Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory inventions 09/07

20070226394 - Alternate storage of repeated data within a data storage device: A data storage device having capabilities for alternate storage of repeated data and methods for alternate storage of repeated data within a data storage device. In one example embodiment, a method is disclosed for a data storage device to alternately store data within the data storage device. First, the data... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070226395 - Method of optimising the performance of a computer and a main non-volatile memory unit optimised using specific-use sections: A method is revealed to optimize the performance of a computer by establishing purpose-specific sections in its main non-volatile storage medium. This method creates a basic set of purpose-specific sections in order to store, separated at a physical level and at a logical level, basic elements associated to equipment operation... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070226398 - Information reproducing apparatus and information reproducing method: A resume function is properly controlled, thereby making it possible to prevent a malfunction and enhance reliability. Provided are a content type storage section having stored therein disc determination information of a disc being played back, a playback processing section which plays back the disc, an interruption information storage section... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070226396 - System and method for backing up and recovering data in a computer system: A method (and system) of backing up and recovering data in a computer system includes incorporating a nonvolatile memory (NVM) into the computer system, backing up data from a storage of the computer system to said NVM, at a first time interval, and backing up data from the NVM to... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070226397 - Time budgeting for non-data transfer operations in drive units: Between data accesses to a storage medium, requested by an initiator, a logical unit may need to perform autonomous operations. The logical unit receives information from the initiator to allow the logical unit to estimate whether the stream buffer of the initiator is reaching a critical level. Based on this... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070226399 - Recording medium, and information processing device and information processing method for the recording medium: A recording medium stores contents and contents keys to be used for encrypting the contents, in a plurality of storage formats. The storage formats include a storage format (a first format) for delivered contents acquired through a network, and a storage format (a second format) for local contents acquired by... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070226400 - Information processing apparatus and method of using otp memory: In an OTP memory, initially, a file A is recorded. When modification of the file A is needed, a modification file B is additionally written into the OTP memory. Storage information on the modification file B is also additionally written into a FAT area and a directory entry. When an... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070226403 - Computer storage control: A flash memory-based storage grouped into memory regions is controlled by determining whether the flash memory is accessed or not. Power to a first of the memory regions is controlled according to the determination result. Power to a second of the memory regions is controlled according to the determination result.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070226402 - Data management and control system in semiconductor flush memory and semiconductor flush memory accommodation apparatus: Service life of a semiconductor flush memory is extended by averaging the number of times of rewrite operation and non-uniformity of time associated with a synchronization processing is eliminated. The invention provides a mapping rule such that when a space bitmap recorded to a semiconductor flush memory spreads over three... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070226401 - Data accessing structure and method for flash memory: Data accessing structure and method for flash memory is disclosed. While data copying is performed in flash memory, a main controller assigns some of buffers as copy buffers; when data copying is not performed in flash memory, the main controller assigns all of buffers as data buffers. Therefore, all of... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070226404 - File storage device, host apparatus, method for formatting nonvolatile semiconductor memory, and method of writing data in nonvolatile semiconductor memory: A file storage device includes a nonvolatile semiconductor memory which is accessed by a file system of a host apparatus. The nonvolatile semiconductor memory has a user data area. The user data area is accessible by the file system. Device information indicates that the nonvolatile semiconductor memory is a nonvolatile... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070226405 - Information processor: In an information processor including memory devices such as DRAMs and others, by reducing the power consumption of memory devices and efficiently repairing defect bits, a highly reliable information processor is realized. In an information processor including an external memory such as a DRAM, a second memory whose power consumption... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070226406 - Data management in long record length memory: A data management method for a long record length memory that is used for data acquisition writes data samples into an initial circular buffer within the memory having a size equal to a pre-trigger time. When a first trigger event occurs, the data samples are then written into a linear... Agent: Thomas F. Lenihan Tektronix, Inc.

20070226407 - Integrated circuit and method for buffering to optimize burst length in networks on chips: An integrated circuit comprising a plurality of processing modules (M, S) coupled by an interconnect means (N) is provided. A first processing module (M) communicates with a second processing module (S) based on transactions. A first wrapper means (WM1) associated to said second processing module (S) buffers data from said... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070226408 - Hard disk drive integrated circuit with integrated gigabit ethernet interface module: An integrated circuit (IC) for a hard disk drive (HDD) includes a first processor that is incorporated in the IC and that performs processing related to the HDD. A hard disk control (HDC) module is incorporated in the IC and communicates with the first processor. A wireline network interface module... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C

20070226409 - Adaptive storage system including hard disk drive with flash interface: A device that operates in low power and high power modes comprises volatile memory and nonvolatile memory that includes at least one of a low power (LP) hard disk drive (HDD) with a nonvolatile semiconductor memory interface and a high power HDD with a nonvolatile semiconductor memory interface. An operating... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C

20070226410 - Recording medium with overlapping segment information thereon and apparatus and methods for forming, recording, and reproducing the recording medium: A recording medium, such as a high-density and/or optical recording medium including segment information recorded thereon, and apparatus and methods for recording to and reproducing from the recording medium, in order to improve data protection, data management and/or reproduction compatibility. The recording medium may contain at least one segment area... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070226411 - Disk drive write method: A disk drive includes a first flush cache memory location, a second flush cache memory location, and a controller for writing information associated with a flush cache write command alternatively between the first flush cache memory location and the second flush cache memory location.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070226412 - Storage device, controller for storage device, and storage device control method: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention relate to realizing content protection by enhancing data safety by detecting falsification of data stored in a storage device. A storage device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes an HDA (Head Disk Assembly) and a controller, and a nonvolatile... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20070226413 - Offloading disk-related tasks from raid adapter to distributed service processors in switched drive connection network enclosure: A storage system includes a RAID adapter, disk array switches, sub-processors, and hard disk drives (HDDs). A disk-related operation is initiated in the RAID adapter. The RAID adapter dispatches a command to a disk array processor (or sub-processor) in an enclosure for the processor to perform the operation on one... Agent: Law Office Of Dan Shifrin, PC - Ibm

