PAUL ANTHONY THAYER
Pilots at Brimstone Ln, Austin, TX

6801697, Oct 5, 2004

Jun 20, 2002

10/177777

Paul Anthony Thayer - Austin TX

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G02B 606

385116, 385121

An apparatus for directing light from a light source through a bundle of optic fibers, wherein the optic fibers are so arranged in the bundle such that at the end of the bundle opposite the light source, the optic fibers may expand into a display of an image generated by the light source. The apparatus comprises a bundle of optic fibers having a base end and a viewing end. The base end has a first angle across the bundle and is arranged so that light from the light source may be directed into the base end of each of the optic fibers. The light entering each of the optic fibers is carried to the viewing end. At the viewing end, each of the optic fibers is cut to expose an interior side face as a pixel viewing area having approximately a 1:1 aspect ratio.

6529186, Mar 4, 2003

Oct 26, 2000

09/696756

Paul Thayer - Austin TX

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G09G 500

345161, 345156

The present invention involves a computer based method and system employing an index finger controlled pointing device for manipulation and control of the keyboard. The user employ their index fingers as the pointing device from the home row typing position. All pointing device operations and thumb button operations can proceed without moving either hand from the home row key position. This represents a significant improvement over the current state of the art by keeping the users hands and fingers in place over the home row of keys on the keyboard. This improved approach is the basis of a major embodiment of this invention.

6796845, Sep 28, 2004

Jan 9, 2003

10/339756

David Paul Kuiken - Round Rock TX
Mark Daniel Rogalski - Leander TX
Paul Anthony Thayer - Austin TX

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

H01R 2404

439668, 439681, 439676

A modular connector with an integrated anti-snag feature is provided. The modular connector has a first flexible tab attached at a first end of the connector. The first flexible tab has a first and a second part. The first part is connected to and projected upward and away from the first end of the connector and the second part is angled downward toward a second end of the connector but unattached thereto. The first part meets with the second part at a flexible intersection whereby a force exerted onto either the first part or the second part is enabled to depress the flexible first tab downward. The connector also has a second flexible tab. The second flexible tab is attached at the second end of the connector and is projected at an angle toward the first flexible tab. The first end and second end of the connector are at opposite ends of each other. The second flexible tab is used to prevent the connector from snagging on objects such as cables, components etc.

6892248, May 10, 2005

Feb 21, 2001

09/790426

Paul Anthony Thayer - Austin TX, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F003/00, G06F013/00, G06F013/12

710 2, 710 1, 710 15, 710 17, 710 36, 713 1, 713 2, 713100, 714 47

A method, system, apparatus, and computer program product are presented for enabling a hidden port in a computing device. A determination is made as to whether the computing device has a hidden port, which is a port that is externally inaccessible to a user of the computing device and is not dedicated for general input/output (I/O) purposes. If the computing device has a hidden port, then the computing device is configured to use the hidden port for general I/O purposes and possibly also for debugging purposes. The user may optionally specify a data value that can be used to indicate whether the user chooses for the hidden port to be enabled for general I/O purposes and/or for debugging purposes. The hidden port optionally may or may not be enabled based on whether the computing device is a legacy-free device.