Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/output inventions 02/07

20070043881 - Data bus monitoring and controlling system and method: A data bus monitoring and controlling system is provided for monitoring and controlling a data bus. The data bus interconnects a controlling unit and a video/audio unit. The data bus monitoring and controlling system includes a reading module for reading information transmitted over the data bus, and a translating module... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070043882 - Facilitating the configuration of new pci devices during post: An initialization module and a configuration module are added to the POST (power-on setup test) routine of a personal computing system. The initialization module detects the presence of a new PCI device in the computing system. If there is a new PCI device, the initialization module detects whether this PCI... Agent: Leonard J. Hope Hope Baldauff Hartman, LLC

20070043883 - Content processing operations, methods, and software relating thereto: A computer processor and associated computer memory which has in the memory a number of existing content processing operations (CPOs) which include associated description of the type of content they can process, and which has installed, and runable on it, a content processing operation protocol software which is capable of... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070043884 - Data transfer apparatus and image forming apparatus: A data transfer apparatus has a plurality of data transfer interfaces, and one of the plurality of data transfer interfaces has a PHY, the PHY being made in a reset state when the data transfer interface is not used.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070043885 - Method for simulating cartridge changes in import/export station slots in an automated data storage library: A method for simulating the insertion of a data storage medium into or removal of a data storage medium from an input/output station, alternatively referred to as an import/output station. In one application of the invention, a data storage resides in an I/O station slot. A first variable corresponding to... Agent: Quarles & Brady Streich Lang LLP

20070043886 - Semiconductor integrated circuit device: A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a plurality of internal memories, a main processor, which constitutes a first processing unit having a codec function, and a video interface and graphics processor, which constitute a second processing unit for video display processing. The semiconductor integrated circuit device operates while being connected... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070043888 - Information processing apparatus and access method: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a main body, connection ports to which external storage devices are detachably connectable, a nonvolatile memory which stores mode designation information items which correspond to the connection ports and designate whether each of the external storage devices connected to the associated... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070043889 - Information processing apparatus and access method: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a connection port to which an external storage device is detachably connectable, a determination unit which determines whether a format type of a memory medium, which is built in the external storage device connected to the connection port, is a first... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070043887 - [adaptor device for ms memory card interface]: An adaptor device for MS memory card interface is disclosed. The adaptor device comprises a MS memory card connecting interface connected to a first microcontroller, a second microcontroller and a memory card connecting interface. When the MS memory card connecting interface is connected to a host end and a memory... Agent: Phison Electronics Corporation

20070043890 - Data block transfer and decompression: Various embodiments for transferring and/or decompressing data blocks are described. In an embodiment, a memory transfer engine transfers a first data block from a nonvolatile memory to a volatile memory. A processor may decompress the transferred first data block. Furthermore, the memory transfer engine may initiate a transfer of a... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070043892 - Integrated circuit for the processing and subsequent routing of motion picture expert group (mpeg) data between interfaces: The invention relates to a circuit which is integrated in a receiver system for digital television networks and which processes and routes data from one or more Motion Picture Expert Group (MPEG) data streams between two or more interfaces or peripherals, using an embedded processor (PROC) and an internal shared... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.l.p

