Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support inventions 11/08

20080294887 - Activation method for multiple operation systems of a computer: An activation method for multiple operation systems of a computer, comprising selectively pressing a function key in a keyboard while pressing a power supply key, receiving a signal of the pressed power supply key and a key code of the pressed function key by an embedded controller, determining the operation... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080294888 - Deploy target computer, deployment system and deploying method: A deploy target computer is connected to a storage device including a replication source logical disk used to store a boot disk image. A disk mapping processing part in the deploy target computer changes over access destination so as to set the access destination to the replication source logical disk... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20080294889 - Method and apparatus to store initialization and configuration information: Briefly, in accordance with an embodiment of the invention, an apparatus and method to store initialization and configuration information is provided. The method may include storing basic input/output system (BIOS) software in a polymer memory. The method may further include copying a first portion of the BIOS software from the... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20080294886 - Method for resetting bios: A method for resetting a basic input/output system (BIOS) suitable for a desktop computer having the BIOS is provided. The BIOS is reset when a reset or power button of the desktop computer is pressed. Accordingly, the problem that the desktop computer cannot be booted up can be resolved quickly.... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080294890 - Method and apparatus for controlling output of content device: Provided are a method and apparatus for controlling an output of a content device. The method includes: receiving a request signal that requests the use of encrypted content; executing software for decrypting the encrypted content in response to the received request signal; and controlling the decrypted content to be output... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080294891 - Method for authenticating a mobile node in a communication network: A method for authenticating a mobile node (102) in a communication network (100) is provided. The communication network includes at least one proxy server and a home server. The mobile node and the home server include a shared key. The shared key uniquely associates the mobile node with the home... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20080294893 - Device and method for security reconfiguration: A security reconfigurable device is adapted for use in an integrated wireless network integrating at least two wireless networks, and includes a plurality of security modules and a control unit. The security modules are used to respectively realize security mechanisms related to the wireless networks. According to security requirements, the... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20080294892 - Method and system for a kernel lock validator: An embodiment relates generally to a method of preventing resource access conflicts in a software component. The method includes intercepting a lock operation in the software component and testing an associated lock type of the lock operation against a set of rules. The method also includes determining an action based... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group (cust. No. W/red Hat)

20080294894 - Binding content licenses to portable storage devices: Systems, methods, and/or techniques (“tools”) for binding content licenses to portable storage devices are described. In connection with binding the content licenses to the portable storage devices (“stores”), a host may perform authentication protocols that include generating a nonce, sending the nonce to a store, and receiving a session key... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20080294895 - Disaggregation/reassembly method system for information rights management of secure documents: The present invention pertains to a computerized system and method that provides for the secure storage and retrieval of electronic digital information; and, more particularly, to such a computerized system and method that provides for multiple access levels of such secure information; provides for secure access to portions of secure... Agent: Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP

20080294897 - Method and apparatus for efficient support for multiple authentications: Disclosed is a method for multiple EAP-based authentications in a wireless communication system. In the method, a first master session key (MSK) is generated in a first EAP-based authentication for a first-type access. A first temporal session key (TSK) is generated from the first master session key (MSK). A second... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080294896 - Method and system for transmitting and receiving user's personal information using agent: A method and system for transmitting and receiving user's personal information using an agent are provided. An information management server managing user's personal information provides an agent including user's personal information in response to a user's personal information request message from a client. A client receives the agent and requests... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP Floor 30, Suite 3000

20080294898 - Mobile terminal for secure electronic transactions and secure electronic transaction system: The present invention relates to a roaming electronic transaction terminal. It also relates to a secure system for electronic transactions comprising one or more roaming terminals. The terminal (1) has an application package support (2) and a coupler (3) for carrying out the read and write operations on a medium... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20080294899 - Secure management of document in a client-server environment: A computer-implemented method for securely handling a document in a client-server environment includes receiving at a server a request from a user to initiate a session to access a plurality of documents stored in a server. The documents include a first type that is allowed to be accessed only while... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080294903 - Authenticity assurance system for spreadsheet data: c

20080294900 - Authenticity verification of articles using a database: A digital signature is obtained by digitising a set of data points obtained by scanning a coherent beam over a paper, cardboard or other article, and measuring the scatter. A thumbnail digital signature is also determined by digitising an amplitude spectrum of a Fourier transform of the set of data... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080294901 - Media storage structures for storing content, devices for using such structures, systems for distributing such structures: Some embodiments of the invention provide a content-distribution system for distributing content under a variety of different basis. For instance, in some embodiments, the content-distribution system distributes device-restricted content and device-unrestricted content. Device-restricted content is content that can only be played on devices that the system associates with the particular... Agent: Adeli & Tollen, LLP

20080294902 - Method and system for improving security of the key device: The present invention provides a method and a system for improving security of a key device in the information security filed. In order to solve the problem that the security performance of the key device is lower due to the possible tamper of the data needed for encryption and signature... Agent: Hammer & Associates, P.C.

