Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support inventions 04/07

20070094487 - Automatic resetting system and method: An automatic resetting system and method applied to an electronic device with a main BIOS program and a backup BIOS program implements a detecting module to detect whether a signal indicating proper system operation has been sent by the electronic device within a predetermined time. If not, then the detecting... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070094488 - Method for initiating a display chip: A method and system for initiating a display chip in a computer system is provided, and the initiating system includes a non-volatile memory, an external storage media and a memory unit. A BIOS which is able to initiate the external storage media is stored in the non-volatile memory. First, a... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070094486 - System on a chip integrated circuit, processing system and methods for use therewith: A method for booting a system on a chip (IC) integrated circuit includes reading a warm boot flag stored in a persistent register of an analog portion of the system on a chip IC. A warm boot procedure is executed when the warm boot flag is set.... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20070094489 - Embedded system that boots from usb flash drive: The present embodiments provide apparatuses, systems and methods for that allow the booting of an embedded system from an off-board memory. In some embodiments, a system is provided that includes a circuit board comprising a processor, a memory, an operating system stored in the memory and utilized to at least... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20070094490 - Method and apparatus for multimedia session transfer: The invention consists of a first communications device on which an active session is taking place and a second communications device that is not involved in the active session. When a transfer of the session from the first communications device to the second communications device is desired, the handoff is... Agent: Moore And Van Allen PLLC For Semc

20070094492 - System for processing multiple wireless communications security policies: A system for processing wireless data packets allows for processing packets allows consolidation of security processing. Security processing is performed in accordance with multiple security policies. This processing is done in a single front end processing block. Different security processes can be performed in parallel. Processing overhead is reduced by... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070094491 - Systems and methods for dynamically learning network environments to achieve adaptive security: Systems and methods for dynamically learning network environments to achieve adaptive security are described. One described method for setting an adaptive threshold for a node includes: monitoring a data stream associated with the node to identify a characteristic of the node; monitoring an environmental factor capable of affecting the node;... Agent: Kilpatrick Stockton LLP

20070094493 - Digital certificate that indicates a parameter of an associated cryptographic token: In at least some embodiments, a method comprises obtaining a digital certificate that indicates a parameter of a cryptographic token associated with the digital certificate. The method further comprises associating a level of trust with the digital certificate based on the parameter of the cryptographic token.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070094494 - Defending against sybil attacks in sensor networks: A node B of a communication network receives a partial certificate from each of a plurality of nodes Ai in the communication network, constructs an identity certificate based on the partial certificates received from the nodes Ai, and transmits only a relevant part of the identity certificate to any requesting... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070094495 - Statically verifiable inter-process-communicative isolated processes: Described herein are one or more implementations of an operating system that provides for statically verifiable inter-process communication between isolated processes. Also, described herein are one or more implementations of programming tools that facilitate the development of statically verifiable isolated processes having inter-process communication.... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070094496 - System and method for kernel-level pestware management: Systems and methods for managing pestware on a protected computer are described. One embodiment is configured to reroute a call to create a process to a kernel-level process monitor, identify a file associated with the process and analyze the file so as to determine whether the file is a pestware... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070094498 - Authentication method and apparatus utilizing proof-of-authentication module: A single sign-on technique allows multiple accesses to one or more applications or other resources using a proof-of-authentication module operating in conjunction with a standard authentication component. The application or other resource issues an authentication information request to the standard authentication component responsive to an access request from the user.... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20070094499 - Processing device, authentication server, processing system and function offering method: A digital MFP, which offers a function called by an operator, transmits a user ID and a password acquired from the operator to an authentication server and receives an authentication result with respect to the transmitted user ID and the password from the authentication server. The digital MFP receives a... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070094497 - Secure authentication with voiced responses from a telecommunications terminal: A method and an apparatus are disclosed that enable an enhanced, interactive voice response (IVR) system to securely authenticate a user at a telecommunications terminal, without some of the disadvantages in the prior art. In particular, after the user at the telecommunications terminal requests access to a resource, the controlling... Agent: Demont & Breyer, LLC

20070094501 - Authentication system, device, and program: A client device transmits service identification information to an authentication device at the time of a service request, prompts selection of one or more authentication entity devices which execute one or more authentication subprocesses from among all the authentication entity devices adaptive to profile information received from the authentication device,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070094502 - Information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program: The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus by which a communication channel providing a high degree of privacy is established between a PDA and a data communication server. Data encrypted with a temporary key is shared by a PDA and a memory card. The memory card decrypts the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070094500 - System and method for investigating phishing web sites: We investigate phishing web sites, by finding domain clusters using our antispam methods, from both phishing and non-phishing messages. We can find related web sites and analyze these for possible phishing. This can be done at an ISP, or by an analysis company, or in an appliance. We extend our... Agent: Marvin Shannon

20070094504 - Sdio controller: The present invention provides an SDIO controller, an SDIO wireless communication card, an SDIO wireless communications module, and a method for transmitting write data from an SDIO host device to an SDIO application. Specifically, the SDIO controller is a single-chip semiconductor device connecting an SDIO-compliant SDIO host device with a... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, PC