20070226414 - Using oob to provide communication in a computer storage system: A system provides communication between components of a computer data storage system using out-of-band (OOB) signaling. The system includes a plurality of data storage devices having a local controller for directing data flow to each of the plurality of data storage devices. A switch is coupled to the local controller... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070226415 - Using oob to provide communication in a computer storage system: A system provides communication between components of a computer data storage system using out-of-band (OOB) signaling. The system includes a plurality of data storage devices having a local controller for directing data flow to each of the plurality of data storage devices. A switch is coupled to the local controller... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070226416 - Portable random access memory: Disclosed is a portable random access memory (PRAM) with a data card body involving at least one installation space for housing a NOR type flash memory IC chip; and electrically conductive data transmission entity contained in the data card body and having a data transmission conductor extended to the installation... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070226418 - Processor and method for controlling processor: A processor judges, by a comparator, match between an address determined to be a breakpoint of the CPU core and an address of a data cache at which the CPU core accesses the data cache. The data cache outputs a cache hit signal indicating a result of detection of a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070226419 - Triggered modification of data traffic: Apparatus and associated systems and methods may relate to a data traffic modification system that may modify a data stream as a function of a selected data value in the data stream, where the data value is selected from among values received into a buffer before the occurrence of a... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070226417 - Power efficient media playback on general purpose portable devices: A portable multifunction computing device optimizes cache storage when processing media files and the like. During a playback operation, the device caches as many media items as possible such that during playback media items are retrieved from cache rather than from a hard disk memory. The device monitors memory requirements... Agent: Senniger Powers (msft)

20070226420 - Compression method and apparatus for a cpu: A compression method and apparatus compresses the program and data for a CPU which significantly reduces the density of storage device of storing the program and the data for a CPU to execute the program. Multiple groups of instructions and data are compressed separately by a mapping unit indicating the... Agent: Chih-ta Star Sung Rm. 308, Bld. 52, No. 195

20070226421 - Unified processor cache model in multiprocessor system: Exemplary embodiments include a multiprocessor system including: a plurality of processors in operable communication with an address manager and an memory controller; and a unified cache in operable communication with the address manager, wherein the unified cache includes: a plurality of cache addresses; a cache data corresponding to each cache... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Rochester Division

20070226422 - Multi-master system and data transfer system: A multi-master system 101 includes: a memory controller 4 that executes access requests for accessing a memory 5 issued from masters 1 through 3; a master 1 that issues a write request for writing the data into a shared area to the memory controller 4; a prefetch control unit 9... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070226424 - Low-cost cache coherency for accelerators: Embodiments of the invention provide methods and systems for reducing the consumption of inter-node bandwidth by communications maintaining coherence between accelerators and CPUs. The CPUs and the accelerators may be clustered on separate nodes in a multiprocessing environment. Each node that contains a shared memory device may maintain a directory... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20070226423 - Processor, data processing system, and method for initializing a memory block in a data processing system having multiple coherency domains: A data processing system includes at least first and second coherency domains, each including at least one processor core and a memory. In response to an initialization operation by a processor core that indicates a target memory block to be initialized, a cache memory in the first coherency domain determines... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20070226425 - Technique for eliminating dead stores in a processor: A technique for reducing off-chip bandwidth requirements for a processor reads old data from a location in an on-chip store of a processor in preparation of writing new data to the location in the on-chip store. The technique determines whether new data blocks of the new data and associated old... Agent: Gunnison Mckay & Hodgson, LLP

20070226426 - Data processing system, cache system and method for precisely forming an invalid coherency state based upon a combined response: A cache coherent data processing system includes at least first and second coherency domains. The first coherency domain includes a system memory controller for a system memory and a first processing unit having a first cache memory. The second coherency domain includes a second processing unit having a second cache... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20070226427 - Data processing system, cache system and method for updating an invalid coherency state in response to snooping an operation: A cache coherent data processing system includes at least first and second coherency domains. In a first cache memory within the first coherency domain of the data processing system, a coherency state field associated with a storage location and an address tag is set to a first data-invalid coherency state... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20070226428 - Computer compressed memory system and method for storing and retrieving data in a processing system: A computer compressed memory system for storing and retrieving data in a processing system, includes a memory including at least one memory device for storing at least one of uncompressed data and compressed data, a compressor for encoding data blocks into smaller compressed data blocks for storage in the memory,... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070226432 - Devices, systems and methods for creating and managing media clips: A system for presenting media streams includes: a memory system having stored therein data of a plurality media presentations; a communication network providing for communication between the memory system and at least one computer; and data for a user interface stored on the memory system. The interface includes an input... Agent: Bartony & Hare, LLP

20070226433 - External memory controller node: A memory controller to provide memory access services in an adaptive computing engine is provided. The controller comprises: a network interface configured to receive a memory request from a programmable network; and a memory interface configured to access a memory to fulfill the memory request from the programmable network, wherein... Agent: Wayne L. Tang Nixon Peabody, LLP.

20070226430 - Filtering bit position in a memory: A memory includes a plurality of first-in-first-out (FIFO) cells, an output pointer counter, a write training block and a temporary data register. The output pointer counter is for switching a value of a FIFO output pointer among the FIFO cells. The write training block is for moving the FIFO output... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20070226429 - Memory including a write training block: A memory includes a plurality of first-in-first-out (FIFO) cells, an output pointer counter and a write training block. The output pointer counter is for switching a value of a FIFO output pointer among the FIFO cells. The write training block is for generating information for moving the FIFO output pointer... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20070226431 - Read-copy-update (rcu) operations with reduced memory barrier usage: Read-copy-update (RCU) is performed within real-time and other types of systems, such that memory barrier usage within RCU is reduced. A computerized system includes processors, memory, updaters, and readers. The updaters update contents of a section of the memory by using first and second sets of per-processor counters, first and... Agent: Law Offices Of Michael Dryja

20070226434 - Data recovery in a memory system using tracking cells: Tracking cells are used in a memory system to improve the read process. The tracking cells can provide an indication of the quality of the data and can be used as part of a data recovery operation if there is an error. The tracking cells provide a means to adjust... Agent: Vierra Magen/sandisk Corporation

20070226435 - Methods and systems of managing i/o operations in data storage systems: The invention relates to management of I/O in data storage systems. In an embodiment, the invention provides a data storage subsystem processing I/O requests each having a priority, comprising a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, a disk array, an array controller coupled to the processor and the disk... Agent: Robert Moll

20070226439 - Data backup device, data backup method, and recording medium storing data backup program: A data backup device according to the present invention comprises a first table, a second table, an update management part configured to perform recording in the second table an identifier of updated portion of a first memory, a table rewriting part configured to perform rewriting the first table such that... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070226436 - File system based offline disk management: Logically imaging a memory area or a portion thereof while the memory area is offline. For each partition of a selected volume of the memory area, the logical files are captured along with volume and partition information and stored in an image file to enable logical restoration of the captured... Agent: Senniger Powers (msft)

20070226437 - Producing tertiary instant virtual copies without volume suspension: Provided are a techniques for copying data. It is determined that it is time to execute a quick copy command indicating one or more control volume pairs for which a freeze indicator is set to indicate that a freeze is to occur and one or more data volume pairs for... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20070226438 - Rolling cache configuration for a data replication system: Performing data management operations on replicated data in a computer network. Log entries are generated for data management operations of an application executing on a source system. Consistency point entries are used to indicate a time of a known good, or recoverable, state of the application. A destination system is... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070226440 - Read-copy-update (rcu) operations with reduced memory barrier usage: Read-copy-update (RCU) is performed within real-time and other types of systems, such that memory barrier usage within RCU is reduced. A computerized system includes processors, memory, updaters, and readers. The updaters update contents of a section of the memory by using first and second sets of per-processor counters, first and... Agent: Law Offices Of Michael Dryja

20070226441 - Storage control system: A plurality of key information items with a fixed constitution are stored in a shared memory of a first storage control system. Each key information item corresponds with each of the types of a second storage control system and includes, in a predetermined location in the key information, an information... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070226442 - Embedded system for compensating setup time violation and method thereof: The invention relates to an embedded system, and in particular, to an embedded system capable of compensating setup time violation. An embedded system comprises a serial flash and an access circuit. The serial flash further comprises an input pin and an output pin. The access circuit further comprises a processor,... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070226448 - Information processing apparatus: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes memory in which first firmware is stored; a controller to execute the firmware; a storage device in which update data corresponding to second firmware that can be used to update the first firmware stored in memory; and a processing unit configured... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070226449 - Virtual computer system, and physical resource reconfiguration method and program thereof: Provided is a virtual computer system capable of finding a configuration whose total sum of memory access delays is smaller than that of a current configuration. In a virtual computer system in which with memory access times within a node and between nodes differing from each other, a hypervisor controls... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070226443 - File systems for data processing systems: A method for dynamically optimizing file systems based on user access patterns or other parameters. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a list of files forming a cluster is first created based on various preset criteria by an application, the list is transmitted to a file system program,... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070226444 - Method and apparatus for reducing the amount of data in a storage system: Groups of volumes having a certain amount of commonality of data are identified within a storage system. For each group, the process defines a base volume, such as the volume containing the most commonality with the other volumes. For each volume in the group, the process extracts differential data between... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070226445 - Method and system for rapid data-fragmentation analysis of a file-allocation-table (fat) file system: A method and system for rapid data-fragmentation analysis of a file-allocation-table (FAT) file system is described. One illustrative embodiment reads into a memory of a computer a FAT associated with a storage medium of the computer, the storage medium having a plurality of clusters, each cluster having an associated entry... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070226446 - Storage system and data management method: Provided are a storage system and data management method capable of improving the usage efficiency of a storage extent. With this storage system, a first storage apparatus dynamically allocates a storage extent to the first volume and sends data written by the host system in the first volume to the... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20070226447 - Storage system, storage extent release method and storage apparatus: This storage system has an allocation unit for allocating a storage extent in prescribed units to the dynamic logical volume upon storing the data sent from the host computer in the dynamic logical volume; a management unit for managing the storage extent recognized as being currently used by the file... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070226452 - Data management for a flash storage device: A flash storage device for transferring data to and from a host. The flash storage uses a controller to data transfer in the flash storage device, a buffer to temporarily store data for transfer between the host and the flash storage device, a first table for maintaining storage information relating... Agent: Simpletech, Inc. C/o Seyed Jalal Sadr, Esq.

