Patents by Inventor Minh M. Pham

Minh M. Pham 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).

  • Persistent display of priority information on a portable electronic device
    Patent number: 8965462
    Abstract: Personal digital assistant devices are provided that query power subsystems to determine a level of battery power currently available for operating processes, and further determine a number of screen display changes that may be effected on a persistent display device at that determined level. If the determined number of screen display changes that may be effected at the determined level of available battery power fails to meet a specified minimum threshold number of images, the processing unit powers down subsystems of the personal digital assistant device and causes a highest listed image of a prioritized list of screen image instances to be displayed on the persistent display device, which persistently displays the image after a loss of power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian W. Hart, Liang Jiang, Anil Kalavakolanu, Minh M. Pham, Stephen A. Schlachter
  • PERSISTENT DISPLAY OF PRIORITY INFORMATION ON A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140031090
    Abstract: Personal digital assistant devices are provided that query power subsystems to determine a level of battery power currently available for operating processes, and further determine a number of screen display changes that may be effected on a persistent display device at that determined level. If the determined number of screen display changes that may be effected at the determined level of available battery power fails to meet a specified minimum threshold number of images, the processing unit powers down subsystems of the personal digital assistant device and causes a highest listed image of a prioritized list of screen image instances to be displayed on the persistent display device, which persistently displays the image after a loss of power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian W. Hart, Liang Jiang, Anil Kalavakolanu, Minh M. Pham, Stephen A. Schlachter