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| 20090033786 | TECHNIQUES TO AUTOMATICALLY FOCUS A DIGITAL CAMERA - Various embodiments are directed to techniques to automatically focus a digital camera. In one or more embodiments, a mobile electronics device may comprise a digital camera having a lens component and lens position component. A display may be coupled to the digital camera to reproduce an image with a first focal point. The digital camera may also include a focal point selection module coupled to the display to select a second focal point for the image and a focus control module coupled to the focal point selection module and the lens position component to provide focus control signals to the lens position component to focus the lens component on the second focal point. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090061870 | Use of position data to select wireless access point - A mobile computing device comprises a radio frequency transceiver, a memory, and processing circuit. The radio frequency transceiver is configured to communicate with wireless access points. The memory is configured to store position data representative of a position of the mobile computing device and wireless access point data for a plurality of wireless access points. The processing circuit is configured to select one of the plurality of wireless access points based on the position data and to initiate wireless communication with the selected wireless access point. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090063703 | Device profile-based media management - A server configured to provide media to devices remote from the server is configured to provide different media to different devices at substantially a same time. The is server configured to recognize a device that requests media. The server is configured to automatically set a resolution at which a media is provided to the device based on the recognition of the device. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090089676 | Tabbed Multimedia Navigation - Various embodiments are directed to improved systems and techniques for allowing a user to navigate to media content on a mobile computing device and/or perform available operations associated with the media content. In one embodiment, for example, a mobile computing device may comprise a display to present a tabbed multimedia graphical user interface comprising a navigation bar including a plurality of navigation tabs for navigating to media content and performing available operations associated with the media content. The plurality of navigation tabs may comprise an audio navigation tab associated with audio content, a pictures and videos navigation tab associated with image and video content, a still camera navigation tab for taking digital photographs, a video camera navigation tab for taking video movies, and an online and bookmarks navigation tab associated with online media content. The tabbed multimedia graphical user interface may present a corresponding view associated with an active navigation tab. Tapping a different navigation tab on the display or inputting a directional command to the mobile computing device may immediately navigate to the different navigation tab and display the corresponding view for enabling a user to navigate to media content and perform available operations associated with the different navigation tab. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20100011235 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER MANAGEMENT - An electronic device includes a processor configured to run a plurality of applications, a power supply coupled to the processor, and a database coupled to the processor The database is configured to store information identifying each of the plurality of applications as being in either a first set of applications or a second set of applications. The processor monitors the power level of the power supply and is configured to disable the first set of applications when the power level reaches a predetermined power level. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20110022984 | Selective Plug-In Activation For Resource-Limited Platforms - Presentation of advanced content items is selectively suspended and/or activated so as to manage system resources. In some embodiments, plug-in code is selectively activated based on prioritization schemes and responsive to resource usage, user input, and/or other conditions. For example, plug-in code can be selectively suspended when the advanced content being presented by the plug-in code is not in view (for example, if it has been scrolled off the screen); when the advanced content is brought into view, for example as a result of scrolling, the plug-in code is reactivated as appropriate and the presentation of the advanced content resumes. State information for suspended plug-ins can be stored so that upon reactivation, plug-in code resumes operation substantially where it left off. | 01-27-2011 |
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| 20080208834 | Enhanced Search System and Method for Providing Search Results With Selectivity or Prioritization of Search and Display Operations - Application usage in a computing environment is monitored to record information that is indicative of what applications are most extensively or recently used, or otherwise preferred by the user. Applications (or data items of a data type of the application) are selected or prioritized over other applications (or data items) when a search operation is performed. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20090061925 | Accessing subscribed content with a mobile computing device - A mobile computing device has a radio frequency transceiver and a processing circuit. The radio frequency transceiver is configured to communicate over a wireless network with a remote server. The processing circuit is configured to receive subscribed content from the remote server. The processing circuit is configured to determine a status of at least one local system resource and to determine whether to proceed with accessing the subscribed content based on the status. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090063711 | PREVENTION OF INADVERTENT DATA SYNCHRONIZATION TO AND FROM REMOVABLE MEMORY SOURCES ON A HANDHELD CONNECTED DEVICE - A method is disclosed for continuously synchronizing data to and from a removable memory source connected to a user's handheld device. When the memory source is inserted into the handheld device, the device queries the memory source to determine whether the memory source is associated with the device or with an online service associated with the device. Upon determining that the memory source is associated with the device, the device exposes the memory source to the online service and allows read and write access to the online service. Upon determining that the memory source is not associated with the device, the device further checks to determine whether the user seeks to associate the memory source with the device. If the user chooses not to do so, the user is allowed to view and modify the contents of the memory source without synchronizing data to and from the online service. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090070708 | Display of Information of Interest - A system (and a method) is disclosed to render information of interest on a computing device. The system is configured to identify a plurality of time periods within in a database and to access a user profile. The user profile includes data on information of interest for a user. The system compares, for each time period, the user profile with that specific time period to determine the information of interest for the user within the specific time period. The system retrieves, in response to the comparison, information from at least one data source corresponding to the determined information of interest for the user within the specific time period. The system renders at a time relative to each time period a home screen on a display of the computing device, the home screen including the determined information of interest for the user within the specific time period. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090113333 | Extendable Toolbar for Navigation and Execution of Operational Functions - A navigation and execution mechanism for a computing device includes a navigation interface and a toolbar. The navigation mechanism includes a center selectable switch bounded by first and second selectable switches opposite each other and third and fourth selectable switches opposite each other and adjacent to the first and the second selectable switches. The toolbar is displayed on a screen of the computing device in response to execution of an application within the computing device. The toolbar is configured to display a set of operations corresponding to the application, the toolbar further configured to execute a first operation in response to triggering the center selectable switch, a second operation in response to triggering the first selectable switch, a third operation in response to triggering the second selectable switch. Further, the toolbar is extendable to include two additional toolbars accessible directly through the a single action of the navigation mechanism. | 04-30-2009 |
