Patents by Inventor John Smids

John Smids 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).

  • System and method for displaying battery information before executing and operating system
    Patent number: 8836274
    Abstract: A system and method are described for displaying battery condition information on a display of a portable computer. After powering on the portable computer, battery condition information of a battery of the portable computer is retrieved. The retrieved battery condition information is displayed on the display of the portable computer and operating system (OS) loaded into an executable memory of the portable computer is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: PSION Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory John Evans, Paul David Hedley, Nader Newman, Danny Pacheco, John Smids, Hugo Krapf
  • System and Method for Displaying Battery Information
    Publication number: 20110264899
    Abstract: A system and method are described for displaying battery condition information on a display of a portable computer. After powering on the portable computer, battery condition information of a battery of the portable computer is retrieved. The retrieved battery condition information is displayed on the display of the portable computer and operating system (OS) loaded into an executable memory of the portable computer is executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Gregory John EVANS, Paul David HEDLEY, Nader Newman, Danny Pacheco, John Smids, Hugo Krapf