Patents by Inventor Rachel D. Starnes

Rachel D. Starnes 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 selecting a presentation mode
    Patent number: 6909406
    Abstract: A presentation module associated with the BIOS of an information handling system, such as a portable computer, allows an intermediate level driver, such as a dynamic link library, to set the presentation display type. In one embodiment, a graphical user interface on a portable computer LCD calls a presentation dynamic link library to coordinate selection and unselection of a projector for displaying information from the portable computer. Upon selection of the projector, the presentation module detects the resolution of the projector and a resolution application programming interface sets the projector resolution of the portable computer to the highest supported resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Teresa A. Wilburn, Rachel D. Starnes
  • System and method for selecting a presentation mode
    Publication number: 20030174161
    Abstract: A presentation module associated with the BIOS of an information handling system, such as a portable computer, allows an intermediate level driver, such as a dynamic link library, to set the presentation display type. In one embodiment, a graphical user interface on a portable computer LCD calls a presentation dynamic link library to coordinate selection and unselection of a projector for displaying information from the portable computer. Upon selection of the projector, the presentation module detects the resolution of the projector and a resolution application programming interface sets the projector resolution of the portable computer to the highest supported resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventors: Teresa A. Wilburn, Rachel D. Starnes