JAMES EDWIN WILSON
Pilots at Lk Shr Dr, Bull Valley, IL

6108727, Aug 22, 2000

Jan 15, 1997

8/784211

Daniel A. Boals - Costa Mesa CA
James Y. Wilson - Crystal Lake IL

Packard Bell NEC - Sacramento CA

G06F 1338

710 68

A system for compressing program files at a remote host computer and transmitting the compressed program files to one or more wireless interface devices using a wireless link. The received compressed files are stored in an electronically programmable storage device on the wireless interface device. The remote host includes a CPU, a storage device for running and storing one or more programs and a wireless link for communicating with the wireless interface device. The wireless interface device is able to control and access the one or more programs on the remote host using the wireless link.

7113173, Sep 26, 2006

Jan 15, 1997

08/784034

Depeng Bi - Mt. Prospect IL, US
Daniel A. Boals - Costa Mesa CA, US
S. Christopher Gladwin - Chicago IL, US
James Y. Wilson - Crystal Lake IL, US

NEC Corporation - Tokyo

G09G 5/00, G09G 5/08, G06F 15/16, G06F 15/173

345169, 345156, 345157, 345173, 345179, 709238, 709227, 709250

A pen-based portable computer system, and more particularly, to a computer system which includes a host computer or a server that is adapted to interface with one or more wireless interface devices over a radio link. The wireless interface devices are pen-based devices which include a digitizer panel and are adapted to operate on a mouse mode, as well as a pen mode. In a mouse mode, pen down events are translated into mouse data and transmitted over the radio link to the remote server or host computer. In a pen mode, pen down events in an ink field are formulated as pen data. In accordance with an important aspect of the present invention, the wireless interface device includes a local handwriting recognition system for translating handwriting into characters which are then transmitted to the remote server or host computer over a radio link for processing.

6092117, Jul 18, 2000

Oct 16, 1995

8/543425

S. Christopher Gladwin - Chicago IL
James Y. Wilson - Crystal Lake IL

Packard Bell NEC - Sacramento CA

G06F 1300

709239

A wireless interface device is adapted to be connected to a host computer. On power-up, a list of available hosts is identified in a dialog box on the display of the wireless interface device. Once a host is selected, the node address for the selected host is stored in an EEPROM. On a subsequent power-up of the wireless interface device, a connection is automatically made to the last selected host.

6353599, Mar 5, 2002

Jan 15, 1997

08/784275

Depeng Bi - Mt. Prospect IL
S. Christopher Gladwin - Chicago IL
Anush Gopalan - Vernon Hills IL
James Y Wilson - Crystal Lake IL

NEC Corporation - Tokyo

H04L 1266

370328, 370338

A system which includes a plurality of wireless interface devices, adapted to be interfaced with a server, connected in either a wireless or wired LAN. Prior to an interface being established, the wireless interface device broadcasts for available servers which, upon acknowledgment are displayed in a dialog box on the display of the wireless interface device. The user selects an available server from the dialog box for connection to the wireless interface device.

6260084, Jul 10, 2001

May 18, 1998

9/080484

James Y. Wilson - Crystal Lake IL
Edward B. Endejan - Gurnee IL
Khalil C. Haddad - Mount Prospect IL
William C. Pfutzenreuter - Hoffman Estates IL
Thuraia Albazzaz - Riverside IL

3Com Corporation - Rolling Meadows IL

G06F 948, G06F 1300

710 38

A modem and associated method with both an RS-232 interface and a USB interface connects to a host. The modem detects which of the two interfaces is connected to the host and determines an appropriate data path. For connections to the USB interface, data is routed through a USB processor and over a serial link to the modem processor responsible for modem communications and the transfer of modem data to the POTS. The serial link between the USB processor and the modem processor is used to transfer both modem data and processor communications. A plurality of control lines are used to indicate the type of data being transferred over the serial link. For RS-232 connections, the modem data is transferred to the modem processor. Thus, one modem device may be used for either USB or RS-232 connections.

7423637, Sep 9, 2008

Jul 19, 2002

10/199475

Daniel A. Boals - Costa Mesa CA, US
James Y. Wilson - Crystal Lake IL, US

NEC Corporation - Tokyo

G09G 5/00, G09G 5/08, G06F 15/16, G06F 15/173

345179, 345156, 345169, 709227, 709250

A computer system which includes one or more wireless interface devices that are adapted to communicate with a remote host over a radio link. Each of the wireless interface devices is a pen-based device which includes an ink field in which pen events are translated into pen data packets and transmitted to the remote host over the radio link. Local inking is provided at the wireless interface device in order to maintain the pen paradigm in essentially real time.

7889181, Feb 15, 2011

Oct 18, 2007

11/975312

Depeng Bi - Mt. Prospect IL, US
Daniel A. Boals - Costa Mesa CA, US
S. Christopher Gladwin - Chicago IL, US
James Y. Wilson - Crystal Lake IL, US
Jose T. George - Bloomingdale IL, US
Scott Merkle - Barrington IL, US

NEC Corporation - Tokyo

G06F 3/02

345169, 711103, 455 661, 709211

A computer system which includes one or more wireless interface devices that are adapted to communicate with a remote host over a radio link. Each of the wireless interface devices is a pen-based device which includes an ink field in which pen events are translated into pen data packets and transmitted to the remote host over the radio link. Local inking is provided at the wireless interface device in order to maintain the pen paradigm in essentially real time.

6279153, Aug 21, 2001

Jan 15, 1997

8/783080

Depeng Bi - Mt. Prospect IL
James Y. Wilson - Crystal Lake IL

NEC Corporation - Tokyo

G06F 945

717 11

A system in which a plurality of wireless interface devices, each containing one or more flash memory devices, are interfaced to a server which may be connected in either a wireless or wired LAN by way of a radio link. The system in accordance with the present invention, enables the flash or other type of memory devices in the plurality of wireless interface devices interfaced to the server to be updated over a radio link.

5867106, Feb 2, 1999

Oct 16, 1995

8/543785

Depeng Bi - Wheeling IL
S. Christopher Gladwin - Chicago IL
James Y. Wilson - Crystal Lake IL

Packard Bell NEC - Sacramento CA

G06F 704, H04K 100

34082531

A wireless interface device is adapted to be interfaced with a host computer. While the wireless interface device is connected to the host computer, the keyboard and mouse input devices of the host computer are locked out to prevent unauthorized access. Should the situation occur in which the user needs to access the host computer to which the wireless interface device is connected, the keyboard and mouse input devices can be re-enabled by way of a password.

6126327, Oct 3, 2000

Oct 16, 1995

8/543463

Depeng Bi - Wheeling IL
Harry Hsiung - Hillsboro OR
James Y. Wilson - Crystal Lake IL

Packard Bell NEC - Sacramento CA

G06F 1300

39520051

A wireless interface device is adapted to be interfaced with a host computer by way of a radio link. A wireless interface device includes one or more flash memory devices that are adapted to be updated by the host computer over the radio link.