Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/output inventions 06/06

20060143311 - Direct memory access (dma) address translation between peer-to-peer input/output (i/o) devices: A method and apparatus is described herein for supporting direct memory accesses between peer I/O devices. It is determined whether a guest physical address (GPA) referenced by an access generated from an I/O device, is within a range of GPAs associated with local I/O devices based at least in part...

20060143312 - External connection device, host device and data communication system: This invention is an information processing device such as a computer, as a host device, and a memory card as an external connection device to be connected to the host device. A memory card (1) and a host device (2) are connected with each other in accordance with a six-wire-system...

20060143313 - Method for accessing a storage device: Techniques for exchanging data between a storage device and a device without having data buffered in a memory of a computing device are disclosed. According to one aspect of the techniques, a method for an external device accessing a storage device via a computing device comprises sending a request to...

20060143316 - Intelligent storage engine for disk drive operations with reduced local bus traffic: For attached disk drive operations such a file copy and move, as well as more elaborate processes such as searching, virus-scanning and volume merge, a novel intelligent storage engine concept is disclosed. In one embodiment, a storage engine (40), utilizing local processor intelligence, and accessed through a suitable driver (60)...

20060143314 - Remote usb videophone communication: According to some embodiments, remote USB videophone communication is provided. In some embodiments, systems and methods may include receiving first audio and video information from a first user device and emulating the first user device as a universal serial bus device on a universal serial bus host. The systems and...

20060143315 - System and method for quality of service management in a partitioned storage device or subsystem: A direct access storage system includes at least one disk and a controller. The at least one disk physically may be partitioned into at least one first access performance partition and at least one other access performance partition. The controller may be configured to process I/O accesses to the first...

20060143318 - Agnostic peripheral control for media communication appliances: The present invention provides enhanced flexibility regarding the use of media devices, including media communication peripheral devices, in communication sessions. Communication sessions can be conducted between devices having differing capabilities. According to some implementations, requests for communication sessions may be accepted according to the capabilities and/or preferences indicated for local...

20060143321 - Apparatus and method for managing peripheral device using auto-generated metadata: A peripheral device managing apparatus using auto-generated metadata and method of using the same are provided. The peripheral device managing apparatus includes a plurality of peripheral devices for generating execution data by executing a function of the peripheral device, and generating metadata which includes identification information of the execution data,...

20060143319 - Method of establishing communication between a usb device and a host: A method for establishing communication between a USB having a first memory device and a second memory device and a host includes reading first USB identification data stored in the first memory device, determining if the USB device can communicate with the host based on the first USB identification data,...

20060143317 - Starting method of wireless input apparatus and the apparatus thereof: The present invention is disclosed a starting method of wireless input apparatus. Step A is when wireless input apparatus is first installed, wireless input transmitting apparatus will judge if being moved or being depressed by at least one related button, if truth, then it will go forward step B; if...

20060143322 - Storage router and method for providing virtual local storage: A storage router (56) and storage network (50) provide virtual local storage on remote SCSI storage devices (60, 62, 64) to Fibre Channel devices. A plurality of Fibre Channel devices, such as workstations (58), are connected to a Fibre Channel transport medium (52), and a plurality of SCSI storage devices...

20060143320 - System and method for checking drivers of hardware devices of a computer: The present invention provides a system for checking drivers of hardware devices of a computer (10). The system includes: a traveling module (101) for traveling a tree structure of the drivers by accessing the System Regedit of the computer through an application programming interface; a retrieving module (102) for retrieving...

20060143323 - Terminal device, ic card, and service information providing system: A terminal apparatus, IC card and service information providing system capable of efficiently distributing attached information without causing burdens on a user of the terminal apparatus and information provider are provided. When a cellular phone set which is a terminal apparatus receives attached information from a ticket inspecting machine which...

20060143324 - Automatic generation method and system of application program: This invention is to automatically generate an application program so as to conform with a request source. An information processing method according to the invention comprises: if an application program request including a model identification information is received from a terminal, selecting a module for a terminal of a model...

20060143325 - Resource management system, printer, printer network card and resource management program, and resource management method: A resource management system that manages a resource that a first function module and a plurality of second function modules that necessitates the first function module in execution thereof use. The system includes: a first resource limiting unit that limits a volume of resource that an entirety of the first...

20060143326 - Impulsive communication activated computer control device and method: An impulsive communication activated device for connection to a computer input port for controlling a computer, is disclosed. The disclosed device includes an output connector for communicating with the computer input port, and includes a sensor for detecting an impulsive communication such as a hand clap or other predetermined input,...

20060143327 - System for synchronously controlling multiple devices: The present invention discloses a system for synchronously monitoring and controlling multiple media devices, such as the DVD-RW drive, the music player, the TV tuner, the DVD player, etc. The system includes a user interface in form of a polyhedron like a cube, and one surface of the polyhedron is...

20060143328 - Failover protection from a failed worker node in a shared memory system: A method is described that involves entering a notification of a request into a queue that supplies request notifications to a first worker node amongst a plurality of worker nodes. The first worker node is targeted to process the request. In response to the first worker node failing before the...