20080294904 - Method to prevent access of web applications from bookmarked links: An improved solution for accessing a web application is provided. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for controlling access to a web application includes: receiving a request for a first web page application, wherein the first web application is connected to a second web page application via a... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20080294905 - Secure approach to send data from one system to another: A secure approach for sending a original message from a sender to a receiver. The sender may encrypt the original message by performing an XOR (or XNOR) operation of the original message and a first random message (same size as original message) on a bit by basis to generate a... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20080294906 - Retrieval and display of encryption labels from an encryption key manager certificate id attached to key certificate: A method, system and program in which a certificate identifier (ID) is associated with an encryption certificate. In certain embodiments, the certificate ID is stored in a cartridge memory (CM). Thus, keystore or key manager administrators can trace keystore locations, versions of keystores, etc. when a cart cannot locate a... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP IBM Tucson

20080294907 - Methods for using a biometric parameter in the identification of persons: Brain waves are used as a biometric parameter to provide for authentication and identification of personnel. The brain waves are sampled using EEG equipment and are processed using phase-space distribution functions to compare digital signature data from enrollment of authorized individuals to data taken from a test subject to determine... Agent: Quarles & Brady

20080294909 - Method for private keyword search on streaming data: A method for private keyword searching on streaming data such that the searching does not reveal what keywords are being searched for and does not reveal whether any such keywords have been located nor which documents in the data stream are saved.... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group LLP

20080294908 - Recording device, content key processing device, recording medium, and recording method: A recording device has a content encryption unit for writing a content encrypted with a content key in a recording medium, and a key encryption unit for encrypting the content key and writing the encrypted content key in the recording medium. A content key processing device has a key decryption... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080294910 - System and method for protecting numerical control codes: A system, method, and computer program for protecting numerical control codes, comprising decrypting an encrypted text file that defines how an event for a tool path data set is processed; processing said decrypted text file to obtain a set of instructions; formatting said set of instructions according to a definition... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080294913 - Disk array controller, disk array control method and storage system: Provided is a disk array controller capable of speeding up the processing by simultaneously execution the encryption/decryption of a non parallel block cipher modes of operation. In a disk array controller for controlling a disk array according to a disk access request from a host system, a plurality of non... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080294911 - Method and apparatus for secure storing of private data on user devices in telecommunications networks: A system for securely storing data is provided. The system includes a transformation component operable to scramble or encrypt the data, a dissection component operable to divide the data into a plurality of segments, and a storage component operable to store the plurality of segments in a plurality of memory... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20080294912 - Semiconductor memory device: The present invention provides a semiconductor memory device capable of allocating scrambling data different every chip without the need for management and writing of seed data for scramble. If an authentication key inputted from a user to an authentication key register and a decision key set to a decision key... Agent: Studebaker & Brackett PC

20080294914 - Trusted storage: In one embodiment, a method for authenticating access to encrypted content on a storage medium, wherein the encrypted content is encrypted according to a full disk encryption (FDE) key, the storage medium including an encrypted version of the FDE key and an encrypted version of a protected storage area (PSA)... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20080294916 - Dynamic voltage converter topology switching circuit, system, and method for improving light load efficiency: A voltage converter includes a plurality of voltage converter circuits, each voltage converter circuit having a topology, and a control circuit coupled to the voltage converter circuits. The control circuit is operable to select one of the voltage converter circuits to provide an output power on an output node. The... Agent: Graybeal, Jackson, Haley LLP

20080294915 - Ethernet interface: A network adaptor is disclosed that uses Power over Ethernet (PoE) protocols to derive power from an Ethernet port and provide the derived power to a field device. The network adapter communicates analog data with the field device and converts the analog data to digital data using an analog to... Agent: Ian F. Burns & Associates

20080294917 - Power management for power-over-ethernet-capable switch: A system and method is described that allows a PoE-capable switch to selectively provide power to one or more remote devices in an instance where power being supplied to the switch itself is limited or failing. In one embodiment, the switch receives a notification from an uninterruptable power supply (UPS)... Agent: Fiala & Weaver, P.l.l.c. C/o Intellevate

20080294918 - Power signal merging for network interface devices: Embodiments disclosed herein describe a network interface device including a first powered device controller coupled to first and second power supply lines. A second powered device controller coupled to third and fourth input power supply lines. A dc-dc converter coupled to receive a single signal representing a sum of power... Agent: Koestner Bertani LLP

20080294919 - Ethernet low power partial functionality communication link: Methods and devices for a low power partial functionality communication link having an Ethernet mode of operation and a low power partial functionality mode of operation. The communication link may process only frames containing predefined data types while in the low power partial functionality mode.... Agent: Active Knowledge Ltd.

20080294921 - Data processing device, and control method of data processing device: A multifunctional device shifts the states of plural reception units from a state that the device operates in a power saving state to a state that the device operates in an operating state, according to which of the plural reception units a reception request of data is input to. The... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080294920 - Method for controlling electric power of computer system: To reduce the electric power consumption of the computer system, the computer system includes at least one server and at least one data processing apparatus, the data processing apparatus includes an electric power consumption state control module by which electric power consumption of the data processing apparatus can be changed,... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080294922 - Matching system of electronic device and peripheral device and matching method thereof: A matching system of an electronic device and a peripheral device and a matching method thereof are described. The system includes an electronic device, having an identification mechanism for identifying a specific identification code and generating a control signal or a control instruction according to an identification result; and a... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080294923 - System and method for interfacing an electronic device with a host system: The invention relates to a system and method for controlling interfacing parameters for a device when connected to a host is provided. The method comprises: monitoring for an initial connection by the device to the host; then, while the device is establishing the connection with the host, utilizing a communication... Agent: Mccarthy Tetrault LLP

20080294924 - Structure for analyzing dynamic cpu voltage: A design structure embodied in a machine readable storage medium for designing, manufacturing, and/or testing a system is disclosed for monitoring a voltage supplied by a voltage regulation module to a processor in response to a dynamic VID generated by the processor. The voltage monitoring system monitors the voltage generated... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20080294925 - Serial communication system and serial communication method: In a serial communication system in which data is transmitted from a first unit to a second unit in synchronization with a clock signal, the mode of communication between the first and second units is switched between a first communication mode in which data is transmitted from the second unit... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080294926 - Globally synchronized timestamp value counter: The present invention relates to a synchronized timestamp mechanism in a packet processing system. This synchronized timestamp mechanism provides a globally synchronized counter value so counters located on separate packet processing cards can be synchronized. The synchronizing of these packet processing cards provides tracking of how long it takes for... Agent: Wilmerhale/new York

