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

20080209077 - Memory subsystem capable of using memory bank identification and method thereof: A controller and a memory subsystem including a plurality of memory banks each having a plurality of memory devices, in which the controller includes a memory device configured to store an identification (ID) of each of the plurality of memory banks; and a control logic configured to read an ID... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, Llc

20080209078 - Automated construction and deployment of complex event processing applications and business activity monitoring dashboards: A system and method for constructing and deploying a business activity monitoring (BAM) dashboard associated with an event-based process are disclosed. A configuration module receives an event-based process identifier for an event-based process and data, such as inputs or outputs, for the event-based process. A generation module then generates a... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20080209079 - Personal information communication device and method: Methods and systems for transmitting and receiving digital data are disclosed. One method includes aligning the secondary communication interface of a first USB memory device with the secondary communication interface of a second USB memory device. The method further includes triggering communication between the first and second communication devices. The... Agent: Merchant & Gould Pc

20080209081 - Apparatus and method to provide failover protection in an information storage and retrieval system: A method is disclosed for failover protection in an information storage and retrieval system comprising two clusters, two device adapters, and a plurality of data storage devices. The method provides a first device driver for a first device adapter and a second device driver for a second device adapter, and... Agent: Dale F. Regelman Quarles & Brady, LLP

20080209080 - Computer system and control method thereof: A computer system include an operation performing unit which performs at least one operation, a manipulation information producing unit which senses user's manipulation to produce direction information and motion amount information corresponding to an amount of motion in a direction corresponding to the direction information, a mode selection unit which... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080209082 - Semiconductor device, reproduction device, and method for controlling the same: The method for controlling according to the present invention is a method for controlling a reproduction device which reproduces data held in a USB device connected to a USB terminal, and which includes: a connection detecting step of detecting that the USB device is connected to the USB terminal; a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080209083 - Power saving method of bi-directional communication wireless peripheral device: A power saving method of a bi-directional communication wireless peripheral device includes providing a wireless communication protocol between a host and the bi-directional communication wireless peripheral device; establishing a bi-directional communication wireless link between the host and the bi-directional communication wireless peripheral device through the wireless communication protocol; and enter... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080209084 - Hardware-based concurrent direct memory access (dma) engines on serial rapid input/output srio interface: A serial buffer includes queues configured to store data packets received from a host. A direct memory access (DMA) engine receives data packets from the highest priority queue having a water level that reaches a corresponding watermark. The DMA engine is configured in response to a DMA register set, which... Agent: Bever, Hoffman & Harms, LLP

20080209085 - Semiconductor device and dma transfer method: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of resources for performing DMA transfer and a DMA controller, wherein the plurality of resources each include a transfer setting register... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080209086 - Device to be used as an interface between a user and target devices: This invention relates to a method of remotely controlling target devices via an interface device, based on an input from a user comprising information identifying at least one target device and an action to be performed on said at least one target device, wherein the interface device is adapted for... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080209087 - Method and apparatus for transferring data from a memory subsystem to a network adapter by extending data lengths to improve the memory subsystem and pci bus efficiency: A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for transferring data from a memory to a network adapter in a data processing system. The frame size for a transfer of the data from the memory to the network adapter is identified. If the frame size is divisible by a cache line size... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates Pc

20080209088 - Analog data generating and processing device for use with a personal computer: An interface device (10) provides fast data communication between a host device with input/output interfaces and a data transmit/receive device, wherein the interface device (10) comprises a processor means (13), a memory means (14), a first connecting device (12) for interfacing the host device with the interface device, and a... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd.

20080209089 - Packet-based parallel interface protocol for a serial buffer having a parallel processor port: A serial buffer is provided having a parallel port configured to couple the serial buffer to a first system via a parallel interface protocol. The serial buffer also includes a serial port configured to couple the serial buffer to a second system via a serial interface protocol and control logic... Agent: Bever, Hoffman & Harms, LLP

20080209090 - System, method and apparatus for multiple-protocol-accessible osd storage subsystem: An apparatus, system, and method enable access to a storage system by distinguishing SCSI Object-Based Storage Device Commands (OSD) commands from block-based SCSI commands on the same port and storage subsystem. The storage subsystem has the capability of identifying the storage protocol from a corresponding command, and processes the command... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.c.