20070043891 - Network: A network including a bus through which data is transmitted and a plurality of network devices connected to the bus to form the network. In the network, at least one of the network devices performs measurement at timings in a predetermined cycle T and outputs data concerning the measurement result... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070043893 - Bus communication apparatus and bus communication method: A bus communication apparatus and a bus communication method are provided, in which data transfer via a bus is not interrupted and no noise is generated in any signal on the bus. The apparatus comprises a bus signal terminal that can be connected to the bus of the external apparatus;... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070043894 - Structures and methods for a flexible bridge that enables high-bandwidth communication: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates high-bandwidth communication using a flexible bridge. This system includes a chip with an active face upon which active circuitry and signal pads reside, and a second component with a surface upon which active circuitry and/or signal pads reside. A... Agent: Sun Microsystems Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20070038783 - Communication device, host apparatus, and communication method: A method and apparatus for communicating data between a device and a host apparatus through a USB interface detects and corrects USB transaction phase deviation due to erroneous recognition of handshake packets. A method comprises the steps of transmitting a first packet from the device to the host apparatus, the... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070038784 - Flow control method in wireless usb communication, and wireless usb device and wireless usb host using the same: A flow control method in wireless Universal Serial Bus (USB) communication, and a wireless USB device and a wireless USB host using the same are provided. The flow control method includes receiving a wireless USB communication management packet including channel time allocation information and information on a data transfer direction... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070038786 - Media player and control method thereof: Provided is a media player comprising a connector to which a cable for transmitting a media signal from an external source is connected, and a user manipulator, the media player including a signal processor for processing the media signal transmitted through the cable; a UI generator for generating a setting... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070038785 - Universal peripheral connector: A universal connector apparatus for a mobile device and in communication with the mobile device, the apparatus comprising: at least one universal serial bus (USB) connector providing at least one connection; at least one USB host controller configured to control the at least one USB connection; a microprocessor configured to... Agent: Moffat & Co

20070038787 - Interface device and method for networking legacy consumer electronics devices: A novel device and method for connecting devices which are not inherently compliant with a network to such a network, includes a network interface controller, to connect the interface device to the network, a transmitter capable of transmitting control signals to the device, a microprocessor and a non volatile memory.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070038788 - Consistency checking mechanism for configuration parameters in embedded systems: An arrangement is provided for consistent parameter configuration in an embedded system. A consistent parameter configuration mechanism comprises a management client and a configuration manager. When the management client receives a set of configuration requests, it notifies the configuration manager to start a transaction, during which the configuration manager requests... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070038789 - Dynamic bus inversion method and system: A dynamic bus inversion (DBI) method and system are described. In various embodiments, a transmitter transmits data over a multi-bit high-speed bus to a receiver. In an embodiment, the transmitter determines whether to invert the bus based on the number of data bits that will be transitioning to a new... Agent: Courtney Staniford & Gregory LLP

20070038790 - Integrated circuit devices, methods, and computer program products for monitoring a bus: An integrated circuit device is comprised of a bus, at least two master units connected with the bus, and a monitoring circuit configured to monitor transactions between the master units through the bus and store transaction information into a programmable device-embedded memory during SOC design.... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070038791 - Non-blocking address switch with shallow per agent queues: In one embodiment, a switch is configured to be coupled to an interconnect. The switch comprises a plurality of storage locations and an arbiter control circuit coupled to the plurality of storage locations. The plurality of storage locations are configured to store a plurality of requests transmitted by a plurality... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20070038792 - Systems, methods, and computer program products for arbitrating access to a shared resource based on quality-of-service information associated with a resource request: An arbitration system includes at least one shared resource, a plurality of requester units, respective ones of the plurality of requestor units being configured to generate a resource request message for accessing the at least one shared resource, the resource request message comprising quality of service (QoS) information, and an... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070038793 - General input/output architecture, protocol and related methods to manage data integrity: An enhanced general input/output communication architecture, protocol and related methods are presented.... Agent: Intel/blakely

20070038794 - Method and system for allocating a bus: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for allocating a bus in a computer system. In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises: a bus divided into at least two segments, a first segment of the bus routed to a first device, a second segment of the bus routed to an adapter capable of... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070038795 - Asynchronous bus interface and processing method thereof: An asynchronous bus interface which is capable of securing a sufficient access effective period and eliminating a useless access wait time even when a frequency of a clock changes is provided. An asynchronous bus interface having an input part which inputs therein frequency information of a clock of a synchronous... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070038796 - Partially populated, hierarchical crossbar: In various embodiments, an apparatus comprises a plurality of agents and an interconnect. In one embodiment, the plurality of agents includes first through fourth agents. The interconnect comprises a plurality of segments that are switchable (e.g. using a plurality of selection circuits) to form communication paths between the agents, and... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20070033297 - All in one media center: An all-in-one multi-media center includes a media housing having a front side, a rear side, and a functional rim extended between a peripheral edge of the front side and a peripheral edge of the rear side to form a receiving compartment within the front side, the rear side and the... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070033298 - Command controller: A command controller and method for exchanging commands between devices in a multi-device system are disclosed. In some embodiments a command controller provides programmable daisy-chaining of commands between devices depending on the status of at least one of the devices. In some embodiments a command sent to cause an action... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20070033299 - Information processing device, and cpu, method of startup and program product of information processing device: In the information processing device of the invention, the region to be scanned is divided and assigned into as many parts as there are CPUs installed in the information processing device, each CPU scans hardware resources under its control respectively, and the main CPU integrates the scanning result at the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070033300 - Optical disk apparatus: An optical disk apparatus includes an I/O port that connects to a port of a drive apparatus, and a storage unit that prestores manufacturing information in correspondence with device drivers. The optical disk apparatus further includes a controller that transmits a command indicating to return manufacturing information, to the drive... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070033301 - Method and system for transparent tcp offload with dynamic zero copy sending: Certain aspects of a method and system for transparent transmission control protocol (TCP) offload with dynamic zero copy sending are disclosed. Aspects of a method may include enabling direct memory access of data for a particular user application directly from a user buffer to a buffer in a single integrated... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070033302 - Virtual first in first out direct memory access device: A virtual first in first out (FIFO) direct memory access (DMA) device applied in an electronic device having a processor, a UART unit and a virtual FIFO unit is provided. In the virtual FIFO DMA device, a DMA unit is for transferring data between the UART unit and the virtual... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070033303 - System and method for exchanging messages in a multi-processor environment: A method and system for messaging between processors and co-processors connected through a bus. The method permits a multi-thread system processor to request the services of a processor or co-processor located on the bus. Message control blocks are stored in a memory which identify the physical address of the target... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP (ibm Raleigh Cases)

20070033304 - Wireless system providing unidirectional multi-channel communication for wireless input devices and method for the same: A computer communicates with a plurality of input devices through unidirectional multi-channels. The computer includes a receiver capable of receiving signals of multi-channels. The transmitters of different input devices use different communication channels. The receiver includes memory to store the different communication channels used by the different input devices whereby... Agent: Hdsl

20070033305 - method or apparatus for transferring data: A method and apparatus is disclosed for transferring data in a processor in which if data destined for an application buffer is not read or modified by an application program then it is saved to storage from the input or read buffer.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070033306 - Fifo-type one-way interfacing device between a master unit and a slave unit, and corresponding master unit and slave unit: An interfacing device (23) of the type enabling one-way interfacing between a master unit (21) and a slave unit (22), includes: a memory plane managed according to a “first in, first out” mode, with write and read pointers, and making it possible to store words coming from the master unit,... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070033308 - Usb apparatus capable of automatically detecting a usb mode and the method thereof: A USB apparatus capable of automatically detecting a USB mode and the method thereof, which determines the USB apparatus to act as a host or device function in accordance with electrical signals on two connective ports and uses an internal or external switch to route USB signals to an appropriate... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070033307 - Usb dual-interface personal disk: A USB dual-interface personal disk specifically the USB interface module for accessing data between a computer and its periphery equipment includes a standard USB interface and a Mini USB interface, and is composed of a USB control chip combining with a single or a plurality of flash memory chips.... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070033309 - Coordination operation method and mobile communication terminal: When key input data is notified to a host section 30 from an operating section 21 by the user, the host section judges whether or not the key input data is input by operating a host-specific key is made. If the result is affirmative, the host section 30 judges whether... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070033310 - Display apparatus and control method for display apparatus: A display apparatus and a control method of a display apparatus to which a plurality of electronic devices is connected via a serial bus are provided. The control method includes: updating device information on the plurality of electronic devices if a reset signal is received; detecting an electronic device that... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070033311 - Quiescing a processor bus agent: Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to a methods, apparatuses, and systems for quiescing a processor bus agent. In one embodiment, a processor initiates the establishment of a protected domain for a computing system. A processor bus agent coupled with the processor is quiesed to reduce the potential for... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070033312 - Communication method and device for a motor vehicle: A communication method is implemented in an on-board network between a master station (M) and a plurality of slave stations (S1, S2, S3, S4), of the type of those compatible with the standard Local Interconnect Network (LIN) protocol in which data frames are sent by the slave stations on a... Agent: Matthew R. Jenkins, Esq.

20070033313 - Data bus mechanism for dynamic source synchronized sampling adjust: An integrated device for sampling data packets asserted sequentially on a system bus, including a clock input for receiving a bus clock signal, a data bus interface for receiving the data packets and for detecting at least one data strobe indicating data validity, and dynamic source synchronized sampling adjust logic.... Agent: Huffman Law Group, P.C.

20070033315 - Enhanced cpu rasum feature in iss servers: Generally, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention, a system having a north bridge and two or more Front Side Buses (FSBs) coupled to the north bridge is provided. The first front side bus has at least a first central processing unit coupled thereto. The second front side bus... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070033314 - Event generation for device hotplug: A computer-implemented method is disclosed for use in a computer system. In one embodiment, the method includes: (A) receiving from a user an instruction to perform a hotplug operation on a device in the computer system; and (B) in response to the instruction, using a manageability processor in the computer... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070033316 - Bus system for use with information processing apparatus: A processor bus linked with at least a processor, a memory bus linked with a main memory, and a system bus linked with at least an input/output device are connected to a three-way connection control system. The control system includes a bus-memory connection controller connected to address buses and control... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070033317 - Multiple processor system and method including multiple memory hub modules: A processor-based electronic system includes several memory modules arranged in first and second ranks. The memory modules in the first rank are directly accessed by any of several processors, and the memory modules in the second rank are accessed by the processors through the memory modules in the first rank.... Agent: Edward W. Bulchis, Esq. Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20070028006 - Method and system for transferring stored data between a media player and an accessory: A method, system and connector interface for transferring stored data between a media player and an accessory is disclosed. The method and system comprises obtaining by one of the media player and the accessory a unique identifier for a particular file stored in the other of the media player and... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070028007 - Routing multiple media signals through a patchbay: A system and method are disclosed for managing a plurality of connected devices from a controlling computer. The method can include connecting a controlling computer to a routing unit wherein the routing unit has connections to a plurality of devices. The method can further include selecting one or more connected... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20070028008 - Network subscriber station for a network of distributed stations, and method for operating a network subscriber station: The invention relates to a network subscriber station and to a method for operating a network subscriber station for a network of distributed stations, particularly a network of IEEE 1394 network subscriber stations, which are connected by means of a data bus. The network subscriber station comprises at least three... Agent: Thomson Licensing Inc.

20070028009 - Hot unpluggable media storage device: Improved techniques for rendering a peripheral device removable (e.g., unpluggable) are disclosed. According to one aspect of the invention, the peripheral device is rendered removable from a host computer without preparatory user actions. In effect, the peripheral device can be automatically prepared for removal in the event that its user... Agent: Beyer Weaver & Thomas, LLP

20070028010 - Peripheral device utilization monitoring: A system for tracking utilization of at least one peripheral device includes a monitoring system that is configured to provide utilization information associated with the at least one peripheral device over a sampling interval. The monitoring system provides the utilization information based on a timing signal and an input signal,... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070028011 - Ubs host controller with dma capability: An embedded host controller, for use in a USB system comprising a processor and an associated system memory, comprises a DMA controller, and the host controller is adapted such that, in order to retrieve data from the associated system memory, a starting address and block length are sent to the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070028012 - Semiconductor device and electronic instrument: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip stacked on the first semiconductor chip. The second semiconductor chip includes a high-speed serial I/F circuit which transfers serial data between the high-speed serial I/F circuit and an external device through a serial bus, and transfers parallel... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070028013 - Semiconductor device and electronic instrument: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor chip, and a second semiconductor chip which includes a high-speed serial I/F circuit which transfers serial data between the high-speed serial I/F circuit and an external device through a serial bus and is stacked on the first semiconductor chip. A pad region in... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070028014 - Method and apparatus for managing i/o paths on a storage network: A processing apparatus which stores a first information piece about attributes identifying a specific process generating data input/output requests in such a manner that the first information piece is associated with a second information piece identifying at least one of the physical paths as at least one first physical path,... Agent: Law Office Of Donald R Comuzzi

20070028016 - Message processing system and method using external storage: The invention relates to a message processing system and method using an external storage medium. Upon receiving a message, the system and method examine the status of a first internal memory. If the first internal memory has an insufficient reserved space, the message is automatically stored in the external storage... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070028017 - Method and apparatus for generating unique identification numbers for pci express transactions with substantially increased performance: A method and apparatus for generating identification numbers for PCI Express that provides unique generation and substantially increased system performance. A system having a PCI Express fabric and PCI devices connected thereto generates unique TAG identification numbers for transactions with substantially increased performance. The system generates and prepares up to... Agent: Intellectual Property Law Group LLP

20070028015 - System and method for processing data streams: A system and method of transferring characters from a first device through a buffer memory to a second device. A descriptor is read and a buffer address and a buffer length are extracted from the descriptor, wherein the buffer address and buffer length define a buffer of data stored in... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070028018 - Stand-alone bluetooth adapter for computer peripherals, master usb. bluetooth. adapter and communication system: A radio communication adapter box (1,11) for data exchange computer link between a first master-type computer equipment and at least one second peripheral-type computer equipment, the box being connected to at least one second computer equipment. The adapter includes a radio transmission/reception module (2) according to the Bluetooth® protocol with... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070028019 - Method and apparatus for efficient text entry in cell phones and other small keypad devices: Systems and methods are disclosed for entering data into a keypad having a plurality of keys, each key used to select one character from at least first, second and third characters designated for each key. The method includes providing disambiguation information on a current key and subsequently selecting a next... Agent: Tran & Associates

20070028020 - Tamper resistant battery and battery warranty and performance tracking system: A battery warranty and metrics tracking network with a programmable battery product for storing, sending and receiving data from a battery warranty, enablement, and metrics tracking network, having an at least one onboard electronics module and storage media on the battery product, an at least one point of sale/point of... Agent: Tangent Law Group

20070028021 - Apparatus and method for sparse line write transactions: A microprocessor including processor logic and sparse write logic. The processor logic asserts address and request signals to provide an address and a request for a cache line memory write transaction. The sparse write logic causes the processor logic to modify a second part of the write request to specify... Agent: Huffman Law Group, P.C.

20070028022 - Apparatus and methods for a static mux-based priority encoder: Apparatus and methods for an improved priority encoder using only static circuit components. Features and aspects hereof rely exclusively on static logic circuits exclusive ROM and other memory structures as relied on in prior structures. The exemplary static circuit structures relied upon in accordance with features and aspects hereof are... Agent: Lsi Logic Corporation

20070028023 - Supporting multiple methods for device hotplug in a single computer: A computer-implemented method is disclosed for use in a computer system. The method includes: (A) receiving an indication of a first hotplug event for a first operating system executing in the computer system; (B) identifying, among a plurality of hotplug handling methods, a first hotplug handling method associated with the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070028024 - Method for operating a plurality of subscribers connected to a serial bus: A method for operating a plurality of subscribers (X1, . . . , X4; Y1, . . . , Y4; Z1, . . . , Z4, B, C1, C2, D, E) that are connected to a serial bus, the bus including at least one address line for addressing the subscribers... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070028025 - Connection structure of portable information apparatus for connecting extensive device: A connection structure of a portable information apparatus is described in the present invention. The connection structure includes a connector and a switch module. The connector has a first interface and a second interface. Therein, the connector is used to connect with a display processing device via the first interface... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee