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Howard Locker
Researcher at IBM
Publications - 389
Citations - 7251
Howard Locker is an academic researcher from IBM. The author has contributed to research in topics: Wireless network & Remote evaluation. The author has an hindex of 42, co-authored 389 publications receiving 7251 citations. Previous affiliations of Howard Locker include Miles College.
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Battery pack for portable computer
Jeremy Robert Carlson,Daryl Carvis Cromer,Philip John Jakes,Howard Locker,James Stephen Rutledge +4 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a switch has a first configuration in which communication is established between the portable computer and the first battery assembly, and a second configuration that is used to establish communication between the handheld and the second battery assembly.
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Audio Book and e-Book Synchronization
Howard Locker,William Fred Keown,James Stephen Rutledge,Kenneth Scott Seethaler,Randall Scott Springfield +4 more
TL;DR: In this paper, an electronic device receives a stop position tag that indicates a start position within first electronic content which is a first sensory type and the second electronic content is a second sensory type that is different than the first sensory types.
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Data processing system and method for recovering from system crashes
TL;DR: In this article, a system and method for recovering from corruption of an executable application and/or operating system stored on a client computer without downloading another copy of the application and or operating system is presented.
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Data storage for remote environment
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a method for receiving operating system environment settings via a network, storing the received operating system environments settings to a storage device, and establishing an operating system system environment according to the stored OS environment settings; receiving information via the network, and in response to the instructing, transmitting via network information generated at least in part by the established operating system.
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Data processing system and method for permitting a computer to automatically detect a presence of and establish a communications link with a printer
Daryl Carvis Cromer,Richard Alan Dayan,Brandon Jon Ellison,Eric Richard Kern,Howard Locker,James Peter Ward +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, a data processing system and method are described for permitting a portable computer to automatically detect the presence of a printer within a remote area, and responsive to the detection, automatically establishing a communications link with the printer.