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Electrical Computers And Digital Processing Systems: Memory > Storage Accessing And Control > Control Technique > Access Limiting Access LimitingAccess Limiting patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.10/19/06 - 20060236053 - Memory device system, storage device, and log recording method A memory device system of the present invention is equipped with a memory device comprising a first memory unit for storing data, and a second memory unit for storing an access log regarding an access to the first memory unit; a port for inputting and outputting data; a control device ... 10/19/06 - 20060236052 - Storage system and storage control method A controller and one or more intermediate devices that are connected to a plurality of processors and this controller so that communications are possible are provided. A first access message including a designated value designated by the processor is transmitted to the controller by a first intermediate device connected to ... 09/21/06 - 20060212670 - Protection of content stored on portable memory from unauthorized usage A device for securely recording protected content to a portable memory, and for reading the protected content therefrom. The device includes a feature that makes it adapted to read or write specially-configured portable memories that are incompatible with standard read/write devices. For example, the device may be designed to work ... 09/07/06 - 20060200641 - Protecting data transactions on an integrated circuit bus Provided is a method and system for protecting data transactions transmitted on an integrated circuit bus. Specifically, by transmitting data along with the complement of the data from one component to another component that are connected by the integrated circuit bus, the data and complemented data can be compared for ... 08/31/06 - 20060195671 - Control system A control system configured to control a predetermined unit by using a control program running on a general-purpose OS. The control system includes an auxiliary storage device configured to store the general-purpose OS, the control program, and various data items required for the control program to run, and a main ... 08/24/06 - 20060190696 - Security for logical unit in storage subsystem Mapping tables are for stipulating information for primarily identifying computers, information for identifying a group of the computers and a logical unit number permitting access from the host computer inside storage subsystem, in accordance with arbitrary operation method by a user, and for giving them to host computer. The invention ... 08/24/06 - 20060190695 - Method and system for controlling access in memory devices, computer program product therefor A system for providing controlled access to a memory area storing code and data, includes a processor cooperating with the memory area. The processor is configured for marking the instructions processed with a field describing the origin of the code being executed, and enabling data access in the memory area ... 08/24/06 - 20060190694 - Disk array apparatus and control method for disk array apparatus A disk array apparatus capable of effecting saving and operation of data through a simple construction. When a host computer sets “write inhibit” or “read/write inhibit” for an LDEV which is set on a first storage device, this setting is registered in an access attribute management table and is also ... 08/24/06 - 20060190693 - Computer system, managing computer, host computer, and volume management method A volume management system, a managing computer, a host, and a volume management method being capable of regulating the authorities of users and avoiding misoperations are provided. The volume management system comprises a storage having volumes served as a storage region, a managing computer, and a plurality of hosts used ... 08/03/06 - 20060174079 - Computer system A technology for allowing the smooth acquisition of required data when a processor switches working modes in a computer system is provided. According to one aspect of the present invention, the present invention can provide a computer system including a processor having a plurality of working modes, each having a ... 08/03/06 - 20060174078 - System and method for executing a process on a microprocessor-enabled device The invention provides a system and a method for controlling a request for a resource from a process operating on a microprocessor-enabled machine is provided. The method comprises regulating access of the process to the resource associated with the machine via a parent process when the process initiates the request ... 08/03/06 - 20060174077 - Software memory access control Software memory access control is provided by associating instruction areas with memory areas such that instruction areas are not permitted to access memory areas with which they are not associated. Checks may be inserted in the instruction areas to ensure that data provided by a memory group is provided by ... 07/27/06 - 20060168414 - Memory block locking apparatus and methods Memory block locking apparatus and methods are provided. A method of operating a memory device includes preventing programming of upper and lower bound regions of a memory array of the memory device and any regions of the memory array having addresses between addresses of the upper and lower bound regions ... 07/27/06 - 20060168413 - Method for regulating access to data in at least one data storage device in a system consisting of several individual systems The invention proposes methods and apparatuses for regulating access to data in at least one data storage device in a system comprising a plurality of individual systems (10-12), in which the individual systems (10-12) reserve themselves free data areas or address areas in the data storage device and the reserved ... 07/13/06 - 20060155947 - Selectable block protection for non-volatile memory A semiconductor non-volatile memory device, particularly a flash memory array, having a chip configuration with a plurality of pins including a write protect pin, a serial in pin and an optional parallel data bus with input-output pins (I/O7-0), plus other pins, all electrically communicating with the memory array and particularly ... 07/06/06 - 20060149911 - Data processing apparatus having memory protection unit A data processor (100) has a memory operable to store data values; a memory protection unit (130) operable to associate memory attributes with portions of said memory and to identify a plurality of memory regions corresponding to respective address ranges of said memory. The memory protection unit is operable to ... 06/29/06 - 20060143416 - Multiprocessor system with high-speed exclusive control A multiprocessor system includes a plurality of processors, a shared bus coupled to the plurality of processors, a resource coupled to the shared bus and shared by the plurality of processors, and an exclusive control unit coupled to the plurality of processors and configured to include a lock flag indicative ... 06/29/06 - 20060143415 - Managing shared memory access Managing access to shared memory by a plurality of access entities includes storing a first identifier in a first storage location, the first identifier identifying a data structure in the shared memory; storing a second identifier in a second storage location associated with the first storage location, the second identifier ... 06/22/06 - 20060136689 - Method for overcoming system administration blockage This invention relates to a method for overcoming system administration blockage and refers particulars, though not exclusively, to a method for overcoming system administrator blockage of a device newly connected to a computer. ... 06/01/06 - 20060117157 - Assuring genuineness of data stored on a storage device Techniques to assure genuineness of data stored on a storage device are provided. The storage device includes a storage controller that conducts I/O operations and management operations. A description of management operations and corresponding timestamps are recorded to an operation log stored in a memory. The memory additionally stores an ... 06/01/06 - 20060117156 - Method and apparatus for dual protection of a protected memory block If the logic module detects the hardware state as a write permit state (118) and the logic module fails to receive the write-protect signal (116), the logic module permits the memory controller to modify the protected memory block. If the logic module either detects the hardware state is a write ... 06/01/06 - 20060117155 - Micro-threaded memory A micro-threaded memory device. A plurality of storage banks are provided, each including a plurality of rows of storage cells and having an access restriction in that at least a minimum access time interval must transpire between successive accesses to a given row of the storage cells. Transfer control circuitry ... 05/25/06 - 20060112246 - Program-controlled unit A program-controlled unit has a memory for storing data and a memory protection device for protecting the memory from read-access operations initiated by non-authorized personnel. The program-controlled unit can be configured in such a way that it automatically activates the read protection if required and that the read protection can ... 05/25/06 - 20060112245 - Storage system transfering volume information To set access limitation, which limits access to a remote volume, to each host computer separately without registering in advance information on which volume is accessible to which host computer. In the storage system, the storage system is coupled to other storage systems in multiple stages, the uppermost stage storage ... 05/18/06 - 20060107009 - Storage managing system, storage managing apparatus, and storage managing method A storage managing system and method, the system and method including matching a boundary of a cluster, which is a minimum data unit of a data region of a storage medium having a write protect function, with a boundary of at least one or more consecutive blocks each having a ... 05/18/06 - 20060107008 - Apparatus and method for augmenting information security through the use of location data An apparatus for controlling data access includes a monitor to track the physical location of data. A data access module enables access to the data when the physical location satisfies location criteria. A data blocking module disables access to the data when the physical location fails to satisfy location criteria. ... 05/04/06 - 20060095698 - Data processing method with restricted data arrangement, storage area management method, and data processing system When copying corporate business data, etc., it is desired to execute data management excellent in security protection by preventing violation of rules or leaking out of secret information attributed to wrong operation of an administrator. For this purpose, in a data processing method, for each storage area such as a ... 04/27/06 - 20060090053 - Program-controlled unit A program-controlled unit has a memory for storing data and a memory protection device for protecting the memory from read and/or write accesses by people not authorized for access. The described program-controlled unit enables the user of the program-controlled unit to determine whether and if so for what parts of ... 04/27/06 - 20060090052 - Data protection device and method of securing data A data protection device capable of securing data in a data storage device is disclosed, comprising a disk space allotment unit, a marking unit, and an archiving unit. The disk space allotment unit undertakes to reorganize multiple sectors in the data storage device for allotment of disk space to newly ... 04/27/06 - 20060090051 - Method and apparatus for performing an atomic semaphore operation A processing system and method of communicating within the processing system is disclosed. The processing system may include a bus; a memory region coupled to the bus; and a plurality of processing components having access to the memory region over the bus, each of the processing components being configured to ... 04/20/06 - 20060085615 - User-configurable pre-recorded memory In a user-configurable pre-recorded memory (UC-PM), a user can select contents he is interested in, and pay copyright fees accordingly. With large capacity, low cost and great integratibility, 3D-M, more particularly 3D-MPM, is suitable for UC-PM. It provides excellent access control and impenetrable copyright protection. UC-PM will enable a copyright ... 04/20/06 - 20060085614 - Data management apparatus Hierarchical storage management is performed using a primary storage device and a secondary storage device. A suppression process unit suppresses the data operation requested by another device if data requested to read by the device is not stored in the primary device. A block size setting process unit sets the ... 04/13/06 - 20060080519 - Program-controlled unit A program-controlled unit has a memory for storing data and a memory protection device for protecting the memory from read- and/or write-access operations initiated by non-authorized personnel. The memory protection device signals a protection violation, when non-authorized personnel attempt a read-access of the memory when the read protection is active ... 04/13/06 - 20060080518 - Method for securing computers from malicious code attacks A removable drive is plug compatible with a host computer preferably through its USB port. The drive auto-launches upon insertion and runs read, write and execute functions on a resident file in the removable drive, tagging the control programs of the host computer that are responsible for these functions. The ... 04/13/06 - 20060080517 - Accessing a protected area of a storage device Systems and techniques to access a protected area of a storage device. In general, in one implementation, the technique includes: determining whether a storage device, in a data processing system running an operating system, includes a protected area, the operating system including a hardware abstraction layer; removing the storage area ... 03/09/06 - 20060053265 - Centralized data transformation A method of facilitating transformation of survey data from being in at least one foreign format used by a survey-tool to being in a desired format may include: receiving instances of foreign data from survey-tools, the foreign data being in foreign format used by the survey-tools, respectively; and appending, to ... 03/09/06 - 20060053264 - Semiconductor device preventing writing of prohibited set value to register A semiconductor device includes a data hold circuit configured to acquire data from a data bus and hold the data therein in response to assertion of a write signal, a prohibited set value hold circuit configured to store a predetermined prohibited set value, and a comparison circuit coupled to the ... 03/02/06 - 20060047933 - System and method for using address bits to form an index into secure memory A integrity control system uses the address bits to enable protection of data stored in a system memory. An address bus that determines the location of data to be stored or retrieved from system memory has a plurality of address lines. A subset of the address lines enables the protection ... 02/23/06 - 20060041728 - Logical unit security for clustered storage area networks A system is described in which a plurality of host computers are coupled to a storage system for storing and retrieving data in the storage system. The storage system includes individually addressable units of storage such as volumes or logical unit numbers. A security management system controls access to each ... 02/16/06 - 20060036822 - Method for managing a computer system having fibre-channel switch, management program, and management computer system In a SAN where a zone has been set through hardware zoning, when any of devices connected to a fabric have been changed, the change is detected. Provided is a method for managing a devices in a Storage Area Network (SAN), each switch in the SAN comprising a memory and ... 02/09/06 - 20060031651 - Data migration with worm guarantee The storage system is coupled to a computer, and includes a controller and a disk drive including a plurality of logical volumes, at least in one of which updating prohibition information indicating inclusion of an area assigned an updating prohibition attribute is recorded. The controller includes a configuration management module ... 01/26/06 - 20060020763 - Application-based commit for local storage subsystems and remote storage subsystems A system to protect data including a processor and a memory coupled to the processor to store instructions executable by a digital processing apparatus. The memory is operable to perform operations to protect stored data. The operations include receiving a write request for a current data input comprising input to ... 01/19/06 - 20060015700 - Object locks A single lock word comprises an identifier field for storing a thread identifier associated with a first thread obtaining a lock on an object; an inflation field for storing a fat lock bit upon inflation of the lock on the object; and a contention field for storing a contention bit ... 01/12/06 - 20060010302 - Non-contact ic recording medium, recording medium managing program, and recording medium managing method A non-contact IC recording medium that operates in response to a radio instruction from a reader/writer includes a write-protect area setting unit that sets a write-protect area where a writing of data is prohibited; an area determining unit that determines, when data for the writing is received, whether an area ... 01/12/06 - 20060010301 - Method and apparatus for file guard and file shredding Techniques to assure genuineness of data stored on a data retention system are provided. The data retention system includes a file server system and a storage system. The file server system is configure to map a data file to contiguous memory blocks of the storage system in one embodiment. The ... 12/29/05 - 20050289311 - System and method for secure inter-platform and intra-platform communications A system and method are provided to preserve the confidentiality and/or integrity of a sensitive communication from its source to its destination whether locally on the platform, between platforms, or even the same program over time. ... 12/01/05 - 20050268058 - Alternative methods in memory protection An exemplary system includes a microprocessor executing an operating system, a memory, a bus connecting the microprocessor to the memory, and a memory protection module controlling access to the memory independent of the microprocessor. Access to the memory may be based on a combination of an address, data, and memory ... 11/24/05 - 20050262320 - Register unit A register unit that is capable of improving data security and minimizing the possibility of data alteration and other manipulations includes multiple registers and a bit layout circuit that is connected to the registers. The bit layout circuit stores a relationship table that defines the relationship between the register bit ... 11/17/05 - 20050257017 - Method and apparatus to erase hidden memory in a memory card Methods, apparatus, software and systems for securely erasing data from a memory card. A number of hidden spare blocks of memory in an inaccessible region of each memory bank is determined. A block of memory is repeatedly overwritten with a data pattern in each memory bank up to the number ... 11/17/05 - 20050257016 - Digital signal controller secure memory partitioning A controller offers various security modes for protecting program code and data stored in memory and ensuring that the protection is effective during all normal operating conditions of the controller. The controller includes configuration settings that segment program memory into a boot segment, a secure segment and a general segment, ... 11/03/05 - 20050246511 - Special-use heaps Special purpose heaps are created to store different classes of data to which different rules apply. A library of functions is provided which is designed to respect the different classes of rules that apply to the different heaps, by storing data only on a heap that is designated for use ... 10/13/05 - 20050228958 - Information communication device The objective of the present invention is to properly perform a process, such as deletion, for inappropriate data that are received, in accordance with age information for a memory card owner, In an information communication apparatus according to the present invention, a list of undesirable data transmission sources (electronic mail ... 10/06/05 - 20050223183 - File security management A method for implementing security management in a storage area network by controlling access to network resources. Initially, a resource provider communicates with potential resource users, such as host computers, servers, and workstations, to allow the users to discover the resources available on the storage area network. Resource users that ... 10/06/05 - 20050223182 - User-configurable pre-recorded memory In a user-configurable pre-recorded memory (IC-PM), a user can select the files he wishes to access and therefore, only pay the copyright fees for the selected files. Three-dimensional memory (3D-M)-based UC-PM offers low cost and large capacity. More importantly, it provides impenetrable copyright protection and will enable a copyright distribution ... 09/29/05 - 20050216686 - Memory protection apparatus Memory protection apparatus to protect memory area to realize high interruption response and prohibit from access to the memory area that is previously designated. The memory area data registers 132 (1) to (m), respectively, retain data which designate the accessible memory area in the processing corresponding to interruption of the ... 09/29/05 - 20050216685 - Intelligent media storage system The Intelligent Media Storage System disclosed herein protects computer programs and/or data files from being copied and used in an unauthorized manner. According to an example embodiment of the invention, an Intelligent Control Element (ICE) is installed between a computer system and a mass storage device. In a preferred embodiment, ... 09/29/05 - 20050216684 - Information recording medium, data processing apparatus, and recording region setting method of information recording medium An information recording medium includes a data storage section having a plurality of recording regions for storing data, and a region information storing section operable to store information about each recording region in the data storage section. The region information storing section stores information about a recording region (for example, ... 09/22/05 - 20050210213 - Method and apparatus for the execution of a program An apparatus and a method is provided for the execution of a program by a program-controlled device, in which the program-controlled device receives instructions and automatically executes the program if it receives an access instruction for accessing a protected memory area. The invention further relates to a programmable transponder containing ... 09/22/05 - 20050210212 - Storage system and computer system When data is copied from the first LDEV (logical device) to the second LDEV, the storage system sets security information of the same content as security information set for the first LDEV constituting the copy source for the second LDEV constituting the copy destination. ... 09/22/05 - 20050210211 - More granular and more efficient write protection for disk volumes A storage system, method and system for protecting data stored on a volume of the storage system. The storage system includes a storage media upon which the volume is represented, a disk controller which controls the storage system, and a write once read many (WORM) configuration table having a plurality ... 09/15/05 - 20050204109 - Methods for scaling encoded data without requiring knowledge of the encoding scheme Methods for scaling (e.g., transcoding) data are described. A sequence of encoded data is accessed. The encoded data are organized according to an encoding scheme that was used to encode the data. A value for a scalable attribute is ascertained. The scalable attribute identifies how the encoded data are to ... 09/08/05 - 20050198458 - Memory controller having a read-modify-write function Provided are a memory controller with data read-modify-write function, and a system-on-chip (SOC) having such a memory controller, where the memory controller is connected to a memory, the memory controller is connected to IP (intellectual property) blocks and a microprocessor via a system bus, and, in response to one of ... 09/01/05 - 20050193182 - Method and apparatus for preventing un-authorized computer data access An apparatus and method of preventing unauthorized access to computer data. The apparatus is installed in a computer system between the main board and an associated data storage device, for example a hard drive. Read/write commands from the motherboard to the hard drive are intercepted and scrutinized by a filter ... 08/25/05 - 20050188168 - Information processor, information processing method, program and storage medium An information processor, an information processing method, a program and a storage medium for assuring the prevention of illegal copying even when an application program without having a copy controlling function by itself exists in a system. An information processor comprises a controller for controlling at least one application to ... 08/25/05 - 20050188167 - Standalone memory device and system and method using such device A standalone memory device is provided that when in a first state allows data to be written to the device from a data source but prevents a normal user from useably accessing that data. When in a second state the device enables the user to useably access data stored in ... 08/11/05 - 20050177694 - Protection of content stored on portable memory from unauthorized usage A device for securely recording protected content to a portable memory, and for reading the protected content therefrom. The device includes a feature that makes it adapted to read or write specially-configured portable memories that are incompatible with standard read/write devices. For example, the device may be designed to work ... 08/04/05 - 20050172094 - Selectively establishing read-only access to volume A method, of selectively establishing read-only access to a volume of a storage-device, may include: receiving an input/output request packet (IRP) that is traversing a stack of device objects representing a storage-device; determining the type of access being requested via the IRP; and selectively failing the IRP depending upon the ... 07/21/05 - 20050160244 - Protection of content stored on portable memory from unauthorized usage A device for securely recording protected content to a portable memory, and for reading the protected content therefrom. The device includes a feature that makes it adapted to read or write specially-configured portable memories that are incompatible with standard read/write devices. For example, the device may be designed to work ... 06/30/05 - 20050144408 - Memory protection unit, memory protection method, and computer-readable record medium in which memory protection program is recorded A memory protection unit, a memory protection method and a computer-readable record medium in which a memory protection program is recorded is provided which are capable of preventing a memory from being improperly rewritten by a malfunction in a subroutine. This memory protection unit includes: a memory which has at ... 06/23/05 - 20050138314 - Write-protected micro memory device The write-protected micro memory device of the present invention comprises at least one flash memory that is divided into one or multiple blocks, and the single chip flash memory controller has a write-protected parameter. The write-protect parameter can be set particularly for protecting data of certain block(s) of the flash ... 06/09/05 - 20050125619 - Secure video card methods and systems Methods and systems for protecting data that is intended for use and processed on video or graphics cards are described. In one embodiment, a system comprises a graphics processor unit (GPU) for processing data that is to be rendered on a monitor. Memory is operably associated with the graphics processor ... ### FreshPatents.com Support - Terms & Conditions |