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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7191288 | Method and apparatus for providing an application on a smart card A smart card contains potentially multiple applications, each containing an application identifier (AID). Each application also incorporates an AID interpreter for providing access to the AID. This is achieved by making a request to the AID interpreter to provide th... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190672 | System and method for using destination-directed spreading codes in a multi-channel metropolitan area wireless communications network A system and method for enabling a node in a mobile wireless ad-hoc communications network to use a particular spreading code to spread a message to be transmitted to a destination node without having to provide information on the spreading code to the destination n... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190617 | Flash EEprom system A system of Flash EEprom chips with controlling circuits serves as non-volatile memory such as that provided by magnetic disk drives. Improvements include selective multiple sector erase, in which any combinations of Flash sectors may be erased together. Selective s... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188219 | Buffer control system and method for a memory system having outstanding read and write request buffers A memory controller and method for managing the issuance of read and write requests to a system memory is provided. The number of outstanding read requests and write requests issued to the system memory are separately monitored and further issuance of read and write... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7184916 | Apparatus and method for testing memory cards A memory daughter card (MDC) is described, having a very high-speed serial interface and an on-card MDC test engine that allows one MDC to be directly connected to another MDC for testing purposes. In some embodiments, a control interface allows the test engine to b... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7185145 | Memory card It is an object of the invention to improve security of a storage apparatus. The invention has: a flash memory chip; an IC card chip which can execute a security process (encryption, decryption, etc.); and a controller chip for controlling read/write of data from/in... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7185146 | Memory card device, and memory card control method for controlling the device A memory card device includes a host interface unit configured to receive a plurality of commands from a host apparatus, the commands including at least a memory access command with a memory address of a specific bit width, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory which i... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184264 | Connectable memory devices to provide expandable memory A memory device is described that is capable of expanding an amount of storage capacity available to a host computer without requiring a user to purchase a new, higher capacity memory device that may be bulky and expensive. The memory device includes a host connecto... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7185161 | Method and apparatus for securing data stored on a removable storage medium of a computer system A method or apparatus can reduce or prevent unauthorized data access by securing data stored on a hard disk of a computer system. The method can include requesting a user to enter a password if the computer system is powered on under the condition that a password fo... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7181557 | Single wire bus for connecting devices and methods of operating the same A master/slave system architecture including a single wire bus and master device and bus interface coupled to the bus. The system further includes slave devices having respective bus interfaces coupled to the bus. The system further includes a communication protocol... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181214 | System and method for determining the measure of mobility of a subscriber device in an ad-hoc wireless network with fixed wireless routers and wide area network (WAN) access points A system and method for determining the mobility of a node in a network, such as a wireless ad-hoc network that requires the node to share its information with other mobile and stationary nodes, such as fixed wireless routers and intelligent access points, so that t... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181584 | Dynamic command and/or address mirroring system and method for memory modules A memory module includes a memory hub that couples signals to memory devices mounted on opposite first and second surfaces of a memory module substrate. The memory devices are mounted in mirrored configuration with mirrored terminals of memory devices on opposite su... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180875 | System and method for performing macro-diversity selection and distribution of routes for routing data packets in Ad-Hoc networks A communications network which is capable of effectively and efficiently handling fading between mobile wireless user terminals of a packet-switched network with minimal overhead and packet loss, and a method for using the same. The communications network employs an... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180522 | Apparatus and method for distributed memory control in a graphics processing system A distributed memory controller memory system for a graphics processing system having addressable memory areas each coupled to a respective memory controller. The memory controllers are further coupled to each other through a memory controller bus upon which a memor... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177964 | Multiple removable non-volatile memory cards serially communicating with a host Two or more very small encapsulated electronic circuit cards to which data are read and written are removably inserted into two or more sockets of a host system that is wired to the sockets. According to one aspect of the disclosure, command and response signals are... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7174445 | Flash memory card with enhanced operating mode detection and user-friendly interfacing system An interfacing system facilitating user-friendly connectivity in a selected operating mode between a host computer system and a flash memory card. The interfacing system includes an interface device and a flash memory card. The interfacing system features significan... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7174409 | System and method for memory hub-based expansion bus A system memory includes a memory hub controller, a memory module accessible by the memory hub controller, and an expansion module having a processor circuit coupled to the memory module and also having access to the memory module. The memory hub controller is coupl... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7170652 | Hand held mobile communications device with an image sensor, a printer and a business-card sized slot A handheld mobile image-sensing device comprising: a support structure; an image sensor positioned on the support structure for sensing an image; a display positioned on the support structure and o... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7171452 | System and method for monitoring cluster partner boot status over a cluster interconnect A system and method for monitoring cluster partner boot status over a RDMA-capable transport protocol is provided. Upon initialization, a storage system in a cluster generates a virtual interface connection using a predetermined and pre-assigned fibre channel identi... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7171502 | USB system having card-type USB interface connector A universal serial bus (USB) system having a card-type USB interface connector includes a host platform, a storage layer, and an electrical interface. The host platform includes a USB host controller for controlling data transfer, and a first card-type connector at ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7168092 | Configuring processing units A portable storage device, for example a secure smart card, contains network identification information and configuration information for a processing unit that is connectable to a data communications network, which processing unit includes a device reader for readi... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167763 | Method and apparatus for providing a graphical user interface for a player/recorder system In a player/recorder system, a graphical user interface method allows central control of one or more tracks of a plurality of audio processing modules. The plurality of audio processing modules are connected to a computer system having a processor and a display. The... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167931 | Executing program installed in computer slot of a machine in one of plural environments comprising a main operating system and small operating system Executing a program stored on a device inserted into a computer slot includes determining how to execute the program based on configuration data stored on the device, and executing the program in accordance with the configuration data. Determining may include identi... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7165998 | Structure of USB compatible application apparatus An improved structure of USB compatible application apparatus is mainly provided a PCB circuit board to be a USB compatible application module of a connector. A top surface of the PCB carrying board is used to carry a plurality of connecting terminators. A board bot... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167715 | System and method for determining relative positioning in AD-HOC networks A system and method for improving the ability of a portable voice and data wireless communications network to provide position information regarding mobile nodes located within a network. The system and method employs mobile access points, wireless routers, and mobi... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7165727 | Method and apparatus for installing an application onto a smart card An application identifier (AID) comprises at least one customization parameter for an application to be installed onto a smart card. The application may be installed onto the smart card by providing the AID, instantiating the application onto the smart card, storing... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167761 | Methods and systems for modifying the operation of a compressor via a portable memory device A method and system for modifying the operation a device. The method can include obtaining a first reconfiguration kit. The first reconfiguration kit can include a portable memory device. The method can also include connecting the portable memory device to the devic... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7163145 | Geographic area multiple service card system The invention provides consumers with the services of multiple cards or accounts while allowing consumers to carry a single card, transponder, code and/or other access device. Because the card may access combined services such as financial transaction services and t... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7162594 | Memory module indicator device To improve the convenience of using a memory module, there are provided indicator elements corresponding to types of access to semiconductor memory. The indicator elements are configured to correspond to the access type and indicate the frequency of this type of acc... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162567 | Memory hub and method for memory sequencing A memory module includes a memory hub coupled to several memory devices. The memory hub includes at least one performance counter that tracks one or more system metrics—for example, page hit rate, prefetch hits, and/or cache hit rate. The performance counter commu... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162581 | Deferred tuple space programming of expansion modules The present invention permits deferring the final provisioning of the Card Information Structure (CIS) in the attribute memory space of expansion cards (or modules) for portable hosts. This enables expansion cards to be distributed, sold, and installed by their end-... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162743 | System and method of limiting access to protected hardware addresses and processor instructions A system and method for protecting a defined range of hardware addresses or a defined set of processor instructions from being accessed or executed by unauthorized software modules. Abstraction layer code is given a range of software addresses that are permitted to ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7159075 | Memory card authentication system, capacity switching-type memory card host device, capacity switching-type memory card, storage capacity setting method, and storage capacity setting program A system for authenticating a memory card including: a capacity switching-type memory card host device including a capacity switch notification module which notifies a memory card targeted for exchanging information that the capacity switching-type memory card host ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7156742 | Memory cartridge system A memory cartridge system includes a main body, and a main body ROM incorporated in the main body is stored with a warning message display program, and a memory cartridge attachable to or detachable from the main body is stored with a karaoke program. When the memor... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7159024 | Storage system and method for controlling the same A storage system storing data sending/receiving data to/from a plurality of external devices via a common network. The storage system controls access from the plurality of external devices. The storage system accepts accesses according to different protocols from th... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7159059 | Ultra-modular processor in lattice topology A Modular Operating Topology Element (MOTE), within a software-latticed network, implements ultra-concurrent operation of a plurality of such MOTEs, as single miniaturized packages, e.g., Compact Flash, each with a full function processor (CPU), a unique resident op... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7159090 | Reproducing method, reproducing apparatus, and data accessing method A data accessing method includes the steps of obtaining a track information entry about a predetermined track from a play order table, which points to a track descriptor in a track information table; obtaining the track descriptor from the track information table, t... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7159064 | Method and device for increasing data transfer in multi-media card An electronic device having a MultiMediaCard host connected to a MultiMediaCard card via a bus system having a plurality of signal lines and a plurality of data lines, wherein the host is operable in a number of data modes. At least in one of the data modes the numb... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7155560 | Method and apparatus for storing data in flash memory In an embodiment, a method includes receiving a request to download data into flash memory. The method also includes halting the downloading of the data into the flash memory until the flash memory is initialized. The initialization includes storing pointers in a me... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7155590 | Method and apparatus for computer memory protection and verification A method and apparatus are provided for computer memory protection and verification. In one example, the apparatus is a secure memory device (SMD) including means to independently read the program memory device and compute and store a signature or other means of ver... | 12/26/2006 |