20070226451 - Method and apparatus for full volume mass storage device virtualization: A storage command specifying a virtual linear block address (“LBA”) is converted to a device command specifying a physical LBA and issued to a mass storage device. Chipsets to translate between virtual LBAs and physical LBAs, systems using such chipsets, and machine-readable media containing software to control programmable logic devices,... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070226450 - Method and system for unifying memory access for cpu and io operations: A system and method for unifying access to a physical memory by operations using virtual addresses of the same virtual address space are provided. The operations may be generated by at least one central processing unit (CPU operations) and/or by at least one IO device (IO operations). The system may... Agent: Stephen C. Kaufman IBM Corporation

20070220195 - Multi-processor system, and method of distributing memory access load in multi-processor system: Disclosed is a multiprocessor system using a plurality of multi-chip packages mounted with at least one processor and at least one memory, wherein: the number of memory access to the memory by the processor is recorded, and if the number of memory access across different multi-chip packages exceeds the number... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070220194 - System for covertly storing control information: A device for recording records blocks of information on logical addresses on a record carrier at corresponding physical addresses. The logical addresses are translated into the physical addresses in dependence of remapping information (57) indicative for translating a logical address initially mapped to a physical address to an alternate physical... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070220196 - Methods and apparatus for acquiring expansion read only memory size information prior to operating system execution: Methods and apparatus for acquiring expansion read only memory size information prior to operating system execution are disclosed. The disclosed methods and apparatus access an instance of a data structure generated prior to execution of an operating system and display boot phase memory usage information associated with an expansion read... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20070220197 - Method of managing copy operations in flash memories: Upon the arrival at a memory device of one or more data chunks associated with respective logical addresses, each data chunk is assigned a signature, stored in a first location, and copied to a second location. The copy is assigned a signature that matches the signature of its parent data... Agent: Dr. Mark Friedman Ltd. C/o Mr. Bill Polkinghorn

20070220198 - Power controlling method for use in storage device: To provide a power controlling method for use in a storage device which can be operated with less power consumption, at least a storage capacity monitoring unit for monitoring the storage amount of data stored in each storage unit, a power-on unit for controlling the power-on of each storage unit,... Agent: Patrick G. Burns, Esq. Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20070220199 - System of and method for transparent management of data objects in containers across distributed heterogenous resources: A system of and method for maintaining data objects in containers across a network of distributed heterogeneous resources in a manner which is transparent to a client. A client request pertaining to containers is resolved by querying meta data for the container, processing the request through one or more copies... Agent: Howrey LLP

20070220202 - Adaptive storage system including hard disk drive with flash interface: A data storage system for a device including low power and high power modes comprises low power (LP) nonvolatile memory that includes a LP hard disk drive (HDD) having a non-volatile semiconductor memory interface, wherein said LP HDD communicates with said device via said non-volatile semiconductor memory interface. High power... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C

20070220200 - Wise ordering for writes - combining spatial and temporal locality in write caches for multi-rank storage: A storage system has a storage controller for an array of storage disks, the array being ordered in an sequence of write groups. A write cache is shared by the disks. The storage controller temporarily stores write groups in the write cache responsive to write groups being written to their... Agent: Ibm Almaden (ave) C/o Law Office Of Anthony England

20070220201 - Wise ordering for writes-combining spatial and temporal locality in write caches: A storage system has a storage controller for an array of storage disks, the array being ordered in an sequence of write groups. A write cache is shared by the disks. The storage controller temporarily stores write groups in the write cache, responsive to write groups being written, and lists... Agent: Ibm Almaden (ave) C/o Law Office Of Anthony England

20070220204 - Computer system for controlling allocation of physical links and method thereof: The computer system of the present invention has a plurality of SAS target devices, an SAS initiator device, and a service delivery subsystem that is connected to each SAS target device by means of a physical link that is physical wiring and connected to the SAS initiator device by means... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070220203 - Management method for virtualized storage view: The Storage Management System includes a client host, storage device, and storage management server configured to provide virtualized storage topology. The storage management server holds information on both the physical topology of the devices and the virtualized system configuration. In addition, the storage management server holds status information indicating whether... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070220205 - Nas with worm function: A network storage system accessible by a computer, including worm functions.... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070220206 - Raid overlapping: A first array of disk drives overlaps with a second array of disk drives in a Redundant Array of Inexpensive Drives (RAID) system, in which the first and second arrays share at least one disk drive. A first stripe of data from a first client is stored in the first... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20070220207 - Transferring data from stacked memory: Methods and apparatus to transfer data from a stacked memory are described. In one embodiment, an interconnect may be utilized to transfer data into a buffer from one or more opened memory pages.... Agent: Caven & Aghevli C/o Intellevate

