Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/output inventions 05/07

20070124508 - Keypad, particularly a point of sale keypad, and method for placing it into operation and for exchanging and updating firmware of the keypad: A keypad, particularly a point of sale keypad, is disclosed that includes a key block, a microprocessor, at least one read-only memory, in which the firmware required for operating the keypad is stored, and at least one interface for connecting the keypad to an external device. Further, a method is... Agent: Mcgrath, Geissler, Olds & Richardson, PLLC

20070124507 - Systems and methods of processing annotations and multimodal user inputs: Embodiments of the present invention provide multimodal input capability. In one embodiment the present invention includes an input method comprising displaying one or more display objects to a user, associating at least one voice mode with one of said display objects, associating at least one stylus mode with the display... Agent: Chad R. Walsh Fountainhead Law Group

20070124509 - Service processor for controlling a user interface: A computing device that includes a host processor and a service processor is provided. The host processor is configured to interact with a first user interface. For example, the host processor may be a microprocessor for the device and the first user interface may be a display device. A service... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC

20070124510 - Image forming device, information processing method, information processing program, and recording medium: In an image forming device including a service provision program providing service for an application program, the service provision program is constituted by a plurality of modules that operate exclusively to each other and are connected together. Change information of the service provision program is recorded on a change information... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070124511 - Method and apparatus for information exchange: A method and apparatus includes a portable electronic memory storage device and a plurality of exhibitor computers, each having at least one specifically identified electronic uploadable file and a port adapted to selectively interface with the portable device. When a portable device engages a port, electronic content corresponding to the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070124512 - Method of setting print port and user terminal device using the same: A method of setting a print port and a user terminal device using the same includes transmitting, in a single transmission, a searching signal including network information and device information of an image forming device which is a desired one of a plurality of image forming devices, and setting a... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070124513 - Network print system, network peripheral apparatus, information processing apparatus, and program: According to the present invention, an information processing apparatus which can communicate with a peripheral device that issues a message including state information, comprises a reception unit adapted to receive a leaving message from the peripheral device; an analysis unit adapted to analyze the leaving message received from the peripheral... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070124514 - Storing account information with related data in a common store: Described is a system and method in which the account settings for managing (e.g., sending and receiving) data are maintained in association with the managed data, such that the account settings and data remain unified yet are independent of any computing device. In one electronic mail application implementation, the mail... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20070124515 - Coordinator input apparatus: A coordinate input apparatus is constituted by a plurality of X interconnecting lines and a plurality of Y interconnecting lines disposed to intersect with each other in a matrix fashion; a closed-loop forming circuit for being electrically connected with the X interconnecting lines or the Y interconnecting lines so as... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070124517 - Apparatus and method for interfacing between a/v system and portable device: An interface apparatus and method for transmission and reception of a control signal and a digital stream between an audio/video (A/V) system and a digital data recording and/or reproducing device are provided. The device for recording and/or reproducing digital data includes: a storage unit storing digital data encoded in a... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070124516 - System and program for controlling electronic devices: A controlling system for an electronic peripheral device is provided. The controlling system comprises an electronic peripheral device having a plurality of communication interfaces and a plurality of functions, at least one terminal device connectable to one of the communication interfaces of the electronic peripheral device via one of communication... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070124518 - Transmitter driver circuit in high-speed serial communications system: A driver circuit in a high-speed serial communications system changes an input data signal into a differential signal. A first output terminal is connected to a predetermined power supply voltage through a first pullup resistance circuit and to a grounding voltage through a first pulldown resistance circuit. A second output... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070124519 - Multi-module simultaneous program, erase test, and performance method for flash memory: Methods and apparatus for accessing modules on a flash memory package concurrently during testing are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a memory device for storing data includes a plurality of modules and a logic block. The plurality of modules each include a plurality of storage elements... Agent: Parsons Hsue & De Runtz, LLP - Sandisk Corporation

