Patents by Inventor Mark Keith Reha

Mark Keith Reha 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).

  • Patent number: 6282709
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for checking/updating existing software on a user's computer utilizes a graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI enables the user, without knowing what software exists on the computer, to download a text file from a remote server and check whether the software on the remote server is contained on the user's computer. The user can also download and automatically install a new or updated program via the GUI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Philips Electronics North America Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Keith Reha, Charles F. Morris
  • Patent number: 6275266
    Abstract: A software architecture for a personal computer enables control of an attached television set as a graphic output device, where the software architecture includes a dynamically linked library storing executable library routines that can be called by a computer system routine across an application programming interface, and a hardware extraction layer having hardware-specific routines that are called by a selected library routine to perform a specific hardware operation. The hardware-specific routines control operation of a graphics core configured to control the television set, for example by detecting whether the television set is attached to thecomputer system. Additional operations supported by the dynamically linked library include automatically adjusting the size and resolution of Windows (or portions thereof) output to the television set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: Philips Electronics North America Corporation
    Inventors: Charles F. Morris, Gregory T. Lydon, Mark Keith Reha