20070220209 - Data processing method, data processor, and program: An apparatus performs a data processing, including a data layout processing, to generate processed data. When the data processing has been completed, the apparatus performs a data output processing for outputting the processed data. The apparatus is further configured to output a current progress status of a processing that includes... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070220208 - Storage system and storage system control method: A storage system of the present invention improves the response performance of sequential access to data, the data arrangement of which is expected to be sequential. Data to be transmitted via streaming delivery is stored in a storage section. A host sends data read out from the storage section to... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070220210 - Cache disassociation detection: In some embodiments an expected value is compared with a number of times a storage device has been powered up and/or spun up. A cache disassociation is detected in response to the comparing. Other embodiments are described and claimed.... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070220211 - Load when reservation lost instruction for performing cacheline polling: A load when reservation lost instruction for performing cacheline polling is disclosed. Initially, a first process requests an action to be performed by a second process. The request is made via a store operation to a cacheable memory location. The first process then reads the cacheable memory location via a... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20070220212 - Method, system, apparatus, and article of manufacture for performing cacheline polling utilizing a store and reserve instruction: A method, system, apparatus, and article of manufacture for performing cacheline polling utilizing a store and reserve instruction are disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a first process initially-requests an action to be performed by a second process. A reservation is set at a cacheable memory... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20070220213 - Method, system, apparatus, and article of manufacture for performing cacheline polling utilizing store with reserve and load when reservation lost instructions: A method, system, apparatus, and article of manufacture for performing cacheline polling utilizing store and reserve and load when reservation lost instructions is disclosed. In one embodiment a method is provided which comprises storing a buffer flag busy indicator data value within a first cacheable memory location and setting a... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20070220214 - System and method for data backup and recovery: Methods and systems are disclosed for creating and recovering backup copies of computer data in an enterprise. An example method is disclosed for recovering computer data from a plurality sequential access devices. The method includes identifying a plurality of objects to be recovered, identifying a backup corresponding to each identified... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070220218 - Apparatus and method for memory control, and mobile device: A memory control apparatus that includes a queue to store up to 2 access requests to a memory and a command issuer to issue a command to the memory according to access requests stored to the queue. The command issuer includes an address comparator to evaluate whether the access requests... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070220217 - Communication between virtual machines: A computing system may comprise an accelerator that transfers the data units between a first and a second virtual machine resident on the same computing system. An abstraction block may comprise a first memory and a second memory. The abstraction block may generate a first signal in response to storing... Agent: Intel/blakely

20070220215 - Method and system for data processing with data distribution managing: It is judged whether the reference data is the latest and if not the latest, the data is updated to the latest in a short time. A program in which data creation procedure is pre-defined creates requested secondary data according to primary data. The primary data, the secondary data, and... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070220216 - Memory system and method of controlling the memory system: A memory system for transmitting data to and receiving data from a host apparatus includes a semiconductor memory and an access-controlling part. The semiconductor memory has storage areas identified by physical addresses, stores data in each of the storage areas, performs data write in accordance with a request made by... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070220220 - Data storage management method and device: A storage device includes a local memory, wherein data are locally stored, and a controller that is operative, in accordance with a reduction policy, to modify the data on the local memory, thereby freeing storage area on the local memory.... Agent: Dr. Mark Friedman Ltd. C/o Bill Polkinghorn

20070220219 - System and method for optimizing data in value-based storage system: A method (and system) of storing data in a value-based storage system, includes optimizing a value of data stored in the value-based storage system.... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070220221 - Method and apparatus for backup and recovery using storage based journaling: A storage system maintains a journal of journal entries and at lease one snapshot of one or more data volumes. By assigning a unique sequence number to journal and snapshot, it is easy to find a journal which can be applied to the snapshot. A technique is described for detecting... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070220224 - Data input/output method in information processing system, and information processing system: An input/output method is provided which assures data consistency of a file spreading over a plurality of logically significant volumes or files distributed among a plurality of volumes. A storage subsystem at a main site handles as one group those input/output requests issued in a single process from a computer... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20070220222 - Methods and apparatus for modifying a backup data stream including logical partitions of data blocks to be provided to a fixed position delta reduction backup application: Methods and apparatus for modifying a backup data stream to be provided to a fixed position delta reduction backup method are disclosed. When a data stream is received, the data stream may be parsed into a plurality of logical components, where each of the logical components includes one or more... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070220223 - Remote copying of updates to primary and secondary storage locations subject to a copy relationship: Provided are a method, system, and program for remote copying of updates to primary and secondary storage locations subject to a copy relationship. A first copy relationship is established between first and second storage locations in a first storage system and second storage system, respectively, wherein updates to the first... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20070220225 - Storage system issuing optimum i/o command to allocation-on-use enabled volume and controlling method therefor: To improve snapshot performance and copying performance on a block device level in a capacity of an allocation-on-use volume. Provided is a storage system coupled to a network includes one or more volumes constituted of a plurality of blocks. The plurality of blocks include a first block and a second... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070220226 - User terminal and method of managing a secondary storage unit in a user terminal: In a user terminal having a feature to prevent the leakage or loss of classified information by inhibiting the writing in a secondary storage unit or out in an external recording medium, the user is allowed to update an OS patch, a virus pattern and the like as needed while... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070220227 - Techniques for managing data within a data storage system utilizing a flash-based memory vault: A technique for managing data within a data storage system involves performing data storage operations on behalf of a set of hosts (i.e., one or more hosts) using a volatile-memory storage cache and a set of magnetic disk drives while the data storage system is being powered by a primary... Agent: David E. Huang, Esq. Bainwood Huang And Associates LLC

