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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7409477 | Memory card having a processor coupled between host interface and second interface wherein internal storage code provides a generic interface between host interface and processor A memory card comprising a first modular component that comprises a first interface and first conductors and a data mover that comprises second conductors coupled to the first conductors. The first modular component is replaceable with a second modular component tha... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7406566 | Ring interconnect with multiple coherence networks A cache architecture to increase communication throughput and reduce stalls due to coherence protocol dependencies, while reducing power within an integrated circuit. More particularly, embodiments of the invention include a plurality of cache agents that each commu... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7401213 | Data communication apparatus and method of a device that supports plural communication methods In response to a request from a host device using an initial protocol, capability information including information indicative of a plurality of communication protocols is returned to the host device, and a communication protocol, designated by the host device based... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7401163 | Data processing system and data processor One data processor is provided with an interface for realizing connection with the other data processor. This interface is provided with a function for connecting the other data processor as a bus master to an internal bus of the one data processor, and the relevant... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7401064 | Method and apparatus for obtaining metadata from multiple information sources within an organization in real time A method and apparatus for obtaining metadata from multiple information sources in real time are described. According to one aspect, the method includes receiving a user request pertaining to one or more of source metadata objects residing in multiple source metadat... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7401168 | Method and apparatus for communication via serial multi-port, and recording medium A multi-port apparatus used to communicably connect a computer and a plurality of apparatuses connected to the computer through the computer serial communication ports, such as two computer serial communication ports. A second serial communication port of the comput... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7401165 | Data processing system and data processor One data processor is provided with an interface for realizing connection with the other data processor. This interface is provided with a function for connecting the other data processor as a bus master to an internal bus of the one data processor, and the relevant... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7398333 | Integrated circuit input/output interface with empirically determined delay matching An integrated circuit input/output interface with empirically determined delay matching is disclosed. In one embodiment, the integrated circuit input/output interface uses empirical information of the signal traces to adjust the transmit/receive clock of each pin of... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7395337 | Method, system, and program for establishing and requesting status on a computational resource Provided are a method, system, and program for establishing and requesting status on a computational resource. An operation is performed to establish a computational resource, wherein the computational resource is not available until the establish operation is compl... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7392332 | Bit rate adaptation in a data processing flow A dedicated processing module includes an input for data to be processed and an output for processed data. A block input and a block output are also included. A processing component for the module performs a digital processing operation on the data present at the da... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389367 | Method of managing I/O interface modules in a computer system A method is provided for efficiently managing the connection of processor modules and input/output interface modules at a drastically reduced cost. A management server searches IFT and ST tables after receiving an instruction from the system management server to con... | 06/17/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7386634 | Control method for bus provided with internal switch In a bus, which is provided with a switch having a plurality of master ports and a plurality of slave ports and can connect each of the plurality of master ports to an arbitrary port of the plurality of slave ports, an address phase that issues an address and a comm... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7383365 | Method and system for PCI express audiovisual output Audio and visual information processing components are co-located on a PCI Express graphics card by communicating audio and visual information received through the PCI Express interface of the graphics card to a PCI Express switch which switches audio information to... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7380018 | Peripheral bus transaction routing using primary and node ID routing information A processing device includes one or more resources, a plurality of peripheral bus interfaces that support resource sharing with a plurality of other processing devices, a primary routing resources and a node ID register. The primary routing resources are programmabl... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376743 | Method and apparatus for load balancing in a virtual private network In a virtual private network, a plurality of concentrators form an interface to provide client/remote site access to a private network over a public network. The plurality of concentrators are grouped into a virtual cluster. Each concentrator in the virtual cluster ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376765 | Apparatus and method for storage processing with split data and control paths A system including a storage processing device with an input/output module. The input/output module has port processors to receive and transmit network traffic. The input/output module also has a switch connecting the port processors. Each port processor categorizes... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376726 | Storage path control method In volume allocation, the user specifies a volume allocation requirement including parameters regarding availability of paths to select and to set volumes and paths to satisfy the requirement. In the operation, a check is made for not only paths actually set but als... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376766 | Method and apparatus for managing I/O paths on a storage network A processing apparatus which stores a first information piece about attributes identifying a specific process generating data input/output requests in such a manner that the first information piece is associated with a second information piece identifying at least o... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376764 | Method and apparatus for migrating data in a computer system Methods and apparatus for migrating a data set. In one embodiment, a migration is paused. In another embodiment, for a migration of data between multiple source/target groups, the migration is initiated by beginning transfer for some groups and queuing others for la... | 05/20/2008 |