20060143329 - Direct memory access circuit and disk array device using same: A DMA circuit prevents an erroneous data transfer by a descriptor due to an address failure of memory. When a descriptor is created, the data processing unit writes a pointer, for storing the descriptor, in a predetermined part of the descriptor, and stores the descriptor in memory, and when a...

20060143330 - Method for data transmit burst length control: Method for controlling the burst length of a data transmission. A preferred embodiment comprises initiating a fixed burst length transmission and issuing a burst terminate command specifying a desired length of the burst data transfer, wherein the burst terminate command is issued prior to the completion of the fixed burst...

20060143331 - Race condition prevention: One embodiment of a method may include, in response, at least in part, to one or more received frames, generating an interrupt and preventing transmission of one or more other frames. The one or more received frames may indicate, at least in part, an error condition or a commencement of...

20060143332 - Storage system and method of storage system path control: The present invention uses memory resources effectively and connects each storage device by a plurality of paths in a switchable manner, thus improving reliability and ease of use, by virtualizing external memory resources as internal memory resources. External storage 2 is connected to the main storage 1, and the actual...

20060143333 - I/o hub resident cache line monitor and device register update: The apparatus and method described herein are for enabling cacheable writes to I/O device registers. A cache monitor, which may be present in a controller hub, monitors accesses to cache lines in a microprocessor. The cache monitor also associates cache lines in the microprocessor with I/O device registers. When an...

20060143334 - Efficient buffer management: In general, in one aspect, the disclosure describes an apparatus that includes a receiver to receive data. A plurality of queues are used to store the data. The apparatus also includes at least one processor to process the data and a transmitter to transmit the data. The apparatus further includes...

20060143337 - Display controller: A display controller including: a host I/F which performs interface processing between the display controller and a host CPU; a memory into which a multimedia processing program is loaded, when the host CPU has read the multimedia processing program from a multimedia processing program group stored in a host memory...

20060143336 - System and method for synchronous processing of media data on an asynchronous processor: The present invention provides a method and system for processing media data on a host processor. The method and system involve receiving media data, generating clocking signals, transferring media data to host processor buffers, generating media transfer done interrupts for each media data stream and generating an override interrupt to...

20060143335 - System for transmission of synchronous video with compression through channels with varying transmission delay: The present invention overcomes limitations of conventional synchronous signal transmission systems. The present invention provides apparent low latency synchronous signal transmission between devices, even if the transmission channel has impairments, and, allows for asynchronous transmission of signals between a transmitters and receivers that are located between the devices. Compression is...

20060143338 - Autodetection of a pci express device operating at a wireless rf mitigation frequency: A computer system that detects for a PCI Express compliant endpoint device is described. Specifically, the computer system clocks transmit and receive circuits at a first frequency and initiates a training sequence. If the endpoint device successfully trains at the first frequency, the endpoint device is PCI Express compliant. Otherwise,...

20060143339 - Hybrid portable communication device: The portable device comprises a processing unit embedded in the portable device and a RF module coupled to the processing unit for wireless communication. A display and an input unit are coupled to the processing unit. A non-volatile memory is coupled to the processing unit to store data; and a...

20060143340 - Managing elements residing on legacy systems: In certain embodiments, a method includes receiving, from a user of a local system, a request for a list of elements residing on the local system. Elements residing on the local system and elements residing on a legacy system are identified. The legacy system is incompatible with the local system....

20060143341 - Supercharge message exchanger: A system with a first random access memory (RAM), a second RAM, a first processor coupled to the first RAM and a second processor coupled to the second RAM. The first RAM is configured to store input/output (I/O) completions from at least two engines. The second RAM is also configured...

20060143342 - Apparatus and method for providing haptics of image: An apparatus for and method of providing haptics of an image displayed through an image unit. The apparatus includes: a touch unit checking whether a user has touched a portion of the displayed image, and searching for a position of the portion when the user touches the portion; and a...

20060143343 - Control board, image forming apparatus having the same, control board management method, computer program, and computer-readable storage medium: A control board includes a main-board and a plurality of sub-boards which control loads. The sub-boards each include a providing unit which provides a board type ID, a read unit which reads an installation location ID, and a transmission unit which transmits the board type ID and the installation location...

20060143344 - Integrated gigabit ethernet pci-x controller: A network controller having a multiprotocol bus interface adapter coupled between a communication network and a computer bus, the adapter including a predictive time base generator; and a management bus controller adapted to monitor and manage preselected components coupled with one of the communication network and the computer bus. The...

20060143346 - Instruction encoding method for single wire serial communications: An instruction encoding method is provided for communication between devices. Before transmission, each opcode is multiplied by two. Each operand is multiplied by two and incremented by one. Encoded opcodes and operands are sent as rising edges (i.e., voltage transitions) on a single wire connecting transmitting and receiving devices. The...

20060143345 - Schematizing of messages in distributed control and supervision system: In a CAN system, an arrangement is incorporated for making possible more efficient utilization of available band-width on the system's bus connection between, from and/or to modules incorporated in the system and/or reduction of accuracy requirements for clock functions utilized in the system. The system operates with communication on the...

