Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090144570 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING USER O.S. IN VMM SYSTEM FROM DEENERGIZING DEVICE BEING USED BY SERVICE O.S. - A call from a user operating system (UOS) to BIOS to configure a connected device into a reduced energy consumption mode is routed through a virtual machine monitor (VMM). The VMM determines whether a service O.S. (SOS) is in need of the device and if so the VMM informs the UOS that the device has been configured as ordered, while allowing the SOS to complete its task with the device. If the SOS is not in need of the device, or at the completion of the SOS task with the device, the VMM passes the call to ACPI/BIOS to configure the device in the demanded energy consumption mode. | 06-04-2009 |
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 |
20090241103 | System and Method to Update Firmware on a Hybrid Drive - A system, method, and program product is provided that updates the firmware on a hybrid drive by reserving a memory area within the hybrid disk drive's nonvolatile memory buffer. The firmware update is then stored in the reserved memory area. The next time the platters of the hybrid disk drive spin up, the firmware update that is stored in the reserved memory area is identified. The identified update is then written to a firmware memory of a firmware that controls the operation of the hybrid drive. In one embodiment, the update is written to the firmware memory by flashing the firmware's memory. After the firmware is updated, the hybrid drive is reset. Resetting of the hybrid drive includes executing the updated firmware. | 09-24-2009 |
20090248784 | DISKLESS IMAGE BOOT OUTSIDE OF LAN - A local area network (LAN) server allows an authenticated user of a computer remote from the LAN to cause a diskless computer in the LAN to redirect screen shots to the computer remote from the LAN, with the screen shots being generated based on a users computer image persistently stored in an enterprise storage of the LAN. | 10-01-2009 |
20100115315 | ESTABLISHING POWER SAVE MODE IN HYPERVISOR SYSTEM - A hypervisor intercepts a reduced power mode call from a guest operating system (GOS) and executes reduced power scripts, prior to passing control back to BIOS for entry into the reduced power mode. | 05-06-2010 |
20100115508 | PLUG-IN ARCHITECTURE FOR HYPERVISOR-BASED SYSTEM - In a hypervisor-based computing system, each guest operating system (GOS) is associated with multiple plug-in modules, with each module being configured to execute a respective function. The hypervisor also includes plug-in modules mirroring those of the GOS to provide for enhanced functionality on a module-by-module basis. | 05-06-2010 |
20150154983 | DETECTING PAUSE IN AUDIBLE INPUT TO DEVICE - A device includes a processor and a memory accessible to the processor and bearing instructions executable by the processor to process an audible input sequence provided by a user of the device, determine that a pause in providing the audible input sequence has occurred at least partially based on a first signal from at least one camera communicating with the device, cease to process the audible input sequence responsive to a determination that the pause has occurred, determine that providing the audible input sequence has resumed based at least partially based on a second signal from the camera, and resume processing of the audible input sequence responsive to a determination that providing the audible input sequence has resumed. | 06-04-2015 |
20150205577 | DETECTING NOISE OR OBJECT INTERRUPTION IN AUDIO VIDEO VIEWING AND ALTERING PRESENTATION BASED THEREON - In one aspect, when it is detected that a viewer of an audio video program is interrupted by something, the program may be increased in volume, paused, etc. | 07-23-2015 |
20150205784 | AUTOMATIC MESSAGE PRESENTATION BASED ON PAST MESSAGES - In one aspect, a device includes a processor and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to access past messages associated with the device, and determine that at least a first multi-term phrase appears in plural messages among the past messages. The instructions are also executable by the processor to, responsive to input invoking message composition and based at least in part on a determination that the multi-term phrase appears in plural messages among the past messages, present on the device at least plural terms from the multi-term phrase in an order in which the at least plural terms appear in the multi-term phrase as a candidate message. | 07-23-2015 |