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Mouse device with a built-in printer
A mouse device for use as an input device of a computer is provided that includes a housing in which recording paper is loadable, and a printer unit provided within the housing for printing on the recording paper print information received from the computer.
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| 8190759 | Transmission apparatus, reception apparatus and transmission/reception apparatus for image and/or audio data and other than image and/or audio data The present invention provides a transmission/reception apparatus capable of achieving both a high processing speed and good extensibility in performing communication protocol processes. Used for transmitting data in accordance with a predetermined communication pro... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185647 | Protocol adapter for transferring diagnostic signals between in-vehicle networks and a computer A protocol adapter for simultaneously communicating with one or more remote computers over any one of a plurality of protocols. The adapter includes a motherboard having an integrated CPU, a plurality of interface modules, a plurality of device drivers and a plurali... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185648 | Multi-protocol adapter for in-vehicle and industrial communications networks An adapter device for providing the user a remote access point for supporting interaction between the device and one or more target devices supporting one or more of several communication protocols for automotive and industrial automation applications employing user... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181060 | Preventing data corruption with transparent network connections Transparent network devices intercept messages from non-transparent network devices that establish a connection. Transparent network devices modify these messages to establish an inner connection with each other. The transparent network devices mimic at least some o... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176189 | Peer-to-peer network computing platform A peer-to-peer platform that may provide mechanisms through which peers may discover each other, communicate with each other, and cooperate with each other to form peer groups is described. The peer-to-peer platform may comprise several layers including a peer-to-pe... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176190 | Record medium bearing communication apparatus control program, and communication apparatus A computer performs a control including (1) receiving a request for monitoring a station to-be-handled which is a communication apparatus different from a pertinent station including the computer, (2) transmitting a request for a response based on the station to-be-... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171150 | Data transfer system and method A method is disclosed of data transfer between a source computer and multiple target computers. The method includes: receiving a user data and format request from one or more target computers; transmitting a multi-media formatted transmission from the source compute... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170900 | Supply chain discovery services A discovery server is provided for tracking an object in a supply chain in accordance with a plurality of predefined events. The object is identifiable by an object identifier. The discovery server comprises the following elements. A communication interface is confi... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166185 | System and method for enterprise software distribution A method for distributing software is provided. The method includes distributing a message from an application server to one or more application layer routers, such as servers that are being used to route enterprise software distribution messages, using a modified p... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8166186 | Content distribution method, program, and information processing apparatus A content distribution method includes sending, by a client apparatus, distribution requests to server apparatuses via a network, the distribution requests requesting distribution of content data in a distributed manner on a packet basis; distributing, by the server... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8166187 | Distributed IP gateway based on sharing a MAC address and IP address concurrently between a first network switching device and a second network switching device In one embodiment, a method comprises assigning, by a distributed gateway protocol circuit in a first network switching device, a shared Media Access Control (MAC) address to a shared Internet Protocol (IP) address, the shared MAC address and the shared IP address e... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8166188 | Protocol conversion using facilities and utilities A protocol converter includes a computer-readable storage medium that includes operational instructions that, when executed by a processor, allows communications between a first node and a second node which use different communications protocols. In a particular emb... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161175 | System and method for data transmission A data transmission system includes a sending device and a receiving device. The sending device includes an image receiving unit that indicates the order of reception of the blocks using version numbers, a first database for storing the version numbers of the blocks... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161176 | System and method for providing connectivity between using different networks using different protocols A system and method for providing message connectivity between a first network using a first protocol and a second network using a second protocol is described. If a message is received from the first network, the message is processed using one or more digital signa... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156232 | Network communications in an industrial automation environment An industrial automation device comprises a reception component that receives a request for data resident within the industrial automation device. An encoding component communicatively coupled to the reception component that receives a binary bit stream associated w... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150988 | Real-time publish-subscribe system A real-time protocol for real-time network programming applications is disclosed. The protocol is executable on a computer network having a plurality of nodes that include applications, a network stack, an operating system, and middleware capable of executing real-t... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150987 | Automated peer-to-peer file distribution Automated file distribution is described. A member of a peer-to-peer network receives from a file server, a file to be distributed. The file is then distributed via the peer-to-peer network to other members of the peer-to-peer network. Members of the peer-to-peer ne... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150986 | Data processing method for application layer The present invention discloses a data processing method for application layer based on a living network control protocol. The data processing method for application layer which is based on a predetermined protocol composed of at least a lower layer and an applicati... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145775 | Method to receive UDP response messages across multiple incoming UDP ports An apparatus includes a plurality of UDP ports capable of receiving UDP messages and a message generator to generate a request message to be transmitted to remote endpoints connected over a network via a connectionless diagram protocol. The request message includes ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145774 | Progressively accessing data blocks related to pages Techniques relating to progressive data downloading are described. In one instance, a system includes an application configured to utilize data blocks to display content in a user-interface. The system also includes a progressive download component configured to ret... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140697 | Using transport-independent resource status The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for using transport-independent resource status. Embodiments of the invention provide a mechanism for implementing a new protocol for performing resource request status updates that mai... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140695 | Load balancing and failover of distributed media resources in a media server A method and a system for load balancing media resources among a plurality of servers. A first request can be received from a client requesting a first media processing resource, the request being formatted in accordance with a first protocol. The first request can ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140696 | Layering serial attached small computer system interface (SAS) over ethernet Disclosed are embodiments of a storage area network (SAN), a network interface card and a method of managing data transfers. These embodiments overcome the distance limitation of the Serial Attached Small Computer System Interface (SAS) physical layer so that SAS st... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140694 | Method and apparatus for effecting secure communications A technique to effect secure communications with a server application, such as server applications that are accessible on the Internet. In one embodiment, a client connection is detected at a first port. The client is provided with a decoy port number. A server prov... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8127035 | Distributed message engines and systems Systems and methods that facilitate messaging capabilities within a unified plant model (UPM) via employing a plurality of message engines that collaborate in such system. Linkage can be provided among the plurality of message engines, to provide real time interacti... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122139 | Scheduling of multiple files for serving on a server Multiple files a served using a server coupled to a data network. A plurality of files is determined, wherein a file includes an integer number of blocks, and wherein each block includes at least one input symbol. For each file, an indication of at least one channel... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117327 | Data integration system with programmatic source and target interfaces In one embodiment, a system is provided for executing bulk data transfers between persistent data stores. Programmatic source interfaces are each associated with a source store, defined according to a source interface specification, and exposed during a transfer to ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117326 | Data integration system with programmatic source and target interfaces In one embodiment, a system is provided for executing bulk data transfers between persistent data stores. A data integration server is coupled to persistent data stores. Programmatic source interfaces are each associated with a source store, defined according to a s... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112537 | Trickle sync protocol Among other things, techniques and systems are disclosed for providing trickle syncing. In one aspect, a system includes a data repository to store one or more data records and a server in communication with the data repository. The server is designed to access the ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112538 | Method for delivery of software upgrade notification to devices in communication systems Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate providing software upgrade notifications to user devices that utilize unicast and multicast communication techniques in a wireless communication environment. Bandwidth and power consumption is minimized by perm... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108534 | Data integration system with programmatic source and target interfaces In one embodiment, a system is provided for executing bulk data transfers between persistent data stores in connection with an enterprise-level business workflow. A data integration server is coupled to one or more stores. Programmatic source interfaces are each ass... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103785 | Network acceleration techniques Splintered offloading techniques with receive batch processing are described for network acceleration. Such techniques offload specific functionality to a NIC while maintaining the bulk of the protocol processing in the host operating system (“OS”). The resultin... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103784 | Communication device and communication control method using efficient echonet address determination scheme In a communication device for carrying out communications according to an Echonet protocol on a network of a prescribed network layer protocol, a prescribed bit sequence value of a network layer address or a datalink layer address of the communication device is set ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099510 | Relay device and program product, allowing continued communication via an alternative protocol A communication system in which, even when an HTTP session is disconnected from a mobile device, the HTTP session can be continued or a response from a Web server can be returned to a user, without installing a special application in the mobile device. A load-distri... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095675 | Priority and bandwidth specification at mount time of NAS device volume A method for specifying input/output (I/O) settings for a virtual machine that includes specifying a bandwidth for the virtual machine, specifying a priority for the virtual machine, sending a mount request for a volume on a network attached storage (NAS) device by ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095676 | Mediating system and method to establish communication session, allowing private information to be protected The present invention is to prevent user's attribute information from being distributed, in the case where it is to be determined whether or not the attribute information (for example, age, address, and the like) of the user satisfies a service providing condition, ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095677 | Configuration rule generation with compressed address sets Techniques for compressing a set of input addresses to generate a set of one or more rules for various network applications and tools such as routers, firewalls, and others. A tree is generated based upon a set of input addresses. A set of one or more rules may be g... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090857 | Medium access control layer that encapsulates data from a plurality of received data units into a plurality of independently transmittable blocks A method of operating in a network in which a plurality of stations communicate over a shared medium, comprising providing a physical layer (e.g., PHY) for handling physical communication over the shared medium; providing a high level layer (e.g., PAL) that receives... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090859 | Decoupling TCP/IP processing in system area networks with call filtering Proxy nodes perform TCP/IP processing on behalf of application nodes, utilize lightweight protocols to communicate with application nodes, and communicate with network nodes and network clients using Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090856 | Intelligent messaging network server interconnection An intelligent messaging network provides multiple software development kits (SDKs) to assist, e.g., engineers in developing client and server applications. The SDKs can contain a consistent set of application program interfaces (APIs) and a set of platform specific... | 01/03/2012 |