20080209091 - Interface device: An interface (4) between a digital device (6) for transmitting and/or receiving a digital stream and a computer (2) comprises a digital stream transmitter/receiver (transceiver) (20), a computer bus interface (12) and a data converter (14, 16 & 18). The digital transceiver transmits digitally streamed content and/or receives digitally streamed... Agent: Rajah And Tann

20080209092 - Method and system for interfacing a plurality of memory devices using an mmc/sd protocol: A method for establishing an interface between a host and a plurality of memory devices of a system that utilizes a Multimedia Card (MMC)/Secure Digital (SD) protocol according to an interleaving scheme. A host sequentially transmits a first sequence of commands and data to a system bus in order to... Agent: Volentine & Whitt Pllc

20080209094 - Bus-based communication system: A communications bus operates using transition coding, for example NRZI coding, with transition-dominant signalling. That is, when the signal takes a first binary value, binary “1”, the component drives the bus line to its opposite state, and, when the signal takes a second binary value, binary “0”, the component does... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080209093 - Fine-grained bandwidth control arbiter and the method thereof: A fine-grained bandwidth control arbiter manages the shared bus usage of the requests of the masters which have real-time and/or bandwidth requirements, moreover, the masters are preset a ticket respectively. The arbiter consists of three components, a real-time handler, a bandwidth regulator, and a lottery manager with tuned weight. The... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080209095 - Structure for reducing latency associated with read operations in a memory system: A design structure embodied in a machine readable storage medium for designing, manufacturing, and/or testing a design is provided. The design structure generally includes a processor memory system, which may include a processor and a memory controller in communication with the processor through a bus. The memory controller may include... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20080209096 - Structure for initializing expansion adpaters installed in a computer system having similar expansion adapters: A design structure embodied in a machine readable storage medium for at designing, manufacturing, and/or testing a design is disclosed for initializing expansion adapters installed in a computer system having similar expansion adapters that include detecting an expansion adapter installed in a computer system having a plurality of expansion adapters,... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20080209097 - Apparatus for directing power to a hot swapped circuit board: Apparatus and method to controlling power and communications between to an electronic circuit board. A chassis includes a first electronic circuit board with a first connector and a cassette includes a second electronic circuit board with a second connector. When the cassette is received by the chassis, chassis flex circuitry... Agent: Ibm Corporation (ss/nc) C/o Streets & Steele

20080209098 - Structure for pci-e based pos terminal: Exemplary embodiments describe a design structure embodied in a machine readable storage medium for designing, manufacturing, and/or testing a design for performing the functions of a PCI Express feature card remotely from a data processing system. The system is comprised of a circuit board connected to a PCI-E feature card.... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20080209099 - Apparatus and methods for clustering multiple independent pci express hierarchies: Apparatus, systems and methods for clustering multiple PCI Express hierarchies to enable access of components in different hierarchies. Each PCI Express hierarchy includes a root device as well as a cluster port for coupling each hierarchy to each other hierarchy of a physical cluster through a PCI Express switched fabric.... Agent: Lsi Corporation

20080201492 - Digital multi-function peripheral, digital multi-function peripheral system, and control method for digital multi-function peripheral system: A digital multi-function peripheral includes a function executing unit that executes plural functions including a printing function and a network communication function and a control circuit that controls this function executing unit. The control circuit includes a cooperation control unit that checks connection to a network, selectively combines the functions... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080201493 - Determining authorized use of a software application: A user may enable features of a software application installed on a processing device only when the processing device is at a location for which the processing device is authorized to use the software application. If the processing device is offline, the processing device may refer to data in a... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080201494 - Controlling complex non-linear data transfers: A direct memory access controller for controlling data transfer between a plurality of data sources and a plurality of data destinations is disclosed. The plurality of data sources and data destinations communicate with the direct memory access controller via a plurality of channels, the direct memory access controller further communicates... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080201495 - Handling dma operations during a page copy: A memory controller provides page copy logic that assures data coherency when a DMA operation to a page occurs during the copying of the page by the memory controller. The page copy logic compares the page index of the DMA operation to a copy address pointer that indicates the location... Agent: Martin & Associates, LLC

20080201496 - Reduced pin count interface: An arrangement of memory devices and a controller is based on an interface with a reduced pin count relative to a known memory device and controller arrangement. Facilitating the reduced pin count interface are some operations performed by the controller. The controller determines a width for a Data bus while... Agent: Ridout & Maybee Suite 2400