20070094503 - Techniques for key distribution for use in encrypted communications: Techniques for key distribution used with encrypted communications are provided. A shared secret associated with a principal is maintained securely and separately from the principal. If a principal is authenticated, then the shared secret is acquired from secure data store and used to encrypt a session key. An encrypted authentication... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070094505 - Content recording/reproducing system, distribution device, reproducing device, and recording device: A content recording/reproducing system, which records and reproduces a sub-content relating to a main content, includes a distribution device, first and second recording media, a recording device and a reproducing device. The first recording medium that is non-rewritable prestores key data based on which a public key is derivable, and... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070094507 - Method and system for securing a wireless communication apparatus: A wireless communication apparatus includes a processor core that is coupled to a security unit and to a memory. The security unit is further coupled to a programmable memory unit such as a one-time programmable memory, for example. During programming of the wireless communication apparatus a signature may be generated,... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20070094506 - Method for distributing and clearing digital contents via on-line: Disclosed is a method for distributing and clearing digital contents via on-line which is performed by a system for distributing and clearing digital contents via on-line that includes Internet, systems of users who are consumers and distributors of digital contents through the Internet and a main system having a database... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070094508 - Mobile wireless communications device with software installation and verification features and related methods: A mobile wireless communications device which may include a housing, an antenna carried by the housing, a wireless transceiver carried by the housing and connected to the antenna, and at least one memory for storing a compressed software file, a digest of an uncompressed version of the software file, and... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070094509 - System and method for security authentication: A system and a method for security authentication, in which a biometric authentication subsystem in the security authentication system receives a biometric certificate held by the user and the user's biometric information from a user terminal; the biometric certificate contains the user's biometric template or the storage address of the... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070094510 - System and method for the electronic management and execution of transaction documents: One aspect of the invention is a method for generating a certified electronic document that includes receiving identification information associated with a signatory user from a computer. From the same computer, identification information associated with a notary user is also received. At least one electronic document that requires certification is... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070094511 - Method and system for efficiently retrieving secured data by securely pre-processing provided access information: A method and system for efficiently retrieving secured data by securely pre-processing provided access information, provides data store security based on a single piece of access information, which is generally public, such as the proper name of a business or individual that is used to retrieve mailing address information. The... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070094512 - Storage media issuing method: A device needs to be created which can register biometric information by using an automated machine such as ATM and which can also verify an identity of a user. In this invention, a storage medium, which stores a decryption key and a decryption program for executing decryption processing using the... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070094513 - Data unit protecting method and system: A data protecting system includes a storage device for storing a data unit having an index data and a content data, an input interface for inputting a specific set of codes, an encryption module for encrypting position of an initial cluster of the content data and saving the same in... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20070094514 - Information playback system using information storage medium: According to one embodiment, there is provided a data processing method. The method includes reading management information indicative of a playback and display procedure, acquiring a content from a certain storage position at a timing determined based on the management information, and performing playback and display of the content at... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070094515 - Information playback system using information storage medium: According to one embodiment, there is provided a data processing method. The method includes reading management information indicative of a playback and display procedure, acquiring a content from a certain storage position at a timing determined based on the management information, and performing playback and display of the content at... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070094518 - Information playback system using information storage medium: According to one embodiment, there is provided a data processing method. The method includes reading management information indicative of a playback and display procedure, acquiring a content from a certain storage position at a timing determined based on the management information, and performing playback and display of the content at... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070094516 - Information storage medium, information reproducing apparatus, and information reproducing method: An information storage medium of this invention comprises a first representation object, and a first time map wherein playback management information which controls simultaneous reproduction of the first representation object and a second representation object in at least a specific period includes first reference information to refer to the first... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070094517 - Information storage medium, information reproducing apparatus, and information reproducing method: An information storage medium of this invention comprises a first representation object, and a first time map wherein playback management information which controls simultaneous reproduction of the first representation object and a second representation object in at least a specific period includes first reference information to refer to the first... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070094521 - Current-sensing control system for a microprocessor: In a control system for a microprocessor, a power supply conductor is configured to supply the power requirements of the microprocessor, and a current-sensing power controller is coupled to the power supply conductor as well as to a thermal control input of the microprocessor. The current-sensing power controller is operable... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070094525 - Dynamic power management in system on chips (soc): A system for dynamic power management in a distributed architecture system on chip, comprising a means for dynamically defining the feasibility of entering a low power mode of operation based on the status of components of the system, a means for entering or exiting safely from a low power state... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070094519 - Electronic device and electronic device control method: A monitoring unit detects a remaining level of a battery. When the battery level falls below a predetermined threshold, an electronic apparatus enters a power saving mode. In the power saving mode, the processing load of a control unit, or a first main CPU and the like, is reduced. For... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070094523 - Portable storage device having a timer and application information displaying function and a method thereof: The portable storage device having a timer and application information displaying function includes a storage unit and a timer display unit. The storage unit includes a storage control unit for analyzing volume information of the storage medium. The timer display unit includes an independent power source for providing power to... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070094520 - Power supply input voltage indicator: In one embodiment, a circuit to indicate a match between a user-selectable power setting and an input voltage, comprises a first circuit node connected to a power source at an input voltage level, a second circuit node, a switch to switch the first circuit node and the second circuit node... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070094522 - System and method for overclocking a central processing unit: A method for overclocking a CPU is provided. The method includes the steps of: receiving a desired frequency; reading a current working frequency of the CPU; determining whether the current working frequency equals the desired frequency; determining whether the current working frequency is less than the desired frequency if the... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070094524 - Using digital communications in the control of load sharing between paralleled power supplies: A plurality of power supply modules having their outputs coupled in parallel are controlled for load balancing purposes through a digital communications channel. The digital communications channel may be a wired digital serial or parallel bus, and/or a wireless digital communications channel such as Bluetooth, infrared, etc. Each of the... Agent: Baker Botts, LLP

20070094526 - Information processing terminal and power control method: An information processing terminal includes a WOL monitoring unit for monitoring whether or not a particular packet for indicating resumption of operation from a suspended state is received, a resume processing unit for resuming the operation from the suspended state, a factor monitoring unit for recording a factor of the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070094527 - Determining power consumption in it networks: A method is provided of determining total electric power consumption of a managed IT network including network devices having a management-addressable address. An autodiscovery tool is run to discover the network devices of the managed IT network. Management requests are directed to the management-addressable addresses of the network devices to... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070094528 - Method and arrangement for correlating time bases between interconnected units: A run time method correlates time in different time bases used by interconnected units by timestamping a reference event with a time determined with respect to a first time base. The time is provided to a second interconnected unit that uses a second time base. A difference between the time... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070088941 - Customization of option rom images: A customizable option ROM image that allows a user to modify certain features of a ROM image is described. In one embodiment, a plurality of configuration ROM image modules is provided to a user. These modules may be bundled in a single file along with a software interface application that... Agent: Lsi Logic Corporation

20070088940 - Initialization of flash storage via an embedded controller: A digital system including flash memory, coupled to a system-on-a-chip within which a flash memory subsystem controller is embedded, is disclosed. The system-on-a-chip includes support for a standard external interface, such as a Universal Serial Bus (USB) or IEEE 1394 interface, to which a host system such as flash memory... Agent: Anderson, Levine & Lintel L.L.P.

