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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7003608 | Method and system for automatic configuration of IDE bus devices A system and method are disclosed for automatically and correctly configuring IDE bus devices to be either master or slave devices regardless of the devices' location on an IDE cable. A modified IDE cable is described for causing an IDE device set to cable select mo... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7003591 | Configurable mapping of devices to bus functions Techniques are disclosed for enabling a single computer system to execute both operating systems that permit multiple devices to be mapped to a single PCI function and operating systems that do not permit such mapping. Prior to loading and executing an operating sys... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7003419 | Card for testing functions of card interface A card for testing functions of the card interface of an electronic device is provided. The testing card includes a converting circuit, a latch circuit, a data processor, a signal generator, an oscillation combination circuit, and a reset circuit is provided. The co... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7000037 | Large array of mass data storage devices connected to a computer by a serial link A peripheral data storage subsystem is for use with a computer system. The computer system has a host PCI bus and a serial PCI host bus adapter coupled to the host PCI bus. The peripheral data storage subsystem includes a plurality of data storage devices and a data... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6996636 | Active USB device The embodiment of the present invention provides an USB device that can be directly connected to another USB device to allow data exchange to take place without involving a use of a computer. Further, the embodiment of the invention also exploits a MP3 codec to allo... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6996731 | Method and apparatus for controlling a supply of power in an electronic apparatus using a combination of plurality of detachable units In an electronic apparatus for realizing a desired function by combining a plurality of units, a judging part judges whether a combination of the plurality of units is to realize the desired function and a power supply control part controls a supply of power from a ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6996648 | Generating notification that a new memory module has been added to a second memory slot in response to replacement of a memory module in a first memory slot A system includes memory slots to receive memory modules. In response to detecting replacement of a first memory module with a second memory module in a first memory slot, a notification is generated to indicate that a new memory module has been added to a second me... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6996508 | System and method for remote retrofit identification of energy consumption systems and components A method for remote energy consumption system retrofit identification for a facility includes receiving energy consumption data associated with the facility, generating facility data associated with the facility, and receiving external variable data associated with ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6996325 | System for creating contents information and for avoiding download errors of the contents information A method of and apparatus for creating contents in which contents information of source may be created within an authoring processing thereby to avoid a mistake from occurring when contents information is downloaded onto a server. An apparatus for creating contents ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6993618 | Dual-mode flash storage exchanger that transfers flash-card data to a removable USB flash key-drive with or without a PC host A flash-card exchanger has two modes of operation. When a host personal computer (PC) is connected to a Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) connector, the flash-card exchanger operates in a card reader mode, allowing the host to read data from removable flash-memory cards in... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6993612 | Arbitration method for a source strobed bus A hub based computer system having a central hub that communicates with a plurality of satellite devices over respective link buses. Each link bus is substantially the same and adheres to a predefined link bus protocol. The satellite devices are also connected to in... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6993601 | Interface card including selectable data transmission route modes including first transmission route mode via memory buffer and second transmission route mode not via memory buffer An interface card includes data transmission routes which allow for data transmission in a plurality of data transmission modes and a mode selection switch for selecting a data transmission mode from the plurality of modes. With the interface card, a user is able to... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6990537 | System and method for controlling multi-component communications via a bus by causing components to enter and exit a high-impedance state A method for controlling communication on a bus connecting a first processor, a second processor, and a device. The method transmits a first control signal from the first processor to the second processor via a control signal line, causing a bus connection of the se... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6990538 | System comprising a state machine controlling transition between deskew enable mode and deskew disable mode of a system FIFO memory A method and apparatus for managing a communication system including multiple links is presented. A receiver including a First-In, First-out (FIFO) memory receives information communicated on the links. A FIFO is associated with each communication link. Information ... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6988159 | Cableless embedded simplex/duplex channel SCSI implementation A small computer system interface (SCSI) system and methods of configuring/operating the SCSI system without cables. The SCSI system includes a system board, a backplane, and a cableless element configured to couple the system board to the backplane. The system boar... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6981076 | Mechanism to disable dynamically a computer audio input/output connector An apparatus and method are presented for dynamically disabling a first audio input/output (“I/O”) connector when an audio I/O device is coupled to a second audio I/O connector, locating the disablement point to reduce significantly any spurious noise coupled on... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6980735 | Camera, an image inputting apparatus, a portable terminal device, and a method for transforming the camera configuration A camera has a camera body formed in a longitudinal rectangular shape, and in the intermediate portion of the camera body, a flexion/transformation mechanism dividing the camera body into an image photographing section including a lens system for capturing an optica... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6980312 | Multifunction office device having a graphical user interface implemented with a touch screen A multifunction device includes a multifunction controller, a first interface for receiving input data from a document data source and a second interface for outputting processed input document data to a printer, and a touch screen that implements a graphical user i... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6981073 | Multiple channel data bus control for video processing A method, apparatus, computer medium, and other embodiments for selectably enabling a plurality of data transfer modes along one or more channels are described. In one embodiment, data transfer between a first device and a second device is controlled based on select... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6978321 | Floppy drive transitional system A transitional system uses two switching circuits to receive the same selection signal generated by an OR gate. This selection signal switches the two switch circuits and thereby assigns the floppy disc controller to connect to the corresponding bay connectors in ac... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6978157 | System and method to control a third item of equipment using a SIM card, via a radio communication module, corresponding radio communication module and third item of equipment The invention relates to a radiocommunication module (2), of the type cooperating with a SIM card (1) in the form of at least one first SIM Application Toolkit dialogue. According to the invention, said module also cooperates with third item of equipme... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6978310 | Media-on-demand catalog viewing preference system The invention can be viewed as a system for providing media information to a user via an interactive media services client device coupled to a programmable television services server device. A method of the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes rece... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6978012 | Echo cancellation using a variable offset comparator An echo cancellation circuit includes a variable offset comparator whose input is coupled to receive a transmission line analog signal level. The comparator has a substantially variable offset that is digitally controllable to represent an implied, variable referenc... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6978339 | Communication system and method of controlling same Cancellation of transmission of print data from a host computer to a printer is implemented under a USB Printer Class protocol without increasing the burden upon a printer on the receiving side. Specifically, when the host computer issues a transmit-abort request to... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6978320 | Multifunctional input device for centralized control of plurality of actuator drive characteristics have function feel library The multifunctional input device is configured of an operating unit; a first detector and a second detector for detecting an operating state of the operating unit; an actuator for providing an external force to the operating unit; a controller for exchanging signals... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6978465 | Control of device-driver persistency In a server having several network-interface cards each under control of a corresponding device driver, a method for controlling persistency of a device driver in memory includes determining whether an intermediate driver present in memory. If so then the device dri... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6976179 | Power management in mobile computer for allocating power to peripheral device when version of expansion port may support second amount of power The present invention introduces a power management system interface for a mobile computer system. The power management system interface allows peripheral devices to query the present power situation before activating peripheral devices that will draw power. Further... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6976216 | Computer system with remote key press events directed to a first application program and local key press events directed to a second application program Computer software allowing enhanced control of the playout of audio/video works on a computer system. In various embodiments, the software allows key events from dedicated audio/video keys, whether part of a full sized keyboard or on a hand held remote, to control t... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6976079 | System and method for upgrading software in a distributed computer system A method for upgrading one of several computer programs stored on an application server in a distributed computing environment while permitting the application server to continue to service requests for other computer programs. In accordance with the method, the app... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6976118 | Method and system for programming FPGAs on PC-cards without additional hardware Programming or updating hardware electronic circuits without manually accessing the circuits is dislcosed. The circuit arrangement includes an EEPROM device, a FPGA device which is accessible via a computer bus system and a MUX element connected between said devices... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6973566 | Software modem with privileged mode oversight of control parameters A communications system includes a physical layer hardware unit and a processing unit. The physical layer hardware unit is adapted to communicate data over a communications channel in accordance with assigned transmission parameters. The physical layer hardware unit... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6973360 | Portable computer system with a rotatable plate for playing multimedia data directly A portable computer system with a rotatable plate for playing multimedia data directly includes a rotatable plate pivotally arranged at one side of the portable computer and a multimedia-processing device arranged on the rotatable plate and on the mainframe correspo... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6970951 | Method and device for providing and external interface using a programmed configuration bit in flash memory An external interface for a microprocessor system uses a programmed configuration bit to establish the functionality of a computer port, which improves external interface data transfer speed and input/output power consumption. In particular, the configuration bit al... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6970955 | Power off method for wireless peripheral device A power off method for a wireless device is proposed. A battery is installed in the wireless device as the power supply. When the power source is connected to the wireless device, an identification process is conducted between the wireless device and the wireless re... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6970954 | System and method for intercepting and evaluating commands to determine if commands are harmful or benign and to emulate harmful commands Systems, methods, and devices for nondestructive data transfer are disclosed. A method comprises monitoring commands directed to a storage device and evaluating the commands to determine whether the commands are harmful or benign. Benign commands are presented to th... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6966488 | Card payment method for service charge concerning to physical distribution or transportation A portable card reader 22 reads data from a credit card 20 issued by an account settlement institution, transmits the data for the card and the data for a service charge to the account settlement institution. When the account settlement institution rec... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6965956 | Disk array controller and system with automated detection and control of both ATA and SCSI disk drives A disk array controller detects whether each drive it is connected to is an ATA drive or a SCSI drive, and communicates with that disk drive using the corresponding protocol. Preferably, the disk array controller supports both the Serial ATA interface specification ... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6965950 | Signal input and output apparatus that discriminates between plurality of different devices each issuing unique control signals substantially simultaneously through single transmission path In order to propose a signal input and output apparatus for changing over control depending on a detection result by discriminating the type of signals when signals of two or more types are passed in the same signal line, a signal input and output apparatus comprise... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6965398 | Internet camera An Internet camera, which operates in accordance with parameters contained in configuration data, is provided with a storage that stores the configuration data, a network interface for connecting the Internet with a predetermined site on the Internet. The Internet c... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6963984 | Computer power supply startup apparatus In order to turn on the main power unit, when it is off, of a computer in a turned-off state from a keyboard, power is supplied from an auxiliary power unit to a USB controller on the keyboard unit side and a power supply startup unit on the computer side, and on th... | 11/08/2005 |