20080294927 - Method and system for clock skew reduction in clock trees: A system that includes a clock tree and multiple variable delay components. The system is characterized by including a first set of fuses indicative of identities of variable delay components that belong to a first set of variable delay components, a second set of fuses indicative of delay values of... Agent: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. Law Department

20080294928 - Coarsely controlling memory power states: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method determining if an access queue associated with a channel of a memory has been empty for a predetermined time period and if so, de-asserting a clock enable signal for all ranks of the channel of the memory, otherwise providing a next... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20080294929 - Data processing apparatus and method for controlling a transfer of payload data over a communication channel: A data processing apparatus and method are provided for controlling a transfer of payload data over a communication channel. The data processing apparatus has initiator circuitry for initiating a transfer of payload data in a first clock cycle, and recipient circuitry for receiving the payload data the subject of the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080294930 - Ic card with low precision clock: An IC Card may include electronic components to receive a power supply and a main clock signal by a reader device. The power supply may be provided to a subset of the electronic components during a main clock stop status wherein the main clock signal is suspended for avoiding a... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20080288764 - Boot-switching apparatus and method for multiprocessor and multi-memory system: A boot-switching apparatus suitable for a system having a plurality of processors and a plurality of memories and a method thereof are provided. While booting the system, a single timer is used for counting down a time-out and it is determined whether a disabling signal sent by a Basic Input/Output... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080288767 - Computer system: The invention provides a computer system, which includes a motherboard, a nonvolatile memory and a chipset provided on the motherboard. The nonvolatile memory stores a first BIOS and a second BIOS. The chipset has an external flag having a first state and a second state corresponding to the first BIOS... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080288765 - Computer system capable of reducing booting time and method thereof: The present invention discloses a method for reducing booting time of a computer system, and the method is applied in a computer booting process. If a computer receives an easy booting signal, the computer will read an easy booting data built in a basic input output system (BIOS) of the... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080288762 - Firmware interface runtime environment protection field: Method and apparatus for protecting a firmware runtime environment are described herein. In one embodiment, a process example is provided to retrieve a first key from a secure store of a firmware within a platform, the firmware including an initialization table for initializing the platform, and verify the initialization table... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080288766 - Information processing apparatus and method for abortting legacy emulation process: An information processing apparatus includes: a non-volatile memory that stores a BIOS program that performs legacy emulation process for enabling a device not supported by an operating system to be accessed from the operating system; a controller that controls the device; a boot process unit that performs a boot sequence... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080288763 - Method for controlling the operation of a display screen in a computing device: In a computing device such as a mobile phone which includes a splash-screen displayed while the operating system is booting up, the portion of the operating system which is responsible for the display after booting up is provided with all the information about the state of the splashscreen, so that... Agent: Fox Rothschild LLP

20080288768 - Arrangement and method for reprogramming control devices: In an arrangement for reprogramming at least two control devices connected to one another via a data bus, each of the at least two control devices includes a reprogramming module for effecting reprogramming of the each of the at least two control devices with new program data according to a... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20080288769 - Method for adjusting set-up default value of bios and mainboard using the same method: A method for adjusting a set-up default value of a BIOS and a mainboard using the method are provided. The adjusting method used by the mainboard includes providing an original set-up default value and an adjusting table. The original set-up default value is adjusted according to the adjusting table, so... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20080288770 - System and method for a commercial multimedia rental and distribution system: A system and method for securing intellectual property rights in distributed intellectual property. Rights are granted and policed in electronically distributed intellectual property. Use limitations are established by agreement by the content provider and the client. The use limitations are reflected in time-based, usage-based and player based component codes that... Agent: Roberts, Mardula & Wertheim, LLC

20080288771 - System and method for defining programmable processing steps applied when protecting the data: Systems and methods for protecting data being sent between a client and a server include the capability of defining programmable processing steps that are applied by the server when protecting the data and the same steps are applied by the client when unprotecting the data. The programmable processing steps can... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20080288772 - System for storing encrypted data by sub-address: A system and method for storing encrypted electronic data using a transmission Control Protocol (TCP), requires leaving both the header and the first 48 bytes of the “0” data packet in the data area of the TCP format in clear text. Consequently, the data can be routed to a main... Agent: Nydegger & Associates

20080288774 - Contact information retrieval system and communication system using the same: There is described a communication system allowing communication over one or more communication networks. The communication system includes a domain name server storing a zone data file for a domain associated with a first party, the zone data file including contact information associated with the first party, the contact information... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080288773 - System and method for authentication of a communication device: A system and method for authentication of a communication device is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller element to compute a shared secret key based at least in part on a communication device (CD) private key... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080288775 - Embedded historians with data aggregator: Systems and methods that aggregate history data collected via embedded historians with additional data that is supplied by third parties. Triggering events can be defined for initiating aggregation of such history data with additional data, which enable a process/application to retrieve the operational metric data of the industrial unit/entity from... Agent: Amin Turocy & Calvin, LLP Attention: Heather Holmes