20070088942 - System and method for keeping dmi dynamic information: An exemplary system for keeping desktop management interface (DMI) dynamic information is disclosed. The system includes a power supply (1) and a computer (2). The computer includes a central processing unit (CPU) (3), a north bridge chip (4), a south bridge chip (7), a memory (5), and a basic input/output... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070088943 - Bios identification, initialization and management: The present invention provides systems and methods for a modular and enhanced device initialization manager (eDIM). eDIM enumerates and allocates resources to buses and devices of a computer systems during basic input output system (BIOS) power on self-test (POST).... Agent: Myers & Kaplan, Intellectual Property Law, L.L.C.

20070088944 - Data processing apparatus: The data processing apparatus includes a timer that measures a time, an apparatus control portion that controls switching to one of the at least two different processing modes depending on the time, and an HD for storing data. When during the time zone where one processing mode is being executed... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070088945 - Authentication server, method and system for detecting unauthorized terminal: A DVD terminal (20) makes a request for sending a sub-content to an authentication server (40) (in this case, attaches the “model name and serial number” of the DVD terminal (20)) (S302). The authentication server (40) generates a random number R (S304) and sends it to the DVD terminal (20)... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070088947 - Deriving a symmetric key from an asymmetric key for file encryption or decryption: One aspect relates to a process and associated device that provides a private key of an asymmetric key pair in a key device. A symmetric master key is derived from the private key of the asymmetric key pair. The symmetric master key is stored in a computer memory location. The... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070088946 - Saving and retrieving data based on symmetric key encryption: In accordance with certain aspects, data is received from a calling program. Ciphertext that includes the data is generated, using a symmetric cipher, in a manner that allows only one or more target programs to be able to obtain the data from the ciphertext. In accordance with other aspects, a... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070088948 - Method for implementing security update of mobile station and a correlative reacting system: A correlative reacting system and a method for implementing security update of mobile station. The correlative reacting system includes a security correlative agent at a terminal side and a security correlative server at a network side communicated with the security correlative agent via an air interface. In the present invention,... Agent: Richard P. Berg, Esq. C/o Ladas & Parry

20070088949 - Saving and retrieving data based on public key encryption: In accordance with certain aspects, data is received from a calling program. Ciphertext that includes the data is generated, using public key encryption, in a manner that allows only one or more target programs to be able to obtain the data from the ciphertext. In accordance with another aspect, a... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070088950 - Account-based digital signature (abds) system using biometrics: A method of authenticating a message that is purportedly sent from an account holder having a device that digitally signs messages using a unique private key includes receiving the message, a unique identifier associated with an account of the account holder maintained by an account authority, and a digital signature... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070088952 - Authentication device and/or method: A method of authenticating a remote service (104) to a user (102) via a communications network (106) is disclosed. The remote service (104) obtains a service authentication code that has been generated, using a code generation algorithm, based on a first secret key. The service authentication code is communicated to... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070088951 - Communication apparatus and communication parameter setting method: To set communication parameters, a communication apparatus identifies a communication parameter setting wireless network on the basis of a network identifier provided in itself. If the communication apparatus can identify any network identifier matching the network identifier provided in itself, it sets the communication parameters in cooperation with another communication... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070088955 - Apparatus and method for high speed detection of undesirable data content: An apparatus and method for identifying undesirable data received from a data communication network. The apparatus includes a data receiver, a database, and a content search unit. The content search unit transitions among a plurality of internal states depending on the received data. A predetermined segment of the received data... Agent: Carlton Fields, Pa

20070088954 - Digital watermark information adding device, data reproduction device and data recording device: In order to prevent content data from being illegally recorded or reproduced, information for detecting that the content data is illegally distributed or recorded is added to watermark information or other information. Two sets of WM (watermark) data, a WM1 data set and a WM2 data set are prepared. For... Agent: Eric Robinson

20070088958 - Method and system for workflow management of electronic documents: A document management system is disclosed. A server maintains an electronic document and software for managing a workflow relating to the electronic document. The workflow includes a plurality of steps. One or more parties can access the electronic document via a network, use the software, and alter the electronic document.... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070088953 - Method of preparing a document so that it can be authenticated: This patent concerns a method of enhancing the security of the check cashing operation at locations remote from the issuing bank. A key suitable for cryptographic purposes is encoded onto the check stock in the form of a graphic where the style of the graphic and its means of interpretation... Agent: Synnestvedt Lechner & Woodbridge LLP

20070088956 - Predictive support system for software: Signatures indicating potential problems can be used by a predictive support component. The predictive support component can check to see if a signature matches data for a data source associated with the software.... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20070088957 - Verifying provenance data associated with digital content: Method and apparatus for verifying provenance data associated with digital content. The provenance data preferably comprises a number of entries that serve as a history of processing steps carried out upon the digital content, such as when and by whom the content was created, transmitted, mastered, replicated, etc. A hash... Agent: Fellers, Snider, Blankenship, Bailey & Tippens Suite 1700

20070088959 - Chipset security offload engine: A bridge is disclosed having a security engine. The bridge permit cryptographic services to be offloaded from a central processing unit to the bridge.... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

20070088960 - Data copyright management: Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices, and/or systems for data copyright management are described.... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20070088961 - Data processing apparatus and data processing method: A data processing system, recording device, data processing method and program providing medium are provided to execute authentication processing and content storing processing between apparatuses. Program localization is employed to restrict access to program content. A plurality of key blocks store key data for authentication processing. Key block designation information... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070088962 - Frequency adjusting circuit for cpu: A frequency adjusting circuit for a central processing unit (CPU) includes a transforming unit for transforming a change of a current signal of the CPU into a voltage signal, an amplifying unit for amplifying the voltage signal from the transforming unit, a switching unit being turned on or turned off... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070088963 - Image forming apparatus and power control method: A fixing unit fixes a toner image transferred onto a recording medium to the recording medium by heating and pressurizing the toner image. An auxiliary power supply unit includes a charging element that is charged by a power supplied from a main power supply unit. Each of the main power... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070088965 - Processor and methods to reduce power consumption of processor components: Periods of futile activity by one or more logic circuits of a component of a processor may be predicted, and then during each such period, one or more of the logic circuits may operate in a power-save state with reduced power consumption, with the latter part of the period being... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070088964 - Usb circuit device for preventing reverse current from external device: A USB circuit device prevents reverse current while complying with USB specifications. A USB circuit device includes a connector unit to which a USB device is connected; a power supplying unit supplying power with the USB device through the connector unit; a switching unit flowing current induced into the connector... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070088966 - System and method for managing information handling system display response time: Image quality and power management associated with a LCD panel are balanced with selective enabling and disabling of response time compensation to selection of liquid crystal material states. A power manager disables overdrive voltages for response time compensation with one or more predetermined conditions, such as reliance on internal power... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20070088967 - Apparatus and method to support usb enumeration of a bus powered handheld device: The proposed solution relates to enumeration of a handheld device by a host controller in a laptop, and more particularly to a method and apparatus to support USB enumeration of such a handheld device where greater than 100 mA is required to enumerate the chipset associated with the handheld device.... Agent: Moffat & Co

20070088968 - Drift tracking feedback for communication channels: A communication channel includes a first component having a transmitter coupled to a normal signal source, and a second component having a receiver coupled to a normal signal destination. A communication link couples the first and second components. Calibration logic provides for setting an operation value for a parameter of... Agent: Rambus, Inc. C/o Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP

20070088969 - Method and system for monitoring an accumulated runtime in a device: A method and system are disclosed for detecting at least one of: a hardware function and a supply of power from a power supply to the device. The method and system can determine, in response to the detecting, a first parameter representing a runtime of the hardware function, and power... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070083745 - Data processor: To obtain a correct vector address even if an interrupt occurs during erasing or programming of the data in a built-in ROM 18 by moving a part of a built-in RAM13 to a vector address area by a bus controller 27. Thereby, a microcomputer is prevented from running away and... Agent: Alan R. Loudermilk Loudermilk & Associates

20070083744 - Digital broadcast processing apparatus and boot loader upgrade method thereof: A digital broadcast processing apparatus and a boot loader upgrade method of the same are provided. The apparatus includes a first memory having a boot loader sector storing a boot loader and an application program sector storing an application program, and a second memory to which the boot loader and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070083743 - Fast booting an operating system from an off state: Described is a fast boot mechanism that generally operates by persisting static data and/or code for a system component, and then providing the system component with access to the static data and/or code during a subsequent device boot. For example, the static data and/or code of one or more components... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20070083746 - Systems and methods for accelerated loading of operating systems and application programs: Systems and methods for providing accelerated loading of operating system and application programs upon system boot or application launch. In one aspect, a method for providing accelerated loading of an operating system comprises the steps of: maintaining a list of boot data used for booting a computer system; preloading the... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070083748 - Determining a boot image based on a requesting client address: A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that, in an embodiment, receive a command that requests a name of a boot image and a network address of a boot server that contains the boot image, invoke a plug-in to determine the name of the boot image and the network address... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20070083747 - Monitoring device for data processing systems: The invention relates to a monitoring device (1) for a data processing system (2) in a network with network connections (4) for protecting data memory devices and/or data transmission devices of the data processing system from unauthorized access. Said data processing system comprises a disabling circuit (6) of interfaces (8,... Agent: Vincent L Ramik Diller Ramik & Wight

20070083749 - Systems and methods for automated exchange of electronic mail encryption certificates: Systems and methods for automated exchange of encryption certificates for transmitting and receiving encrypted email messages are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of communicating an encrypted email message includes providing a recipient identifier, creating an unencrypted email message, automatically querying a recipient email domain for a recipient encryption key... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20070083750 - Device authentication system: Disclosed herein is a device authentication system capable of authenticating devices efficiently using the common key system. When a CE device requests service offerings from a service server, the service server in turn requests the CE device to be authenticated by a device authentication server. Given the request, the CE... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070083752 - Image processing device: A low-cost Multi Function Peripheral (MFP) prevents a user from forgetting to cancel an authenticated state. The MFP includes a scanner unit, a printer unit, a touch screen, and a reset key for initializing various settings. When the user is authenticated, the MFP accepts various operations. Under a state in... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070083751 - System and method for certificate based document processing: A system and method for certificate-based document processing authority is provided. Upon receipt of a request for access for document processing operations, an administrator selects a set of allowable functions corresponding to the requesting user. A document processing device is then designated for performing any requested operations and a certificate... Agent: Tucker, Ellis & West LLP

20070083753 - System and method using information based indicia for securing and authenticating transactions: A method, system, and apparatus for authenticating transactions and records is disclosed. A method for authenticating an information-based indicium includes receiving an article bearing a first identifier, wherein the first identifier substantially prevents a single user from accumulating multiple articles bearing the same first identifier, receiving a first digital certificate... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20070083754 - Client digitial program insertion in a conditional access module: Systems and methods are disclosed for inserting programs into broadcasted primary programs by a conditional access (CA) module that is inserted into a host device, such as a digital-ready television. The CA module utilizes primary and secondary program map tables and/or primary and secondary packet identifiers. A splicer splices the... Agent: Scientific-atlanta, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20070083755 - Operating cell processors over a network: Secure operation of cell processors is disclosed. A cell processor receives a secure file image from a client device at a cell processor of a host device (host cell processor), wherein the secure file image includes an encrypted SPU image.... Agent: Joshua D. Isenberg Jdi Patent

