Two decades later, computers are now embedded in every aspect of modern life.
Thus, the fair use doctrine preserves public access to the ideas and functional elements embedded in copyrighted computer software programs.
Dan Kikinis, of Saratoga, Calif., won a patent for the DataLink Systems Corporation in San Diego for a paging system embedded in a computer keyboard.
Embedded in his computer hard drive were numerous image files evoking an enchanted world populated by pirate ships, psychedelic phalluses and neon graffiti.
For example, Tashev says, a camera, either mounted on or embedded in a computer monitor, and image-processing software could determine a person's position.
BMW's solution is called iDrive, a system in which essential controls are clustered on and around the steering wheel, with many secondary functions embedded in a computer interface.
Rather than frantically search for the car keys you held in your left hand just moments ago, you would dial a pager number embedded in a computer chip on your keys.
And while software embedded in the computer's basic input-output system, or BIOS, could also be the cause of such a failure, Toshiba says its laptop runs to 2099 with other operating systems.
These algorithms have been embedded in a computer package that is intended to be used as a decision support system for the distribution manager.
Or are technologies embedded in users' computer systems that monitor certain functions and offer updates, services, or ads for products users might want an engine of e-commerce that should remain unregulated and indeed encouraged?
