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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8135881 | Dynamically configurable serial data communication interface A serial peripheral interface (SPI) controller can be configured in response to data received via the interface. The SPI controller can perform read and write operations upon registers of a register bank in response to signals received via one or more of a data sign... | 03/13/2012 |
| 7941577 | Association of host translations that are associated to an access control level on a PCI bridge that supports virtualization A method, computer program product, and distributed data processing system that allows a system image within a multiple system image virtual server to directly expose a portion, or all, of its associated system memory to a shared PCI adapter without having to go thr... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7873758 | Cellular phone and portable storage device using the same A cellular phone. The cellular phone comprises a connector, a first memory module, a second memory module, and a controller. The connector is used for physically connecting the cellular phone to an external device. The first memory module stores phone data. The seco... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7779176 | System and method of multiple controller control management of shared peripheral circuits A system and method for control management of shared peripheral circuits by a plurality of controllers is provided. Control of the peripherals is mediated through a shared signal controller which uses mask registers to ensure that only one controller may control a p... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7730236 | Cellular phone and portable storage device using the same A cellular phone. The cellular phone comprises a connector, a first memory module, a second memory module, and a controller. The connector is used for physically connecting the cellular phone to an external device. The first memory module stores phone data. The seco... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7587531 | Multiple logical input/output subsystem facility An input/output subsystem is configured as a plurality of input/output subsystem images, each of which appears to a program as an independent input/output subsystem. An input/output subsystem image is identified by an input/output subsystem image identifier, which i... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7516252 | Port binding scheme to create virtual host bus adapter in a virtualized multi-operating system platform environment Some embodiments include apparatus and method to allocate ports of host bus adapters in computer systems to multiple operating systems in the computer systems. Other embodiments are described and claimed. ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7502878 | Method and apparatus for switching USB devices between multiple USB hosts A hub switch allows a high-speed USB peripheral or set of peripherals to be shared between multiple USB hosts. Multiple USB ports are configured to connect to different USB peripheral devices and USB hosts. Switching logic is located between at least some of the USB... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7428600 | Data transfer control device, electronic equipment, and data transfer control method When transfer condition information is set and the start of automatic control transfer is instructed, a transfer controller (host controller) automatically issues a setup stage transaction and automatically transfers a setup stage packet, then, if there is data to b... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426607 | Memory system and method of operating memory system A random access memory system has a memory controller, a first memory device, a second memory device, and a memory bus. The memory controller is configured to control access to a plurality of memory devices. The memory bus is configured to alternatively couple the m... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7415563 | Method and system for allowing a media player to determine if it supports the capabilities of an accessory A method and system for allowing a media player to determine if it supports the capabilities of an accessory are disclosed. The method and system comprise requesting information about the capabilities of the accessory by the media player and providing information ab... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7409470 | Determining configuration data in connection with dynamic RDF Dynamically creating a communication path between first and second storage devices, includes creating a connection to a source volume on the first storage device and indicating that the source volume is not ready to transmit data on the communication path, after suc... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7398328 | Native virtualization on a partially trusted adapter using PCI host bus, device, and function number for identification A mechanism that allows a single physical I/O adapter, such as a PCI, PCI-X, or PCI-E adapter, to perform I/O transactions using the PCI host bus, device, and function numbers to validate that an I/O transaction originated from the proper host is provided. Additiona... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7398337 | Association of host translations that are associated to an access control level on a PCI bridge that supports virtualization A method, computer program product, and distributed data processing system that allows a system image within a multiple system image virtual server to directly expose a portion, or all, of its associated system memory to a shared PCI adapter without having to go thr... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7395393 | Storage control system A storage control system has a host computer having one or more initiators; a storage controller having one or more targets and storage areas, and also having a security property for defining access relationships between the targets and the storage areas; and a mana... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7389327 | Control and monitoring system for power system The object of the present invention is to make information necessary for judging whether control output is possible closer to the latest information than in the conventional method or made the latest, and shorten the time from control start to control execution. In ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7386637 | System, method, and computer program product for a fully trusted adapter validation of incoming memory mapped I/O operations on a physical adapter that supports virtual adapters or virtual resources A method, computer program product, and distributed data processing system that allows a single physical I/O adapter to validate that a memory mapped I/O address referenced by an incoming I/O operation is associated with a virtual host that initiated the incoming me... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7383364 | Device address locking to facilitate optimum usage of the industry standard IIC bus A mechanism is provided for locking an end device for the period of time that the device is needed, thus disabling access by any other application or process. Having the device locked, rather than the bus, allows other applications to use the bus to access other dev... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7380033 | Communication apparatus implementing time domain isolation with restricted bus access A communication apparatus includes a radio frequency circuit that operates on a radio frequency signal and a digital processing circuit coupled to the radio frequency circuit. The digital processing circuit includes a plurality of bus masters coupled to a shared bus... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376770 | System and method for virtual adapter resource allocation matrix that defines the amount of resources of a physical I/O adapter A method, computer program product, and distributed data processing system that enables host software or firmware to allocate virtual resources to one or more system images from a single physical I/O adapter, such as a PCI, PCI-X, or PCI-E adapter, is provided. Adap... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7360852 | Image forming system and image forming apparatus An imaging apparatus which outputs image data to be processed by an image processing apparatus. The imaging apparatus includes an image acquiring unit, a storage, and a communication unit. The image acquiring unit is adapted to acquire image data from an image stori... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356582 | Electronic apparatus and communication device switching method according to device priority An electronic apparatus allows communication devices to be connected thereto, and has a plug-and-play function of automatically setting a communication device to be connected. A communication monitoring module monitors the communication statuses of the communication... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350028 | Use of a translation cacheable flag for physical address translation and memory protection in a host A host coupled to a switched fabric including one or more fabric-attached I/O controllers. Such a host may comprise a processor; a host memory coupled to the processor; and a host-fabric adapter coupled to the host memory and the processor and provided to interface ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346778 | Security method and apparatus for controlling the data exchange on handheld computers A method and system for protecting portable computer data from unauthorized transfer or using portable computers to download unauthorized data. The invention is applicable to any computer capable of transferring data, but in one embodiment a portable computer is des... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343432 | Message based global distributed locks with automatic expiration for indicating that said locks is expired Described is a distributed lock processing technique that may be used to coordinate access to globally accessed resource between endpoints using the connecting message fabric. Processors in a data storage system communicate using the message switch of the message fa... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7305506 | 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... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7296116 | Method and apparatus for providing high density storage A method and apparatus for providing high-density storage is disclosed. A plurality of storage devices is aggregated in a package. A package-level controller is coupled to a carrier housing holding a plurality of storage devices, wherein the package-level controller... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7296117 | Method and apparatus for aggregating storage devices A method and apparatus for aggregating storage devices is disclosed. A package for providing high density storage uses a carrier housing for holding multiple storage devices proximate to one another and aligned in a row, and an access device, coupled to the carrier ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290277 | Control of authentication data residing in a network device A system for supporting management operations associated with an interconnect device includes a port of the interconnect device to maintain authentication data that facilitates authorization of a management operation and a configuration switch coupled to the port to... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7290070 | Multiple logical input/output subsystem facility An input/output subsystem is configured as a plurality of input/output subsystem images, each of which appears to a program as an independent input/output subsystem. An input/output subsystem image is identified by an input/output subsystem image identifier, which i... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284077 | Peripheral interface system having dedicated communication channels A peripheral interface device that is adaptable into a computer system and which provides a communication interface for a plurality of external devices. The peripheral interface device comprises: a plurality of transfer control logic (TCL) modules, wherein each TCL ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283177 | Method and apparatus for controlling the functions of an image capturing apparatus A control apparatus for remotely controlling one of adjusting functions of an image capturing apparatus, including contrast, gamma, sharpness, and aperture. The control apparatus transmits to the image capture apparatus a first command requesting a current value of ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281264 | Security system and method for PnP device coupled to network client A security system and method for a plug-and-play (PnP). The security system includes a server, a network system and a client. The server distributes a monitor program on the client via a remote control agent in advance, and transmits a lock or unlock message to the ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7270267 | System for third party management of product manufacture ordering by a franchisee upon approved products of franchisor A system includes a data storage device having franchisor approved product information. The system includes a franchisor network interface by which a franchisor can communicate with the data storage device and approve the product information, and a franchisee networ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7262693 | Process field device with radio frequency communication A field device for use in an industrial process control or monitoring system includes terminals configured to connect to a two-wire process control loop. The loop carries data and provides power to the field device. RF circuitry in the field device is provided for r... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7257386 | Data transfer system and method of data transfer The invention relates to a data transfer system and a method of data transfer. The invention aims to provide a high bandwidth channel between a mobile device, such as a mobile telephone and a network storing data, such as the Internet. A standard public land mobile ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7251551 | On-vehicle electronic control device An on-vehicle electronic control device includes an auxiliary microprocessor and subjects a microprocessor allocated to a main part of control to an external diagnosis, thereby improving reliability of performance. A microprocessor including a nonvolatile program me... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7243353 | Method and apparatus for making and using a flexible hardware interface In one embodiment a method includes accessing a hardware specific module with a request to perform an unmodified I/O (input/output) operation. The method also includes the hardware specific module accessing a processor specific module with a modified request to perf... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7216169 | Method and system for administering personal computer health by registering multiple service providers and enforcing mutual exclusion rules A personal computer health administration framework is disclosed that includes a set of intercommunicating components. The system includes a provider subsystem that provides services relating to personal computer health status. The services include acquiring health ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7216206 | Control apparatus of storage unit, and method of controlling the control apparatus of storage unit A control apparatus of a storage unit having a first and a second communication ports for conducting communication with a computer, a first and a second processors that control respectively the first and the second communication ports, first and second storage devic... | 05/08/2007 |