| RE40317 | System for receiving a control signal from a device for selecting its associated clock signal for controlling the transferring of information via a buffer A computer system including a first component operated in response to the timing of a first clock, apparatus for storing information, apparatus for transferring information from the first component to the apparatus for storing information utilizing the clock of the ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373474 | Storage system, configuration management method, and program Techniques for realizing efficient setting and utilization of configuration including storage volumes in a storage system having an initiator and a target, with a low cost configuration not requiring additional equipment such as a LAN and a server without limitation... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373435 | Extended input/output measurement block An Input/output (I/O) measurement block facility is provided that creates subchannel measurement blocks (comprising device busy values) related to performance of an I/O operation of a subchannel, wherein a device busy time value is a sum of time intervals when the s... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373546 | Cluster network with redundant communication paths A cluster network is provided in which the storage enclosures of the network are grouped into storage sets or columns of storage enclosures. Each server node of the cluster network is coupled to an interface of the storage enclosure of each of the storage sets. The ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370124 | Method and device for transmitting messages over a data network In a method and system for transmitting messages over a data network, the communication task is used which is implemented on a transmitting microcontroller which determines, on the basis of a routing table, which communication system is used to forward the message t... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370135 | Band configuration agent for link based computing system A method is described that involves directing a configuration request through a switch core to a configuration agent. The method also involves processing the configuration request at the configuration agent. The method also involves sending a configuration command d... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370224 | System and method for enabling redundancy in PCI-Express architecture A method and system is provided to enable redundancy in the communication between a plurality of peripheral devices and redundant hosts through redundant switches. The peripheral devices and the host are connected through a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366771 | Apparatus & method for automatically switching media connections when operating in forced speed and duplex mode A method of automatically configuring media connections when operating in forced speed and duplex mode, includes: connecting a first pair of connectors to a first pair of conductors and a second pair of connectors to a second pair of conductors during a first state,... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363396 | Supercharge message exchanger A system with a first random access memory (RAM), a second RAM, a first processor coupled to the first RAM and a second processor coupled to the second RAM. The first RAM is configured to store input/output (I/O) completions from at least two engines. The second RAM... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360010 | Method and apparatus for storage command and data router An interconnecting unit and method for data communication between a plurality of computer hosts and a plurality of storage devices. The interconnecting unit couples the hosts to the storage devices and enables the data communication. The interconnection includes a p... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359782 | Vehicular impact reactive system and method System and method for reacting to an expected impact involving a vehicle including an anticipatory sensor system for determining that an impact involving the vehicle is about to occur prior to the impact and an impact responsive system coupled to the sensor system a... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356785 | Optimizing IC clock structures by minimizing clock uncertainty A process is provided for optimizing a clock net in the form of a tree having a root defined by a driver pin and a plurality of leaves defined by driven pins. The process includes forcing a first buffer to a center of gravity of the plurality of leaves, inserting a ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356636 | Virtualized PCI switch A PCI-Express interconnect device is provided. The device comprises: first and second upstream ports; first and second downstream ports; and a management entity. The management entity is operable to logically partition the device such that the first upstream port is... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353426 | Switcher for debugging and debugging method Communication between an application program running on an information processing apparatus and a peripheral device and the communication between the information processing apparatus and a debugging device, used for debugging, is effected using a sole interface prov... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353321 | Integrated-circuit implementation of a storage-shelf router and a path controller card for combined use in high-availability mass-storage-device shelves that may be incorporated within disk arrays An integrated circuit implementing a storage-shelf router used alone, or in combination with other storage-shelf routers, and in combination with path controller cards, to interconnect the disks within a storage shelf or disk array to a high-bandwidth communications... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349903 | Apparatus, system, and method for an alternate lock facility connection path An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for an alternate lock facility connection path. A request module receives a connection request to establish redundant connection paths between a control unit and a host. A primary connection module establishes a first c... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349913 | Storage platform for organizing, searching, and sharing data Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a storage platform comprising a database engine, a data store, an application programming interface. The data store is implemented on the database engine for storing data therein, and the data store implem... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7350000 | User interface for representing logical path information and displaying available adapters in a storage subsystem A user interface facilitates copying data between storage resources, such as servers. A user selects a source storage resource and a target storage resource. Available adapters are displayed through which a path can be established between the selected source and tar... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7350114 | Mechanism for enabling enhanced fibre channel error recovery across redundant paths using SCSI level commands Systems and methods for performing error recovery in a system utilizing redundant communication links. In one embodiment, a host device is coupled to a sequential device such as a tape drive by a pair of Fiber Channel links. The host is configured to associate an id... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7350008 | Electronic system having modular expansion function facilities An electronic system supporting modular expansion of its functions is of a type including a portable host electronic device associated with an expansion module adapted for quick-connect engagement and disengagement in/from the portable device. The expansion module i... | 03/25/2008 |
