Patents by Inventor Roger Widner

Roger Widner 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: 9010597
    Abstract: A device and method is presented that attaches a tablet computer to a vehicle headrest. A two-piece mount has a headrest coupling and a tablet housing. The tablet housing has a rigid core attached to a flexible rim portion that secures the tablet computer within the tablet housing. The rigid core has a circular cavity in the rear. The headrest coupling mounts to headrest posts in a vehicle using hinged arms and locking clips. The headrest coupling further has a circular attachment disk that fits within the circular cavity of the tablet housing. Retractable tabs in the circumference of the attachment disk fit within tracks in the walls of the circular cavity. The tabs prevent accidental separation of the tablet housing from the headrest coupling, and allow rotation of the tablet housing when attached to the headrest coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: BBY Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Amy Prescott, Lawrence Zhou, Roger Widner, Farhad Nourbakhsh, Kris Verstockt, Pei-Yun Yang
  • Patent number: 9002050
    Abstract: A speaker bar for a tablet computer is presented. The speaker bar is sized to fit inside a cover of the tablet computer by folding or rolling the speaker bar inside the cover. The speaker bar has retractable speaker members that extend outward beyond the edges of the speaker bar housing along a longitudinal axis of the speaker bar. Power is provided to the speaker bar when the retractable members are extended, and the power is turned off when the retractable members are retracted. The speaker bar connects to a tablet computer via Bluetooth wireless connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: BBY Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Widner, Amy Prescott
  • Publication number: 20130230202
    Abstract: A speaker bar for a tablet computer is presented. The speaker bar is sized to fit inside a cover of the tablet computer by folding or rolling the speaker bar inside the cover. The speaker bar has retractable speaker members that extend outward beyond the edges of the speaker bar housing along a longitudinal axis of the speaker bar. Power is provided to the speaker bar when the retractable members are extended, and the power is turned off when the retractable members are retracted. The speaker bar connects to a tablet computer via Bluetooth wireless connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: BBY SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Roger Widner, Amy Prescott
  • Publication number: 20130181492
    Abstract: A device and method is presented that attaches a tablet computer to a vehicle headrest. A two-piece mount has a headrest coupling and a tablet housing. The tablet housing has a rigid core attached to a flexible rim portion that secures the tablet computer within the tablet housing. The rigid core has a circular cavity in the rear. The headrest coupling mounts to headrest posts in a vehicle using hinged arms and locking clips. The headrest coupling further has a circular attachment disk that fits within the circular cavity of the tablet housing. Retractable tabs in the circumference of the attachment disk fit within tracks in the walls of the circular cavity. The tabs prevent accidental separation of the tablet housing from the headrest coupling, and allow rotation of the tablet housing when attached to the headrest coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: BBY SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Amy Prescott, Lawrence Zhou, Roger Widner, Farhad Nourbakhsh, Kris Verstockt, Pei-Yun Yang
  • Patent number: 6868496
    Abstract: The content of a hard disk drive or the like information storage media that includes content stored in a host protected area (HPA) or reserve area of the hard disk is duplicated using hard disk drive duplicating machinery. The duplication process includes the steps of detecting the presence of a HPA on a source drive, and if detected, generating an HPA are of the same or of a sufficiently accommodating size on the target disk drive. Information from the source HPA drive to the thus created HPA area of the target-drive. The remaining content from the source drive is written to an available section of the target drive. The invention is thereby able to detect whether a source drive has a HPA, create an HPA on the target drive, and to copy the content of the source HPA to the HPA on the target device to ensure a proper duplication of the target drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Gateway, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Sales, Mike Jaskowiak, Roger Widner
  • Publication number: 20020133714
    Abstract: The content of a hard disk drive or the like information storage media that includes content stored in a host protected area (HPA) or reserve area of the hard disk is duplicated using hard disk drive duplicating machinery. The duplication process includes the steps of detecting the presence of a HPA on a source drive, and if detected, generating an HPA area of the same or of a sufficiently accommodating size on the target disk drive. Information from the source HPA drive is written to the thus created HPA area of the target drive. The remaining content from the source drive is written to an available section of the target drive. The invention is thereby able to detect whether a source drive has a HPA, create an HPA on the target drive, and to copy the content of the source HPA to the HPA on the target device to ensure a proper duplication of the target drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2001
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Applicant: Gateway, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Sales, Mike Jaskowiak, Roger Widner
  • Patent number: D656898
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Inventors: Brad Webb, Roger Widner, Vita Yang, Lee Chen
  • Patent number: D656899
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Inventors: Brad Webb, Roger Widner, Vita Yang, Lee Chen
  • Patent number: D670295
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: BBY Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Amy Prescott, Lawrence Zhou, Roger Widner, Farhad Nourbakhsh, Kris Verstockt, Pei-Yun Yang