20070220229 - Memory area allocation control device, storage medium storing its program and its method: The memory area allocation control device for allocating target information to a free area of a memory area efficiently allocates a free area to target information to be requested by obtaining a request for allocating the target information to a free area, searches for the free area by a best... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070220228 - Computer memory configuration inspection method and system: A computer memory configuration inspection method and system method and system is proposed, which is designed for use with a computer motherboard for providing a memory configuration inspection function, and which is characterized by the utilization of an embedded set of memory specification data that are factory-stored in each DIMM... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070220230 - Local memory management system with plural processors: An information processing system includes a first processor having a first local memory, a second processor having a second local memory, and a third processor having a third local memory. The system further includes a unit which maps one of the second and third local memories in part of an... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070220231 - Virtual address translation by a processor for a peripheral device: Processors, systems, and methods for virtual address translation by a processor for a peripheral device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a processor includes a memory management unit and an interface. The memory management unit is to translate a first address to a second address. The first address is an address... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070214307 - Dynamically setting routing information to transfer input output data directly into processor caches in a multi processor system: According to some embodiments, IO traffic is transferred directly into a target processor cache in accordance with routing information.... Agent: Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC

20070214308 - Network interface and protocol: A communication interface for providing an interface between a data link and a data processor, the data processor being capable of supporting an operating system and a user application, the communication interface being arranged to: support a first queue of data received over the link and addressed to a logical... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070214310 - Nonvolatile memory system and management method for nonvolatile memory: A nonvolatile memory system includes a nonvolatile memory and a controller. The controller is configured to manage the nonvolatile memory based on management information. The management information of the controller includes a basic table for collectively managing a plurality of blocks and differential information between the blocks. The controller is... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070214309 - Nonvolatile storage device and data writing method thereof: A nonvolatile storage device according to the invention is a nonvolatile storage device into which data is inputted from an external device on a sector unit, and includes: a main memory which is nonvolatile and in which data is written on a page unit, the page unit being larger than... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070214311 - Homogeneous device initialization of data storage library subsystems which may have heterogeneous devices: Device initialization of subsystems of a data storage library determines whether a subsystem is homogeneous, having common types of devices; or is heterogeneous, having mixed types of devices. Host names are provided for a subsystem in a predetermined format by concatenating the library name, the subsystem name, and a supplemental... Agent: John H. Holcombe IBM Corporation,IPLaw Dept.

20070214312 - Information storage device and write control circuit: On writing information to an information recording medium including multiple recording areas having logical addresses assigned thereto, each of the recording areas having information recorded therein with a check code generated based on the logical address of the recording area added thereto, the logical address is converted to a physical... Agent: Patrick G. Burns, Esq. Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20070214313 - Apparatus, system, and method for concurrent raid array relocation: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for concurrently relocating a RAID array. The apparatus includes an identification module, a designation module, and an implementation module. The identification module identifies an availability of a physical device within a donor arrayed storage device to offload a source drive of a relocation... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20070214318 - Disk array system and fault-tolerant control method for the same: A disk array system where a plurality of SATA drive enclosures are connected through an FC loop is made capable of continuing to process data even in the event of a fault. When the system is normally operated, a first system controller and a second system controller execute read/write operations... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070214317 - Initiating and using information used for a host, control unit, and logical device connections: Provided are a method, system, and program for initiating and using information used for a host, control unit, and logical device connections receiving a request to create a host port to control unit port connection. In a volume group data structure, a volume group entry is defined having a plurality... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20070214315 - Methods and apparatus for selecting a virtualization engine: Methods and apparatus are provided for efficiently selecting virtualization engines in storage area networks. Initiators, targets, and candidate virtualization engines associated with a virtual logical unit number (VLUN) are identified and characteristics such as latency, network topology, load, and mirroring and striping characteristics are analyzed and used to efficiently select... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070214314 - Methods and systems for hierarchical management of distributed data: Various method and system embodiments of the present invention are directed to hierarchical control logic within each component data-storage system of a distributed data-storage system composed of networked component data-storage systems over which virtual disks, optionally replicated as virtual-disk images, composed of data segments in turn composed of data blocks,... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20070214316 - Raid system and method in mobile terminal: Disclosed is a Redundant Arrays of Independent Drives (RAID) system and a RAID method in a mobile terminal. The system includes a plurality of flash memories for storing data for operation performance of the mobile terminal and a RAID system for controlling the flash memories to be recognized as one... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070214319 - Microprocessor with integrated high speed memory: The present invention relates to the field of (micro)computer design and architecture, and in particular to microarchitecture associated with moving data values between a (micro)processor and memory components. Particularly, the present invention relates to a computer system with an processor architecture in which register addresses are generated with more than... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070214320 - Multi-cache cooperation for response output caching: Caching data. A method may be practiced, for example, in a computing environment including a server system that provides data to client systems. The server system includes a number of caches for storing data. The method allows a least expensive cache to first cache data or return data requested by... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20070214321 - Synchronizing recency information in an inclusive cache hierarchy: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for receiving a cache access request for data present in a lower-level cache line of a lower-level cache, and sending recency information regarding the lower-level cache line to a higher-level cache. The higher-level cache may be inclusive with the lower-level cache... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20070214322 - Apparatus and method for managing stacks in virtual machine: An apparatus and method for managing stacks in a virtual machine are provided. The apparatus includes a first memory which checks the space of a stack chunk and allocates a frame pointer if at least one of a push and a pop are performed in a virtual machine; and a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070214323 - Power conservation via dram access reduction: Power conservation via DRAM access reduction is provided by a buffer/mini-cache selectively operable in a normal mode and a buffer mode. In the buffer mode, entered when CPUs begin operating in low-power states, non-cacheable accesses (such as generated by a DMA device) matching specified physical address ranges are processed by... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070214325 - Data storage device and method thereof: A microprocessor 18 in a control device 13 of a data storage device determines that the read request has a sequential access property, when a transfer size of data specified by a read request from a host computer 11 is the same as a preset pre-fetch determination size and sends... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070214324 - Command controller, prefetch buffer and methods for accessing a serial flash in an embedded system: The invention relates to a command controller and a prefetch buffer, and in particular, to a command controller and a prefetch buffer for accessing a serial flash in an embedded system. An embedded system comprises a serial flash, a processor, a plurality of access devices, and a prefetch buffer. The... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070214327 - Cpu-containing lsi, and optical disk device and lsi device with the same: The present invention provides a CPU-containing LSI in which software stored in an external memory is incorporated partially into a RAM and thereby the capacity of the RAM to be used can be held down, and an optical disk device including the same. In the CPU-containing LSI, the RAM includes... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20070214326 - Storage control apparatus, storage control method, computer product, and information processing apparatus: A data storing unit includes a plurality of areas divided in a predetermined range. A data writing unit writes, when reception data is received from outside, the reception data and a reception status indicating a status of the reception data in one area of the data writing unit collectively with... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070214328 - Recording medium having data structure for managing at least a data area of the recording medium and recording and reproducing methods and apparatuses: The data structure on the recording medium includes a temporary defect management area storing a data block. The data block includes a temporary definition structure. The temporary definition structure indicates a recording mode of the recording medium.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070214329 - Method and apparatus for writing to a target memory page of a memory: A method and apparatus for writing to a target memory page of a memory has an initial memory page having allocated thereto a marking memory containing information whether a content of the initial memory page is written correctly to the target memory page. The apparatus includes a memory controller for... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070214330 - Method for processing backup, backup processing device, and storage medium storing program: A method for processing backup in the invention calculates a necessary capacity of a second storage medium when backing up in a plurality of divided sessions backup target data stored on a first storage medium, decides the number of dividing into the sessions based on the calculated necessary capacity and... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070214332 - Storage-access control system, storage-access control method, and computer product: A device driver includes an access permitted directory storage unit and an access-permission determining unit. The access-permitted directory storage unit stores as an access-permitted directory an activation directory for a process that is allowed to access an S memory (private memory). The access-permission determining unit checks whether an activation directory... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070214331 - Selectable mass storage system: Switching apparatus is used in combination with a multiplicity of mass storage units to provide a user of a digital computer with privacy from other local users and from users on a connected network. When the computer is connected to the network, the private files are protected from computer viruses,... Agent: Gordon J. Murphy

