HOYT AUGUSTUS FLEMING, III
Pilots at Quail Rdg Dr, Boise, ID

5982358, Nov 9, 1999

Sep 17, 1997

8/931841

Hoyt A. Fleming - Boise ID

Micron Electronics, Inc. - Nampa ID

G09G 508

345168

One embodiment of the present invention provides a portable computing device comprising a housing including a keyboard. The embodiment also includes a first pointing device coupled to the housing, as well as a second pointing device coupled to the housing between the keyboard and a first edge of the housing. The embodiment additionally includes a plurality of buttons disposed on the housing so that at least one button is located between the first pointing device and the second pointing device, and at least one button is located between the glide point and the first edge of the housing. In another embodiment, the plurality of buttons is movably disposed on the housing so that when buttons are located in a first position, at least one button is located between the first pointing device and the second pointing device, and when buttons are located in a second position, at least one button is located between the second pointing device and the first edge of the housing. The term pointing devices refers to any manually operated input device that can be used to move a cursor around a computer display, such as a mouse, a track ball, a pointing stick or a glide point.

6230204, May 8, 2001

Dec 19, 1997

8/994836

Hoyt A. Fleming - Boise ID

Micron Electronics, Inc. - Nampa ID

G06F 1516

709229

A system for estimating the total usage of computer system resources by all users with access to those resources, performed in such a way that desired demographic information is available and computer users are not deterred from using the resource by the usage estimation techniques. The system selects a computer system resource of interest, receives demographic information on various computer users with access to the resource, uses the demographic information to select some of the computer users to be a representative sample of all computer users with access to the resource, loads a copy of a monitoring program onto each of the computer systems used by the selected users, executes the loaded copies of the monitoring program so that usage of various computer system resources by the selected users is recorded, transfers the recorded information to a central analyzing facility, estimates the total usage of the computer system resource of interest by all the users based on the usage of the representative sample users, and rates the resource relative to other resources based on a resource characteristic that depends on the amount of usage. In one embodiment, the computer system resource of interest is a computer document or a computer website on the World Wide Web, and the document or website includes advertising information that is displayed when the resource is accessed and used. In this embodiment, the document or website is rated on the basis of its ability to attract computer users with demographic information of interest.

6107990, Aug 22, 2000

Sep 17, 1997

8/937211

Hoyt A. Fleming - Boise ID

Micron Electronics, Inc. - Nampa ID

G09G 508

345157

One embodiment of the present invention provides a portable computing device comprising a housing including a keyboard. The embodiment also includes a first pointing device coupled to the housing, as well as a second pointing device coupled to the housing between the keyboard and a first edge of the housing. The embodiment additionally includes a plurality of buttons disposed on the housing so that at least one button is located between the first pointing device and the second pointing device, and at least one button is located between the glide point and the first edge of the housing. In another embodiment, the plurality of buttons is movably disposed on the housing so that when buttons are located in a first position, at least one button is located between the first pointing device and the second pointing device, and when buttons are located in a second position, at least one button is located between the second pointing device and the first edge of the housing. The term pointing devices refers to any manually operated input device that can be used to move a cursor around a computer display, such as a mouse, a track ball, a pointing stick or a glide point.

2002016, Nov 7, 2002

Jun 28, 2002

10/185514

Hoyt Fleming - Boise ID, US

G06F015/177, G06F009/24, G06F009/00

713/001000

One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that retrieves and installs device driver software across a network. The system includes a detection mechanism that detects the presence of a device in a computer system for which no current driver is installed in the computer system. The system also includes a reading mechanism that reads a locator specifying the location of a current driver for the device from a non-volatile memory on the device. The system additionally includes a driver retrieving mechanism that uses the locator to communicate with a remote host across the network in order to retrieve the current driver for the device from the remote host. The system also includes an installation mechanism that installs the current driver on the computer system.

