Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090003292 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR TRACKING AND LOCATING LAPTOPS - An arrangement for employing a host of receivers that may already be present in a laptop, to enable the laptop to collect a significant amount of data about its location. Once the system then finds a readily available connection, it can then transmit information about its location as well as other information to help pinpoint the location of the laptop. | 01-01-2009 |
20090037584 | METHODS OF CREATING A VOTING STOP POINT ON A DISTRIBUTED NETWORK - A highly efficient and effective method for deciding, in the context of a distributed computer network, how many computers will participate in an initial vote if multiple computers are started in the same general time frame. | 02-05-2009 |
20090201164 | Techniques for Preventing Damage to a Portable Device - A technique for preventing damage to a portable device includes detecting movement of a portable device and determining whether a port of the portable device is attached to an external device. When the external device is attached to the port, a notification is provided to a user of the portable device that the external device requires detachment from the portable device (e.g., assuming that the notification is not masked). | 08-13-2009 |
20090207993 | TEMPORALLY DEFINED CONTACT DEFAULT NUMBER FOR TELEPHONE - When a contact in an electronically-stored phone book has more than one telephone number associated with the contact's name, a user is permitted to define times (and if desired day/dates) for which each number is to serve as the default number for the contact, so if the user selects the contact's name from a list or enters the contact's speed dial shortcut number, the number called by default changes depending on the time of day/date. | 08-20-2009 |
20100094825 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CACHING WRITES BY MULTIPLE CLIENTS TO A VIRTUALIZED COMMON DISK IMAGE - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for storage write caching. A storage address translation table is used to overlay a user image and a common image. A storage driver stack module receives a storage access call and generates a storage access request with a requested file path and a requested storage address. A storage mapper module receives the storage access request, accesses the storage address translation table, and looks up a matching entry in the storage address translation table where the requested file path matches a saved file path and the requested storage address matches a saved common storage address, and maps a saved user storage address from the matching entry if a match exists. | 04-15-2010 |
20110050639 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR TOUCH AND GESTURE DETECTION - An apparatus, method and system are disclosed for touch and gesture detection. A light source array comprises a plurality of light sources. Each light source of the light source array transmits a light beam across a face of a display in response to being activated. A light sensor array comprises a plurality of light sensors. Each light sensor of the light sensor array detects an intensity of each light beam transmitted across the face of the display in response to being activated. A controller concurrently activates each light source of the light source array with each light sensor of the light sensor array as a source/sensor pair during a detection cycle while other light sources of the light source array and other light sensors of the light sensor array are inactive. The controller further determines a location of a pointer relative to the display from a pattern of light beam intensities for each source/sensor pair. | 03-03-2011 |
20110196520 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLICATION SOUND MANAGEMENT - Embodiments of the invention provide systems, methods, apparatuses and program products configured to intelligently manage sound options for applications of a computer system based on display device characteristics. Various embodiments of the invention are particularly well suited for optimizing the sound options of two or more applications running on two or more display screens of the computer system simultaneously. | 08-11-2011 |
20110246556 | OPTIMIZING SCHEDULING OF CLIENT APPLICATIONS IN DISKLESS ENVIRONMENTS - Methods and arrangements where clients, in a diskless environment involving a storage area network, communicate to more optimally distribute the amount of disk input/output the individual clients are creating for the shared disk array. | 10-06-2011 |
20110246613 | STREAMING CLIENT SYSTEM BASE IMAGES - Embodiments provide systems, methods, apparatuses and computer program products configured to provide alternative desktop computing solutions. Embodiments generally provide client devices configured to utilize one of a local base image and a base image stored remotely, with a user-specific overlay image remotely storing user specific data. The clients are configured to download and store the base image locally. | 10-06-2011 |
20110246626 | LOCAL AND REMOTE CLIENT COMPUTER SYSTEM BOOTING - Alternative desktop computing solutions provide client devices configured with a local boot image and a connection to a remote storage device having a boot image. The clients are configured to boot either locally or remotely, and furthermore to determine from which image (local or remote) they have booted. | 10-06-2011 |
20110246719 | PROVISIONING A DISK OF A CLIENT FOR LOCAL CACHE - Embodiments provide systems, methods, apparatuses and computer program products configured to provide alternative desktop computing solutions. Embodiments generally provide client devices configured with a local cache storing a common base image, with access to a user overlay on a remote storage device. Embodiments provide methods for provisioning a local disk of a client for use as the local cache with minimal IT administrator input. | 10-06-2011 |
20110246815 | RECOVERING FROM LOST RESOURCES IN A DISTRIBUTED SERVER ENVIRONMENT - An apparatus, method, and computer readable storage medium are disclosed to recover from lost resources in a distributed server environment. A status monitor module receives, at a first computer, periodic status messages from a peer computer. Each periodic status message indicates that the peer computer is providing a service for which the first computer serves as a backup service provider. A failure detection module determines, based on the periodic status messages, that the peer computer has stopped providing the service. An advancement module provides the service, at the first computer, in response to determining that the peer computer has stopped providing the service. | 10-06-2011 |
20120176587 | DYNAMIC KEYSTONE CORRECTION - An apparatus and method are disclosed for dynamic keystone correction. A measurement module measures distances from a projector to each of at least three projected points of a first projected image projected on a first surface with projection angles between each projected point. The at least three projected points are endpoints for at least two vectors with a target ratio of vector lengths. An adjustment module calculates an actual ratio of actual vector lengths of the at least two vectors. The adjustment module further adjusts a first aspect ratio of first projected image until the actual ratio is equivalent to the target ratio. | 07-12-2012 |
20120311361 | PREDICTIVE POWER STATE TRANSITIONS FOR INFORMATION HANDLING DEVICES - Systems, methods and products are described that provide predictive power state transitions for information handling devices. One aspect includes ascertaining a power state transitioning pattern of an information handling device; responsive to a power state transition to a first lower power state at said information handling device, performing an additional power state transition to automatically transition the information handling device to a second lower power state, said second lower power state being a lower power state relative to said first lower power state; and proactively resuming the information handling device to the first lower power state responsive to a timing threshold being met; wherein the timing threshold is determined based on the power state transitioning pattern ascertained. Other embodiments are described. | 12-06-2012 |
20130130680 | LOCATION BASED NETWORK ACCESS POINT SCANNING - A system and method include determining location information identifying a location of a portable information handling device, sorting a list of network profiles based on the location information, and scanning the list of sorted network profiles to identify an access point for connecting the portable information handling device to a network. | 05-23-2013 |