527 F. App'x 910 - Convolve, Inc. v. Compaq Computer Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
2013
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1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1295 · 35 U.S.C. § 112 · 35 U.S.C. § 271
Relies on Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. · Cybor Corporation v. Fas Technologies, Inc., and Fastar Ltd., Defendants-Cross · Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Ltd. Partnership · Genentech, Inc. v. Novo Nordisk, A/S · Lucent Technologies, Inc. v. Gateway, Inc.
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“Method for controlling operation of a data storage device, comprising: providing a user interface for controlling one of a seek time of the data storage device and [an] a seek acoustic noise level of the data storage device; operating the user interface so as to alter settings of one of the seek time and the seek acoustic noise level of the data storage device in inverse relation; and outputting commands to the data storage device- causing the data storage device to alter seek trajectory shape by shaping input signals to the data storage device to -reduce selected unwanted frequencies from a plurality of frequencies in accordance with the altered settings.”
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