Patents by Inventor Michael J. Calvillo

Michael J. Calvillo 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: 6823330
    Abstract: A method is provided for locating and navigating to the site home of a network site in an information network such as the Internet, an Intranet, or the like from a site page within the network site. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes the steps of receiving a request to navigate from a site page to the site home of the network site, determining a site home for the network site, and when a site home is found for the network site, navigating to the site home in response to the received request so information provided by the site home may be communicated to a user. The method may be implemented as a program of instructions storable on a medium readable by an information handling system for causing the information handling system to perform the steps of the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Gateway, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Calvillo, Joseph G. Richard, Glen J. Anderson, Russell F. McKnight
  • Patent number: 6771284
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method of providing a navigational aide. In a first aspect of the present invention, a system and method of providing a navigational aide includes monitoring data displayed on a display device and detecting a marker of a section of the displayed data. A navigational aide is displayed in response to the detected marker of the section of displayed data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Gateway, Inc.
    Inventors: Glen J. Anderson, Michael J. Calvillo
  • Patent number: 6670974
    Abstract: A system and method for generating a persistent usage context is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, a method of generating a persistent usage context includes monitoring usage of an information handling system and generating a first representation corresponding to a first item of usage and a second representation corresponding to at least one of the first item of usage and a second item of usage. The first representation and second representation are communicated so as to communicate an association of the first representation to the second representation and to enable a determination of at least one of the prior usage and current usage of an information handling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Gateway, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell F. McKnight, Glen J. Anderson, Joseph G. Richard, Michael J. Calvillo, Stephen P. Vossler
  • Patent number: 6485119
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an accent panel incorporated with an aperture in the panel that allows access to a support member attached to a bezel. A person's hand may fit within the aperture and grasp the support member to allow easy transport of the computer. The panel may be installed and removed easily without the need for tools. A user of a computer equipped with an accent panel of the present invention may be able to match the color of the front of his or her computer to his or her surroundings while still allowing access to a support member to allow easier transport of a computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Gateway, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Davis, David D. Williams, Daniel C. Castillo, Dirk O. Cosner, Jorge A. Moriel, Michael J. Calvillo