Patents Examined by Amare Mengist
  • Web browser for use with a television display for preventing screen burn
    Patent number: 7492355
    Abstract: Screen bum on televisions having Internet browser capability is avoided by removing the conventional static icons such as toolbars and buttons from the default browser and replacing their functions with keyboard keys. The invention is especially useful in projection televisions and with keyboards which have keys assigned to browser functions. Favorite URLs can be mapped to a favorite key by holding down the favorite key while a favorite web page is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Richard Allen Zemer, Mark Gilmore Mears, Chad Andrew Lefevre, Aaron Hal Dinwiddie, Joseph Wayne Forler