Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/output inventions 05/08

20080126573 - Method and apparatus for enabling enhanced usb interaction: A method and apparatus for enabling enhanced interaction across a USB interconnect between a host and a peripheral device capable of performing a plurality of functions including enabling selection and execution of a vendor-specific support software supporting peripheral devices of a specific vendor by sending a first identification data to... Agent: Research In Motion Attn: Glenda Wolfe

20080126574 - Method and apparatus for variably enabling usb interaction: A method and apparatus for variably enabling interaction across a USB interconnect between a host and a peripheral device capable of performing a plurality of functions including enabling selection and execution of a vendor-specific support software supporting peripheral devices of a specific vendor by sending a first identification data to... Agent: Research In Motion Attn: Glenda Wolfe

20080126575 - Data distribution system and method: The transmission of data is distributed evenly and predictably over a given number of communication channels using a hash function.... Agent: Daniel H. Golub

20080126577 - Method for managing address and video apparatus using the same: A method for managing an address and a video apparatus using the same are provided. The method for managing an address includes acquiring an address of the apparatus, and determining whether or not the acquired address and an address of one of the external apparatuses collide if a command for... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080126578 - Method, system, and program for managing data read operations: Provided are a method, system, and program for managing data read operations of a read command such as a read command packaged in an Internet Small Computer System Interface packet. In one embodiment, a network adapter has a microengine which obtains read target data from a cache coupled to the... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Int77

20080126576 - Semiconductor memory device and method for driving the same: A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of address pins for receiving a plurality of address signals from a chipset, and an address strobe pin for receiving an address strobe signal from the chipset.... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080126580 - Reflecting bandwidth and priority in network attached storage i/o: A method for processing a first input/output (I/O) request on a network attached storage (NAS) device that includes receiving the first I/O request from a source by the NAS device, placing the first I/O request in an I/O queue associated with the NAS device, wherein the first I/O request is... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P./sun

20080126581 - Storage subsystem and remote copy system using said subsystem: Provided is a storage subsystem capable of improving the data processing speed by balancing the load on processors and controllers. This storage subsystem includes a controller for controlling the input and output of data to and from a storage apparatus that provides to a host computer a plurality of logical... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20080126579 - System and method for distributing virtual input/output operations across multiple logical partitions: The Distributed Virtual I/O Tool replaces dedicated VIO server LPARs by distributing the virtual I/O functions across several application LPARs connected by a high-speed communication channel. The physical I/O devices are distributed across available LPARs. The Distributed Virtual I/O Tool assigns each I/O request to an appropriate I/O device. The... Agent: Ibm Corporation (rus) C/o Rudolf O Siegesmund Gordon & Rees, LLP

20080126582 - Maximizing blade slot utilization in a storage blade enclosure: A method of configuring a blade enclosure is provided by the present invention in which, in a first step, slots are identified to whose SAS connectors SAS device blades are to be connected in a minimum capacity configuration. In a second step, slots are identified to whose SAS connectors SAS... Agent: Law Office Of Dan Shifrin, PC - Ibm

20080126583 - Dynamic audio jack colors: For dynamically adjusting a color code corresponding to a task performed by an input/output (I/O) port, a retasking request for the I/O port is received. The retasking request may be generated in response to detecting a plugging in of a multimedia device into the I/O port. The retasking request includes... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080126584 - System and method for receiving control commands at a peripheral device: A peripheral device includes a file system manager, a command interpreter, and a controller. The peripheral device receives file access commands from a host device. The file system manager determines if the file access commands have embedded control commands and, if so, extracts the control commands. The file system manager... Agent: Coats & Bennett/sony Ericsson

20080126585 - Radio communication apparatus, radio communication system, and communication quality display method for radio communication apparatus: According to one embodiment, a radio communication apparatus includes: a radio communication device for assigning communication times to a plurality of peripheral devices and performing data communication by radio with one or more other communication apparatuses on a time-division basis; a communication quality judging device for judging a communication quality... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080126586 - Universal computer product hardware configuration initialization handling method and system: A universal computer product hardware configuration initialization handling method and system is proposed, which is designed for use to be integrated to computer products of various different models having different hardware configurations for the purpose of providing these different models of computer products with a universal hardware configuration initialization capability.... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080126587 - Interface architecture for configuring a serial controller: An architecture and method in an integrated circuit for configuring a controller to facilitate communication with a plurality of external device interfaces. The integrated circuit includes a processor, a first memory, a second memory, including a plurality of dedicated memory blocks containing configuration data, and a plurality of external device... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080126588 - Memory card: The present invention provides a memory card for use with an electronic device. The memory card comprises an input/output (I/O) interface for coupling the memory card to the electronic device and a card controller electrically coupled to the I/O interface. In particular, the card controller comprises a plurality of engines... Agent: Lawrence Y.d. Ho & Associates Pte Ltd

20080126589 - Systems and methods for selectively connecting a data port to one of multiple peripheral device ports: Systems and methods for selectively coupling one of a group of peripherals to a computer. In one embodiment, a USB switch is coupled between a computer and multiple USB peripheral devices. The switch selectively connects the computer to either a single one of the peripherals, or none of the peripherals.... Agent: Law Offices Of Mark L. Berrier

20080126591 - Media sink device, media source device and method of controlling the same: A media device and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which consumer electronics control (CEC) support information is provided. The present invention includes a storage unit for storing E-EDID including information indicating whether the media sink device supports CEC, an interface unit corresponding to a data transceiving path between the... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP Song K. Jung

20080126590 - Semiconductor based host protected addressing in computing devices: In some embodiments, an apparatus may comprise a memory control hub, an input/output control hub coupled to the memory control hub, logic instructions stored in a computer readable medium which, when executed, configure the input/output hub to monitor input/output requests directed to one or more storage devices coupled to the... Agent: Caven & Aghevli LLC C/o Intellevate

20080126593 - Expansion module for a usb port and a method thereof: An expansion module for a USB port of the present invention is applied to a host system device having a program control unit. The expansion module for a USB port includes a plurality of USB interface linking units, a switching unit, and a power switching unit. The USB interface linking... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080126592 - System and method for providing serial bus connectivity: Versatile serial bus connectivity is provided for enabling detection and use of passive media output devices that connect to a host device through a serial bus connector. In addition, serial bus connectivity is extended to video output devices that can use analog video data.... Agent: Shemwell Mahamedi LLP

