Patents by Inventor David Frederick Champion
David Frederick Champion has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 7043700Abstract: A computer system preferably a mobile client computer, optimizes data handling and display through the use of predictive widgets. A predictive widget uses a predictive list of possible entries into a defined field of a form, as in a form filling application, to provide one or both of a predictive default entry for a field or a predictive fill once a user has started an entry into the field.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 1998Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte Ltd.Inventors: Randal Lee Bertram, David Frederick Champion, Peter James Brittenham
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Patent number: 6867701Abstract: A computer-server rack enclosure fault light diagnostic system and a method for providing an overall rack level fault indicator of a fault incurred by a unit of electronic equipment housed in the rack. The rack may be an EIA standard rack holding constituent components complying with EIA standards.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2002Date of Patent: March 15, 2005Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Bradley Michael Lawrence, David Frederick Champion, Daniel Paul Kelaher
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Patent number: 6805248Abstract: A cable arm assembly manages cables between an equipment rack and an equipment unit slidably installed in the equipment rack. The assembly includes two cable arms, each having an offset bracket at one end, which are pivotally joined to provide a minimum bend radius for cables. A first hinge plate is pivotally attached between the first cable arm and a rack mounted bracket. A second hinge plate is pivotally attached between the second cable arm and a bracket mounted on the equipment unit. Fingers extending from the hinge plates limit the pivotal movement of each plate with respect to its bracket. The finger on the first plate prevents the arm assembly from hitting the opposite side of the rack as the equipment unit is sliding forward. The finger on the second plate prevents the two arms from locking when the equipment unit is extended fully forward.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2002Date of Patent: October 19, 2004Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David Frederick Champion, Edward John McNulty, Charles Edmond White, III, Kevin Lavern Schultz
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Publication number: 20040002782Abstract: The invention describes a method and apparatus for audible error code detection and identification. The method and apparatus allow an operator, user, or customer to automatically identify an error condition within an electronic device, such as a workstation computer or network server. The apparatus is configured to output an error message without the need for paper or electronic copies of manufacturer error code lookup tables, except as contained within the apparatus itself, thus simplifying the error detection and identification process. Additionally, the method and apparatus allow an operator to select various output modes so that the apparatus may report either a representation of the generated error code or a representation of the corresponding error condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2002Publication date: January 1, 2004Inventors: David Frederick Champion, Daniel Paul Kelaher, Bradley Michael Lawrence, Timothy Andreas Meserth, David Todd Nay, Kevin Laverne Schultz
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Publication number: 20030222034Abstract: A cable arm assembly manages cables between an equipment rack and an equipment unit slidably installed in the equipment rack. The assembly includes two cable arms, each having an offset bracket at one end, which are pivotally joined to provide a minimum bend radius for cables. A first hinge plate is pivotally attached between the first cable arm and a rack mounted bracket. A second hinge plate is pivotally attached between the second cable arm and a bracket mounted on the equipment unit. Fingers extending from the hinge plates limit the pivotal movement of each plate with respect to its bracket. The finger on the first plate prevents the arm assembly from hitting the opposite side of the rack as the equipment unit is sliding forward. The finger on the second plate prevents the two arms from locking when the equipment unit is extended fully forward.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2002Publication date: December 4, 2003Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David Frederick Champion, Edward John McNulty, Charles Edmond White, Kevin Lavern Schultz
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Publication number: 20030197619Abstract: A computer-server rack enclosure fault light diagnostic system and a method for providing an overall rack level fault indicator of a fault incurred by a unit of electronic equipment housed in the rack. The rack may be an EIA standard rack holding constituent components complying with EIA standards.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2002Publication date: October 23, 2003Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Bradley Michael Lawrence, David Frederick Champion, Daniel Paul Kelaher
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Patent number: 6561993Abstract: A system and method for minimizing essential tremor effects while utilizing a pointing device on a computer system is disclosed. The system and method comprises obtaining an individual's tremor characteristics and calculating the frequency components of the tremor to obtain digital filter coefficients. The method and system further includes creating a calibration profile comprised of digital filter coefficient that plugs into a pointing device driver; and utilizing the modified device driver to eliminate the effects of the essential tremors. The system and method includes a software tuning algorithm used to obtain an individual's tremor characteristics. A spectral analysis system will calculate the frequency components of the tremor and digital filter coefficients will be saved as a profile. The appropriate filter coefficients will be passed to a device driver via the profile.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2001Date of Patent: May 13, 2003Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ravi Shankarnarayan Adapathya, David Frederick Champion, Alan Joseph Happ, Brad Michael Lawrence, Kevin Laverne Schultz
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Publication number: 20020120217Abstract: A system and method for minimizing essential tremor effects while utilizing a pointing device on a computer system is disclosed. The system and method comprises obtaining an individual's tremor characteristics and calculating the frequency components of the tremor to obtain digital filter coefficients. The method and system further includes creating a calibration profile comprised of digital filter coefficient that plugs into a pointing device driver; and utilizing the modified device driver to eliminate the effects of the essential tremors. The system and method includes a software tuning algorithm used to obtain an individual's tremor characteristics. A spectral analysis system will calculate the frequency components of the tremor and digital filter coefficients will be saved as a profile. The appropriate filter coefficients will be passed to a device driver via the profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2001Publication date: August 29, 2002Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ravi Shankarnarayan Adapathya, David Frederick Champion, Alan Joseph Happ, Brad Michael Lawrence, Kevin Laverne Schultz
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Publication number: 20020120645Abstract: A system and method in accordance with the present invention allows blind and visually impaired users to quickly identify links to relevant material when “viewing” web pages that consist primarily of either plain text or images. By generating an aural or visual index to the links on the page being “viewed”, blind and visually impaired users can quickly jump to interesting sites that are linked from the current page without having to wait for the entire page to be voiced by a screen reader application.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2001Publication date: August 29, 2002Inventors: Ravi Shankarnarayan Adapathya, David Frederick Champion, Alan Joseph Happ, Brad Michael Lawrence, Kevin Laverne Schultz
