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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tony L Robinson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
345333 ; 34082534 ; 380 23 ; 380 25 ;
Abstract
In general, in one aspect, the invention features a system for operating the computer in any of at least two different interactive modes, along with a switch having at least two states. An access control device allows a user to change the state of the switch, for changing which interactive mode is currently active.