20080126594 - System and method for enumerating a usb device using low power: System and method for enumerating and/or enumerating a device. The device may be a USB portable device which adheres to a first standard, e.g., the USB specification, and may engage in enumeration with respect to a USB hub/USB host device. Where a battery included in the device is sufficiently low,... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel PC

20080126597 - Alternative local card, central management module and system management architecture for multi-mainboard system: A system management architecture is provided to monitor and control a multi-mainboard system with plural system mainboards. The system management architecture includes a local card for alternatively replacing a BMC (Baseboard Management Controller)-based management card on the system mainboard. The local card mainly includes a GPIO (General Purpose Input/Output) device... Agent: Apex Juris, PLLC Tracy M Heims

20080126596 - Determining an active/standby state for an interface unit: Determining an active/standby state for an interface unit includes determining an entity active/standby state for each entity of one or more entities of the interface unit. If each entity active/standby state is standby, then an aggregated active/standby state of the interface unit is established to be standby.... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080126595 - One button safe disconnect of usb devices: Methods, systems, and apparatus for a one button disconnect of USB devices. One exemplary embodiment includes a method for safely disconnecting a peripheral device removably connected to a computing system. The method includes signaling an Operating System, through a peripheral communication bus, that peripheral device disconnection is desired; quiescing device... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080126598 - Data management method and system: A data management system includes a data gathering device and a host device. The data gathering device is configured to gather data regarding a target object and to transmit the data to the host device. The host device operates on the data to produce an output and transmits the output... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20080126600 - Direct memory access device and methods: A method and device for processing direct memory access transfer requests is disclosed. The method includes executing a first transfer request associated with a channel of a DMA device, and determining if the next transfer request is associated with the same channel. If the next transfer request is associated with... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20080126602 - Dma controller with support for high latency devices: A direct memory access (DMA) device is structured as a loosely coupled DMA engine (DE) and a bus engine (BE). The DE breaks the programmed data block moves into separate transactions, interprets the scatter/gather descriptors, and arbitrates among channels. The DE and BE use a combined read-write (RW) command that... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20080126603 - Highly reliable disk controller: Provided is a unit for protecting data with respect to data transfer between memories of a disk controller. The disk controller for controlling data transfer between a host computer and a disk drive includes: a channel unit having a channel memory; a cache unit having a cache memory, and a... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080126599 - Iscsi target apparatus that does not require creating a buffer in the user space and related method thereof: An iSCSI target apparatus is disclosed. The iSCSI target apparatus includes a buffer device, a network interface, and a host storage hardware. The buffer device is for buffering at least a packet. The network interface is coupled to the buffer device for accessing the buffer device to transfer the packet... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080126601 - Methods and apparatus for allocating dma activity between a plurality of entities: A system and method are disclosed which may include providing a processor operable to request an ongoing processor operation DMA communication task; providing at least one data transfer device operable to request a defined-content DMA communication task; providing a memory operable to conduct DMA communication with the processor and the... Agent: Kaplan Gilman Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20080126604 - Semiconductor memory device and method thereof: A semiconductor memory device and method thereof are provided. The example semiconductor memory device may include a first processor configured to exchange data with a first data length format, a second processor configured to exchange data with a second data length format and a shared memory configured to store data,... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080126605 - Method and apparatus for handling data transfer requests within a computer system: A method for handling multiple data transfer requests from one application within a computer system is disclosed. In response to the receipt of multiple data transfer requests from an application, a data definition (DD) chain is generated for all the data transfer requests. The DD chain is then divided into... Agent: Dillon & Yudell, LLP

20080126606 - Managed credit update: In one embodiment, a system comprises at least one processor and a peripheral interface controller coupled to the processor. Further coupled to receive transactions from a peripheral interface, the peripheral interface controller is configured to accumulate freed credits for a given transaction type of a plurality of transaction types that... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20080126607 - Method of handling flow control in daisy-chain protocols: A system that includes a host and a peripheral device. The host transmits a packet that includes a command and a flow control field. The peripheral device receives the packet and has the ability to execute the command, wherein the peripheral device can determine whether the command can be processed... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080126610 - Embedded system and communication method thereof: A system comprises an embedded processor A, a processor or equipment B and a FPGA/CPLD module, wherein a synchronous serial port of the embedded processor A is connected with the FPGA/CPLD module; in which a transmission clock and transmission frame synchronization signal are taken as output, while a receiving clock... Agent: Mindray C/o Stoel Rives LLP

20080126609 - Method for improved efficiency and data alignment in data communications protocol: A method for improving the speed and efficiency of communicating between two components on a printed circuit board is shown. According to the method, the data in the data frames being transmitted between the components is aligned with the bus width of the receiving component so that less processing time... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080126608 - Storage network out of order packet reordering mechanism: According to one embodiment, a system is disclosed. The system includes an input/output (IO) frame manager (IOFM) to route received IO frames to one or more IO lists and one or more IO frame order managers (IOFOMs) to reorder frames received for each IO list according to a relative order.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080126611 - Hardware accelerator and data transmission system and method using the same: A data transmission system for enabling data to be transmitted from one of a host and a storage device to the other includes a bus controller, a command register, a data register, a storage device controller and a hardware accelerator. The bus controller receives a command packet from the host... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080126612 - Dmac to handle transfers of unknown lengths: A DMA controller maintains a count of data transferred in each DMA operation, and saves the transferred data count at the end of the DMA operation. The DMA controller may then begin a subsequent DMA transfer operation, without waiting for a processor to read the transferred data count. The transferred... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20080126613 - Autonomic threading model switch based on input/output request type: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to threading model switching between asynchronous I/O and synchronous I/O models and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for autonomic threading model switching based upon I/O request types. In one embodiment, a method... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20080126614 - Input/output (i/o) device virtualization using hardware: According to embodiments of the present invention a computer system that is capable of sharing physical devices among several virtual machines (VM) includes hardware assisted logic to allow requests from guest operating systems (guest OS) to circumvent a virtual machine monitor ((VMM) and be processed by the hardware assisted logic.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080126615 - Storage area network system: A storage network includes a path processor for directing data onto one of two or more paths between an application host and two or more storage controllers in a storage subsystem. To determine a data path within the storage network, the operational status of a storage controller in the storage... Agent: Law Offices Of Michael Dryja

