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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185665 | Distributed computing system architecture A computing system architecture is based upon a peer-to-peer, asynchronous model. The architecture specifies a set of infrastructure facilities that comprise an inter-prise operating system. The inter-prise operating system provides all the facilities that make appl... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8086758 | Systems and methods for interconnecting media applications and services with centralized services Systems and methods are provided to integrate disparate media services and applications across an organization. The media services are connected to an interoperable media services bus by creating a connector API for each service, thereby enabling the media services ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8060657 | Method and system for data transmission between dual processors A method and system for data transmission between dual processors are provided. The dual processors include a first processor and a second processor with a controller and a point-to-point protocol (PPP) module. The method includes sending a connection instruction fr... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055803 | Generating communities using a mediating server and the semantic web A system and method are provided for creating communities based on a semantic understanding of content requested by a number of user devices. More specifically, a mediating server operates to interconnect a number of user devices to destination servers. In operation... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8046499 | Method for transferring data via a fieldbus of the process automation technology In a method for transmitting data over a fieldbus of process automation technology with a field device in which a first application program for a first fieldbus protocol runs, the data of a second application program for a second transmission protocol are mapped ont... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7984196 | Communication apparatus and its control method A wireless communication apparatus recognizes whether an information input apparatus is in a wirelessly communicable state at periods shorter than a disconnection waiting time in an information transfer protocol which transfers information between the information in... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7979588 | Data storage system having acceleration path for congested packet switching network A data storage system having protocol controller for converting packets between PCIE format used by a storage processor and Rapid IO format used by a packet switching network. The controller includes a PCIE end point for transferring atomic operation (DSA) requests,... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7934022 | Methods and systems for deriving connectivity information among telecommunications devices A system for deriving connectivity information among telecommunications devices. The system includes a system including a database identifying the telecommunications devices and ports associated with each of the telecommunications devices. A bus master consolidation... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7912989 | Network interface for decreasing power consumption A network interface is provided, in which it has an active mode and at least one of a disconnect mode and a suspend mode, and performs a predetermined process when a release condition of the disconnect mode or the suspend mode is satisfied. The network interface inc... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7904602 | Distributed computing bus A distributed computing bus that provides both data transport and ambient computing power is provided. Contemplated buses comprise a network fabric of interconnected networking infrastructure nodes capable of being programmed before or after installation in the fiel... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7765331 | Integrated RAID controller and SAS switch A blade server system includes a plurality of blade slots, a management module, and a plurality of switch modules. The switch modules provide connectivity to a plurality of communications fabrics. At least one switch module includes an integrated redundant array of ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7743170 | Active tap for directing distribution of data over data transmission network The present invention for data distribution relates to a network wherein a distributor, which may be an Ethernet switch, is used in combination with active taps and programmable logic controllers to increase data transfer speeds and the volumes of transmission using... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7689724 | Apparatus, system and method for sharing data from a device between multiple computers An apparatus, system and method of sharing device data from a peripheral device by at least a first and a second computer where the peripheral device coupled with the first computer. The apparatus includes a device emulator coupled between the first computer and the... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7653755 | Method and apparatus for determining communication paths Disclosed herein is a system for determining communication paths, especially for AV/C devices. The system includes gathering pertinent information about drivers in each available communication between nodes in the system and ordering the driver information in a comm... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7617330 | System and method for preloading a bus controller with command schedule A system and method is provided for communicating with at least one network device via a network bus comprising a bus controller and a host computer. The bus controller executes a series of instructions, which can be transferred to the bus controller from the host c... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7617329 | Programmable protocol to support coherent and non-coherent transactions in a multinode system A system includes a scalability port switch (SPS) and a plurality of nodes. The SPS has a plurality of ports, each port coupled to a node. Each port is connected to a scalability port protocol distributed (SPPD). A snoop filter in the SPS tracks which nodes may be u... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7493417 | Method and data processing system for microprocessor communication using a processor interconnect in a multi-processor system Processor communication registers (PCRs) contained in each processor within a multiprocessor system and interconnected by a specialized bus provides enhanced processor communication. Each PCR stores identical processor communication information that is useful in pip... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7472203 | Global and local command circuits for network devices Command system for a plurality of network devices. The command system may comprise a network administrator provided on a network, the network administrator issuing a command signal over the network. A plurality of device interfaces provided between the network and e... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7451242 | Systems and methods for providing network access Systems and methods for providing network access using network controllers and network interfaces. A network controller has one or more subsystems including a monitoring system that monitors a plurality of communication paths to detect a presence of link pulses in o... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7444433 | Distributed computing system architecture A computing system architecture is based upon a peer-to-peer, asynchronous model. The architecture specifies a set of infrastructure facilities that comprise an inter-prise operating system. The inter-prise operating system provides all the facilities that make appl... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7428618 | Apparatus and method for interfacing with a high speed bi-directional network A method and apparatus for processing a bi-directional dataflow are disclosed which permits the transparent movement of data from one processor to another via a shared memory fabric which is connected with both processors. This permits the incoming data of a first p... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7420476 | Programmable cockpit upgrade system Disclosed is a programmable computing and display device for upgrading a cockpit instrument panel of an aircraft. The programmable computing and display device includes a plurality of processing units; a network backbone that establishes a network among the processi... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7406531 | Method and communication system for data exchange among multiple users interconnected over a bus system A method and a communication system for exchanging data between at least two users interconnected over a bus system are described. The data is contained in messages which are transmitted by the users over the bus system. To improve data exchange among users so that ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403990 | Information distribution system An information distribution system is provided that can distribute various types of information without imposing extra workload on users. This information distribution system includes a server device that can access a profile DB and an information source DB. This se... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7373457 | Cache coherence protocol for a multiple bus multiprocessor system A computer system maintains a list of tags (called a Global Ownership Tag List (GOTL)) for all the cache lines in the system that are owned by a cache. The GOTL is used for cache coherence. There may be one central GOTL. Alternatively, the GOTL may be distributed, s... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373414 | Multi-media system and method for simultaneously delivering multi-media data to multiple destinations A multimedia system and method that provides easy universal text searching for non-technical users, is disclosed. A configuration of the multimedia system and method of the present invention also facilitates content delivery through multiple, independent, simultaneo... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7363380 | Method for optimizing a link schedule A method for improving a link schedule used in a communications network is disclosed. While the method applies generally to networks that operate on a scheduled communications basis, it is described in the context of a Foundation FIELDBUS. The method includes: sched... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360852 | Image forming system and image forming apparatus An imaging apparatus which outputs image data to be processed by an image processing apparatus. The imaging apparatus includes an image acquiring unit, a storage, and a communication unit. The image acquiring unit is adapted to acquire image data from an image stori... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363210 | Method and communications system for managing, supplying and retrieving data A method and communications system for managing and supplying data in a communications environment, which may have a data-management device, several application servers that may communicate with the central data-management device via different communications protoco... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360119 | Method and apparatus for handling SAS/SATA communication deadlock Broadly speaking, a method and apparatus is provided for identifying and responding to a deadlock condition in a SAS/SATA communication process. More specifically, an initiator device involved in the SAS/SATA communication process is defined to recognize a received ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359932 | Method and data processing system for microprocessor communication in a cluster-based multi-processor system A processor communication register (PCR) contained within a multiprocessor cluster system provides enhanced processor communication. The PCR stores information that is useful in pipelined or parallel multi-processing. Each processor cluster has exclusive rights to s... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356372 | Facilities management system with programmable logic control An embodiment of an access control system is disclosed herein that is easily customized by a user. A user defines cardholders, clearance levels, and logic scripts that dictate how the system will operate. User-entered changes propagate through the system automatical... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356568 | Method, processing unit and data processing system for microprocessor communication in a multi-processor system A processor communication register (PCR) contained in each processor within a multiprocessor system provides enhanced processor communication. Each PCR stores identical processor communication information that is useful in pipelined or parallel multi-processing. Eac... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356664 | Method and apparatus for transferring data from a memory subsystem to a network adapter for improving the memory subsystem and PCI bus efficiency A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for transferring data from a memory to a network adapter. A request is received to transfer data to a network adapter. An offset is set for a starting address of the data to align the data with an end of a frame in the ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352834 | Code phase synchronization The invention relates to a method for synchronizing the phase of a code available at a receiving unit with the phase of a corresponding code of which samples are received at said receiving unit. The synchronization comprises comparing a received code sample with dif... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350002 | Round-robin bus protocol A low-latency, peer-to-peer TDM bus including one or more data lines and one or more control lines is provided. Attached devices access the bus sequentially in order of their bus addresses. During a device's access period, if the device has data to transmit, the dev... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7350012 | Method and system for providing fault tolerance in a network A configurable switching fabric port is disclosed having, in a particular configuration. A first interface that employs port interface resources and leaves at least one interface resource dormant and a second interface utilizing the dormant resource. One particular ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349391 | Tunneling between a bus and a network A system is described having a network, a bus and an interface coupling the network to the bus. A host is coupled to the network and executes software to generate packets for communication on the network. A bus device is coupled to the bus. The interface and host co... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343433 | Method and apparatus for controlling amount of buffer data in a receiver of a data communication system, and method and apparatus for playing streaming data with adaptive clock synchronization unit A method and apparatus for controlling an amount of buffer data in a receiver of a data communication system, and a method and apparatus for playing back streaming data stored in a buffer, using an adaptive clock synchronization unit. The apparatus for controlling a... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340314 | Facilities management system with local display and user interface An embodiment of an access control system is disclosed herein that is easily customized by a user. A user defines cardholders, clearance levels, and logic scripts that dictate how the system will operate. User-entered changes propagate through the system automatical... | 03/04/2008 |
