Patents by Inventor Richard Joseph Zabelicky, Jr.

Richard Joseph Zabelicky, Jr. 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).

  • Display controller architecture for portable computers
    Patent number: 7561117
    Abstract: A dual display mode portable computer is disclosed. The portable computer includes a flat-panel display, and a display controller for outputting an internal video signal to the flat panel display. The portable computer further includes means for receiving an external video signal, and a multiplexer for outputting the internal video signal to the flat-panel display during a first display mode, and for outputting the external video signal to the flat-panel display during a second display mode, thereby enabling the portable computer to act as a display device for an external computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte Ltd.
    Inventors: Jill Ann Hansen, Marco Michael Rengan, Robert Russell Wolford, Richard Joseph Zabelicky, Jr.
  • Display controller architecture for portable computers
    Patent number: 7423610
    Abstract: A dual display mode portable computer is disclosed. The portable computer includes a flat-panel display, and a display controller for outputting an internal video signal to the flat panel display. The portable computer further includes means for receiving an external video signal, and a multiplexer for outputting the internal video signal to the flat-panel display during a first display mode, and for outputting the external video signal to the flat-panel display during a second display mode, thereby enabling the portable computer to act as a display device for an external computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jill Ann Hansen, Marco Michael Rengan, Robert Russell Wolford, Richard Joseph Zabelicky, Jr.
  • Method and system for switching between windows in a multiwindow computer environment
    Patent number: 6961906
    Abstract: A method and system for switching between windows running on a multiwindow computer system that retains the user's points of interest is disclosed. The method and system includes allowing a user to register at least one specific point of interest in each of the windows, and displaying a persistent mouse pointer on each of the registered points of interest in the inactive windows. In response to the user making one of the inactive windows active, an active mouse pointer is displayed at the location of the persistent mouse pointer in that window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Lenovo Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jill Ann Hansen, Marco Michael Rengan, Richard Joseph Zabelicky, Jr.
  • Display controller architecture for portable computers
    Patent number: 6873306
    Abstract: A dual display mode portable computer is disclosed. The portable computer includes a flat-panel display, and a display controller for outputting an internal video signal to the flat panel display. The portable computer further includes means for receiving an external video signal, and a multiplexer for outputting the internal video signal to the flat-panel display during a first display mode, and for outputting the external video signal to the flat-panel display during a second display mode, thereby enabling the portable computer to act as a display device for an external computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jill Ann Hansen, Marco Michael Rengan, Robert Russell Wolford, Richard Joseph Zabelicky, Jr.