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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190796 | Hardware supported peripheral component memory alignment method A memory alignment system for efficient data transfer between a local memory that is configured in a host system, and a remote memory, comprises a data communications controller configured in the host system to align transmitted and received data based on formatting... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190799 | Mobile information processing apparatus [Problems] To display, on an external display device, an image with a higher resolution than a screen's resolution of a display belonging to a mobile information communication apparatus. This is achieved only by additionally providing an interface means between the ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190797 | Automatic source concentrator for a multimedia system The concentrator couples a plurality of digital and analog sources to an audio/video reader system suitable for reading one of the sources. Each available source is associated with a source identifier and an activated or deactivated state flag, as a result of the us... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190798 | Client device configuration based on information stored by host device A host device can enable operation with a client device based on stored or cached enumeration information. The enumeration information can be initially received from the client device during a first configuration process, and stored or cached in volatile and/or non-... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185675 | Interface system and operating method thereof An interface system which is adapted to a portable device is provided. The interface system includes a control chip, a first peripheral device, an external interface port, a first, a second, a third bus driver and a control unit. The control chip provides at least a... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185676 | Transitions between ordered and ad hoc I/O request queueing Disclosed is a computer implemented method and apparatus for queuing I/O requests to a pending queue. The I/O device driver sets a maximum ordered queue length for an I/O device driver coupled to a storage device then receives an I/O request from an application. The... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8176224 | Apparatus for non-disruptively disconnecting a peripheral device An electronic device includes a communication bus having a physical layer for interacting with a peripheral device. The physical layer is configured to be adjacent to a link layer on the peripheral device. The electronic device further includes a connector at a junc... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8151021 | Upgrading software on a cluster of computerized devices A technique for upgrading software running on a cluster of computerized nodes. The technique involves running a first version of the software on each node of the cluster. The technique further involves installing a second version of the software on each node in plac... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145814 | Method and system for a configurable connnector for ethernet Aspects of a method and apparatus for a configurable connector for Ethernet are provided. In this regard, a configurable Ethernet connector residing in an Ethernet enabled communication device may couple the communication device to one or more twisted pairs and enab... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145813 | Electronic device utilizing connecting port for connecting connector to transmit/receive signals with customized format An electronic device includes: a first output port, a processing circuit and a bridge circuit. The first output port is configured for connecting a connector with a connector type complying with a specific signal transmission standard. The processing circuit is util... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145811 | Universal serial bus driving device for presetting maximum active transaction number for data request to be synchronously processed by a data transmitter A universal serial bus (USB) driving device electrically coupled to a data receiver is configured for driving a USB to forward data requests from the data receiver to a data transmitter for processing the data requests. The USB driving device may preset a maximum ac... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145812 | Line driving and receiving system A programmable system includes programmable analog and digital components that, when configured by a processing device, implement a line driver to transmit differential signals over multiple drive lines and a line receiver to receive differential signals over multip... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145810 | System and method for managing communication ports on a computer device There is provided a system and method for managing communication ports on a computer device. The method comprises the steps of scanning the system file structure, determining port assignments for active devices from a known location in the system file structure, sca... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8135888 | Translation module to facilitate control of TV using home network controller A module interconnects a home network controller and a TV and translates signals from the controller into a non-infrared (IR) protocol understandable by the TV. The module is also useful to send software updates to the TV, and/or to query the TV for diagnostic infor... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135887 | Relay, entertainment apparatus, communication system, communication method, and program A relay unit (70) is used to connect one or a plurality of manipulation terminals or external storage units to an entertainment apparatus. The entertainment apparatus (10) has a first mode and a second mode as operation modes. The relay unit includes a... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135889 | Direct connection single user-interface control of multiple computers and displays Methods, systems, and devices providing single user-interface control of multiple computers and displays. Direct communication links to multiple computers are provided to automatically transmit peripheral computer device position and peripheral computer device comma... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131896 | Signal converter, signal processor and signal conversion transmission system An input tool has: an I/O unit having a digimatic interface; a first signal conversion unit that converts a measurement signal in a signal format according to an HID keyboard protocol capable of being processed by an HID driver; a second signal conversion unit that ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8112563 | Arrangement comprising a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip connected thereto An arrangement including a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip connected thereto, where the second semiconductor chip is additionally connected to electrical loads and drives these electrical loads on the basis of a timing which is prescribed to... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112564 | Hard disk drive staggered spin-up mechanism According to one embodiment, a host bus adapter (HBA) is disclosed. The HBA includes one or more link layer engines, one or more ports, each of the one or more ports associated with one of the one or more link layer engines and token passing logic having a shift reg... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112565 | Multi-protocol field device interface with automatic bus detection A multi-protocol interface for coupling a field device to a general purpose computer is disclosed. The interface includes measurement circuitry to perform a plurality of measurements on a connected process communication loop to determine a process communication loop... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8103810 | Native and non-native I/O virtualization in a single adapter Mechanisms for enabling both native and non-native input/output virtualization (IOV) in a single I/O adapter are provided. The mechanisms allow a system with a large number of logical partitions (LPARs) and system images to use IOV to share a native IOV enabled I/O ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103811 | Memory option card having predetermined number of activation/deactivion codes for selectively activating and deactivating option functions for a medical device A device such as for example a electronic medical device has a memory that has prestored therein a number of programs or routines for performing various functions. Some of those functions are optional functions that were not enabled when the equipment was put into s... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099534 | Implementation of logical endpoints in USB device A method includes receiving an endpoint address and corresponding endpoint data, the endpoint address identifying a logical endpoint associated with the endpoint data, storing the endpoint data to at least one of a plurality of memory buffers corresponding to the id... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099535 | Method for converting a KVM system A method for converting a KVM system comprising the steps of: (1) initializing a mouse device, at least two computer hosts, a keyboard, and at least two corresponding displaying device; (2) selecting which computer host and a corresponding displaying device are need... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095709 | Device name editing apparatus and device name display method According to an aspect of the invention, a device name editing apparatus includes: a connector to which a device is connected; a display unit configured to display a device name of the device; and a device name editor configured to allow a user to input character in... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090884 | Apparatus and method for interfacing between A/V system and portable device An interface apparatus and method for transmission and reception of a control signal and a digital stream between an audio/video (A/V) system and a digital data recording and/or reproducing device are provided. The device for recording and/or reproducing digital dat... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090704 | Database retrieval with a non-unique key on a parallel computer system An apparatus and method retrieves a database record from an in-memory database of a parallel computer system using a non-unique key. The parallel computer system performs a simultaneous search on each node of the computer system using the non-unique key and then uti... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086771 | TCET expander The present invention relates to the field of embedded processing systems and electronic control units (ECUs) and to autonomic embedded computing solutions. The present invention proposes to remove or extract the application-specific support functions and respective... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8078776 | Electronic device having a dual key connector A connector interface system for a communication device is disclosed. The interface includes a docking connector. The docking connector includes first make/last break contacts that minimize internal damage to the internal electronics. The docking connector also incl... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078774 | Method and system for tracking A system for tracking using electronic addresses is disclosed. The system stores an identification code, an electronic address, and a counter. The electronic address is made up of either single values or pairs of single values. A pair of single values for at least o... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078775 | Memory systems and methods for translating memory addresses to temporal addresses in support of varying data widths Described are memory modules that support dynamic point-to-point extensibility using fixed-width memory die. The memory modules include data-width translators that allow the modules to vary the effective width of their external memory interfaces without varying the ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073996 | Programmable modular circuit for testing and controlling a system-on-a-chip integrated circuit, and applications thereof The present invention provides a programmable modular circuit for testing and controlling a system-on-a-chip integrated circuit, and applications thereof. In an embodiment, the programmable modular circuit comprises a plurality of serial-to-parallel interface regist... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073997 | Software install automation Method and peripheral device to facilitate the installation of software on a host device to allow communication between that host device and a peripheral device. On connection to a host device a peripheral device presents in a first mode. In the first mode the devic... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073998 | Display system and display apparatus If a device non-compatible with CEC is contained in an input path when a display apparatus is HDMI-connected hierarchically to a plurality of external devices, an external device which has transmitted is selected as an operation object device. A TV (... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069286 | Flexible on-chip datapath interface having first and second component interfaces wherein communication is determined based on a type of credit condition Methods and apparatus are provided for allowing flexible on-chip datapath interfaces on a device. Datapath connections allow data streamlining without any knowledge of channels or packet boundaries. Flexible and modular interface adapters are used to allow component... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065452 | Multifunctional universal serial bus wireless keyboard A multifunctional universal serial bus (USB) wireless keyboard for operating a control function of a personal computer (PC) is presented. A main body of the keyboard includes a plurality of keys, a signal sending module, and a coding circuit. When the key is pressed... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8065451 | Device for tapping USB power A device includes a universal serial bus (USB) port comprising a data terminal and a power terminal to receive power from a remote USB port. The device includes a controller coupled to the data terminal of the USB port to provide a USB initialization signal. ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060671 | Portable media encoder A portable media encoder is disclosed. The portable media encoder comprises a video input port configured to receive a video input from a video source, an audio input port configured to receive an audio input from an audio source, and a digital output port for provi... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060670 | Method and systems for storing and accessing data in USB attached-SCSI (UAS) and bulk-only-transfer (BOT) based flash-memory device Methods and systems for storing and accessing data in UAS based flash memory device are disclosed. UAS based flash memory device comprises a controller and a plurality of non-volatile memories (e.g., flash memory) it controls. Controller is configured for connecting... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8051228 | Physical interface macros (PHYS) supporting heterogeneous electrical properties An integrated processor design includes physical interface macros supporting heterogeneous electrical properties. The processor design comprises a plurality of processing cores and a plurality of physical interfaces to connect to a memory interface, a peripheral com... | 11/01/2011 |