20070124520 - 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... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20070124521 - System and method of substituting redundant same address devices on a multi-mastered iic bus: A method, apparatus, and computer-usable medium for coupling a collection of redundant, same-address slave devices via an interconnect. If a substitution among the collection of redundant, same-address slave devices is desired, a determination of whether the activity on the interconnect has become idle is made. If the activity on the... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070124523 - Heterogeneous multiprocessor system and os configuration method thereof: Interrupt process generated in a processor for arithmetic operation is offloaded onto a system control processor, thereby reducing disturbance to the processor for arithmetic operation. A heterogeneous multiprocessor system includes: means which accepts an interrupt in each CPU; means which inquires the accepted interrupt of an interrupt destination management table... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20070124522 - Node detach in multi-node system: In a multi-node system, a node can be dynamically detached (e.g., responsive to an error situation) without impacting the operating system or others of the nodes. Contents of in-use memory at the node to be detached are copied to another node, and a memory map is updated to make the... Agent: Marcia L. Doubet Law Firm

20070124524 - Paper tray with integrated computing accessory devices: A paper tray with one or more integrated devices used to expand the functionality of a personal computer system (computer peripherals). Used to store paper and provide the desired additional functionality in an attractive enclosure that reduces clutter and the number of objects on a user's desk. One or more... Agent: Matt Gawlowski Pressure Drop Inc.

20070124525 - System and method for processing data retrieval/storage: Disclosed is a system and method for processing data retrieval/storage, which includes a memory data BUS and a logic converter circuit adopted for switching a non-IDE electrical level into an IDE electrical level, and also for switching a address line to an IDE address line, a data line to an... Agent: Phison Electronics Corporation

20070124526 - Audio device: The present invention provides a digital bus circuit comprising: a bus conductor having two sections each connected to a pass circuit, each bus section being connected to two bus interfaces for respective circuits; at least three of the bus interfaces comprising a tri-state output buffer having a tri-state mode and... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070124527 - Virtual serial apparatus: Techniques for stably and rapidly communicating between a mobile communication device and a personal computer are disclosed. According to one aspect of the techniques, a virtual serial apparatus is provided between a baseband controller of a mobile communication device (MCD) and a transmission driver of a personal computer (PC). The... Agent: Silicon Valley Patent Agency

20070124528 - Expanded protocol adapter for in-vehicle networks: A protocol adapter for transferring diagnostic signals between a vehicle network and a computer including a vehicle connector, a common connector plate, and a common electronics package. The vehicle connector is interfaced with the vehicle network. The common connector plate is interfaced with the vehicle connector. The common electronics package... Agent: Warn, Hoffmann, Miller & Lalone, .p.c

20070124529 - Subrack with front and rear insertion of amc modules: A subrack having a front side and a rear side, wherein the subrack is coupled to receive an Advanced Mezzanine Card module, the subrack includes a backplane having a first side and second side, where the first side is opposite the second side. A first slot is to receive the... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070118671 - Lightweight handheld electronic notebook for reading: Paperimage is a lightweight, notebook size, portable electronic product, with one or more display screens, and shaped in the form of a foldable notebook or a tablet. It has multiple connecting ports of multiple types so that multiple compatible equipments can be connected to it to transmit and receive electronic... Agent: Sastry K. Ganti

20070118672 - Redundant link mezzanine daughter card: A method and system for increasing flexibility, I/O accessibility, and reliability of multicore, multiprocessor architecture, a first input/output (I/O) controller and a second I/O controller are coupled by an I/O controller link card. The first I/O controller is coupled to at least one multicore processor. A plurality of primary I/O... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070118675 - Data transfer apparatus with control of buses to optimize data transfer: A bus bridge is connected to a primary bus and a secondary bus, and relays data between a master and a target which are each connected to a different one of the primary and secondary buses. The bus bridge includes a primary bus interface, a secondary bus interface, a data... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP (oc)

