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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7269832 | Generic virtual device driver A method and apparatus provides for handling communications between an application and a device through a device driver. Calls or commands are used by the device driver to access the hardware that are common to a number of different types of devices that are to be h... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269750 | Method and apparatus for reducing power consumption in a graphics controller The invention in one embodiment is a method of managing power in a graphics controller. The method includes receiving a change indication related to a system power supply. The method also includes adjusting a first clock or adjusting a set of clocks including a firs... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269203 | Receiver for receiving a spectrum dispersion signal A receiver for the CDMA system, in order to reduce a power consumption during a suspension period of intermittent receiving operation, monitors a suspension period t1 by means of a low-power timer 51 so that a VC-TCXO 1, a reference signal group... | 09/11/2007 |
| RE39837 | Method and apparatus for adjusting a power consumption level based on the amount of time a processor clock is stopped A power management mechanism for use in a computer system having a bus, a memory for storing data and instructions, and a central processing unit (CPU). The CPU runs an operating system having a power management virtual device driver (PMV×D) responsible for perform... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269752 | Dynamically controlling power consumption within a network node A method and system for controlling power consumption within a network node is disclosed. The method and system include dynamically controlling the power consumption of network processing engines based on predetermined thresholds. By dynamically controlling the powe... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266641 | CPU, information processing device including the CPU, and controlling method of CPU A CPU includes a bus interface, a control unit, an instruction cache, a data cache, a secondary cache, an instruction decoder, an arithmetic unit, and registers. When operations can be performed only with the cache, the CPU inhibits access to external memory and sto... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7266849 | Deterring unauthorized use of electronic devices A method for deterring unauthorized use of an electronic device is described. The method includes installing security data in a protected storage area, installing a security routine operable to check for the security data, and prompting a user for identity informati... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263622 | Power-saving device for controlling circuit operation, and information processing apparatus An information processing apparatus includes a first function block which controls rendering and a second function block which controls operation modes of the first function block. The rendering is finally performed in a display unit. The second function block shift... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7263623 | Microprocessor system A microprocessor-based system includes multiple peripherals, which can be accessed by the microprocessor over a system bus, with the aid of address decoding logic. Depending on the required functionality of the system at any time, one or more of the peripherals can ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7263624 | Methods and apparatus for power control in a scalable array of processor elements Low power architecture features and techniques are provided in a scalable array indirect VLIW processor. These features and techniques include power control of a reconfigurable register file, conditional power control of multi-cycle operations and indirect VLIW util... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7263567 | Method and apparatus for lowering the die temperature of a microprocessor and maintaining the temperature below the die burn out According to one embodiment, a method is disclosed. The method includes determining whether the temperature of a central processing unit (CPU) exceeds a predetermined threshold. In addition, the method includes generating a first interrupt if the temperature of the ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7263564 | Inquiring apparatus and method thereof An inquiring apparatus and method thereof is provided for assisting the CPU to inquire the state of the peripheral device. When the CPU needs to perform an inquiring process to wait for a peripheral device to come to an expected state, an inquiring apparatus is acti... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260729 | Home network station with streaming media function and power control method thereof An electronic device includes a first circuit block and a second circuit block. The first circuit block executes a data processing, and the second circuit block executes a processing associated with network routing. A controller selects an operating mode from among ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260731 | Saving power when in or transitioning to a static mode of a processor A method for reducing power utilized by a processor including the steps of determining that a processor is transitioning from a computing mode to a mode is which system clock to the processor is disabled, and reducing core voltage to the processor to a value suffici... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260732 | Power regulation system and method for a portable electronic device A power regulating system and method are provided for regulating power in a portable computing device. The portable computing device includes microprocessing and radio communication capabilities. The power regulating system utilizes a number of power states to regul... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260752 | Method and apparatus for responding to critical abstracted platform events in a data processing system A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for generating a hardware interrupt to the operating system in response to detecting a presence of the event in the platform. The event is stored in a partition queue associated with a partition firmware in response to ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260217 | Speculative execution for data ciphering operations In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving a data cipher operation. The method also comprises processing the data cipher operation. The processing of the operation includes generating a number of portions of ciphertext from plaintext, where... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7256788 | Graphics power savings system and method The present invention facilitates utilization of flexible and efficient power savings in graphics systems. A graphics power management method loads a first set of graphics commands from a CPU into a GPU at the beginning of a frame cycle. The CPU is put into a power ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7256639 | Systems and methods for integrated circuits comprising multiple body bias domains Systems and methods for integrated circuits comprising multiple body bias domains. In accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention, an integrated circuit is constructed comprising active semiconductor devices in first and second body bias domains. A f... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7257724 | Method and apparatus for power management in a local area network A method of power management for use in a local area network, in which a plurality of local area network nodes are supplied power over communication cabling, the method comprising: supplying power to the plurality of local area network nodes over communication cabli... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7254730 | Method and apparatus for a user to interface with a mobile computing device A method and apparatus for a user to interface with a mobile computing device is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method, comprises providing information on a user interface connected to a mobile computing device having a primary display, wherein the mobile computing... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254732 | Method and apparatus of automatic power management control for serial ATA device directly attached to SAS/SATA host controller The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus of automatic power management control for a Serial ATA device directly attached to a SAS/SATA host controller. In an exemplary aspect of the present invention, it is determined whether a Serial ATA device i... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254735 | Data processing system with block control circuits using self-synchronization handshaking and local clock/power control based on detected completion within subblocks It is an object to obtain a self-synchronization type block processing apparatus which does not need to optimize a clock path to be distributed to each block in a clock phase management at an upper level, and can suppress an increase in a circuit scale and can minim... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7253790 | Notebook computer and handheld device display skin A portable data processing device is provided with first and second display devices. The first display device receives signals for displaying a first set of information, and the second display device receives signals for displaying a second set of information. The s... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254673 | Provision of a victim cache within a storage cache hierarchy Apparatus, methods, and program products for storing data address a first cache and a second cache. The second cache is capable of operating in a first mode wherein data read for storage in the first cache is also stored in the second cache, and is capable of operat... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254727 | Information processor with suppressed cache coherence in low power mode An information processor having a normal-operation mode in which coherence control is performed for making data in a cache memory of a processor identical to data in a main memory and a power-saving mode in which the coherence control is suppressed to lower the powe... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254724 | Power management system According to one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a power management system for use in a computer system having a memory system incorporating a non-volatile memory and a controller which presents the logical characteristics of a disc storage de... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251723 | Fault resilient booting for multiprocessor system using appliance server management A multiprocessor computer system implements fault resilient booting by using appliance server management. While previous systems have utilized fault resilient booting, it has required the use of a baseboard management controller chip. The present invention avoids th... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7251738 | Method of remotely controlling power to an information handling system via a peripheral bus after a loss of power An information handling system (IHS) is provided which is controlled by a remote control that sends commands to a receiver in the IHS. The IHS has the ability to recover from a loss of power that occurs when the IHS has entered a reduced power state. After power los... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7251350 | Method and apparatus for adaptive realtime system power state control Method and Apparatus of the present invention provides innovative real-time system power management with respect to user presence by using an image-capturing device and computer vision technology. The image-capturing device is to capture an image that includes an ar... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7249269 | Method of pre-activating network devices based upon previous usage data An approach for pre-activating network devices includes using prior usage of a network device to estimate times when the network device will be used in the future. The network device is then pre-activated, i.e., transitioned to an active operational state, prior to ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248146 | Method for waking a device in response to wireless network activity A method and a system for data transmission between a first electronic device and a second electronic device, wherein the second electronic device is in a sleep mode. Transmission of data between the first electronic device and the second electronic device occurs wh... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7249247 | Common feature mode for microprocessors in a multiple microprocessor system A mechanism whereby a set of microprocessors may be set to a common mode in which the microprocessors utilize one or more features that are common to all microprocessors. The common mode facilitates proper multiprocessor operation and permits a fix (e.g., a microcod... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7249271 | Data transfer control device and electronic instrument A data transfer control device includes an OUT-transfer transmitter circuit which transmits OUT data by driving a serial signal line, a clock-transfer transmitter circuit which transmits a clock signal CLK by driving a serial signal line, a PLL circuit which generat... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7246225 | Method and apparatus for implementing a sleep proxy for services on a network One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for implementing a sleep proxy. The system starts by receiving a request at the sleep proxy for information pertaining to a service provided by a device. In response to this request, the system determines if ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243250 | Electronic apparatus and method for controlling semiconductor integrated circuit When an event takes place in a standby mode, data corresponding to the event is set to a shadow register. The shadow register is operated with a low speed local clock. The contents of the shadow register are copied to a bus IF register through a selector. The bus IF... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7243265 | Nearest neighbor approach for improved training of real-time health monitors for data processing systems Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention train a real-time health-monitor for a computer-based system while simultaneously monitoring the health of the system. A plurality of signals that each describe an operating conditio... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7243372 | Modified Harvard architecture processor having data memory space mapped to program memory space with erroneous execution protection A processor has an architecture that provides the processing speed advantages of the Harvard architecture, but does not require two separate external memories in order to expand both data memory and program instruction memory. The processor has separate program memo... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7243261 | Supply control apparatus and power supply control method In a power supply control apparatus for controlling turn-on/turn-off of power of a main power supply to a load via a switch section, a drive signal producing section produces a drive signal for controlling ON/OFF operations of the switch section, based on an activat... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7243249 | Method and apparatus for facilitating power state control and awareness of an autonomous subsystem in a computer based system A method and apparatus for facilitating power state control and awareness of an autonomous subsystem in a computer based system without involvement of the main operating system. ... | 07/10/2007 |
