical user interface such as Windows provides windowing functionality to permit use of popular applications programs resident on a server, without requiring more than application data to be transmitted from th... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8059153 | Three-dimensional object tracking using distributed thin-client cameras An object tracking system which includes a plurality of camera devices, each of which captures image data, a plurality of thin-client processors, each of which is connected to a respective camera device via a local connection, each thin-client processor hosting a th... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8037198 | Firmware upgrade for thin clients using one or more servers A process and system for upgrading firmware in a thin client in a network environment. The process may proceed on an automated basis during boot-up by using one or more FTP addresses stored in the thin client. Multiple FTP servers may be accessed. The same firmware ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8010635 | Method and system for thin client configuration A method for configuring a thin client connected to a communications network includes the thin client sending a request for a network address to an address server. The address server sends an assigned network address back to the thin client together with a location ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8010630 | Local device redirection A system for redirecting a local device to a remote system includes a proxy configured to communicate with a remote access module. The remote access module is configured to establish a remote access connection between a system and a remote system. The proxy is confi... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7797527 | Computing device deployment using mass storage device Computing device deployment and configuration using a mass storage device is provided. A generic computing device is provided to a customer or end user. A mass storage device is used to distribute configuration information to the generic computing device. The config... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7720672 | Method and apparatus for display of windowing application programs on a terminal A video display terminal capable of operating with a graphical user interface such as Windows provides windowing functionality to permit use of popular applications programs resident on a server, without requiring more than application data to be transmitted from th... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7631173 | Method and system for performing pre-boot operations from an external memory including memory address and geometry A system for booting a computing device with a windowing operating system obtained from an external memory media via an external interface includes an initialization module stored in a read-only memory in the computing device, the module being executed in a processo... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7587711 | System and method for generalized imaging or computing tasks utilizing a language agent and one or more specifications The present invention discloses a method and system for specifying and executing computing tasks in a preboot execution environment in general, and, in particular, a method and system for generalized imaging utilizing a language agent and encapsulated object oriente... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7558867 | Automatic firmware upgrade for a thin client using one or more FTP servers A process and system for upgrading firmware in a thin client in a network environment. The process may proceed on an automated basis during boot-up by using one or more FTP addresses stored in the thin client. Multiple FTP servers may be accessed. The same firmware ... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7467217 | Reflective driver A system for communicating with a device is disclosed. The system includes a client configured to issue a request. The request represents an operation that the client wishes to have the device perform. The system further includes a server configured to receive the r... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7237103 | Computing device deployment using mass storage device Computing device deployment and configuration using a mass storage device is provided. A generic computing device is provided to a customer or end user. A mass storage device is used to distribute configuration information to the generic computing device. The config... | 06/26/2007 |
| D513251 | Computing device | 12/27/2005 |
| 6836885 | Method and apparatus for display of windowing application programs on a terminal A video display terminal capable of operating with a graphical user interface such as Windows provides windowing functionality to permit use of popular applications programs resident on a server, without requiring more than application data to be transmitted from th... | 12/28/2004 |