6157597, Dec 5, 2000

Aug 20, 1999

9/378641

Hoyt A. Fleming - Boise ID

Micron Electronics, Inc. - Nampa ID

G11B 1722

369 32

One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for skipping a track on a disc in a disc player. Unlike current systems, this system does not rely on identifying tracks to be skipped based upon which slot a disc is located in. Instead, one embodiment of the present invention identifies discs based upon identification data read from discs in the disc player. Thus, one embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus for playing discs that skips a track on a disc. The apparatus includes a disc player including a sequencing mechanism that generates a sequence of tracks from discs in the disc player. The disc player also includes an identification mechanism within the disc player that reads identification information from discs in the disc player and determines from the identification information if a specific disc is in the disc player. The disc player additionally includes a skipping mechanism within the disc player that skips a specific track if the specific track occurs in the sequence of tracks.

2005018, Aug 25, 2005

Mar 14, 2005

11/080104

Hoyt Fleming - Boise ID, US

G06F015/16

709206000

A computer system and method for filtering unauthorized electronic mail messages that are sent by senders to a user. The system includes a list of the identifications of the senders who are authorized to send an electronic mail message to the user. When an electronic mail message is received, the system determines whether the sender of the electronic mail message is authorized by determining whether the identification of sender in the electronic mail message is in the list of the identifications of the senders who are authorized. When the sender of the electronic mail message is determined to be authorized, the system stores the electronic mail message in an Inbox folder. When the sender of the electronic mail message is determined to be not authorized, the system stores the electronic mail message in a Junk Mail folder. In this way, the electronic mail messages are automatically stored in the appropriate folder based on whether the sender is authorized so that the user can view the Inbox folder containing the electronic mail messages sent by authorized senders separately from the Junk Mail folder containing the electronic mail messages sent by unauthorized senders.

6249805, Jun 19, 2001

Aug 12, 1997

8/909811

Hoyt A. Fleming - Boise ID

Micron Electronics, Inc. - Nampa ID

G06F 1700

709206

A computer system and method for filtering unauthorized electronic mail messages that are sent by senders to a user. The system includes a list of the identifications of the senders who are authorized to send an electronic mail message to the user. When an electronic mail message is received, the system determines whether the sender of the electronic mail message is authorized by determining whether the identification of sender in the electronic mail message is in the list of the identifications of the senders who are authorized. When the sender of the electronic mail message is determined to be authorized, the system stores the electronic mail message in an Inbox folder. When the sender of the electronic mail message is determined to be not authorized, the system stores the electronic mail message in a Junk Mail folder. In this way, the electronic ail messages are automatically stored in the appropriate folder based on whether the sender is authorized so that the user can view the Inbox folder containing the electronic mail messages sent by authorized senders separately from the Junk Mail folder containing the electronic mail messages sent by unauthorized senders.

6011760, Jan 4, 2000

Dec 12, 1997

8/990055

Hoyt A. Fleming - Boise ID

Micron Electronics, Inc. - Nampa ID

G11B 1722

369 32

One embodiment of the present invention provides a method for skipping a track on a disc in a disc player. Unlike current methods, this method does not rely on identifying tracks to be skipped based upon which slot a disc is located in. Instead, one embodiment of the present invention identifies discs based upon identification data read from discs in the disc player. Thus, this embodiment of the present invention provides a method for skipping a track on a disc in a disc player that operates by identifying discs contained in the disc player. The method receives track identification data from a track sequencer. The method also reads track identification data for tracks to be skipped from a memory storage device. The method then compares the track identification data for the tracks to be skipped with the track identification data from the track sequencer. If the track identification data for the tracks to be skipped correspond to the track identification data from the track sequencer, the method skips a track specified by the track identification data from the track sequencer.

2007017, Jul 26, 2007

Oct 11, 2005

11/248376

Hoyt Fleming - Boise ID, US
Paul Revis - Meridian ID, US

G06F 7/00

707100000

Disclosed is a method and apparatus for building a database of content objectionable scenes of an audiovisual work, and a method and apparatus which uses the database to control reproduction of the work. The database may be stored on a server and made available to clients which control an audiovisual reproduction apparatus through a direct dial-up or Internet connection.