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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120084471 | USB TRANSACTION TRANSLATOR AND A MICRO-FRAME SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD The present invention is directed to a universal serial bus (USB) transaction translator and a micro-frame synchronization method. A device interface is coupled to a device via a device bus, and a host interface is coupled to a host via a host bus, wherein the host USB ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120084479 | Modular Digital Presentation Switcher A modular digital presentation switcher is a device that can convert different kinds of incoming multimedia signals into an outgoing signal in an analog and digital format. The device retrieves the incoming multimedia signals through input modules. Each of the input mod... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120084472 | PROGRAMMABLE MULTIMEDIA CONTROLLER WITH FLEXIBLE USER ACCESS AND SHARED DEVICE CONFIGURATIONS A system which includes a programmable multimedia controller is provided in which flexible user access is provided through a combination of user profiles and usernames/pas swords. A configuration for a given device which may form part of the system or may interoperate w... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120072627 | DYNAMIC CREATION AND DESTRUCTION OF IO RESOURCES BASED ON ACTUAL LOAD AND RESOURCE AVAILABILITY A method for binding input/output (I/O) objects to nodes. The method includes binding an I/O object group to a NUMA node of a plurality of NUMA nodes on a system, obtaining an I/O object group size of the I/O object group, and determining an I/O object group target size... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072626 | Automatic Addressing Protocol for a Shared Bus An automatic addressing protocol for a shared bus is described. In an embodiment, devices connected in a chain by a shared bus are also connected by an independent electrical connection between each pair of neighboring devices. A protocol is used over the independent el... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120030386 | Configurable Interface Controller A flexible input/output controller logic interfaces with existing input/output controllers (IOC's) in order to configure the amount of data sent to and received from the IOC's. The flexible I/O interface receives data from a component at a rate determined by the particu... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120030387 | MECHANISM TO FLEXIBLY SUPPORT MULTIPLE DEVICE NUMBERS ON POINT-TO-POINT INTERCONNECT UPSTREAM PORTS A method and apparatus for supporting multiple device numbers on point-to-point interconnect upstream ports. In one embodiment, the method includes a downstream component (DC) that performs discovery of internal device components of the DC during initialization of the D... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110314194 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING A SINGLE MULTI-FUNCTION ADAPTER WITH DIFFERENT OPERATING SYSTEMS A flexible arrangement allows a single arrangement of Ethernet channel adapter (ECA) hardware functions to appear as needed to conform to various operating system deployment models. A PCI interface presents a logical model of virtual devices appropriate to the relevant ... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110289245 | Memory Controller and Method Utilizing Equalization Co-Efficient Setting A chip includes a transmitter circuit and a register provided to store a value representative of an equalization co-efficient setting. The transmitter circuit includes an output driver configured to adjust an output data signal based at least in part on the equalization... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110276779 | MEMORY MAPPED INPUT/OUTPUT BUS ADDRESS RANGE TRANSLATION In an embodiment, a north chip receives a secondary bus identifier that identifies a bus that is immediately downstream from a bridge in a south chip, a subordinate bus identifier that identifies a highest bus identifier of all of buses reachable downstream of the bridg... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110271020 | Node Differentiation in Multi-Node Electronic Systems A technique for differentiating nodes in a multi-node electronic system includes establishing an intended configuration for the system, the configuration including a number of nodes to be installed and a specification of intended node locations. A node ID for each of mu... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110264834 | RE-CONFIGURABLE MULTIPURPOSE DIGITAL INTERFACE Systems and apparatus are provided for a reconfigurable, multi-purpose input/output (I/O) interface. The system comprises a comparator coupled to a means for signal generation. The system further comprises a switch fabric configured to reconfigure the I/O circuit in rea... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110252167 | PHYSICAL TO HIERARCHICAL BUS TRANSLATION In an embodiment, a translation of a physical bus number to a hierarchical bus number is written to a south chip. The south chip receives a configuration write command that comprises a physical bus number. The south chip sends the configuration write command to a device... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110246691 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COHERENT DEVICE INITIALIZATION AND ACCESS A method and apparatus for enabling usage of an accelerator device in a processor socket is herein described. A set of inter-processor messages is utilized to initialize a configuration/memory space of the accelerator device. As an example, a first set of inter-processo... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110238869 | Autonomous Multi-Packet Transfer for Universal Serial Bus A USB device can be configured for multi-packet data transfer to and from endpoints with minimal software intervention. Minimal software intervention allows a Central Processing Unit (CPU) of the USB device to handle other tasks, maximizing USB bus utilization.... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110161535 | ADAPTABLE DATAPATH FOR A DIGITAL PROCESSING SYSTEM The present invention includes an adaptable high-performance node (RXN) with several features that enable it to provide high performance along with adaptability. A preferred embodiment of the RXN includes a run-time configurable data path and control path. The RXN suppo... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110161534 | Control Architectures for RF Transceivers Described herein are devices and methods for implementing a transceiver with independently controlled components. The components may include a programmable digital portion, a dedicated digital portion, and an analog portion. Each independently controlled component inclu... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110125939 | Function expansion apparatus, information processing apparatus, and control method A disclosed function expansion apparatus for expanding a function of an information processing apparatus by connecting the information processing apparatus to an external storage apparatus via a first interface includes a first storage unit that stores first setup infor... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110119673 | CROSS-CHANNEL NETWORK OPERATION OFFLOADING FOR COLLECTIVE OPERATIONS A Network Interface (NI) includes a host interface, which is configured to receive from a host processor of a node one or more cross-channel work requests that are derived from an operation to be executed by the node. The NI includes a plurality of work queues for carry... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110093631 | ADAPTERS FOR EVENT PROCESSING SYSTEMS Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are disclosed for implementing adapters for event processing systems. A particular system includes an input adapter configured to store event objects received from a source at an input queue. The system also includes a query... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110060854 | FUNCTIONAL CONFIGURATION WIZARD Described herein are methods and systems for configuration of complex applications. The configuration is performed by invoking from a repository of an executable checklist. The repository includes executable checklists to be used for different configuration scenarios. A... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110055434 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPERATING A COMPUTER VIA A LOW POWER ADJUNCT PROCESSOR A computing device includes a low power auxiliary processor, such as a processor on a wireless card or sub-system, which is able to takeover processing in place of the computing device's central processing unit (CPU). Operating the computing device on the auxiliary proc... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110047307 | DATA TRANSFER METHOD AND DATA TRANSFER APPARATUS A data transfer method for transferring data between a source device and a sink device includes receiving a query about a channel number included in connection plug information from the sink device and notifying the sink device of information of an unused connection plu... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110022748 | CONFIGURABLE HEALTH-CARE EQUIPMENT APPARATUS An apparatus, system and method for providing health-care equipment in a plurality of customizable configurations. A configuration includes a selection and arrangement of health-care equipment modules that each provide specialized support for the provision of health car... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110022751 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AN IMPROVED MOTOR CONTROL CENTER Methods, apparatus, and systems are provided for operating a motor control center. The invention includes determining a hardware configuration of functional modules within a motor control center; downloading the hardware configuration to a programmable logic controller;... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20100332703 | COMPUTER UNIT, COMPUTER PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Improves ease of operation by making it easier for the operator to view and select storage media devices connected to a computer unit. Provides a computer unit with a USB root hub and running an operating system that has the function of managing a storage media device c... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100318701 | LOCATION ENABLED BOOKMARK AND PROFILE Location based profiles are used to modify the configuration of a computing device based on a detected location. The location based profiles allow features such as cameras to be enabled and disabled. Physical and logical data storage partitions can also be mounted and u... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100312864 | Dynamic Run-Time Configuration Information Provision and Retrieval A system employing a storage device and a host for configuration information exchange between the host and the storage device. In operation, the host manages host configuration information in a data management layer of a communication model, and communicates the host co... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100306435 | RECONFIGURABLE VIRTUAL BACKPLANE SYSTEMS AND METHODS Reconfigurable virtual backplane systems and methods are provided. One virtual backplane system includes a bus, and first and second line cards coupled to the bus. Each line card includes a processor including a memory storing an array of configuration tables. Each conf... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100299465 | SCALING ENERGY USE IN A VIRTUALIZED ENVIRONMENT A method, system, and computer usable program product for scaling energy use in a virtualized data processing environment are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A set of PIOAs is configured such that each PIOAs in the set of PIOAs is a functional equivalent of an... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100268859 | Server A server includes a motherboard, a central processing unit (CPU) and a riser card. The CPU is mounted on the motherboard. The riser card is inserted in the motherboard. The riser card includes a first circuit board extending parallel to the CPU, such that the CPU positi... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100268800 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING NETWORK-ATTACHED STORAGE A method for configuring a network-attached storage (NAS) includes: coupling the network-attached storage to a user-end personal computer (PC) via an external bus which supports a plug & play function; and utilizing the user-end PC to configure a network interface o... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100235554 | RECONFIGURABLE POINT-TO-POINT MEMORY INTERFACE Embodiments of an apparatus are described. An interface circuit in this apparatus receives or transmits digital signals on a bus and is configured to alternatively operate as either a data-bus interface circuit or a control-bus interface circuit in dependence upon a mod... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100223408 | APPARATUS FOR NON-DISRUPTIVELY DISCONNECTING A PERIPHERAL DEVICE An electronic device includes a communication bus having a physical layer for interacting with a peripheral device. The physical layer is configured to be adjacent to a link layer on the peripheral device. The electronic device further includes a connector at a junction... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100191881 | System and Method for Reserving and Provisioning IT Resources A method for reserving and provisioning IT resources comprises receiving, from a user, a request to reserve a desired configuration of IT resources. The desired configuration comprises one or more desired technical specifications and a desired reservation time having a ... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100185798 | Method and communications system for the configuration of a communications module containing a logic component The invention relates to a method according to which a cycle-oriented control program generated for a programmable logic controller (110) is at least partially converted into a code that may be executed by a logic component (80) of a communications module ... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100186021 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMMUNICATION BY ADDRESS VIRTUALIZATION FOR THE INTEGRATION SIMULATION OF COMPONENTS The invention in particular has as an object a method and a device for exchanging data between a computer and at least one expansion card of an equipment item comprising a network interface and at least one expansion card, the said computer and the said network interfac... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100174839 | MAIN BOARD SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SETTING MAIN BOARD SYSTEM A method for setting a main board system is disclosed. According to the method, a first pin setting signal is received, and a board module is determined if it is a master module or a slave module according to the received first pin setting signal. Then, a potential of a... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100169523 | Scalable method and apparatus to configure a link Disclosed herein are reconfigurable ports and methods for doing the same.... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100169545 | HOST SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF The prevent invention provides a host system and an operating method thereof. The host system comprises: a peripheral device control circuit, for controlling operation of at least a peripheral device, the peripheral device comprising an embedded micro processor; and a h... | 07/01/2010 |
