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US 2007/0168497 A1Published application
Apparatus and method for signaling by and to a computer system user
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsHoward Locker, Richard Cheston, Daryl Cromer, Deepak Advani
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Abstract
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.
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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 the initiation and termination of an interval of non-use of the system by the user;
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- said away button being responsive to selective activation by receipt of a network communication through said network interface to signal to a user the desirability of initiating an interval of non-use of the system.
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Apparatus comprising:
- a computer system having a network interface connection through which said computer system may be linked to a client system;
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- computer readable media accessible to said computer system and storing program code executable on said system;
- said computer system when executing program code stored on said media receiving a signal initiated by a user of the client system and indicative of the initiation and termination of an interval of non-use of the client system by the user;
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- said computer system when executing program code stored on said media originating a network communication through said network interface to signal to a user of the client system the desirability of initiating an interval of non-use of the client system.
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Method comprising:
- selectively signaling from a computer system the initiation and termination of an interval of non-use of the system by a user;
- receiving at the computer system a selectively sent network communication indicating to a user the desirability of initiating an interval of non-use of the system;
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- displaying to a user an indication that a network communication indicating the desirability of initiating an interval of non-use of the system has been received.
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Method comprising:
- producing computer executable program code;
- storing the produced program code on a computer readable medium;
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- providing the program code to be deployed to and executed on a computer system;
- the program code comprising instructions which, when executing on the computer system:
- selectively signals from the computer system the initiation and termination of an interval of non-use of the system by a user;
- receives at the computer system a selectively sent network communication indicating to a user the desirability of initiating an interval of non-use of the system;
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- displays to a user an indication that a network communication indicating the desirability of initiating an interval of non-use of the system has been received.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.