20080126616 - Storage apparatus and a data management method employing the storage apparatus: A storage apparatus is provided that is capable of reducing data maintenance management costs with a performance that is both highly reliable and fast. The present invention is storage apparatus where an intermediary device is arranged between a controller and a plurality of disk devices of different performances arranged in... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080126617 - Message signaled interrupt management for a computer input/output fabric incorporating dynamic binding: An apparatus, program product and method dynamically bind Message Signaled Interrupt (MSI) resources shared by a plurality of clients to an interrupt facility in an MSI-capable computer. In addition, management of such bindings may be implemented using a platform independent interrupt manager capable of managing multiple MSI bindings between MSI... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, L.L.P. (ibm)

20080126618 - System, method and device of a scheduling interrupt controller: Embodiments of the invention provide a device having a scheduling interrupt controller, as well as systems and methods thereof. For example, a scheduling interrupt controller and method thereof is able to prioritize and schedule interrupt requests according to dynamic system needs. The interrupt controller may schedule a plurality of interrupt... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080126619 - Multiple bus interface control using a single controller: Mechanisms for configuring an integrated circuit to select one of multiple external device interfaces at a time to use during communication with external devices. The integrated circuit includes a control mechanism, a selection mechanism, and a plurality of external device interfaces. The plurality of device interfaces allow the integrated circuit... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080126620 - Coupling data buffers with memory interfaces: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method including receiving a read request at a first buffer from a first one of multiple interfaces and forwarding the read request from the first buffer to a first memory controller of multiple memory controllers, where the first buffer is dedicated to... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20080126622 - Method and system for optimizing cpu performance for network ingress flow: Certain exemplary aspects of a method and system for optimizing CPU performance for network ingress flow may include prefetching a plurality of socket buffers from host memory utilizing a virtual address database. The prefetched plurality of socket buffers may be cached. A plurality of data segments extracted from the cached... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080126621 - Mulitmedia data processing apparatus with reduced buffer size: A multimedia data processing apparatus with reduced buffer size includes an accessing unit and a data processing module. The accessing unit has a plurality of buffers therein. The data processing module includes a processing unit and a real-time buffer. The processing unit processes the data temporarily stored in the accessing... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080126623 - Data buffer management in a resource limited environment: An apparatus and method is provided to facilitate Input/Output (I/O) transfer in resource limited storage environment. Scatter gather list, segment and memory data buffer allocation are dynamically managed. I/O transfer performance is increased through the use of a data cut-through buffer mechanism.... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080126624 - Memory buffer and method for buffering data: A memory buffer comprises a first asynchronous latch chain interface connectable to at least one of a memory controller and a memory buffer, a second data interface connected to a memory device, and a circuit comprising a buffer and a processor, the circuit being coupled to the first and the... Agent: Slater & Matsil LLP

20080126625 - Just-in-time buffer allocation for use in event completion style input/output models: An invention is disclosed for improved computer system or network efficiency in use of “just-in-time” (JIT) buffer allocation for “event completion” style input/output (I/O) models. Specifically, a method and system are disclosed for use of JIT programming techniques to overcome excessive memory usage and performance problems caused by large numbers... Agent: Gerald J. Iwanejko, Jr.

20080126626 - Apparatus and method to locate a storage device disposed in a data storage system: A method is disclosed to locate a data storage device disposed in a data storage system. The method selects a target data storage device, identifies a target adapter port in communication with the target data storage device, and determines one or more target addresses, and determines one or more target... Agent: Dale F. Regelman Chandler & Udall, LLP

20080126627 - Chassis management access console via a local kvm display: A local KVM module with an on-screen display interface in which a chassis management controller is included within a list of servers which may be accessed by the local KVM module. The local KVM module includes keyboard, mouse and video connectors as well as a tiering network connector. When accessing... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20080126628 - Methods, devices and computer program products for automatically providing an alternate usb configuration of a usb compliant peripheral device for exposure to a host computer: A method of automatically modifying a configuration of a Universal Serial Bus (USB) compatible peripheral device can be provided by exposing a default USB configuration as a configuration for a USB compatible peripheral device upon initial connection to a USB and receiving a change command at the USB compatible peripheral... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20080126629 - Method of wake-up scan for kvm switch: A method of wake-up scan for a keyboard-video-mouse (KVM) switch is disclosed. The method of wake-up scan includes steps (a) to (d). The step (a) is switching to a target computer. The step (b) is sending a simulated keyboard and/or mouse signal to the target computer for waking up the... Agent: Madson & Austin

20080126630 - System and method for automatic module selection: A selecting device that receives a digital connector ID signal and that generates a device output signal, the connector ID signal being representative of a connector ID for a connector that receives a server module., the device output signal being indicative of whether the server module is selected as a... Agent: Andrea E. Tran Pramudji Wendt & Tran, LLP

20080126631 - Raid data storage system with sas expansion: A data storage system has a chassis and a pair of printed circuit boards disposed in the chassis. Each one of the pair of printed circuit boards has disposed thereon a processor, a translator controlled by the processor, a SAS expander having a bidirectional front end port and multiple bidirectional... Agent: Richard M. Sharkansky

20080126634 - Method and apparatus for updating wide storage array over a narrow bus: A method and apparatus for transferring wide data (e.g., n bits) from a narrow bus (m bits, where m<n) for updating a wide data storage array. The apparatus includes: a staging latch accommodating m bits, e.g., 32 bits; control circuitry for depositing the m bits of data from a data... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080126633 - Methods and arrangements for devices to share a common address on a bus: Methods and arrangements for devices to share a common address on a bus are disclosed. Embodiments may comprise a host for medium management and one or more client devices coupled with a communication medium. The host and/or one or more of the client devices may comprise devices capable of originating... Agent: Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson PLLC C/o Intellevate

20080126632 - Stimulating and receiving test/debug data from a system under test via a drone card pci bus: A computer-implementable method, system and computer-usable medium for aiding in debugging operations of a System Under Test (SUT) through the use of an external DRONE card is presented. System test software that is running on the SUT “sets aside” debug/status information in a reserved/dedicated Peripheral Component Interface (PCI) section of... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20080126635 - Blade server switch module: A system for communication between components in a computer storage system includes a drive enclosure device having a plurality of disk drives. A switch module is electrically coupled to the drive enclosure device. The module has a plurality of physical layer links (PHYs). The module generates out-of-band (OOB) signals to... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (ibm)

