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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171356 | Reducing writes, and estimating and displaying estimated remaining lifetime of non-volatile memories Techniques are taught for reducing writes, and estimating and displaying estimated remaining lifetime of non-volatile memories. The write reducing is optionally via determining a difference between write operation results and data stored in the non-volatile memories... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8145824 | Cell-switched inter-partition communications Pluggable modules communicate via a switch fabric dataplane accessible via a backplane. Various embodiments are comprised of varying numbers and arrangements of the pluggable modules in accordance with a system architecture that provides for provisioning virtual ser... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145785 | Unused resource recognition in real time for provisioning and management of fabric-backplane enterprise servers Real time provisioning and management of fabric-backplane enterprise servers includes monitoring system status and configuration, displaying monitoring results, accepting user commands, and providing hardware and software management and configuration commands to the... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140712 | System, method, and computer program product for inserting a gap in information sent from a drive to a host device A system, method, and computer program product are provided for inserting a gap in information sent from a drive to a host device. In operation, one or more commands are received at a drive from a host device. Additionally, information is queued to send to the host ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139049 | Cordless scanner and stylus Convenience, ease of use, efficiency, and economy are some of the benefits of a cordless hand-held device implementing both a scanner and a stylus (active or passive) within a common housing. In an illustrative embodiment, the combined scanner/stylus device is ergon... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8132732 | Cordless hand scanner with improved user feedback Increased confidence in, and acceptance of, cordless hand-held scanners may be obtained through a cordless hand-held scanner with improved user feedback. In an illustrative embodiment, the state of one or more indicators is changed as a result of feedback from a cou... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8108737 | System, method, and computer program product for sending failure information from a serial ATA (SATA) solid state drive (SSD) to a host device A system, method, and computer program product are provided for sending failure information from a solid state drive (SSD) to a host device. In operation, an error is detected during an operation associated with a Serial ATA (SATA) solid state drive. Additionally, a... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8090980 | System, method, and computer program product for providing data redundancy in a plurality of storage devices A system, method, and computer program product are provided for providing data redundancy in a plurality of storage devices. In operation, storage commands are received for providing data redundancy in accordance with a first data redundancy scheme. Additionally, th... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090905 | System, method, and computer program product for converting logical block address de-allocation information in a first format to a second format A system, method, and computer program product are provided for converting logical block address de-allocation information in a first format to a second format. In use, logical block address de-allocation information is received in a first format associated with a f... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8023998 | Wireless enabled memory module A wireless-enabled memory module provides host devices access to a memory via a standard memory expansion interface and further incorporates embedded processing capability and a wireless network capability. The wireless-enabled memory module can be used in any host ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8019580 | Transient thermal analysis Transient thermal simulation of semiconductor chips uses region-wise variable spatial grids and variable temporal intervals, enabling spatio-temporal thermal analysis of semiconductor chips. Temperature rates of change across a die and/or package of an integrated ci... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7996511 | Enterprise-scalable scanning using grid-based architecture with remote agents An enterprise coordinator coupled to one or more site coordinators provides configuration and scheduling of tasks across a plurality of sites, and accumulates results. Each of the site coordinators optionally manages one or more respective agents to perform agent-lo... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7995501 | Route optimization for on-demand routing protocols for mesh networks Various embodiments implement a set of low overhead mechanisms to enable on-demand routing protocols. The on-demand protocols use route accumulation during discovery floods to discover when better paths have become available even if the paths that the protocols are ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7969942 | Bonding multiple radios in wireless multi-hop mesh networks In a mesh network composed of multiple-radio nodes, we assign each radio to one of a plurality of channels, and treat a plurality of links between a pair of nodes as one logical link (bonded link). In some embodiments, the routing protocol is adapted to view each bo... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7954151 | Partial document content matching using sectional analysis Monitored content is classified to determine partial matches with fragments of documents. A set of redundant keys, or sliding sectional fingerprints, are computed for every possible alignment of the documents with respect to the monitored content. The keys are store... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7942326 | Multi-mode ring scanner A multi-mode ring scanner (MMRS) has a ring unit for wearing on a finger. The MMRS optionally has a wrist unit coupled to the ring unit, such as via a cable. The MMRS optionally communicates wirelessly with a computing device. The ring unit has one or more scanners ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7904764 | Memory lifetime gauging system, method and computer program product An apparatus, method, and computer program product are provided for identifying at least one aspect associated with a lifetime of memory. Further, an indicia is visually displayed reflecting the at least one aspect. ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7849275 | System, method and a computer program product for writing data to different storage devices based on write frequency A system, method, and computer program product are provided for writing data to different storage devices based on write frequency. In operation, a frequency in which data is written is identified. Additionally, a plurality of storage devices of different types is s... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7872989 | Full mesh optimization for spanning tree protocol An optimized spanning tree protocol (OSTP) minimizes latency and provides high throughput in a full-mesh portion of a network, and is compatible with external networks where a standard spanning tree protocol is used. The OSTP enables traffic traversing the full-mesh... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7860961 | Real time notice of new resources for provisioning and management of fabric-backplane enterprise servers Real time provisioning and management of fabric-backplane enterprise servers includes monitoring system status and configuration, displaying monitoring results, accepting user commands, and providing hardware and software management and configuration commands to the... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7860097 | Fabric-backplane enterprise servers with VNICs and VLANs Virtual Network Interface Controllers (vNICs) provide for communication among modules of Enterprise Server (ES) embodiments via a switch fabric dataplane. Processes executing on compute complexes of the servers exchange data as packets or messages by interfaces made... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7843907 | Storage gateway target for fabric-backplane enterprise servers Storage gateway remote and local access to storage devices is provided in part via a target implementing bandwidth-controlled access to the devices. The target may be iSCSI-compatible, and may also optionally implement protection, security, and performance features.... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7843906 | Storage gateway initiator for fabric-backplane enterprise servers Storage gateway remote and local access to storage devices is provided in part via an initiator implementing bandwidth-controlled access to the devices. The initiator may be iSCSI-compatible, and may also optionally implement protection, security, and performance fe... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7831279 | Wireless enabled memory module A wireless-enabled memory module provides host devices access to a memory via a standard memory expansion interface and further incorporates embedded processing capability and a wireless network capability. The wireless-enabled memory module can be used in any host ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7823102 | Thermally aware design modification In a first variation, a thermally aware design automation suite integrates system-level thermal awareness into design of semiconductor chips, performing fine-grain thermal simulations of the chips based on thermal models and boundary conditions. The suite uses resul... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7809900 | System, method, and computer program product for delaying an operation that reduces a lifetime of memory A system, method, and computer program product are provided for delaying operations that reduce a lifetime of memory. In use, at least one aspect associated with a lifetime of memory is identified. To this end, at least one operation that reduces the lifetime of the... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7768926 | Effective bandwidth path metric and path computation method for wireless mesh networks with wired links Enhanced mesh network performance is provided by computation of a path metric with respect to multi-hop paths between nodes in a mesh network and determination of a path through the mesh network that is optimal according to the path metric. Information is communicat... | 08/03/2010 |
| D620513 | Sensor enclosure | 07/27/2010 |
| 7757033 | Data exchanges among SMP physical partitions and I/O interfaces enterprise servers Pluggable modules communicate via a switch fabric dataplane accessible via a backplane. Various embodiments are comprised of varying numbers and arrangements of the pluggable modules in accordance with a system architecture that provides for provisioning virtual ser... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7747813 | Multi-memory device system and method for managing a lifetime thereof An apparatus, method, and computer program product are provided for identifying at least one aspect associated with a lifetime of each of a plurality of memory devices. Further, data is moved between the plurality of memory devices, based on the at least one aspect.... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7735739 | Hand scanner cordless adapter A wireless adapter combined with a conventional hand scanner, forms a wireless hand scanner combination. The wireless adapter captures the hand scanner via a retention mechanism. A plug is mounted within the wireless adapter, such that the plug mates with a receptac... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7686227 | Cordless hand scanner with improved user feedback Increased confidence in, and acceptance of, cordless hand-held scanners may be obtained through a cordless hand-held scanner with improved user feedback. In an illustrative embodiment, the state of one or more indicators is changed as a result of feedback from a cou... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7685281 | Programmatic instantiation, provisioning and management of fabric-backplane enterprise servers A system is taught in which a module having processing elements can access network and storage interfaces that are external to the module of the processing elements as though those interfaces were located internal to the module of the processing elements. The system... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7664110 | Input/output controller for coupling the processor-memory complex to the fabric in fabric-backplane interprise servers A hybrid server and multi-layer switch system architecture, referred to hereinafter as the Enterprise Fabric (EF) architecture, forms the basis for a number of Enterprise Server (ES) chassis embodiments. Each ES embodiment generally includes one or more Processor Me... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7633955 | SCSI transport for fabric-backplane enterprise servers A Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) transport for fabric backplane enterprise servers provides for local and remote communication of storage system information between storage sub-system elements of an ES system and other elements of an ES system via a storage ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7561571 | Fabric address and sub-address resolution in fabric-backplane enterprise servers A hybrid server and multi-layer switch system architecture, referred to hereinafter as the Enterprise Fabric (EF) architecture, forms the basis for a number of Enterprise Server (ES) chassis embodiments. Each ES embodiment generally includes one or more Processor Me... | 07/14/2009 |
| D592659 | Mobile computing device | 05/19/2009 |
| 7533202 | Software compatible parallel interface with bidirectional handshaking for serial peripherals High-speed reliable parallel data transmission between a computer and a parallel peripheral is provided by a peripheral controller by way of a virtual parallel UART (VPU). The VPU provides a novel parallel interface for higher speed parallel interface operation. The... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7522731 | Wireless service points having unique identifiers for secure communication System, apparatus, and methods are disclosed wherewith a group of independent wireless routing devices known as Service Points work cooperatively to form an ad hoc mesh communication network. The resulting Service Point Network is used to provide reliable address-di... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7516492 | Inferring document and content sensitivity from public account accessibility In one embodiment, documents accessible via a designated public account are classified as public. In another embodiment, documents accessible according to a designated public access control list are classified as public. In some embodiments, all documents not classi... | 04/07/2009 |