20070083756 - Method for verifying rights contained in a security module: A method of verification of rights is disclosed, contained in a security module associated to an apparatus processing broadcasted digital data. The apparatus is connected to a management center transmitting encrypted rights messages for accessing the digital data. The method includes reception and reading by the security module of all... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070083757 - Authentication system: To ensure that one device acquires and updates a list used for judging whether the other device in communication is valid or invalid, in a device authentication system. When a list H stored in a personal computer 200 is old, the personal computer 200 acquires a latest version of the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070083758 - Data transfer device: A data transfer device for storing data to a removable data storage item. The data transfer device comprises a non-volatile memory suitable for storing an encryption key. Unauthorised access to the contents of the non-volatile memory is prevented. The data transfer device is operable to receive data to be stored,... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070083759 - Data transfer system: A data transfer system comprising a host device and a data transfer device. The host device generates an encryption key based upon information unique to a removable data storage item onto which data are to be stored. The encryption key is then delivered by the host device to the data... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070083760 - Secure booting method and mobile terminal for the same: A secure booting method for a mobile terminal comprising: checking configuration information stored in a non-volatile memory embedded in the mobile terminal to determine whether the configuration information is effective when the mobile terminal is booted, connecting the mobile terminal with a host to copy a downloader and a downloader... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070083766 - Data transmission links: This invention generally relates to secure communications links for data transmission and more particularly relates to data communications links in which asymmetric cryptographic techniques are used to establish a secure link using symmetric cryptography. A method of establishing a secure communications link between a terminal and a server, the method... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070083761 - Generating evidence of web services transactions: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed in which generating evidence of web services transactions are provided generally by receiving in an ultimate recipient web service from an initial sender a request, the request containing a proof of message origin (‘PMO’). The PMO contains an element addressed to the ultimate recipient... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20070083764 - Image printing device, verifying device, and printed material: An image is split into a plurality of blocks, a feature quantity is extracted from each of the blocks, data is embedded into each of the blocks based on a difference between feature quantities of that block and at least one adjacent block, and data embedded blocks are printed.... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070083765 - Secure communications equipment for processing data packets according to the send mechanism: A security-procuring method for making an item of communications equipment (E) secure, said item of communications equipment comprising an operating system core (K) and a set of software applications (A), said core including at least one IPv6 protocol stack (PS) making it possible to transmit incoming data packets from an... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070083762 - Set of metadata for association with a composite media item and tool for creating such set of metadata: A set of metadata for association with the composite media item and a tool for creating a composite media item with an associated set metadata. In one embodiment, the tool comprises a component for extracting a portion of a first media item having first metadata and for extracting a portion... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070083763 - Signature log storing apparatus: A signature log storing apparatus includes a signature log list and a certificate list, and registers, in the signature log list, a part of signature information in generated hysteresis signature as a signature record and a part of a user certificate in the certificate list. The signature log storing apparatus... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070083767 - Apparatus and method for detecting falsification of external data: An external data falsification detecting system includes a data acquirer section configured to acquire an external data at a time of system start and during system operation. A normal HASH value of the external data is previously stored in a storage unit. A comparator section calculates a HASH value of... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070083769 - Method and system for a secure digital decoder with secure key distribution: A method and system for securely decrypting and decoding a digital signal is disclosed. One embodiment of the present invention first accesses an encrypted signal at a first logical circuit. Next, this embodiment determines a broadcast encryption key for the encrypted signal at a second logical circuit separate from the... Agent: Wagner, Murabito & Hao, LLP

20070083768 - Program loader operable to verify if load-destination information has been tampered with, processor including the program loader, data processing device including the processor, program loading method, and integrated circuit: A program loader-for loading a program onto a memory in accordance with load-destination information, the program loader including: an obtaining unit operable to obtain the load-destination information from a recording medium in which the program is recorded; a verifying unit operable to verify whether or not the load-destination information has... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070083770 - System and method for foiling code-injection attacks in a computing device: A method and computing device for protecting against code-injection attacks by fetching transformed instructions stored in memory and restoring the transformed instructions prior to their execution by a processor or interpreter is presented. An exemplary computing device is configured to execute a method as described in the following steps, as... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070083772 - Digital work protection system, record/ playback device, recording medium device, and model change device: A system includes of a main device and a recording medium device. The main device includes a reception unit that receives a digital work from an external distribution server, an internal storage area for storing the digital work, a playback unit that plays back the digital work, and a unique... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070083771 - Portable storage device with data security functions and method of protecting data thereof: A portable storage device with data security functions includes a data storage unit, a data protection unit and a data authorization unit. The data protection unit is electrically connected between the data storage unit and a data-generating unit, wherein the data protection unit has a corresponding data authorization formula, and... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070083773 - Controlling power consumption peaks in electronic circuits: An electronic circuit is provided that comprises a plurality of storage elements (101-105) arranged for storing of data elements, and a plurality of processing elements. The plurality of processing elements processes the data elements stored in the storage elements. In operation, the points in time at which respective storage elements... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070083774 - Ensuring power availability to a blade server when blade management controller is corrupted: An information handling system having a plurality of blade server modules (BSMs) and power supply units (PSUs) uses a module monitor board (MMB) to monitor and control a power budget of the PSUs by each individual BSM requesting authorization from the MMB in order to power ON and boot-up. A... Agent: Baker Botts, LLP

20070083780 - Information processing apparatus and operation control method: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus which includes a function of executing a predetermined task upon resuming from a power saving state at a predetermined timing, and changing to the power saving state after the task is completed, comprises an determination unit configured to determine whether the information... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070083781 - Information processing apparatus and operation control method: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus which includes a function of executing a predetermined task upon resuming from a power saving state at a predetermined timing, and changing to the power saving state after the task is completed, comprises an environment setting unit configured to set the information... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070083777 - Information processing apparatus and power on control method: According to one embodiment, there is provided an information processing apparatus including a controller configured to permit an automatic power-on of the apparatus, and a device configured to be manually operated to interrupt the automatic power-on of the apparatus.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070083775 - Method for suspending execution of preset sleep mode in digital multimedia broadcasting terminal: A method includes presetting a sleep mode of a digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) terminal in response to a timing input from a user as to when the sleep mode is to be executed and detecting the arrival of the sleep mode execution time. After detecting the arrival of the sleep... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070083776 - Power supply control device and method, program, and recording/playback apparatus: A power supply control device includes a first signal output unit that outputs a re-power signal and an off-ready signal, the re-power signal being a signal for turning off the power supply of an apparatus for a predetermined period of time and then turning on the power supply of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070083779 - Semiconductor integrated circuit device and power consumption control device: To perform execution scheduling of function blocks so as to control the total required power of the function blocks within a supplyable power budget value, and thereby realize stable operations at low power consumption. Function block identifiers are allotted to all the function blocks, and to a RAM area that... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070083778 - Wireless communication terminal, transmission control mehtod, and computer program: A wireless communication terminal includes a transmitting unit transmitting data to a wireless base station, a temperature detecting unit detecting a terminal temperature of the inside of the wireless communication terminal, a transmission power detecting unit detecting a transmission power, a memory unit storing plural sets of terminal temperature variation... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070083782 - Power configuration scheme of computer: A Power-saving method, which is able to configure not only the CPU but also the other computer devices, such as the host bus, GUI engine, South Bridge control engine . . . etc., into Power-saving state, has been proposed. The method includes the following steps: issuing a Power-saving related message;... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.l.p