20080126636 - Safety module and automation system: A safety module (5) with terminals for connection to a bus system control module (2), which is provided for connecting input/output modules (4a, 4b) for field devices, via a databus (3), has a data processing unit (μC2), which is set up corresponding to the bus system control unit (2) for... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20080126637 - Network control circuit: A network control circuit that is connected to a controller and a shared memory via busses and to an external apparatus via a network, and stands between the controller and the external apparatus, the network control circuit comprising: a transmission/reception unit operable to transmit/receive data having a prescribed size to/from... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080126638 - Electronic apparatus with device capable of simultaneously reading and writing and method thereof: An electronic apparatus including a device capable of simultaneously reading and writing, and a method thereof. The present electronic apparatus includes a first device to generate and output a Command containing a Read_Start_Address, a Write_Start_Address, and Write_Data in a header, and a second device to receive the Command to enable... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080126639 - Method, system, and computer program product for timing operations of different durations in a multi-processor, multi-control block environment: Operations in a multi-processor, multi-control block environment are timed u sing timing queues and instruction queues. Upon receipt of a request for a subchannel control block (SCB) to perform an operation that needs to be timed, the SCB is queued on one of multiple timing queues based on an elapsed... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Poughkeepsie

20080126640 - Round-robin bus protocol: A low-latency, peer-to-peer TDM bus including one or more data lines and one or more control lines is provided. Attached devices access the bus sequentially in order of their bus addresses. During a device's access period, if the device has data to transmit, the device places its address on the... Agent: Synnestvedt & Lechner LLP-agere

20080126641 - Methods and apparatus for combining commands prior to issuing the commands on a bus: In a first aspect, a first method of issuing a command on a bus is provided. The first method includes the steps of (1) receiving a first command associated with a first address; (2) delaying the issue of the first command on the bus for a time period; (3) if... Agent: Ibm Corporation Intellectual Property Law Dept. 917

20080126642 - Memory interface circuit and method: An interface circuit and method are described, in which the interface circuit includes a plurality of bi-directional buffers and logic, responsive to a read request from a system component, configured to identify whether the requested data presently resides in the plurality of bi-directional buffers and is destined to be written... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080126643 - Semiconductor circuit: The invention provides a technique capable of allowing a CPU to execute interruption processing early. One of plural bus masters is a CPU. Each of the bus masters accesses a bus slave via a common bus. A bus access arbitration circuit arbitrates bus access requests among the bus masters. An... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080126644 - System for generating access conflict in access conflict test: To provide a system for generating access conflict capable of immediately realizing secure access conflict between access signals in an access conflict test. First and second test-access signals (Sm and S(m+1)) similar to real access signals to be output from first and second interfaces, respectively, are stored in storing part,... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080126645 - Storage system and data input/output control method: A performance limit, which is the number of data input/output processes per unit of time that is the limit in the storage apparatus, is detected; and a processing percentage for each of one or more priority targets for which data input/output processing should be prioritized, and a group of one... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080126646 - Server: When accepting a send request for requesting to send a command to a client from a terminal (mobile phone, PC), a server determines terminal types. When the determination result shows a PC, a command is sent to the client, and an execution result of the sent command is received from... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080126647 - Interlocking input/outputs on a virtual logic unit number: In one embodiment, a solution is provided wherein a lock client sends lock requests to a lock manager upon receipt of an input/output (I/O) and receives back a lock grant. At some point later, the lock client may send a lock release. The lock manager, upon receipt of a lock... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080126649 - Low latency mechanism for asynchronously running a code segment on a processor in a remote computer by transmitting a special network packet or datalink frame that causes a hardware interrupt: We are proposing a low latency mechanism for asynchronously running a code segment on a processor in a remote computer by transmitting a special network packet or datalink frame that causes a hardware interrupt. Preferably, the mechanism for invoking the interrupt uses MSI or MSI-X. The information required for interrupting... Agent: George Madat-h-ilparambil George

20080126648 - Message signaled interrupt management for a computer input/output fabric incorporating platform independent interrupt manager: An apparatus, program product and method dynamically bind Message Signaled Interrupt (MSI) resources shared by a plurality of clients to an interrupt facility in an MSI-capable computer. In addition, management of such bindings may be implemented using a platform independent interrupt manager capable of managing multiple MSI bindings between MSI... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, L.L.P. (ibm)

20080126651 - Early notification of error via software interrupt and shared memory write: A method of providing error notification in a storage subsystem includes writing a first defined value by a host adapter of the storage subsystem to a system management interrupt (SMI) register to generate a hardware interrupt, registering and handling the hardware interrupt by a kernel module of the storage subsystem,... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080126650 - Methods and apparatus for parallel processing in system management mode: A processing system includes multiple processing units. After multiple event handlers have been dispatched to execute concurrently in different processing units of the processing system in a hidden execution mode, the processing system automatically determines whether the multiple event handlers successfully complete. If an event handler among the multiple dispatched... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080126652 - Managing interrupts in a partitioned platform: A method according to one embodiment may include partitioning a multi-core processor into a first partition and a second partition, the first partition including a first processor core and a first interrupt controller configured to store a first partition identifier, the second partition including a second processor core and a... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC C/o Portfolio Ip

20080126654 - Extended serial bus architecture and method: The present invention is directed to a serial bus extension that provides for a new class of 1394 devices called versaphy devices. A versaphy device has a static (permanent or semi-permanent) address or versaphy label. In addition, the versaphy device has a new register structure called a versaphy register. The... Agent: Law Office Of Dale B. Halling, LLC

20080126653 - Portable web server with usb port: A portable web server that is connectable to a terminal through a USB port. The terminal is any device that can make HTTP requests to and receive HTTP responses from the portable web server. The portable web server includes a web server program and one or more web application programs.... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080126656 - Silicon storage apparatus and its controller, and operating method thereof: A silicon storage apparatus is adapted to a processor base system and comprises a plurality of storage media interfaces and a controller. The storage media interfaces are separately used to contain and connect a storage medium and the controller is electrically connected with the storage media interfaces for providing a... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080126655 - Single pci card implementation of development system controller, lab instrument controller, and jtag debugger: A system for integrating multiple electrical system testing functions into a single peripheral component interconnect (PCI) card. The functions of system bring-up and debug are integrated into a single PCI card, which utilizes an operating system and a set of industry standard interfaces to interconnect with standard lab instrumentation. The... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20080126657 - Usb peripheral device with dynamic modification class and operation method of the same: A USB peripheral device with dynamic modification class is connected to a basic system of processor through a USB transmission interface. The USB peripheral device contains a card connection unit and a USB microprocessor. By judging whether the card connection unit is inserted with a card device, the USB microprocessor... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080126658 - Inlayed flash memory module: An inlayed flash memory module suitable for being directly welded or inlayed on a printed circuit board via a pad interface connection is disclosed. The flash memory module comprises a flash memory and a circuit board. The flash memory has at least one or a plurality of blocks for storing... Agent: Phison Electronics Corporation