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Patent number: 6327139Abstract: An electrical equipment rack includes an electrical equipment unit that slides in and out of the rack on two drawer slides. A hinge attaches a first cable management arm to the rack or to a first drawer slide, which is attached to the rack. Another hinge attaches a second cable management arm to the equipment unit or to a second drawer slide, which is attached to the equipment unit. A flexible linkage is connected between and joins each of the free ends of the two cable management arms. Cables for interconnecting two or more equipment units are attached to the cable management arms and flexible linkage. The equipment unit can be extended out the front or back of the rack for servicing, and each of the cable management arms can be rotated away from the equipment unit to permit easy access to the unit. The flexible linkage limits the bend radii of the cables without regard to the position of the cable management arms or the position of the equipment unit relative to the rack.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2000Date of Patent: December 4, 2001Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David Frederick Champion, Kevin D. Johnson, Michael Sven Miller, Glenn Edward Myrto, Brian Alan Trumbo
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Patent number: 6075537Abstract: A data processor controlled user interactive display system for displaying hypertext documents, each including a sequence of display screen pages received over a communications network such as the World Wide Web. Each of the pages contains a plurality of hotspots of varying dimensions, each of said hotspots being responsive to user interactive pointing means to display a linked document. The system has means for determining the dimensions and positions of said hotspots on said display page and means responsive to said determining means for dynamically creating a plurality of expanded hotspot zones, each respectively including one of said hotspots. The system then provides means responsive to said user interactive pointing means within a selected hotspot zone to display the document linked to the hotspot in said zone. These hotspot zones are highlighted when the user points to them to provide the user with a large and highly visible target zone within which he may access his selected hotspot.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 1997Date of Patent: June 13, 2000Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ravi Shankarnarayan Adapathya, Randal Lee Bertram, David Frederick Champion, David Andrew Sawin
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Patent number: 6073136Abstract: A display generating or computer system, and particularly a mobile client system, in which a markup language browser application program is provided which minimizes the display area occupied by the navigational tools of the browser, in order to maximize the informational display area related to a user's task at hand. The browser application is simplified in order to accommodate ease in learning to use the browser.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 1997Date of Patent: June 6, 2000Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Randal Lee Bertram, David Frederick Champion
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Patent number: 6008810Abstract: A display generating system, particularly a computer or mobile client system, in which a system message (by which is meant an unsolicited prompt from a computer system to a user) is displayed to a user in a manner particularly contemplated as attracting the attention of the user. Accommodating such a system message in the small screen area available in a mobile client computer is a particular problem, addressed and solved as here described.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 1997Date of Patent: December 28, 1999Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Randal Lee Bertram, David Frederick Champion
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Patent number: 5923861Abstract: A display generating system, such as a mobile client computer system, in which a scroll bar is selectively deployed from a less active or "stored" position to a fully active or "extended" position. Deployment of the scroll bar may be by an animated process resembling an unrolling. By deploying the scroll bar only as required and requested by a user, the scroll bar may be enlarged for use and additional functions supported.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 1997Date of Patent: July 13, 1999Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Randal Lee Bertram, David Frederick Champion
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Patent number: 5880724Abstract: A form handling or processing system, such as a computer or mobile client system, in which data relevant to a form being completed is drawn from fields in the form into a title bar or line for the form, thereby facilitating recognition by a user of the linkage of the form to a particular data record.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 1997Date of Patent: March 9, 1999Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Randal Lee Bertram, David Frederick Champion
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Patent number: 5864340Abstract: 058643404 A computer system preferably a mobile client computer, optimizes data handling and display through the use of predictive widgets. A predictive widget uses a predictive list of possible entries into a defined field of a form, as in a form filling application, to provide one or both of a predictive default entry for a field or a predictive fill once a user has started an entry into the field.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 1996Date of Patent: January 26, 1999Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Randal Lee Bertram, David Frederick Champion, Peter James Brittenham
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Patent number: 5818451Abstract: A computer in which entry of data from an area provided on a display, touch screen or the like is accomplished by the provision of a "soft keyboard". Misentry of data is avoided by providing for the adjustment of the input by raising the area of input by a fixed percentage of the size of the target soft key.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 1996Date of Patent: October 6, 1998Assignee: International Busienss Machines CorporationInventors: Randal Lee Bertram, David Frederick Champion, Mary Elizabeth Taylor Hartman
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Patent number: 5805157Abstract: A computer in which entry of data from an area provided on a display, touchscreen or the like is facilitated by the provision of a "soft keyboard" having keys configurable as hexagonal cells. Hexagonal cells enable display of larger areas for engagement by the finger or other input pointer used by a user of the computer of this invention. A user can be permitted a choice between hexagonal and rectangular cells.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 1996Date of Patent: September 8, 1998Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Randal Lee Bertram, David Frederick Champion, Lisa Salcedo Eichorn
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Patent number: 5805158Abstract: A computer system, preferably a mobile client computer, optimizes data handling and display through the use of predictive widgets. A predictive widget uses a predictive list of possible entries into a defined field of a form, as in a form filling application, to provide one or both of a predictive default entry for a field or a predictive fill once a user has started an entry into the field. Predictive lists are shared and copied between and among a plurality of communicating computer systems.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 1996Date of Patent: September 8, 1998Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Randal Lee Bertram, Peter James Brittenham, David Frederick Champion
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Patent number: D513751Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2004Date of Patent: January 24, 2006Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Roland Kamakau Alo, David Frederick Champion, William Michael Monson, Tim Kerry Murphy