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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1997
Thomas J Brase, Eugene, OR (US);
Derrill L Sturgeon, Spring, TX (US);
Donald K Zickefoose, Canal Fulton, OH (US);
Christopher A Howard, Houston, TX (US);
William H Ellis, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Mark P Vaughn, Angel Fire, NM (US);
Drew S Johnson, Houston, TX (US);
Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A DVD assembly, and an associated method, for a convergent device, such as a television converged into a computer. The DVD assembly is integrated into the convergent device to facilitate ease of user control over operation of the DVD assembly. Common control interfaces which include the 'look and feel' of the control interfaces otherwise used by the convergent device simplify operational control over operation of the DVD assembly.