20080126659 - Variable field device for use in automation systems: In a variable field device for use in automation systems, which has a microprocessor for running a control program, and a serial fieldbus interface for communicating with a fieldbus, a parallel communication interface CI is provided as an additional interface, in the form of a standard insertion bay for different... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080126660 - Apparatus and method for interfacing electronic devices: An interface apparatus (20) such as a docking station interfaces various electronic devices (30, 40, 50) and reduces the number of required connector pins and input/output (I/O) ports. According to an exemplary embodiment, the interface apparatus (20) includes a first circuit (22), a second circuit (24) and a third circuit... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing LLC

20080126661 - Apparatus for alternative user-interface for a smart communication or computing device in a motor vehicle: An apparatus for interfacing communication and computing devices to a vehicle's entertainment system, data system, and/or vehicle's diagnostics system to minimize driver distraction and to integrate the latest computing technologies for entertainment, information, and applications to the vehicle. Such an interface may be provided by hardware, firmware or software provided... Agent: Quinn Emanuel Koda & Androlia

20080126662 - Direct memory access controller: A direct memory access controller may comprise a data register for transferring data from a source to a destination address, a pattern register, a data comparator coupled with the data register and the pattern register, and a control unit coupled with the comparator operable to stop a data transfer if... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. 1500 San Jacinto Center

20080126663 - Storage system and logical unit checking method for the same: In a situation where a host computer or storage system is an initiator and the storage system or another storage system is a target, when the initiator intends to check LUs in the target, if the initiator judges that the number of delay ACKs is set to more than one,... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20080126665 - Apparatus and methods to communicatively couple field devices to controllers in a process control system: Example apparatus and methods to communicatively couple field devices to controllers in a process control system are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a first interface configured to receive first information from a field device using a first communication protocol. The example apparatus also includes a communication processor communicatively coupled... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20080126664 - Dynamic adjustment of bus interface: A self test function in the Memory Controller is utilized to generate unique and continuous data patterns for each of the words which are stored into two consecutive DRAM addresses in two spaced store operations. The self test function then generates fetch commands to read back the unique data patterns... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20080126666 - Method to save bus switching power and reduce noise in an engineered bus: A computer implemented method, bus switching system, and computer usable program code are provided for saving bus switching power and reducing noise. A request for data is received from a requester by a first cache. A determination is made as to whether the data is stored on the first cache.... Agent: Duke W. Yee Yee & Associates, P.C.

20080120435 - Method for providing high performance scalable file i/o through persistent file domain and functional partitioning: A method for implementing large scale parallel file I/O processing includes steps of: separating processing nodes into compute nodes specializing in computation and I/O nodes (computer processors restricted to running I/O daemons); organizing the compute nodes and the I/O nodes into processing sets, the processing sets including: one dedicated I/O... Agent: Michael Buchenhorner, P.a.

20080120437 - System and method for preventing keypad entry errors: A system and method for processing keystrokes made while operating a medical device to prevent keypad entry errors. The key press-to-press time is monitored and a subsequent key press rejected if the actual key press-to-press time is shorter than a key press-to-press limit. The actual key inactive time between the... Agent: Fulwilder Patton Lee & Utecht, LLP Howard Hughes Center

20080120438 - Methods and systems for integrating unique information in sas interface components: Methods and systems for customizing information in a memory associated with a SAS host bus adapter (“HBA”). A SAS HBA typically includes a memory component that stores information common to all SAS HBA's manufactured by a particular vendor (e.g., common instructions and data). In addition, each HBA memory component typically... Agent: Lsi Corporation

20080120439 - Automated solution to provide immediate requisite access to data and applications on an attached external device: The present invention permits registry settings and other pertinent shared artifacts to be distributed across many different computing devices. More specifically, the invention permits applications installed on an external drive to be activated, when the external drive is connected to a main computing device. When connected, a drive agent can... Agent: Patents On Demand, P.a.

20080120440 - Circuit, systems and methods for monitoring storage controller status: Circuits, systems and methods for improved monitoring of status of a storage controller in a storage system. A monitoring circuit external to the storage controller is adapted to couple to the internal bus structure within the storage controller. The monitoring circuit is adapted to sense status of the storage controller... Agent: Lsi Corporation

20080120441 - Cache coherence protocol with write-only permission: A system may include a processor node, and may also include an input/output (I/O) node including a processor and an I/O device. The processor and I/O nodes may each include a respective cache memory configured to cache a system memory and a respective cache coherence controller. The system may further... Agent: Mhkkg/sun

20080120442 - Virtualization of i/o adapter resources: A method and apparatus relates to hardware-to-hardware data transmission in computer systems, and in particular, it relates to method and system for operating I/O adapters attaching either one or more computing devices to an I/O periphery, to a network, or to other computing devices. It is proposed to operate a... Agent: Ference & Associates Llc

20080120443 - System and method for reducing command scheduling constraints of memory circuits: A memory circuit system and method are provided. An interface circuit is capable of communication with a plurality of memory circuits and a system. In use, the interface circuit is operable to interface the memory circuits and the system for reducing command scheduling constraints of the memory circuits.... Agent: Zilka-kotab, Pc- Mrm1

20080120444 - Serial communication control system: Disclosed is serial communication control system including: a first microcomputer; and a second microcomputer connected to the first microcomputer through a serial line, wherein the second microcomputer includes an R/B signal sending section to send one of a READY signal and a BUSY signal, the first microcomputer includes an R/B... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080120445 - Methods for transmitting buffer size information: A method of transmitting information about a buffer size includes transmitting a bit string comprising a first bit string and a second bit string when the buffer size is greater than or equal to a first value, the first bit string indicating a quotient which is acquired by dividing the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080120446 - Thermostat with usb interface: Various embodiments of a thermostat are provided that comprise at least one user input means for enabling the user to input at least one request, a universal serial bus interface, a display device capable of displaying at least a number of alphanumeric characters configured to display information relating to a... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20080120447 - Apparatus and method for transforming application for multi-modal interface: Provided are an apparatus and method for transforming an application for a multi-modal interface. The apparatus includes: a parsing means for parsing an original application to generate a parsed structure of the original application; an application transforming/creating means for transforming the parsed structure generated by the parsing means; a multi-modal... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080120448 - Remote mouse and keyboard using bluetooth: A remote pointing device and keyboard system and method for remotely mimicking the pointing device and keyboard of a personal computing device (such as a laptop or desktop computer) using a handheld computing device (such as Pocket PC or smartphone). Remote control is achieved using Bluetooth wireless technology. A user... Agent: Microsoft Corporation C/o Lyon & Harr, LLP

