International Business Machines Corporation

Sreenivasulu Kesavarapu

John Peter Karidis

Dan Peter Dumarot

Ken Inoue

Scott LeKuch

Mary R Seminara

James Randal Moulic

Bengt-Olaf Schneider

Scott Douglas Lekuch

Toby Maners

Simon Butcher

A computing system includes a companion computing device having a display and a controller for transmitting a request to a host computing device; a host computing device for providing a user interface element and language support to the companion computing device; and a communication link for providing a bi-directional communication channel between the companion computing device and the host computing device.

Front of screen, user interface, and national language support by downloading bitmaps from a PC to a companion device

A computing system includes a handwriting input device and a computing device, the handwriting input device including an electronic pen input device having a first tip that emits a signal having a first characteristic and second tip that emits a signal having second characteristic; a detector for detecting the characteristic of the emitted signal; and a controller, interfaced with the computing device, for selectively interpreting the emitted signal as handwriting or as control information for the computing device based on the detected characteristic of the emitted signal.

Data steering flip pen system

The present invention pertains to a computing system having an input system with local storage interfaced with a computing device, wherein input information is transferred from the digitizer input system to the interfaced computing device based on an adaptive transfer policy that extends the battery life of the interfaced computing device. The interfaced computing device may be a PC. The digitizer input system can support automated, selective transfer policies based on the power management configuration of the PC interfaced with the digitizer input system and user-selected transfer policies.

Method and system with adaptive data transfer policy based on a power state of a computing device

The present invention pertains to an input system for inputting information from a user, the input device system including at least one sheet of a writing medium having a unique identifier located thereon, a stylus input device for writing on the writing medium and emitting one or more signals, a detector for detecting said unique page identifier and stroke information from said emitted signal and local storage for storing said detected stroke information, in association with the unique identifier of said writing medium.

Use of a paper pad with uniquely identified pages in a digitizer system

Disclosed is a method and an apparatus, as well as a computer program, for associating digitizer tablet stroke samples with entries in an electronic personal information management (PIM) tool, such as an electronic organizer or an electronic calendar. A stroke database has a plurality of time stamped stroke entries, and a PIM database has a plurality of entries each having a time associated therewith. A controller searches at least one of the stroke database and the PIM database to locate corresponding entries in each database that indicate that a particular one of the stroke entries was created at a time that corresponds to a particular one of the PIM database entries. The controller is responsive to the search being successful for forming a link between the stroke entry and the PIM database entry for enabling corresponding stroke information to be visualized in association with the particular one of the PIM database entries. In accordance with these teachings, and by example, a user is enabled to recall and view handwritten notes and other information that were made during a meeting that corresponds to an entry within the organizer database.

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Terrytown, NY, United States of America

Sreenivasulu Kesavarapu