Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

Richard Burgin

Ron Maurer

Jennifer Lynn Melin

Danny Barash

Brent Blazek

David E Thedens

Chris Mesa

A computer program and method for controlling the manner in which an operating system associated with a computer launches a plurality of application programs. Briefly described, one of many possible embodiments is a computer program for use in a computer having an operating system. The computer program may comprise code for: determining application programs that are to be launched by the operating system; determining a program launch procedure associated with the application programs, the program launch procedure defining a sequence in which the application programs are to be launched by the operating system, the sequence based on the functionality of at least one of the application programs; and launching the application programs with the operating system based on the program launch procedure.

Computer program for controlling the manner in which an operating system launches a plurality of application programs

Compression of a digital image is performed by bit-depth truncating a luminance channel of the digital image and performing lossless compression on the bit-depth truncated luminance channel; and performing lossy compression on chrominance channels of the digital image.

Method including lossless compression of luminance channel and lossy compression of chrominance channels

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Meridian, ID, United States of America

Richard Burgin