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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7225351 | Method of switching connection of a gateway card from a processor, which has entered a low power mode, to a memory for constant communication A gateway card is connected to an information processor, and receives and transmits data between different networks. The information processor has a normal power mode and a power saving mode. A switching unit connects a memory with the information processor if the i... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7225284 | Increasing the quantity of I/O decode ranges using SMI traps A method of increasing the quantity of input/output (I/O) decode ranges using system management interrupts (SMI) traps is disclosed. In one aspect, the present disclosure teaches a method of increasing the quantity of I/O decode ranges using SMI traps in a chipset i... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7225282 | Method and apparatus for a two-wire serial command bus interface A method for bi-directional transmission of data between a source and a sink over a two-wire interface includes re-mapping a data signal and a clock signal from a first local bus on the source into a different protocol signal. Transmitting the different protocol sig... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7224595 | 276-Pin buffered memory module with enhanced fault tolerance A dual inline memory module (DIMM) includes a card having a length of about 151.2 to about 151.5 millimeters, a plurality of individual local memory devices attached to the card, and a buffer device attached to the card, the buffer device configured for converting a... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7225440 | System and method for manufacturing and updating insertable portable operating system module A method and system for storing a running image of an operating system on a removable operating system module. The module is first inserted into a first computer system. The operating system is installed on the first computer, an execution of the operating system is... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7225281 | Multiprocessor infrastructure for providing flexible bandwidth allocation via multiple instantiations of separate data buses, control buses and support mechanisms A bus mechanism to control information exchanges between bus masters and bus targets over a bus structure that includes separate command, push and pull data buses. Commands are generated by bus masters and are interpreted by bus targets on a per-target basis. Each b... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7225448 | System and method for hibernating application state data on removable module A method and system for hibernating the state of executing applications on a removable module and resuming the applications at later time using the saved applications' state. After inserting the removable module into a computer system, the applications' state inform... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222268 | System resource availability manager A hierarchical, distributed Availability Management (AM) process for recovering from component failures in a data processing system. The hierarchy of AM elements track a failure modality hierarchy of the data processing system components. For example, the system hie... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7222197 | Apparatus and method for direct memory access in a hub-based memory system A memory hub for a memory module having a DMA engine for performing DMA operations in system memory. The memory hub includes a link interface for receiving memory requests for access at least one of the memory devices of the system memory, and further including a me... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7222200 | Method for synchronizing processors in SMI following a memory hot plug event A method for synchronizing processors during a system management interrupt caused from a memory hot plug event in multiple processor systems is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for synchronizing processors during an assertion of a system management interrupt (... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7222210 | System and method for memory hub-based expansion bus A system memory includes a memory hub controller, a memory module accessible by the memory hub controller, and an expansion module having a processor circuit coupled to the memory module and also having access to the memory module. The memory hub controller is coupl... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7222202 | Method for monitoring a set of semaphore registers using a limited-width test bus Certain embodiments of the invention may be found in a method and system for monitoring a set of semaphore registers using a limited-width test bus. Each semaphore register represents a separate hardware resource. The bits in a semaphore register are monitored joint... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7222262 | Methods and devices for injecting commands in systems having multiple multi-processor clusters Techniques and devices are provided for injecting transactions within computer systems having a plurality of multi-processor clusters. Each cluster includes a plurality of nodes, including processors, a service processor and an interconnection controller interconnec... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7219839 | Method for enhancing transfer rate of multimedia card using differential signal Provided is a method and apparatus for enhancing a data transfer rate by adding a new data transfer channel using a differential signal to a conventional MMC. The method includes steps of determining whether a host controller is a host controller for a high-speed mu... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7222201 | Virtual endpoint for USB devices In a USB device, virtual endpoint capability allows a number of physical endpoints in the device to support a larger number of data pipes at logical endpoints requested by the host. This is done by re-assigning physical endpoints to support the logical endpoint requ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7222213 | System and method for communicating the synchronization status of memory modules during initialization of the memory modules A memory system includes a memory hub controller coupled to a plurality of memory modules each of which includes a memory hub. The memory hub controller and the memory hubs each include at least one receiver that is synchronized to an internal clock signal during in... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7222240 | Token for storing installation software and drivers A “dual” personal key/token is disclosed. The “dual” personal key is useful for installing drivers and other command interfaces which allow the personal key to be coupled to and used with a host computer. In a first embodiment, the personal key operates as a... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7219240 | Monitor and method for controlling power-on and power-off of host computer A monitor for controlling power-on and power-off of a host computer includes a switch device, a monitoring device and a transmission device. The host computer has a processing device. The switch device is used for changing a status thereof in response to an external... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7216196 | Memory hub and method for memory system performance monitoring A memory module includes a memory hub coupled to several memory devices. The memory hub includes at least one performance counter that tracks one or more system metrics—for example, page hit rate, number or percentage of prefetch hits, cache hit rate or percentage... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7216189 | Single BIOS technique for supporting processors with and without 64-bit extensions A technique according to the invention enables a single BIOS to support processors with or without 64-bit extensions efficiently. The BIOS creates a data structure having entries that correspond to elements stored in a state save area. The state save area elements t... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7216192 | Guided configuration of data storage systems The present invention relates to systems and methods for configuring a data storage system. One method adds a Fibre Channel device to the loop by beaconing first and second ports, displaying instructions to connect a cable, receiving an indication the cable is conne... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7213082 | Memory hub and method for providing memory sequencing hints A memory module includes a memory hub coupled to several memory devices. The memory hub is also coupled to receive a memory packet from a system controller containing a memory hint indicative of the subsequent operation of the memory devices. The memory module uses ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7212538 | Differential ack processing buffer manager and method therefor Communication methods, buffer management methods, communication systems, and communication devices for mobile communications using acknowledgement-based protocols, such as TCP. Communication buffer memory includes free and committed memory, with copies of transmitte... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7212534 | Flow based congestion control A method for selectively controlling the flow of data through a network device is discussed. The network device has a plurality of ports, with each port of the plurality of ports having a plurality of priority queues. Congestion at one priority queue of the pluralit... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7209987 | Embedded system design through simplified add-on card configuration Provided are a method and a system for designing an embedded system using a design process for building a general-purpose computer. Specifically, the embedded system design includes adding and removing add-on cards as needed during the development of the embedded sy... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7210059 | System and method for on-board diagnostics of memory modules A memory hub includes an on-board diagnostic engine through which diagnostic testing and evaluation of the memory system can be performed. The memory hub includes a link interface for receiving memory requests for access to memory devices of the memory system and a ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7206887 | System and method for memory hub-based expansion bus A system memory includes a memory hub controller, a memory module accessible by the memory hub controller, and an expansion module having a processor circuit coupled to the memory module and also having access to the memory module. The memory hub controller is coupl... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206917 | Address decoding method and related apparatus by comparing mutually exclusive bit-patterns of addresses A memory address decoding method for determining if a given address is located in one of a plurality of sections. Each section has a plurality of memory units arid each memory unit has a unique corresponding address, the corresponding address using the binary system... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206929 | Method for customizing a computer system by using stored configuration parameters in a configurism mechanism The present invention is related to a method and system for customizing a computer system. According to a preferred embodiment, the method includes storing customization information for the computer system in a configuration mechanism and coupling the configuration ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206930 | Method and apparatus for reducing strapping devices A method is provided to reduce strapping devices in a computer system having at least one configurable device, which includes the following steps. A configuration value stored in a non-volatile memory is first provided. During power-up and reset of the computer syst... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206956 | Duty cycle distortion compensation for the data output of a memory device A technique for compensating for duty cycle distortion in an output data signal generated by a synchronous dynamic random access memory device (SDRAM) is provided. The output latch of the SDRAM is driven by an output clock signal generated by a delay lock loop (DLL)... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206878 | Voltage level bus protocol for transferring data A bus protocol that allows a master to transfer the same data to multiple devices at the same time. More specifically, the bus protocol uses a particular voltage level to identify whether a device should receive the data. A controller is used for programming the vol... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206960 | Bus clock frequency management based on device load A frequency manager automatically selects a clock frequency for each device or bus, or for a plurality of devices or buses, in a system, based on various factors and objectives. These factors and objectives can include optimizing performance of the devices without e... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206885 | Variable field bus coupling with long coupling length, particular for mobile operator control and monitoring devices The invention relates to a system for coupling a mobile data input unit to a field bus, whereby a coupling unit is connected to the field bus via a spur line and a line driver and the signals at the output of the line driver are supplied to a coupling link or receiv... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206867 | Method and apparatus for robust addressing on a dynamically configurable bus The invention in one embodiment is a dynamically configurable bus system, including a dynamic bus; a bus device having a first guaranteed unique identifier and a first physical address on the dynamic bus; and a bus manager having a second guaranteed unique identifie... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7207014 | Method for modular design of a computer system-on-a-chip In a computer system having a device and a communications link for communicating with the device. A method for dynamically managing power consumption by the computer system comprises associating a particular device identifier with the device. Communications are moni... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7207033 | Automatic backup and restore for configuration of a logical volume manager during software installation A process, apparatus, and system are disclosed for automatically backing up and restoring a system configuration during the installation of new software on a software device. The apparatus may be embodied as a software installation module having a pre-removal module... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206875 | Expander device capable of persistent reservations and persistent affiliations A method according to one embodiment may include creating at least one of a persistent reservation and a persistent affiliation between one or more target SATA storage devices and one or more initiator engines. Of course, many alternatives, variations, and modificat... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7203778 | Method and system for notifying clients of a specific change in a data processing system A method of notifying clients of a change in a USB including a first client requesting notification of a first change in the USB, detecting the first change in the USB, and notifying the first client requesting notification that the first change in the USB occurred.... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7203785 | Apparatus and method for parallel and serial PCI hot plug signals A method and apparatus are provided for operating a hot plug system. A first device may determine whether the system is to operate in one of a parallel mode or a serial mode. A second device may control a mode of the chipset based on the determination of the first d... | 04/10/2007 |
