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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190785 | Plug-and-play device and method for enhancing features and settings in an interactive display system A plug-and-play device providing a set of functionality comprises a plug-and-play interface, storage, and software stored in the storage. The software is automatically executed by a computer when the plug-and-play device is connected thereto via the plug-and-play in... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190789 | Computer system and its renewal method A computer system including a management computer for managing the entire system, an integral apparatus, and a high-level connecting device for connecting the management computer and the integral apparatus is designed so that the management computer retains integral... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190786 | Data receiver, data transmitter, and information processing method, and computer program A data receiver as a sink for receiving a transmission content from a source performing a content transmission process, the data receiver includes a memory for storing device information; and a control unit for changing a setup of a hot plug state in which the sourc... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190790 | Storage apparatus and method of controlling the same Appropriate parameters can be efficiently set for network ports included in a storage apparatus. A storage apparatus performing I/O processing on a storage drive in response to an I/O request manages a first table in which a network device (SAS controller, SAS expan... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190788 | Shifting volatile memories to self-refresh mode A memory controller that controls data transfer between a volatile memory and a non-volatile memory, wherein data being held in a plurality of volatile memories each having a refresh operation mode and a self-refresh operation mode is transferred to the non-volatile... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190787 | Apparatus and methods for communicating with programmable devices A circuit arrangement includes a programmable logic device. The programmable logic device includes configuration logic circuitry. The programmable logic device also includes configurable interconnects. The circuit arrangement further includes a storage device config... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185669 | Signal output device of HDMI device and method thereof A signal output device of an HDMI device and a method thereof, which can automatically determine a type of an HDMI cable such that a display device such as a television set can always display an optimal screen. The signal output method of a digital interface device ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185670 | Audio/visual (AV) device control method using personal information and AV device using the same An AV device control method and an AV device using the same. After receiving personal information gathered by an external device, an AV device is automatically controlled according to a user's personal information. Accordingly, the AV device can be customized to ope... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8176212 | Method and system for hierarchical and joinable behavior containers for reconfigurable computing A method and system for the flexible sizing of behavior containers on a reconfigurable computing resource through the use of hierarchically nested as well as joinable and separable containers is provided. ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176210 | Unified host application and associated methodology of integrating local service of a multi-function printer A method of invoking a set of services corresponding to a plug-in application installed on an image handling device. The method including launching a host application of the image handling device, accessing a configuration file of the image handling device, the conf... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176211 | Computer system, control apparatus, storage system and computer device A computer system which enables more efficient use of a storage system shared by plural host computers and optimizes the performance of the whole system including the host computers and storages. A computer device has a first control block which logically partitions... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171180 | Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and recording medium An information processing apparatus is disclosed that is connected to a device and generates data processable by the device based on device information about the device. The information processing apparatus includes a processing content setting unit that specifies, ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171179 | Apparatus supporting plurality of interfaces and method of setting up network connection of the same A method of setting up a network connection of an image forming device connectable to a network via a first interface and a second interface, the method including setting up a network connection via the second interface, stopping operation of the first interface and... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8161199 | Smart printer cartridge A system and method are disclosed for modifying the capabilities and functions of a printer after it is manufactured. A consumable/replaceable printer cartridge includes a storage device having updated and/or additional printer function data and other data for use b... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161198 | Uninstalling drivers of a peripheral device According to the present invention, an information processing apparatus which can communicate with a peripheral device that issues a message including state information, comprises a reception unit adapted to receive a leaving messa... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156253 | Computer system, device sharing method, and device sharing program The disclosed is a computer system enabling a plurality of LPARs on a plurality of physical computers to share an SR-IOV device that requires an interface between a PF and a VF. In an environment where a PCI SR-IOV device is allocated to virtual machine monitors on ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156255 | Portable mass storage device with virtual machine activation A portable mass storage device is used to store large files such as digital pictures, movies and music. The mass storage device has firmware with security mechanisms that limit access to read write operations to ensure reliable operation of the device to prevent unw... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156254 | Data exchange between an electronic payment terminal and a maintenance tool through a USB link The invention relates to an electronic payment terminal (30) comprising a first USB connection port (13) comprising at least one first wire (D+″) for data transfer. The payment terminal comprises, furthermore, a first resistor (24) linking the... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8145798 | System and method for automatic provisioning of onsite networking services An automatic provisioning system is activated within a DSL, cable modem or other residential or gateway or hub, and accesses a remote directory service to locate appropriate addressing and other information to initialize the equipment. The gateway interface may auto... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145799 | Systems and methods for changing parameters of a controller Systems and methods for modifying a parameter value of a controller are described. In one embodiment, the method includes verifying a local presence at the controller, modifying a parameter value at a remote device, confirming the identity of the remote device, and ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140715 | Virtual media input device A virtual media device is described for processing one or more input signals from one or more physical media input devices, to thereby generate an output signal for use by a consuming application module. The consuming application module interacts with the virtual me... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135872 | USB controller and a testing method of the USB controller A USB controller and a testing method of the USB controller are disclosed. The USB controller includes a sequence control unit for outputting a transmitting enable signal and a receiving enable signal, and for controlling a sequence of transmission and recept... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131886 | Image forming apparatus, image processing device, control device, and connection device A disclosed image forming apparatus includes an image processing device including plural image processing units; a control device configured to control the plural image processing units; and a connection unit configured to connect the image processing device to the ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131885 | Method and system of controlling computer system external effects for a computer game, the external effects such as incandescent lights, fluorescent lights, vibration devices, LED/laser diodes, and/or fans A method and system of controlling computer system external effects. At least some of the illustrative embodiments may be a computer system comprising a processor (wherein a computer system user interacting with software executed on the processor triggers a software... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127048 | Systems and methods for segmenting and protecting a storage subsystem A storage subsystem comprises a set of zone definitions that uses physical block addresses to divide a memory array in the storage subsystem into zones or segments. A set of zone parameters defines user access modes and security levels for each of the segments. Defi... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8117349 | Information processing apparatus An information processing apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set a set value group; an executing unit configured to execute a function using the set value group; a history storing unit configured to store history information including the set value grou... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112553 | Data allocation in a distributed storage system A method for data distribution, including distributing logical addresses among an initial set of devices so as provide balanced access, and transferring the data to the devices in accordance with the logical addresses. If a device is added to the initial set, formin... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112552 | Default peripheral device selection based on location In accordance with one or more aspects of the default peripheral device selection based on location, a current location of a computing device is obtained. A mapping record of default peripheral devices to locations is accessed to identify a default peripheral device... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108564 | System and method for a configurable interface controller A flexible input/output controller logic interfaces with existing input/output controllers (IOC's) in order to configure the amount of data sent to and received from the IOC's. The flexible I/O interface receives data from a component at a rate determined by the par... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108565 | Host apparatus connected to image forming apparatus, remote configuration system including the same and remote configuration method using host apparatus A host apparatus connected to an image forming apparatus, a remote configuration system including the same, and a remote configuration method using the host apparatus. The method of remotely configuring a host apparatus connectable to at least one image forming appa... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108566 | System and method for distributing user interface device configurations A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server including a memory and a controller that is programmed to receive a first User Interface (UI) device configuration from a first computing device that is associated with... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103805 | Configuration finalization on first valid NAND command A startup method and circuit to allow high current consumption for startup processes of a low operating voltage memory device such as a NAND device until the receipt of a valid command to the memory device. Upon receipt of a valid command, startup functions are ceas... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099524 | Automated method to configure a data storage system An automated, computer-implemented method to configure a data storage system comprising a host computer, a storage controller in communication with said host computer, and a plurality of data storage media in communication with said storage controller, wherein the m... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095696 | Control method for rewriting firmware on an electronic device An electronic device includes: a plurality of input terminals; and a control unit in which an operation for determining contents of a digital signal inputted through one input terminal of the plurality of input terminals is repeated while the input terminal is switc... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095697 | Orientation measurement tool for seismic data acquisition An apparatus for in-field configuration of a seismic device such as a seismic sensor may include a memory module having data for configuring the seismic device, a location sensor determining a location parameter for the seismic sensor, an alignment member aligning t... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8086760 | Managing communications connections with data storage systems Communications connections with data storage systems are managed. A discovery process is executed to identify an iSCSI port on data storage system. Settings for the iSCSI port are accepted as user input at a server. Communication is performed from the server to the ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8078766 | Apparatus and method of displaying image An apparatus of displaying an image connects an external device by using universal serial bus (USB) connection. The apparatus contains a display unit and a control unit that reads device information out of the connected external device and performs display control o... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078767 | Display apparatus, control method thereof, and program When a communication connection with a device is disconnected during execution of a display based on data transmitted from the connected device, it can be controlled to continue or end the display according to a class of the device. A display apparatus 1 incl... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073982 | Method for setting an operating parameter a peripheral IC and device for carrying out said method The invention relates to a method for setting an operating parameter in a peripheral IC. In this method, the operating parameter is transmitted from a central IC via a bus connection to the peripheral IC. The method is characterized in that the operating parameter i... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069273 | Processing module A processing module to use for a processing system having a plurality of processing modules connected via a communication line is comprising mounting position information for the processing module in the communication line; a unique logical address to indicate the p... | 11/29/2011 |