20070214333 - Modifying node descriptors to reflect memory migration in an information handling system with non-uniform memory access: An information handling system includes a first node and a second node. Each node includes a processor and a local system memory. An interconnect between the first node and the second node enables a processor on the first node to access system memory on the second node. The system includes... Agent: Baker Botts, LLP

20070214334 - Storage system: In a storage system having a function of acquiring update history information in correspondence with a write operation from a host, update data according to the amount of data written will become enormous. Thus, there is a problem in that long-term backup and data management using update history information is... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070214336 - Semiconductor integrated circuit apparatus: A semiconductor integrated circuit apparatus that enables function blocks in a semiconductor integrated circuit freely to vary power supply voltage and system clock frequency on the time axis, and also to exchange data among themselves. In a semiconductor integrated circuit apparatus 100, a first function block 110 has a first... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070214337 - Data transfer control method, and peripheral circuit, data processor and data processing system for the method: A memory 1 performs its internal operation in response to access requests (200, 201 and 202) of a CPU 2 in synchronism with the oscillated output of a self-excited oscillator 102 incorporated therein and according to said access requests, and outputs a response request 103 for said access requests to... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070214335 - Memory device with mode-selectable prefetch and clock-to-core timing: In a memory device, either a first portion or a second, smaller portion of data retrieved from a storage array is loaded into a data buffer in accordance with a prefetch mode selection and then output from the memory device via a signaling interface. A value that indicates a minimum... Agent: Shemwell Mahamedi LLP

20070214338 - Optimization method for storage region allocation, and management computer for implementing the same: A storage system has a pool which is made up of a plurality of storage regions supplied by physical disks, and allocates the storage regions within this pool to volumes supplied to host computers, and cancels such allocations. When a volume addition event has occurred, a management computer forecasts, for... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070214339 - Selective address translation for a resource such as a hardware device: A computing system has a resource for providing resource services, where each resource service is accessed by way of a system address (SA). A device requests the resource services of the resource by way of requests, where each request includes a remote address (RA) corresponding to an SA of the... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070214340 - Symmetric multiprocessor fault tolerant computer system: A symmetric multiprocessing fault-tolerant computer system controls memory access in a symmetric multiprocessing computer system. To do so, virtual page structures are created, where the virtual page structures reflect physical page access privileges to shared memory for processors in a symmetric multiprocessing computer system. Access to shared memory is controlled... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070208902 - Memory expansion structure in multi-path accessible semiconductor memory device: A multiprocessor system includes a first processor coupled to a first bus, a second processor coupled to a second bus, a first memory coupled to the first bus and the second bus, and a second memory coupled to the second bus. The first processor is configured to access the first... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20070208903 - Semiconductor device composed of high voltage transistors: A plurality of first transistors formed on a substrate share a gate electrode. Isolation regions isolate the plurality of first transistors from one another. In the region where the plurality of first transistors, an impurity region is formed in such a manner that it includes the source and drain regions... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070208905 - Multi-bit-per-cell flash memory device with non-bijective mapping: To store a plurality of input bits, the bits are mapped to a corresponding programmed state of one or more memory cells and the cell(s) is/are programmed to that corresponding programmed state. The mapping may be many-to-one or may be an “into” generalized Gray mapping. The cell(s) is/are read to... Agent: Dr. Mark Friedman Ltd. C/o Bill Polkinghorn

