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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7134040 | Method, system, and program for selecting a path to a device to use when sending data requests to the device Provided are a method, system, and program for selecting a path to a device to use when sending data requests to the device. Data requests are submitted to the device on a first path. Device information is maintained indicating a position of a data transfer mechanis... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7130970 | Dynamic storage device pooling in a computer system A method for dynamically allocating control of a storage device, the method comprising receiving an access request from a first computer requesting access to a storage device; directing, based upon the access request, a first storage controller computer to assume an... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130938 | Method, system and program products for identifying communications adapters of a computing environment An input/output subsystem of a computing environment 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 includes one or more communications adapt... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130941 | Changing-over and connecting a first path, wherein hostscontinue accessing an old disk using a second path, and the second path of the old disk to a newly connected disk via a switch Data migration can be executed between new and old disk apparatuses without changing the disk definition of a host computer. A switch having the function of online data migration is provided between the host computer and the old disk apparatus, data are copied to th... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130935 | System and method for using a switch to route peripheral and graphics data on an interconnect A system and method for using a switch to route graphics data and data for a peripheral data on an interconnect is disclosed. A graphics card includes a switch that is communicatively coupled to a computer system. The switch receives graphics data and data for a per... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130954 | Data migration method, protocol converter and switching apparatus using it An online data migration method is provided for transferring data from a computer and an existing storage system using the conventional interface such as SCSI to a new storage system using SAN. The present method comprises the steps of disconnecting the connection b... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130928 | 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... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7127270 | Wireless communication and control system A communication and control system for use by the disabled and their caretakers. The system has at least two communication modules, each module having a processing unit which has a unique identification code. Each communication module also has a unique hierarchical ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7127545 | System and method for dynamically loadable storage device I/O policy modules Systems, methods, apparatus and software can implement a multipathing driver using dynamically loadable device policy modules that provide device specific functionality for providing at least one of input/output (I/O) operation scheduling, path selection, and I/O op... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7127558 | Virtualization controller, access path control method and computer system According to the present invention, it is possible to enhance a performance in accessing a storage system, without performing data migration process between the storages constituting the storage system. A virtualization controller 2 connecting a host computer... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7127599 | Managing configurations of input/output system images of an input/output subsystem, wherein a configuration is modified without restarting the input/output subsystem to effect a modification 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. One or more input/output subsystem images of the plurality of input/output subsystem images are mana... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7124213 | Device having spare I/O and method of using a device having spare I/O A method and apparatus for correcting internally defective devices by routing signals on an I/O line to a spare internal network. Such devices enable a system designer to substitute good internal networks, e.g., memory arrays, for failing internal networks without l... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7124235 | USB apparatus with switchable host/hub functions and control method thereof A USB apparatus includes an upstream port, a downstream port, a connection detector and a controller. The connection detector is connected to the upstream port and the downstream port, and is for detecting connection statuses of the upstream port and the downstream ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7124222 | Control system and method for a communications interface A method for controlling data communications between an external interface and at least first and second universal asynchronous receiver-transmitters (UARTs) respectively associated with first and second microcontrollers is provided. ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7124212 | Data processing apparatus connected to a network connectable a plurality of devices In a network connecting a plurality of devices, the image processing function of each device, information for specifying each device, and the like are collected and controlled, and functions realizable by combining two or more devices are determined. Profiles indica... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7120859 | Device for producing multimedia presentation A device for producing a multimedia presentation consisting of content includes a memory, a setting unit, an extraction unit, a requesting unit, a receiving unit, and a combiner. The memory stores first digital media classified by time of creation. The setting unit ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7120075 | Multi-FIFO integrated circuit devices that support multi-queue operating modes with enhanced write path and read path queue switching An integrated circuit chip includes a plurality of independent FIFO memory devices that are each configured to support all four combinations of DDR and SDR write modes and DDR and SDR read modes and collectively configured to support all four multiplexer, demultiple... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7120709 | Disk-array device having storage-device recognition and indentification of a storage area network link environment A disk-array device includes an information managing database for acquiring link information among a server device, a switch device, and a storage device via the switch device so as to manage the link information in a combined manner, and a collection/analysis unit ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7120765 | Memory transaction ordering Machine-readable media, methods, and apparatus are described which order memory transactions to increase utilization of multiple memory channels. In some embodiments, a processor may determine an issue order for memory transactions based on the memory channels that ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7117276 | Disk array device and method for controlling disk array device A disk array device includes at least one channel control section for receiving data input/output requests from an information processing device, at least one disk control section for sending data input/output requests to hard disk drives based on the data input/out... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7113978 | Computer interconnection system A computerized switching system for coupling a workstation to a remotely located computer. A signal conditioning unit receives keyboard and mouse signals generated by a workstation and generates a data packet which is transmitted to a central crosspoint switch. The ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7113984 | Applications for networked storage systems At least one network device that moves storage blocks based upon a session layer or higher protocol set is employed to facilitate communication between at least one host and at least one target storage device. The at least one network device may include a server and... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7114015 | Memory card having first modular component with host interface wherein the first modular is replaceable with a second modular component having second host interface A memory card comprising a first modular component that comprises a first host interface and a first host interface module and a device interface module configured to operate a device interface that is coupled to a storage device. The first host interface module is ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7111084 | Data storage network with host transparent failover controlled by host bus adapter A method and host bus adapter for controlling failover and failback processes within a redundant data storage system. The method is carried out by a failover mechanism in a host bus adapter linked to a host server. The system includes a communication fabric providin... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7111088 | Computer system, management device, and logical device selecting method and program To provide an computer system including a storage system that includes a logical device logically set in a physical device, an host computer that requests the storage system for a data input/output, and a management device that manages information of components of t... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7110831 | Communication control method, communication system, print control apparatus, printing apparatus, host apparatus, peripheral apparatus, and storage medium A communication system for issuing commands from an initiator to a target, thereby allowing the target to write or read out data into/from a memory area which the initiator has and exchanging the data. The initiator transmits read and write commands for the memory a... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7111101 | Method and system for port numbering in an interconnect device A method of port numbering in an interconnect device includes loading a port configuration value from a memory device. One or more ports and subports are enabled according to the configuration value. Contiguous logical port numbers are assigned to the one or more po... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7111133 | Control apparatus for selectively operating with program data from two memories and having a system controller supplying program data and address for writing the data to the second memory In a control apparatus for operating with program data, it is possible to alter the operation of a control circuit by rewriting the data of the program memory built in an LSI, with ease and at a low cost independently of the operation of the control circuit. ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7107379 | Method for connecting an expansion module to a programmable electric switching device A method for connecting an expansion module to a programmable electric switching device includes initiating a recognition mode within the switching device during which an interrogation is carried out as to whether or not the connected expansion module is initializab... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7107407 | Arithmetic unit with reduced startup time and method of loading data An arithmetic unit includes a switching device 16 and a cache controller 19. The switching device 16 determines whether desired data to be read by the CPU 11 is in a RAM 14, and allows, depending on a result of the determination, t... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7107369 | Connecting storage devices to a processor-based device In processor-based systems, loss of ports may be avoided while connecting mass storage drives or devices at a host level. In one embodiment, a slave device (e.g., a cache or an accelerator) may be interposed between a host device and a master storage device (e.g., a... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7102691 | Method and apparatus for remote use of personal computer A Personal Computer (PC) in a second location, provides video signals to a television monitor located in a first location. A stereo amplifies audio from the PC and provides the signal to loudspeakers in the first location. A keyboard, mouse, and controller in the fi... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7103059 | Scalable 2-stage interconnections Modifications to the 2-stage interconnection to allow flexible scalability. Different switching fabrics having a range of different sizes can be constructed out of the same set of I/O switching nodes through this modified 2-statge interconnection, which can further ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7099987 | Mobile terminal having a switching function The present invention provides an interface device using a function of switch that can execute various applications in a mobile terminal by multi-switching USB_D+ and USB_D−, or RS232C data line to an external interface; and, particularly, that can make the mobile... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7099814 | I/O velocity projection for bridge attached channel An impact of configuration changes on controllers is projected, in a computing environment including one or more bridge attached channels. This projection quantifies the impact for each controller affected by the change, such that it is known by a quantifiable value... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7099980 | Data storage system having port disable mechanism A system interface having a backplane adapted to have plugged therein director boards and memory boards. Each one of such director boards includes director board transmit/receive units. Each one of the director board transmit/receive units is associated with a corre... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7096442 | Optimizing IC clock structures by minimizing clock uncertainty Clock uncertainty between a receiving cell and a launching cell of a net is estimated by back-tracing a first path from the receiving cell toward the clock source and marking each cell having a predetermined characteristic along the first path. A second path from th... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7095415 | Graphics display architecture and control chip set thereof The graphics display architecture provided by the present invention comprises an AGP slot, a PCIE slot, and a control chip set. The control chip set comprises a plurality of multi-defined pins, which are electrically coupled to the first pins of the AGP slot and the... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7096286 | Disk array device and method of changing the configuration of the disk array device The present invention enables the configuration of a disk array device to be changed in accordance with its purpose of use. Plural disk drive groups each comprising plural disk drives 81 are disposed in the same disk drive unit. Respective disk drive groups a... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7096435 | Method and apparatus for detecting the type of interface to which a peripheral device is connected A peripheral device is connectable to a computer having one of a first interface and a second interface. The first interface communicates with the peripheral device over a differential data connection having a first data conductor and a second data conductor. The se... | 08/22/2006 |
