Lee E Taylor

US Patent:

6845408, Jan 18, 2005

Filed:

May 23, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/155432

Inventors:

Steven Lemke - Sunnyvale CA, US
Lee R. Taylor - Fremont CA, US

Assignee:

palmOne, Inc. - Milpitas CA

International Classification:

G06F 300

US Classification:

710 18, 710 8, 710 14, 710 17

Abstract:

An embodiment of the present invention is directed to a method for controlling software in an electronic system having a plurality of applications and an insertable peripheral device. In one embodiment of the present invention, an indication is received from a headphone jack regarding the insertion state of an audio plug. In response to the indication, a software application resident on said electronic system is automatically notified of the insertion state. In response to the notifying, the execution state of the software application is automatically changed. In one example, the application suspends when the plug is removed and automatically resumes when the plug is reinserted.

US Patent:

20050034124, Feb 10, 2005

Filed:

Mar 27, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/400973

Inventors:

Eric House - Emeryville CA, US
Lee Taylor - Braintree MA, US
Christopher Mitra - Palo Alto CA, US
Vinay Badami - Sunnyvale CA, US
Glen Allison - San Jose CA, US

International Classification:

G06F009/46

US Classification:

718100000

Abstract:

According to one embodiment, a method is disclosed. The method includes launching a first application on a handheld device implementing a Palm Operating System (OS), and launching a second application. The second application is a time dependent application that runs in the background of the first application.