20080288776 - Security method using virtual keyboard: The present invention relates to a security method using a virtual keyboard, and more specifically, to a security method using a virtual keyboard, in which a user may input information through the virtual keyboard using a mouse when the user logs into a web server by inputting an identification (ID)... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080288777 - A peer-to-peer access control method based on ports: A port based peer access control method, comprises the steps of: 1) enabling the authentication control entity; 2) two authentication control entities authenticating each other; 3) setting the status of the controlled port. The method may further comprise the steps of enabling the authentication server entity, two authentication subsystems negotiating... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20080288778 - Method for generating and verifying an electronic signature: The present invention provides a secure, efficient, simple and operator-independent method for generating an electronic signature, for execution by a processing unit in a mobile terminal. The method comprises the steps of receiving an electronic message, fetching a basic key from a memory area, inputting a credential from a user,... Agent: Christian D. Abel

20080288779 - Generating and verifying trusted digital time stamp: Methods, apparatus and systems for generating a trusted digital time stamp as well as a public time source. It includes, an apparatus for receiving and recording public time information and a method for verifying a digital time stamp. A method for generating a trusted digital time stamp includes: obtaining a... Agent: Louis Paul Herzberg

20080288780 - Low-latency data decryption interface: Methods and apparatus for reducing the impact of latency associated with decrypting encrypted data are provided. Rather than wait until an entire packet of encrypted data is validated (e.g., by checking for data transfer errors), the encrypted data may be pipelined to a decryption engine as it is received, thus... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20080288781 - Systems and methods for secure password change: Systems and methods for changing a user password are described. In one embodiment, the method includes determining at least one password equivalent value, determining a safe-to-transmit password value, determining a password change authentication value, transmitting, from a remote device to a controller, the password change authentication value and the safe-to-transmit... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729 +2000) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080288782 - Method and apparatus of providing security to an external attachment device: Systems and methods of providing security to an external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) device are described herein. One embodiment includes presenting to a computing device, a first partition of an external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment storage device, as a Read Only Memory; restricting the computing device from accessing a... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (onspec/tpl)

20080288783 - Method and system to authenticate an application in a computing platform operating in trusted computing group (tcg) domain: A method and system for verifying authenticity of an application in a computing-platform operating in a Trusted Computing Group (TCG) domain is provided. The method includes computing one or more integrity measurements corresponding to one or more of the application, a plurality of precedent-applications, and an output file. The output... Agent: Law Office Of Ido Tuchman (yor)

20080288784 - Method of installing software for using digital content and apparatus for playing digital content: A method of and apparatus for installing software for using digital content and are provided. The method of installing software for using digital content includes: transmitting a request for the software; transmitting security information indicating a security status of a device in which the software is to be installed; and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080288785 - Data security and digital rights management system: A system and method is described for enhancing data security in a broad range of electronic systems through encryption and decryption of addresses in physical memory to which data is written and from which data is read. It can be implemented through software, hardware, firmware or any combination thereof. Implementation... Agent: Banowsky &levine, P.c

20080288786 - System with access keys: In an embodiment, a secure module is provided that provides access keys to an unsecured system. In an embodiment, the secure module may generate passcodes and supply the passcodes to the unsecured system. In an embodiment, the access keys are sent to the unsecured system after the receiving the passcode... Agent: Michael Fiske

20080288788 - Digital rights management metafile, management protocol and applications thereof: Methods, systems and computer program products to create and manage encapsulated Digital Rights Management (DRM) metafiles, also referred to as objects, are provided herein. Each object comprises a file header section, an encrypted webpage metadata section, an encrypted preferences section, an encrypted tracking section, an encrypted license section, a media... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080288787 - Export control for a gnss receiver: Embodiments of the present invention recite a method and system for implementing export control for a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver. In one embodiment, a GNSS receiver is used to determine the geographic position of an electronic device. It is then determined that the geographic region corresponds to an... Agent: Trimble Navigation Limited C/o Wagner Blecher

20080288789 - Reducing information leakage between processes sharing a cache: A method of impeding leakage of cache access behavioural information of a section of a sensitive process to an untrusted process, said sensitive and untrusted processes being performed by a processor within a data processing apparatus, said data processing apparatus further comprising at least one cache operable to store information... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

20080288790 - Means and method of using cryptographic device to combat online institution identity theft: Whereas smartcards and similar cryptographic devices may customarily be used to protect against personal identity theft, this invention stores Public Keys of an institution in cryptographic devices issued by the institution to its customers, in order to protect the institution's identity from being stolen. The invention improves the security of... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080288791 - Computer power measurement device: The present invention provides a computer power measurement device, which comprises: a first inductor connected power supply, and the first inductor is provided with a first DC equivalent resistance; a second inductor connected power consumption components, and the second inductor is provided with a second DC equivalent resistance; an input... Agent: Apex Juris, PLLC

20080288793 - Laptop computer recharging using ethernet connection: One embodiment disclosed relates to a laptop computer system including a display casing, having display circuitry and a display screen, and a main computer casing coupled to the display casing. The main computer casing includes a battery power source, a charging regulator, and an Ethernet-type connector. The battery power source... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080288792 - Method and apparatus of adaptive integration activity management for business application integration: An adaptive integration activity management framework for on demand business process integration provides a mechanism to enable easy integration of legacy and new applications. The framework minimizes the effort need to integrate a new application into an existing business process environment such that the new activity is a “plug-in” into... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20080288794 - Method and system for managing power delivery for power over ethernet systems: A method for managing the delivery of power for a plurality of devices includes allocating a power limit for each of the plurality of devices and providing power to at least one of the plurality of devices. The method also includes, in response to the providing of power, measuring the... Agent: Bainwood Huang & Associates LLC