20080201498 - Data communication system, data communication program recording medium, data communication method, data receiving device, and data receiving program recording medium: A data communication system includes a receiving unit that receives communication data, one data element at a time; a first storage unit that temporarily stores the received data element; a first transfer unit that transfers the stored data element; a second storage unit that temporarily stores the transferred data element;... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20080201497 - Wireless-interface module and electronic apparatus: A wireless-interface module is provided. The wireless-interface module includes a connection unit connected to a standardized connection-terminal unit of a semiconductor device, the semiconductor device having a function of performing internal processing on the basis of a predetermined signal input from the standardized connection-terminal unit. The wireless-interface module also includes... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080201499 - Asynchronous data buffer: The present invention relates to an asynchronous data buffer for transferring m data elements of a burst-transfer between two asynchronous systems. The asynchronous data buffer comprises a data memory for storing m data elements of a data burst and a valid bit memory for storing m input valid bits corresponding... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080201500 - Multiple interrupt handling method, devices and software: A device, method and software for handling multiple interrupts in a peripheral device are disclosed. The disclosed method includes, upon a hardware event in the peripheral device recording the hardware event and determining an acceptable period before which an interrupt should be generated to service the event. A timer at... Agent: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. C/o Vedder Price P.C.

20080201501 - Virtual universal asynchronous receiver transmitter for server systems: In one embodiment, a monolithic integrated circuit includes a first UART, a second UART, and a multiplexer. The first UART has a parallel IO interface to couple to a host system to transceive parallel data and a serial IO interface. The second UART has a parallel IO interface and a... Agent: Orion Law Group

20080201503 - Communications system for implementation of synchronous, multichannel, galvanically isolated instrumentation devices: An apparatus and method for synchronous communications using a serial data stream employs a housing with a controller and a back plane. The housing accepts one or more modules for interconnection with the back plane. The back plane distributes power to the modules and provides a communication link from the... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080201502 - Sync circuit of data transmission interface: A sync circuit of a data transmission interface connected between a first data port and a second data port is provided. The sync circuit includes a first resistor element, a capacitor element, a second resistor element, and an active element. When the signal generated by the first data port is... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20080201504 - Usb flash drive capable of providing data security: The invention discloses a USB flash drive comprising a USB interface, a memory, a flash drive controller, an identification controller and an input interface. The identification controller stores a first ID code. The input interface is used for inputting a second ID code by a user. When the identification controller... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080201505 - Multimedia data collection device for a host with a single available input port: A multimedia input system for a handheld device includes a gateway interface for connecting to the handheld device a plurality of discrete input sources generating a plurality or unique input signals and capable of communicating with the gateway interface. A converter is used for converting the each of the plurality... Agent: Moore Landrey

20080201506 - Switch device for connection port access control: A switch device for connection port access control is applicable to a PS/2 connection port for converting a USB transmission specification to a PS/2 transmission specification. The switch device includes a universal serial bus (USB) expansion unit, which provides a plurality sets of USB transmission line, each set of USB... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080201507 - Bus system and methods of operation thereof: A bus system and methods for initialization and communication in a bus system are presented.... Agent: Slater & Matsil LLP

20080201509 - Component, device and operation method for digital data integration: A component, device and operation method for digital data integration solves the shortcoming of the prior art that playing audio recordings and reading/writing AV data cannot be performed simultaneously. The digital data integration device receives a start signal from a computer to enable a plurality of endpoints declared in a... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080201508 - Method and apparatus for an enhanced computer peripheral device: An improved method and apparatus by which a user can send input signals to a computer (including, but not limited to, personal computer, mobile computer, computerized entertainment device, computerized machinery, computerized equipment, etc.) from distance, is disclosed. A receiver unit is embedded into an otherwise conventional computer peripheral device, avoiding... Agent: Dan Gavish

20080201510 - Peripheral device: A peripheral device being enable to execute a plurality of functions and being controlled from a terminal via network is provided. The device has a plurality of resources, a memory, a transmitter, a receiver, and a function controller. The plurality of resources is used for executing the functions. The memory... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080201511 - Device identification coding of inter-integrated circuit slave devices: Consistent with one example embodiment, communications systems, using a serial data transfer bus having a serial data line and a clock line used to implement a communications protocol, incorporate identification of inter-integrated circuit slave devices using device identification coding. The communications system includes a slave device having a device identification... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080201512 - Serial attached scsi backplane and detection system thereof: A serial attached SCSI (SAS) backplane and detection system thereof are provided. When a first SAS backplane is not serially connected to a second SAS backplane, a logic signal with first status value provided by a signal unit of first SAS backplane is output to a master control unit through... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20080201513 - Method and device to transfer digital data: Transfer digital data to and from a digital source from and to a digital storage device without using an intermediary media like a computer. Digital source includes digital storage devices and digital transmitting devices like televisions, videos and radios. Digital storage devices includes disc-on-keys, other portable hard disks, PDA's, MP3,... Agent: Uzi Ezra Havosha & Partners

20080201514 - Method of locating peripheral component interconnect devices: A method of locating peripheral component interconnect (PCI) devices is provided. The method includes analyzing peripheral component interconnect spaces (PCI spaces) of peripheral component interconnect-peripheral component interconnect bridges (PCI-PCI bridges) of a 0-numbered bus, so as to obtain a bus number of a next bus connected to each of PCI-PCI... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080201515 - Method and systems for interfacing with pci-express in an advanced mezannine card (amc) form factor: A cage that is received with a Personal Computer (PC) enclosure in the same manner a peripheral can be received within the PC. The cage is provided with fans, circuitry, connectors and structural features to create a ATCA or MicroTCA type environment required for the operation of an AMC card.... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20080201516 - Input device, electronic device having input device, and input method thereof: An input devices includes a switch unit for selecting one of a plurality of application modes, the switch unit outputting a first signal in response to a selection made by a user with respect to the application mode; at least one hotkey, each hotkey outputting a second signal in response... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080195762 - Multifunction data entry device and method: A system for data entry includes a computing device and a wireless telephone or other handheld device including a handheld keyboard. The handheld keyboard is in communication with the computing device and is configured to operate as a peripheral device for text entry on the computing device.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080195763 - Method and device for transmitting data on a data line between a control device and a decentralized data processing device: A method for transmitting data to a data line between a central control device and a decentralized data processing device. Input data of the decentralized data processing device is supplied to a processing unit of the decentralized data processing device in a first resolution. The processing unit carries out a... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080195764 - Programming parallel 12c slave devices from a single 12c data stream: Consistent with one example embodiment, communications systems (100,300), using a serial data transfer bus having a serial data line (110) and a clock line (120) used to implement a communications protocol, incorporate programming of parallel slave devices (320,330,340,350) concurrently using an I2C serial bus. At least two slave devices are... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080195766 - Disk-drive automatic recognition/setting apparatus and disk-drive automatic recognition/setting method: According to an aspect of an embodiment, a disk-drive automatic recognition/setting apparatus for a disk system including a controller, a disk drive, and an expander attached to the controller, the disk drive, or another expander, provides an information obtaining requesting unit issuing a request for obtaining information regarding a device... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080195765 - Method for initiating re-enumeration of a device: A method of initiating re-enumeration of a USB device without manual intervention is provided. The method involves a sequence emulating detachment and re-attachment of a device to the host while the device remains attached to the host. As the device remains attached to the host throughout the sequence, the host... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080195767 - Processing responding device, processing requesting device and their methods: A user PC 20 prepares a retrieve request by storing a SNMP command and a predetermined processing execution condition into a retrieve request of a SLP and transmits and outputs the prepared retrieve request to a printer 40 and others by multicast. Receiving the retrieve request, the printer 40 obtains... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080195768 - Installing drivers: A peripheral device having: an interface for connection to a host device; a memory for storing software for use by the host device for operating with the peripheral device; and a processor for controlling the operation of the device such that the device has two operating modes over the interface:... Agent: Novak Druce Deluca + Quigg LLP

20080195769 - Method of identifying devices in mobile and desktop environments: using the desktop computing device to run the software to configure the application software using configuration data such that communications from the desktop computing device to the mobile device using application software are addressed directly to the mobile device from which the software originated.... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.c.

