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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180948 | Two-wire loop process IO transmitter powered from the two-wire loop A two-wire process input-output (“IO”) transmitter powered by a two-wire process loop and configured as a single transmitter. The transmitter including a gateway module and at least one local IO module. The gateway module including a first circuit configured to ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180947 | USB on-the-go controller A USB (Universal Serial Bus) controller technique for implementing OTG (On-The-Go) functionality is provided. The device may have an EHCI (Enhanced Host Controller Interface) compliant host control unit, and an OTG control unit to implement an OTG state machine part... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176229 | Hypertransport/SPI-4 interface supporting configurable deskewing A dual mode digital interface supports the HyperTransport Standard and at least one other interface standard. The dual mode digital interface includes a plurality of data line deskew/sampling blocks, a data group deskew module, and an enablement control module. The ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8166227 | Apparatus for processing peripheral component interconnect express protocol An apparatus for processing a PCI Express protocol, includes: a PCI Express transaction layer reception unit for transmitting status information, and performing a data writing operation; a PCI Express data link layer transmission unit for creating a flow control pac... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161221 | Storage system provided with function for detecting write completion It is an object to prevent a processing speed of the storage system provided with a function for detecting a write completion of data from being reduced. A controller module is provided with at least one processor module, at least one storage resource, and at... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8140733 | Secure external computer hub Secure external hubs for coupling peripheral devices to host computers are disclosed. Each peripheral device includes device identification (ID). Peripheral devices may be securely coupled to a host computer by designating authorized device IDs in response to an adm... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8131908 | Wireless universal serial bus system and driving method thereof Disclosed is a wireless universal serial bus system that includes a device; a first host communicating with the device according to a wireless universal serial bus protocol; and a second host communicating with the device according to a wireless universal serial bus... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8108584 | Use of completer knowledge of memory region ordering requirements to modify transaction attributes A method and system of relaxing the ordering of a read completion by setting an ordering attribute in the read completion. The relaxed ordering allows the read completion to bypass pending writes. ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8090894 | Architectures for supporting communication and access between multiple host devices and one or more common functions A controller circuit can provide communication paths between multiple host devices and at least one function interface (I/F), where a function I/F can allow access to a predetermined circuit function. The controller circuit can include an endpoint buffer circuit hav... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8065462 | Data communication interface and communication devices incorporating same A communication interface facilitates connection of a plurality of wireless USB compatible hosts with at least a WUSB device in a wireless USB environment at the same time. The communication interface includes a host detector that detects the presence of an active h... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8055831 | Computer system for supplying electric power to external apparatus and control method thereof A computer system includes multiple ports to which at least one external device is connected and which are connectable to multiple power supplying lines branched from a power supplying line for supplying electric power to the at least one external device; a switchin... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8046517 | Data processing method and device for inputting data to pieces of digital equipment A first device is provided with a communicator having a first interface function and a second interface function defined in an asymmetric interface standard. A second device is connected to the first device. The first device detects whether the second device has at ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8046518 | USB isochronous data transfer for a host based laser printer A system, method, and processor executable instructions to isochronously communicate in standard USB mode laser printer scan data from a host computer to a laser printer. The host computer transmits a data stream that includes data packets having laser printer scan ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8041873 | Multiple module computer system and method including differential signal channel comprising unidirectional serial bit channels to transmit encoded peripheral component interconnect bus transaction data A computer system for multi-processing purposes. The computer system has a console comprising a first coupling site and a second coupling site. Each coupling site comprises a connector. The console is an enclosure that is capable of housing each coupling site. The s... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8037230 | Providing a peripheral component interconnect (PCI)-compatible transaction level protocol for a system on a chip (SoC) In one embodiment, the present invention includes an apparatus having an adapter to communicate according to a personal computer (PC) protocol and a second protocol. A first interface coupled to the adapter is to perform address translation and ordering of transacti... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8010731 | Integrating non-peripheral component interconnect (PCI) resource into a personal computer system In one embodiment, the present invention includes an apparatus having an adapter to communicate according to a personal computer (PC) protocol and a second protocol. A first interface coupled to the adapter is to perform address translation and ordering of transacti... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8006023 | Driver based wireless USB Wireless USB connection techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) device includes one or more modules configured to communicate data over a wireless USB connection to another USB device. The wireless USB connection is imp... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7996596 | Multiple minicard interface system and method thereof A system includes a minicard socket, a controller, a south bridge, and a differential multiplexer. The minicard socket is configured to receive a plurality of types of minicards. The controller is in communication with the minicard socket, and is configured to deter... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7984226 | Method for sensing and auto switching between two USB input ports to a single port on the PDA Routing circuitry for automatically routing either a first set of USB signals derived from an Ethernet local area network (LAN) at an Ethernet connector or a second set of USB signals derived from a USB host at a USB connector to an output connector which can interf... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7975091 | Information processor capable of supplying power to an electronic device connected thereto According to one embodiment, an information processor has: an input/output module configured to input/output a data signal through a data signal line; a first voltage supply module configured to supply a first differential signal pair; a second voltage supply module... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7970978 | SSD with SATA and USB interfaces In one embodiment, a data storage system, includes a controller and a plurality of solid state memory devices each including at least one memory unit. The controller includes a data interface of a first type, a data interface of a second type, and a first serial dat... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7966441 | Interfacing apparatus and method using a single predetermined communication protocol for accessing remote peripheral devices that use different communication protocols A server having remote peripheral device access functions for accessing different types of peripheral devices located on a remote host, such as USB, SATA and IDE devices. The remote device access function is implemented in the IPMI section of the server. The IPMI se... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7925814 | Dynamically configurable high speed interconnect using a nonlinear element A dynamically configurable logic gate includes an input summer for receiving a first input signal and a second input signal to generate a summed input signal. Further the dynamically configurable logic gate includes a nonlinear element that applies a nonlinear funct... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921254 | Wireless universal serial bus system and driving method thereof Disclosed is a wireless universal serial bus system that includes a device; a first host communicating with the device according to a wireless universal serial bus protocol; and a second host communicating with the device according to a wireless universal serial bus... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7913024 | Differentiating traffic types in a multi-root PCI express environment Mechanisms for differentiating traffic types in a multi-root PCI Express environment are provided. The mechanisms generate a first mapping data structure that, for each single-root virtual hierarchy in the multi-root data processing system, associates a plurality of... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7908421 | Universal serial bus endpoint context caching According to some embodiments, an apparatus may be capable of exchanging information with t potential universal serial bus endpoints, where t is an integer greater than 1. Moreover, x endpoint state machines may be established, where x is an integer greater than 1 a... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7904630 | Bus-connected device with platform-neutral layers A bus-connected device includes a data storage element, a physical layer and a controller. The data storage element stores user data and multiple adaptations for multiple platform protocols. The physical layer uses at least a portion of a selected one of the multipl... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7899970 | Connectivity hub with a stationary base station and a removable second hub A connectivity hub enabling multiple peripheral devices to be connected with a computer includes a stationary base station functioning as a connectivity hub and a removable connectivity hub functioning by itself as a travel connectivity hub. The removable travel hub... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7895386 | USB interface provided with host/device function and its control method A USB interface provided with USB host/device function and its control method is disclosed. The USB interface includes a control unit, a USB host, a USB device, a memory, a port router and a plurality of connection ports. The control unit is used to define the conne... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7889487 | Portable computer and hinge mechanism thereof A portable computer and a hinge mechanism thereof are provided. The portable computer includes a display screen, a host and a hinge mechanism. The hinge mechanism is connected with the display screen and the host. The hinge mechanism is used for rotating the display... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7886105 | Combined fibre channel and SAS host bus adapter Apparatus, systems, and methods for coupling Fiber Channel (FC) storage devices and serial attached SCSI (SAS) storage device to a computer system through a single host bus adapter (HBA). The HBA includes a SAS storage controller four coupling to one or more SAS sto... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7882297 | Serial bus hub with low power devices Serial bus hub with one or more low power devices. The serial bus hub may include at least one upstream port for coupling to a host system. The serial bus hub may include one or more downstream ports for coupling to peripheral devices. The serial bus hub may include... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7873774 | Connections and dynamic configuration of interfaces for mobile phones and multifunctional devices An apparatus and method in a mobile device having a digital application-specific integrated circuit (DASIC) and a multifunctional integrated circuit (chip) providing additional functions to the mobile device. An internal Universal Serial Bus (USB) link connects the ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7861027 | Providing a peripheral component interconnect (PCI)-compatible transaction level protocol for a system on a chip (SoC) In one embodiment, the present invention includes an apparatus having an adapter to communicate according to a personal computer (PC) protocol and a second protocol. A first interface coupled to the adapter is to perform address translation and ordering of transacti... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7849252 | Providing a prefix for a packet header In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for generating a prefix header with an opcode field and a prefix specific field for a first packet to be transmitted from a transmitter, and transmitting the packet from the transmitter with the prefix heade... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7849251 | Hardware assisted endpoint idleness detection for USB host controllers In some embodiments, an electronic apparatus comprises at least one memory module, and a universal serial bus (USB) host controller coupled to the memory, wherein the USB host controller implements hardware assisted idleness endpoint detection. ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7844770 | Hub structure for enabling communication with a large number of handheld electronic devices A system for maintaining a large number of Handheld Electronic Devices (HEDs) includes a drawer having a divider structure configured to define compartments that are sized to hold the HEDs while the HEDs are stored in the drawer. A 20 port USB hub is provided in the... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7836241 | Electronic apparatus having switching unit An electronic apparatus having switching unit is described. The electronic apparatus includes a first peripheral device, a second peripheral device and a switching unit. The first peripheral device communicates with the host unit. The second peripheral device commun... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7831758 | Accelerating input/output (IO) throughput on solid-state memory-based mass storage device In one embodiment, a portable mass storage device may include a bus hub having a first port to couple to a bus and other ports to connect to multiple multi-channel memory controllers, where each memory controller is coupled to multiple non-volatile storage arrays, a... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7827344 | Interface adapter for a portable media player device A “smart cable” that connects one or more peripheral devices to a digital media player having multiple, different types of input and/or output connections. ... | 11/02/2010 |