20080120436 - Expansion peripheral techniques for portable audio player: In an embodiment, a portable audio player includes a processor adapted to receive movement data from a peripheral device and to select an audio track to be played based on the movement data.... Agent: Toler Law Group

20080120449 - Bus relay device and bus control system: In the conventional bus control system, the interconnect section and the bridge section have the arbitration function. Meanwhile, the interconnect section and the bridge section were designed by different designers. Accordingly, a large number of man-hours are needed not only for designing the bridge section but also for inspecting the... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080120450 - Method and system for providing access arbitration for an integrated circuit in a wireless device: A method for providing access arbitration for an integrated circuit in a wireless device is provided. The method includes receiving a command from a processing element coupled to the integrated circuit. A preempt signal associated with the command is generated. The preempt signal is operable to identify a priority for... Agent: Docket Clerk

20080120452 - Laser pointer: In one preferred embodiment, a laser pointer includes a connector for connecting the laser pointer to a computer, a regulator connected to the connector for regulating a voltage from the computer, a voltage converting circuit connected to the regulator for converting the voltage from the computer to a needed voltage,... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080120451 - Method and apparatus for automatically enabling replacement hardware: The invention is directed to a method and apparatus for automatically enabling replacement hardware. A method for automatically enabling hardware in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: setting a presence bit of the hardware to a first value in response to a removal of the hardware from... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & Dalessandro Llc

20080120453 - Image processing apparatus and method of transmitting reference clock: An engine unit and a control unit are connected via an interface. A power source supplies electric power to the interface. The engine unit is controlled based on a reference clock generated in the control unit and transmitted to the engine unit via the interface. Only when a voltage output... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080120454 - Integrated hub control chip: An integrated hub control chip is applied to a motherboard of an application system. The integrated hub control chip contains an upstream port transceiver, an upstream port controller, a relaying circuit unit, a keyboard control module, a digital camera control module, a storage medium control module, and a relaying circuit... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080114901 - Serial peripheral interface (spi) control device, spi system and method of determining a spi device: A SPI system includes a SPI device and a SPI control device. The SPI control device is for providing a read command of a fast read command format in response to a driving signal outputted by a south-bridge chip. The SPI device stores preset data in a preset address and... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080114900 - Server device, client device, and data list acquiring method: In order to provide an electronic device capable of obtaining data information list which the user wishes to acquire when performing a sort of the data list information, the device 11 includes: a communication unit 31 which sends and receives a UPnP A/V command to/from the device 10 via the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.l.p.

20080114902 - I/o module with embedded configuration software for industrial applications: An I/O module for use with I/O devices such as pumps, valves, thermocouples, and mass flow controllers includes I/O interface software pre-programmed within the I/O module. The pre-programmed I/O interface software enables a user to remotely configure the I/O module to support an I/O device by selecting an I/O device... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20080114903 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, program for implementing the method, and storage medium storing the program: An image processing apparatus which can be readily used by an authenticated user without laborsome setting even if the user uses the image processing apparatus for the first time through an authentication server. A user is authenticated with an authentication server connected to an image processing apparatus via a network.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080114904 - Sounding custom motor vehicle horntones: This invention relates to the field of motor vehicle safety systems. Specifically, this invention creates a horntones audio player device, a new and useful method and a system that allows a user to sound custom motor vehicle horntones for alerting, locating and other purposes. The main elements of the system... Agent: Thomas J. Kosco

20080114905 - Digital video recorder, device for executing a task, and method thereof: A digital video recorder, a device for executing a task, and a method thereof are provided. The digital video recorder for executing the task comprises a receiver, a detector, a determination unit, a memory, and a display. The receiver receives a command and the detector detects the capability of the... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, Pllc

20080114906 - Efficiently controlling special memory mapped system accesses: In one embodiment, an input/output memory management unit (IOMMU) comprises a control register configured to store a base address of a set of translation tables and control logic coupled to the control register. The control logic is configured to respond to an input/output (I/O) device-initiated request having an address within... Agent: Lawrence J. Merkel Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.c.

20080114908 - Media management systems and methods for portable devices: Media management systems and methods for portable devices. A media management system comprises a portable device and a host coupled to the portable device. The portable device or the host analyzes media properties for the portable device. The host generates a media template according to the media properties, generates test... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080114909 - Device and method for detection and processing of stalled data request: A device comprises a communication module connected to an external data link The communication module is arranged to receive a plurality of read and write requests from the data link, and a logic module connected to the communication module. The communication module is arranged to transmit at least some of... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20080114910 - Apparatus and method for high speed ultrasonic data acquisition: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for high-speed ultrasonic data acquisition. The apparatus is arranged within an ultrasonic detection system, and comprises: an acquisition interface, coupled to the ultrasonic detection system, for obtaining ultrasonic data from the ultrasonic detection system; a large-capacity buffer for holding the ultrasonic data... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080114911 - Adapter for providing digital communication between a field device and a computer: An adapter provides the components necessary to operate a computer or similar device as a communicator for smart field devices. The adapter includes terminals adapted for connection to the field device and a communication cable adapted for connection to the computer. Memory located within the adapter stores application software associated... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.a.

20080114907 - System and product for dma controller with multi-dimensional line-walking functionality: A system and product for a DMA controller with multi-dimensional line-walking functionality is presented. A processor includes an intelligent DMA controller, which loads a line description that corresponds to a shape or line. The intelligent DMA controller moves through a memory map and retrieves data based upon the line description... Agent: Ibm Corporation- Austin (jvl) C/o Van Leeuwen & Van Leeuwen

20080114912 - Information communications system, information processing unit, and information communication method: This invention suppresses increase in power consumption and reduces the time it takes until a controller is usable when starting the operation of console main unit from the standby state by the controller through BT communication. When a console main unit 10 is started up from the standby state by... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080114913 - Capacity on demand using signaling bus control: An apparatus and method is disclosed for providing capacity on demand using control to alter latency and/or bandwidth on a signaling bus in a computer system. If additional capacity is required, authorization is requested for additional capacity. If authorized, bandwidth of the signaling bus is increased to provide additional capacity... Agent: Ibm Corporation Rochester Ip Law Dept. 917

20080114914 - Low power distribution system for an unattended ground sensor system: A sensor system includes N sensor system modules that each include respective sensor function modules for processing and communicating signals from at least one external detector. M slave modules selectively control power to the sensor function modules. M and N are integers greater than one. A master power control module... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080114915 - Content distribution control on a per cluster of devices basis: A method for controlling access to content by an Acquisition Point to Presentation Points in clusters in a domain. The AP receives from a PP an access content request comprising the PPs cluster identity and the PP's priority. The AP verifies if access is granted to a PP in the... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing Llc

20080114916 - Filtering and remapping interrupts: In one embodiment, an input/output memory management unit (IOMMU) comprises a control register and control logic coupled to the control register. The control register is configured to store a base address of a device table, wherein a given input/output (I/O) device has an associated device identifier that selects a first... Agent: Lawrence J. Merkel Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.c.

