Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/output inventions 10/07

20070250648 - Methods of inter-integrated circuit addressing and devices for performing the same: Inter-integrated circuit-capable devices for use on an inter-integrated circuit bus are disclosed. The inter-integrated circuit-capable devices include integrated, internally-configurable addressing registers in place of external pins. Cascaded systems of inter-integrated circuit-capable devices for easier addressing are also disclosed as are methods for writing address identifier codes to addressing registers of... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20070250649 - Device and method for configuring a target device: An interfacing module connected to a network. A target network device connected to the network. An interfacing module is associated with a target network device. An interfacing module is coupled to a peripheral port of a target network device. Interfacing module identification data is stored in a memory portion of... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20070250650 - Handheld electronic device and method for learning contextual data during disambiguation of text input: A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software that is operable to disambiguate text input. In addition to identifying and outputting representations of language objects that are stored in the memory and that correspond with a text input, the device is able to... Agent: Brij K. Agarwal Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

20070250651 - 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

20070250652 - High speed dual-wire communications device requiring no passive pullup components: A dual-wire communications bus circuit, compatible with existing two-wire protocols, includes a first and second part of the communications bus circuit to couple to a communications bus. The bus has a first line for carrying data signals from a master device to a slave device and a second line to... Agent: Schneck & Schneck

20070250653 - Implementing a second computer system as an interface for a first computer system: A method, system, and program for using a second computer system as an input interface for a first computer system are provided. A second independent computer system is docked into a first computer system. Then, the first computer system uses at least one of an input interface and an output... Agent: Ibm Corp (ap) C/o Amy Pattillo

20070250654 - System and method for completing a plurality of grant applications: A system and method for completing a plurality of grant applications is disclosed.... Agent: Factor & Lake, Ltd

20070250655 - U3 adapter: A U3 adapter with a first interface to operationally couple the U3 adapter with a host system; and a second interface for interfacing with a memory device is provided. An application is executed by the U3 adapter and the application uses information stored on the memory device.... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20070250656 - System, apparatus and method for data path routing configurable to perform dynamic bit permutations: A system, apparatus and a method for routing data over fewer switches and interconnections among reconfigurable logic elements, and for adapting routing resources to dynamically perform complex bit-level permutations, such as shifting and bit reversal operations. In one embodiment, an exemplary silo routing circuit is formed upon a semiconductor substrate... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070245040 - Data storing: In one aspect, a method to store data includes transferring a configuration file including a state machine and data to a programmable logic device (PLD). Transferring the configuration file includes programming the state machine based on the state machine configuration and transferring the data from the PLD to a memory... Agent: Raytheon Company C/o Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP

20070245044 - System of interconnections for external functional blocks on a chip provided with a single configurable communication protocol: System of interconnections for external functional blocks on a chip provided with a single configurable communication protocol The system of interconnections (20) for external functional blocks on a chip provided with a single configurable communication protocol, comprises two physically separate communication networks (21, 22): a request network (21) for transmitting... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20070245036 - Illegal commands handling at the command decoder stage: Embodiments of the invention provide a method and apparatus for detecting illegal commands. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving one or more first commands and recording a history of the received one or more first commands. The method also includes receiving one or more second commands at a command... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP Gero Mcclellan / Infineon / Qimonda

20070245037 - Software driver device: An interface device disposed between a host and peripheral device is disclosed. The device stores drivers, utility software and applicative data for the peripheral device. The interface device appears to first be a CD driver for purposes of loading drivers, software and data into the host. Then it switches to... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070245038 - System and method for user-controlled connection of computer peripheral devices: A system and method for user-controlled connection of computer peripheral devices, applicable in a computer platform, is provided for allowing users to control the order and the configuration data source of initializing peripheral devices coupled to the computer platform. A process order specifying module allows the users to specify an... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070245039 - Method and apparatus for maintaining peripheral device support information: A method and apparatus for maintaining a computing device is provided. An indication of an end of persistence for a peripheral device is received. Monitoring is performed for an event related to the end of persistence. Support information associated with the peripheral device is removed from the computing device based... Agent: King & Schickli, PLLC

