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LONDON, England, January 5, 2001 -- London-based PC manufacturer ELONEX PLC announced today that it has reached agreement with SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS of Suwon City, Korea concerning the licensing of Elonex’s display power management technology. Power management systems allow personal computer display monitors to consume less power after user-defined or default idle periods.
Samsung obtains a license under all of Elonex’s display power management patents worldwide. These patents comprise more than twenty independent claims directed to the power management of peripheral devices including display monitors; and enable PC systems to be energy efficient.
Samsung is the largest Asian-based global monitor maker to date to license Elonex's technology. Elonex has previously licensed Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, Nokia, Philips, Mitsubishi, Sanyo, Sharp and others. Elonex is confident that other Korean and Asian companies will follow Samsung’s lead and license this technology.
Founded in March 1986, Elonex plc supplies complete IT solutions to a customer base that ranges from private individuals to multinational corporations and government departments. The company designs, manufactures, markets and supports a complete range of desktop PCs, notebooks, and network servers. It also provides computer support services encompassing system specification, configuration, installation and maintenance.
In response to the demands of its customer base, Elonex has developed from a computer manufacturer to a complete business solutions provider. Under the title of Elonex Solutions (ES), the company provides a broad portfolio of offerings including IT Consultancy, Networking and Systems Integration, System & User Training, Internet, Intranet and Security, Outsourcing, Maintenance and Support, Thin Client Solutions, and Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity.
Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories
Genesys is now a world wide company but began as San Francisco based company in the field of Computer Telephony Integration, related primarily to call-center operation. Genesys was a second company (chronologically) to follow the CCPA model closely. As a result, CCPA was able to file more than one-hundred patent applications for Genesys in the first year of our association, and now more than two hundred and sixty cases have issued. Genesys has one of the largest patent portfolio in the call center arena, providing an enormous competitive advantage for Genesys. Genesys had a very successful IPO and was later acquired by Alcatel for a stock trade in the billion dollar range.
Lextron Systems, Inc.
Lextron Systems is a technology company founded by Dan Kikinis, who is an inventor in many Elonex and Genesys cases. Dan, at the time of the Elonex project was an Official of Elonex, and the prime inventor in most of the cases in the Elonex portfolio. Dan, as PRES & CEO of Lextron has maintained good relationship with Genesys and Elonex, and has independently launched a broad range of patentable technology. Dan, as a client with Elonex, also was instrumental in the initiation of the CCPA business model. Many of the technology areas at Lextron are now patented, including an important "Proxy Server" technology greatly improving ability to navigate and research the Internet, which is now widely used and licensed by many business enterprises.
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