Links to the full PDF documents are attached; PDFs were done via Pat2PDF.org
- U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 20060277235
This application simulates performing a variable shift operation in a processor that is not able to perform a variable shift for certain operand sizes or are unable to perform variable shifts. The previous ways of simulating shifts involved various kludges using simpler shift instructions, mostly requiring loops which took a relatively long time to execute. This invention uses one shift function to perform all types of shift operations. Interesting thing to note is that this application uses Intel processors for its examples; it includes the “applicable to any other type of microprocessor” catch-all language so as to not limit the scope of protection. - U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 20060274905
This invention provides sound effects for user interface functions in a portable media player. In one embodiment, if no audio is being played, the sound effect is played without modification. If there is audio being played, the sound effect is modified such that it can be heard over the currently playing audio. (See Figure 4, paragraphs 0041-0045, and independent method claims 1 and 13.) - U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 20060274042
This application is about the Mighty Mouse (not having one, I didn’t recognize it at first glance from the drawing on the cover page). If you’re curious as to how the Mighty Mouse actually works, this is the place to start looking.