20070208906 - Nonvolatile semiconductor memory apparatus and memory system: A nonvolatile semiconductor memory apparatus is disclosed which includes: a nonvolatile memory configured to be electrically rewritable; and a controller configured to control access to the nonvolatile memory based on information about access to the nonvolatile memory; wherein the controller selects one of a plurality of trade-offs between access reliability... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070208907 - Method and apparatus for using a one-time or few-time programmable memory with a host device designed for erasable/rewriteable memory: The embodiments described herein can be used to enable one-time or few-time programmable memories to work with existing consumer electronic devices (such as those that work with flash—an erasable, non-volatile memory) without requiring a firmware upgrade, thereby providing backwards compatibility while minimizing user impact. As such, these embodiments are a... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/sandisk

20070208908 - Method and apparatus for using a one-time or few-time programmable memory with a host device designed for erasable/rewriteable memory: The embodiments described herein can be used to enable one-time or few-time programmable memories to work with existing consumer electronic devices (such as those that work with flash—an erasable, non-volatile memory) without requiring a firmware upgrade, thereby providing backwards compatibility while minimizing user impact. As such, these embodiments are a... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/sandisk

20070208904 - Wear leveling method and apparatus for nonvolatile memory: A wear leveling apparatus uniformly distributes wear over a nonvolatile memory containing a plurality of memory blocks. The wear leveling apparatus includes a memory unit for storing a record of cold block candidates in the nonvolatile memory and a control unit configured to update the memory unit and release the... Agent: Poh C. Chua Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20070208909 - Scaled coercion of disk drive capacity: The present invention provides disk coercion by generating coercion percentages or values that can be used to coerce various disks according to each disk's particular labeled size or capacity. In one embodiment, a disk size is received and a base coercion scaling factor is provided such that the received disk... Agent: Lsi Corporation

20070208910 - Storage device and control method for the same: A storage device according to the present invention has a first volume for storing discontinuous data transmitted from a host computer and a second volume for storing continuous data produced by address-converting discontinuous data, and includes: a data storing unit for converting the discontinuous data transmitted from the host computer... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070208911 - Media player with instant play capability: A media player and a method for operating a media player are disclosed. A media program is able to substantially immediately begin playing after a media play selection has been made. Through intelligent operation, the media program is able to start playing even before the media program has been substantially... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP/apple Inc.

20070208913 - Method of controlling memory system: A memory unit includes a plurality of first blocks each having a first block size. Each of the first blocks stores data of a plurality of second blocks each having a second block size which is smaller than the first block size. A control unit writes the data of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070208914 - Data access apparatus with multiple buses and method thereof: A memory access apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprising: a memory access module, having a first interface and a second interface; a first bus, coupled to the first interface; a first memory, coupled to the first bus, for storing a first data; a second bus, coupled to the second interface;... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070208912 - Dual-path, multimode sequential storage element: A dual-path, multimode sequential storage element (SSE) is described herein. In one example, the dual-path, multimode SSE comprises first and second sequential storage elements, a data input, a data output, and a selector mechanism. The first and second sequential storage elements each have an input and an output. The data... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070208915 - System for secure erasing of files: The subject application is directed to a system and method for the secure and correct deletion of data files from a data storage that bypasses the file system of an operating system. A secure erase service receives a request from a system interceptor, which has intercepted a system call from... Agent: Tucker Ellis & West LLP

20070208917 - Method and apparatus for performing data backup: A method for performing data backups is disclosed. An initial backup operation is performed on all datasets within a recording medium. A subsequent backup operation is performed on any of the datasets in a day at which the dataset has been rewritten or in a day at which a predetermined... Agent: Dillon & Yudell, LLP

20070208918 - Method and apparatus for providing virtual machine backup: A system and method for creating computer system backups, particularly well-suited for performing backups of virtual machines. The method starts by reading the current state of the machine, in blocks of a constant size, and creates a “FULL” index of block numbers and a hash value associated with the data... Agent: Wendy W. Koba, Esq.

20070208916 - Data-recording method, data-recording apparatus, and data-recording system: A PC, which is a data-processing apparatus copies a file in a mini disc via a data-recording apparatus. The file is composed of a copyrighted music content accumulated in the HDD of the PC, which have been reproduced from another recording medium such as a CD, a DVD or the... Agent: Randy J. Pritzker Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070208919 - Burst memory access method to rectangular area: The information processing device in the present invention includes a memory 1 which is a DRAM featuring a burst mode, and burst-transfers data at successive column addresses, masters (13), (14), and (15) which issue access requests, and a command processing unit (11) which converts an access address that is included... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070208920 - Apparatus, system, and method for dynamically determining a set of storage area network components for performance monitoring: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for dynamically determining a set of Storage Area Network (SAN) components for performance monitoring. The computer program product monitors SAN components of a predefined set of SAN components according to a monitor data structure associated with each SAN component. At least one attribute... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20070208921 - Storage system and control method for the same: When a storage system receives a request from a host computer to read data from a logical unit, the storage system selects a logical device from which data is to be read, in accordance with the power supply status and power-off time for each logical device allocated to the logical... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP