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Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support September class, title,number 09/11

20110238968 - Function providing apparatus and computer readable medium: A function providing apparatus includes a first reading unit, a second reading unit, a first initializing unit, a second initializing unit, a first receiving unit, a second receiving unit, and a control unit. The first reading unit reads a first control program relating to a first function provided by a... Agent: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

20110238967 - Method and apparatus for sharing an integrity security module in a dual-environment computing device: A method and apparatus are disclosed for sharing an integrity security module in a dual-environment computing device. The apparatus include an integrity security module, one or more processors, a detection module and a regeneration module. The one or more processors may have access to the integrity security module and may... Agent: Lenovo (singapore) Pte, Ltd.

20110238969 - Intelligent boot device selection and recovery: Techniques for recovering virtual machine state and boot information used to boot an installed guest operating system on systems where the information has either been lost or is not present are described.... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20110238971 - Method of managing a solid state drive, associated systems and implementations: One embodiment of a method includes loading, by a memory controller, a boot image from a solid state drive to an operating memory of a computing system during an initialization operation of the computing system. The initialization operation initializes components of the computing system.... Agent:

20110238972 - Secure bootstrapping for wireless communications: A mutual authentication method is provided for securely agreeing application-security keys with mobile terminals supporting legacy Subscriber Identity Modules (e.g., GSM SIM and CDMA2000 R-UIM, which do not support 3G AKA mechanisms). A challenge-response key exchange is implemented between a bootstrapping server function (BSF) and mobile terminal (MT). The BSF... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20110238970 - System and method to lock electronic device: A method to lock an electronic device comprising an operating system comprises placing the electronic device in a disable state in which the processor is blocked from accessing the operating system, receiving a first unlock password from a remote source during a power-up operation of the electronic device, and placing... Agent:

20110238973 - Method, apparatus, and system for optimizing frequency and performance in a multidie microprocessor: With the progress toward multi-core processors, each core is can not readily ascertain the status of the other dies with respect to an idle or active status. A proposal for utilizing an interface to transmit core status among multiple cores in a multi-die microprocessor is discussed. Consequently, this facilitates thermal... Agent:

20110238974 - Methods and apparatus to improve turbo performance for events handling: Embodiments of an apparatus for improving performance for events handling are presented. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a number of processing elements and task routing logic. If at least one of the processing elements is in a turbo mode, the task routing logic selects a processing element for executing... Agent:

20110238975 - Information processing device, route control device, and data relay method: A server notifies a route control device of a session ID indicating a session and generated for a user of a terminal device together with its own IP address. The terminal device notifies a route control device of data for a connection to a relay device together with a session... Agent: Fujitsu Limited

20110238977 - System and method for providing a single use imaging device for medical applications: A system and methods for providing and reclaiming a single use imaging device for sterile environments is disclosed and described. The system may include a single use high definition camera used for general purpose surgical procedures including, but not limited to: arthroscopic, laparoscopic, gynecologic, and urologic procedures, may comprise an... Agent: Olive Medical Corporation

20110238976 - Wireless lan relay device, wireless communication system, and method for controlling wireless lan relay device: A wireless LAN relay device connecting an outer device to a network includes a communication section for controlling wired communication and wireless communication performed between the wireless LAN relay device and the outer device using a packet. The communication section performs, in an initial state, wireless communication without encrypting the... Agent: Buffalo Inc.

20110238978 - Communicating confidential information between an application and a database: Disclosed is a system and method for communicating confidential information in a resource friendly manner between an application and a database using an application programming interface, API. The method establishes first and second socket connections between the application and the database in an API connection between the application and the... Agent:

20110238979 - Device for preventing, detecting and responding to security threats: A device to prevent, detect and respond to one or more security threats between one or more controlled hosts and one or more services accessible from the controlled host. The device determines the authenticity of a user of a controlled host and activates user specific configurations under which the device... Agent: Adventium Labs

20110238980 - System and methods for remote maintenance in an electronic network with multiple clients: A method for verifying electronic software code integrity may comprise providing a list of encryption keys to a client, encrypting a software code packet using one of the plurality of encryption keys, delivering the encrypted software code packet to the client, and informing the client to choose an encryption key... Agent: Fujitsu Limited

20110238981 - Image forming apparatus, image processing system, method for controlling image processing system, and storage medium: At an apparatus, a reading unit reads a document a generation unit and generates a content data from the document and an encryption unit performs encryption processing on the content data using an encryption key and a transmission unit, when an instruction for not using a service for performing processing... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20110238982 - Trust-management systems and methods: The present invention provides systems and methods for making efficient trust management decisions. A trust management engine is provided that processes requests for system resources, authorizations or certificates, and the identity of one or more root authorities that are ultimately responsible for granting or denying the requests. To determine whether... Agent: Intertrust Technologies Corp.

20110238983 - Network integrity maintenance: A device removal system securely removes an item of content or a device from a content-protected home network. An authorization table maintains a list of devices in the content-protected home network in addition to removed devices. The authorization table also maintains a list of deleted content. Through management of various... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20110238984 - Multi-level security cluster: Some embodiments may include multiple computers comprising a multi-level security system. The security system includes a first set of zones and a second set of zones, each having access to resources of a computer, a first security container having a first security label containing the first set of zones, and... Agent: Oracle International Corporation

20110238987 - Adaptive certificate distribution mechanism in vehicular networks using forward error correcting codes: A method for improving the reliability and performance of Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) networks where digital certificates are necessary for message authentication and some messages may be lost in transmission. The method uses Forward Error Correcting (FEC) codes to encode a digital certificate into multiple segments, and attaches one or more segment... Agent: Gm Global Technology Operations, Inc.

20110238986 - Adaptive certificate distribution mechanism in vehicular networks using variable inter-certificate refresh period: A method for improving the reliability and performance of Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) networks where digital certificates are necessary for message authentication and some messages may be lost in transmission. The method uses a variable inter-certificate refresh period to optimize communications throughput based on network conditions such as node density and bandwidth... Agent: Gm Global Technology Operations, Inc.

20110238993 - Agile network protocol for secure communications with assured system availability: A plurality of computer nodes communicates using seemingly random IP source and destination addresses and (optionally) a seemingly random discriminator field. Data packets matching criteria defined by a moving window of valid addresses are accepted for further processing, while those that do not meet the criteria are rejected. In addition... Agent: Virnetx, Inc.

20110238988 - Appliance authentication system, and method of controlling power supply: Provided is a method where a power management apparatus (a) acquires, from a server managed by a manufacturer of an electronic appliance, a public key paired with a secret key that the electronic appliance and the server hold, (b) generates a ciphertext by generating a random number and encrypting the... Agent:

20110238992 - Application controlled encryption of web browser cached data: A browser cache-securing component facilitates online communication of confidential data, such as for financial information, purchasing transactions, or user identification. Caching webpages for subsequent presentation enhances user productivity and efficiency while reducing burdens on network resources. Yet, the security risks of intrusions into cache memory are mitigated by retaining encrypted... Agent: Wells Fargo Bank Na

20110238991 - Content decryption device and encryption system using an additional key layer: Various embodiments relate to a content decryption device for receiving a signal comprising encrypted content data and conditional access data. The conditional access data comprises one or more first keys. The content data is encrypted under one or more second keys. The device is configured for communicating with a secure... Agent:

20110238985 - Method and apparatus for facilitating provision of content protected by identity-based encryption: An approach is provided for reducing communication traffic/cost and protecting content. A criterion application causes, at least in part, reception at a first recipient one or more first data encrypted with one or more first recipient criteria as a public key of identity-based encryption, the first data including one or... Agent: Nokia Corporation

20110238989 - Method and system for secure communication using hash-based message authentication codes: A system and method for secure communication is provided. A first hash-based message authentication code is generated from a shared secret and a first counter value stored in storage of a computing device. A second hash-based message authentication code is generated from such shared secret and a second counter value.... Agent: Diversinet Corp.

20110238990 - System and method for secure and/or interactive dissemination of information: An interactive information dissemination system includes a media server (210) for receiving a plurality of media elements and storing the media elements in a database. A sender client (200) enables a first user to identify message data, a recipient identifier, and a media element from the database of media elements.... Agent: Ceelox, Inc.

20110238994 - Management of secret data items used for server authentication: A security device (6) is provided for facilitating management of secret data items such as cryptographic keys which are used by a remote server (2) to authenticate operations of the server (2). The device (6) has a user interface (13), control logic (16) and a computer interface (11) for connecting... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20110238995 - Methods for authentication using near-field: Authentication methods are used to authenticate, a device1 having an ESN1 (electronic serial number), a device2 having an ESN2, and/or a user of the devices. In one implementation, device1 receives the ESN2 in a near-field signal; derives an authentication result as a function of the ESN1 and ESN2; and sends... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20110238996 - Trusted network connect handshake method based on tri-element peer authentication: A trusted network connect handshake method based on tri-element peer authentication is provided, which comprises the following steps. An access controller (AC) sends message 1 for handshake activation to an Access Requestor (AR). The AR sends message 2 for access handshake request to the AC after receiving message 1. The... Agent: China Iwncomm Co., Ltd

20110238997 - Efficient technique to achieve non-repudiation and resilience to dos attacks in wireless networks: A computationally efficient message verification strategy that achieves non-repudiation and resilience to computational denial of service attacks in conjunction with a broadcast authentication protocol that authenticates messages using a combination of a digital signature and a TESLA MAC. When messages are received at a receiver, the verification strategy separates the... Agent: Gm Global Technology Operations, Inc.

20110238998 - Method and apparatus for portable self-contained node computer: A portable self-contained node computer is provided. The portable self-contained node computer connects to a host computer. The host computer allows the portable node computer to access its peripheral input/output devices.... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20110238999 - Internet based e-will management system using certificate and method thereof: Disclosed is an Internet based e-will management method in which a will is managed by making digital signatures using a certificate issued by a certificate authority through a will management server connected to a testator/testatrix terminal and a will executor terminal via a network, the method comprising: (a) making digital... Agent: The Industry & Academic Cooperation In Chungnam National University (iac)

20110239000 - Password-protected physical transfer of password-protected devices: A method for password-protected physical transfer of password-protected devices including at a receiving location, generating at least one security file including an encrypted element generated using a one-way encryption function utilizing at least one secure code, transmitting the at least one security file to a shipping location at which the... Agent:

20110239002 - Differential uncloneable variability-based cryptography: Differential uncloneable variability-based cryptography techniques are provided. The differential cryptography includes a hardware based public physically uncloneable function (PPUF) to perform the cryptography. The PPUF includes a first physically uncloneable function (PUF) and a second physically uncloneable function. An arbiter determines the output of the circuit using the outputs of... Agent: Empire Technology Development LLC

20110239003 - Direct injection of data to be transferred in a hybrid computing environment: Direct injection of a data to be transferred in a hybrid computing environment that includes a host computer and a plurality of accelerators, the host computer and the accelerators adapted to one another for data communications by a system level message passing module. Each accelerator includes a Power Processing Element... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20110239004 - Memory device, host device, and memory system: A memory device includes: a storage unit that stores public key information of a certificate authority for verifying a certificate and includes a secret area storing data of which secrecy is assured; and a control unit that controls access to the storage unit depending on reception information, wherein the reception... Agent: Sony Corporation

20110239001 - Secure data scanning method and system: A method of scanning secure data in a data store is performed in a manner that does not expose the scan data, the files being searched, or information about when matches occur between the scan data and the files. During the scan process, encrypted versions of searched files are compared... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20110239005 - Secure repository with layers of tamper resistance and system and method for providing same: A secure repository individualized for a hardware environment and a method and system for providing the same. The secure repository includes a hidden cryptographic key and code that applies the key without requiring access to a copy of the key. The code that implements the secure repository is generated in... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20110239006 - Adaptive real-time methodology for optimizing energy-efficient computing: Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS) is an effective way to reduce energy and power consumption in microprocessor units. Current implementations of DVFS suffer from inaccurate modeling of power requirements and usage, and from inaccurate characterization of the relationships between the applicable variables. A system and method is proposed that... Agent: Los Alamos National Security, LLC

20110239007 - Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling transition synchronization for embedded systems: Methods and apparatuses are provided that allow for the synchronization of an operating point transition in an embedded system environment. Identification of an upcoming operating point transition, operating point transition constraints, and maximum parking latency parameters is provided. Then, an ordering of seizing bus activity as well as an ordering... Agent:

20110239008 - Power adapter having a universal serial bus hub: A power adaptor for a host device and method of operating the same. In one embodiment, the power adapter includes a power converter and a universal serial bus hub. The power adapter also includes an integrated power/universal serial bus connector, coupled to the power converter and the universal serial bus... Agent:

20110239009 - Storage device: The storage device comprises a storage unit configured to store data in a non-volatile manner; a first connector configured to be connectable with a first interface having a first power supply capacity and receive a supply of electric power for operating the storage device from the first interface; a second... Agent: Buffalo Inc.

20110239012 - Image processing device: The image processing device involves a power-saving condition, which achieves the reduction in power consumption on standby, and the high-speed recovery from its power-saving condition to the normal condition. The image processing device has: a data processing unit which executes the processing of stream data; a communication-processing section which accepts... Agent: Renesas Electronics Corporation

20110239010 - Managing power provisioning in distributed computing: One or more computers manage power consumption in a plurality of computers by repeatedly evaluating power consumption of pluralities of computers such that any given plurality of computers is evaluated by aggregating indicia of power consumption of the individual computers in the given plurality. The evaluation identifies or predicts pluralities... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20110239011 - Method and apparatus for synchronizing wake-ups of offline mobile devices: An scheduler module is provided for acting on a request to establish a communication session between a first device and a second device, wherein the first device, the second device, or both are associated with a respective activity schedule that specifies, at least in part, a wake-up time when the... Agent: Nokia Corporation

20110239015 - Allocating computing system power levels responsive to service level agreements: A computer program product for initiating a task in a computer system including executing a method that includes receiving a task and a status of the task relative to a target service level. A current power state of the processor is determined. Execution of the task is initiated on the... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20110239014 - Power management for input/output devices: A method for managing power consumption by a network device is disclosed. The network device includes first and second ports, each of the first and second ports identified by a unique identifier and adapted to handle separate network traffic. The method includes verifying that the first and the second ports... Agent: Emulex Design & Manufacturing Corporation

20110239016 - Power management in a multi-processor computer system: Power management in a multi-processor computer system, including a computer program product for facilitating receiving a task for execution in a high power state, and determining a current power state of a processor in a multi-processor system, the system having a specified power limit. The task is dispatched to the... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20110239013 - Power management of data processing resources, such as power adaptive management of data storage operations: A system and method for performing power conservation actions is described. In some examples, the system determines a power conservation policy based on information from the system, and implements that policy in an enterprise or in one or more buildings, such as within a data storage environment. In some examples,... Agent:

20110239017 - Scheduling an application for performance on a heterogeneous computing system: The invention concerns scheduling an application comprised of precedence constrained parallel tasks on a high-performance computer system. The computer system has a plurality of processors each enabled to operate on different voltage supply levels. First, a priority order for the tasks based on the computation and communication costs of the... Agent: The University Of Sydney

20110239018 - Microcomputer and control method thereof: A microcomputer according to the present invention includes: a CPU (Central Processing Unit) that has a plurality of modes including a usual operational mode and a STANDBY mode, a clock supply being stopped in the STANDBY mode; a clock generation circuit that generates a clock supplied to the CPU; and... Agent: Renesas Electronics Corporation

20110239022 - Communication apparatus and method of controlling the same: There is provided a communication apparatus including an HDMI connector complying with HEC (HDMI Ethernet Channel)-compliant HDMI standards, comprising: an HEC communication unit configured to communicate, via HEC, with an HEC-compliant communication apparatus connected to the HDMI connector; a determination unit configured to determine, using a protocol of the HDMI... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20110239023 - Information processing apparatus and control method of information processing apparatus: An information processing apparatus having a storage unit configured to store data, operated in a normal mode for supplying power to the storage unit or a power saving mode for preventing power supply to the storage unit, includes a determination unit configured to determine whether or not such a condition... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20110239024 - Low power consumption network device and communication method thereof: A low power consumption network device includes: a data rate meter for detecting a data rate of the network device; a state machine unit for determining a state of the network device according to the data rate and for generating an instruction signal; and a power control unit for controlling... Agent: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

20110239021 - Memory calibration method and apparatus for power reduction during flash operation: A method for providing reduced power consumption in a computer memory system is provided. The method includes calibrating, by a processor, a volatile memory of the computer memory system at a first and a second operating speed, where the second operating speed is higher than the first operating speed. The... Agent: Dot Hill Systems Corporation

20110239019 - Method and system for managing power consumption of a computing device: A power-state management module in any operating environment manages power consumption of a computing device in a power-on mode. The disclosed system and method based on predetermined criteria, classify computing device activity and switch the computing device from the power-on mode to either a hibernate mode or a shut down... Agent: Unisys Corporation

20110239020 - Power management based on automatic workload detection: An electronic device includes a kernel, a power manager to control power to a hardware component, and a neural network to monitor the kernel to recognize performance of a function of the electronic device. The neural network sends a signal to the power manager to reduce or turn off power... Agent:

20110239025 - System and method for adapting a power usage of a server during a data center cooling failure: A device comprising a temperature measurement module, a performance state module, and a fan speed module. The temperature measurement module is configured to determine a temperature in a server, and to output a first control signal when temperature in the server is above a threshold. The performance state module is... Agent: Dell Products, Lp

20110239026 - Power efficient way of operating motion sensors: Systems and methods are described for operating motion sensors in a power-efficient manner. An example technique described herein includes obtaining, at a motion sensor, first indications of sensed motion of a device associated with the motion sensor; integrating, at the motion sensor, the first indications of the sensed motion to... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20110239027 - Common apparatus power control system, common apparatus and method for controlling power of common apparatus: To provide a common apparatus power control system including: a multiple number of client apparatuses; a server apparatus; and a common apparatus connected to the multiple client apparatuses and the server apparatus via a network. The common apparatus performs communication with the server apparatus and acquires information on whether the... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha

20110239028 - Electronic apparatus: An electronic apparatus includes a display, a display controller that displays an image on the display in accordance with an image signal input from outside, a first power supply unit that coverts an alternating-current power into a first power having a first voltage, and supplies the first power to the... Agent: Fujitsu Component Limited

20110239029 - Power usage method and slave device: A power usage method is provided for using power supplied from a first device at a second device. The power usage method includes causing the second device to perform an initialization process to obtain a value of a current used when consuming the power at a voltage that is a... Agent: Fujitsu Limited

20110239030 - Mesochronous signaling system with core-clock synchronization: In a low-power signaling system, an integrated circuit device includes an open loop-clock distribution circuit and a transmit circuit that cooperate to enable high-speed transmission of information-bearing symbols unaccompanied by source-synchronous timing references. The open-loop clock distribution circuit generates a transmit clock signal in response to an externally-supplied clock signal,... Agent:

20110239032 - Convolution operation circuit and object recognition apparatus: In a convolution operation circuit, a first and a second shift registers provide data to a first and a second inputs of a plurality of multipliers, a first and a second storage units store data to be supplied to the first and the second shift registers, a plurality of cumulative... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20110239031 - Mesochronous signaling system with clock-stopped low power mode: In a low-power signaling system, an integrated circuit device includes an open loop-clock distribution circuit and a transmit circuit that cooperate to enable high-speed transmission of information-bearing symbols unaccompanied by source-synchronous timing references. The open-loop clock distribution circuit generates a transmit clock signal in response to an externally-supplied clock signal,... Agent: Rambus, Inc.

