The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2007
Jon Arthur Fairhurst, Camas, WA (US);
Henry Y. Fang, Cerritos, CA (US);
Bryan Severt Hallberg, Vancouver, WA (US);
Mark Gregory Hanley, Skamania, WA (US);
Vishnu Kumar Shivaj Rao, Vancouver, WA (US);
Jeffrey B. Sampsell, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jon Arthur Fairhurst, Camas, WA (US);
Henry Y. Fang, Cerritos, CA (US);
Bryan Severt Hallberg, Vancouver, WA (US);
Mark Gregory Hanley, Skamania, WA (US);
Vishnu Kumar Shivaj Rao, Vancouver, WA (US);
Jeffrey B. Sampsell, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc., Camas, WA (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for use with televisions having an internal Java engine are included among the embodiments. In exemplary systems, a PCMCIA port allows the Java engine to load and execute Java applets selected by the viewer. Provision is made for system-aware applets to run concurrently with platform-independent applets on different Java display planes that are merged for display. Other embodiments are described and claimed.