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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190791 | Image forming apparatus, device managing apparatus, device managing system, status acquiring method, device managing method, and computer program An image forming apparatus is connected to a device managing apparatus via a network. The image forming apparatus acquires its own current status and estimates an estimated status. The estimated status is a status following the current status. The image forming appa... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8180932 | Signal receiving method for determining transmission format of input signal and related signal receiving circuit The present invention discloses a signal receiving method for determining a transmission format of an input signal and a related signal receiving circuit. The signal receiving method includes: receiving the input signal; generating a signal detecting result correspo... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176216 | Methods for analyzing USB data traffic using a single USB host controller A method is described for capturing USB data traffic for a monitored device by a USB analyzer using a single USB host controller. It comprises the steps of: generating and storing an address and communication speed associated with the USB analyzer; reading a USB pac... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171183 | Information processing apparatus and program and method for setting identification information An information processing apparatus communicates within a system by using identification information for identifying a device includes, a first device in which a first identifier is uniquely set, a holding part that holds a second identifier settable arbitrarily for... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171182 | Method of indicating connectivity of peripheral device to computer operating system This invention provides a method of connecting a network-connected image input device, to which a plug-and-play function cannot be applied to a computer installed with an OS (operating system) and using the image input device. To this end, when a control program of ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166211 | Safely sharing USB devices Described herein are systems and methods for preventing a user mode USB driver from performing IOCTL operations other than read-safe IOCTLs on a USB device that has been claimed by a kernel mode driver or is in use by another user mode USB driver. In one method, it ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161201 | Methods and system for configuring a peripheral device with an information handling system A method for configuring a peripheral device in communication with an information handling system (IHS) is disclosed, wherein the method includes receiving visual data associated with the peripheral device and mapping configuration data to the peripheral device base... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161203 | Detecting the presence and activity of a mass storage device Technologies are described herein for detecting the presence and activity of a mass storage device. A resistor divider circuit generates a voltage indicating whether a mass storage device has been mated to a mass storage backplane and whether the device is active. T... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161202 | Peripheral device management system The peripheral device management system includes a server, a peripheral device, a data processing device. The data processing device includes an attempting unit, a confirming unit, a notifying unit, a first setting unit, and a second setting unit. The attempting uni... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8151012 | Virtual row buffers for use with random access memory Methods, apparatuses and systems to decrease the energy consumption of a memory chip while increasing its effect bandwidth during the execution of any workload. Methods, apparatuses and systems may allow a memory chip utilize a plurality of virtual row buffers to re... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8151011 | Input-output fabric conflict detection and resolution in a blade compute module system Determining whether there exists an input-output (I/O) fabric conflict (mismatch) between a blade I/O fabric daughter card of a blade compute module and an I/O interface module of a blade compute module system, and if a conflicts does exit then taking action to corr... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145801 | Computer, storage medium and method for controlling optical disk driver of the computer A method and system controls an optical disk driver (ODD) of a computer. The method detects whether an eject button connected with an I/O (input/output) chip of the computer has been pressed, and determines if an optical disk exists in the ODD when the eject button ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145802 | Extended input/output measurement word facility and emulation of that facility An Extended Input/output (I/O) measurement word facility is provided. Provision is made for emulation of the Extended I/O measurement word facility. The facility provides for storing measurement data associated with a single I/O operation in an extended measurement ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145800 | Identifying when a USB self-powered device is connected to a medical device by triggering an alert about a potential risk to patient In some aspects, a method includes determining whether a universal serial bus (USB) peripheral device is connected to a USB monitoring device that is connected to a medical device and drawing power from the medical device. The medical device is configured for use in... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140717 | Controlling access to physical indicators in a logically partitioned computer system A low-level logical partitioning function associates partitions, partitionable entities, and location codes. Partitionable entities are hardware components, not necessarily individually replaceable. The location code reflects the physical topology of the system pack... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135875 | Image formation apparatus capable of preventing access to improper USB memory, and control method for image formation apparatus Determination is made whether acceptance of a job on a USB memory is permitted or not. When in a USB memory job acceptance permitted state, a USB memory job selection display process is executed. When in a USB memory job acceptance prohibited state, a USB memory plu... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135876 | Identifying when a USB self-powered device is connected to a medical device by triggering an alert about a potential risk to patient This patent application relates generally to identifying a self-powered device connected to a medical device. ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8122162 | Method of optimized-sharing of multimedia content and mobile terminal employing the same An apparatus and method for displaying information using a mobile terminal connectable to peripheral devices through corresponding wireless communication is provided. The method includes receiving profile information from one or more of the peripheral devices connec... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8122161 | Associating and evaluating status information for a primary input parameter value from a profibus device A method and system are disclosed for managing Profibus device information in a distributed control system. After receiving input parameter data originating from a Profibus device message, the I/O module assembly performs steps for processing, maintaining and provid... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8112555 | Peripheral adapter interrupt frequency control by estimating processor load at the peripheral adapter Interrupt frequency control by estimating processor load in the peripheral adapter provides adaptive interrupt latency to improve performance in a processing system. A mathematical function of the depth of one or more queues of the adapter is compared to its histori... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8103807 | Optical detection of a component for an electronic device A system and method for optically identifying a component coupled to an electronic device is provided. The method includes emitting light from within the device toward a surface of a component connector inserted into a receiving socket of the device. A light sensor ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103806 | Method and apparatus for utilizing device access idle time for input sensing A circuit capable of reading an input from a device on one pin of an integrated circuit package during one time period and either writing data to another device or reading an input from the other device through the same pin during another time period. In one exempla... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099527 | Operation management apparatus, display method, and record medium An operation management device manages the operations of managed devices, and includes: an information collection unit for acquiring communication data between the managed devices; and a calculation unit for calculating coordinates when the managed devices are arran... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095698 | Circuits and methods for reliable automatic USB speed detection The Universal Serial Bus (“USB”) 2.0 Specification defines three speeds of communication for its bus, and each has its own signaling characteristics. Due to the uniqueness of each speed, PHYs must be placed in a separate mode for each signaling rate. Although US... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090881 | Method and system for minimizing unnecessary topology discovery operations by managing physical layer state change notifications in storage systems Method and system is provided where PHY state change (PHY CHANGE) notifications from one or more PHYs in a storage infrastructure are monitored as a potential error condition. The rate of PHY CHANGE notifications is monitored to determine if the rate of PHY CHANGE n... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8082370 | Apparatus, method, and system for controlling communication between host device and USB device An apparatus, a method, and a system for controlling communications between a host device and a USB device. The apparatus includes a controller to perform an operation for communication between a first device and a second device, and a first processor to selectively... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8069278 | Detecting abnormal host adapter operations via light emissions A server is installed with host bus adapters (HBAs). The HBA causes light-emitting components thereon to emit light in abnormal light emission patterns upon falling into an abnormal condition, and in predetermined light emission patterns upon receiving a predetermin... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065445 | On-demand switching between hardware and software implementations of a peripheral device A method of accessing a peripheral device can include determining whether the peripheral device is busy. The method can include selectively providing to a processor, according to whether the peripheral device is busy, either a driver or a program. The driver, when e... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060665 | Integrated circuit input/output interface with empirically determined delay matching An integrated circuit input/output interface with empirically determined delay matching is disclosed. In one embodiment, the integrated circuit input/output interface uses empirical information of signal traces coupled to the integrated circuit to adjust a transmit/... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055809 | System and method for distributing signal with efficiency over microprocessor A system and associated method for distributing signals with efficiency over a microprocessor. A performance monitoring unit (PMU) sends configuration signals to a unit to monitor an event occurring on the unit. The unit is attached to a configuration bus and an eve... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8041846 | Apparatus with reduced latency for master and slave storage devices Disclosed is an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a first hard disk drive, a conversion circuit and a signal control circuit. The conversion circuit is connected with the first hard disk drive to determine whether a seco... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8032666 | Location enabled bookmark and profile Location based profiles are used to modify the configuration of a computing device based on a detected location. The location based profiles allow features such as cameras to be enabled and disabled. Physical and logical data storage partitions can also be mounted a... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8024494 | Method of monitoring device forming information processing system, information apparatus and information processing system A monitoring apparatus communicatively coupled to one or more devices forming an information processing system manages each of the devices by setting the device to be in any one of monitoring states including a monitoring target to be always monitored, a semi-monito... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8005997 | Monitoring device and monitoring method for monitoring data held in memory A monitoring device according to the present invention is a monitoring device connectable between a target device including a first memory holding a first data sequentially renewed and a host device acquiring a second data coinciding with the first data held in the ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8005998 | Method for controlling power consumption of a USB mass storage, associated personal computer, and storage medium storing an associated USB mass storage driver A method for controlling power consumption of a Universal Serial Bus (USB) Mass Storage is provided. The USB Mass Storage is electrically connected to a USB port. The method includes: monitoring at least one Test Unit Ready (TUR) command from an operating system (OS... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8001289 | Digital audio/video apparatus and method that can perform additional operations An audio/video (AV) apparatus such as a digital television set and a digital set-top-box device, which can perform additional operations such as an electronic album, MP3 and FIMS, and an additional operation performing apparatus appropriate for the digital AV appara... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8001290 | Vehicle computer system with audio entertainment system A vehicle computer system has an audio entertainment system implemented in a logic unit and audio digital signal processor (DSP) independent from the host CPU. The audio entertainment system employs a set of ping/pong buffers and direct memory access (DMA) circuits ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8001291 | Method of optimized-sharing of multimedia content and mobile terminal employing the same Provided are a method of optimized sharing of multimedia content that allows delivery of optimized multimedia content using device profiles shared between devices connected via a short-range wireless communication and a mobile terminal employing the same method. The... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7996579 | Apparatus, methods, and computer-code for handling an impending decoupling between a peripheral device and a host device Apparatus, methods and computer-code are disclosed where an impending decoupling between a peripheral device and a host is detected. In some embodiments, in response to the detected impending disconnection, a user alert signal is generated. In some embodiments, an ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7996580 | System and method for notifying a host of a service required by a slave storage device A host device includes an electrical activity monitoring (EAM) module that is configured to monitor the electrical activity of a slave storage device interfaced with the host device. Responsive to the value of, or change in, the electric current fed to the slave sto... | 08/09/2011 |
