Patents by Inventor Bill E. Jacobs

Bill E. Jacobs 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).

  • Computer system capable of playing audio CDs in a CD-ROM drive independent of an operating system
    Patent number: 6279056
    Abstract: A computer system is capable of playing audio CDs in a CD-ROM drive independent of the operating system by using an embedded CD-ROM drive application or a CD-ROM drive controller. When an audio CD mode switch of the computer system is in an “on” state and the main power switch of the computer is in an “off state” the computer system is in an audio CD mode. When the computer is placed in such an audio CD mode, the computer either loads the embedded CD application from a non-volatile memory region such as read-only-memory (ROM) region or enables the CD-ROM drive controller of the CD-ROM drive to receive a CD selection and transmit the selections to the CD-ROM drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Compaq Computer Corporation
    Inventors: Bill E. Jacobs, Dan V. Forlenza, James L. Mondshine, Tim L. Zhang, Greg B. Memo, Kevin R. Frost, Lonnie J. Pope