20070245041 - Method to improve system dma mapping while substantially reducing memory fragmentation: A method, system and computer program product for eliminating the latency in searching for contiguous memory space by an IO DMA request of a device driver. Three new application programming interfaces (APIs) are provided within the operating system (OS) code that allows the device driver(s) to (1) pre-request and pre-allocate... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20070245042 - Interface between busses of different physical layers: First and second networks, for example Controller Area Networks (CANs), of different physical layers are interfaced by applying signals of the busses of the two networks to respective transceivers. A dominant state of one of the busses is sensed and data is transferred between the two transceivers in a direction... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070245043 - Fifo system and operating method thereof: FIFO systems and operating method thereof are provided to transfer data between a first device and a second device. In the FIFO system, a memory controller serves as an interface to access a memory device for storage of the data, and a CPU processes instructions to control the data transfer.... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070245046 - Graphics-processing system and method of broadcasting write requests to multiple graphics devices: Described are a system and method for broadcasting write requests to a plurality of graphics devices. A different address range of graphics device addresses is associated with each graphics device of the plurality of graphics devices. A controller receives a write request directed to a memory address and generates a... Agent: Guerin & Rodriguez, LLP

20070245045 - Wireless data transceiver: A wireless data transceiver includes a case, and a circuit board mounted in the case. There are provided at least one ultra wide band (UWB) module, one antenna module, and one signal plug on the circuit board. The signal plug is projected from the case for plugging in a corresponding... Agent: Sidney Wu

20070245047 - Universal serial bus (usb) memory apparatus: A universal serial bus (USB) memory apparatus is disclosed. The USB memory apparatus includes a housing having a plurality of orientated indentations and a plurality of concave props, wherein the plurality of orientated indentation facilitates the USB memory apparatus to be connected while the USB memory apparatus is inserted into... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070245048 - Transfer of content between storage devices: Content is transferred between a first storage device (50) and a second storage device (20) when the devices are selectively connected. An order of priority is determined for content which requires transfer The content is then transferred according to the determined order of priority. This allows content to be transferred... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070245049 - System and method for transferring serial data: A system and method is disclosed for programming a field programmable gate array. The system involves the recognition of the next following bit sequence to be transmitted to the FPGA through a general purpose input output device. Once the bit sequence is identified, the data line is only changed at... Agent: Roger Fulghum Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070245050 - Event queue in a logical partition: An information processing system is provided which includes a plurality of system resources, and an event queue having a predetermined number of entries. An event recording mechanism of the information processing system is operable to make entries regarding events in the event queue, wherein the entries are limited to a... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20070245051 - System and method for bandwidth sharing in busses: A system for bandwidth sharing in busses comprises a priority-based shared bus, a timer for counting a predetermined period of time, and a plurality of masters using the shared bus to transmit data, wherein one of the masters has the highest priority to use the shared bus and can only... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20070245052 - System and method for bandwidth sharing in busses: A system for bandwidth sharing in busses comprises a shared bus, a timer for counting a predetermined period of time, a real-time master having a priority for using the shared bus, and a central processing unit having a priority higher than that of the real-time master for using the shared... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20070245053 - Exception handling in a concurrent computing process: The present invention provides a method and system for exception handling in an executable process executing in a concurrent computing environment. The present invention allows a user to interrupt the executable process at any stage of the computation without disconnecting the communication channel among the instances of the executable process.... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070245054 - System and method for preventing an operating-system scheduler crash: System and methods for preventing an operating-system scheduler in a computer system from crashing as a result of an uncleared periodic interrupt are disclosed. A periodic interrupt is generated using a real-time clock (RTC) residing on a chipset. A flag indicating a periodic interrupt is entered into a status register... Agent: Roger Fulghum Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070245055 - Usb composite device, usb communication system, and usb communication method: [Solving Means] In the USB composite device, a first device having a first USB subclass and a second device having a second USB subclass corresponding to a second communication command are assigned as devices of the same USB subclass to the same logic interface, and logic interface information that associates... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070245056 - Processor component: A chip arrangement comprising a first chip having at least one first signal interface with first coupling elements arranged along a first line in a first number density and at least one second chip with at least one second signal interface with second coupling elements arranged along a second line... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070245058 - Method for automatically switching usb peripherals between usb hosts: A system for automatically switching peripheral connectivity between two host devices based on respective connectivity of the hosts. The method may be used where peripherals are usually attached to one host and are automatically switched to a second host when the second host is attached to the system. A USB... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel PC

