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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8156268 | Multifunction peripheral A multifunction device has a plurality of functions and capable of being connected to a computer via a universal serial bus (USB) interface, the computer having an operating system (OS) installed thereon that recognizes the multifunction device as a device having at... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8078777 | Systems and methods for managing a network A method of managing a network. The method includes receiving an activation key transmitted from a device connected to the network, automatically transmitting a configuration to the device, automatically maintaining the configuration of the device, and receiving log... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7949805 | Wireless human interface device (HID) coordination A method relating to wireless human interface device (HID) coordination is disclosed. A first human interface device (HID) is wirelessly coupled to two or more computing devices, wherein the first HID is configured to toggle between interactions with each of the two... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7930453 | Method and apparatus for transmitting audio and video signal via three twisted pairs of conductors A system, apparatus and methods for transmitting video and audio data over twisted pairs are described. A differential signal that contains video color information is transmitted over each twisted pair. Data representing digital samples of at least one audio signal ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7783800 | Systems and methods for managing a network A method of managing a network. The method includes receiving an activation key transmitted from a device connected to the network, automatically transmitting a configuration to the device, automatically maintaining the configuration of the device, and receiving log... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7761628 | Unitized keyboard and display for desktop personal computer system A conjoined portable display monitor and portable keyboard similar to the arrangement of a laptop style portable computer are used to provide user interface for a desktop personal computer or workstation. The portable display monitor is configured to receive video d... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7743187 | Audio system, and USB/UART common communication system for the same An audio system sets a signal line path between the medium of an audio device and an external device and uploads a digital audio file from the external device to the audio device according to a user's manipulation of the audio. In addition, a communication system se... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7584314 | Universal serial-to-parallel and parallel-to-serial cable interface and method A universal cable interface and associated system and method are provided for coupling a transmission medium to a processing device. The universal cable interface can selectively operate in a first (input) mode and a second (output) mode. The universal cable interfa... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7533202 | Software compatible parallel interface with bidirectional handshaking for serial peripherals High-speed reliable parallel data transmission between a computer and a parallel peripheral is provided by a peripheral controller by way of a virtual parallel UART (VPU). The VPU provides a novel parallel interface for higher speed parallel interface operation. The... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7454544 | Input/output interface and device abstraction An electronic Input/Output Interface and device abstraction system used in gaming machines includes: a game central processing unit (game “CPU”); an intelligent input/output controller board (“IOCB”); an Industry Standard Architecture PC bus (“ISA” bus);... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7441057 | System and method for providing character interactive input/output A system and method for supporting character interactive input/output operation in a half-duplex block-mode environment including a workstation and a server. Keystrokes at the workstation received into an auto enter, non-display entity on the workstation display are... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7441058 | Method and system for controlling an accessory having a tuner A method, system, and connector interface for controlling an accessory. The method includes obtaining, by a portable media player, tuning information from the accessory; and controlling, by the portable media player, the accessory based on the tuning information. Ac... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7441062 | Connector interface system for enabling data communication with a multi-communication device A connector interface system 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 includes... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7433987 | Computer apparatus for interconnecting an industry standard computer to a proprietary backplane and its associated peripherals A computer apparatus that interconnects a standard commercial off the shelf (COTS) computer to a proprietary system. The standard COTS computer replaces a proprietary computer and assumes its roles of controlling a workstation and a display thereof of the proprietar... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7426584 | Portable storage media as file servers A data storage device includes a data storage medium, for example one or more flash memory modules, and a direct interface, to the data storage medium, that supports a file system protocol. Preferably, the data storable device also includes a physical communication ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7418539 | System and method for utilizing an external computing device to access storage inside an inactive computing device Apparatus, systems, and methods for enabling a user to access internal storage in the computing device when the computing device is inactive are disclosed. The computing devices include a primary bus and a secondary bus to access an internal storage device in the co... | 08/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7404021 | Integrated input/output controller An integrated I/O controller in an integrated circuit is provided for centralized data management. The integrated circuit includes a host interface, a disk interface, and a mapping controller implemented in hardware to speed data processing and provide fault toleran... | 07/22/2008 |
