Patents by Inventor Karen R. Kluttz
Karen R. Kluttz 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: 9354942Abstract: Systems, methods and products directed toward coordinating power states in a hybrid information handling device are described herein. One aspect includes a method including: providing a primary operating environment and a secondary operating environment in an information handling device; ascertaining a trigger event for switching between the primary operating environment and the secondary operating environment; providing power state transitioning responsive to the trigger event; and placing one of the primary operating environment and the secondary operating environment in a working state while one of the primary operating environment and the secondary operating environment is in a sleeping state. Other embodiments are described herein.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2012Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: James S. Rutledge, Aaron M. Stewart, Steven R. Perrin, Scott E. Kelso, Seiichi Kawano, Mitsuhiro Yamazaki, Karen R. Kluttz, Matthew P. Roper
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Patent number: 9329766Abstract: Systems, methods and products are described that provide homepage re-assignment. One aspect includes displaying a default homepage desktop view from among a plurality of scrollable desktop views; receiving user input via a user input device; opening a homepage re-assignment utility responsive to receiving said user input, said homepage re-assignment utility including a display indicating one or more desktop views selectable as a new homepage; and responsive to receiving a user input indicating a selection of a desktop view as a new homepage, changing a default homepage setting to a desktop view selected as a new homepage. Other embodiments are described.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2011Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Karen R. Kluttz, James A. Hunt, David Rivera, Rod D. Waltermann
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Patent number: 9310958Abstract: Systems, methods and products are described that provide a dock for favorite applications. One aspect includes providing a dock point on a display device of an information handling device; responsive to user input associated with said dock point, launching a utility organizing a sub-set of user applications installed on said information handling device in a predetermined arrangement of launch points; providing an animated movement of said launch points in said utility responsive to user input; and responsive to user input selecting a launch point in said utility, launching an application associated with said launch point on the information handling device. Other embodiments are described.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2011Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Karen R. Kluttz, James A. Hunt, David Rivera, Rod D. Waltermann
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Patent number: 9262042Abstract: Devices, methods and products are described that provide file transfer applications. One aspect provides a method including opening a file transfer application on an information handling device having an internal storage device; providing a source display area indicating a source storage device; providing a destination display area indicating a destination storage device; responsive to movement of one or more file icons a predetermined threshold amount beyond a boundary separating said source display area and said destination display area, change one or more indications to indicate to a user a destination storage device to which one or more files is to be transferred, said changing further comprising modifying screen brightness of the source display area; and responsive to movement of said one or more file icons a predetermined threshold amount beyond said boundary, transferring said one or more files to said destination storage device. Other embodiments are described.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2011Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Karen R. Kluttz, James A. Hunt, David Rivera, Rod D. Waltermann
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Publication number: 20130179903Abstract: Systems, methods and products directed toward coordinating power states in a hybrid information handling device are described herein. One aspect includes a method including: providing a primary operating environment and a secondary operating environment in an information handling device; ascertaining a trigger event for switching between the primary operating environment and the secondary operating environment; providing power state transitioning responsive to the trigger event; and placing one of the primary operating environment and the secondary operating environment in a working state while one of the primary operating environment and the secondary operating environment is in a sleeping state. Other embodiments are described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2012Publication date: July 11, 2013Inventors: James S. Rutledge, Aaron M. Stewart, Steven R. Perrin, Scott E. Kelso, Seiichi Kawano, Mitsuhiro Yamazaki, Karen R. Kluttz, Matthew P. Roper
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Publication number: 20130031484Abstract: Devices, methods and products are described that provide file transfer applications. One aspect provides a method including opening a file transfer application on an information handling device having an internal storage device; providing a source display area indicating a source storage device; providing a destination display area indicating a destination storage device; responsive to movement of one or more file icons a predetermined threshold amount beyond a boundary separating said source display area and said destination display area, change one or more indications to indicate to a user a destination storage device to which one or more files is to be transferred, said changing further comprising modifying screen brightness of the source display area; and responsive to movement of said one or more file icons a predetermined threshold amount beyond said boundary, transferring said one or more files to said destination storage device. Other embodiments are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2011Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Karen R. Kluttz, James A. Hunt, David Rivera, Rod D. Waltermann
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Publication number: 20120311466Abstract: Systems, methods and products are described that provide homepage re-assignment. One aspect includes displaying a default homepage desktop view from among a plurality of scrollable desktop views; receiving user input via a user input device; opening a homepage re-assignment utility responsive to receiving said user input, said homepage re-assignment utility including a display indicating one or more desktop views selectable as a new homepage; and responsive to receiving a user input indicating a selection of a desktop view as a new homepage, changing a default homepage setting to a desktop view selected as a new homepage. Other embodiments are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2011Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Karen R. Kluttz, James A. Hunt, David Rivera, Rod D. Waltermann
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Publication number: 20120311498Abstract: Systems, methods and products are described that provide a dock for favorite applications. One aspect includes providing a dock point on a display device of an information handling device; responsive to user input associated with said dock point, launching a utility organizing a sub-set of user applications installed on said information handling device in a predetermined arrangement of launch points; providing an animated movement of said launch points in said utility responsive to user input; and responsive to user input selecting a launch point in said utility, launching an application associated with said launch point on the information handling device. Other embodiments are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2011Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Karen R. Kluttz, James A. Hunt, David Rivera, Rod D. Waltermann
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Patent number: 7917864Abstract: A method in a data processing system for providing a user of the data processing system with control of a software object organized into a plurality of information levels including initially displaying a first display window having a first size. The first display window includes a first level tab navigation frame to allow the user interactive access to a first information level of the plurality of information levels. The first display window additionally includes a first window-sizing interface to allow the user interactive access to a second display window having a second size which includes a second level tab navigation frame to allow the user interactive access to a second information level of the plurality of information levels and to subsequently display the second display window in response to the user interacting with the first window-sizing interface.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2007Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Randal L. Bertram, David P. Johnson, Karen R. Kluttz, Mark E. Molander
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Patent number: 7360168Abstract: A method in a data processing system for providing a user of the data processing system with control of a software object organized into a plurality of information levels including initially displaying a first display window having a first size. The first display window includes a first level tab navigation frame to allow the user interactive access to a first information level of the plurality of information levels. The first display window additionally includes a first window-sizing interface to allow the user interactive access to a second display window having a second size which includes a second level tab navigation frame to allow the user interactive access to a second information level of the plurality of information levels and to subsequently display the second display window in response to the user interacting with the first window-sizing interface.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2004Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Randal L. Bertram, David P. Johnson, Karen R. Kluttz, Mark E. Molander
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Patent number: 7191407Abstract: The invention is a method and apparatus for automatically opening files of particular types in a computer application program using certain attributes, such as window size and position, as dictated by user preferences based on the user's previous habits in opening files of the same type in that particular computer application program or based on properties of the file itself.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2000Date of Patent: March 13, 2007Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Karen R. Kluttz, Sandeep K. Singhal, Thyra Rauch, David A. Schell
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Patent number: D686633Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2012Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Karen R. Kluttz, James A. Hunt
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Patent number: D736791Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2013Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Karen R. Kluttz, James A. Hunt
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Patent number: D690318Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2012Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Karen R. Kluttz, James A. Hunt