20080114917 - Optical disc recording and reproducing apparatus: A predetermined power failure recovery process is carried out when power failure recovery data is determined to be present in a flash ROM when a power supply is turned on after a power failure. However, when a tray opening and closing key is pressed before completion of this power failure... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080114918 - Configurable computer system: A method for providing multiple configurations for a computer system. The method provides interconnection of processor boards in a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration, a first plurality of processor boards are interconnected through a first backplane. In a second configuration, a second plurality of processor... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel (amd)

20080114919 - 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, P.a.

20080114920 - Microscope system and extension unit: A bus connection switch is connected in series at some point on a bus that transmits control data. The bus connection switch releases the bus at the position of the switch when being opened, or connects the bus when being closed. The bus is led from both sides of the... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20080109564 - Method, system, and apparatus for enhanced management of message signaled interrupts: A message signaled interrupt (MSI) specifying an input/output (I/O) address in I/O address space is received. In response to receipt of the MSI, a translation data structure is accessed and the I/O address is translated into a physical memory address by reference to the translation data structure. The MSI is... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20080109563 - System and method of double address detection: A plurality of detectors can be evaluated to determine if more than one has been assigned the same address. Responsive thereto, such detectors could be identified for follow-up maintenance, or service.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080109565 - Pci express enhancements and extensions: A method and apparatus for enhancing /extending a serial point-to-point interconnect architecture, such as Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) is herein described. Temporal and locality caching hints and prefetching hints are provided to improve system wide caching and prefetching. Message codes for atomic operations to arbitrate ownership between system devices/resources... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, Llc

20080109566 - Usb mass storage device interconnect module having automatic file transfer capability and method of operation thereof: A USB mass storage device interconnect module and a method of operating the same to effect an automatic transfer of at least one file between two USB mass storage devices. In one embodiment, the interconnect module includes: (1) a body, (2) first and second USB receptacles recessed into the body,... Agent: Hitt Gaines P.c.

20080109568 - Method and system for detecting device configuration changes: A system and method for storing a first configuration data file, altering the first configuration data file to create a second configuration data file and creating a reference value corresponding to the second configuration data file. In addition, a system and method for receiving a first reference value from a... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20080109571 - Method and apparatus for transmitting data using direct memory access control: A direct memory access controlling method includes checking a length value of remaining data corresponding to data remaining after transmission of the data stored in the source memory to the destination memory, and a currently set burst length value, comparing the length value of the remaining data with the currently... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080109569 - Remote dma systems and methods for supporting synchronization of distributed processes in a multi-processor system using collective operations: The invention relates to a remote DMA system, and methods for supporting synchronization of distributed processes in a multiprocessor system using collective operations. One aspect of the invention is a multi-node computer system having a plurality of interconnected processing nodes. This system uses DMA engines to perform collective operations synchronizing... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080109570 - System and method for remote direct memory access without page locking by the operating system: Systems and methods for remote direct memory access without page locking by the operating system. A multi-node computer system has a plurality of interconnected processing nodes. DMA engines are used in a way to avoid page locking.... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080109572 - Processing apparatus with burst read write operations: A digital signal processing system comprises a programmable processor (PROC) and a peripheral device (PD, MEM) coupled to the programmable processor via a burst generation device (BG). The processor is arranged to communicate with the peripheral device using a read operation and a write operation, respectively, on a single data... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080109573 - Rdma systems and methods for sending commands from a source node to a target node for local execution of commands at the target node: The invention relates to a RDMA system for sending commands from a source node to a target node. These commands are locally executed at the target node. One aspect of the invention is a multi-node computer system having a plurality of interconnected processing nodes. The computer system issues a direct... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080109575 - Method of transferring data implying a network analyser card: In conventional systems the CPU is altered after a data frame has been received and the packet stored in a host buffer. This interrupts normal operation of the CPU and applications, which is determined to systems performance. The invention relates to a method of transferring data from a network to... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080109577 - Method and apparatus for multiplexing multiple protocol handlers on a shared memory bus: Protocol multiplexer is configured to receive multiple communication links, each link operating with one of a plurality of communication protocols. Protocol handler converts the received data and frames the data according to the communication protocol in use for a particular communication link. Port multiplexer separates the received frames into data... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20080109578 - Technique for increasing control and status signal density in a fixed register address space: A technique for improving the signal/register density for fixed address space devices is disclosed.... Agent: Trop, Pruner & Hu, P.c.

20080109579 - System and method for frequency offset testing: Described is a system and method for frequency offset testing. The system comprises an electronic device, a first testing device providing a reference clock signal at a first frequency to the electronic device, and a second testing device receiving data from the electronic device at the first frequency and transmitting... Agent: Verigy, Ltd.

20080109581 - Protocol independent bridge: A wireless bridge includes a first universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) for coupling to a serial bus that receives data packets. A protocol independent module has a timer set to a desired time to detect a start and/or an end of a data packet received from the serial bus. A wireless... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080109582 - Transmission method for serial periphery interface serial flash: A transmission method for a serial periphery interface (SPI) serial flash includes the steps of providing a first system clock signal and transmitting a plurality of data strings with each two bits of the data strings transmitted in a period of the first system clock signal. A second system clock... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080109567 - Multifunction semiconductor storage device and a method for booting-up computer host: A semiconductor storage device connected to the host system through the general purpose interface, including a semiconductor storage media module (1) and a controller module (2), in which the controller module (2) consists of a general purpose interface control module (21), a microprocessor and control module (22). Various device class... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080109574 - Method and system for synchronizing audio processing modules: Embodiments of the present invention provide an audio system having wholly independent audio processing modules. The audio system includes a plurality of audio processing modules, a clock manager, a sample rate converter and a buffer. The audio processing modules are communicatively coupled to the clock manager and the buffer. The... Agent: Murabito Hao & Barnes LLP

