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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7137034 | Self repairing computer having user accessible switch for modifying bootable storage device configuration to initiate repair A method or system for supporting a computer systems self repair, including the computer executed steps for booting from a first boot device, and booting from a second boot device in response to a signal indicating a need for repair. While booted from the second boo... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7013336 | Method and structure for efficiently retrieving status for SCSI accessed fault-tolerant enclosure (SAF-TE) systems A method for determining a change in the SAF-TE enclosure status and a change in the SAF-TE device slot status, each with a single issuance of one new command, replacing countless re-issuance of similar commands. Use is made of a common disconnection/reconnection ca... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6922801 | Storage media scanner apparatus and method providing media predictive failure analysis and proactive media surface defect management A method, computer readable medium, apparatus and RAID controller for performing nondestructive write testing is disclosed. For data storage devices divided into sectors, the present invention performs nondestructive write testing by writing data to the sectors, rea... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6865001 | System and method for encoding and decoding an image or document and document encoded thereby Holographic and diffractive security devices and documents carrying security devices as well as system, apparatus, and method for making and using security devices. Security devices provide at least one type of security feature in form of secret, hidden, or covert s... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6859882 | System, method, and architecture for dynamic server power management and dynamic workload management for multi-server environment Network architecture, computer system and/or server, circuit, device, apparatus, method, and computer program and control mechanism for managing power consumption and workload in computer system and data and information servers. Further provides power and energy con... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6851005 | Apparatus and method for implementing raid devices in a cluster computer system Apparatus and methods are provided for efficiently implementing logical-device reservations in a cluster computer system. The apparatus includes cooperating controllers programmed in firmware around a distributed reservation table. The apparatus manages access to a ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6771264 | Method and apparatus for performing tangent space lighting and bump mapping in a deferred shading graphics processor A system and method for performing tangent space lighting in a deferred shading graphics processor (DSGP) encompasses blocks of the DSGP that preprocess data and a Phong shader that executes only after all fragments have been preprocessed. A preprocessor block recei... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6760807 | System, apparatus and method providing adaptive write policy for disk array controllers Adaptive write policy for handling host write commands to write-back system drives in a dual active controller environment. Method for adaptive write policy in data storage system, where data storage system includes host system connected to primary controller and al... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6754443 | Media server system having improved asset types for playback of digital media A media server system and method are disclosed for playback of digital media. For playback, header information associated with a complex asset is received. The header information comprises information for initializing a decoder (56) for playback of the comple... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6745324 | Dynamic firmware image creation from an object file stored in a reserved area of a data storage device of a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) system A method and apparatus are provided for dynamically creating an executable image from an Object File Format (OFF) file stored in a reserved area 175 of one of a plurality of data storage devices 125 in a memory system 100. In the method, a contr... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6728905 | Apparatus and method for rebuilding a logical device in a cluster computer system Apparatus and methods for rebuilding logical I/O devices in a cluster computer system. The apparatus include controllers programmed to cooperate towards this end. The apparatus has first and second nodes with respective bus controllers communicatively coupled to eac... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6721708 | Power saving apparatus and method for AC-3 codec by reducing operations The present invention provides a method and apparatus for performing an inverse modified discrete cosine transform (IMDCT) on at least one block of spectral coefficients representing an information signal in the frequency domain. The IMDCT provides an IMDCT output i... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6717576 | Deferred shading graphics pipeline processor having advanced features A deferred shading graphics pipeline processor and method are provided encompassing numerous substructures. Embodiments of the processor and method may include one or more of deferred shading, a tiled frame buffer, and multiple-stage hidden surface removal processin... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6693639 | Graphics processor with pipeline state storage and retrieval A deferred graphics pipeline processor comprised of a mode extraction unit and a Polygon Memory associated with the polygon unit. The mode extraction unit receives a data stream from a geometry unit and separates the data stream into vertices data, and no... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6671747 | System, apparatus, method, and computer program for execution-order preserving uncached write combine operation A mechanism that allows an application program running on a processor, to send data to a device using a medium that temporarily stores data and changes the order of the data dispatch on the way to the device. An inventive Random-In-First-Out (RIFO) buffer... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6665348 | System and method for interoperable multiple-standard modulation and code selectable Feher's GMSK, enhanced GSM, CSMA, TDMA, OFDM, and third-generation CDMA, W-CDMA and B-CDMA Combined Digital-Analog Signal Processors, Waveforms with Time Constrained Signal (TCS) response and Long Response (LR) filtered Bit Rate Agile (BRA) Modulation-Demodulation (Modem) Format Selectable (MFS) and Code Selectable (CS) system implementations f... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6664959 | Method and apparatus for culling in a graphics processor with deferred shading Structure, apparatus, and method for performing conservative hidden surface removal in a graphics processor. Culling is divided into two steps, a magnitude comparison content addressable memory cull operation (MCCAM Cull), and a subpixel cull operation. T... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6654595 | Radio system including mixer device and switching circuit and method having switching signal feedback control for enhanced dynamic range and performance Radio system including mixer device and switching circuit and method having switching signal feedback control for enhanced dynamic range and performance. Radio apparatus including: local oscillator input port for receiving periodic sinusoidal local oscill... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6654933 | System and method for media stream indexing An indexing method for allowing a viewer to control the mode of delivery of program material. By mapping from time to data position, data delivery can begin at any selected time in the program material. The indexing method also provides for controlling da... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6641461 | Chemical mechanical polishing apparatus having edge, center and annular zone control of material removal An apparatus (100) and method are provided for polishing a substrate (105) that achieves a high-planarization uniformity. In one embodiment, the apparatus (100) includes a subcarrier (165) with a lower surface (170), a flexible member (245) extending acro... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6614444 | Apparatus and method for fragment operations in a 3D-graphics pipeline Apparatus and methods for rendering 3D graphics images. The apparatus include a port for receiving commands from a graphics application, an output for sending a rendered image to a display and a fragment-operations pipeline, coupled to the port and to the... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6603806 | Method and apparatus for high data rate wireless communications over wavefield spaces The invention relates to a method and apparatus for digital communications that provides high data rate wireless connections with bandwidth efficiency. The creation of multiple channels (that share the same time-frequency region) between the transmitter a... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6553667 | Apparatus and method for manufacturing composite articles including wear resistant jewelry and medical and industrial devices and components thereof System, apparatus, and method for making composite articles. Jewelry items such as finger rings, bracelets, earrings, body jewelry, and the like, are examples of such articles. Medical, dental, and industrial devices or components are other examples. Meth... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6552830 | Holographic authentication element and document having holographic authentication element formed thereupon Device, method, and system for recording diffractive high resolution text, pictorial, and/or other graphical information is provided which is particularly suited to recording information that would be difficult to reproduce by typical counterfeiting metho... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6553419 | System and method for computer system performance data pause and resume consuming minimum display area Method of pausing and resuming data collection data collection and displaying the paused and resumed data collection conditions particularly suited to networked computers in a server/client configuration including collecting data item(s) for a first proce... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6519051 | Fax through data network and remote access network appliance control apparatus and method A FAX-through data network includes a receiver side LAN end station and a sender side LAN end station. A first converter receives a FAX communication from the sender FAX and generates a FAX packet. The FAX packet includes a predefined session port number ... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6498897 | Media server system and method having improved asset types for playback of digital media A media server system and method are disclosed for playback of digital media. For playback, header information associated with a complex asset is received. The header information comprises information for initializing a decoder (56) for playback of the co... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6487694 | Method and apparatus for turbo-code decoding a convolution encoded data frame using symbol-by-symbol traceback and HR-SOVA The apparatus includes a first SOVA decoder that generates a first path reliability value from a channel value, a parity symbol and a first a priori likelihood value. A first decorrelation unit generates a first extrinsic symbol reliability value by decor... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6407854 | Fiber amplifier with fast transient response and constant gain An apparatus and method are provided for amplifying a signal having several multiplexed channels of different wavelengths. In one embodiment, an amplifier 100 is provided having a doped fiber 120 coupled to an input 105, a pump 145 coupled to the doped fi... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6397296 | Two-level instruction cache for embedded processors A cache system has a multilevel cache architecture. An L1 cache receives instructions from an external memory. An L0 cache has a first predetermined number L0 of cache lines for receiving instructions from the L1 cache. An assist cache has a victim cache ... | 05/28/2002 |
| 5758175 | Multi-mode power switching for computer systems A power conservation system for use in a computer system. The power conservation system has an activity monitor and a plurality of modes of operation. The power conservation system has a power switching unit which couples the power supply to a selected gr... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5752181 | Method and apparatus for reducing inermodulation distortion in a mixer Apparatus for reducing intermodulation distortion in a mixer output signal provides for back-to-back serial connected FET transistors joined at gate and source terminals and cancels intermodulation distortion. In one embodiment the apparatus provides firs... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5748083 | Computer asset protection apparatus and method An advanced asset protection system (APS) includes a small, battery-powered, Asset Protection Device (APD) having circuits for detecting motion and tampering and intrusion of a protected asset or the APD itself. The APD includes a an internal wireless bat... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5732345 | Quasi-double balanced dual-transformer dual FET mixer, which achieves better isolation by using a first and second diplexer, and a transmission line RF balun A double balanced dual-quad transformer dual field effect transistor (FET) mixer is disclosed using a first and second (FET) which have their gates electrically connected together, such that the first and second FET are connected in series. The mixer achi... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5715397 | System and method for data transfer and processing having intelligent selection of processing routing and advanced routing features Method, system, and apparatus are described for automatically receiving, at an intermediate processing location, data from a wide variety of remote sources, identifying the format of the data, translating the data to a common file format, sending the data... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5608874 | System and method for automatic data file format translation and transmission having advanced features Method, system, and apparatus are described for automatically receiving, at an intermediate processing location, data from a wide variety of remote sources, identifying the format of the data, translating the data to a common file format, sending the data... | 03/04/1997 |
