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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1995
Satish Gupta, Pleasantville, NY (US);
Kiyoshi Maruyama, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Steven E Millman, Spring Valley, NY (US);
Chung-Wai Yue, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Halil B Bakoglu, Montesereno, CA (US);
International Business Machines, Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A self-contained CD-ROM player which can be installed and used as simply as a VCR. The CD-ROM player includes a CD-ROM drive and supporting hardware and software to activate and execute a program on a CD-ROM disk. It is not necessary to explicitly issue commands to activate and use the disk. The user interface is completely intuitive and simple even for someone who is completely computer illiterate. This player allows everyone, both proficient computer users and those not so proficient, to use the vast library of CD-ROM programs that have been written for personal computers.