20080109576 - Data transfer apparatus, storage device control apparatus and control method using storage device control apparatus: A data transfer apparatus includes a memory having first and second queues for storing data transfer information that includes information specifying a first memory area and information specifying a second memory area, a first processor which registers the data transfer information in the first or second queue, and a second... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080109580 - Obtaining extended queue measurement data for a range of logical control unit queues: I/O measurement data for channels attached to logical control unit queues is obtained related to a plurality of logical control unit queues. A store secondary queue measurement data instruction specifies a range of queues for which extended secondary measurement blocks derived from the I/O measurement data are stored at a... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20080109583 - High performance serial bus data recorder: A Firewire data recorder device in which contains a small electronic circuit that stores digital data onto a Firewire hard disk drive. The recorder is designed to be broadly applicable to many data storage applications, and takes in 16-bit parallel data and writes it to the hard drive at up... Agent: Merchant & Gould Pc

20080109584 - Method and apparatus for verifying fault tolerant configuration: The verification of fault-tolerant connections between redundant controller pairs and nodes is provided. In particular, a node identifier seen at one port of the controllers is compared to the node identifier seen at another port of the controllers. In response to determining that proper connections have not been made, an... Agent: Sheridan Ross Pc

20080109585 - System and method for reducing store latency in symmetrical multiprocessor systems: A system and method for reducing store latency in symmetrical multiprocessor systems are provided. Bus agents are provided which monitor reflected ownership requests (Dclaims) to determine if the reflected Dclaim is its own Dclaim. If so, the bus agent determines that it is the winner of the ownership request and... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.c.

20080109586 - System and method for arbitration for virtual channels to prevent livelock in a richly-connected multi-processor computer system: Systems and methods for arbitrating for virtual channels to prevent livelock in richly-connected multiprocessor computer system. Livelock is prevented in a multiprocessor computer system, in which each of a large plurality processing node has input links and egress links. A virtual channel is assigned to convey the communication. Communication data... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080109587 - Switch control of usb transceiver between a plurality of processors: A device (100) that includes a communications port (130), a first processor (135), at least a second processor (140), and a multiplexer (105). The multiplexer can selectively communicatively link the communications port to the first processor or the second processor. The multiplexer can include at least one switch (110, 115)... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.l.c.

20080104281 - Method and apparatus for generating external input table: Provided are a method and apparatus for generating an external input table in a device reproducing an AV signal. The method of generating an external input table includes receiving a reproduction request for reproducing an AV signal from another device and determining whether an external input is assigned to the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080104280 - On demand storage array: A computer storage library is configured to include a plurality of storage media, with individual storage media housed in respective individual storage slots. Each of the storage media slots may communicate with a storage controller, which in turn may communicate with a host through a network connection. A delivery device... Agent: Lieberman & Brandsdorfer, LLC

20080104282 - Serial transmission controller, serial transmission decoder and serial transmission method thereof: A serial transmission controller, a serial transmission decoder and a serial transmission method thereof are disclosed. First, a current address and an access address are compared to select one of a plurality of transmission address modes as an access address mode and then to produce corresponding address information. The transmission... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080104283 - Method and system for achieving fair command processing in storage systems that implement command-associated priority queuing: In certain, currently available data-storage systems, incoming commands from remote host computers are subject to several levels of command-queue-depth-fairness-related throttles to ensure that all host computers accessing the data-storage systems receive a reasonable fraction of data-storage-system command-processing bandwidth to avoid starvation of one or more host computers. Recently, certain host-computer-to-data-storage-system... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080104284 - Device switching methods and computer systems: A device switching method is provided. The method includes the following steps. An operation instruction is received by a computer system. In response to the instruction, a switching signal is sent from the computer system to an integrated peripheral device connected via a port to the computer, thus the active... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080104286 - Data transfer apparatus and data transfer method: According to one embodiment, a data transfer apparatus includes a first device, a transfer unit which controls data transfer between a second device to be connected to the first device and to be controlled thereby, and a control unit which discards data to be transmitted from the second device when... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080104288 - Electronic device, computer system comprising the same and control method thereof: A computer system includes a central processing unit (CPU) including at least one compensation port, a register setting part to set a control value corresponding to a predetermined specification of the compensation port, and a controlling part to save the set control value and to output a control signal corresponding... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080104289 - Audio interface for controlling a motion signal: The present description relates to the interfacing of a computer with a motion platform using a USB audio-class computer peripheral. The computer peripheral receives a digital audio-format signal according to the USB specification and provides a motion signal to up to four motion platforms. As the computer peripheral is a... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20080104279 - Power supply: In a power supply with a data transmission module, the power supply includes a power transforming module and a data transmission module. The power transforming module is provided for converting mains electricity into an electric power applicable to electronic components and has a power input terminal connected to the mains... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080104285 - Method and system for monitoring device port: A device port monitoring system is disclosed by embodiments of the present invention, and the system includes an indicator status tracking module coupled with each distributed device respectively. And the indicator status tracking module is used for generating a tracking instruction according to inputted information for tracking a specific port,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080104287 - Information terminal, information processing system, and methods of controlling the same: An information terminal disclosed herein includes a data storage in which data is stored; an internal controller which accesses the data storage by a request from inside the information terminal; and an external controller which accesses the data storage by a request from outside the information terminal. If a request... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080104290 - System, method and storage medium for providing a high speed test interface to a memory subsystem: A buffer device for testing a memory subsystem. The buffer device includes a parallel bus port adapted for connection to a slow speed bus and a serial bus port adapted for connection to a high speed bus. The high speed bus operates at a faster speed than the slow speed... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Poughkeepsie

20080104291 - Flash drive memory apparatus and method: A memory apparatus includes a non-volatile computer memory, a USB mass storage controller connected to the non-volatile computer memory, the USB mass storage controller including a daisy chain component, a male USB interface connected to the USB mass storage controller, and at least one other interface for a memory device,... Agent: Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center

20080104292 - Electronic network: An electronic network is disclosed. One embodiment includes a plurality of network devices, a bus for transferring data between the network devices and a bus master for controlling the transfer of data between the network devices. Each network device is identified using one unique identification code. At least one number... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20080104293 - Memory controller connection to ram using buffer interface: Provided are memory control apparatus and methods for controlling data transfer between a memory controller and at least two logical memory busses connected to memory, comprising a memory controller; a buffer; a bidirectional data bus connecting the controller and the buffer; a control interface connecting the controller and the buffer,... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

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