20070245057 - Multi-host usb device controller: A shared USB device may be simultaneously configured and accessed by two or more USB hosts by using a multi-host capable device controller. The multi-host capable device may include separate upstream ports and buffers for each host, and may be configured with the capability to respond to USB requests from... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel PC

20070245059 - Bus connection device: A bus connection device, in the form of a hardware dongle, can be connected to a first electronic device, in the form of a USB peripheral device, and a second electronic device can be connected thereto. The dongle can determine whether the second connected device is a USB host device... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20070239901 - Multiple mode communication interface for expansion device and plc host and method for operating the same: A multiple mode communication interface for expansion device and PLC host and method for operating the same. The expansion device includes a microprocessor, a memory unit and a communication interface. The communication interface includes a function setting connection module with multiple function setting to connect the host or the expansiondevice... Agent: Hdsl

20070239900 - Universal serial bus (usb) extension: A universal serial bus (USB) extension allows for the transmission of data at high speeds over a much greater distance than typical USB operating range. USB devices may be connected to host computers at distances of 750 meters or more. USB tokens from a host computer are spoofed.... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20070239902 - Storage system for queuing i/o commands and control method therefor: A conventional storage system immediately executes a received I/O command because of importance of response time. Provided is a storage system which is coupled to a network and executes an I/O command received from at least one host computer through the network, in which: the storage system holds judgment information... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070239903 - Device installation with host controller consideration: A system for installing an electronic device connected to a host device with consideration given to the host controller that enables the connection mechanism is provided. Information about the electronic device and the host controller is determined. An identifier that identifies the electronic device and the host controller is created... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070239904 - Method and apparatus for selectively switching ic ports to card slots: A system that selectively couples one or more IC chips to card slots. The system contains a Z-bar switch which includes: a select input; a first IC port coupled to a first IC pin; a second IC port coupled to a second IC pin; a first card slot port coupled... Agent: Apple Computer, Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20070239905 - Method and apparatus for efficient determination of memory copy versus registration in direct access environments: A memory registration abstraction layer includes decision logic for dynamic, efficient determination of memory copy versus registration. The exemplary embodiments apply to direct memory access environments. The memory registration abstraction layer also includes tracking logic for monitoring the usage history for certain ranges of memory registration requests. The registration logic... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20070239906 - Input/output agent having multiple secondary ports: Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to systems, methods, and apparatuses for an input/output agent having multiple secondary ports. In some embodiments, the input/output agent includes a primary port to communicate data with an upstream agent over a serial point-to-point interconnect. The input/output agent may also include M secondary... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070239910 - Input/output byte control device using nonvolatile ferroelectric register: An input/output byte control device using a nonvolatile ferroelectric register can maintain compatibility with various memories by selectively controlling bytes of input/output data. Since bytes of input/output data are selectively activated, the compatibility can be maintained with SRAM (Static Random Access Memory) having wide bytes and flash memory having fixed... Agent: Heller Ehrman LLP

20070239908 - Peripheral device in a computerized system and method: A computerized system is described (i) which includes an interface connected with a peripheral device and (ii) which is incapable of dynamically extending bus cycle timing if required by the peripheral device to carry out a particular current operation. This computerized system includes a given peripheral device which, during normal... Agent: Pritzkau Patent Group, LLC

20070239907 - Serial-connection and parallel-communication fast interface for plc host and expansion device: A serial-connection and parallel-communication fast interface for a PLC host and an expansion device includes a PLC host, at least one expansion device and shared bus comprising address lines, data lines, control lines and I/O addressing lines. The PLC host comprises an initial address output circuit and outputting a clamping... Agent: Hdsl

20070239909 - Status indicator: A method for transferring operational data from a communications module, the operational data being received in the communications module from a first electric device connected to the communications module, during one or more predefined operational states controlled by a state machine in the communications module to a second electric device... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070239911 - Implementing device support in a web-based enterprise application: A method, system, application programming interface, and computer program product that enable enterprise data management application programs to request input/output services from a device manager controlling devices. The device manager operates in a heterogeneous environment including incompatible devices provided by multiple vendors. These requests, and responses from the device manager... Agent: Campbell Stephenson LLP

20070239914 - Integrated circuit device that stores a value representative of an equalization co-efficient setting: An integrated circuit device is described. The integrated circuit device includes a transmitter circuit having an output driver to output data, and a register to store a value representative of an equalization co-efficient setting of the output driver. The value may be determined based on information stored in a supplemental... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP/rambus Inc.