20070083783 - Reducing power consumption at a cache: In one embodiment, a method for reducing power consumption at a cache includes determining a code placement according to which code is writable to a memory separate from a cache. The code placement reduces occurrences of inter cache-line sequential flows when the code is loaded from the memory to the... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070083784 - Display device with improved brightness: A display device that uniformly supplies a driving voltage to a display device is presented. The display device includes a plurality of power supply lines, a power supply bar electrically connected to a first end portion of the power supply lines, a power supply pad providing a driving voltage to... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070083785 - System with high power and low power processors and thread transfer: A system on chip (SOC) includes first and second processors and a control module. The first processor implemented by the SOC has active and inactive states and processes first and second sets of threads during the active state. The second processor implemented by the SOC has active and inactive states,... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C

20070083786 - Robust and scalable de-skew method for data path skew control: A method for selectively deskewing data traveling through a bus in a network device is disclosed. Bit-level data is received from each data line of a plurality of data lines of the bus. Vertical line information is detected for the plurality of data lines to determine if there is a... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070083787 - Method and device for exchanging data between at least two stations connected via a bus system: A method and a device for exchanging data in messages between at least two stations connected via a bus system, the messages containing the data being transmitted by the stations over the bus system and the messages being controlled over time by a first station in such a manner that... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070079111 - Activating method of computer multimedia function: An activating method of a computer multimedia function is implemented to load in a multimedia operating system. The method includes when a multimedia on-switch mode signal is received, setting accordingly the host protection area to an access status; loading the on-switch loading program stored in the host protection area in... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070079112 - Secure execution environment by preventing execution of unautorized boot loaders: A device and method for providing a secure execution environment includes retrieving a boot loader, for example, from the memory of an electronic device or from a peripheral component. Next, a determination is made as to whether the boot loader is authorized to be executed on the corresponding electronic device.... Agent: Phoenix Technologies Ltd.

20070079113 - Automatic secure device introduction and configuration: Methods for transferring a credential between two devices according to a secure protocol are described. Portions of messages in the protocol are encrypted to prevent theft and tampering. Out-of-band (OOB) data is initially transferred to bootstrap trust in establishing one or more secure communication channels over which a new device... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070079114 - Method and system for the communication of a message as well as a suitable key generator for this: A method and system for the communication of a message and for the generation of an encryption key. When a message sender initially addresses a request to a directory service, the request forms the basis of the directory service's search for a recipient address in an encryption key directory provided... Agent: NeifeldIPLaw, PC

20070079115 - Secure gateway with redundent servers: A secure gateway includes a TLS server for authenticating connecting devices, a connection manager for routing requests from the TLS server to service provider adapters, and a key management system for providing key management functions, wherein when a device provides a manufacturing certificate to one or more servers of the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070079116 - Method, system and computer program product for access control: An access control method for a resource, the resource having associated a current authentication identifier for providing access to the resource, a previous authentication identifier and an incorrect authentication submissions limit, the method being responsive to receiving an authentication submission from an entity requesting access to the resource, wherein the... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070079117 - Method for passing selectively encrypted attributes of specific versions of objects in a distributed system: The present invention provides a computer implemented method, system, and computer program product for selective encryption of a data transmission. A data transmission is received. When the data transmission is received, the data transmission is unmarshaled. When the transmission is unmarshaled, objects and a set of sensitive fields within the... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070079118 - Method of managing a key of user for broadcast encryption: A method of managing a key of a user for a broadcast encryption. The method includes forming a tree comprising m hierarchies by repeating a process of setting a ith level comprising groups into which at least one node is grouped in a unit of ni, and setting a i+1th... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070079119 - Encryption key rotation: Data in data at rest system such as a database or a file system is re-encrypted so that the data remains accessible during re-encryption. Various embodiments of the invention include virtual tables such as views, parallel tables, indexes that improve the speed of re-encryption, and distributed solutions to re-encryption such... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070079120 - Dynamic creation and hierarchical organization of trusted platform modules: A trusted platform module is presented that is capable of creating, dynamically, multiple virtual trusted platform modules in a hierarchical organization. A trusted platform module domain is created. The trusted platform module creates virtual trusted platform modules, as needed, in the trusted platform module domain. The virtual trusted platform modules... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070079121 - Navigation system, license management device, license management system, license acquiring method and license acquiring program: A license management device receives a license issued by a license issuing device. The license management device transmits the received license to a navigation system for receiving the license, and stores the received license in a memory device. When the license to be acquired cannot be acquired, the navigation system... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070079122 - Apparatus and method for executing security function using smart card: An apparatus and method are provided for safely switching among security consoles and acquiring ownership with respect to a controlled device by executing an electronic signature using a smart card. An apparatus for executing a security function using a smart card includes: a smart card read unit which acquires a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070079123 - Wireless device registration: An embodiment of the present invention includes a technique to register a client to a server for communication. A message containing an identification (ID) code is transmitted to a server. If the key is stored in the server, the key encrypted with the ID code is received from the server... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070079127 - Binding a device to a provider: A pay-per-use or pay-as-you-go computer uses a secure memory to store individual unique program identifiers. Each unique program identifier is associated with a particular hardware or software component, or service, or the entire computer available to a user. By combining the unique program identifier with a computer hardware identifier uniquely... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (microsoft)

20070079128 - Electronic signature system and method: An electronic signature system is provided. The system includes a server and a database for storing a plurality of signature selections. The server includes a signature task setting module for receiving a request for signing a document which has a document type, and setting the signature procedure according to the... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070079125 - Interface protocol method and system: A claimant device includes a memory device for storing a unique claimant device identifier and a plurality of unique digital signatures. Each digital signature is based, at least in part, upon the unique claimant device identifier.... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070079131 - Linear predictive coding implementation of digital watermarks: Z-transform calculations may be used to encode (and/or decode) carrier signal independent data (e.g., digital watermarks) to a digital sample stream. Deterministic and non-deterministic components of a digital sample stream signal may be analyzed for the purposes of encoding carrier signal independent data to the digital sample stream. The carrier... Agent: Scott A. Moskowitz

20070079130 - Output copy protection: Output copy protection of protected digital content is provided by adding detectable digital information (watermark) to the protected digital content wherein the detectable digital information is substantially undetectable when the protected digital audio content is processed on a personal computer. Also provided is a device driver configured on a personal... Agent: Michal Avniel

20070079124 - Stowable mezzanine bed: More specifically, this is a watermark information embedding apparatus for embedding information into an image by electronic watermark technology: a coding portion 11 for coding embedding information to be embedded into an image; a pattern allocating portion 12 for allocating a pattern to each symbol of the coded embedding information;... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070079126 - System and method for performing a trust-preserving migration of data objects from a source to a target: A data migration system performs a tamper-resistant data migration for regulatory compliance systems. The system generates a secure hash for the data object, adds a timestamp to the hash, produces a signature for the data object using a private key, and includes the signature in a signature summary of data... Agent: Samuel A. Kassatly Law Office

20070079129 - Theft resistant graphics: The addition of personally valuable information to graphical content to reduce theft of the content is disclosed. The showing of the personally valuable information within the content deters users from disseminating the content. The information may be a credit card number of the user, address information of the user, or... Agent: Cascadia Intellectual Property

20070079132 - System, apparatus, program and method for obtaining time stamp: A time stamp obtaining apparatus for maintaining the certificate of the existence of electronic filing document including: a receiving unit 12 receiving hash value of the document data; a transmitting section 15c transmitting the hash value to time stamp providing apparatus 30a; a storing processing section 15d inserting the time... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070079133 - Portable storage device having a subject identification information and a configuration method thereof: A portable storage device having a subject identification information utilizes a user authentication module to update the subject identification information and displays the subject identification information. The portable storage device includes a control unit, a storage medium, a display unit, a system interface, and a user authentication module. The control... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070079134 - System and method for securing a computer: A system for securing a computer is disclosed. The system includes a detecting module (101) for determining whether a portable storage device (20) connected to the computer (10) stores an key of the computer (10), a locking module (102) for locking the computer (10) if the portable storage device (20)... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070079135 - User authentication system and user authentication method: A user authentication system capable of maintaining high-level security and of reducing a user's load of operations necessary for login is provided. The user authentication system includes a user terminal, a mobile phone, a password issuing unit, and a service providing unit. When a user accesses the system via the... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070079136 - Methods and systems for using data processing systems in order to authenticate parties: Methods and systems perform authentication based at least in part of the context of the transaction. In one embodiment, the context can be determined and trigger different rules with regard to access to the information or ability to immediately execute the transaction. In another embodiment, a method can include registering... Agent: Toler Schaffer, LLP

20070079137 - Process and apparatus for automatically identifying user of consumer electronics: Consumer devices and methods for operating consumer devices are disclosed. A consumer electronic device may include user identification unit incorporated into a control module of the device. A user of a consumer electronics device is uniquely identified using a metric that is contingent upon the user using the device normally.... Agent: Joshua D. Isenberg Jdi Patent

20070079139 - Signature authentication: Presented are systems and methods of signature authentication. A signer employs a bio-pen to electronically sign a file. Signature data corresponding to the bodily movements associated with producing the signer's signature are collected and authenticated against a standard. If the signature data is authenticated a signature certificate including the authenticated... Agent: Dubois, Bryant, Campbell & Schwartz, LLP

20070079138 - Storage device and method for protecting data stored therein: A storage device and a method for protecting data stored therein. The storage device includes a host interface connected to a terminal host, a control module connected to the interface, and a biometrics sensor and a memory module both connected to the control module. The control module makes the host... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070079140 - Data migration: A system and method for providing a mechanism for automating the conversion of the relational database to a secure relational database with little or no impact on the resources of the relational database during the conversion.... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070079141 - Information processing apparatus and method of controlling the same: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus provided with a communication section, and capable of communicating with an external device, the information processing apparatus including a detection section configured to detect that the information processing apparatus is powered up, and a section configured to make the communication section available,... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070079145 - Data copyright management: Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices, and/or systems for data copyright management are described.... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20070079144 - Data processing method, system and apparatus for processing a variety of demands from a service provider: An IC card issuer issues an IC card and requests a card memory area operator to lend part of a memory area of the IC card to another card memory area user. The card memory area operator provides a memory area division apparatus and various data to the memory area... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070079142 - Method and system for the cipher key controlled exploitation of data resources, related network and computer program products: An arrangement for the cipher controlled exploitation of data resources (e.g., securely storing and retrieving sensitive data or securely registering and logging on a computer system) includes the steps of providing a subscriber identity module carrying a security algorithm; generating at least one, e.g., two, random values; subjecting the random... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070079143 - Secure recoverable passwords: A method and apparatus are disclosed that enable a user who forgets one of his two passwords to securely recover the forgotten password. After a user logs in using one of his two passwords, the illustrative embodiment reveals the other password to the user. The passwords are stored in a... Agent: Demont & Breyer, LLC

20070079146 - System and method for providing a virtual binding for a worm storage system on rewritable media: A virtual binding system ensures that the WORM logic for protecting data immutability cannot be circumvented, effectively guaranteeing WORM property of a WORM storage system composed of rewritable magnetic hard disks. To close the security hole between the rewritable media and the WORM logic, virtual binding securely authenticates the legitimacy... Agent: Samuel A. Kassatly Law Office

