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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8005021 | Method and device for address allocation for transmitting packets over a transparent bridge The invention concerns a method for transmitting packets in a network comprising at least a first sub-network and a second sub-network connected through a transparent communication link, said link comprising at least a first interface device connected to the first s... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7990898 | IEEE 1394 network for deterministic and/or fault-tolerant communication In one embodiment, a system comprises a plurality of nodes and an IEEE 1394 bus. Each of the plurality of nodes comprises at least one IEEE 1394 interface for communicating over the IEEE 1394 bus. The plurality of nodes communicates over the IEEE 1394 bus in accorda... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7929461 | Controller area network performance parameters measurement A method of measuring bus traffic on a controller area network (CAN) is described. Accordingly, in one embodiment, a digital oscilloscope acquires the CAN bus signal in the form of a waveform in real-time. The waveform is converted into a bit stream, and the bitstre... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7898987 | Method and device for the exchange of data between at least two users connected to a bus system A method for exchanging data in messages between at least two users connected by a bus system, where each of the at least two users includes a predefinable and/or ascertainable timing mark, includes causing the at least two users to transmit, via the bus system, mes... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7869385 | Interactivity with a bus interface card A system and method are provided for testing the bus interface assembly in order to determine if the bus interface assembly is configured to interface with a data bus between an aircraft and a store. If the bus interface assembly is determined not to be properly con... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7852790 | Communication master station startup period control method The present invention provides a communication master station startup period control method of being able to securely prevent malfunction of a PLC system, even if at least two communication master stations are connected to the PLC system which permits only one commu... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7817583 | Method for verifying a storage area network configuration In one embodiment, a map describing a correct configuration attribute for communicatively coupling a storage area network device with another device is accessed. An actual configuration attribute of the storage area network device is requested. The actual configurat... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7782800 | Discovery, detection, and management of daisy-chain system topology Devices and methods are disclosed for detection and management of daisy-chain system topologies. A method is disclosed for auto-discovery and auto-enumeration. The method may be performed in a daisy-chain system of serially inter-connected devices. The method may in... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7773543 | Determining characteristics of node-to-node network links from forwarding time measurements A method is provided for determining the length of node-to-node links in a computer network. The method includes measuring the forwarding time for each node-to-node link in the network, eliminating queuing time from each forwarding time measurement, determining and ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7724689 | Interface device and interface device control method An interface device and interface device control method that switches a transmission rate to enable high-speed transmission when necessary. In devices (nodes) provided with an interface device, a transmission rate control circuit decreases the frequency of a clock s... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7675871 | Split transaction protocol for a bus system A method of and apparatus for communicating between a host and an agent. The method includes the step of performing a first transaction between a host controller and a hub. The hub is operable to perform a single transaction with an agent based on the first transact... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7653012 | Relay transmission of data in a centralized network Methods to and devices capable of transmitting data in a centralized network are disclosed. A central coordinator receives data from a source device to be relayed to at least one destination device. The central coordinator acknowledges reception of the data from the... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7646735 | Method and apparatus for communication of missing logic in a PCI based system by enabling or disabling PCI config cycles A method and apparatus for the detection and communication of a missing LAN or WAN compliant device is disclosed. The method and apparatus provide a front card configured to accept a Fast Ethernet device on a PCI-compliant bus, and the front card includes a switch w... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7583618 | Method for allocating an identification code to nodes in a network, for communication in a network as well as for controlling a network The invention relates to a method for allocating a unique ID to a node in a network making a request to that effect, wherein the requesting node generates an ID and sends an ID request comprising the ID over the network, wherein each node in the network that already... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7542434 | Communication apparatus managing other node and communication apparatus managed by other node A communication apparatus as a node of a communication network comprises a reading device that reads management information representing management status of a dominated node stored in the dominated node connected via the communication network, a writing device that... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7512082 | Tracking transaction status for a bus system providing legacy bus compatibility A method of and apparatus for communicating between a host and an agent. According to an embodiment of the invention a method for communicating data between a host and an agent is described. The method includes performing a first transaction at a first time between ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7508775 | Method for the automatic configuration of a communications device The invention relates to a method for the automatic configuration of a communications device using a reserved identification number, at least one network node device, which administers an associated subnetwork of a network, at least one virtual network, with which t... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7428222 | Method of bus configuration to enable device bridging over dissimilar buses Several local IEEE1394 buses are bridged together over a second bus type to create a global bus wherein each local bus node is able to address nodes across the global bus without the local nodes being aware of the bridging operation. A bridging device operates by tr... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7421526 | Reconfigurable virtual backplane architecture A communication network comprises a communication bus and at least two line cards. Each of the line cards are coupled to the communication bus The line cards comprise a processor and a configuration memory coupled to the processor. The communication occurring on the... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7417958 | Method for identifying a control element A method of identifying a control element of a telecommunication system as well as a telecommunication system and a control element for executing this method. The telecommunication system has a plurality of control elements, wherein the control element are connected... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7411913 | Process for automatically detecting the throughput of a network, particularly of the can bus type and for configuring with the detected throughput by transition analysis, and corresponding device A process for automatically detecting and configuring with the throughput of a network, in which a device: (a) goes into a listen mode; (b) obtains a triplet of successive transitions in a transmitted signal, the triplet delimiting first and second signal levels, on... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7392445 | Autonomic bus reconfiguration for fault conditions Methods and apparatus are provided that allow an electronic system having a signaling bus with a fault on a signaling conductor to operate at a degraded performance. A block of data is transferred from a first electronic unit to a second electronic unit over the sig... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7379201 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method An image processing system includes a plurality of image processing sections for performing predetermined image processing on input image data and for outputting the processed image data. A header in which image processing information is described is added to the in... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7373407 | Communications system for establishing PPP connections between IEEE 1394 terminals and IP networks A packet repeater is connected between an IEEE-1394 host terminal and a PPP server. The host terminal transmits a PPP packet containing the physical address of an IEEE-1394 device. During a discovery stage of a PPP connection, the packet repeater receives a PPP pack... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372821 | Signal processing system, signal receiving device, and communication control method The present invention relates to a signal processing system, and proposes the switching operation of device selection which is naturally performed for a user. The signal input device 5 comprises a registration means for registering the signal output devices | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370356 | Distributed network monitoring system and method Methods and systems for protecting the computer network against unauthorized access are disclosed. Information is reported about each network device connected to the network and/or one or more corresponding users. The reported information is correlated to determine ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366805 | Data transfer control system, electronic instrument, program, and data transfer control method A data transfer control system includes a buffer controller that controls access to a data buffer and a transfer controller that controls data transfer between a PC connected to a BUS1 and the logical units LUN1 and LUN2 connected to a BUS2 | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366115 | Multiplex transmission system with in-circuit addressing The present invention is related to a transmission system for sending digital data on a digital bus (1), to which are connected a number of master and slave modules. The system is characterized by the fact that a number of modules may comprise two connectors ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362471 | Image-forming controller, method therefor, program, and storage medium A controller for a four-drum printer eliminates a need for an expensive inter-drum delay memory, which has been conventionally used, to print an RGB image and allows a multifunction machine, printer, and the like to be provided at low cost. An image ring interface r... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363405 | Communication control apparatus and method An initiator has logical devices A, B and C. In the directory structure of the config ROM showing the unit structure, instance directories A, B and C are made; initiator unit directories 1, 2, and 3 are made under the respective instance directories A,... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7353284 | Synchronized transmission of audio and video data from a computer to a client via an interface A method for controlling data transmission between a computer and a video client via an interface, the method comprising: the computer polling the interface a first time to determine the size of the buffer on the interface; receiving a first buffer size value from t... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352708 | Method and apparatus for border node behavior on a full-duplex bus A method and apparatus relating to the behavior of border nodes within a high performance serial bus system is disclosed. A method for determining and communicating the existence of a hybrid bus is disclosed. A method for determining a path to a senior border... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353322 | System and method for providing dynamic configuration ROM using double image buffers A dynamic configuration ROM which may be updated while linked to the serial bus and with little or no risk of publishing inconsistent configuration ROM information to the other nodes on the bus. The dynamic configuration ROM comprises first and second configuration ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349967 | Architecture for home network on world wide web with private-public IP address/URL mapping A method for providing user interfaces in a first network to a remote access device, the first network including interconnected first devices and at least one interface device for connecting the first network to a second network. The remote access device establishes... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346071 | Broadband multi-drop local network, interface and method for multimedia access Broadband multi-drop local network, interface and method for multimedia access. A local network architecture include a wired bus coupleable directly to an external data network terminal and configured for carrying broadband packetized data traffic over a frequency s... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7346010 | Hybrid data bus for achieving deterministic performance for non-deterministic network bus type interfaces The hybrid data bus includes client nodes and an IEEE-1394b-based network operably associated with those client nodes. At least one of the client nodes is a legacy-based client node that utilizes a non-deterministic network bus type for network interfacing. An IEEE-... | 03/18/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7343425 | Multi-speed serial interface for media access control and physical layer devices A network device includes a media access control (MAC) device that transmits a first data stream at a first data rate that includes symbols having M bits. A translator converts the first data stream to a second data stream at a second data rate. The translator inclu... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340538 | Method for dynamic assignment of slot-dependent static port addresses A method for dynamic assignment of slot-dependent static network port addresses. Under the method, a slot address and shelf address are determined for a card modular platform board installed in a given slot in a shelf. The slot and shelf addresses are used as inputs... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339895 | Gateway device and control method for communication with IP and IPV6 protocols A non-IP device holds an interface ID defined by Ipv6. A gateway generates and holds an Ipv6 address for the non-IP device. The gateway serves to convert the protocol of a packet destined to the non-IP device from a portable telephone or a personal computer coupled ... | 03/04/2008 |