20080288795 - Method and system for reducing power consumption of storage system serving as target during remote copying employing journal: A second storage system comprises a restore control unit for controlling restoration processing, in which a data element in a journal stored in a journal storage area is written into a secondary logical volume, and a storage device control unit for controlling a storage device in the second storage system.... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080288796 - Multi-processor control device and method: A multi-processor control device according to an example of the invention comprises a cooperative control unit which determines priorities of requests issued from processors to a shared resource which are used to suppress a total power consumption of the processors within a range in which performance constraints of programs executed... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080288797 - Method and apparatus for power reduction on a processor bus: Power consumption of an address bus interface is reduced by reducing drive duration of address signals on the address bus. The address bus interface may operate in normal or power saving mode. In power saving mode, address signals are driven for a quarter of a clock period instead of half... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080288798 - Power management of low power link states: A method and apparatus for intelligent power management for low power link states. Some embodiments include methods, apparatuses, and systems for a device coupled to a controller via a link; a link power management engine to alter a power state of the link based on a transaction and some knowledge... Agent: Intel/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080288799 - Dynamic processor power management device and method thereof: A processor can operate in different power modes. In an active power mode, the processor executes software. In response to receiving a halt indication from the software, hardware at the processor evaluates bus transactions for the processor. If the bus transactions meet a heuristic, hardware places a processor core in... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20080288800 - Semiconductor device with a power down mode: includes a power down detecting block for generating a power down mode signal by detecting if the power down mode is activated, a power source control block for producing a power control signal whose ratio of an enable period to a disable period is determined by the power down mode... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080288801 - Information processing apparatus and power supply control method for information processing apparatus: An information storage device (2) in an information processing apparatus has a power supply controller (13). The power supply controller (13) operates by being supplied with power from a continuous power supply device (8). When a depressed state of a switch (17 or 18) is changed during stoppage of power... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080288802 - Method and apparatus for operating an electronic device in a low power mode: An electronic device, such as a hand-held portable computer, is provided with capability to operate an application during a low power mode. During the low power mode, portions of hardware, software, services, and/or other components of the portable computer that are not necessary to the operation of the application is... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080288803 - Electronic device and method of controlling electronic device: An electronic device includes a power supply unit that generates plural output voltages from an input voltage and outputs the various output voltages from respective plural power supply channels, a voltage detecting unit that monitors voltages of two power supply channels among plural power supply channels which are different in... Agent: Murata Machinery, Ltd. (muratec) C/o Keating & Bennett LLP

20080288805 - Synchronization device and methods thereof: A device includes different clock domains. Each clock domain is synchronized to a different clock signal, and the data transfer between clock domains occurs through a FIFO memory. It is determined which clock domain has a slower clock frequency, and the clock domain associated with the slower clock is selected... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20080288804 - Techniques for integrated circuit clock signal manipulation to facilitate functional and speed test: An integrated circuit (1600) includes a debug module (1602) and a clock generator (1610). The debug module (1602) is configured to receive a test pattern and provide a mode signal based on the test pattern. The clock generator (1610) includes a first clock input configured to receive a first clock... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20080288806 - Clock generation circuit and semiconductor memory apparatus having the same: A clock generation circuit for a semiconductor memory apparatus includes an internal clock generation unit that receives a clock and generates an internal clock, and a clock selection unit that selectively outputs the clock or the internal clock in response to a selection signal.... Agent: Venable LLP

20080282075 - Controlling circuit for communication port: A controlling circuit for a communication port having a ring indicator (RI) pin is provided. The controlling circuit includes a first selection circuit and a second selection circuit. The first selection circuit is controlled by a basic input/output system (BIOS) for determining whether an RI signal is transmitted to the... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080282076 - Information processing device: Abstract An information processing device, including: a processing unit; a peripheral circuit module; and a boot address register, wherein the information processing device comprises a first operation mode and a second operation mode having an operating current which is lower than that of said first operation mode, wherein the boot... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080282074 - Method of optimizing performance of multi-core chips and corresponding circuit and computer program product: A method of optimizing performance of a multi-core chip having a plurality of cores includes the steps of determining a Vdd-frequency SCHMOO characteristic for each of the plurality of cores individually; saving data indicative of the Vdd-frequency SCHMOO characteristics for each of the plurality of cores; configuring the cores to... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20080282077 - Apparatus, method and program product for initiating computer system operation: A computer system which includes a CPU for performing various processes by program control and storage elements which store at least one operating system and a BIOS, wherein upon starting a system, the CPU recognizes the system's own hardware configuration, and starts a selected one operating system stored in the... Agent: Driggs, Hogg, Daugherty & Del Zoppo Co., L.p.a.

20080282078 - Gateway device, controlling method of the same, and program record medium storing controlling method: A method of controlling a gateway device includes the steps of converting a plain text mail received from a client device to an encrypted mail; transmitting the encrypted mail to a mail transmission server; and notifying a transmission error to the client device when the transmission error occurs between the... Agent: Murata Machinery, Ltd. (muratec) C/o Keating & Bennett LLP

20080282080 - Method and apparatus for adapting a communication network according to information provided by a trusted client: Hosts connecting to the network implement an adaptive networks client that monitors other applications on the host and provides information to an adaptive networks server to provide information about traffic being generated by the host. The client may also capture information about the user, host, access type, and other information... Agent: Anderson Gorecki & Manaras, LLP Attn: John C. Gorecki

20080282079 - System and method for ad-hoc processing of cryptographically-encoded data: The present disclosure provides a system and method for ad-hoc processing of cryptographically-encoded data. In one embodiment, a recipient receives a cryptographically-encoded email and proceeds to contact a processing server to decrypt said cryptographically-encoded email. The recipient may interact with the server either by copying-and-pasting the content of the cryptographically-encoded... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080282083 - Method and system for controlled media sharing in a network: A method for controlling media sharing among a plurality of nodes in a network. The present method is comprised of availing to the network an instance of media content for sharing among the plurality of nodes by a source node communicatively coupled to the network. The present method further includes... Agent: Wagner Blecher LLP