20070239912 - Reconfigurable virtual backplane architecture: A communication network comprises a communication bus and at least two line cards. Each of the line cards are coupled to the communication bus The line cards comprise a processor and a configuration memory coupled to the processor. The communication occurring on the communication bus is predetermined, but can be... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070239913 - System and method for information handling system hot insertion of external graphics: Hot connection and disconnection of an external graphics cable with an information handling system provides automatic selection of an external graphics device or an internal graphics device for presentation of visual information. A graphics state module periodically stores visual information, such as display objects for recreating a display frame, and... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20070239915 - Increasing functionality of a reader-writer lock: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for accessing a shared memory associated with a reader-writer lock according to a first concurrency mode, dynamically changing from the first concurrency mode to a second concurrency mode, and accessing the shared memory according to the second concurrency mode. In this... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20070239916 - Input-output control apparatus, input-output control method, process control apparatus and process control method: Input-output devices are prevented from conducting false output due to faulty operation by providing an input-output control apparatus configured to store input-output values to be used by a processor to conduct arithmetic operation in a mode having a relatively high safety requirement, in a first storage area, store input-output values... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070239917 - Interrupt routing within multiple-processor system: Interrupts are routed within a multiple-processor system, such as a single computing device having multiple processors. Such a computerized system includes a number of processors and a mechanism. Each processor is capable of processing an interrupt. The mechanism, such as a Southbridge controller, receives the interrupt and routes it to... Agent: Law Offices Of Michael Dryja

20070239918 - Multi media card with high storage capacity: A multi media card includes a plurality of memory modules and an extraneous command decoder. The extraneous command decoder decodes a predetermined command for determining a selected memory module to be accessed from the plurality of memory modules, when a predetermined bit of the predetermined command is set to a... Agent: Law Office Of Monica H Choi

20070239919 - Communication control semiconductor device and interface system: Host control means (23) which performs communication control as a host, and function control means (24) which performs communication control as a function, are mounted on one semiconductor chip. With its mounting, the host control means and the function control means are configured so as to be able to operate... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070239921 - Notebook having secondary processor coupled by a multiplexer to a content source or disk drive: In some embodiments, a notebook including a content source (e.g., a DVD or other display data source), mass storage device (e.g., hard disk drive), auxiliary display subsystem (including an auxiliary processor), PC chipset, a multiplexer between the content source, auxiliary processor, and PC chipset, and another multiplexer between the mass... Agent: Nvidia C/o Murabito, Hao & Barnes LLP

20070239920 - Method and system for communication between a secondary processor and an auxiliary display subsystem of a notebook: A method for communication over an SMB, I2C bus, or other serial bus between an auxiliary display subsystem and a secondary processor of a notebook including the auxiliary display subsystem, and systems, circuits and notebooks configured to perform the method. Typically, communication over the serial bus between the auxiliary display... Agent: Nvidia C/o Murabito, Hao & Barnes LLP

20070239922 - Technique for link reconfiguration: A technique to reconfigure a link within a common system interface (CSI) link. More particularly, embodiments described herein relate to transmitting a signal to reconfigure a link while data is concurrently allowed to be transmitted across the link.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070239923 - Data modifying bus buffer: According to one embodiment of the invention, a data modifying bus buffer generally includes a switch that is configured to selectively couple a first databus to a second databus. The switch is controlled by a buffer controller. The first databus and a second databus have a similar predetermined protocol. The... Agent: Baker Botts LLP

20070239925 - Pci express link, multi host computer system, and method of reconfiguring pci express link: A multi-host computer system has a plurality of hosts, a plurality of slot parts, and a PCI Express link that connects the plurality of hosts with the plurality of slots. The PCI Express link connects the plurality of hosts and the plurality of slots so that a combination of them... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070239924 - Electronic device transmitting audio-and-video signals with usb connector: The present invention relates to an electronic device that transmits audio-and-video (AV) signals with a universal serial bus (USB) connector, comprising a USB on-the-go (OTG) connector, a USB OTG controller, and a signal switch. The signal switch includes an AV signal end receiving an AV signal, a USB data signal... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070233903 - Daisy chain cascade configuration recognition technique: Methods and systems provide recognition of a device in a daisy chain cascade configuration. Input circuitry at a device receives an input signal that indicates device configuration following a power-up, reset or other operation of the device. A pulse generator generates a pulse in response to the operation, the pulse... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070233904 - Auxiliary writes over address channel: A processing system and method for communicating in a processing system over a bus is disclosed. The processing system includes a receiving device, a bus having first, second and third channels, and a sending device configured to address the receiving device on the first channel, and read a payload from... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070233908 - Usb host system, av data reproduction apparatus and av data recording apparatus: A USB host system includes a USB host controller including a transfer memory for USB data transfer. In the transfer memory, a plurality of transfer descriptor regions are allocated. Transfer descriptor setting means sets, for the USB host controller, a transfer descriptor for executing USB transfer. The transfer descriptor setting... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070233911 - Input circuit shared by multi signal sources: An input circuit shared by multi signal sources each of which outputting a type of signals includes a processing unit (10). The processing unit includes a plurality of input pins (11) and an interrupt pin (12), each of the input pins connecting with one or more of the signal sources... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070233915 - Pcmica card: An exemplary PCMCIA card includes a USB interface, a PCMCIA interface, an interface switch, a first control circuit, a second control circuit, and a memory module. The first control circuit is connected between the PCMCIA interface and the memory module. The second control circuit is connected between the USB interface... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070233905 - Information outputting device, information output controlling method, and information output controlling program: An output method is changed optimally in response to a difference of a device connected to an output device and a combination of output media streams, and user's convenience is improved. Each of media state sensing unit 15, 25, 35, 45 for sensing a state of a media stream sends... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070233907 - Host controller: A versatile SDIO host controller capable of connecting to standardized general interfaces is provided. An SDIO host controller as a one-chip semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising: at least one core of an SDIO host, the core including an SD host engine and an SD host register set and memory that... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20070233906 - Optical networks for consumer electronics: Digital optical networks for communication between digital consumer electronic devices are disclosed. A digital optical network can include an input interface configured to electrically couple to a DVI or HDMI receptacle of a source device. The input interface includes an optical transmitter for converting a TMDS signal into an optical... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070233910 - Data storage device with full access by all users: A peripheral device of a host computer includes a microcontroller and two virtual devices. The first virtual device passes, to the microcontroller, commands of a first command set from any user of the host computer and preferably also commands of a second command set from only privileged users of the... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20070233909 - Power-optimized frame synchronization for multiple usb controllers with non-uniform frame rates: A method, apparatus, and system to synchronize multiple host controllers with non-uniform frame rates. The apparatus includes a first host controller, a second host controller, and logic. The first host controller is configured to access memory at a first frame rate. The second host controller is configured to access the... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070233912 - Precision oscillator having linbus capabilities: The integrated system on a chip with LINBUS network communication capabilities includes processing circuitry for performing predefined digital processing functionalities on the chip. A free running clock circuit generates a temperature compensated clock that does not require a synch signal from external to the chip. A LINBUS network communications interface... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20070233913 - Key-operated memory-programmable control coupled to a personal computer: The keys which are used to activate the machine functions are embodied as keys (T1 Tn) which are directly connected to one of the SPS inputs (9). One of the several key planes can be selected by the user interface (13) of the PC coupled to the SPS. A control... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20070233914 - Control of an electronic device: A method for controlling an electronic device is provided. The method comprises: (i) receiving digital ink in the form of positions representing a sensor device's movement across a base that is provided with a position-coding pattern; (ii) determining a subarea of the position-coding pattern and at least one command for... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070233917 - Apparatus and method for establishing device identifiers for serially interconnected devices: A method or apparatus operates a multitude of devices in a serial interconnection configuration to establish a device identifier (ID) for each device. An input signal is transmitted through a serial interconnection to a first device using inputs that are also used by the first device to input other information... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