20080195770 - Usb device and mode detecting method thereof: A USB peripheral device and a method of determining USB speed mode. The method of determining USB speed mode for an USB peripheral device, wherein the USB peripheral device is coupled to an USB host through an USB transmission cable, and the USB transmission cable comprises power and ground lines... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080195771 - Indicator light for connector: An illuminated connector for a device output may be used as a status indicator, showing various states of the output, including output on, proper functioning, and improper functioning. The illumination may be provided through a face of the physical connector, around a periphery of the connector, or proximate to the... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080195772 - Systems and methods for walkup filing using removable storage: A method for filing a data file from an imaging device using removable storage is described. A data file is received with a first format and a second format. A determination is made if the first format is a known format. A data converter is accessed to convert the first... Agent: Madson & Austin

20080195773 - Transaction stack for electronic devices including non volatile memory with limited amount of writing cycle: A transaction stack for devices with a limited writing cycle memory slides in a transaction buffer. Following any Commit Transaction or, alternatively, any Begin Transaction, the transaction stack is reallocated inside the transaction buffer. Consequently, some memory locations in the transaction buffer are released. The writing accesses to the non-volatile... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.a.

20080195774 - Structure for an asynchronous data interface: A design structure embodied in a machine readable storage medium for designing, manufacturing, and/or testing a design, the design structure comprising for an interface system is disclosed. The system includes a buffer that receives data from a source in a first clock domain and stores the data to be read... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20080195776 - Communications method, in particular for hospital and nursing beds: The invention relates to a communications method of communicating states from an activation unit to a receiver via a communications bus, wherein the state may be activation/deactivation of an activation unit, and wherein the state is communicated to the receiver via a serial data stream timed by a clock signal,... Agent: Dykema Gossett Pllc

20080195775 - Interface: A method of performing a burst read access at a memory device using a multiplexed data/address bus and a control signal including transferring a first portion of address information in a first phase via the multiplexed data/address bus to the memory device; transferring second portion of address information in a... Agent: Harrington & Smith, Pc

20080195777 - Video switch and method of sampling simultaneous video sources: m

20080195778 - Control method and system of computer peripheral: A control method of an input device is provided. Input signals are received and whether the input device is in a sustained mode is determined. A reference frequency of the input signals is calculated. The reference frequency may be the maximum frequency or the average frequency of the input signals.... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080195779 - Structure for setting a reference voltage for a bus agent: A design structure embodied in a machine readable storage medium for of designing, manufacturing, and/or testing a design is provided. The design structure includes an apparatus for setting a reference voltage for a bus agent. The apparatus includes a computer processor, a computer memory, with computer program instructions disposed within... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20080195781 - Method and apparatus for data processing in mobile communication system: Provided is a method and an apparatus for processing data at a high speed by a UE for data communication. In the method, received data is divided into a header and payload information, which are then stored in different memories. In the method, header processing and payload data processing can... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.c.

20080195780 - 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 are... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, Llc

20080195783 - 12c slave/master interface enhancement using state machines: Consistent with one example embodiment, communications systems, using a serial data transfer bus (125) having a serial data line and a clock line used to implement a communications protocol, incorporate enhanced slave/master interfacing on an I2C bus using state machines. The communications system includes a first and second state-machine (150,160)... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080195782 - Bus system and control method thereof: A bus system transmitting estimated standby time and a method of controlling the bus system are provided. The bus system includes a plurality of masters, a slave, and a bus unit which supports connections between the plurality of masters and the slave via a bus, and transmits an estimated standby... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080195784 - Interactive electronic device with digital and analog data links: An interactive electronic device having a master integrated circuit, an analog audio output device and a bus having a single-conductor digital data link and a single-conductor analog data link and a method for transmitting digital data and an associated analog signal are disclosed. The bus is configured to electrically simultaneously... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20080195785 - Interrupt control: An interrupt controller (1) is adapted to control the execution of interrupt requests (11, 12) of differing criticality by a processor (7) which is required to execute tasks (3, 17) of differing criticality under the control of a computer operating system (5); the interrupt controller being adapted to recognize critical... Agent: Motorola Inc

20080195787 - Adaptive boot sequence: An interface to a removable device includes a power monitoring device that can be used to quickly detect if a removable device is present during boot up or start. If the removable device is present, the normal startup sequence is performed for the removable device. If the removable device is... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080195786 - Hard disk type detecting circuit and hard disk connecting port having the hard disk type detecting circuit: The present invention provides a hard disk type detecting circuit for detecting a type of a hard disk plugged into a hard disk connecting port. The circuit includes a ground end, a power end for receiving a reference power source, and a voltage divider having a first resistor and a... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080195788 - Wireless docking station: A wireless docking station that allows a wireless connection between a computing device, for example a hand-held computing device, and a plurality of peripheral devices. This is achieved by providing the computing device with a wireless connectivity bus. The computing device may be, but is not limited to, a personal... Agent: Myers Wolin, Llc