| RE40346 | Method and apparatus for providing single channel communications A UART including a logic unit is disclosed, wherein the logic unit automatically enables or disables the UART receiver port whenever data is being processed by the UART for wireless transmission. More specifically, a logic unit is connected to a data store, to a tra... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7370239 | Input/output device with configuration, fault isolation and redundant fault assist functionality A process control system includes a plurality of input/output (I/O) devices and a controller in communication using a bus. Each I/O device has an interface for communicatively linking the I/O device with the bus, and includes a device processor which, upon detection... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7353307 | Linking addressable shadow port and protocol for serial bus networks Linking addressable shadow port (LASP) and protocol allows addressing the LASP and configuring the connection of multiple Secondary Test Access Ports (TAPs) of the LASP using a single protocol or protocol bypass inputs. Multiple LASPs are cascaded and the connection... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353306 | Storage controller redundancy using bi-directional reflective memory channel A bi-directional reflective memory channel between a pair of storage controllers is used to maintain a mirrored copy of each storage controller's native buffer contents within the buffer of the other storage controller. To maintain such mirrored copies, buffer write... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7343279 | Universal approach for simulating, emulating, and testing a variety of serial bus types An electronic apparatus for testing equipment for serial busses employs a generic bus model that breaks down a serial bus into separate layers that are managed by separate processors. The processors have parameters that can be programmed for communicating via one ty... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343605 | System and method for communicating between software applications, particularly MES (manufacturing execution system) applications Applications to be connected, particularly MES (manufacturing execution system) applications, as well as the communications mechanisms are depicted in the object model of the framework (IF; IF meaning industrial framework) by using wrappers and/or adapters and, as a... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343435 | Stream based compressed file download with interruption recovery A system and method are provided for storing and using recovery state information during a data stream transfer, such as a download. During the download of compressed, archived data, the system tracks the position of the last file boundary and the position of the la... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343431 | Method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for disabling BIOS-provided console redirection capabilities in the presence of an incompatible communications device Methods, systems, apparatus, and computer-readable media are provided for disabling a BIOS-provided console redirection facility in the presence of an incompatible device. According to the method, a determination is made as to whether a port has been enabled for uti... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340543 | Device and method for discrete signal conditioning A circuit card assembly provides signal conditioning for signal discretes in control systems integrating a legacy, distributed processing architecture and a distributed I/O control system. Signal conditioning functions are determined, and the necessary physical circ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340556 | Signal switch for console and peripheral devices A signal switch for sharing a video monitor, a plurality of console devices compliant with an industry standard and one or more than one peripheral device in any of a plurality of computer systems, is provided comprising a CPU with a first memory for storing a manag... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7321985 | Method for achieving higher availability of computer PCI adapters Higher availability in a computer system is achieved by utilizing PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) adapters capable of dynamically switching between being controlled by a system processor and a specialized input/output processor (IOP). A method of fault recov... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321946 | Link extender having equalization circuitry An apparatus comprises a first plug to couple the apparatus to a host connection and a second plug to couple the apparatus to a display connection. The apparatus further comprises a metallic transmission medium coupled to the first plug and link extender circuitry c... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7313678 | Installation procedure for wireless human interface device A host-side wireless interface services communications between a wireless user input device and a serviced host. The host-side wireless interface includes a wireless network interface, a host-side wireless interface, and may include additional components. The wirele... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305561 | Establishing computing trust with a staging area A technique is provided for admitting to a staging area a computing device. Information related to a persistent identity that is located in the computing device at the staging area is ascertained. The computing device can be substantially authenticated to a protecte... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305510 | Multiple master buses and slave buses transmitting simultaneously A bus system, such as an internal bus system located within a digital device, is disclosed herein. The bus system comprises a plurality of master buses, each master bus connected to at least one master. The bus system also comprises a multi-bus interface connected t... | 12/04/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7305549 | Filters to isolate untrusted ports of switches A technique is provided for dividing a plurality of switch ports into trusted ports and untrusted ports. The trusted ports are those ports that are coupled either directly or via one or more additional switches to a trusted computing device. Filters are applied on e... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302682 | Method and system for creating a quality of service message A test program creates a variety of types of quality of service messages to allow a user to test the response of one or more network devices to the variety of messages. The test program displays a representation of a quality of service message on a user interface. T... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7302499 | Internet modem streaming socket method An Internet client communicates with an Internet server such as an HTTP server or SMTP server through a TCP streaming socket on the Internet device with the Internet client. The TCP streaming sockets can be established through an Internet ready command line interfac... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7293122 | Connector interface system facilitating communication between a media player and accessories A connector interface system is disclosed. The connector interface system includes an interface and a protocol in communication with which allows a media player to communicate with external devices over a transport link. The protocol includes a core protocol functio... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7293153 | Method and system for direct access to a non-memory mapped device memory A processing system that interacts with external devices has a processor, a memory, and a controller. The memory stores templates that provide access protocol information about the external devices. When an external device is to be accessed, the operating system, wh... | 11/06/2007 |
| 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 |
