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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7797471 | Method and system for transferring album artwork between a media player and an accessory A method, system, and connector interface for transferring album artwork between a media player and an accessory. The method comprises obtaining, by the accessory, artwork information associated with album artwork from the media player; and obtaining, by the accesso... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7779185 | Communication between a media player and an accessory using a protocol with multiple lingoes An interface and protocol allow a media player to communicate with external accessories over a transport link. The protocol includes a core protocol functionality and a number of accessory lingoes. Examples of accessory lingoes include a microphone lingo, a simple r... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7765348 | Configurable two-wire interface module A telecommunications system and constituent two-wire interface module. The two wire interface module includes a logic component configured to communicate over the same pair of wires using different two-wire interface protocols depending on an input signal presented ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7761630 | Application programming interface for fusion message passing technology A data-processing system and method are disclosed, which generally includes a plurality of components connected to a bus within a data-processing apparatus utilizing one or more input/output interfaces (e.g., IOCTL) in communication with the bus. A dynamic interface... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7761631 | Data processing system, method and interconnect fabric supporting destination data tagging A data processing system includes a plurality of communication links and a plurality of processing units including a local master processing unit. The local master processing unit includes interconnect logic that couples the processing unit to one or more of the plu... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7757026 | Techniques for transferring status information between an accessory and a multi-communication device A connector interface system for a communication device is disclosed. The interface includes a docking connector. The docking connector includes first make/last break contacts that minimize internal damage to the internal electronics. The docking connector also incl... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7752363 | Signal generating circuit and related method for activating physical channel between host and peripheral device A signal generating circuit of a peripheral device for sending a frame information structure (FIS) to a host via a serial transmission channel to change a busy bit representing the state of the peripheral device. The signal generating circuit includes a trigger gene... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7739435 | System and method for enhancing I2C bus data rate A system for, and method of, enhancing I2C bus data rate and an electronic assembly including the system or the method. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) a modulus register associable with a slave device and configured to contain a modulus and (2) data tra... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7721030 | Method and device for connecting sensors or actuators to a bus system A method for connecting at least one sensor or actuator to a time-controlled bus system, the sensor or actuator carrying out a signal processing in at least two phases, the signal processing in a first phase taking place at a higher speed than in a second phase, the... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7721031 | PCI express link state management system and method thereof A PCI Express link state management system and method thereof is disclosed. The PCI Express link state management system includes an upstream device, a downstream device and a link. The upstream device outputs a configuration request to the downstream device to chan... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7702833 | Techniques for transferring information between an accessory and a multi-communication device A connector interface system for a communication device is disclosed. The interface includes a docking connector. The docking connector includes first make/last break contacts that minimize internal damage to the internal electronics. The docking connector also incl... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7702832 | Low power and low pin count bi-directional dual data rate device interconnect interface A simple clock source synchronous DDR data transfer mechanism may be combined with static bus state signaling to replace a complex bus (e.g. USB) with an easy to implement digital serial interconnect bus. This may eliminate various pull-up/pull-down resistors requir... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7685343 | Data access method for serial bus A data access method for serial bus is provided. During a write/read cycle, the write/read cycle is divided into a plurality of transmitting intervals and a plurality of suspending intervals. In each of the transmitting intervals, a clock signal is transmitted on a ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7676616 | Method, apparatus and program storage device for providing asynchronous status messaging in a data storage system A method, apparatus and program storage device for providing asynchronous status messaging in a data storage system Asynchronous events are returned from a target to an initiator in response to a Read Message from the initiator. The return status message may or may ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7676617 | Posted memory write verification A method for verifying the proper communication of data packets from an initiator device on a PCIe data bus to a target device on the data bus. A target-specific counter on the initiator is synchronized to an initiator-specific counter on the target with the same va... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7673083 | Method and system for controlling video selection and playback in a portable media player A method and system in accordance with the present invention provides a system that allows a portable media player to control settings of the portable media player when receiving video from an accessory, to control playback of the portable media player, and to provi... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7664897 | Method and apparatus for communicating over a resource interconnect A resource interconnect architecture and associated descriptor protocol provides more efficient communication between different resources in a data processing system. One embodiment uses a backdoor interconnect that allows some resources to communicate without using... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7664896 | Expedited completion done messages, method and apparatus A method to provide more opportunities to close a connection in an orderly fashion and avoid abrupt break of the connection. A device and a system operable to practice such as method. ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7657679 | Packet processing systems and methods Packet processing system and method embodiments implemented in a peripheral component interconnect-express (PCIE) compliant system are disclosed. One method embodiment, among others, comprises receiving a packet having at least a first type of data and a second type... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7647441 | Communications system and method with multilevel connection identification An embodiment includes a communication medium coupled to a plurality of the functional blocks in an integrated circuit. Three or more of the initiator functional blocks communicate with a target functional block by sending requests having an associated identifier to... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7634602 | Bus system with few control lines A bus system includes a bus and first and second bus interfaces, along with at least one data line that transmits data between the first and second bus interfaces. The bus system also includes first and second bus control devices, where the first bus control device ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7631126 | System and method for interfacing an electronic device with a host system The invention relates to a system and method for controlling interfacing parameters for a device when connected to a host is provided. The method comprises: monitoring for an initial connection by the device to the host; then, while the device is establishing the co... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7631127 | Methods and systems for varying bus frequencies The present invention provides a method for receiving an instruction for varying the bus frequency from a current bus frequency to a new frequency. The method may include storing a group of parameters corresponding to a second frequency, disabling a link connected t... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7631128 | Protocol controller for a data storage system A data storage system having protocol controller for converting packets between PCIE format used by a storage processor and Rapid IO format used by a packet switching network. The controller includes a PCIE end point for transferring atomic operation (DSA) requests,... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7627704 | Communication interface for an electronic device A mobile telephone handset is provided with a connector (8) and circuitry (18, 19) which permits universal serial bus (USB) and single-ended (SE) modes of data transmission with another device such as a personal computer, another mobile telephone hands... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7594052 | Integrated circuit and method of communication service mapping An integrated circuit, comprising a plurality of processing modules (M, S) is provided, wherein at least one first of said processing modules (M) requests at least one communication service to at least one second processing module (S) based on specific communication... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7590783 | Method and system for transferring status information between a media player and an accessory A method, system, and connector interface for transferring status information between a media player and an accessory. The method includes determining, by the accessory, when a button event occurs; and transmitting, by the accessory, at least one button status comma... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7587540 | Techniques for transferring status information between an accessory and a multi-communication device A connector interface system for a communication device is disclosed. The interface includes a docking connector. The docking connector includes first make/last break contacts that minimize internal damage to the internal electronics. The docking connector also incl... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7571269 | Covert channel for conveying supplemental messages in a protocol-defined link for a system of storage devices Disclosed are communication apparatus, a SATA communication device, a system, an enhanced port multiplier and a method for, among other things, establishing a covert communication channel in a protocol-compliant link. In one embodiment, a communication apparatus inc... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7568059 | Low-power reconfigurable architecture for simultaneous implementation of distinct communication standards A chip architecture for use in processing signals encoded in accordance with any one of a plurality of communication protocols each defined by a series of algorithms is disclosed. The chip architecture comprises a plurality of megafunctions, each in the form of reus... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7565469 | Multimedia card interface method, computer program product and apparatus A method to communicate data from a first unit to a second unit over a bus includes initiating an n-block data transfer, where n>1; for a first n−1 data blocks transferred from the first unit to the second unit, controlling a status signal generated by the second ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7558894 | Method and system for controlling power provided to an accessory A method for a portable media player to control power provided an accessory is disclosed. The method includes requesting information about the power capabilities of the accessory by the portable media player. The method further includes providing information about t... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7552258 | Method and system for extending the functionality of an embedded USB transceiver interface to handle threshold shift of a USB 2.0 bus during high-speed chirp Methods and systems for extending the functionality of an embedded Universal Serial Bus (USB) transceiver interface to handle threshold shift of a USB 2.0 bus during high-speed chirp are presented. A method for a transceiver of a host coupled by a USB 2.0 bus to a d... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7543092 | Signal processing system for reducing power consumption A system for data communication purposes in electronic devices comprises a data bus comprising first, second, third and forth signal paths. A first control means generates a first state of a control signal in the presence of a clock signal in a first mode of operati... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7543093 | Method and system for stream burst data transfer The method and system for data transfer between the master device and the slave device through the bus are presented. It includes arbitrating the requests of bus usage from the master device; the master device obtained the authorization by arbitrating transfers the ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7536491 | System, method and apparatus for multiple-protocol-accessible OSD storage subsystem An apparatus, system, and method enable access to a storage system by distinguishing SCSI Object-Based Storage Device Commands (OSD) commands from block-based SCSI commands on the same port and storage subsystem. The storage subsystem has the capability of identifyi... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7529872 | Communication between an accessory and a media player using a protocol with multiple lingoes A connector interface system is disclosed. The connector interface system includes an interface and a protocol in communication with which allows a media player to communicate with external accessories over a transport link. The protocol includes a core protocol fun... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7529871 | Communication between an accessory and a media player with multiple protocol versions A connector interface system is disclosed. The connector interface system includes an interface and a protocol in communication with which allows a media player to communicate with external devices over a transport link. The protocol includes a core protocol functio... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7529870 | Communication between an accessory and a media player with multiple lingoes A connector interface system is disclosed. The connector interface system includes an interface and a protocol in communication with which allows a media player to communicate with external devices over a transport link. The protocol includes a core protocol functio... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7526588 | Communication between an accessory and a media player using a protocol with multiple lingoes A connector interface system is disclosed. The connector interface system includes an interface and a protocol in communication with which allows a media player to communicate with external devices over a transport link. The protocol includes a core protocol functio... | 04/28/2009 |