20080195789 - Method and apparatus for handling data and aircraft employing same: These teachings present triple data transport redundancy in the form of three data bus interfaces that are each designed and manufactured independently from one another and compatible with a common data handling protocol. This protocol can be one that includes no error correction. These interfaces can each couple to a... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080195790 - Delegating universal serial bus functionality: A method of implementing USB Host functionality specifically designed to ensure a secure and resilient USB-On-The-Go implementation. A USB Hub Driver is configured so that it is able to nominate a portion of the USB topology to be transferred to the control of a peripheral driver or function driver. This... Agent: Synnestvedt Lechner & Woodbridge LLP

20080195791 - 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 are... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, Llc

20080195793 - Microcontroller with memory trace module: The present invention relates to a microcontroller comprising a central processing unit, a memory, a bus coupling the memory to the central processing unit, and a memory trace module for tracing at least one of a data of a write access to memory or data of a read access from... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080195792 - Universal serial bus transmitter: A Universal Serial Bus transmitter comprising a USBTXP input and a USBTXM input for receiving respective data signals, and a USBP driver and a USBM driver for applying the respective data signals to USBP and USBM wires respectively. The transmitter comprises a transmit signal generator responsive to an asserting edge... Agent: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. Law Department

20080189441 - Methods and apparatus to configure process control system inputs and outputs: Methods and apparatus to configure process control system inputs and outputs are disclosed. A disclosed example method comprises obtaining a tag of a process control device from the input/output device, and associating the process control device with a process control module based on the obtained tag.... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20080189442 - System and method for dynamically assigning i/o priority: A system for controlling I/O transfers includes a host system or initiator including an adapter driver layer; and a storage controller. The storage controller includes a priority store and an operation queue. The adapter driver is selectively responsive to a datapath command from an initiator application for setting a default... Agent: Randall J. Bluestone Intellectual Property Law

20080189443 - Wireless communication device: A wireless communication device includes an RF module, an audio-processing module, a receiving/transmitting module and a housing. The RF module connected wireless with a notebook computer is used for receiving/transmitting an RF data signal and converting the RF data signal into a respective digital audio signal. The audio-processing module is... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080189445 - Numerical controller: A numerical controller in which group IDs are automatically allocated to I/O units so that the group IDs and addresses can be set automatically even when a system configuration is changed in response to detection of a configuration error. When a power of the numerical controller is turned on, group... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080189444 - System of circumvention and recovery in a multi-function system: A system of circumvention and recovery in a multi-function system. The system includes a plurality of peripherals, at least one event detector and a controller. The plurality of peripherals have different levels of susceptibility to environmental events. The at least one event detector is configured to detect environmental events. The... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080189446 - Method and apparatus for monitoring responses of configuration commands: A method is disclosed for monitoring responses of configuration commands using MIB-based and event-based approaches. According to one embodiment, a network element receives a configuration that comprises one or more configuration commands. A command response table, which comprises a plurality of command response entries, is created and stored. The command... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20080189447 - Interactive system: A system and method include and control multiple controllable interactive components (10) that may be employed in various environments including sporting environments. The system may also include controllable (10) or non-controllable non-interactive components (30). These components (40) may include power supplies (42) that supply energy to the components (non-interactive and... Agent: Merle Richman Richman And Associates