20070118674 - Method and apparatus for enhancing universal serial bus: A system for enhancing universal serial bus (USB) applications comprises an upstream processor, a downstream processor and a main controller. The upstream processor accepts standard USB signals from a USB host and independently provides responses required by USB specification within the required time frame. The downstream processor connectable to USB-compliant... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20070118673 - Method of detecting and monitoring master device communication on system bus: A bus monitoring device includes a detector to detect a signal on the bus. The signal is initiated by one of a plurality of devices coupled to the bus. A clamp circuit is included to clamp the signal to a first predefined level in response to the signal being initiated... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070118676 - System, method and apparatus for multiple-protocol-accessible osd storage subsystem: An apparatus, system, and method enable access to a storage system by distinguishing SCSI Object-Based Storage Device Commands (OSD) commands from Fibre Channel (FC) SCSI commands on the same port and storage subsystem. The storage subsystem has the capability of identifying the storage protocol from a corresponding command, and processes... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070118678 - Band configuration agent for link based computing system: A method is described that involves directing a configuration request through a switch core to a configuration agent. The method also involves processing the configuration request at the configuration agent. The method also involves sending a configuration command derived from the configuration request from the configuration agent to the switch... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070118677 - Packet switch having a crossbar switch that connects multiport receiving and transmitting elements: An integrated circuit on which are implemented a number of devices that conform to the Rapidio network architecture. Included in the integrated circuit are two addressed RapidIO devices and switching devices which provide 24 switching ports. The devices have a packet receiving side and a packet transmitting side; the packet... Agent: Gordon E. Nelson, Patent Attorney, PC

20070112980 - Information processing apparatus, control method therefor, and program for implementing the method: An information processing apparatus which makes it easier to carry out setting of a wireless interface necessary for enabling a device or apparatus to be used via the wireless interface, using a wire interface. An information processing apparatus carries out first communication setting so as to enable an apparatus or... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070112979 - [portable storage device with auto-executable program]: A portable storage device with auto-executable program is provided. The portable storage device comprises a microcontroller, a transmission interface, a triggering device and a memory. The triggering device is connected to the microcontroller and the memory is electrically connected to the microcontroller. After connecting the portable storage device to a... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070112981 - Secure usb storage device: A removable data storage (100), for example a universal serial bus (USB) flash drive, that includes a data store (205), a user interface (110), and at least one logic device (220). In response to a correct personal identification number (PIN) being entered via the user interface, the logic device can... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.L.C.

20070112982 - Distributed modular input/output system with wireless backplane extender: A distributed modular input/output system includes a primary wireless device adapted to be operatively connected to an associated industrial controller. A secondary wireless device is physically disconnected from the primary wireless device. The secondary wireless device is operatively connected to the primary wireless device by a primary wireless backplane link.... Agent: Rockwell Automation Inc Susan M Donahue

20070112983 - Computer system: A computer system, being a stack bus system in which a plurality of computer modules are stacked and connected to one another and being capable of automatically matching and allocating bus resources such as clocks and interrupts, is provided. In the computer system including one system module and n peripheral... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070112984 - Sideband bus setting system and method thereof: A sideband bus setting system in which multiple target devices (ICs) are communicably connected to a master device through a bus so as to set data to ICs mounted on an electronic device. The target device is provided with a target domain ID identifying a target domain-which is a subgroup... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070112985 - Bi-directional data transfer between a mobile phone and a computing device: A process for bi-directionally transferring data between a mobile phone and a computing device is provided. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a user may select between an uploading mode and a downloading mode. If the downloading mode is selected, a first data is firstly downloaded from... Agent: Liu & Liu

20070112986 - Method and system for multi-processor arbitration: A computing system includes one or more buses, a plurality of bus agents, and a chip set. The plurality of bus agents are capable of accessing at least one of the buses. The chipset arbitrates access to a bus for at least two of the bus agents such that utilization... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20070112987 - Minimizing isr latency and overhead: The capability to handle the 100 μs RPR interrupt and similar interrupts is provided by servicing selected interrupts outside of the operating system. This drastically reduces the latency and overhead associated with servicing the interrupt. A method of handling an interrupt in a computer system comprises receiving the interrupt at... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070112988 - Expanding high speed transport interface hardware method for motherboard: An expanding high speed transport interface hardware method for motherboard is provided. In the method, a mezzanine card is provided and the mezzanine card has a chip socket. An expanding hardware with high speed transport interface is installed in the chip socket of the mezzanine card. In addition, the mezzanine... Agent: Apex Juris, PLLC Tracy M Heims

20070112989 - Information processing apparatus and video signal output control method: A video signal output control method in an information processing apparatus which being to be locked to an external unit by a lock mechanism, the video signal output control method includes detecting the state of the lock mechanism, and stopping the output of the video signal to the external unit,... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070112990 - Iic bus communication system, slave device, and method for controlling iic bus communication: Multiple master devices and multiple slave devices are connected in parallel to two bus lines including a SCL line 1 and a SDA line 2, and a pullup resistor is connected between the bus lines and a power source. A state detector detects a frozen state on the basis of... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20070112991 - System for transmitting data between two bus systems: An interface for transmitting messages between two bus systems including a receiver device for receiving a message from the first bus system, a classification device for classifying the message received from the first receiver device according to one of several predetermined classes, a translation device for translating the message based... Agent: O'shea, Getz & Kosakowski, P.C. Suite 912

20070112992 - Apparatus and method for implementing a communications port: There is described an apparatus and method for implementing a communications port. The apparatus comprises a core, which is operable to divide the port into a plurality of sub-ports by dividing a data transfer capacity of the port among the plurality of sub-ports using time division multiplexing. Each sub-port is... Agent: Sun Microsystems Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20070112993 - Data processor: A data processor has a first bus master module, first bus slave module and first bus right arbitrating circuit connected to a first bus, a second bus master module, second bus slave module and second bus right arbitrating circuit connected to a second bus, and a bus bridge circuit connecting... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070112994 - Buffer for output and speed matching: An interconnect apparatus includes a transaction packet buffer and control logic. The control logic can be operable sequentially to write transaction packets for transmission to the transaction packet buffer and to transmit the buffered transaction packets in sequence to a destination. The control logic can further be operable on receipt... Agent: Sun Microsystems Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20070112995 - Dynamic buffer space allocation: An interconnect apparatus provides for the buffering of information in respective transaction buffers according to transaction type. An additional buffer is dynamically assignable to one of the transaction buffers where additional capacity is required by that transaction buffer.... Agent: Sun Microsystems Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20070112996 - Dynamic retry buffer: An interconnect apparatus provides for the buffering of information among a plurality of retry buffers in an output port. An additional buffer is dynamically assignable to one of the N retry buffer means where additional capacity is required by that retry buffer.... Agent: Sun Microsystems Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20070112997 - Peripherals of computer: A peripheral for notifying a USB-connected upper apparatus of a device descriptor and allowing the upper apparatus to specify a communication partner destination by the function information shown in the device descriptor has: a peripheral function information holding unit which holds function information showing functions of the peripheral; a dependent... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070106820 - Addressing peripherals in an ic: An integrated circuit, method of making an integrated circuit and method of addressing peripherals of an integrated circuit are disclosed for preventing copied software from running on unauthorised hardware. A permanent key is embedded in the integrated circuit and used to transform a peripheral access address output by a processor... Agent: Docket Clerk

20070106821 - Method for incorporating new device in information processing apparatus, information processing apparatus, program and computer readable information recording medium: In order to incorporate a new device in an information processing apparatus, a) dividing a control system of the information processing apparatus into a plurality of control system; one control system of the plurality of control systems carrying out processing for controlling the new device by directly accessing the same;... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070106822 - Communications interface module for vehicle: The invention provides a communications interface module mountable in a vehicle. The communications interface module includes a first electrical interface for electrically communicating with a control system of a vehicle. The communications interface module also includes a second electrical interface spaced from the first electrical interface for being positioned in... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070106823 - Methods of autorun using semiconductor storage devices: The present invention provides a method for automatically executing files in a semiconductor storage device. In this method, a specific file in the semiconductor storage device coupled to a host computer is automatically executed by activating the AutoRun mechanism of the operation system. The storage function of the semiconductor storage... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070106824 - Target device in serial communication and external device connected to target device: A target device for which size reduction is required, and that has a terminal compatible with the series B version, and communicates with an accessory device through a USB connector. The target device includes a universal serial bus (USB) transceiver, and a storage section for holding data to be transmitted... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070106825 - Secured usb peripheral: A device includes a serial port for connecting as a slave to a master device through a serial link. The device further includes a detection circuit for detecting the presence of an impedance of the master device, linked to a terminal of the serial port. The device can be used... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070106826 - Method and computer system using pci-express: The present computing system using PCI-E architecture includes at least one first PCI-E port, a first port-arbiter, a first URD logic, a microprocessor, a DARD logic and a device arbiter. The first port-arbiter receives a data from the first PCI-E port. The first URD logic is coupled to said first... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20070106827 - Centralized interrupt controller: A centralized interrupt controller with a single copy of APIC logic provides APIC interrupt delivery services for all processing units of a multi-sequencer chip or system. An interrupt sequencer block of the centralized interrupt controller schedules the interrupt services according to a fairness scheme. At least one embodiment of the... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070106828 - Single line dock status autoidentification: A single line docking station characteristic identifier is disclosed. In one embodiment, a portable computing device can include a dock detector circuit having an interface pin configured to be coupled to a docking station via a single line dock connection, where the dock detector circuit is configured to determine a... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC

20070106829 - Plural interfaces in home network with first component having a first host bus width and second component having second bus width: Universal network interfaces for a home network connect disparate components to the network, such as relatively complex components (TVs, computers) and relatively simple components (audio boom boxes).... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20070106832 - Bus control system: In a data processing system, a plurality of modules connected to a system bus thereof are assigned with identifiers. When a source module initiates a split read access to another module, the source module sends an address of the access destination module and an identifier of the source module. When... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070106831 - Computer system and bridge module thereof: A computer system includes a bridge module plugged in a processor socket of a motherboard with multiple processors. The bridge module electrically connects two buses which have the same transmission protocol and connect to the socket. Thus, two processors or a processor and a chip set would communicate each other... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070106830 - System and method to access storage inside an inactive computing device: Apparatus, systems, and methods for enabling a user to access internal storage in the computing device when the computing device is inactive are disclosed. The computing devices include a primary bus and a secondary bus to access an internal storage device in the computing device, and a bus switch capable... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070106833 - Scalable distributed memory and i/o multiprocessor systems and associated methods: A multiprocessor system comprises at least one processing module, at least one I/O module, and an interconnect network to connect the at least one processing module with the at least one input/output module. In an example embodiment, the interconnect network comprises at least two bridges to send and receive transactions... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070101026 - Bus controller and data buffer space configuration method of the same: In a data buffer space configuration method for requesting data from a target device via a bus, a device count of master device coupled to the bus is detected by the operating system. Then, a first data buffer space is configured to the master device if the device count is... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20070101027 - Multi-interface storage device: A multi-interface storage device includes: a storage unit for storing data; a first interface and a second interface for electrically connecting to an external data processing system; a data control unit configured for conducting a connection between the first interface and the storage unit, in order that the external data... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070101028 - Serial data input system: Increase in power consumption and increase in power supply noise of a serial data input system are suppressed, while clock skew is more easily prevented. The serial data input system of this invention includes a shift register that takes in and shifts serially transferred display data in synchronization with a... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070101029 - Multiplexed computer peripheral device connection switching interface: A multiplexed computer peripheral device connection switching interface is proposed, which is designed for use with a clustering computer system equipped with a plurality of independent processing units, such as a blade server system equipped with a plurality of server modules; and which is characterized by the capability of allowing... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070101030 - Bus system for integrated circuit: A bus system is disclosed for establishing signal connections to a plurality of functional units standing in operative connection to the integrated circuit, which are designed to generate and/or process digital and/or analog signals. The system includes a digital bus and an analog bus. The inclusion of an analog bus... Agent: Mcgrath, Geissler, Olds & Richardson, PLLC

20070101032 - Bus arbitration circuit and bus arbitration method: A bus arbitration circuit for arbitrating data transfers from a plurality of master devices to a slave device connected to the plurality of master devices through a bus includes an ID generation unit for arbitrating the data transfers received from the plurality of master devices and outputting identification information of... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070101031 - Method of setting priority of devices connected to bus, and apparatus having a plurality of devices and arbiter: The remaining time period until the deadline of transfer by a device connected to a bus is measured, the remaining data size to be transferred by the device is detected, and the priority level of the device is set based on the remaining time period and the remaining data size.... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070101033 - Priority control in resource allocation for low request rate, latency-sensitive units: A mechanism for priority control in resource allocation for low request rate, latency-sensitive units is provided. With this mechanism, when a unit makes a request to a token manager, the unit identifies the priority of its request as well as the resource which it desires to access and the unit's... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20070101034 - Monitor method for computer system: A monitor method of computer system is provided, applying within an interrupt service routine. According to the application of interrupt service, when the interrupt controller sends an interrupt signal to the CPU, the CPU executes a corresponding interrupt service routine based on the interrupt signal, in the meantime, the daemon... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070101035 - Pc card and pc card control method: The PC card 1 is provided with a multifunctional adapter unit 2 which controls data exchange between the information processing apparatus 20 and the function of the PC card or data exchange between the information processing apparatus 20 and the function of the PHS card, and a PC card function... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070101036 - Pc card and pc card control method: The PC card 1 is provided with a multifunctional adapter unit 2 which controls data exchange between the information processing apparatus 20 and the function of the PC card or data exchange between the information processing apparatus 20 and the function of the PHS card, and a PC card function... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070101037 - Riser card to support different kinds of connectors: A connecting apparatus comprises a riser card (10) and a slot (20). The riser card comprises a PCI-X slot (13), a PCI-E slot (11), a first connector (15), a second connector (17) and a third connector (19). The first connector set a serial of PCI-X signal pads (151) on one... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070101038 - Method and an apparatus for switching root cells for a computer system without requiring the computer system to be re-booted: Embodiments of the present invention pertain to methods and systems are described for switching root cells for a computer system without requiring the computer system to be re-booted. In one embodiment, objects are used to represent fixed registers associated with a first cell and a second cell of the computer... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070101039 - Versatile docking station for portable electronic devices: A docking station provides supporting functions for multiple portable devices, such as music players, satellite radio receivers, games, and video players. The supporting functions may include providing power, audio amplifier, speakers, and video screen. To couple to a variety of portable devices, the docking station uses various adaptive cradles. In... Agent: Directed Electronics

20070101040 - Data modem: An improved data modem (IDM) and method includes a communication processor module, a mass storage module, a power converter module, and one or more DSP modules. The communication processor module utilizes commercial off-the-shelf components as well as electrically programmable logic devices (EPLD), which are programmed to provide a watchdog timer,... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070101041 - Method and system of controlling transfer speed of bus transactions: A method and system of controlling data transfer speed of bus transactions. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods comprising analyzing of a characteristic a first bus transaction that has yet to be applied to a bus, setting a first data transfer speed across the bus based on... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070101042 - Multimedia interface device, information processing method, corresponding information carrier and computer program: A multimedia interface device for the transfer of information in a communications network comprises, at least two connection means to which, respectively, at least two sending devices can get connected by means respectively of two communications links compliant respectively with two protocols; means of connection to a single remote switching... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070101043 - Protocol converter to access ahb slave devices using the mdio protocol: A method for communicating between a first bus and a second bus is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) recognizing a read operation code in a read frame (i) received from the first bus and (ii) communicated with a first-bus protocol, (B) initiating a read transaction on... Agent: Lsi Logic Corporation