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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8156257 | Removeable medium, formatting device, formatting system, formatting method, and formatting program A removable medium capable of performing formatting conforming to the standard if a host machine does not include a special formatting command is provided. A removable medium has an information storage section 20 having a first storage area for storing... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8117353 | Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus is capable of communicating data with a plurality of external apparatuses attached to the image processing apparatus. Each of the external apparatuses includes an advisor that advises a user of access to the external apparatus. A displa... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8024493 | Stand-alone personal portable device for transmitting and receiving a computer file between two mobile physical people A system configured to transfer an electronic file includes a non-volatile storage memory; an autonomous power supply; a transfer system comprising a transmitter configured to transmit a file to be transmitted, the transmitter comprising a first contact connection p... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8001288 | Method and system for enabling personal digital assistants and protecting stored private data A method and system for enabling personal digital assistants (PDAs) and protecting stored private data. Specifically, one embodiment in accordance with the present invention includes a removable expansion card about the size of a postage stamp which plugs into a slo... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7979596 | Mouse with expandable memory capacity and an operating method thereof A mouse with expandable memory capacity includes a button set with a plurality of buttons, a build-in memory, a card connector, and a controller. Therein, the card connector is for connecting with a memory card. The controller is connected to the button set, the bui... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7761614 | Electronic apparatus and content data providing method According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus is detachably connected to a host apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes a file management information generation module. The file management information generation module generates file management informati... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7721014 | Network device having a flexible EEPROM for setting configuration settings A method for flexibly configuring default values of a network device and a network device using such flexible configuration method is described. First, it is determined whether the default values are obtained through a microprocessor interface or a memory interface.... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7702821 | Content-aware digital media storage device and methods of using the same A content-aware digital media storage device includes a host device interface for exchanging digital information with a host device, a memory array for storing digital information received from the host device via the host interface, a peripheral module configured t... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7636798 | Methods and systems for integrating unique information in SAS interface components Methods and systems for customizing information in a memory associated with a SAS host bus adapter (“HBA”). A SAS HBA typically includes a memory component that stores information common to all SAS HBA's manufactured by a particular vendor (e.g., common instruct... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7594041 | Recording medium, content recording/reproducing system, content reproducing apparatus, content recording apparatus, and content recoding apparatus A removable recording medium having an area for storing a content and, when attached to a reproducing apparatus, allowing the content recorded in the area to be reproduced is arranged so as to include, separately from the area for storing the content, an area for st... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7502874 | Methods and systems for integrating unique information in SAS interface components Methods and systems for customizing information in a memory associated with a SAS host bus adapter (“HBA”). A SAS HBA typically includes a memory component that stores information common to all SAS HBA's manufactured by a particular vendor (e.g., common instruct... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7454531 | USB portable storage capable of being upgraded and capacity-expanded freely by replacement of storage medium An USB removable memory with replaceable storage medium for optional upgrade and extension of the storage capacity, including an USB connector, a controller and a flash memory; said USB connector and said controller are integrated as a memory body; the flash memory ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7444470 | Storage device, control method of storage device, and removable storage medium A storage device executes a program matching a removable storage medium. The device has a drive unit for reading the storage medium, a program memory for storing a program module required for processing of a storage device and a module list, a random access memory, ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7426584 | Portable storage media as file servers A data storage device includes a data storage medium, for example one or more flash memory modules, and a direct interface, to the data storage medium, that supports a file system protocol. Preferably, the data storable device also includes a physical communication ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7409477 | Memory card having a processor coupled between host interface and second interface wherein internal storage code provides a generic interface between host interface and processor A memory card comprising a first modular component that comprises a first interface and first conductors and a data mover that comprises second conductors coupled to the first conductors. The first modular component is replaceable with a second modular component tha... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7403223 | Method and apparatus for producing a file name in an image manipulating system having a memory device in which a file name and a second train of characters is provided wherein a file number is automatically generated by incrementing a file number previously assigned and stored in memory Apparatus having a file generator which assigns a file name for information to be recorded so that the information is formatted as a file for storage in a recording medium. The file generator automatically assigns the file name which has a part thereof which is a se... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7395359 | Automatic configuration of network components having separate unprogrammed network devices configured to communicate with separate interconnected network terminals The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing configuration information to terminals and network components within a network. In particular, a specialist is no longer necessary in order to exchange a terminal or a component for the network. T... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7370177 | Mechanism for avoiding check stops in speculative accesses while operating in real mode A method and processor for avoiding check stops in speculative accesses. An execution unit, e.g., load/store unit, may be coupled to a queue configured to store instructions. A register, coupled to the execution unit, may be configured to store a value corresponding... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363632 | Clientless external storage device A method for installing an external storage device (such as a hard drive) to a computer is disclosed. The external hard drive includes a driver storage formed integral to the external hard drive. The driver storage stores the device driver information. Upon connecti... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363441 | Portable storage apparatus and method for freely changing data bus width A portable storage apparatus capable of freely changing a data bus width and a method of setting the data bus width of the apparatus are provided, where the portable storage apparatus has at least one command line and a plurality of data lines and includes a non-vol... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363392 | Automatic maintenance of configuration information in a replaceable electronic module The present invention provides methods and systems to automatically manage hardware and software capabilities of replaceable electronic modules as the modules are replaced or reassigned to different tasks. Each such module stores configuration information in a persi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359607 | Waveguide for thermo optic device A waveguide and resonator are formed on a lower cladding of a thermo optic device, each having a formation height that is substantially equal. Thereafter, the formation height of the waveguide is attenuated. In this manner, the aspect ratio as between the waveguide ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356661 | Control of information reproduction and deletion in a library apparatus An information recording/reproduction apparatus according to one aspect of this invention includes a first recording/reproduction unit configured to execute recording, reproduction, and deletion of information for a built-in first recording medium, a second recordin... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351920 | IC card and semiconductor integrated circuit device package An IC card includes a semiconductor integrated circuit device package having one surface and another surface opposite to the one surface, card terminals on the one surface of the package, and a base card which includes a concave portion attached to the other surface... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353376 | Method and system for implementing full BBS (BIOS boot specification) functionality with a single device list Methods and systems are disclosed for single list BBS implementations that allow for significant configurability and ease of use improvements. BCV devices are included as individual entries in the IPL list so that intermixing of devices of different device types is ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350010 | Method and an apparatus for switching root cells for a computer system without requiring the computer system to be re-booted Embodiments of the present invention pertain to methods and systems are described for switching root cells for a computer system without requiring the computer system to be re-booted. In one embodiment, objects are used to represent fixed registers associated with a... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7331051 | System and method for installing portable device drivers A method for installing a peripheral device to a computer is disclosed. The peripheral device includes a driver storage formed integral to the peripheral device. The driver storage stores the device driver information. Upon connection to the computer, the peripheral... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7296098 | Portable data converting and processing storage device with standard interface wherein the body unity does not include any built-in flash memory A portable data converting and processing device with standard data interface, wherein the data processor is a connector-controller, a conversion-controller with functional processing or an integrative or separate combination of them. The connector and the data proc... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7294918 | Memory card with connecting portions for connection to an adapter On an adapter mounting portion 3a having a projecting cross section which is formed on a cap 3 of a small-sized memory card 1, a recessed portion of an adapter 2 side is fitted so that both parts are formed as an integral unit in a... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293117 | Self-installing peripheral device with memory wherein in response to user request for additional storage peripheral device being configured to remove installation software stored on memory A self-installing peripheral device is provided. The device includes an onboard memory that stores a device driver that enables the device to communicate with a computer operating system. When the device is connected to a computer, the device automatically downloads... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292946 | Integrated PC card host controller for the detection and operation of a plurality of expansion cards A controller includes a plurality of readers for reading an associated plurality of expansion cards and for controlling operation of such expansion cards, wherein at least one of the plurality of readers is a flash media reader. A method for controlling the operatio... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7293170 | Changing the personality of a device by intercepting requests for personality information A method and system for a target to adopt the personality of a source without loading the personality information of the source onto the target is provided. The personality system extracts personality information from the source and stores the personality informatio... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7275118 | Input/output (I/O) device driver loading method for data processing system of computer, involves communicating secondary I/O device driver to data processing system using primary I/O device driver Methods, peripheral devices, and computer program products are provided for loading I/O device drivers from a peripheral device to a data processing system. First device identification information is communicated from the peripheral device to the data processing sys... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272453 | Method and apparatus for utilizing a sequence interpreter approach to control logic of a programmable logic controller The work memory of a programmable logic controller (PLC) is loaded with only one instruction at a time from the PLC's load memory which contains the entire instruction set to control a process. Each instruction has a format which contains at least one option code wh... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7271475 | Memory card with connecting portions for connection to an adapter On an adapter mounting portion 3a having a projecting cross section which is formed on a cap 3 of a small-sized memory card 1, a recessed portion of an adapter 2 side is fitted so that both parts are formed as an integral unit in a... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7254274 | Image processing apparatus and method for efficiently compressing and encoding still images and motion pictures An image processing apparatus includes an input unit for sequentially inputting image data and a display unit for displaying finder image data in the image data sequentially input from the input unit. The image processing apparatus also includes a processing unit th... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251706 | System and method for updating firmware in a non-volatile memory without using a processor A processing system connected to an apparatus includes a non-volatile memory (NVM) for storing firmware needed by the processing system; and an NVM control interface capable of writing and reading data stored in the NVM; wherein the NVM control interface reads a pre... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7245945 | Portable computing device adapted to update display information while in a low power mode Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a portable computing device that has a processor, a direct memory access (DMA) engine, and a display controller may transfer data with the DMA engine to the display. The DMA engine may transfer the data wh... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7239011 | Memory card with a cap having indented portions On an adapter mounting portion 3a having a projecting cross section which is formed on a cap 3 of a small-sized memory card 1, a recessed portion of an adapter 2 side is fitted so that both parts are formed as an integral unit in a... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7233058 | Memory card with an adaptor On an adapter mounting portion 3a having a projecting cross section which is formed on a cap 3 of a small-sized memory card 1, a recessed portion of an adapter 2 side is fitted so that both parts are formed as an integral unit in a... | 06/19/2007 |