20080282081 - Mutually authenticated secure channel: A system and methods for establishing a mutually authenticated secure channel between a client device and remote device through a remote access gateway server. The remote access gateway server forwards secure connection requests and acknowledgements between the client and the remote device such that the remote access gateway does not... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080282082 - Network communication device: A disclosed network communication device corresponds to IP communications and is capable of performing IPsec communication. The network communication device includes a setting unit configured to obtain and set an operation mode specified by an administrator user; a detecting unit configured to detect a communication error caused by an incorrect... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080282084 - Methods and apparatus for secure operating system distribution in a multiprocessor system: Methods and apparatus provide for: decrypting a first of a plurality of operating systems (OSs) within a first processor of a multiprocessing system using a private key thereof, the plurality of OSs having been encrypted by a trusted third party, other than a manufacturer of the multiprocessing system, using respective... Agent: Kaplan Gilman Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20080282085 - Method to search for affinities between subjects and relative apparatus: A method to search for affinities between subjects comprises the passages of effecting a step of registering a user with a certification authority (14), effecting a step of receiving first information relating to the user and memorizing the first information in a portable electronic device (11) of the user, and... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20080282086 - Method and apparatus for protecting information and privacy: A system for protecting software against piracy while protecting a user's privacy enables enhancements to the protection software in a user device and extended protections against piracy. The protection system allows the user device to postpone validation of purchased tags stored in a tag table for installed software and to... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20080282087 - System debug and trace system and method, and applications thereof: An embedded system or system on chip (SoC) includes a secure JTAG system and method to provide secure on-chip control, capture, and export of on chip information in an embedded environment to a probe. In one embodiment, the system comprises encryption logic associated with a JTAG subsystem and decryption logic... Agent: Legal Department Mips Technologies, Inc.

20080282088 - Authenticated nonvolatile memory signing operations: A wireless device includes a nonvolatile memory that handles the task of securely performing integrity checks that do not expose the authentication private key externally. The system security architecture installs and associates private keys with the nonvolatile memory to create a secure execution environment resistant to virus attack. The nonvolatile... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080282089 - Signature generation apparatus and signature verification apparatus: A signature generation apparatus and a signature verification apparatus which can prevent the occurrence of norm zero vector forgery attack. The signature generation apparatus (110) includes a signature generation unit (114) which generates signature data (S) for a message (m) using a private key stored in a private key storage... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080282090 - Virtual property system for globally-significant objects: Virtual property system for globally-significant objects across autonomous computing environments. Objects with global persistence and identity are instantiated by a plurality of their real-world claim-holders through authentication of a computer-readable object specification and owner identity. Owner may then claim benefit of the object across autonomous computing environments such as virtual... Agent: Foothill Law Group

20080282091 - Systems and methods of securing resources through passwords: Disclosed is a method of authorizing access to an item that maintains a lockout count and blocks access to the item if the lockout count exceeds a predetermined value. One feature is that the invention “variably” increments the lockout count if the presented password fails to exactly match the stored... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20080282092 - Card reading apparatus with integrated identification function: A card reading apparatus integrating identification function is provided, including a USB interface, a memory card interface, an ATA/ATAPI interface, a USB OTG controller, an identification interface module, an encrypted identification processor, and at least an identification device. The USB interface, the memory card interface, and the ATA/ATAPI interface are... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080282093 - Methods and apparatus for secure programming and storage of data using a multiprocessor in a trusted mode: Methods and apparatus provide for: entering a secure mode in which a given processor may initiate a transfer of information into or out of said processor, but no external device may initiate a transfer of information into or out of said processor; and programming at least one trusted data storage... Agent: Kaplan Gilman Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20080282095 - Method for transferring and/or providing personal electronic data of a data owner: In a method to transfer and/or to provide personal electronic data of an owner, in particular health-related electronic data of a patient, the personal electronic data are transferred and/or provided in a form stored on a data medium, at least partially encrypted, together with at least one decryptor for at... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080282094 - Optical storage media and the corresponding cryptography for data encryption thereof: Based on the demand of developing a data encryption technique for the optical storage media, the present invention discloses a cryptography for data encryption based on a design of specific hardware conditions, so as to achieve the security requirements for the encrypted digital data stored in the optical storage media... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC One Skyline Place

20080282096 - System and method for order-preserving encryption for numeric data: A system, method, and computer program product to automatically eliminate the distribution information available for reconstruction from a disguised dataset. The invention flattens input numerical values into a substantially uniformly distributed dataset, then maps the uniformly distributed dataset into equivalent data in a target distribution. The invention allows the incremental... Agent: Fleit, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco P.l

20080282099 - Information processing apparatus and power saving control method: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a sound controller which reproduces a sound signal, and a sound driver which controls a drive of the sound controller. The sound driver includes a volume full-mute determination unit which determines whether or not the apparatus is set in a volume... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080282097 - Method for indicating a power switch of a computer and device thereof: A device for indicating the power switch of a computer is disclosed in the invention, which is applied in portable computers and indicates the position of a power switch of a portable computer when the computer is in shutdown status. The portable computer comprises at least a monitor and a... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd

20080282098 - Semiconductor memory device and error correction method therof: A semiconductor memory device comprising: a memory array having a data area and a check code area; refresh control means which controls a refresh operation in a data holding state; operation means which executes an encoding operation for generating the check code using a bit string in the data area,... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080282100 - Integrated circuit with power control and power control method thereof: Power management methods for integrated circuits are disclosed. A system core block is disposed in a chip and comprises a central processing unit. A power control block is disposed in the chip and comprises a power management mechanism coupled to a power supply to control the supply of power to... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080282101 - Optimum power management of system on chip based on tiered states of operation: Optimum power management of system on chip based on tiered states of operation is disclosed. In one embodiment, a system on chip includes a hardware module including one or more of a microcontroller, a microprocessor, a DSP core, a memory, a timing source, a peripheral, and an external interface to... Agent: Murabito, Hao & Barnes, LLP

20080282102 - Maintaining optimum voltage supply to match performance of an integrated circuit: Power supply voltage to an integrated circuit (IC) or a portion of an IC is maintained at an optimum level matching the IC performance. Voltage ranges and delay measures for corresponding operating frequencies are stored in tables in a voltage control block. When a new frequency of operation is desired,... Agent: Nvidia C/o Murabito, Hao & Barnes LLP

20080282103 - Lightweight time change detection: A timer service uses a single timer function to perform timing services for both relative and absolute timers. The first timers from a sorted array of absolute timers and relative timers are used in a function that will return when the earliest absolute timer expires or will timeout when the... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080276082 - Comparing chracteristics prior to booting devices: A system that comprises a first electronic device comprising a non-volatile memory. The system also comprises another electronic device in communication with the first electronic device and comprising a second non-volatile memory. The system further comprises a control logic coupled to the first and second electronic devices. Each of the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080276083 - Method for transmitting a message containing a description of an action to be executed in a receiver equipment: s

20080276084 - Anonymity revocation: Methods and systems for anonymity revocation, enabling a trusted entity to identify a user computer within an anonymous system. A system comprises an attester computer providing attestation value cert from a security module public key and an identifying value. The user computer having a module providing the module public key... Agent: Louis Paul Herzberg

20080276085 - Allowing differential processing of encrypted tunnels: In one embodiment, a method can include: (i) receiving an outbound packet in a network device, where the outbound packet includes a packet header; (ii) modifying the outbound packet by adding a service identifier to a cleartext portion of the packet header; (iii) when the outbound packet represents an event... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC

20080276086 - Method of controlling the processing of data: A method of controlling the processing of data, is provided comprising defining security controls for a plurality of data items, and applying individualised security rules to each of the data items based on a measurement of integrity of a computing entity to which the data items are to be made... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080276089 - Content authentication and recovery using digital watermarks: The disclosure describes methods for using digital watermarking to authenticate digital media signals, such as images, audio and video signals. It also describes techniques for using embedded watermarks to repair altered parts of a media signal when alteration is detected. Alteration is detected using hashes, digital watermarks, and a combination... Agent: Digimarc Corporation

20080276088 - Continuous isochronous read access and measurement of data stored in non-volatile memory: A measurement and authentication engine in a nonvolatile memory computes an original hash value on data read from the nonvolatile memory. A measurement and authentication engine in a host processor recomputes the hash value on the data received from nonvolatile memory and checks that the computed hash value matches the... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080276087 - Peripheral device for programmable logic controller: A peripheral device for a programmable logic controller 1 includes: an encryption means 10 for encrypting peripheral device authentication data 16 used in authentication for authorizing use of the peripheral device 8 itself, encrypting data 4 used in the programmable logic controller, and encrypting authentication data 3 that is established... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080276090 - System for allocating a chip card to a network operator: A chip card needs to be allocated in a secured manner to a network operator via a personalization center in order to determine a final authentication key which is attributed to a subscriber of the operator without its being transmitted via a network. The following is loaded into a card... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080276091 - Mobile device file sharing method and apparatus: File sharing between mobile devices is enabled using a hierarchical Distributed Hash Table (DHT) based message routing system. According to one embodiment, mobile device electronic content is shared via an overlay network of computer nodes arranged according to a hierarchical DHT by a mobile device generating a message. The message... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20080276092 - Method for authentication of sensor data, and an associated sensor: A method for authentication of sensor data (D) which is interchanged between at least one sensor (S1 to S4) and an associated receiver (2), in which a request (challenge) is first of all transmitted by the receiver (2) to the at least one sensor (S1 to S4) with an encrypted... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080276094 - Communication terminal device, server apparatus, data management method and recording medium: A response is made to delivery data received by a communication terminal (cellular phone or the like) through a network (public network), the delivery data and the response action are traced and the delivery data during a predetermined time including the time at which the response action occurs and the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080276093 - Service mobility management system using xml security and the method thereof: A system for managing service mobility using an extensible Markup Language (XML) electronic signature. A mobility interface stops and stores the operation of a service being currently performed. Before the service is moved, a service serializer serializes service state information and converts it into an XML form which is attachable... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20080276095 - Data processing apparatus and its method: A verification information generation system comprises a first and a second data processing apparatuses. The first data processing apparatus comprises a holding unit adapted to hold a first secret information which is set in advance, a reception unit adapted to receive information associated with the second secret information from the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080276096 - Method and apparatus for protecting external call references: The present invention is generally directed to a method, system, and article of manufacture that ensures the integrity of programs having variable portions. One aspect of this invention is a method for protecting software products having variant portions. This method includes identifying a reference to an external target in a... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20080276097 - Alternate to email for messages of general interest: This invention is an online system to forward and discuss messages of common interest among members of the system. The system is based on a central server that manages all member accounts, messages and message flow among the members. The system introduces the concept of private comments on a public... Agent: Venkat Ramaswamy

20080276098 - One-time password access to password-protected accounts: Systems and methods facilitate secure one-time-password access to an account in a remote server from an untrusted client. The system consists of an intermediary component whose salient components are a proxy component, a webserver component, and an encryption/decryption component, and it preserves the characteristics of both the server and client.... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080276099 - Universal serial bus (usb) flash drive having locking pins and locking grooves for locking swivel cap: In one embodiment of the present invention a Universal Serial Bus (USB) flash drive with locking swivel cap includes a USB device, a swivel cap having a top swivel cap face and a bottom swivel cap face. The swivel cap is connectably attached to the USB device, four locking pins,... Agent: Law Offices Of Imam

20080276100 - Virtual machine or hardware processor for ic-card portable electronic devices: A virtual machine or hardware processor for an IC-card portable electronic device includes a non-volatile memory unit, a remote decryption unit, and associated objects for storing an executable program in an encrypted format in the non-volatile memory. The IC-card stores a licence key to encrypt and decrypt the executable program... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20080276102 - Data protection systems and methods: Systems and methods are provided for protecting electronic content from the time it is packaged through the time it is experienced by an end user. Protection against content misuse is accomplished using a combination of encryption, watermark screening, detection of invalid content processing software and hardware, and/or detection of invalid... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080276101 - Digital data recording apparatus, digital data recording method, and computer-readable recording medium: A data communication unit receives encrypted digital data via a network and records the digital data on a primary recording medium. The digital data, having been encrypted in different encryption methods according to the distributors, include attribute information indicating the encryption methods. The encryption method of the digital data is... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080276105 - Power managers for an integrated circuit: A system for an integrated circuit comprising a plurality of power islands includes a first power manager and a second power manager. The first power manager manages a first power consumption for the integrated circuit based on needs and operation of the integrated circuit. The second power manager communicates with... Agent: Eaton Peabody Patent Group, LLC

20080276104 - Power source equiment for power over ethernet system with increased cable length: Increased cable length Power over Ethernet (PoE) systems are provided. Embodiments can be designed for compliance with IEEE 802.3af, IEEE 802.3at, or legacy PoE standards. Embodiments include PSE and PD designs enabled for increased length PoE. Embodiments include example modifications of IEEE 802.3af PSE system rules, including example modifications of... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080276103 - Universal serial bus assembly structure: A USB (Universal Serial Bus) assembly structure is composed of a power supply device, a lead wire, an electromagnetic wave elimination device, a power adapter, and a plug, wherein a side of the lead wire is provided with a USB power supply device, such that when a computer is not... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080276106 - Data conversion apparatus and data conversion method: It is aimed, for example, to reduce an amount of power consumption of an operation concerning data encryption or decryption and to make it difficult to perform a power analysis. In the case an exclusive OR operation between 32-bit input data and a 32-bit key is performed to obtain output... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080276109 - Image display device having backlight: An image display device 1 includes, in a cabinet 2, a liquid crystal display 3 for displaying a video signal, a backlight 6 for irradiating the liquid crystal display 3, a power supply unit 8 for supplying power to the backlight 6, a microcomputer 4 for controlling the power supply,... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080276107 - Method and device to wake-up nodes in a serial data bus: A method of communication comprising sending communication signals switched between dominant and recessive values at clock intervals in frames over a serial data bus from at least one of a plurality of sending nodes to a plurality of receiving nodes. The receiving nodes have an operational state and a standby... Agent: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. Law Department

20080276108 - Method and system for implementing generalized system stutter: A method and system for implementing a generalized system stutter are disclosed. Specifically, one embodiment of the present invention sets forth a method, which includes the steps of blocking a first request received from a first of a plurality of bus masters during a low power state of a computing... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20080276110 - Distributed power management: A power management bus for controlling power over multiple device subsystems includes a master power bus controller which transmits power management information to control one or more power resources through a transmit interface. The transmitted information is received at one or more receive interfaces. A broadcast message can be transmitted... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080276111 - Detecting software attacks by monitoring electric power consumption patterns: Software attacks such as worms and viruses are detected in an electronic device by monitoring power consumption patterns. In a first embodiment, software attacks are detected by an increase in power consumption. The increased power consumption can be caused by increased network traffic, or by increased activity in the microprocessor.... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20080276112 - Semiconductor integrated circuit: A memory interface circuit is connectable to a DDR-SDRAM which outputs read data in synchronization with a data strobe signal together with the data strobe signal. A clock generator generates internal clock signals and memory clock signals supplied to the DDR-SDRAM. The memory interface circuit determines a delay of arrival... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20080276113 - Electronic apparatus and method for controlling same: An electronic apparatus with a wireless unit includes a multiplier to receive a clock signal at a predetermined frequency. The electronic apparatus further includes a modulator configured to modulate the frequency of the clock signal generated by the multiplier, and a controller configured to change the frequency of the clock... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080276114 - Micro-controller having usb control unit, mc unit and oscillating circuit commonly used by the usb control unit and the mc unit: A micro-controller includes a USB control unit, an MC unit having an operation mode and a stop mode and an oscillating circuit, which is commonly used by the USB control unit and the MC unit. The USB control unit includes a watching circuit for watching a condition of a first... Agent: Junichi Mimura Oki America Inc.

20080276116 - Method and an apparatus for providing timing signals to a number of circuits, an integrated circuit and a node: A method of providing or transporting a timing signal between a number of circuits, electrical or optical, where each circuit is fed by a node. The nodes forward timing signals between each other, and at least one node is adapted to not transmit a timing signal before having received a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080276115 - Power optimization when using external clock sources: Logic circuits of a digital device may be biased to operate over specific external clock frequency ranges by programming a desired clock oscillator frequency range into a configuration memory of the digital device. In addition, clock source selection may also be programmed into the configuration register. Bias circuits are then... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.