20060143347 - Usha card and ups system incorporating the same: A USHA (UPS SNMP HTTP AGENT) card (310) includes an interface (400); a CPU (700); a connector (900); a first transceiver (510) including a receiver (511) electrically connected between the interface and the CPU, and a transmitter (512) electrically connected to the interface; a first multiplexer (610) electrically connected between...

20060143348 - System, method, and apparatus for extended serial peripheral interface: A system, method, and apparatus for interchip communication between an extended serial peripheral interface (EPSI) master (210) chip having clocking capability and an EPSI slave (310) chip is disclosed. The method comprises the master chip selecting a slave chip (402), the master clocking data into the slave chip from the...

20060143349 - Bus arbitration system: A circuit arrangement, program product and method for bus arbitration alters the sequence in which device requests are arbitrated with respect to each other and to a previous arbitration sequence. To this end, an arbiter grants access to a first group of devices according to a predetermined sequence. The arbiter...

20060143350 - Apparatus, method and system for aggregrating computing resources: A system for executing applications designed to run on a single SMP computer on an easily scalable network of computers, while providing each application with computing resources, including processing power, memory and others that exceed the resources available on any single computer. A server agent program, a grid switch apparatus...

20060143351 - Method, apparatus and system to generate an interrupt by monitoring an external interface: In some embodiments, a method, apparatus and system to generate an interrupt by monitoring an external interface are presented. In this regard, an interrupt agent is introduced to communicate over a serial interface with an input/output (I/O) extender and to save a relevant status of the I/O extender in a...

20060143352 - Electronic device having memory card detachment/attachment recognition function and method therefor: An electronic device with a memory card detachment/attachment recognition function and method therefor is provided. The inventive electronic device and method can protect data in a memory card and preventing a malfunctioning by recognizing a detachment/attachment of the memory card that may occur due to an opening of the memory...

20060143353 - Apparatus for performing plug and play, digital a/v system using the same and method thereof: An apparatus for performing a plug and play function, a digital image processing system using the same, and a method thereof are provided. The apparatus includes: a device searching module for searching a connected device; a connection state analyzing module for determining whether the searched device is previously connected by...

20060143354 - Expansion socket for digital video devices: This invention provides an expansion socket for a digital video device, which is located under a side of a housing of the digital video device in a laptop. By configuring the expansion socket and the digital video device, it may form a box-like shape. The expansion socket for the digital...

20060143356 - Methods and apparatus for providing automatic high speed data connection in portable device: In a portable FireWire compatible device, a direct memory access (DMA) bus switch coupled by way of a DMA bus to a central processing unit (CPU), a local hard drive (HDD), and a FireWire port, provides a direct connection between the FireWire port and the HDD bypassing a main bus...

20060143355 - Protocol independent data transmission using a 10 gigabit attachment unit interface: Transmitting data across a scalable, flexible speed, serial bus in a communication protocol independent manner....

20060143358 - Method and apparatus for implementing heterogeneous interconnects: Some embodiments of the invention include an address interconnect and a data interconnect to transfer data among a number of devices. The data interconnect is configured to transfer data among the devices via multiple transfer paths. A transfer of data on one transfer path is independent from a transfer of...

20060143357 - Multiple cell computer systems and methods: In an embodiment, a multi-processor computer system includes multiple cells, where a cell may include one or more processors and memory resources. The system may further include a global crossbar network and multiple cell-to-global-crossbar connectors, to connect the multiple cells with the global crossbar network. In an embodiment, the system...

20060136606 - Logic device comprising reconfigurable core logic for use in conjunction with microprocessor-based computer systems: A logic device comprising reconfigurable core logic for use in conjunction with microprocessor-based computer systems which may be implemented as fully reconfigurable circuitry or a combination of reconfigurable logic and fixed logic sections. The core logic may contain parameterized functions that are selectable dynamically or during a manufacturing process and...

20060136605 - Multi-core multi-thread processor crossbar architecture: A processor chip is provided. The processor chip includes a plurality of processing cores where each of the processing cores being multi-threaded. The plurality of processing cores are located in a center region of the processor chip. A plurality of cache bank memories are included. A crossbar enabling communication between...

20060136607 - Multiplex apparatus and method for multiplexing legacy device: A multiplex apparatus includes a plurality of systems configured to be connected to each other by links. Each of the plurality of systems includes a CPU, a pseudo legacy device and a legacy device. The pseudo legacy device is configured to be electrically connected to the CPU. The legacy device...

20060136608 - System and method for control registers accessed via private operations: A system and method for accessing control registers in a computer system is described. In one embodiment, a control register is given an address which is outside the normal input/output addressable range. Additionally, this control register may be physically located in system circuits separate from the processor functional circuitry. Such...

20060136609 - Control system having main controller and peripheral controllers, and bus connection method: A control system to reduce a load to a system bus by interconnecting a main controller and two or more peripheral controllers in the control system, and a method thereof. Different addresses are assigned to the main controller and the two or more peripheral controllers, respectively. The main controller and...

20060136610 - Data transfer method using infrared data association: A data transfer method using infrared data association is provided. The method includes the steps of connecting with an external infrared data association device, to which a data packet is transferred; transferring a data transfer start command message informing of data transfer start, to the external infrared data association device;...

20060136611 - Chipset feature detection and configuration by an i/o device: Apparatus and method for a first device to query a second device for the availability of a hardware feature within the second device, and for the second to receive and analyze the query to determine whether or not to respond, depending on the version of hardware feature sought, a code...

20060136613 - Duplicate synchronization system and method of operating duplicate synchronization system: The duplicate synchronization system has: a first system; and a second system operating in synchronization with the first system. The first and the second systems are connected to each other. The first system includes: a first memory; a first memory controller; and a first DMA engine. The second system includes:...

20060136612 - System and method for passing information from one device driver to another: A system and method for passing Direct Memory Access (DMA) configuration information from one device driver to another in order to initialize devices for DMA operations are provided. More specifically, a mechanism for passing information, identifying a DMA address space allocated to a child virtual device, from the child virtual...

20060136614 - System and method for variable length aggregate acknowledgements in a shared resource network: A system and method for producing a variable length aggregate acknowledgment frame in a shared resource network is provided. A plurality of frames is received, and receipt status information regarding the plurality of frames is generated. An aggregate acknowledgment frame comprising an acknowledgment information field containing the receipt status information...

20060136615 - Method and apparatus for allocating bandwidth on a transmit channel of a bus: A processing system and method of communicating within the processing system is disclosed. The processing system may include a bus having a transmit channel, a receiving component, and a sending component configured to broadcast a payload to the receiving component over the transmit channel, interrupt the broadcast of the payload...

20060136617 - Data transfer apparatus and data transfer method: One transfer request is selected from a plurality of transfer requests. The end time of a transfer process corresponding to an identifier attached to the selected transfer request is set. If the set end time elapses during the data transfer process based on the selected transfer request, the selected transfer...

20060136616 - Printer, processing method, program, and storage medium: A printer configured to communicate with an external information processing apparatus includes a storage device that stores level information representing whether processing required in accordance with data received from the external information processing apparatus is permitted or not, and a processor that performs processing for the received data in accordance...

20060136619 - Data integrity processing and protection techniques: Techniques to accelerate block guard processing of data by use of block guard units in a path between a source memory device and an originator of a data transfer request. The block guard unit may intercept the data transfer request and data transferred in response to the data transfer request....

20060136618 - System, method and storage medium for a multi-mode memory buffer device: A multi-mode memory buffer device for use in various memory subsystem structures. The buffer device includes a packetized multi-transfer interface which is redriven to permit connection between a first memory assembly and cascaded memory assemblies. The buffer device also includes a memory interface adapted to connect to either a second...

20060136620 - Data transfer interface apparatus and method thereof: A data transfer interface apparatus and method for controlling data transfer. The data transfer interface apparatus includes a first storage unit for storing an input data according to a first clock and for outputting a first output data according to a second clock, a single-port memory coupled to the first...

20060136624 - Apparatus connection interface, apparatus control system and method of controlling apparatus control system: An apparatus connection interface remarkably reduces the processing load of the controller. The apparatus connection interface includes a pair of connectors including a first connector and a second connector having respective signal transmission terminals for connecting a plurality of apparatus to be controlled in series to form an annular signal...

20060136622 - Modular controller apparatus and method: A servomotor controller provides nut runner and other functions in a set of stackable modules. Extended-function modules can be added into and removed from the stack as needed. Destacking of closely spaced, wall-mounted controllers can be performed without demounting. Module assemblies are dripproof. Multiple sizes of nutrunner driver electronics and...

20060136623 - Stylized consumer electronic device: Various embodiments of a consumer electronic device comprising two components are disclosed. One component is the functional element, another component is a stylized element. In an example of a USB flash drive, a functional component includes flash memory and a controller, while the stylized element is a case with a...

20060136621 - Usb compound device without embedded hub and implement method in usb system: A USB system includes at least one USB hub, a USB Compound Device, and at least one USB dummy device which is connected to a downstream port of the USB hub. The USB compound device includes an upstream port, a plurality of USB devices and a control unit for setting...

20060136625 - Method and apparatus for selecting, monitoring, and controlling electrically powered devices: An apparatus for selecting, monitoring, and controlling electrically powered devices is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes an electrically powered device having a key operating line and switching control circuitry to control usage of the electrically powered device by interrupting continuity of the key operating line. In another embodiment,...

20060136626 - Reconfigurable input/output interface: A reconfigurable interface provides device-specific processing through software rather than hardware. The reconfigurable interface that samples an output from at least one device and converts it to a digital signal. The digital signal can then be processed in any desired manner, such as to extract intelligence or condition the signal....

20060136628 - Image forming device, directory service providing system having the same and controlling method thereof: An image forming device, a directory service providing system, and a controlling method thereof. The image forming device includes a portable storage interface in which a portable storage object is loaded, a network interface card for interfacing with the service managing server, and a main controller for registering the portable...

20060136630 - Methods and systems for providing haptic messaging to handheld communication devices: Embodiments of the invention relate to methods and systems for providing customized “haptic messaging” to users of handheld communication devices in a variety of applications. In one embodiment, a method of providing haptic messaging to a hand communication device includes: associating an input signal with an event; determining a source...

20060136631 - Methods and systems for providing haptic messaging to handheld communication devices: In one embodiment, a method for mapping between an event of interest and a corresponding haptic effect includes: providing a plurality of haptic effects to a user; allowing a user to associate haptic effects with one or more events of interest; and compiling the mappings made between various events of...

20060136627 - Methods, systems, and computer readable media that provide programming for a sensor monitoring system using a softprocessor: Methods, systems, and computer readable media provide a softprocessor that is executed by a hardware processing device of a sensor monitoring system and provide an application that is executed by the softprocessor being executed by the hardware processing device. Thus, any customized programming to control the behavior of the hardware...

20060136629 - Scanner having connected and unconnected operational behaviors: Information is scanned to a scanner memory. A user of the scanner is signaled when sufficient information has been obtained to determine at least one action associated with the scanned information....

20060136632 - Disk array system and disk drive unit: A disk array system including at least one channel control portion for receiving an input/output request of data from an information processor and exchanging the data with the information processor; at least one disk control portion for exchanging the data with a disk drive in accordance with the input/output request;...

20060136633 - Storage system: The present invention unitarily manages the configuration change of a storage system so as to know the latest configuration, and evaluates the reliability in advance when the configuration is changed so that the generation of a failure is suppressed. When the host 1 is connected to the switch 2, the...

20060136634 - Data address security device and method: Methods and devices for monitoring transactions on a bus are disclosed herein. An embodiment of the device comprises a memory component and a comparator component. The memory component stores at least one address. The comparator component is operatively connected to the memory component and the bus. The comparator component compares...

20060136635 - Very little multi master bus: A method and an apparatus for communication among multiple devices on a data bus with relatively few connections to the bus and reduced logic for enumeration, arbitration, and data flow control is described. A Very Little Multi Master Bus (VLMMB) couples various devices in a bit-rotated manner. When one or...

20060136637 - Locking multiple resources in a distributed environment: A method and system that creates and maintains lock properties for a resource or object in a distributed environment. The method and system creates and/or updates lock objects to relate to multiple locks, i.e., multiple resources. The method and system creates and maintains lock properties for a resource or object...

20060136636 - System and method for resolving conflicts of re-locking resources: A system for resolving conflicts of re-locking resources includes: a plurality of system resources (10), a memory (11), and a central processing unit (12). The memory includes a data storing region (110), a re-lock resolving module (111), and an application storing region (112) for storing a plurality of function applications....

20060136638 - Method, system and program product for monitoring and controlling access to a computer system resource: A facility for monitoring and controlling access of at least one entity to a computer system resource is provided employing at least one resource utilization threshold metric. The at least one resource utilization threshold metric is a workload characteristic of the computer system resource. Access of the at least one...

20060136639 - Stream priority: A system, method and apparatus for prioritizing transactions is disclosed. I/O devices may generate transactions with a stream identifier. A transaction classifier may assign a priority to a transaction based upon a stream identifier of the transaction. An arbiter may select a transaction for processing based upon priorities assigned to...

20060136640 - Apparatus and method for hardware semaphore: A device and method for hardware semaphore is provided to be used in a multi-processor system. The device for hardware semaphore comprises a plurality of semaphores, a semaphore module register set, a control logic unit, a bus interface unit, and an interrupt generation unit. According to the invention, a single...

20060136641 - Context save method, information processor and interrupt generator: A context save method, an information processor and an interrupt generator for restoring, after a reset of a CPU, CPU context information such as the interrupt acceptance state of the CPU before the CPU reset. An interrupt controller stores CPU context information set in a CPU in a memory before...

20060136642 - Interrupt distribution for multiprocessor system: An interrupt distribution circuit is disclosed that receives interrupt signals and distributes the interrupt signals among a plurality of processors. The interrupt distribution circuit may enable a multi-processor system to be built using a lower cost chipset designed for systems having a single processor....

20060136643 - Methods and systems for a reference clock: In at least some embodiments, a method comprises receiving an external card detection signal that indicates that a hot-pluggable card is coupled to a computer system and activating at least one reference clock signal of a scalable reference clock platform based on the external card detection signal. The method further...

20060136644 - Sas hot swap backplane expander module: An expander module for connection to a hot-swap backplane is disclosed....

20060136645 - System and method of retiring events upon device replacement: An information handling system is disclosed that retires events upon device replacement. The system has several devices of one or more types and each device includes nonvolatile memory. A unique identifier, for devices of that type, is stored in the nonvolatile memory of each device. A first memory segment stores...

20060136646 - Bluetooth association based on docking connection: A method and system for wirelessly coupling a computer with a peripheral device. The peripheral device is initially docked to a docking port in the computer. Detecting the docking event, the computer then turns on the docked peripheral device and listens for identifiers from all peripheral devices within range of...

20060136647 - Bluetooth association with simple power connection: A method and system for wirelessly coupling a computer with a peripheral device. The peripheral device is initially docked to a docking port in the computer. The computer then listens for identifiers from all peripheral devices within range of the computer, including the identifier for the peripheral device that is...

20060136648 - Bus station with integrated bus monitor function: Described is a bus station (e.g., a sensor, an actuator, a gateway) which performs a primary device function and a secondary function (e.g., a bus monitor function). To perform the secondary function, the bus station is equipped with a bus monitor arrangement which allows the bus station to access, to...

20060136649 - Flash memory data storage apparatus: In a flash memory data storage apparatus, a multistage flash input buffer unit is embedded in which data bus width is gradually extended and the period of a control clock is gradually made longer. In one example, the flash memory data storage apparatus renders its embedded flash memory to be...

20060136650 - Data-read and write method of bridge interface: The present invention provides a data-read/write method of a bridge interface, which via appropriately controlling the signal level and the timing between the host system and the device, enables the bridge interface to have a complete information handshake, so that the bridge interface can work at any transferring speed and...

20060136651 - Selectively-switchable bus connecting device for chip device: A selectively-switchable bus connecting device is proposed, which is designed for use in conjunction with a chip device for connecting the multiple signal lines of the chip device's internal bus in a user-specified mapping manner to the multiple signal lines of a socket on an external circuit board. This feature...

20060129700 - Bridging a local bus with a data network: Disclosed are various exemplary embodiments concerning bridging a local bus, such as a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) bus not typically visible to a public network, such as a local area network, wide area network, the Internet, etc., with such networks. Such bridging enables, among other things, rich usage scenarios...

20060129701 - Communicating an address to a memory device: A technique includes sharing common external terminals of a memory device to communicate data and an address with the memory device for a given memory operation. Different sets of address bits indicative of the address are communicated over the common external terminals at different times....

20060129703 - Data storage device and control method for power-save modes thereof: Embodiments of the invention realize a power-save mode which prevents reduction in performance of a data storage device. The HDD as an embodiment of the present invention, upon receiving a request for switching to a power-save mode (PMREQ) from the host, judges whether the serial interface should be switched to...

20060129702 - Multi-mode port in a network device: In one embodiment of the invention, a method for providing a multi-mode port in a network device, includes: setting a first mode on the port, wherein the network device can perform serial communication on the port; and setting a second mode on the port, wherein the network device can perform...

20060129705 - Data transfer processing method: Processing which, in conventional data transfer processing, entails the use of the common bus when performing (1) processing to confirm the interrupt state, performed via the common bus employing an interrupt register and interrupt mask register, and (2) confirmation processing performed when new frames are transferred during processing, can be...

20060129704 - Method and system for monitoring embedded disk controller components: A history module for monitoring plural components in an embedded disk controller with a first main processor operationally coupled to a first bus and a second processor operationally coupled to a second bus is provided. The history module includes an event control module that receives break point conditions that stops...

20060129707 - Data transfer apparatus and data transfer method: A data transfer apparatus receives comparison data to be compared with stored data from an external unit, searches data corresponding to the comparison data from among the stored data, and transfers the searched data to the external unit. A control unit generates comparison-condition information for searching predetermined stored data from...

20060129708 - Information processing apparatus and method and recording medium: A control machine which uses a data amount stored in a FIFO as a trigger and allows a DMA transfer to be started according to a capacity of the FIFO allows a control machine for preparing for the DMA transfer to start to prepare a command and the like for...

20060129706 - Telecommunication network and upgrading method therefore: For upgrading a section of a telecommunication network comprising two nodes, one of the data lines interconnecting the nodes is selected to be a carrier of redundant specimens of information units to be transmitted. An external condition is fulfilled, which is detected by a control unit of the node and...

20060129709 - Multipurpose scalable server communication link: Methods and apparatus that may be utilized to improve the scalability of multi-processor systems are provided. Data packets constructed in accordance with a defined coherence protocol may be encapsulated in standard I/O packets. As a result, the same interconnect fabric may be used to route coherent data traffic and I/O...

20060129711 - Disk array apparatus and data relay method of the disk array apparatus: A disk array apparatus of the invention improves the quality of Fibre Channel signals corresponding to mounting positions of disk drives. The disk array apparatus comprises first to fourth groups of a plurality of disk drives each of which stores data; a first data relay device for connecting a first...

20060129710 - Programmable transaction initiator architecture for systems with secure and non-secure modes: A wireless device dynamically programs a control register for a command-chain driven DMA device. The control register stores a beginning address of the linked list of commands and a secure bit. The secure bit is set if the transaction writing register is secure and a bit in the data being...

20060129712 - Buffer chip for a multi-rank dual inline memory module (dimm): The invention refers to a buffer chip for driving external input signals applied to a multi-rank dual inline memory module (DIMM) to a predetermined number (N) of memory chips mounted on a printed circuit board of said dual inline memory module, wherein the buffer chip comprises stacked register dies each...

20060129716 - Data storage device and buffer control method thereof: Embodiments of the invention reduce the host's wait time by controlling buffer for a data storage device. In a hard disk drive (HDD) disclosed herein, after write data from a host is stored in a write buffer, the size of a continuous free space left forward from the end position...

20060129714 - Method and apparatus for transferring data: A pointer comparing unit determines whether a value of a writing pointer is identical to a value of a reading pointer. When it is determined that the value of the writing pointer is different from the value of the reading pointer, an inter-memory transfer unit reads data stored in a...

20060129713 - Pipeline architecture for content creation for the portable media player from the internet: A method for transferring a media file includes receiving the media file from a computer network and writing a first portion of the media file into a first buffer. When the first buffer is full, the method further includes writing a second portion of the media file into a second...

20060129715 - System and method for transferring data in storage controllers: A method and system for processing data by a storage controller with a buffer controller coupled to a buffer memory is provided. The method includes, evaluating incoming data block size; determining if the incoming data requires padding; and padding incoming data such that the incoming data can be processed by...

20060129717 - Queue change control with remote user interaction and notification: Print jobs are typically created as a combination of a document to be printed and the resources required for printing. A queue, or functionally similar construct, specifies the required resources and how they will be used. Users must be alerted to queue changes to avoid undesired results. Additionally, requiring an...

20060129718 - Method and apparatus for pipelined processing of data packets: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for pipelined processing of data packets. A pipeline in a processor comprises an access point providing simultaneous access to one or more devices, said devices mainly for data processing operations not provided by the pipeline. The access point comprises at least...

20060129720 - Data buffer circuit, interface circuit and control method therefor: There are provided a buffer circuit buffers data between a synchronous circuit and an asynchronous circuit, and a control method therefor. There are also provided an interface circuit that controls data transfer between a synchronous memory circuit and the asynchronous circuit, and a control method therefor, which are used in...

20060129719 - System and method for ordering haptic effects: A signal associated with multiple haptic effects is received, each haptic effect from the multiple haptic effects being associated with a time slot from multiple time slots. Each haptic effect from the multiple haptic effects is associated with an effect slot from multiple effect slots at least partially based on...

20060129721 - Modular computing system: A computing system is provided that includes a plurality of interconnected components. The components include a processing subsystem, an input subsystem, an output subsystem, a storage subsystem, and a power subsystem. Subsets of the plurality of components may be rearranged and interconnected in various configurations to form different computing systems....

20060129722 - Low protocol, high speed serial transfer for intra-board or inter-board data communication: A method and a circuit for converting parallel CPU information buses within circuit boards to serial data buses, while limiting overhead data to provide a low-level protocol and high rates of data transfer over distances up to forty inches. Larger scale parallel data buses are converted to serial data by...

20060129724 - Multi-protocol bus device: In one general aspect, methods and devices for use with multiple communications protocols automatically determine which communications protocol to use when connected to a system bus. Signals transmitted on the system bus are monitored to determine what communications protocol the system bus is using. After determining which communications protocol the...

20060129723 - Retry strategies for use in a streaming environment: Strategies are described for performing retry analysis in an environment which involves the transmission of media information from a source module to a target module. In the context of the source module, the retry analysis determines whether the source module should satisfy the retry requests issued by the target module....

20060129727 - Dual layer bus architecture for system-on-a-chip: A dual layer bus architecture for a system-on-a-chip (SOC) is disclosed. The bus architecture comprises a main bus adapted to connect a microprocessor, an image capture module, and a dual master module to a high density memory and a secondary memory operating independently of the main bus and adapted to...

20060129726 - Methods and apparatus for processing a command: In a first aspect, a first method is provided for processing commands on a bus. The first method includes the steps of (1) in a first phase of bus command processing, receiving a new command from a processor in a memory controller via the bus, wherein a command on the...

20060129725 - Round-robin bus protocol: The invention provides a low-latency, peer-to-peer TDM bus and bus protocol in which multiple devices may communicate without the presence of a bus master controller. The bus comprises one or more data lines and one or more control lines. Each device is assigned a unique binary address, and the devices...

20060129728 - Memory interface with workload adaptive encode/decode: A communication interface (e.g., a memory interface) includes a data processing channel adapted to be coupled to a data source and having multiple data processing stages. A bypass network or pipeline is coupled to the data processing channel and configurable to bypass at least one stage in the data processing...

20060129729 - Local bus architecture for video codec: A novel architecture for implementing video processing features a data bus and a control bus. In an embodiment, data transfers between processing modules can take place over the data bus as mediated by a programmable memory copy controller, or through local connections, freeing up the control bus for instructions provided...

20060129730 - Data processing system, access control method, and access control device: A data processing system able to raise the access efficiency to a memory when a plurality of processor access to the memory will be provided. An arbitration program executed by one input/output processing device determines a priority order for the access requests to the RAIDs so as to give the...

20060129731 - Methods and systems for providing management in a telecommunications equipment shelf assembly using a shared serial bus: A method for connecting an externally accessible shared serial port to one of a plurality of target serial ports is provided. The target serial ports are associated with a plurality of different application cards within a shelf assembly. The method includes receiving, from an external device connected to an externally...

20060129733 - Interface for bridging out-of-band information and preventing false presence detection of terminating devices: A device includes a first interface to receive a signal from a first communication link, wherein the receive signal includes out-of-band (OOB) information. A detector coupled to the first interface detects the OOB information. An encoder coupled to the detector encodes the OOB information into one or more symbols (e.g.,...

20060129732 - Multi-socket circuit board chip bridging device: A multi-socket circuit board chip bridging device is proposed, which is designed for use in conjunction with a multi-socket circuit board having multiple sockets and utilizing a special type of bus architecture, such as the HT (HyperTransport) bus architecture, for use to be mounted on a selected one of the...

20060129734 - Method for accessing data: An improved method for accessing data is disclosed, which is capable of increasing the efficiency of data access by reducing the time consumed by registering data in the system memory while transferring data between computer peripherals....

20060129735 - Computer system, fault tolerant system using the same and operation control method and program thereof: The present invention provides a high reliability fault tolerant computer system capable of constructing a redundant configuration employing PnP software. In duplexing systems, entities of IO bridges (actual IO bridges) which are connected to virtual bus and correspond each other is integrated into the systems as pseudo IO bridges, so...

20060129736 - Detachable radio module: A radio module that detachably connects with a host device. A radio module is provided that includes an antenna as an integral part of the radio module. The antenna satisfies regulatory requirements by being an integral part of the radio module. The radio module includes an interface circuit that provides...

20060117114 - Staggering memory requests: A method according to one embodiment may include transmitting a plurality of packets through control pipeline circuitry of an integrated circuit of a switch. The control pipeline circuitry may be capable of making a plurality of memory requests to memory of the switch in response to the plurality of packets....

20060117115 - Method and apparatus of setting-up configuration of display devices: An apparatus of setting-up configuration of a display device includes a display device and a configuration set-up device. The configuration set-up device downloads configuration data from an external device and stores the downloaded data. When the configuration set-up device uploads the configuration data to the display device, configuration of the...

20060117116 - System and method for sharing mcu codes: A system for sharing MCU (Micro Controller Unit) codes is disclosed. The system includes an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) monitor (10). The LCD monitor (10) has an MCU (20). The MCU (20) includes a plurality of GPIO (General Purpose Input Output) pins (30), and has a plurality of function modules...

20060117118 - Process for operating a system module and semi-conductor component: The invention relates to a semi-conductor component, in particular a semi-conductor component configured to be connected with a bus, in particular a LIN bus system, as well as a process for operating a system module, configured to be connected with a bus, in particular a LIN bus system, which includes...

20060117117 - System for dual use of an i/o circuit: A system provides dual use of a general purpose input/output (I/O) line. In an embodiment, the system comprises a controlling circuit having a dual purpose I/O line that is selectively operable in a serial transmit mode or an I/O mode. A first circuit that receives a serial data stream when...

20060117119 - Enhanced power reduction capabilities for streaming direct memory access engine: A streaming direct memory access (DMA) engine is disclosed. The streaming DMA engine includes several power reduction capabilities. A controller throttles the DMA engine according to the system throughput requirement and the system processor operation state. The DMA engine holds off a new read request to the memory if the...

20060117120 - Controller to be connected to sender of stream data via ieee 1394 serial bus: When a controller to be connected to a sender of stream data via an IEEE 1394 serial bus cannot decode stream data to be sent from the sender, the controller searches out a device having a data conversion function from a first type of stream data sent from the sender...

20060117121 - Recording/reproducing apparatus and method of controlling the same: There is disclosed a recording/reproducing apparatus configured to receive an operation instruction supplied via a communication network, to execute a corresponding operation in accordance with an operation instruction obtained by analyzing contents of the received operation instruction, and to announce a result of executing the operation instruction to an operation...

20060117122 - Method and apparatus for conditionally obfuscating bus communications: Illustrative embodiments of the present invention include, but are not limited to, a system (including associated apparatus and methods practiced thereon) for conditionally obfuscating internal bus communications once legitimate device testing is complete....

20060117123 - Information processing apparatus: A port arbitration unit of a system controller arbitrates a data transfer of each PCI Express device connected to several ports in accordance with the content of a register. A BIOS-ROM is stored with a port arbitration table group for setting the register to preferentially select the connected device for...

20060117125 - Data receiving apparatus of a pci express device: A data receiving apparatus of a PCI Express system includes a receiving device, an 8B10B decoder, a forged packet removing device, and a descrambling circuit. The forged packet removing device determines whether a disparity error occurs; and an offset removing circuit compensates a number of cycles of the lane offset....

20060117124 - Multiple host support for remote expansion apparatus: A data processing assembly includes one or more hosts connected to one or more I/O Expansion Drawers. Assignment state information is stored on the Expansion Drawer to convey the assignment state of Expansion Drawer(s) resources to the hosts. The host retrieves the assignment state and, from it, determines, for each...

20060117126 - Processing unit for efficiently determining a packet's destination in a packet-switched network: A processor for use in a router, the processor having a systolic array pipeline for processing data packets to determine to which output port of the router the data packet should be routed. In one embodiment, the systolic array pipeline includes a plurality of programmable functional units and register files...

20060117127 - Universal serial bus hub with wireless communication to remote peripheral devices: A wireless USB hub for connecting a plurality of remote peripheral devices to a computer for communication therewith without the need to physically connect the peripheral devices to the hub via a cable connection. The wireless USB hub includes a receiver for receiving wireless data transmissions from one or more...