Patents by Inventor Harold Vang

Harold Vang 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).

  • Input/output device disable control for PC-based consumer electronics device
    Patent number: 7159044
    Abstract: An electronic system that includes control logic that causes input and output ports to be disabled during the interruption windows of the initialization process, and subsequently to be selectively disabled or enabled after completion of the initialization process. The input and output ports are disabled during initialization of the electronic system to prevent interruption of the initialization process by the user. The input and output ports are disabled or enabled, after completion of the initialization process, to control access to content stored on, or made available by, the electronic system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Eagle Broadband, Inc.
    Inventors: Giang H. Dao, Jonathan E. Hayden, Harold A. Vang
  • Input/output device disable control for PC-based consumer electronics device
    Publication number: 20050235135
    Abstract: An electronic system that includes control logic that causes input and output ports to be disabled during the interruption windows of the initialization process, and subsequently to be selectively disabled or enabled after completion of the initialization process. The input and output ports are disabled during initialization of the electronic system to prevent interruption of the initialization process by the user. The input and output ports are disabled or enabled, after completion of the initialization process, to control access to content stored on, or made available by, the electronic system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Applicant: Eagle Broadband, Inc.
    Inventors: Giang Dao, Jonathan Hayden, Harold Vang