20070233918 - Data communication method and apparatus utilizing credit-based data transfer protocol and credit loss detection mechanism: A communications bus for a digital device includes a credit-based flow control mechanism, in which a sending component maintains a local record of its credits. Credits are returned to the sender by pulsing a single-bit credit return line. A separate mechanism provides a count of available credits from the receiver,... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20070233916 - Multiple interfaces in a storage enclosure: Provided is a method for interfacing with storage units, including a backplane, at least one slot in the storage enclosure for receiving one storage unit, and two physical interfaces on the backplane for at least one slot. The storage unit is capable of being positioned in the slot to mate... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Int77

20070233919 - Communication apparatus: An airbag ECU includes a communication bus connection circuit for connecting communication buses to communication circuits. A central control circuit connects some of the communication buses to the communication circuits with the communication bus connection circuit and sets addresses for some of slave sensor devices. When those addresses are set,... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070233920 - Communication system, communication device and method for determining duty ratio of pwm control: A communication system includes: a master; a plurality of slaves; and a bus for coupling among the master and the plurality of slaves in order to communicate asynchronously among the master and the plurality of slaves. The master supplies electricity to the bus in a power supply period. The master... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070233921 - Data transfer device and data transfer system: Disclosed herein is a data transfer device to which a master device that issues transfer requests and slave devices each having a function of responding to the transfer request may be connected. The device may include a transfer request counter that counts up or down each time a response signal... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070233922 - Systems and methods for remote pipe resource management in wireless adapters: Embodiments include systems and methods for management of RPIPES in a Wireless Universal Serial Bus (WUSB) environment comprising at least one WUSB device. RPIPE management computer code is executed to perform RPIPE management functions including monitoring RPIPE memory usage, and storing transfer requests in a queue in memory of the... Agent: Schubert, Osterrieder & Nickelson, PLLC C/o Intellevate

20070233923 - Bus arbitration system and method thereof: A bus arbitration system may include a plurality of masters and a bus arbiter. Each of the plurality of masters may include a buffer and/or a buffer level sensor to generate a control signal based on a length of a data queue in the buffer and a critical value of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070233924 - Apparatus, system, and method for resolving computing resource deadlocks: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for resolving computing resource deadlocks. In one embodiment, the present invention includes detecting a set of deadlocked processes within a set of executing processes, cancelling a lowest priority process of the set of deadlocked processes, generating a requested resources report for the set... Agent: Brian C. Kunzler Kunzler And Associates

20070233925 - Centralized management of data nodes: A centralized dependency management table for saving the dependency information about all nodes in a netlike data management system. When a user activates, modifies or deletes one node, the system will search the centralized dependency table for the dependency information about the target node and its related nodes. The system... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070233927 - Backplane interconnection system and method: An apparatus, method, computer program product, integrated circuit and system that include a backplane that provides direct and indirect connections among a plurality of slots in communication with the backplane. The backplane is also complies with a telecommunication architecture specification. The slots include at least a source slot, an intermediate... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC Portfolioip

20070233926 - Bus width automatic adjusting method and system: A bus width automatic adjusting method and system is proposed, which is designed for use with a computer platform for providing the computer platform with a bus width automatic adjusting function; and which is characterized by dividing the bus of the interface controller on the computer platform and the bus... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070233928 - Mechanism and apparatus for dynamically providing required resources for a hot-added pci express endpoint or hierarchy: A method and apparatus is described herein for dynamically allocating resources to root ports. Upon initialization of a system, resources, such as memory space, I/O space, and/or bus numbers are allocated to devices and corresponding windows are assigned to root ports present upstream from those devices. A remaining amount of... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070233929 - Computer system and control method thereof: A computer system, including a main body, a docking station, a display part, a first video processing part provided in the main body to output first video data, a second video processing part provided in the docking station to output second video data that is different from the first video... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070233930 - System and method of resizing pci express bus widths on-demand: A peripheral component Interconnect (PCI) switch that has at least one control logic device that is capable of changing, on-demand, widths of dedicated buses is provided. The buses are PCI Express buses and thus, are composed of lanes. The control logic device is a lane enable register (LER). Each location... Agent: Ibm Corporation (ve) C/o Volel Emile