METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADDING TO THE RESERVE AREA OF A DISK DRIVE
    12.
    发明公开
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADDING TO THE RESERVE AREA OF A DISK DRIVE 失效
    方法和设备用于扩展预留区一个体单元

    公开(公告)号:EP0941510A1

    公开(公告)日:1999-09-15

    申请号:EP97951501.0

    申请日:1997-12-02

    发明人: ASSAF, Mahmoud

    IPC分类号: G06F3 G06F12 G06F21 G11B20 G06F11

    摘要: A computer system having a monitor, disk drive, and central controller is disclosed. The computer manufacturer uses a method for expanding the reserve area of a disk drive to allow computer systems manufacturers to change the storage capacity of the reserve area. The method includes setting up a password with the disk drive manufacturer to enable two commands. One command reads the maximum address or largest track number that the user has access to. The second command allows for setting a new maximum address to which the user has access. The firmware of the disc drive is updated with the new maximum address. Once the two commands have been used to expand the reserve area, the computer system manufacturer can add critical data, and critical program instructions to the expanded or new reserve area. The computer manufacturer may decide to store a portion of a virus scan program in the expanded reserve area, or store a portion of the basic input output system (BIOS) so that a smaller BIOS read only memory (ROM) can be used for the computer system, or the computer manufacturer can store emergency boot up instructions in the reserve area in the event there is damage to the disk.

    MULTIPLE USER PROFILE REMOTE CONTROL
    13.
    发明公开
    MULTIPLE USER PROFILE REMOTE CONTROL 失效
    通过用户个人资料为多个用户远程控制

    公开(公告)号:EP0937359A1

    公开(公告)日:1999-08-25

    申请号:EP97946867.0

    申请日:1997-10-29

    发明人: NICKUM, Larry, A.

    IPC分类号: H04B1 H04N7

    摘要: A method and apparatus for controlling access to television programming uses a remote control device. The remote control device contains program control data which limits the viewer's access to television programming. The program control data is created and modified by a user with the master control user id assigned to the remote control device. The remote control device is optionally assigned one or more user ids for creating, maintaining, and in one embodiment activating a user-customizable profile which controls programming access according to the users' preferences. The program control data, user profile data, and related circuitry is stored in the remote control device, or alternatively in the television receiver or a control device attached to the television receiver. Where the circuitry is not in the remote control devices the remote control device has a unique identifying signal which causes the programming control circuitry to employ the program control data and user profile data associated with that particular remote control device.

    PROGRAMMABLE CELLULAR TELEPHONE WITH SCHEDULED FUNCTION ACTIVATION AND DEACTIVATION
    14.
    发明公开
    PROGRAMMABLE CELLULAR TELEPHONE WITH SCHEDULED FUNCTION ACTIVATION AND DEACTIVATION 失效
    亚洲麻醉品协会麻醉品麻醉药品PLANMÄSSIGERFUNKTIONSEIN-

    公开(公告)号:EP0917795A1

    公开(公告)日:1999-05-26

    申请号:EP97937100.0

    申请日:1997-08-04

    IPC分类号: H04M1 H04Q7 H04M19

    摘要: A programmable cellular telephone activates selected functions based on a user modifiable schedule, The user stores schedule information in a schedule table for automatic function activation/deactivation. A controller controls all cellular telephone functions, and comprises a memory and a clock. The controller also comprises an automatic scheduler which activates and deactivates cellular telephone functions according to the entries in the schedule table. Cellular telephone functions are activated and deactivated either manually or when the automatic scheduler is enabled and the real time corresponds with the scheduled time in the schedule table. By using the scheduler, a user can select time periods when calls are receivable without having to remember to turn on the cellular phone, extending battery life and minimizing unwanted interruptions.

    摘要翻译: 可编程蜂窝电话基于用户可修改的时间表激活所选择的功能。用户将时间表信息存储在用于自动功能激活/去激活的调度表中。 控制器控制所有蜂窝电话功能,并且包括存储器和时钟。 控制器还包括根据调度表中的条目启动和停用蜂窝电话功能的自动调度器。 蜂窝电话功能被手动激活和禁用,或者当启用自动调度程序并且实时对应于调度表中的预定时间时。 通过使用调度器,用户可以选择呼叫可接收的时间段,而不必记住打开蜂窝电话,延长电池寿命并最小化不必要的中断。

    POLYNOMIAL EXPANSION MULTICAST MESSAGE DISTRIBUTION
    15.
    发明公开
    POLYNOMIAL EXPANSION MULTICAST MESSAGE DISTRIBUTION 失效
    扩展名为多项式更多的驾驶COMMUNICATIONS

    公开(公告)号:EP0908037A1

    公开(公告)日:1999-04-14

    申请号:EP97932242.0

    申请日:1997-06-23

    IPC分类号: H04L12

    CPC分类号: H04L12/1854

    摘要: A polynomial expansion network of a plurality of nodes, each node capable of communicating with the other nodes through a communications system. The network has an originating node that sends a message for ultimate receipt by a subset of nodes in a polynomial expansion manner. The network also has a first and a second receiving node, each of which receives the message from the originating node. The first and second receiving nodes also receive a unique list of other nodes to which the message has not yet been sent. The polynomial expansion manner can be optimized such that each node sends the message to no more than a predetermined number of other nodes to which the message has not yet been sent, or such that, before each node receives the message, the message passes through no more than a predetermined number of other nodes.

    ROTATIONALLY ACTUATED POSITION SENSOR
    17.
    发明公开
    ROTATIONALLY ACTUATED POSITION SENSOR 失效
    旋转式启动位置传感器

    公开(公告)号:EP0978027A1

    公开(公告)日:2000-02-09

    申请号:EP97926867.9

    申请日:1997-06-03

    发明人: NICKUM, Larry, A.

    IPC分类号: G06F3/033 G01C9/06

    CPC分类号: G06F3/0346 G01C2009/066

    摘要: A position sensor comprises two curved surfaces concentrically aligned to form a container which is filled with a viscous fluid and a bubble of a lighter-weight fluid and placed between a radiation source and a radiation detector. The bubble changes position within the container when the sensor is moved, transmitting a beam of radiation from the radiation source through the bubble to activate a section of the radiation detector while the remainder of the radiation is blocked by the fluid. Position sensing circuitry translates a signal from the activated section of the radiation detector into position coordinates for point in space corresponding to the position of the bubble in the container. The position sensor is suitable for use in a digital controller that generates display attributes to define a locator symbol on an output device. The digital controller can include an optional button to permit a user to change the size of the locator symbol, making it appear to approach or recede, to provide a simulated three-dimensional display.