20110239033 - Bus interface and clock frequency control method of bus interface: A bus interface includes a chip select terminal, a first transmission bus terminal, a second transmission bus terminal, and a clock control device. The chip select terminal transmits a chip select signal to start the data transmission. When the data transmission starts, the first transmission bus terminal sends data to... Agent: Nuvoton Technology Corporation

20110239035 - Method and apparatus for generating a clock signal and for controlling a clock frequency using the same: A method and a device for generating a clock signal determine a number of pulses to be discarded from each predetermined cycle of a reference clock signal in order to obtain, on average, a target frequency. A masking pattern is created for discarding the number of pulses to be discarded... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

20110239034 - Transmission apparatus and control method: There is provided a transmission apparatus including: a clock generator; a first circuit including first data processors to process input data based on a first input clock, the first data processors electrically connected in series each transmitting data processed thereby and the first input clock to the next first data... Agent: Fujitsu Limited

20110239036 - Wave pipeline with selectively opaque register stages: A selectively synchronous wave pipeline segment and an integrated circuit (IC) including the segment. The segment includes a normally opaque input stage and output stage and multiple internal stages that are normally transparent. A programmable local clock control circuit provides internal stage clock selection control to internal stages. The internal... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20110231643 - Information processing device, power supply control method and storage medium: An information processing device includes: a power-off detection unit for detecting a signal relating to a power-off operation of a user; an application program termination unit for terminating a predetermined application program when the power-off operation is performed; and a control unit for passing control, after the termination of the... Agent: Fujitsu Limited

20110231641 - Information-processing apparatus and method of starting information-processing apparatus: An information-processing apparatus includes a main system that presents a function as the information-processing apparatus and has a function of acquiring time information from a time server, and a subsystem managing the main system. The main system starts up in start mode which is either an ordinary-start mode or a... Agent: Fujitsu Limited

20110231640 - Methods and apparatus for priority initialization of a second processor: Methods and systems provide for activating a second processor by a first processor in a dual processor device early within an initialization routine to enable the second processor to help complete initialization operations. The first processor may prepare a second processor chip for start up, configure the second chip's pins,... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20110231639 - Power lock-up setting method and electronic apparatus using the same: A power lock-up setting method and an electronic apparatus using the same are provided. The power lock-up setting method includes following steps. A trigger signal generated by a pressed power switch is received by a pin of a GPIO interface and transmitted to a control unit, such that the control... Agent: Acer Incorporated

20110231638 - Preinstalled operating system instances stored on removable storage devices: One or more removable storage devices inserted into a computing device store a number of different preinstalled operating system instances. The computing device has a number of logical partitions. Each logical partition is independently executed on the computing device. Each logical partition is mapped to and uses one of the... Agent:

20110231642 - 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 are disclosed. 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;... Agent: Realtime Data LLC Dba Ixo

20110231644 - Reconfigurable computing system and method of developing application for deployment on the same: A method of developing an application for deployment on a computing system. The computing system includes a processor and a reconfigurable logic in communication with the processor for configuration thereby. The method includes programming the processor with hardware-neutral instructions in a high-level software programming language. The instructions are representative of... Agent:

20110231647 - Accessing data in a content-addressable data processing system: A computer-implemented method operable in a computer system comprising a plurality of computers including at least a first computer and at least two second computers, the method includes: obtaining a first identifier from the first computer at the at least two second computers, said first identifier having been determined, at... Agent: Level 3 Communications, LLC

20110231646 - System and method for processing encoded messages for exchange with a mobile data communication device: A system and method are provided for pre-processing encrypted and/or signed messages at a host system before the message is transmitted to a wireless mobile communication device. The message is received at the host system from a message sender. There is a determination as to whether any of the message... Agent: Research In Motion Limited

20110231648 - System and method for selective encryption of input data during a retail transaction: A retail environment having retail terminals with data entry point devices selectively encrypts input received by the data entry point devices and passes the encrypted data to a security module. The selective encryption is based on whether or not sensitive or confidential information, such as a personal identification number (PIN)... Agent: Gilbarco Inc.

20110231645 - System and method to validate and authenticate digital data: A system and method combining registration with a trusted third party, certificate generation, hashing, encryption, customizable file identification fields, and time-stamping technology with recognized “best practice” procedures to achieve the legal admissibility and evidential weight of any form of digital file or collection of digital files. Generally, the originator of... Agent:

20110231649 - Aggressive rehandshakes on unknown session identifiers for split ssl: A traffic management device (TMD), system, and processor-readable storage medium are directed to monitoring an encrypted session between a client and a server, determining that the session identifier is unknown, and requesting a renegotiation of the session to acquire a session identifier for the renegotiated session. Determination that the session... Agent: F5 Networks, Inc.

20110231650 - Use and generation of a session key in a secure socket layer connection: The invention describes a method and system for verifying the link between a public key and a server's identity without relying on the trustworthiness of the root certificate of the server's certificate chain. The system establishes a secure socket layer type connection between a client and a server. The client... Agent:

20110231651 - Strong ssl proxy authentication with forced ssl renegotiation against a target server: Embodiments are directed towards establishing an encrypted session between a client device and a target server device when the client device initiates network connections through a proxy device. In one embodiment, the client device initiates an encrypted session with the proxy device. Once the encrypted session is established, the client... Agent: F5 Networks, Inc.

20110231654 - Method, system and apparatus providing secure infrastructure: Methods and apparatus for automatically providing secure network infrastructure over non-secure network infrastructure such as by automatically generating IPSec tunnels through non-secure networks, terminating the IPSec tunnels at a boundary device and creating appropriate services to bridge traffic between the IPSec tunnels and a secure network. Various embodiments provide rapid... Agent:

20110231652 - Proxy ssl authentication in split ssl for client-side proxy agent resources with content insertion: A traffic management device (TMD), system, and processor-readable storage medium are directed to determining that an end-to-end encrypted session has been established between a client and an authentication server, intercepting and decrypting subsequent task traffic from the client, and forwarding the intercepted traffic toward a server. In some embodiments, a... Agent: F5 Networks, Inc.

20110231655 - Proxy ssl handoff via mid-stream renegotiation: A traffic management device (TMD), system, and processor-readable storage medium directed towards re-establishing an encrypted connection of an encrypted session, the encrypted connection having initially been established between a client device and a first server device, causing the encrypted connection to terminate at a second server device. As described, a... Agent: F5 Networks, Inc.

20110231653 - Secure distribution of session credentials from client-side to server-side traffic management devices: A traffic management device (TMD), system, and processor-readable storage medium are directed to securely transferring session credentials from a client-side traffic management device (TMD) to a second server-side TMD that replaces a first server-side TMD. In one embodiment, a client-side TMD and the first server-side TMD have copies of secret... Agent: F5 Networks, Inc.

20110231656 - System and methods for authenticating a receiver in an on-demand sender-receiver transaction: A system and method are provided for authenticating a first device to a second device. This involves determining, at the directory, a secret key and a first set of images by communicating with the first device; receiving, at the directory, a transaction request from the second device to authenticate the... Agent: Telcordia Technologies, Inc.

20110231657 - Apparatus and method for employing codes for telecommunications: A transmitting apparatus generates a first bit stream from a second bit stream by encoding at least a portion of the bits from the second bit stream, generates a code for the second bit stream, and attaches the code to the first bit stream for transmission to a receiving apparatus.... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20110231658 - System, method and apparatus for controlling the dissemination of digital works: A system, business methodology and apparatus for facilitating controlled dissemination of digital works is disclosed. An audio and video organizer, entertainment, and communication unit that plays back audio and video media content received from a central storage server. The unit relies on a smartcard, which has a personalized key that... Agent:

20110231659 - Out-of-band session key information exchange: A source device that plans to participate in one or more encrypted communication sessions with a destination device sends a discovery message towards the destination device. An intermediary device that processes this discovery message requests a master key from the source device. The source verifies that the intermediary device is... Agent:

20110231660 - Systems and methods for securely streaming media content: Systems and methods securely provide media content from a media server to a media client via a network. The media content is segmented to create multiple media segments that are each identified in a playlist, and at least one of the media segments is encrypted using a cryptographic key. The... Agent: Echostar Technologies LLC

20110231661 - Content distribution with mutual anonymity: A method for transferring content includes requesting the content from a serving peer and sending the content to a requesting peer. Requesting the content includes sending a request to a tracker, receiving a request token, a path identifier, and a first peer identifier from the tracker, and sending a request... Agent: At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p.

20110231664 - Accelerated signature verification on an elliptic curve: A public key encryption system exchanges information between a pair of correspondents. The recipient performs computations on the received data to recover the transmitted data or verify the identity of the sender. The data transferred includes supplementary information that relates to intermediate steps in the computations performed by the recipient.... Agent: Certicom Corp.

20110231662 - Certificate validation method and validation server: The validation server obtains information related to a first cryptographic method from a certificate which is contained in a certificate validation request from a terminal device. When the information related to the first cryptographic method is not stored in a storage unit of the validation server as valid information, the... Agent: Hitachi, Ltd.

20110231663 - Systems and methods to generate, preserve, collect, search, and certify authentic original documents: The data-content authentication center includes a data-content receiver comprises a transceiver for receiving data/content directly from a data/content generation/capturing device by first checking and confirming a registered device identification (ID) of the data/content generation/capturing device before receiving the data/content transmitted from the data/content generation/capturing device into the data-content receiver.... Agent:

20110231665 - Method of performing authentication between network nodes: A method of authentication between first (QNodeX) and second (QNodeY) network nodes within a network suitable for implementing quantum cryptography comprises steps in which the first and second nodes each generate a cryptographic hash ([MXY]AI, [MYX]AJ) of a message ([MXY], [MYX]) using respective authentication keys (AI, AJ) shared with a... Agent: Qinetiq Limited

20110231666 - Electronic signature method and device: An electronic signature method uses a signature generation unit with a memory that is spatially separated from a data processing device. At least one biometric trait of a person who will electronically sign an electronic dataset is captured, and an electronic biometric dataset is generated based thereon. The biometric dataset... Agent: Stepover Gmbh

20110231667 - Method of identification or authorization, and associated system and secure module: Method of identification or of authorization using a system comprising at least one sensor for acquiring biometric data and one secure module storing a set of digital data obtained starting from a set of respective biometric data by means of a digitization algorithm. According to this method, a biometric data... Agent: Morpho

20110231668 - Signed manifest for run-time verification of software program identity and integrity: A measurement engine performs active platform observation. A program includes an integrity manifest to indicate an integrity check value for a section of the program's source code. The measurement engine computes a comparison value on the program's image in memory and determines if the comparison value matches the expected integrity... Agent:

20110231669 - Computer virus protection: A network is protected from e-mail viruses through the use of a sacrificial server. Any executable programs or other suspicious parts of incoming e-mail messages are forwarded to a sacrificial server, where they are converted to non-executable format such as Adobe Acrobat PDF and sent to the recipient. The sacrificial... Agent: Intellectual Ventures I LLC

20110231672 - Adapter for portable storage medium and method of disabling data access: A portable storage medium adapter, which is connected to a computer to store data received from the computer in a portable storage medium, includes a holding part that detachably holds the portable storage medium, a detecting part that detects an unloading operation of the portable storage medium by a user,... Agent: Fujitsu Limited

20110231671 - Apparatus, system, and method for auditing access to secure data: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for auditing access to secure data. A detection module detects an access to the secure data. A record module records an encrypted log entry describing the access to the secure data. A verification module verifies the secure data is securely stored.... Agent: Lenovo (singapore) Pte, Ltd.

20110231670 - Secure access device for cloud computing: A secure access device for providing secure access of a computing resources (CR) user, such as a cloud user, to remote computing resources offered by multiple CR providers, such as cloud providers. The device has a network interface circuit for providing interface to a data network configured for accessing the... Agent:

20110231673 - Cryptographic processing using a processor: In one embodiment, a cryptography processor compatible with the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) for encrypting and decrypting has a memory storing each element of an AES State, normally 8-bit long, in a corresponding memory space that is at least 9 bits long. Using the larger memory spaces, the processor performs... Agent: Lsi Corporation

20110231678 - Adaptive power control based on post package characterization of integrated circuits: A method and system of adaptive power control based on post package characterization of integrated circuits. Characteristics of a specific integrated circuit are used to adaptively control power of the integrated circuit.... Agent:

20110231674 - Independent drive power control: Disclosed is a storage system enclosure. A midplane receives, from a controller coupled to the midplane, a first drive status signal and a second drive status signal. The first drive status signal and the second drive status signal are associated with a storage device. The first drive status signal indicates... Agent:

20110231677 - Information processor capable of supplying power to an electronic device connected thereto: According to one embodiment, an information processor has: an input/output module configured to input/output a data signal through a data signal line; a first voltage supply module configured to supply a first differential signal pair; a second voltage supply module configured to supply a second differential signal pair; a first... Agent: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

20110231676 - Power bus current bounding using local current-limiting soft-switches and device requirements information: An energy management control method and controller reduce power supply current and/or subsystem cooling overhead that reduces system efficiency, may reduce system reliability and may increase ambient noise. Multiple device connectors are supplied from corresponding soft switches that are programmed to provide a current level that is sufficient to supply... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20110231675 - System and method for providing power control fault masking: Systems and methods for reducing problems and disadvantages associated with traditional approaches to masking false faults generated by voltage regulators are provided. A method may include receiving, at a voltage regulator configured to be enabled by a power controller communicatively coupled to the voltage regulator via an enable line, a... Agent: Dell Products L.p.

20110231679 - Energy saving device: A dedicated computer power saving device for a computer, the computer configured to enter one of at least two software controlled standby states, the device comprising a connection for connecting the device to the computer, and a dedicated user input configured to provide an input command to the computer upon... Agent: Invent Technology Solutions Limited

20110231680 - Energy savings for a networked computer: Energy saving virtualization technique embodiments are presented that save energy by virtualizing a network-connected client computer's computing session (or a part thereof) as a virtual machine (VM) and then migrating it between the client computer and a VM server, depending on whether the computing session is active or idle. The... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20110231681 - Method and apparatus for a zero voltage processor sleep state: Embodiments of the invention relate to a method and apparatus for a zero voltage processor sleep state. A voltage regulator may be coupled to a processor to provide an operating voltage to the processor. During a transition to a zero voltage power management state for the processor, the operational voltage... Agent:

20110231684 - Methods and apparatus for managing and controlling power consumption and heat generation in computer systems: A method for reducing power consumption and heat generation in a computer system employs a substitute idle task that puts the processor into a dormant mode, e.g., sleep, nap, or doze mode. The substitute idle task replaces a conventional operating system idle task. The substitute idle task may have a... Agent: Maxwell Technologies, Inc.

20110231682 - Power management method and related power management system: A power management method is disclosed. The power management method comprises the step of a computer system checking existence of a manufacturing identifier (ID) of a human interface device (HID) when the computer system is operated in a first mode; the computer system continuously detecting whether the HID exist when... Agent: I/o Interconnect, Ltd.

20110231683 - Storage apparatus and a data management method employing the storage apparatus: A storage apparatus is provided that is capable of reducing data maintenance management costs with a performance that is both highly reliable and fast. The present invention is storage apparatus where an intermediary device is arranged between a controller and a plurality of disk devices of different performances arranged in... Agent: Hitachi, Ltd.

20110231685 - High speed input/output system and power saving control method thereof: A high speed input/output (HSIO) system and a power saving control method for the HSIO system are provided. The HSIO system has a plurality of transmission speed modes. When an external device is connected to the HSIO system and an auto-configuration link is completed, the power saving control method forcibly... Agent: Faraday Technology Corp.

20110231688 - Arrangement and method for controlling power modes of hardware resources: A circuit arrangement and method of executing program code which utilize power control instructions capable of dynamically controlling power dissipation of multiple hardware resources during execution of a program by a processor. The processor configured to process such power control instructions and to maintain the power modes of the multiple... Agent: Nxp B.v.

20110231686 - Management apparatus and management method: Power savings for a storage apparatus while preventing a drop in response performance is achieved. When the storage area supplied by the memory apparatus groups is not accessed by the host apparatus for a predetermined period, stop operation is performed for each of the memory apparatuses configuring the memory apparatus... Agent: Hitachi, Ltd.

20110231687 - Memory system and server system: According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a NAND flash memory includes a memory cell array includes pages, and a volatile data register with a storage capacity of one page, and configured to write page data to the memory cell array through the data register, each of the pages... Agent:

20110231690 - Information processing apparatus, nonvolatile storage device, information processing system and nonvolatile memory controller: A host device includes a voltage source which is connected to a voltage line via a host voltage switch and which supplies a first voltage to the voltage line, a host regulator which is connected to the voltage line and which outputs the first voltage or a second voltage that... Agent:

20110231689 - Load shedding during emergency power off event: A method, apparatus, and computer program product for load shedding during an emergency power off event. In one embodiment, power is supplied from a main power source to a plurality of electrical loads within a device enclosure. Power loss is detected from the main power source. Upon detecting the power... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20110231691 - Synchronization in data processing layers: A data processing apparatus is provided having a hierarchy of layers comprising at least two data processing layers, each data processing layer configured to receive data and to generate processed data for passing to a next lower layer in said hierarchy, according to a protocol specific to that data processing... Agent: Arm Limited

20110231694 - Data processing device and mobile device: A microcomputer is provided having a memory card interface capable of correctly latching data even when a card such as an MMC card is connected thereto. In the microcomputer having an interface with an external device such as a memory card, the interface unit is provided with an output driver... Agent: Renesas Electronics Corporation

20110231693 - Numerically controlled oscillator and oscillation method for generating function values using recurrence equation: Numerically controlled oscillators and oscillation methods for generating function values in respective clock cycles by using a recurrence equation are provided. The oscillation circuit generates, in each of the clock cycles, a current one of the function values by multiplying, using a multiplier having a latency of k clock cycles,... Agent: Kawasaki Microelectronics Inc.

20110231692 - Programmable drive strength in memory signaling: Embodiments of the invention relate to programmable data register circuits and programmable clock generation circuits For example, some embodiments include a buffer circuit for receiving input data and sending output data signals along a series of signal lines with a signal strength, and a signal modulator configured to determine the... Agent:

20110231695 - Digital forced oscillation by direct digital synthesis: An opportunity is apparent to develop alternative circuitry. Simplified circuitry without artifacts tied to the clock that drives a digital frequency generator (DFG) is useful in a variety of tunable electronic devices. The present invention relates to digital frequency generation. In particular, it relates to a method and apparatus for... Agent: Ess Technology, Inc.

20110225403 - Operating system and method of running thereof: A method of running an operating system comprises a two-step process. Firstly, in a set-up phase, there is carried out the loading of a driver when the operating system is booted, an operating system component transmitting a call to a kernel component for a function table, the driver intercepting the... Agent:

20110225412 - Booting an operating system of a system using a read ahead technique: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for generating a list of files accessed during an operating system (OS) boot process to profile the OS boot process, and optimizing the list of files to generate an optimized file list for use in future OS boot processes, where the... Agent:

20110225408 - Cache boot mechanism: A block device driver performs system boot using cache data and thus provides a mechanism that reduces disk/IO waiting time during system boot.... Agent:

20110225410 - Electronic device and booting up method: An electronic device includes a micro control unit (MCU), a non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM), and a watch dog. The electronic device detects a standby instruction and then enters a standby mode according to the standby instruction. A boot loader stored in the NVRAM boots the electronic device when the... Agent: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

20110225405 - Managing a computing device: Methods, computer-readable media, and systems are provided for managing a target computing device. One method for managing the target computing device includes loading a service operating system into non-persistent memory of the target computing device having a persistent memory that is initially devoid of a functional operating system. The service... Agent:

20110225409 - Method and apparatus for software boot revocation: A composite customer ID (CCID) is stored in the OTP memory of integrated circuit chipsets used by a number of different customers. The CCID includes individual customer IDs (CIDs) at defined index positions, each corresponding to a different customer. Each chipset allows or disallows software booting, based reading a certificate... Agent:

20110225404 - Method for booting portable objects with multiple communication interfaces: A boot sequence method comprises a determination step 110 and 200, a first starting step 120, 210 or 240 for starting a first interface, a first negotiation step 140 or 220 wherein a power negotiation is performed, a second negotiation step 140 or 230 for determining the interfaces to activate... Agent: Gemalto Sa

20110225413 - Method, system and article of manufacture for system recovery: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for system recovery. An operating system and a backup copy of the operating system are both maintained in a partition of a computational device. A boot loader receives an indication to load the backup copy of the operating system. The boot... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20110225411 - Storage processing device and program: The NAS 20 to which the removable hard disks 251 and 252 each storing an operating system are connected, assumes that the removable hard disk storing the signature of the NAS 20 stores an operating system executable on the NAS 20. Thus, the NAS 20 selects as a boot drive... Agent: Buffalo Inc.

20110225406 - System and method for pre-operating system encryption and decryption of data: Systems and methods for reducing problems and disadvantages associated with traditional approaches to encryption and decryption of data are provided. An information handling system may include a processor, a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, an encryption accelerator communicatively coupled to the processor, and a computer-readable medium communicatively coupled to... Agent: Dell Products L.p.

20110225407 - System and method for recovering from an interrupted encryption and decryption operation performed on a volume: Systems and methods for reducing problems and disadvantages associated with traditional approaches to encryption and decryption of data are provided. An information handling system may include a processor, a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, and a computer-readable medium communicatively coupled to the processor. The computer-readable medium may have instructions... Agent: Dell Products L.p.

20110225415 - Data processing apparatus: A data processing apparatus includes a reconfigurable circuit capable of reconfigurating partially a circuit configuration: and a reconfiguration controlling unit that controls a reconfiguration of the circuit configuration of the reconfigurable circuit. The reconfiguration controlling unit reconfigurates a plurality of partial circuits, which constitute one pipeline and are reconfigurated simultaneously... Agent: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

20110225414 - Monitor with circuit for clearing cmos data and computer motherboard: A monitor for clearing CMOS data of a motherboard includes a jumper block including a first pin and a second pin. A power circuit connects to a display circuit to provide power to the display circuit. The power circuit is connected to ground via a resistor and a capacitor connected... Agent: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

20110225416 - System and method for configuring software applications in a motor vehicle: A system and method for allowing a user to select and manage software applications in their vehicle from any Internet enabled device and allows the user to remotely configure the content of each specific application from any Internet enabled device. Once the application has been configured via the internet enabled... Agent: Gm Global Technology Operations LLC

20110225417 - Digital rights management in a mobile environment: Embodiments provide a method that causes a plurality of virtual machine instructions to be interpreted for indications of a mobile device's hardware identification information, thus forming a plurality of hardware instruction interpretations. The embodiment also combines each of the plurality of hardware instruction interpretations and hashes the combination to form... Agent:

20110225419 - Agile network protocol for secure communications with assured system availability: A plurality of computer nodes communicate using seemingly random Internet Protocol source and destination addresses. Data packets matching criteria defined by a moving window of valid addresses are accepted for further processing, while those that do not meet the criteria are quickly rejected. Improvements to the basic design include (1)... Agent:

20110225418 - Secure storage of protected data in a wireless communication device: A wireless communication device comprises first processing circuitry configured to execute an RF operating system and second processing circuitry configured to execute an open operating system, wherein the first processing circuitry is linked to a secure memory device inaccessible to the second processing circuitry. The RF operating system is configured... Agent: Sprint Communications Company L.p.

20110225420 - Module signing for unprivileged users to create and load trustworthy kernel modules: A module building system, hosted by a server, receives a user script to be run to monitor software on a client using an introspection tool. The server adds safety constraints to the user script and generates a client kernel module using the user script which includes the safety constraints. The... Agent:

20110225421 - Method of obtaining content for mobile terminal, mobile terminal using the method, and near field communication system having the mobile terminal: A method of operating a near field communication system includes receiving an electronic tag having information signed by using a private key, verifying the signed information of the electronic tag by using a public key corresponding to the private key, and connecting the mobile terminal to a content server using... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd

20110225422 - Method and apparatus for reporting audience measurement in content transmission system: A method and apparatus for reporting a consumption time of a service or content in Audience Measurement (AM), which measures a user consumption pattern of the service or the content is provided. A method for reporting a consumption time of the service or the content in a terminal of a... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

20110225424 - Inter base station interface establishment: A method of establishing a peer-to-peer IPSec security association between a pair of base stations located within the same or different radio access networks. The base stations communicate with a core network via the same or different security gateways of the core network using respective pre-established IPSec security associations. The... Agent: Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (publ)

20110225423 - Systems and methods for identity encapsulated cryptograhy: A method and a system to provide identity encapsulated cryptography are provided. A method may comprise receiving a user key to access a service. The service may be provided by an enterprise and hosted within a public cloud. A request for a country key assigned to a country of a... Agent: Ebay Inc.

20110225425 - Preventing causality violations in decentralized distributed systems: A trusted read and write platform provides write-indisputability and read-undeniability for a distributed application. The platform is implemented at each node of the distributed application using a trusted platform module. To provide write-indisputability, the read and write platform of a node may generate a proof that is signed by the... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20110225426 - Trusted group of a plurality of devices with single sign on, secure authentication: A system creates a trusted group of devices for single sign on. The trusted group is a set of two or more devices which can communicate securely to exchange information about the states of the devices. The two or more devices can arrange or establish the trusted group through the... Agent: Avaya Inc.

20110225427 - Use of certificate authority to control a device's access to services: A mobile communications device having a digital certificate authenticating the device itself is proposed. A server for authenticating the device and a method of authenticating the device are also disclosed. The device comprises a transmitter, a processor, a memory and a computer readable medium. The memory includes a certificate certifying... Agent: Research In Motion Limited

20110225429 - Cryptographic accumulators for authenticated hash tables: In one exemplary embodiment, an apparatus includes a memory storing data and a processor performing operations. The apparatus generates or maintains an accumulation tree for the stored data—an ordered tree structure with a root node, leaf nodes and internal nodes. Each leaf node corresponds to a portion of the data.... Agent:

20110225430 - Secured database system with built-in antivirus protection: A secured database system with built-in antivirus protection is described. In one embodiment, for example, a method of the present invention is described for securing a database system, the method comprises steps of: provisioning storage from a storage device, for storing database information; generating an encryption key so that the... Agent: Sybase, Inc.

20110225428 - System and method for encryption and decryption of data: Systems and methods for reducing problems and disadvantages associated with traditional approaches to encryption and decryption of data are provided. A method for encryption and decryption of data, may include encrypting or decrypting data associated with an input/output operation based on at least one of an encryption key and a... Agent: Dell Products L.p.

20110225433 - Electric locking and sealing device, case comprising the same, and control system therefor: An electronic locking and sealing device, including: a housing, a lock tongue, an operating unit, a main control unit, and a connecting part, the operating unit is disposed in the housing and fixedly connected to the lock tongue, and operates to push out or to take back the locking tongue... Agent: Hubei Shengjia Wiring Co., Ltd.

20110225432 - Method and circuitry for detecting a fault attack: A method of detecting a fault attack during a cryptographic operation using at least one look-up table including a plurality of sub-tables each having a same number of values of a fixed bit length, a fixed relation existing between values at same locations in each sub-table, the method including: performing... Agent: Stmicroelectronics (rousset) Sas

20110225431 - System and method for general purpose encryption of data: Systems and methods for reducing problems and disadvantages associated with traditional approaches to encryption and decryption of data are provided. An information handling system may include a processor, a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, and an encryption accelerator communicatively coupled to the processor. The encryption accelerator may be configured... Agent: Dell Products L.p.

20110225434 - Microcomputer controller: A microcomputer controller includes a power operating means for controlling switching on and off of a switch for switching on and off power supply for a microcomputer operation unit, and a startup and shutdown means for, in response to a signal from a microcomputer operation judging unit, starting up or... Agent:

20110225435 - Power circuit: A power circuit includes a memory power circuit and a central processing unit (CPU) power circuit. The memory power circuit includes a first operational amplifier and a first switch. The CPU power circuit includes a second operational amplifier and a second switch. The memory power circuit supplies power to a... Agent: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

20110225436 - Battery powered device with dynamic and performance management: A computing device operates over a range of voltages and frequencies and over a range of processor usage levels. The computing device includes at least a variable frequency generator, a variable voltage power supply and voltage supply level and clocking frequency management circuitry. The variable frequency generator is coupled to... Agent:

20110225437 - Method and apparatus for managing power in computer systems: The invention is directed towards minimizing power consumption in computer systems. One embodiment of the invention is a power management system that is used for a computer system that has at least one device and one power domain. This embodiment uses two different power managers to manage the power consumption... Agent:

20110225438 - Computer program product for controlling a storage device having per-element selectable power supply voltages: A computer program product for controlling a storage device using per-element selectable power supply voltages provides energy conservation in storage devices while maintaining a particular performance level. The storage device is partitioned into multiple elements, which may be sub-arrays, rows, columns or individual storage cells. Each element has a corresponding... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20110225439 - Signal correction apparatus: A signal correction apparatus receives an input audio signal (serving as a first sound reception means). The signal correction apparatus computes, at every frequency, first power that indicates magnitude of sound represented by the input audio signal (serving as a first power computation means). The signal correction apparatus estimates a... Agent: Nec Corporation

20110225440 - Communication method of a terminal and an access point for power saving: Provided is a communication technology of an access point and a terminal that may decrease power consumption by changing an operation state of the terminal from an awake state to a sleep state when a data stream to be transmitted to the terminal is absent or has completed in a... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

20110225441 - Method for managing an alternating current adaptor system: A method for managing an alternating current adaptor system is disclosed. A direct current voltage is received at a high impedance power delivery network from a primary side of an alternating current adaptor system. An isolated voltage is output from the high impedance power delivery network to components of a... Agent: Dell Products, Lp

20110225442 - Method for the operation of synchronous motors, and associated device: Synchronous motors are controlled using a three-phase AC power controller. According to at least one embodiment of the invention, a fundamental wave having the desired frequency is defined for the first phase, and corresponding fundamental waves which have the same frequency as the frequency in the first phase but are... Agent: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

20110225443 - Image forming apparatus and control apparatus: The present image forming apparatus includes a first control unit and a second control unit driven by built-in clock oscillators to realize the distributed control. The first control unit generates, using a first timer driven by the built-in clock oscillator of the first control unit, a pulse signal corresponding to... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20110225445 - Memory interface having extended strobe burst for read timing calibration: Methods and systems for calibrating parameters for communication between a controller and a memory device. A memory controller may be configured to calibrate one or more of the read latency and/or the latency window of a memory controller such that a data signal and a data strobe signal are received... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20110225444 - Memory interface having extended strobe burst for write timing calibration: Methods and systems for calibrating parameters for communication between a controller and a memory device. A memory controller may be configured to calibrate one or more of the write latency and/or the latency window of a memory device such that a data signal and a data strobe signal are received... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20110219224 - Computer system and its hw abstraction method: A computer system includes an ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) that abstracts HWs (hardwares) as objects arranged on an ACPI tree which is a virtual space, an OS (Operating System) that recognizes a configuration of the HW through the ACPI, a virtual HW provided between the ACPI and HW... Agent:

20110219223 - Power control system, power control method, and computer system thereof: A power control system, a power control method, and a computer system thereof are disclosed. The power control system comprises a control module for receiving a control signal. A power management module is used for receiving a power signal and outputting an auxiliary power. A first switch module receives the... Agent: Wistron Corporation

20110219225 - Utilization of the screen image information of a primary environment for reproduction and user-interaction in a secondary environment: A method and apparatus is provided for switching between a primary computing environment and a secondary computing environment without changing the layout of a graphical user interface and a background display of the apparatus. A switching system switches operation between the primary computing environment and the secondary computing environment, switches... Agent: Lenovo (singapore) Pte. Ltd.

20110219226 - Method of triggering location based events in a user equipment: Methods, a user equipment, a server host, a client application, computer program products, and a server computer program. These methods and components can be utilized by a location based service. One method regards triggering of events in the user equipment based on a position of the user equipment, comprising the... Agent: Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (publ)

20110219227 - Automated certificate management: A certificate management system provides automated management of certificate lifecycles and certificate distribution. Rather than depend upon an administrator to manually distribute and manage certificates, the system self-generates certificates, distributes the certificates to appropriate servers or other parties, and transitions from old certificates to new certificates in a well-defined manner... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20110219228 - Method and device for identifying objects: The invention relates to a method for identifying an object comprising at least one object identifier with an object code that is used to verify the authenticity of the object. The method comprises the following steps: creation of a unique random system code consisting of a first and a second... Agent: Midasi Gmbh &co. Kg

20110219229 - Apparatus and methods for rights-managed content and data delivery: Methods and apparatus for providing access to content across a plurality of devices and environments. In one embodiment, a downloadable rights profile is utilized in order for a user device to determine whether to provide content to a subscriber. The user device is first registered to content delivery the network;... Agent:

20110219231 - Method and apparatus for identifying cga public key, and method, apparatus, and system for determining cga public key: A method and an apparatus for identifying a Cryptographically Generated Address (CGA) public key, and a method, an apparatus, and a system for determining a CGA public key are disclosed. The method for identifying a CGA public key includes: receiving, by a receiving node, a first message protected using a... Agent: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

20110219230 - System and method of notifying mobile devices to complete transactions: A method including registering an authority device for an account on an auth platform; receiving transaction request from an initiator to the auth platform; messaging the authority device with the transaction request; receiving an authority agent response from the authority device to the auth platform; if the authority agent response... Agent:

20110219232 - Controller to be incorporated in storage medium device, storage medium device, system for manufacturing storage medium device, and method for manufacturing storage medium device: The present invention is a controller capable of preventing card makers from conducting unauthorized acts. The controller includes: a controller key storage unit 511 configured to hold a controller key that has been generated by a controller manufacturing device in advance; a decryption unit 522 configured to receive encrypted media... Agent:

20110219233 - Quadratic residue based password authenticated key exchange method and system: A method is provided for use in secure electronic communication. The method may include obtaining a password shared with an intended key exchange entity and sending a key exchange request including a first value to the intended key exchange entity. The method may also include receiving a key exchange reply... Agent: Verizon Data Services LLC

20110219234 - System and method for hypervisor-based remediation and provisioning of a computer: A computer located outside of an organizational computing environment is remotely prepared and configured to work in the organizational computing environment. A hypervisor operating system is installed and replaces the primary operating system of the computer, and the primary operating system, virtual software appliances (VSA) and virtual machines (VM) can... Agent:

20110219235 - Digital signature device, digital signature method, and non-transitory storage medium storing digital signature program: A digital signature device includes an operation unit configured to accept key information that specifies target information of digital signature from a user and to accept the digital signature from the user, a control unit configured to extract one or more values that correspond to the key information that is... Agent: Fujitsu Limited

20110219236 - Method and device for managing digital content: The invention provides a method and devices for managing digital content, the method comprising the steps of sending, by a first device (21), an encrypted content key (202) to a second device (22); sending, by said second device (22) to a third device (23), a license data describing the rights... Agent: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.v.

20110219237 - Document registration: A document accessible over a network can be registered. A registered document, and the content contained therein, cannot be transmitted undetected over and off of the network. In one embodiment, the invention includes maintaining a plurality of stored signatures, each signature being associated with one of a plurality of registered... Agent: Mcafee, Inc., A Delaware Corporation

20110219238 - Method and system for detecting malware using a remote server: The present disclosure is directed to a method and system for detecting malware using a remote server. In accordance with a particular embodiment of the present disclosure a hash value for a file is generated. The hash value is transmitted to a remote server. A notification is received from the... Agent: Computer Associates Think, Inc.

20110219239 - Pc secure video path: A system and method are disclosed for creating a secure video content path, or a protected media content bus, within an unsecure personal computer. A portable security module, or electronic key safe, may be inserted into a personal computer that has different internal components for processing secure and unsecured content.... Agent: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC

20110219240 - Semiconductor memory device and method for realizing secure data storage: A semiconductor memory device includes a controller module as well as a universal interface module and a semiconductor memory medium module, which are connected electrically with the controller module respectively. The device also includes a one-time programmable memory, which stores a unique serial number. This one-time programmable memory is provided... Agent:

20110219241 - Encryption program operation management system and program: According to one embodiment, an encryption program operation management system includes an encryption key table creation module which creates encryption keys and creates an encryption key table including encrypted versions of the encryption keys and items of plaintext index information for recognizing the encryption keys, and an installation package creation... Agent: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

20110219242 - Method and system for managing secure code loading in pc-slave devices: A secure processor in a PC-slave device may manage secure loading of execution code and/or data, which may be stored, in encrypted form, in a PC hard-drive. The secure processor may cause decryption of the execution code and/or data by the PC-slave device, and storage of the decrypted execution code... Agent: Broadcom Corporation

20110219245 - Adaptive power control: A method and system of adaptive power control. Characteristics of a specific integrated circuit are used to adaptively control power of the integrated circuit.... Agent:

20110219244 - Power extracting system and a splitter: The invention discloses a power extracting system and a splitter. The power extracting system comprises a power sourcing equipment (PSE), an electric device, a power embedded communication line, and the splitter. The PSE provides a first DC power according to a triggering signal. The electric device is driven by a... Agent:

20110219243 - Supplying power to a computer system during a holdup time: A method for powering a computer system is disclosed. The method supplies power to a power distribution system in the computer using power components in the power supply when the power supply in the computer system is receiving AC power. When the AC power to the power supply is interrupted,... Agent:

20110219247 - Forced idle of a data processing system: Exemplary embodiments of methods and apparatuses to manage a power of a data processing system are described. One or more constraint parameters of a system are monitored. The data processing system is forced into an idle state for a first portion of a time while allowed to operate for a... Agent:

20110219246 - Information processing unit including smt-enabled cpu and its power consumption reduction method: An information processing unit includes a processing unit including a plurality of processor cores; and a power consumption reduction device configured to reduce power consumption of the processing unit. The power consumption reduction device measures the loads on threads that are running in the plurality of cores; checks the number... Agent:

20110219250 - Image forming device which performs power saving control upon authentication printing: An image forming device can operate in a print mode, a first power saving mode, and a second power saving mode. In the print mode, a first circuit having a unit to acquire the state of the image forming device and a second circuit are both activated. In the first... Agent: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.

20110219251 - Information processing apparatus and control method of information processing apparatus:

20110219249 - Network interface apparatus: A network interface controller includes a first NIC connected to a LAN and a second NIC, which can proceed to a low power consumption status, connected to the first NIC via a bus. The first NIC includes a storing unit arranged to store response history information transmitted from the second... Agent: Murata Machinery, Ltd.

20110219248 - Power-down method for system having volatile memory devices: A power-down method for a system including a plurality of volatile memory devices is disclosed. The method includes providing some of the plurality of volatile memory devices or some memory regions of the volatile memory devices to operate in a self-refresh mode, thereby increasing a rebooting operation speed and reducing... Agent:

20110219252 - Methods and systems for power management in a data processing system: Methods and systems for managing power consumption in data processing systems are described. In one embodiment, a data processing system includes a general purpose processing unit, a graphics processing unit (GPU), at least one peripheral interface controller, at least one bus coupled to the general purpose processing unit, and a... Agent:

20110219253 - System and method for portable power source management: A host system is provided comprising including a power source configured to provide power to a first auxiliary device; and a host power manager configured to monitor an available power level of the power source; and direct the power source to reduce power provided to the first auxiliary device based... Agent: Research In Motion Limited

20110219255 - Power supply and protection method thereof: A power supply includes a power supply module, a microcontroller, a setting unit, a number of switch units, a number of current detection units, and a number of output connectors. Each switch unit is connected to one output connector via one current detection unit. The power supply module converts an... Agent: Ever Light Technology Limited

20110219254 - Visualizing power level schedule: Embodiments of the present invention include a method, apparatus, system, and/or computer program for monitoring energy consumption in a network and producing a display grid that provides a visual depiction of network device power consumption at any given time. The method includes, in one example, receiving a request for a... Agent: Solarwinds Worldwide, LLC

20110219256 - Synchronization devices having input/output delay model tuning elements in signal paths to provide tuning capabilities to offset signal mismatch: Apparatus for synchronizing signals. For memory devices, such as SDRAMs, implementing a synchronization device to synchronize one signal, such as an external clock signal with a second signal, such as a data signal, tuning elements may be provided at various points in the signal path of the synchronization device. The... Agent: Round Rock Research, LLC

20110219257 - Idle-state detection circuit, semiconductor integrated circuit, and idle-state detection method: An idle-state detection circuit detects that the processor repeats every predetermined number of clocks an operation to load data satisfying a preset idle-state condition from a particular address, and determines that the processor is in an idle state if the number of iterations is greater than a preset specified number... Agent: Panasonic Corporation

20110213955 - Memory initialization method, non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recording an initialization program, and information processing apparatus: A memory initialization method in a boot sequence of an information processing apparatus having a memory and a plurality of processors sharing the memory, the memory initialization method includes initializing a first area of the memory required for an operation of the firmware and a second area of the memory... Agent: Fujitsu Limited

20110213954 - Method and apparatus for generating minimum boot image: A boot image generating method including erasing code used to execute an application that is executing in a device at a predetermined time from a volatile memory of the device; storing data used to execute the application in a non-volatile memory; and generating a boot image including at least one... Agent: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

20110213953 - System and method for measuring staleness of attestation measurements: A method is provided for determining with a first device, staleness of attestation measurements at a second device. The method includes booting up the second device at a first time, the second device having a communication portion, a security portion, a basic input/output system and a trusted protection module. Further,... Agent:

20110213956 - Techniques for managing a secure communication session: Techniques for managing a secure communication session are provided. A non-browser application utilizes a browser to establish a secure communication session with a server. The session cookie set in the browser is mapped by the server to a secret token that is supplied via the browser to the non-browser application.... Agent:

20110213957 - Layered protection and validation of identity data delivered online via multiple intermediate clients: A method is provided for securely delivering identity data units over a communications network to a client device. The method includes receiving a selection from a customer identifying a final zipped package to be unpacked. The final zipped package is unpacked to obtain a common package and a digital signature... Agent: General Instrument Corporation

20110213958 - Systems and methods for utilizing ims data security mechanisms in a circuit switched network: Aspects of the present invention provide a mechanism to utilize IMS media security mechanisms in a CS network and, thereby, provide end-to-end media security in the case where the media traffic travels across both a CS network and a PS network.... Agent: Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (publ)

20110213959 - Methods, apparatuses, system and related computer program product for privacy-enhanced identity management: A method and related apparatus include the steps of registering, from a client at a service providing network entity, first client-related identity information and, from the client at an identity providing network entity, second client-related identity information being different from the first client-related identity information and being generated based on... Agent: Nokia Siemens Networks Oy

20110213962 - Domain management for digital media: In accordance with the domain management for digital media, a device obtains multiple pieces of protected content from multiple content providers, where two or more of the content providers employ different digital rights management systems. The device also accesses a license server to obtain, for each piece of protected content,... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20110213961 - Dynamic user interface generation based on constraints of a certificate profile: A method and system for dynamic user interface generation based on constraints of a certificate profile is described.... Agent:

20110213960 - Customizable public key infrastructure and development tool for same: A public key infrastructure comprises a client side to request and utilize certificates in communication across a network and a server side to administer issuance and maintenance of said certificates. The server side has a portal to receive requests for a certificate from a client. A first policy engine to... Agent: Certicom Corp.

20110213964 - Automatically determining an acceptable crl size based on system capability: A certificate revocation list (CRL) deployment system loads a portion of test data that represents revoked certificates into a cache at periodic intervals and generates a CRL for a corresponding periodic interval using the test data that is loaded in the cache at that corresponding periodic interval. The CRL deployment... Agent:

20110213966 - Automatically generating a certificate operation request: A method and system for automatically generating a certificate operation request is described.... Agent:

20110213969 - Dynamic cryptographic subscriber-device identity binding for subscriber mobility: A method of authentication and authorization over a communication system is provided. The method performs a first authentication of a device based on a set of device identity and credentials. The first authentication includes creation of a first set of keying material. The method also includes performing a second authentication... Agent: General Instrument Corporation

20110213965 - Identity management certificate operations: A method and system for identity management certificate operations is described.... Agent:

20110213967 - Pre-encoding a cached certificate revocation list: A method and system for pre-encoding a cached CRL is described.... Agent:

20110213970 - Proactive forced renewal of content protection implementations: A method, apparatus, and system for proactive forced renewal of content protection implementations in devices. The method includes, on a first substantially periodic basis, automatically pushing a new content protection implementation to a device that contains an existing content protection implementation; wherein the existing content protection implementation comprises (a) existing... Agent:

20110213968 - System and methods to perform public key infrastructure (pki) operations in vehicle networks using one-way communications infrastructure: A set of certificate management methods designed to significantly reduce or eliminate reliance on infrastructure network connectivity after vehicles are sold uses techniques to support certificate management operations in order to reduce the frequency which vehicles need to communicate with the Certificate Authorities (CAs) and the amount of data that... Agent: Telcordia Technologies, Inc.

20110213963 - Using an ocsp responder as a crl distribution point: A certificate revocation list (CRL) distribution system receives a request from a client pertaining to a status of a certificate and determines whether the client is an online certificate status protocol (OCSP) compliant client. The certificate status distribution system sends the certificate status to the client using OCSP in response... Agent:

20110213971 - Method and apparatus for providing rights management at file system level: An approach is presented for providing rights management at file system level. A virtual file system rights management application receives a request to access a protected file. The rights management application binds the access request to the protected file in the file system, determines credentials associated with the request for... Agent: Nokia Corporation

20110213973 - Ic card for encryption or decryption process and encrypted communication system and encrypted communication method using the same: It is possible to perform encrypted communication between members of a group while assuring a sufficient security compatible with a change of the members. An IC card having the same fixed code F(a) is distributed to all the staffs of company A. When communication is performed between a staff α... Agent: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.

20110213972 - Method of executing a cryptographic calculation: A cryptographic calculation is executed in an electronic component, according to a cryptographic algorithm including at least one application of a one-way function which is disabled upon an intrusion into the electronic component. The one-way function is based on a first affine operation corresponding to a first secret key. The... Agent: Sagem Securite

20110213974 - Identifying relationships between users of a communications domain: The invention enables identifying relationships between users of a online communications domain such as a social networking website. First identification tokens 20, 34 and 36 are stored that are each encrypted identification information associated with a domain user A, B and C. Then the service provider 58 receives relationship tokens... Agent: National Ict Australia Limited

20110213976 - Method for downloading conditional access system for digital broadcasting: The present invention relates to a method of downloading a conditional access system (CAS) for digital broadcasting in a digital broadcasting system. More specifically, the present invention includes a transmitter which includes a DCAS authentication proxy (AP), a personalization server, a DCAS provisioning server, and a head-end, and a set-top... Agent: The Industry & Academic Cooperation In Chungnam National University (iac)

20110213975 - Secret interest groups in online social networks: Described herein are methods and systems for creating a framework that allows the creation of Secret Interest Groups (SIGs) in Online Social Networks. SIGs are self-managed groups formed outside of the social network, around secret, sensitive, or private topics. A set of cryptographic algorithms are used for the framework implementation.... Agent:

20110213980 - Method for accessing a plurality of services by a mobile terminal user, and related secure device: A method for enabling the user of at least one mobile terminal to access a plurality of services, includes: creating (E1) a user account containing user identification data; installing (E2) a software application for accessing the plurality of services on the mobile terminal; creating (E5) an image containing at least... Agent: Mobile Tag

20110213977 - Methods and devices for computing a shared encryption key: Embodiments described herein are generally directed to methods and devices in which computing devices, and mobile devices in particular, establish a shared encryption key for a device group comprising at least three mobile devices. In accordance with one example embodiment, a public key of a mobile device is computed using... Agent: Research In Motion Limited

20110213979 - Quantum key distribution: The invention relates to methods and apparatus for Quantum key distribution. Such methods including authenticating a first node in a communications network with a remote node in the communications network. The authentication may include connecting an authentication device to the first node, agreeing a quantum key between the first node... Agent: Qinetiq Limited

20110213978 - Secure methods of transmitting and receiving data between terminals comprising near-field communication, and corresponding terminals: A method is provided for secure transmission of a data file from a sender terminal to at least one recipient terminal, each including a near-field communication device and implementing an encryption of the file, as a function of at least one item of encryption information that is known or determined... Agent: Sas Taztag

20110213981 - Revocation of a biometric reference template: A system, method and program product for generating a biometric reference template revocation message on demand. The method includes generating, using a biometric reference template revocation engine, a biometric reference template revocation message and loading the biometric reference template revocation engine onto a secure portable device for generating on demand... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20110213983 - Authentication system for a plug-in electric drive vehicle: The invention relates to an authentication and/or energy auditing system for a plug-in electric drive vehicle. A first device connects to a first power apparatus and establishes an electrical power path between the first and a remote device. The latter is connectable to a second power apparatus. The authentication system... Agent:

20110213982 - Elgamal signature schemes: There is disclosed a method of generating a digital signature of a message m. A signature component s of the digital signature is calculated by first masking the long-term private key d using a single additive operation to combine the key d with a first value. The masked value is... Agent: Certicom Corp.

20110213984 - Serial architecture for high assurance processing: A processing system (60) includes an input interface (62), a first processor (64), a second processor (66), and an output interface (68) arranged in a serial configuration. Each of the input interface (62), first processor (64), second processor (66), and output interface (68) computes a digest (92, 100, 110, and... Agent: General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc.

20110213985 - Two factor authentication scheme: An improved method is provided for generating an authentication factor for authenticating a user. The method includes: assigning a unique identifier to a user of the computing resource; determining a value for a challenge to the user, where the value is determined by a random determination method; concatenating the identifier... Agent: Compuware Corporation

20110213986 - Method for activating content and content reproduction apparatus: A firmware verification section verifies whether a firmware for controlling the activating of contents has been falsified or not, prior to the activating of the contents; a decoding key setting section sets a key to the firmware; the key is used to decode an encrypted activation program for activating the... Agent: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

20110213987 - Controller for data storage device, data storage device, and control method thereof: According to one embodiment, a controller that controls a data storage device provided with a storage module that stores data encrypted with a first key includes an input/output module, encryption/decryption modules, and a connector. The input/output module manages data input and output between the storage module and a host. The... Agent: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

20110213988 - Digital information protecting method and apparatus, and computer accessible recording medium: A method for protecting digital information includes: converting a protected address range into a plurality of address blocks based on a preset conversion unit, and generating an address block rearranging rule using the address blocks as a parameter; when it is desired to load data into an address batch of... Agent: Shansun Technology Company

20110213990 - Apparatus and method for content protection using one-way buffers: Method and apparatus for content protection using one-way buffers. In one embodiment, the method includes storage of content decrypted by a host processor within a reserved range of memory. In one embodiment, a peripheral device requires the host processor to decrypt the received content for playback by the peripheral device.... Agent:

20110213989 - 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:

20110213992 - Method of waking processor from sleep mode: A method and apparatus for storing and classifying packets transmitted over a network to a processor in a low power mode. The processor receives and classifies the packets as interesting or not interesting. Uninteresting packets are discarded while interesting packets are stored in memory. For the first interesting packet received,... Agent: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.

20110213991 - Processor core communication in multi-core processor: Embodiments of the disclosure generally set forth techniques for handling communication between processor cores. Some example multi-core processors include a first set of processor cores in a first region of the multi-core processor configured to dynamically receive a first supply voltage and a first clock signal, a second set of... Agent: Empire Technology Development LLC

20110213993 - Data processing apparatus and method for transferring workload between source and destination processing circuitry: In response to a transfer stimulus, performance of a processing workload is transferred from a source processing circuitry to a destination processing circuitry, in preparation for the source processing circuitry to be placed in a power saving condition following the transfer. To reduce the number of memory fetches required by... Agent:

20110213995 - Method, apparatus and computer program product providing instruction monitoring for reduction of energy usage: A method is disclosed to operate a power advisor. The method includes, reading a first instruction set; reading a data bus; and reading register value(s) stored in at least one data register. This information is analyzed for energy usage purposes. If a set of instruction can provide the same result... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20110213994 - Reducing power consumption of distributed storage systems: Methods for reducing the power consumption of distributed storage systems are described. An embodiment describes a storage system which is adapted to reduce its power consumption at times of low load by reducing the number of active versions of the stored data. The data to be stored in the storage... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20110213996 - Power control system and control method for the same: Provided is technology for enabling power saving control that allows a change of control content according to a user selection in a power control system that saves power consumed by an information processing apparatus. The power control system of the present invention include an image processing apparatus 102 as an... Agent: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

20110213998 - System and method for power optimization: A technique for reducing the power consumption required to execute processing operations. A processing complex, such as a CPU or a GPU, includes a first set of cores comprising one or more fast cores and second set of cores comprising one or more slow cores. A processing mode of the... Agent:

20110213999 - System and method of supplying an electrical system with direct current: A system for supplying an electrical system with direct current, the system including at least two direct current power supply devices each having means of electrical connection to an alternating current power supply source and an AC/DC converter of alternating current into direct current, a module for managing the power... Agent: Bull Sas

20110213997 - Virtual machine power consumption measurement and management: Embodiments of the virtual machine power metering system and method measure the power consumption of individual virtual machines. Power meter measurements for a physical host server are converted into individual virtual machine power meters that measure the power consumption of each individual virtual machine residing on the host server. The... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20110214000 - Method for reducing the energy consumption of an electronic terminal, corresponding terminal and computer program: A method and apparatus are provided for reducing the energy consumption of an electronic terminal. The method implements a step of modifying the timeout-before-standby duration for said terminal after an action performed by and/or on said terminal at a current instant, depending on the membership of the current instant in... Agent: Compagnie Industrielle Et Financiere D'ingenierie "ingenico"

20110214001 - Inrush current suppressing circuit and electronic device using the same: An inrush current suppressing circuit connected between a power supply and a working circuit of an electronic device includes a first power supply circuit and a second power supply circuit both connected between the power supply and the working circuit. The first power supply circuit suppresses inrush current and forwards... Agent: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

20110214002 - Multi-function peripheral, power supply apparatus, and power supply control method: A digital multi-function peripheral includes a multi-function peripheral unit that has plural functions, a switching power supply unit connected to a commercial power supply as a main power supply for the multi-function peripheral unit, and an electrical storage device charged in advance as an auxiliary power supply for the multi-function... Agent: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha

20110214003 - Clock control signal generation circuit, clock selector, and data processing device: Provided are a technique for high-speed switching between clock signals different in frequency, and a clock-control-signal-generation circuit which serves to generate a control signal for clock switching in a clock selector operable to switch between clock signals including a first clock signal based on first and second clock-stop-permission signals and... Agent: Renesas Electronics Corporation

20110214004 - Packaged circuit: A packaged circuit includes an internal circuit, an embedded clock generator, a plurality of multi-function pins and a control pad. The embedded clock generator is for generating an internal clock. The pins include a clock output pin and a clock input pin. The clock output pin outputs the internal clock... Agent: