Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| 20050172232 | Synchronisation in multi-modal interfaces A method of synchronising the delivery to a user of first information which is to be presented to the user via a visual display of a multi-modal interface and of second information which is to be presented to the user over a visual or an audio interface of the multi-mod... | 08/04/2005 |
| 20050166153 | Methods and apparatus for presenting content Methods and apparatuses are described for organizing audio/visual content and prefetching selected audio/visual content configured to be displayed to a user. In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses for presenting content identifies a preference corresponding to a... | 07/28/2005 |
| 20050160364 | Computer display system, computer apparatus and display apparatus A personal computer (101) includes a control signal output unit (104) that outputs, to a display device (113), a control signal for switching between a TV format video signal and a computer format video signal while the display device (113) i... | 07/21/2005 |
| 20050154988 | Modal display, smooth scroll graphic user interface and remote command device suitable for efficient navigation and selection of dynamic data/options presented within an audio/visual system The efficient and intuitive presentation, navigation, and selection of available AV information in a graphical user interface (GUI) that is displayed on a display apparatus of an AV system and controlled through user manipulation of a scrolling mechanism of a navigation... | 07/14/2005 |
| 20050138568 | System integrated window sizing device A system integrated window sizing device for varying the display size of displayed windows in a portable computing device. A pointer stick device is integrated into the portable computing device and supports movement of a cursor pointer in both an X axis and Y axis dire... | 06/23/2005 |
| 20050132292 | Electronic device An electronic device. A first operating mode (mobile phone) and a second operating mode (PDA) are provided by the electronic device. The electronic device has a host and a case. The host is provided with a first index portion. The case is disposed on the host for moving... | 06/16/2005 |
| 20050114780 | Adapter card for television reception An adapter card for a personal computer (PC), including an I/O element connected to a bus interface adapted to interface with PC graphics display components, and a first interface module connectable to the I/O element and adapted to receive TV signals from a first TV sy... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050097469 | Electronic device and display control method An electronic device includes a display, a connector to which an external video signal is input, and a control unit which performs signal switching with respect to an internal display signal and the external video signal input to the connector to display one of these si... | 05/05/2005 |
| 20050091597 | System and method of playback and feature control for video players A method and a system of displaying a user interface to control playback and features that may be associated with a prerecorded media. A media player, such as a DVD player, a personal computer, a home media server, a high definition video player, an optical player, a ha... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050081155 | Virtual player capable of handling dissimilar content One embodiment in accordance with the invention is a method for launching a graphical user interface player with a computing resource. A plurality of applications for accessing electronic content can be launched concurrently with the launching of the graphical user inte... | 04/14/2005 |
