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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8051217 | System and method for providing PCIe over displayport An apparatus and method is disclosed for providing an extensible information handling system (IHS) bus implemented on predetermined channels of a digital video interface. IHS video signal information is multiplexed with IHS bus information by a host multiplexer for ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7904612 | Ticket mechanism for sharing computer resources Improved administering of shared resources in a computer system. In a preferred embodiment, transaction throughput is improved and potential starvation eliminated by a ticket mechanism. The ticket mechanism provides a wait counter and a service counter. When a reque... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7886083 | Offloaded neighbor cache entry synchronization A method for the synchronization of network neighbor reachability between a host networking stack and a peripheral device, which offloads one or more network protocols is provided. The network neighbor reachability represents the reachability of another computer on ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7870305 | Proxy association for devices A first connection is established between a first device and a host, wherein the first device is host-capable. A second connection is established between a second device and the host. Proxy association is performed between the first device and the second device by t... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7757015 | Device, method and computer program product readable medium for determining the identity of a component Method, device and computer program product for determining a characteristic of an identifiable component. The method includes: receiving identification information representative of an identity of components that belong to a group of components, determining at leas... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7698472 | Hot unpluggable media storage device Improved techniques for rendering a peripheral device removable (e.g., unpluggable) are disclosed. According to one aspect of the invention, the peripheral device is rendered removable from a host computer without preparatory user actions. In effect, the peripheral ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7610411 | Information processing device, line concentrator, network information processing system having the line concentrator, information processing program and storage medium There is provided a mediation section (34) for switching between an active status in which data transmitted to a specific address is registered and processed and a non-active status other than the active status. When the mediation section (34) judges t... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7590773 | Hot unpluggable media storage device Improved techniques for rendering a peripheral device removable (e.g., unpluggable) are disclosed. According to one aspect of the invention, the peripheral device is rendered removable from a host computer without preparatory user actions. In effect, the peripheral ... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7490176 | Serial attached SCSI backplane and detection system thereof A serial attached SCSI (SAS) backplane and detection system thereof are provided. When a first SAS backplane is not serially connected to a second SAS backplane, a logic signal with first status value provided by a signal unit of first SAS backplane is output to a m... | 02/10/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7437489 | Data packet queue handling method and system A data packet queue handling method and system is proposed, which is designed for use with a computer system having a data packet generating unit, a data packet transfer interface, a data packet processing unit, and a memory unit, wherein the data packet generating ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436530 | Method and system for print consumables management A method for managing just-in-time print consumables for a print job can be performed on a computer server. The method includes estimating print consumable requirements for the print job. The method also includes ordering, over a network connection, the estimated pr... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437492 | Method and system for data compression and compression estimation in a virtual tape library environment A method and system for efficiently storing and transferring data in a virtual tape library environment is disclosed. Data is written to a virtual tape library that emulates a physical tape library. Data stored in the virtual tape library may be compressed and an es... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437486 | Configurable measurement interface coupled to a front-end subsystem and a back-end subsystem for receiving a set of bootstrap information A measurement device having a configurable measurement interface that enables the dynamic allocation of responsibilities among front-end and back-end subsystems of a measurement device. A measurement device according to the present teachings includes a front-end sub... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433973 | Display device featuring a reduced amount of time for detecting video input signals A display device includes a plurality of video input interfaces. The display device also includes a display controller coupled to the plurality of video input interfaces. The display controller determines a sequence in which the plurality of video input interfaces a... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430619 | Communication device, host apparatus, and communication method A method and apparatus for communicating data between a device and a host apparatus through a USB interface detects and corrects USB transaction phase deviation due to erroneous recognition of handshake packets. A method comprises the steps of transmitting a first p... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7426748 | Management mediating device, image processing apparatus, management mediating program, and storing medium storing management mediating program A management mediating device includes a management system communication device for making a connection to a management system outside a fire wall from inside the fire wall, and receiving a command from the management system, and a processor for performing a process... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7426582 | Method, system, and apparatus for servicing PS/2 devices within an extensible firmware interface environment Methods, systems, and computer-readable media service PS/2 devices within an extensible firmware interface (EFI) environment where the PS/2 devices provide data via a keyboard controller. The method involves receiving a request for data from an EFI driver, in respon... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7404013 | Pass-through information transfers inserted after a continued primitive in serial communications between a device and a host A device communicatively coupled to a host in a Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) format. The device includes a processor to control operations in the device and a serial interface to control serial communication with the host in accordance with the SATA ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401166 | Method and system for controlling and exchanging data for multimedia appliances and an appliance suitable therefor The present invention relates to a method and a system for controlling and/or exchanging data for multimedia appliances and an appliance suitable therefor According to prior art, methods and systems for controlling and exchanging data for multimedial appliances have... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7392329 | System and method for applying an action initiated for a portion of a plurality of devices to all of the plurality of devices In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a method of applying an action initiated for a portion of a plurality of devices to all of the plurality of devices is provided. The method comprises establishing a status block for a plurality of devices t... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389327 | Control and monitoring system for power system The object of the present invention is to make information necessary for judging whether control output is possible closer to the latest information than in the conventional method or made the latest, and shorten the time from control start to control execution. In ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7386638 | System and method for pendant bus for serially chaining multiple portable pendant peripherals A communications system is arranged for serially chaining multiple portable pendant peripherals to a portable host device. The system enables multiple low power input/output peripherals to communicate over a bi-directional data line with a portable host device such ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7380074 | Selecting storage clusters to use to access storage Provided are a method, system and program for selecting storage clusters to use to access storage. Input/Output (I/O) requests are transferred to a first storage cluster over a network to access storage. The storage may be additionally accessed via a second storage ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7366799 | Document processing system including multi-device compatible interface and related methods A document processing system may include a document processing device (e.g., a copier), a host (e.g., a computer server), and a multi-device compatible interface for enabling operation of the host and the document processing device from among a plurality of differen... | 04/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7362459 | Network device and printer A network device generates print data in accordance with information resources received from outside, and can then easily install or update a color conversion table, a printer driver, etc., necessary for generating print data. Print related information necessary for... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359998 | Low-power CD-ROM player with CD-ROM subsystem for portable computer capable of playing audio CDs without supply energy to CPU A low-power audio CD player for portable computers permits operation of the CD-ROM subsystem when power is not being supplied to the computer subsystem. In one embodiment of the invention, the computer subsystem comprises a system CPU, a digital-audio generating cir... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359186 | Storage subsystem The storage subsystem is connected to an external device and comprises a storage device arrangement portion, on which a plurality of storage devices is arranged, and a control device that controls communications between the plurality of storage devices arranged on t... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7360019 | Disk array device and data processing method thereof A data processing method for a disk array device capable of achieving a duplex system of data and improving performance of the same device while a quantity of processing for writing into a cache memory (through a switch) is reduced. In the disk array device, a host ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353373 | Intelligent printer installation An improved system for installing a printer on a computer or a network of computers. The disclosed system is capable of installing and configuring a printer on a computer and a network to which the computer is connected. The disclosed system allows a user to specify... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7343627 | Secure document-data-handling system and methodology The method and system which assure tight security over access to document data which is being handled in a system during scanning, copying, printing and faxing modes of operation. Security takes place with (1) substantially complete blockage of outside-world (networ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337240 | Virtualization of I/O adapter resources A method and apparatus relates to hardware-to-hardware data transmission in computer systems, and in particular, it relates to method and system for operating I/O adapters attaching either one or more computing devices to an I/O periphery, to a network, or to other ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337243 | Redundant system management controllers A module to perform system management for a computer. The module includes a memory to store management event information and a controller to operate in an active central management controller mode and in a standby central management controller mode. In both modes th... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333430 | Systems and methods for passing network traffic data A method for processing network traffic data includes receiving network traffic data, and passing the network traffic data to one of a plurality of worker modules for processing the network traffic data, wherein the step of passing is performed based at least in par... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7334055 | Status display for parallel activities When activities are operated in parallel, and there is only one status display, an ordered list is implemented with three methods of access: insertion at the top, removal from anywhere, and read of the top item. Items kept on this list are the status codes or words ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330913 | Method and apparatus for maintaining peripheral device support information A method and apparatus for maintaining a computing device is provided. An indication of an end of persistence for a peripheral device is received. Monitoring is performed for an event related to the end of persistence. Support information associated with the periphe... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328315 | System and method for managing mirrored memory transactions and error recovery In a data processing system having a memory control device including at least two mirrored memory ports, a method, system, and article of manufacture for processing read requests are disclosed herein. In accordance with the method of the present invention, a read re... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325120 | Allocating space on data storage devices in proportion to weights associated with the devices Space is allocated on data storage devices in proportion to weights associated with the storage devices. The weights can be dynamically adjusted at any time in order to accommodate changes in the system and to better utilize the storage devices. The technique used t... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324140 | Image pick-up apparatus having data loss prevention function for internal memory When it is ascertained that continuous photography has been terminated, the recording to an external recording medium, via an image recording circuit, of image data stored in an internal memory is initiated. When an instruction is issued to start the recording of da... | 01/29/2008 |
