| 发明名称 | Apparatus and method for signaling by and to a computer system user | ||
| 摘要 | Apparatus, methods and program products by which the user of a computer system is notified of the desirability or urgency of initiating an interval during which the user leaves the system idle to permit some communication or update from a network with which the system is in communication. | ||
| 申请公布号 | US9100197(B2) | 申请公布日期 | 2015.08.04 |
| 申请号 | US200611334921 | 申请日期 | 2006.01.19 |
| 申请人 | Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. | 发明人 | Locker Howard J.;Cheston Richard W.;Cromer Daryl C.;Advani Deepak |
| 分类号 | G06F15/177;G06F15/173;H04L12/12 | 主分类号 | G06F15/177 |
| 代理机构 | Driggs, Hogg, Daugherty & Del Zoppo Co., LPA | 代理人 | Daugherty Patrick J.;Driggs, Hogg, Daugherty & Del Zoppo Co., LPA |
| 主权项 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a computer system having a network interface connection and an away button; said away button being responsive to selective activation by a user to signal through said network interface to a system administrator or manager the initiation and termination of an interval of non-use of the system by the user; and said away button being responsive to selective activation by receipt by the user of a network communication from a system administrator or manager through said network interface to signal to the user the desirability of initiating an interval of non-use of the system. | ||
| 地址 | Singapore SG | ||