20080189448 - Method for implementing a control channel in a system of circumvention and recovery: A multi-function system comprising a plurality of peripherals having different levels of susceptibility to environmental events, at least one event detector configured to detect environmental events, a controller coupled to receive an event detected signal from the at least one event detector, a communication interface communicatively coupling the controller and... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080189449 - Method of peripheral type identification in a system of circumvention and recovery: A method of implementing a circumvention and recovery system comprising conveying peripheral identifiers to a controller, and determining a level of susceptibility of a peripheral to select events based on the peripheral identifier. The method further includes controlling each peripheral based on the level of susceptibility of the peripheral during... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080189450 - Data transfer device, semiconductor integrated circuit, and processing status notification method: According to an aspect of an embodiment, a data transfer device comprises a plurality of transfer circuits managed by a processor, a request accepting unit, a status information collecting unit and a notification data generating unit. The plurality of transfer circuits each controls transfer of data. The request accepting unit... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080189451 - Magnetic disk controller and method: Among other disclosed subject matter, a magnetic disk controller includes an interface that receives and transmits data to be written into a magnetic disk. The magnetic disk controller includes a first buffer and a second buffer each of which temporarily stores data that is to be written into at least... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080189452 - Storage subsystem with configurable buffer: A storage subsystem includes a variable-size write buffer that temporarily stores write data received from a host system. The storage subsystem is capable of adjusting the size of the write buffer so as to vary both the performance (e.g., sustained write speed) of the storage subsystem and a risk of... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080189453 - Semiconductor integrated circuit device and method of operating the same: A semiconductor integrated circuit device is provided. The semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a central processing unit (CPU) configured to output first control signals in response to a first clock signal, a first bus connected to the CPU, a bridge circuit connected to the first bus, a second bus connected... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20080189454 - Device for transmitting data: A device for data transmission for a motor vehicle is presented, which has sensors used for generating data. The sensors are arranged on or in chassis components occupying a variable position relative to the body of the motor vehicle. Furthermore, the device for data transmission has components or assembly units... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20080189456 - Method and apparatus for serial bus communication: A system and method for providing a serial communication bus is disclosed. A serial communication bus connects multiple footprint devices, such as electronic sensors in a process control sample system. The footprint devices can utilize various footprint device specific communication protocols. Multiple tophat devices act as general I/O ports for... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080189455 - Multimodal memory controllers: Multimodal memory controllers are disclosed that include: a transmitter having a first input signal line, a second input signal line, a first output signal line, a second output signal line, a first single-ended driver, a second single-ended driver, a differential transmitter, and a mode control signal line, the mode control... Agent: Ibm (roc-blf)

20080189457 - Multimodal memory controllers: Design structures embodied in machine readable medium are provided. Embodiments of the design structures include a multimodal memory controller comprising: a transceiver circuit having at least one internal signal line, a first external signal line, a second external signal line, and a mode control signal line, the mode control signal... Agent: Ibm (roc-blf)

20080189458 - 12c slave device with programmable write-transaction cycles: Consistent with one example embodiment, communications systems, using a serial data transfer bus having a serial data line and a clock line used to implement a communications protocol, incorporate programmable updating of slave device output banks sequentially or simultaneously. The communications system includes two or more slave devices and/or a... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080189459 - Serial communication system: A serial communication system comprises: a master; a plurality of slaves; and a serial communication bus connecting the master and the plurality of slaves. The master is configured so as to perform peer-to-peer control, via the serial communication bus, of the plurality of slaves. Each of the plurality of slaves... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080189460 - Controlling resource transfers in a logically partitioned computer system: A resource and partition manager of the preferred embodiments includes a lock mechanism that operates on a plurality of locks that control access to individual I/O slots. The resource and partition manager uses the lock mechanism to obtain a lock on an I/O slot when transferring control of the I/O... Agent: Martin & Associates, LLC

20080189461 - Micro controller unit (mcu) capable of increasing data retention time and method of driving the mcu: A method of operating a micro controller unit including maintaining a stop mode operation when a battery level detected n response to a first interrupt signal input from an external source is in a predetermined low voltage level range during the stop mode operation, and performing a normal operation corresponding... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20080189462 - Controlling resource transfers in a logically partitioned computer system: A resource and partition manager of the preferred embodiments includes a lock mechanism that operates on a plurality of locks that control access to individual I/O slots. The resource and partition manager uses the lock mechanism to obtain a lock on an I/O slot when transferring control of the I/O... Agent: Martin & Associates, LLC

20080189463 - Docking system and portable computer having the same: A docking system which is detachably coupled with a computer main body, includes a docking main body which is formed with a docking opening, a docking bracket including a docking part which is accommodated to the docking opening to be electrically connected with the computer main body, and a position... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080189464 - Measurement or protective device with independent software modules: A measurement or protective device has a terminal for establishing a connection to a data bus. A control device determine the mode of operation of the measurement or protective device, and the mode of operation can be changed from the outside using the terminal. The novel device enables evaluation operations,... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080189465 - Storage device with automatic interface-switching function: A storage device with automatic-switching function is disclosed. When the storage device is coupled to a USB interface, the power provided by the USB interface turns the USB/SATA converter on to convert data from the USB interface into SATA format and transmit to a hard disk. When the storage device... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation