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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190805 | Information processing apparatus and method for reconfiguring the information processing apparatus The method for reconfiguring an information processing apparatus includes: transmitting, by the system management unit, a register setting request to set a register included in the control unit to a predetermined value to all of the system boards within the informat... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8176228 | Quick port-switching method and associated apparatus A quick port-switching method and associated apparatus are provided. A quick port-switching display control circuit includes a display controller, a first TMDS port, a second TMDS port and an analog video port. The display controller has a first GPIO pin and a secon... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8161218 | Network adapter, method, and computer program product A network adapter for plugging into a host computer is provided. The network adapter may include an internal memory and connection means for connecting the host computer to a communications network. The network adapter may include resident application software store... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8032682 | System and method for device resource allocation and re-balance In at least one embodiment, an apparatus for providing resources from a plurality of on-board device nodes to a hot-plugged device node in a computer is provided. The apparatus comprises a resource manager configured to receive a resource request over a bus system i... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8001313 | Insertion and removal of computing cards in server I/O slots A switch is provided that detects when a computer expansion card has been added, removed or changed. During operation, the switch is held in a depressed position by contact with a card. If the card is removed, the switch is raised and, when a second card is installe... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7984220 | Exception tracking A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that, in an embodiment, log trace data in response to an exception if the exception meets a filter criteria and create quality data from the trace data if a class in a call stack associated with the exception is... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7975088 | Connection detecting information processing apparatus An information processing apparatus configured to connect an external device in conformity with a predetermined interface specification, includes: a control LSI configured to control signal output to an external device effectively connected; and a CPU configured to ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7970974 | Method and system for adding or removing a logical unit of a USB mass storage device A method and apparatus for adding or removing a logical unit of a mass storage device connected to a host computer through a universal serial bus (USB) interface are provided. The method may comprise: dynamically managing a logical unit table associated with the log... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7937515 | Systems and methods for performing a hot input function A computer software system is disclosed for facilitating a user's replacement or insertion of devices in a computer server network system. The system allows a user to swap or add peripheral devices while the system is running, or in a “hot” condition, with littl... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7917678 | Method and apparatus for frame buffer management Methods and apparatuses for dynamic virtual frame buffer management. At least one embodiment of the present invention dynamically enables or disables the use of a virtual frame buffer, which is not under control of graphics hardware of a data processing system, with... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7908418 | Storage system, storage device, and host device Provided is a storage system including a host device and a storage device connected to the host device through multiple paths and configured to perform hot-swap of firmware. The host device generates and sends an inquiry command to inquire about whether to allow fir... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7844768 | Blade server system and method of managing same Each chassis includes a back plane having a plurality of slots and a CPU blade server and CMMs which are inserted in the slots, respectively. The back plane has a storage unit storing a housing number for identifying the housing, in-housing chassis numbers for ident... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7840738 | Connector system Devices, systems and methods for providing a connector system are disclosed. The exemplary device may have system and device flow contacts on the system and device connectors, respectively. A first set contacts and a second set of contacts may be electrically connec... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7840739 | UPNP control point and method of handling UPNP control request Provided is a technique for preventing a loss by storing a universal plug and play (UPnP) control request and delaying handling of the UPnP control request. A method of handling a UPnP control request in a UPnP control point includes storing a UPnP control request t... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7836238 | Hot-plug/remove of a new component in a running PCIe fabric Mechanisms for hot-plug/remove of a new component in a running communication fabric, such as a PCIe fabric, are provided. With these mechanisms, the addition of a new component in the fabric is detected and an event is sent to a multiple root fabric configuration ma... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7822900 | Apparatus and method for enumeration of processors during hot-plug of a compute node An apparatus and method for enumeration of processors during hot-plug of a compute node are described. The method includes the enumeration, in response to a hot-plug reset, of one or more processors. The enumeration is provided to a system architecture operating sys... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7814255 | Multi-interface multi-channel modular hot plug I/O expansion A device includes a connector having first and second signal pins adapted to, when the connector is being connected to a mating connector of another device, make a first connection using the first signal pin prior to making a second connection using the second signa... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7814254 | Mode setting method and system in hot plug of PCI device The invention is to provide a mode setting method and a system including a PCI bus in the hot plug of a PCI device which is capable of supporting a platform unique function for a PCI device that is hot-added. Therefore, in a system including a PCI bus according to a... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7765353 | Simple identification of low-level signals between circuit cards A method and apparatus are provided for conveying low level signals from a first circuit card to a second circuit card. The low level signals are encoded using a simple integer value N, and the low level signals are then communicated to the second circuit card as a ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7757030 | Simulating hardware dynamic partitioning capabilities A system and method for providing DP capabilities on a computer system is provided. The DP capabilities include hot-add and hot-replace of various hardware components such as a processor, memory, and an I/O device to the computer system. The namespace of the hardwar... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7711883 | Apparatus for performing plug and play, digital A/V system using the same and method thereof An apparatus for performing a plug and play function, a digital image processing system using the same, and a method thereof are provided. The apparatus includes: a device searching module for searching a connected device; a connection state analyzing module for det... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7698490 | Passive USB power configuration switching A system for a universal serial bus (USB) device to perform power configuration to operate with a USB host. A connection to the USB host is enabled. Then a high-power configuration is reported to the USB host and successful enumeration by the USB host is monitored f... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7685349 | Modules and backplanes Embodiments of a module and backplane are presented herein. ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7685348 | Dedicated server management card with hot swap functionality A server system includes a plurality of printed circuit assemblies including at least one host processor card. A management card is coupled to the plurality of printed circuit assemblies. The management card is dedicated to monitoring and managing operation of the s... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7673090 | Hot plug interface control method and apparatus Hot plug modules comprising processors, memory, and/or I/O hubs may be added to and removed from a running computing device without rebooting the running computing device. The hot plug modules and computing device comprise hot plug interfaces that support hot plug a... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7657686 | Method and apparatus for frame buffer management Methods and apparatuses for dynamic virtual frame buffer management. At least one embodiment of the present invention dynamically enables or disables the use of a virtual frame buffer, which is not under control of graphics hardware of a data processing system, with... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7644217 | Detecting connection to a USB host or hub without using an extra status input A low power Universal Serial Bus (USB) capable device uses a weak pull-up resistance that is coupled to at least one data line of the USB for detection of when the USB capable device is connected to a USB host or hub. When the USB capable device is not connected to ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7644218 | Multifunction semiconductor storage device and a method for booting-up computer host A semiconductor storage device connected to the host system through the general purpose interface, including a semiconductor storage media module (1) and a controller module (2), in which the controller module (2) consists of a general purpose i... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7610429 | Method and system for determining device criticality in a computer configuration A method for determining the criticality of a device in a multi-path computer configuration comprising the steps of: traversing a directed acyclic graph representing a platform hierarchy; and determining paths within the directed acyclic graph affected by the remova... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7590786 | Server system and signal processing unit, server, and chassis thereof A server system includes at least one server, a signal processing unit that enables to operate said at least one server with a set of console, and a chassis having slots and a circuit board, said at least one server or the signal processing unit being attachable and... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7565473 | Semiconductor integrated circuit and electronic equipment In a semiconductor integrated circuit, a detection confirmation circuit sets the logical level of a second signal according to the logical level of a first signal observed after a lapse of a predetermined time since detection of insertion/removal of a cable for peri... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7552262 | Integration of an operative standalone router into a multi-chassis router A standalone router is integrated into a multi-chassis router. Integrating the standalone router into a multi-chassis router requires replacing switch cards in the standalone router with multi-chassis switch cards. The multi-chassis switch cards forward packets to a... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7552263 | Portable computer and method of controlling the same Embodiments of a method and apparatus for controlling a personal computer are provided that can stably engage and disengage a bay device to a single IDE channel coupled to a main memory. An embodiment of a portable computer can include an integrated drive electronic... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7549006 | Structure of object stacks for driver A structure of object stacks for driver with hot plug function is provided, wherein the hot plug function is with serial ATA device, which can be supported by standard IDE driver. The structure comprises a bus device stack, at least one port device stack and at leas... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7539808 | Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and program An information processing apparatus includes a port that connects a peripheral apparatus to the information processing apparatus through a USB, a first switch that interrupts supply of a power to the peripheral apparatus through the port under an OS control, a secon... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7533208 | Hot plug control apparatus and method An apparatus for controlling a hot plug bus slot on a bus has an input for receiving a set of float signals (i.e., the set may have one or more float signals), and a driver having an output electrically couplable with the bus. The apparatus also has float logic oper... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7523241 | Hot-plug signal detecting apparatus, source device and repeater device There is provided a hot-plug signal detecting apparatus capable of surely detecting change of a hot plug signal without increasing load on a transmission processing unit. A hot plug signal from a sink device is inputted to an AD input terminal of a controller, the h... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7519756 | Method and apparatus for controlling connections of PC cards and a passive-card-adapting card used for connecting one of the PC cards to the apparatus A PC card control apparatus includes a PC card connector, a card detector and an interconnection switching circuit. The PC card connector is configured to provide connections for connecting one of a first PC card compliant with specific card standards and a card-ada... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7506093 | Apparatus and method for converting 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... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7500040 | Method for synchronizing processors 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 (... | 03/03/2009 |
