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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6748592 | Method and apparatus for protectively operating a data/information processing device In a data/information processing system, a nested privilege protection is employed to protect the system when executing instructions. A first privilege protection having at least two privilege levels is enforced. Additionally, a second privilege protection having at... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6657647 | Controlling the order in which content is displayed in a browser A main document and referenced frame documents to be rendered by a browser for a display page are parsed by the browser to identify where text and graphics objected are to be located. The location of a cursor that is used by the user to interact with the ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6628511 | Palm-sized handheld device with inverted ergonomic keypad A palm-sized handheld device includes a body casing having a top end and a bottom end. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, the device also includes a display screen proximately disposed near the bottom end of the device, and a plurality of... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6570595 | Exclusive use display surface areas and persistently visible display of contents including advertisements In a computer system having a display device with a display surface, a portion of the display surface is reserved for an exclusive use by a program, to allow contents rendered by the program to be persistently visible. In one embodiment, the reservation i... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6549756 | Mobile digital communication/computing device including heart rate monitor A mobile client device, such as a wireless mobile or a palm sized personal digital assistant, is provided with a number of sensors and companion programming instructions/circuitry to generate a heart rate reading for a user holding the device. The sensors... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6532588 | User centric program product distribution A user centric approach to program product distribution, including a complementary multi-vendor code control system (MVCCS) suitable for use to practice the user centric distribution approach is disclosed. Under the user centric approach, versioning contr... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6476827 | Method and apparatus for creating and maintaining a scrapbook of information pages A "state" icon having a plurality of manifestations corresponding to a plurality of states associated with saving a copy of a current information page being browsed is automatically displayed for a user. The "state" icon denotes to the user whether the in... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6434599 | Method and apparatus for on-line chatting Visitation by a first on-line user to an information page of an information site is facilitated. Dynamic formation of a chat session for the first on-line user and a second on-liner user to chat with each other is also facilitated. The chat session, throu... | 08/13/2002 |
