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...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185666 | Compare instruction A processor executes an instruction that causes a comparison to be performed between contents of a first register and contents of a second register and between the contents of the first register and a predetermined value. The instruction is particularly useful for d... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8127046 | Medical device including a capacitive slider assembly that provides output signals wirelessly to one or more remote medical systems components A medical system includes an input assembly for receiving one or more user inputs. The input assembly includes at least one slider assembly for providing an input signal. Processing logic receives the input signal from the input assembly and provides a first output ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8117345 | Signal processing device and method, program, and signal processing system A signal processing device is a predetermined signal processing device among signal processing devices which perform signal processing on an input signal that is input to any one of the signal processing devices in such a manner that the signal processing devices sh... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8103801 | Marking and faulting input/output ports of an electronics system Described is an electronics system and method for marking and faulting I/O ports of an I/O module in the electronics system. Each I/O port has an associated light-emitting system that is capable of emitting a plurality of different colors. At least one color is blin... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8095691 | Multi-node configuration of processor cards connected via processor fabrics Provided is a system comprising a first node comprising a plurality of processor cards each including a processor fabric, wherein the processor cards in the first node connect via their processor fabrics; a second node comprising a plurality of processor cards each ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095690 | Machine-readable medium for storing a stream data processing program and computer system In a stream data processing method in which part of stream data is defined as a processing target and the time control information which indicates the advance of the time is inserted into the stream data, time information of the received stream data is stored in a n... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8037209 | Device configuration integration information managing device and device configuration information managing device MW of an FCMDB sequentially registers device configuration information of MDRs 1 and 2 in the FCMDB. The MW registers the device configuration information of the MDR 2 in the FCMDB, including a process policy indicating that “at a class lower ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8005992 | Scalable storage and retrieval of multiple asynchronous signals A method of processing signals includes: sampling multiple signals, where each sampled signal includes multiple signal values and corresponding time values; partitioning the sampled signals into multiple partitions, where each partition includes signal values and co... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8001281 | Configuring a management module through a graphical user interface for use in a computer system A customization program for use in customizing a baseboard management controller used for monitoring operation of various computer system components is disclosed. A user interacts with the customization program to customize the baseboard management controller based ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7930438 | Interrogate processing for complex I/O link A method for facilitating input/output (I/O) communication for a processing operation is provided. An interrogate command is obtained by an I/O communications adapter. The interrogate command queries for status information of the processing operation to be provided ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7899940 | Servicing commands In a first aspect, a first method is provided for servicing commands. The first method includes the steps of (1) receiving a first command for servicing in a memory controller including a plurality of memory ports, wherein the first command is of a first priority; (... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7899941 | Displayport IC speed control Circuits, methods, and apparatus that allow a DisplayPort compatible host device to control data transactions over an I2C bus when communicating with a legacy monitor. One example includes an adapter having a compatibility register that may have a number ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7849227 | Stream data processing method and computer systems Provided is a stream data processing method that can effectively handle delay data. In the stream data processing method of processing data whose lifetime is defined by a window, an operation result excluding a delay tuple is immediately output along with an unconfi... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7849226 | Television with set top internet terminal with user interface wherein auxiliary content is received that is associated with current television programming A viewer of television programming is alerted to the availability of content related to the programming (e.g. an associated Internet web page) by an icon momentarily displayed on the screen. Using a remote control, the viewer can select the icon. A control panel the... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7818463 | Method for processing consistent data sets by an asynchronous application of a subscriber in an isochronous, cyclical communications system A processing of consistent data sets by asynchronous application of a subscriber in an isochronous, cyclical communication system is provided. Accordingly, by connecting a communication memory and a consistency, transmission and reception buffer, copying processes l... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7818462 | Cable interface A method and apparatus for transmitting a signal to a remote location. The method splits the signal into a multitude of signals that are transmitted down cables. The split signals are collected into a single signal at the receiving end at the remote location. An app... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7788412 | Display system and method A display system and method are disclosed. The system comprises a data transmitting apparatus built in a computer and a data receiving apparatus connected to a remote VGA/DVI display device, in which the data transmitting apparatus comprises a collecting unit for co... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7783787 | System and method for reprioritizing high-latency input/output operations A mechanism for reprioritizing high-latency input/output operations in a file system is provided. The mechanism expands a file access protocol, such as the direct access file system protocol, by including a hurry up command that adjusts the latency of a given input/... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7734830 | Information storage device and information storage method An information storage device, by which only information outputted in a state desired by a user can be stored and disclosed with minimum time and trouble of the user, is provided. After FAX transmission, the FAX image is displayed and an inquiry concerning whether t... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7730221 | LAN controller with bootable host bus adapter A network controller with a bootable Host Bus Adapter, particularly suitable for iSCSI applications is described. In one example, this includes, a host bus interface, a register to the host bus indicating a mass storage device, a network interface, and a boot memory... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7707321 | Chained DMA for low-power extended USB flash device without polling An extended Universal-Serial Bus (EUSB) host has reduced loading by using radio frequency (RF) transceivers or direct wiring traces rather than a pair of legacy USB cables. The reduced loading opens the eye pattern. The EUSB device transfers internal data using chai... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7689618 | Information output method, central information processing device, and information output program A PC server, connected with a client PC, extracts from a database content satisfying a condition designated from the client PC, and content that does not directly satisfy the designated condition. A pamphlet including the extracted content is output. ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7650435 | Apparatus and method to install a component in an information storage and retrieval system A method is disclosed to install a component in an information storage and retrieval system. The method provides an information storage and retrieval system comprising a system processor and system data, and a component comprising persistent component data. The meth... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7634585 | In-line cache using nonvolatile memory between host and disk device A memory module is interposed between a host and a disk drive. The memory module includes a solid-state nonvolatile memory used for caching data sent by the host for storage in the disk drive. Caching takes place under the control of a memory controller in the memor... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7620739 | Dynamic system control method Techniques are provided herein for reducing vibrations in various modes of a dynamic system. One such technique comprises incorporating vibration limiting and sensitivity constraints into a partial fraction expansion equation model of the system so as to reduce vibr... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7594037 | Configuring a management module through a graphical user interface for use in a computer system A customization program for use in customizing a baseboard management controller used for monitoring operation of various computer system components is disclosed. A user interacts with the customization program to customize the baseboard management controller based ... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7568051 | Flexible UCB Providing a mechanism for performing special processing in connection with application I/O operations for a device includes mapping application address space to address space containing metadata for the device and providing additional local metadata therefor and pro... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7552241 | Method and system for managing a plurality of I/O interfaces with an array of multicore processor resources in a semiconductor chip The present invention relates to a method and system for managing I/O interfaces with an array of multicore processor resources in a semiconductor chip. The I/O interfaces are connected to the processor resources through an I/O shim. An I/O interface sends a datafra... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7552240 | Method for user space operations for direct I/O between an application instance and an I/O adapter The present invention provides a method that enables application instances to pass block mode storage requests directly to a physical I/O adapter without run-time involvement from either the local operating system or hypervisor. In one aspect of the present inventio... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7502872 | Method for out of user space block mode I/O directly between an application instance and an I/O adapter The present invention provides a method that enables application instances to pass block mode storage requests directly to a physical I/O adapter without run-time involvement from the local operating system or hypervisor. Specifically, a mechanism for providing and ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7502871 | Method for query/modification of linear block address table entries for direct I/O The present invention provides a method, that enables application instances to pass block mode storage requests directly to a physical I/O adapter without run-time involvement from the local operating system or hypervisor. In one aspect of the present invention, a m... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7444435 | Non-fenced list DMA command mechanism A DMA controller (DMAC) for handling a list DMA command in a computer system is provided. The computer system has at least one processor and a system memory, the list DMA command relates to an effective address (EA) of the system memory, and the at least one process... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444440 | Method and device for providing high data rate for a serial peripheral interface An improved high performance scheme is provided with a serial peripheral interface (SPI) to enable microcontroller-based products and other components and devices to achieve a higher serial transmit and receive data rate. ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443528 | Image forming apparatus and method of controlling same Disclosed is a laser printer for forming an image by transferring images one after another to a printing medium from a plurality of photosensitive drums disposed along the transport path of the printing medium. The printer includes data processing units provided in ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444434 | Parallel pattern detection engine A parallel pattern detection engine (PPDE) comprise multiple processing units (PUs) customized to do various modes of pattern recognition. The PUs are loaded with different patterns and the input data to be matched is provided to the PUs in parallel. Each pattern ha... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441051 | Apparatus and method for managing configuration of computer systems on a computer network A system configuration manager provides a graphical user interface that allows a system administrator to easily administer configuration settings for different computer systems and platforms on a computer network. The system configuration manager allows identifying ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7441053 | Support of an interaction between a host device and a peripheral device The invention relates to a method for use in a system comprising a host device and at least one peripheral device which are enabled to interact with each other. In order to improve the flexibility of the system, the method comprises a step of transmitting informatio... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436845 | Input and output buffering An Infiniband device is provided. The device has a plurality of input/output ports. Each port has associated therewith an input buffer for storage of a packet received at that port. Each port also has associated therewith a plurality of output buffers for storage of... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433979 | Method and apparatus for input management having plurality of input provider types with third party listener access to staging area that includes stack of input events The present invention is directed to a method and system for use in a computing environment for managing input information. The system for facilitating input management in a computerized environment may include an input manager for processing events received from an... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433938 | Coupling a filter graph space to a network driver space A communication path is established that allows for communication between a filter graph space and a network driver space in a system. The communication path allows bidirectional communication between a filter graph driver in the filter graph space and a network dri... | 10/07/2008 |
