Walter L Lee

US Patent:

7291783, Nov 6, 2007

Filed:

Feb 19, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/782455

Inventors:

Michael Aaron Kaply - Leander TX, US
Walter Chun-Won Lee - Cedar Park TX, US
Jonas Sicking - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

H02G 3/08

US Classification:

174 50, 174520, 174DIG 34, 361719, 361752, 361796

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and media to mount one or more components to a hardware casing are disclosed. Embodiments include hardware and/or software for determining a pattern of interconnects to apply to an interior surface of the hardware casing. The pattern includes at least one independent path for transmitting a signal between the components. The pattern of interconnects is then applied to the interior surface, the application being configured for the topography of the interior surface to couple the components with the pattern of interconnects. In many embodiments, the components may then be mounted to the casing and interconnected with the interconnects. And, in some embodiment, the pattern of interconnects may be coupled with a circuit board having additional components.

US Patent:

7375278, May 20, 2008

Filed:

Mar 8, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/371131

Inventors:

Michael Aaron Kaply - Leander TX, US
Walter Chun-Won Lee - Cedar Park TX, US
Jonas Sicking - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

H02G 3/08

US Classification:

174 50, 174520, 361719, 361752, 29825, 29832, 29846

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and media to mount one or more components to a hardware casing are disclosed. Embodiments include hardware and/or software for determining a pattern of interconnects to apply to an interior surface of the hardware casing. The pattern includes at least one independent path for transmitting a signal between the components. The pattern of interconnects is then applied to the interior surface, the application being configured for the topography of the interior surface to couple the components with the pattern of interconnects. In many embodiments, the components may then be mounted to the casing and interconnected with the interconnects. And, in some embodiments the pattern of interconnects may be coupled with a circuit board having additional components.

US Patent:

7458145, Dec 2, 2008

Filed:

Jan 12, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/755838

Inventors:

Michael Aaron Kaply - Leander TX, US
Walter Chun-Won Lee - Cedar Park TX, US
Jonas Sicking - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

H05K 3/36
H05K 3/30

US Classification:

29830, 29832

Abstract:

Embodiments include hardware and/or software for manufacturing a removable plate having a medium, to be integral to a casing for a processor-based device. Integrating the removable plate in or on the casing facilitates access to the medium and the data stored on the medium by providing storage in a location that is convenient and local to the processor-based device. The removable plate may include a first surface designed to cover a portion of the processor-based device and a second surface to provide access to the medium. The removable plate may also include any other types of media that can communicatively couple with the processor-based device directly, or indirectly through, e. g. , a computer network.

US Patent:

7474889, Jan 6, 2009

Filed:

Aug 30, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/214565

Inventors:

Dharmesh N. Bhakta - Austin TX, US
Walter Chun-Won Lee - Cedar Park TX, US
Kumar Ravi - Cedar Park TX, US
Eric Siegfried Rybczynski - Round Rock TX, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

H04M 1/725

US Classification:

4554122, 455413, 4554121, 455466, 455415, 455418

Abstract:

Methods and systems are provided for notifying a mobile telephone user of an incoming call in a loud ambient environment. A call notification system registers mobile devices located within the boundary of the area it serves, and couples to the mobile devices using a short range communication technology such as Bluetooth. Upon detecting an incoming call, the mobile device alerts the notification system after a predetermined number of rings. After a predetermined number of rings the notification system, in turn, presents an incoming call notification using visual cues or audio cues to catch the user's attention.

US Patent:

7495631, Feb 24, 2009

Filed:

Apr 12, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/103739

Inventors:

Dharmesh N. Bhakta - Austin TX, US
Walter Chun-Won Lee - Cedar Park TX, US
Kumar Ravi - Cedar Park TX, US
Eric Siegfried Rybczynski - Round Rock TX, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G09G 5/00

US Classification:

345 11, 345 12

Abstract:

Display time for a billboard message is varied in proportion to measured speed of one or more vehicles. This may include varying not only the time a message is presented on the billboard, but also varying the density of the message. An overall message may be broken into segments displayed a sequence of billboards depending on the speed, e. g. , for a faster moving vehicle the message has more segments. If the speed of a vehicle is great enough, the message segments are also reduced to fewer words or graphics, which may also be larger. Also, clusters of vehicles are detected and a billboard message display is varied in response to the clusters, which may include display time or segmentation variation, so as to more nearly optimize the number of persons who are able to see the message. Further, a billboard is rotated per vehicle speed, distance, length or clusters.

US Patent:

7920377, Apr 5, 2011

Filed:

Oct 17, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/253654

Inventors:

Michael Aaron Kaply - Leander TX, US
Walter Chun-Won Lee - Cedar Park TX, US
Jonas Sicking - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 1/16

US Classification:

3616794, 710303, 720600

Abstract:

Embodiments include hardware and/or software for manufacturing a removable plate having a medium, to be integral to a casing for a processor-based device. Integrating the removable plate in or on the casing facilitates access to the medium and the data stored on the medium by providing storage in a location that is convenient and local to the processor-based device. The removable plate may include a first surface designed to cover a portion of the processor-based device and a second surface to be covered by the first surface when integrated with the casing, to provide access to the medium. The removable plate may also include any other types of media that can communicatively couple with the processor-based device directly, or indirectly through, e. g. , a computer network.

US Patent:

20060253791, Nov 9, 2006

Filed:

May 3, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/120905

Inventors:

David Kuiken - Round Rock TX, US
Walter Lee - Cedar Park TX, US
Mark Rogalski - Leander TX, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/00
G06F 9/00

US Classification:

715766000, 715802000, 715794000, 715797000

Abstract:

An implementation to simplify GUI display interfaces having stacks of overlapping windows by enabling an interactive user to sort through the stacks of windows in a user friendly intuitive manner without resizing or moving any of the windows in the stack. A computer controlled interactive display system includes a stored hierarchy of windows that are displayable to overlap each other in a selected order to form a displayed stack of windows along the depth (Z) axis. An implementation for designating a starting window in said stack, and for displaying this starting window in focus. Then, scrolling along said Z axis from this starting window to thereby sequentially display subsequent windows in the stack in the selected order. After each of the sequentially displayed windows, an implementation for fading the starting or currently displayed window out of focus and after each fading out of the currently displayed window, for then bringing the next subsequent window into displayed focus.