Google Inc.

Palm, Incorporated

Apple Inc.

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

Palmsource Inc.

Good Technology, Inc.

Amy A Han

Kevin Tom

Andrew Bowers

Lawrence K Lam

Robert Gregory Twiss

Traci Angela Neist

Gadi Amit

Yoshikazu Hoshino

Francis James Canova, Jr

Jacqueline Belleau

Elisha Avraham Tal

Dennis Joseph Boyle

Ji Heun Lee

Madeleine L Francavilla

Felix Jose Alvarez Rivera

Jeffrey Charles Hawkins

Kenneth Ryan Loo

Shin Nishibori

Brett W Degner

John Nicholas Jitkoff

John Patrick Ternus

William Riis Hamburgen

Sean S Corbin

Glen Murphy

Michael D McBroom

Daniel Lynn McBroom

Michael D Hillman

Brian Thomas Sudderth

Eric Andrew Knopf

Eric Michael Lunsford

Joseph Edward Clayton

Philip Scott McClendon

Felix Alvarez Rivera

Daniele De Iuliis

Troy Hulick

Steven J Shiozaki

Daniel Philip Groebe

Bradley Blackwood

E Michael Lunsford

David Y Wang

Alan C Urban

Paul J Lima

Sajid Patel

Ricardo Penate

John Cook

Danielle De Iuliis

Michael Sholl

Jan Musich

Nicholas Denhez

Sylvia Weiser

Andrea Johnson

Elisha A Tai

Danielle Deluliis

Bruce Woodworth

A location history manager may be configured to determine a location history associated with a user, and a resource usage manager may be configured to determine a computing resource usage history associated with the user. A location monitor may be configured to determine a location of the user. A resource predictor may be configured to generate a prediction of a computing resource, based on the location history, the computing resource usage history, and the location. A resource provider may be configured to provide the computing resource, based on the prediction.

Provision of computer resources based on location history

Notebook computer housing

An apparatus includes a processor and a keyboard having multiple, separately moveable keys. The keyboard is configured to function as both a keyboard and a trackpad.

Keyboard integrated with trackpad

Pending execution of a sensor function for use in operation of an application executing on a computing device may be determined. At least a first sensor and a second sensor associated with the computing device may be identified, the first sensor and the second sensor both providing at least a portion of the sensor function. A current context associated with the pending execution of the sensor function may be determined, the current context being defined in terms of context parameters. Selection criteria defined in terms of the context parameters may be accessed, and the first sensor may be selected to execute the sensor function for the application, based on the selection criteria and the current context.

Context-based sensor selection

According to one general aspect, an apparatus includes a trackpad that includes a cover member having a top surface and a switch coupled to the cover member. At least two spring members are coupled to the trackpad and are each disposed at a non-zero distance from each other and are each configured to collectively bias the trackpad in a first position in which the top surface of the cover member is in a first plane. The trackpad is movable to a second position in which the top surface of the cover member is in a second plane substantially parallel to the first plane when an input force is exerted on the top surface of the cover member. The switch is configured to trigger an electrical signal within a computer when the trackpad is moved to its second position.

Fully clickable trackpad

A computing device housing is described. The housing includes a front shell and a back shell coupled to a mid-frame. An infrared port may be an integral portion of the housing or the mid-frame.

Computing device housing

In one general aspect, a computing device can include a base portion including a keyboard, and a guide included in the base portion. The computing device can also include a display portion including a display and having a bottom portion coupled to the base portion via a hinge. The display portion can be configured to rotate about an axis using the hinge. The bottom portion of the display portion can be configured to slidably move along the guide over the keyboard of the base portion in a translational direction orthogonal to the axis.

Moveable display portion of a computing device

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Palo Alto, CA, United States of America

Amy A Han