Patents by Inventor Mike Provencher

Mike Provencher 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).

  • Method and apparatus for an ACPI compliant keyboard sleep key
    Patent number: 6678830
    Abstract: A computer system includes a status register for receiving events which cause the computer system to change to a low power mode or back to a normal power mode. The status register is selectively coupled to a keyboard controller to receive an interrupt from the keyboard controller when a sleep/wake key is actuated on a keyboard. When the computer system is normally powered, the keyboard interrupt is not routed to the status register. If the computer system is powered down, the keyboard interrupt is routed so that actuation of the sleep/wake key will awake the computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Mazin Mustafa, Mike Provencher