20070079159 - Automated power management for electronic devices: The present invention discloses a power management apparatus and method for devices comprising an interface module that includes one or more receivers for receiving input signals from a device, an auto power management unit coupled with one or more receivers for determining a state of the input signals, and outputting... Agent: Peter Ganjian

20070079156 - Computer apparatus, storage apparatus, system management apparatus, and hard disk unit power supply controlling method: To provide a storage system capable of minimizing a performance deterioration, saving power consumption, and realizing a high reliability. A storage system according to the present invention includes a computer, a storage apparatus 1 connected with the computer, and a storage management apparatus connected to the storage apparatus, the storage... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070079150 - Dynamic core swapping: An embodiment of the present invention is a technique to dynamically swap processor cores. A first core has a first instruction set. The first core executes a program at a first performance level. The first core stops executing the program when a triggering event occurs. A second core has a... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070079153 - Information handling system, current and voltage mode power adapter, and method of operation: An information handling system includes a power rail to distribute power to at least a portion of the information handling system. A power adapter is or can be coupled to the power rail, the power adapter operable as a voltage source in a first power supply voltage/current region and operable... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070079148 - Mcu with power saving mode: A microcontroller unit includes a processor for generating a first control signal to start a comatose mode of operation for the microcontroller unit. Control logic responsive to the first control signal generates an enable signal at a first level and the control logic is further responsive to a second control... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20070079154 - Method for optimizing platform power delivery: Embodiments of the current invention describe an approach for configuring a platform resource table. The platform resource table is configured using information from both the platform management system and the platform resource provider system. The platform resource table is then communicated to the platform resource provider system via a platform... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070079158 - Portable information processing apparatus and method of the same: The present invention relates to a portable information apparatus which can realize electrical power for a longer period of time. Under the condition that the suspending mode is set, when an exclusive key is manipulated, a switch monitoring circuit detects this condition and issues an interruption to the CPU. In... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070079157 - Power control circuit for universal serial bus: A power control circuit of a universal serial bus (USB) includes a USB interface, a north bridge chipset and a current control circuit. The USB interface has a power pin and a plurality of data pins. The north bridge chipset has a state pin and a plurality of signal pins... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070079155 - Power saving wake-up device for wireless mouse: A power saving wakeup device for wireless mouse is disclosed. The wireless mouse has a microprocessor with a wake-up pin, and is waked up from the power saving mode when the wake-up pin is triggered. The wakeup device includes a contact conductor and a flexible conductor. The contact conductor is... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070079147 - Power up circuit with low power sleep mode operation: A power up circuit that having reduced power consumption during power saving modes, while maintaining an active flag signal indicating that the power supply voltage is satisfactory. This is achieved by turning off the power up circuit during the power saving mode, and using a status holding circuit to maintain... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

20070079149 - Programmable i/o cell capable of holding its state in power-down mode: The present invention comprises a microcontroller unit including a processor for generating a power down signal. Control logic generates a hold signal responsive to the power down signal. A voltage regulator provides a regulated voltage responsive to an input voltage and powers down responsive to the power down signal. At... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20070079152 - System and method for throttling memory power consumption: A power throttling method and system for a memory controller in a computer system comprising a power supply module including a plurality of bulk power supplies (“BPSs”) are described. In one embodiment, each of the at BPSs provides to a power output monitor a status signal indicative of a status... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070079151 - System powered from a local area network cable: A system has a power consuming component, power source circuitry, and power control circuitry. The power source circuitry is to supply power from a number of different sources, including some extracted from a local area network (LAN) cable that is attached to the system. The power control circuitry is to... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070079160 - Controller and method of controlling multiprocessor: According to one embodiment, there is provided a controller for use in a multiprocessor incorporating a plurality of processors on one chip. The controller includes a communication section to perform communication with the plurality of processors, and a control section to perform control of switching operation states of the plurality... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070079161 - Power-efficient technique for invoking a co-processor: Various embodiments are disclosed relating to power-efficient techniques for invoking a co-processor. In an example embodiment, a computer system may include a first processor (e.g., a host processor) and a second processor (e.g., a co-processor). The first processor may instruct the second processor to perform an operation repeatedly on a... Agent: Brake Hughes PLC C/o Portfolioip

20070079162 - Power sequencing: Methods and arrangements to establish power rails for a computer system in accordance with a sequence requirement are disclosed. Embodiments may interconnect voltage regulators for components of a platform in accordance with a sequence requirement for establishing power rails for proper operation of the platform. The voltage regulators may comprise... Agent: Schubert, Osterrieder & Nickelson, PLLC C/o Intellevate

20070079163 - Transmitting apparatus: A device including a line interface for additionally installing a line is installed in a terminal repeater device which takes a work and protection redundancy configuration based on a criterion such as SONET, SDH, or the like. Within the device additionally installed, the clocks supplied from work and protection devices... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070079164 - Frequency divider and an electronic device incorporating such a frequency divider: The frequency divider for high-frequency clock signal comprises: a shift register (8) having cells (10-13) for storing each bit of an initial word, said cells being series connected in a loop (14), and said shift register being capable of shifting each bit of the initial word from the cell in... Agent: Philips Electronics North America Corporation Intellectual Property & Standards

20070079166 - Compensated-clock generating circuit and usb device having same: A compensated-clock generating circuit that complies with USB specifications includes an oscillating circuit that generates clock pulses; a counting circuit that counts the number of clock pulses from the oscillating circuit based upon a regular prescribed signal in accordance with a USB downstream signal; and a frequency compensation value generating... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070079165 - Multi-stage clock selector: A clock selector for selecting a set of candidate clock signals from among a plurality of input clock signals. The phase selector includes control logic adapted to generate a plurality of control signals and a plurality of muxes controlled by the control signals and arranged in two or more stages... Agent: Mendelsohn & Associates, P.C.

20070079167 - Clock domain crossing: Provided are a method, system, and device to effectuate a transfer of data from one clock domain to another. In accordance with one aspect of the description provided herein, bits of data to be transferred are shifted in the first clock domain. The shifted bits of data to be transferred... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Int77