Hewlett-packard Company

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Roxio, Inc.

Kenneth P Davis

Steven D Hariri

A voice controlled capture device contains a processor that receives voice macros to control its operation. The capture device receives voice input, digitizes and sends the input to a second processor in a host computer system where speech recognition software within the host computer interprets the voice input to select a macro, and returns commands from the macro to the capture device where they are executed. Utilizing an interface or macro recorder within the capture device, and the speech recognition software within the host computer, the user can create voice macros incorporating individual voice commands. In a second embodiment, the capture device both analyzes the voice input and executes the commands of the macro.

Voice macros for scanner control

Methods and computer readable media generate a page file representing a compact disc label sheet having label blanks thereon for one or both of a compact disc case or a compact disc. The sheet may have a label for one or both of the compact disc case and the compact disc. The method provides such sheet, wherein the sheet supports the labels at any of a plurality of locations. The sheet with the labels supported at particular locations define a particular geometric layout configuration. One or more images may also be on the sheet. Operations of the method optically accent the particular configuration, and then scan the optically accented configuration to generate a digital representation of the sheet. All of the images are then excluded from the digital representation so that the remaining digital representation represents only the labels. The remaining digital representation is analyzed to determine the location on the sheet of the labels. A new page file is created to represent the compact disc label sheet having the labels. The page file includes data as to the location on the sheet of the labels. Using the method, and computer readable media having program instructions for performing the method, a user may buy such sheets for which the user's label printing software has no corresponding page file, yet the user need not manually measure the locations of the labels that are on the purchased new sheet to provide label location data, and the user need not enter any label location data into a page file provided by the software.

Methods of and computer readable media for automatically setting up page files for labels for compact disc media

A scanned image is stamped with additional information at a user settable location and color during the scanning process. The information can be the time and date that the scan occurred or information supplied by the user. The location can be at one of the predefined locations or at a location defined by the user. The information is not limited to text but can also contain bitmap image information.

System and method for information stamping a digitized image

Apparatus and method are provided for implementing a link system that is configured to automatically find all third party applications that are installed on a user system, and that provides shortcuts or links to the applications from a single program container (i.e. folder or group). The link system searches each current container for shortcuts or links to application programs and when an application program is found within the current container, the link system copies the shortcut link of that application program to the destination container.

Apparatus and method for a shortcut link creation system in a computer system

Apparatus and method for implementation of an install system that provides for typical and custom installation and configuration of third party applications. The install system allows the user to choose between a typical or custom installation of third party applications. In typical installation, the install system creates a list of components to be installed. In the case of a custom installation, the install system collects and displays to the user all the parameters for the installation of the third party application. This allows the user to select those components from the component listing and creates a list of components to be installed. The install system also provides information to the user about each component available to be installed during the third party application installation process. This information provides the user with the ability to make an important decision as to whether or not to include particular components in a custom installation process.

Apparatus and method for an install system for third party applications

Apparatus and method are provided for efficiently recovering from an interrupted installation procedure. The installation system creates a list of components to be installed in the installation procedure. The installation recovery system works in conjunction with the component list and current component pointer to identify which component was the last component successfully installed in the install procedure. In an instance where recovery is required, the installation recovery system identifies the last component installed and then restarts the install procedure from the point it was interrupted.

Apparatus and method for an installation recovery system

Network scanner software that accesses scanners over a network to remotely scan a document. Once a scanner is reserved, no other computer system can access the scanner. The computer system to which the scanner is connected changes the appearance of an icon representing the scanner to indicate that the scanner is reserved. If a user of the computer system moves the cursor over the icon, a pop-up window is displayed with the name of the computer system that has the scanner reserved. Once a scanner is reserved, a user may place a document into the scanner, push a button on the scanner, whereupon the scanner scans the document and sends the scanned data to the computer system that reserved the scanner. A user may reserve a scanner, start a timer, and when the timer expires, the document in the scanner is scanned and the data returned to the computer system.

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Brighton, CO, United States of America

Kenneth P Davis