Michael J Stein

7461088, Dec 2, 2008

Dec 15, 2003

10/737055

Christopher P. Thorman - Redwood City CA, US
Michael V. Stein - San Jose CA, US

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

G06F 17/30

7071041, 707 1, 707102

A superset file browser permits a user to view, in a single display, the superset (i. e. , the set union) of file objects from two or more designated file system locations (i. e. , directories) on one or more computer systems (local or remote). The uniqueness, or overlap, of file objects between the different designated locations is indicated graphically—typically through the use of different colors and/or icons, alphanumeric labels, popup text, ToolTip text or a combination of these techniques. A superset file browser also permits one-to-many and many-to-many distribution, collection and synchronization operations on the displayed file objects.

7728739, Jun 1, 2010

Oct 10, 2007

11/870300

Michael Victor Stein - San Jose CA, US

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

H03M 7/30

341 51, 382239, 37524002

Data values are encoded for transmission to a recipient on a communication channel. Performance information associated with the encoding or the communication channel is obtained and used at least in part to determine quantization factors used in the encoding. The data values can be scaled based on the quantization factors and ordered based on a probability factor. A portion of the data values can be selected based on content. A code table can be selected based on a variation of the data values, where the code table specifies codewords including at least one of bits representative of a divisor, bits representative of a remainder, and a bit representative of a sign. Codewords can be generated for the data values using the code table. The encoded data values can be transmitted to a recipient where the data values are decoded using a decoder.

8402079, Mar 19, 2013

May 7, 2004

10/841703

Michael Victor Stein - San Jose CA, US
Paul Richard Wenker - Milpitas CA, US

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

H06F 15/16

709200, 726 3, 726 5, 726 12, 726 13, 713155, 713171, 713183, 713184

A method for providing security in a networked multimedia computing system is provided wherein an administrative workstation is challenged by a network workstation when the administrative workstation is attempting to manipulate or query the network workstation. The administrative workstation responds in an automatic fashion to supply a series of logically acceptable password candidates to the challenging workstation in an attempt to validate itself to the challenging network workstation without interrupting a user. If none of the series of passwords is successful, an administrator, or user, operating the administrative workstation is prompted to manually enter a password. The system allows for an administrative workstation to automatically and transparently validate itself to a challenging network workstation, in most situations, without requiring input from the administrator. Another aspect of the invention involves a system for generating reports concerning user-selected hardware and software attributes for one or more network workstations.

20030191833, Oct 9, 2003

Feb 11, 1998

09/021841

MICHAEL VICTOR STEIN - SAN JOSE CA, US
PAUL RICHARD WENKER - MILPITAS CA, US

G06F015/173

709/224000

A method for providing security in a networked multimedia computing system is provided wherein an administrative workstation is challenged by a network workstation when the administrative workstation is attempting to manipulate or query the network workstation. The administrative workstation responds in an automatic fashion to supply a series of logically acceptable password candidates to the challenging workstation in an attempt to validate itself to the challenging network workstation without interrupting a user. If none of the series of passwords is successful, an administrator, or user, operating the administrative workstation is prompted to manually enter a password. The system allows for an administrative workstation to automatically and transparently validate itself to a challenging network workstation, in most situations, without requiring input from the administrator. Another aspect of the invention involves a system for generating reports concerning user-selected hardware and software attributes for one or more network workstations.

20060277536, Dec 7, 2006

Jun 1, 2005

11/142567

Michael Stein - San Jose CA, US
Michael Paquette - Benicia CA, US

G06F 9/44

717168000

Methods and systems are provided for remote control of a client computer. In one implementation, a method for remotely controlling a client computer is provided. The method includes receiving a command at a client computer from a remote user, the command operable to allow a remote user to control a first user session of the client computer and switching the first user session to the remote user. The method also includes creating a second user session, the second user session operable to display content to a user of the client and displaying the content to the client user using the second user session. The method further includes receiving one or more commands from the remote user of the first user session.

20080034037, Feb 7, 2008

Aug 4, 2006

11/462633

Jean-Pierre Ciudad - San Francisco CA, US
Peter Westen - Mountain View CA, US
Justin Wood - Sunnyvale CA, US
Scott Forstall - Mountain View CA, US
Marcel Van Os - San Francisco CA, US
Michael V. Stein - San Jose CA, US
Joe Engel - San Jose CA, US
Steve Lemay - San Francisco CA, US

G06F 15/16

709204

Contents such as a GUI or application output can be shared in a chat environment. The user can choose to share own contents or request that contents be shared by another user (e.g., a chat partner). It can be possible to control the shared GUI or application from the recipient's location. The shared content can be integrated in content that is transmitted as part of a chat session.

20140043210, Feb 13, 2014

Aug 9, 2012

13/571168

Michael V. Stein - San Jose CA, US
Dale Taylor - San Francisco CA, US

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

G09G 5/00
G06F 3/048

345 21, 715810

A user interface presented on a local display eases user discrimination between multiple remote displays connected to a remotely controlled computer, thereby easing selection of remote display(s) for remote viewing on the local display. The user interface can incorporate information indicating physical positional orientations of remote displays relative to each other, such as whether one remote display is physically located to the left of another remote display. The icons can additionally illustrate sizes of the remote displays relative to each other. Each remote display can be represented within a particular user interface icon as a rectangle whose size and position relative to the other remote display(s) reflect that remote display's actual physical size and position relative to those other remote display(s). Different icons can show different subsets of active and inactive remote monitors, and can be selected to activate different subsets of remote monitors for presentation on the local display.

56849524, Nov 4, 1997

Jul 25, 1994

8/280333

Michael Victor Stein - San Jose CA

Apple Computer, Inc. - Cupertino CA

G06F 15177
G06F 1500

3952001

A supervisory control system for a networked multimedia computing system permits a teacher or network administrator to quickly and easily update system software on selected destination workstations with the system software currently residing on the master workstation. In one mode of operation, only basic system software is updated, while user-defined preferences are unchanged. In a second mode of operation, both the system software and all user-controlled settings are replaced, to permit the remote workstations to be configured in a desired manner.