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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8103808 | Multimedia KVM system Multimedia KVM systems are provided. A multimedia KVM system comprises a KVM switch and a local console coupled to the KVM switch. The KVM switch comprises a plurality of first connectors for connecting to a plurality of first multimedia components, respectively. Th... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8086764 | Remote USB device usage system In one embodiment of a remote USB device usage system, when there is a request to connect to a remote USB device from any one of a plurality of applications, a check is performed of whether or not another application is using the remote USB device. When no applicati... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082371 | Method and circuit arrangement for the monitoring and management of data traffic in a communication system with several communication nodes The invention describes a method for the monitoring and management of data traffic in a communication system with several communication nodes which communicate via interfaces monitored by a bus monitor, comprising the following steps: a) provision of a predefined co... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8078769 | Automatic QoS determination with I/O activity logic Systems and methodologies for automatic quality of service (QoS) management for data network devices are provided herein. As described herein, active versus inactive interaction between a user and a network device can be identified, based on which an appropriate QoS... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078768 | Universal Serial Bus (USB) remote wakeup A universal serial bus (USB) device communicates with a USB host over a USB to remotely wake up the USB host over the USB when the USB host is in a low power (e.g. deep sleep) mode. The USB device performs an activity to wake up the USB host. The USB host performs a... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8055810 | Mobile terminal and switching method for controlling data transmission via GPIO interface based on preset threshold A mobile terminal and switching method for controlling data transmission interface thereof are provided. The mobile terminal comprises an application processor, a communication processor and data transmission interfaces thereof, the application processor comprising ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8051220 | Input/output device with configuration, fault isolation and redundant fault assist functionality A process control system is provided having a plurality of I/O devices in communication using a bus. A primary redundant I/O device and a secondary redundant I/O device are coupled to the bus, where the secondary redundant I/O device is programmed to detect a primar... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8051219 | Storage system with performance limit detection unit and processing percentage determination unit for ensuring priority data performance A highly-reliable storage system and data input/output control method, which can ensure priority data input/output performance, is provided. A performance limit, which is the number of data input/output processes per unit of time, is detected; and a processing perce... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8051218 | Methods and systems for outlying peripheral device management Aspects of the present invention comprise systems and methods for detecting and managing peripheral devices that perform outside a given performance envelope. In some aspects, one or more threshold values may be determined prior to or during implementation by heuris... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8001292 | Data transfer controlling device and IC card A data transfer controlling device is mounted in an IC card having: a communication device for data communication with an external device; a memory device for storing data received from and transmitted to the external device; and an operation processing device for c... | 08/16/2011 |
| RE42528 | End-of-scan reporting system A reporting system capable of reporting the end of a scanning session to a user through existing computer peripheral devices is proposed. By reporting at the end of a scanning session, the user can proceed with subsequent scanning operations with no delay. Hence, id... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7962666 | Transfer apparatus, transfer system, program, and transfer method A transfer apparatus includes a connection status detection block, a storage status detection block, a no-operation status detection block, and a transfer block. The transfer block can automatically transfer candidate data to a memory device when a connected status ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7949798 | Virtual IDE interface and protocol for use in IDE redirection communication Devices, media, systems, and methods provide remote maintenance of a managed computer system through a remote computer. The remote computer is accessed by a CPU in the managed computer system as though it were a local IDE controller attached to a local IDE device. A... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949799 | Storage apparatus, and method of stopping operation of add-on storage device which is in operation within the storage apparatus A storage apparatus and method are provided. The storage apparatus including includes a basic storage device having a control unit and an add-on storage device configured to be connected to the basic storage device. The add-on storage device including a first reques... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7937506 | Restoring data to a point in a continuum of input/output operations To restore data, substantially continuous recording of input/output (I/O) operations in a storage system is performed to provide an I/O continuum of I/O operations. Based on analyzing activity associated with the storage system, points in the I/O continuum associate... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7930441 | USB device and mode detecting method thereof A USB peripheral device and a method of determining USB speed mode. The method of determining USB speed mode for an USB peripheral device, wherein the USB peripheral device is coupled to an USB host through an USB transmission cable, and the USB transmission cable c... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7912995 | Managing SAS topology SAS topology is managed. Internally within a SAS device on a SAS network, a performance characteristic of a PHY of the SAS device is monitored. Internally within the SAS device, it is determined, based on the performance characteristic, that the PHY has a problem, a... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7899950 | System and method for remote communication with a multifunctional device Systems and methods for transmitting information from a multifunctional device to a centralized management server are disclosed. A method for transmitting information between a multifunctional device and a centralized management server includes collecting informatio... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7899951 | Communication network having a plurality of bridging nodes which transmits a polling message with backward learning technique to determine communication pathway An apparatus and a method for routing data in a radio data communication system having one or more host computers, one or more intermediate base stations, and one or more RF terminals organizes the intermediate base stations into an optimal spanning-tree network to ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7895370 | Method and apparatus to defer USB transactions An apparatus and method are provided that include providing a transaction data structure, and monitoring the transaction data structure for a predetermined amount of time. A link between a bus device and a host controller may be provided into a low power state in re... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7853731 | System and method for embedded displayport link training The method of the present invention includes loading a selected set of preset parameters into a source device and a sink device of the DisplayPort device of an embedded system. Link training is then performed between the source device and the sink device utilizing t... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7818470 | Adaptive interrupt on serial rapid input/output (SRIO) endpoint A serial buffer is configured to transmit a plurality of received data packets through a data packet transfer path to a host processor. A doorbell controller of the serial buffer monitors the number of data packets transmitted to the host processor through the data ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7769917 | Method and apparatus for automatic device connection detection and data exchange by monitoring power ground signal level change A system and method for the provision for the auto detection and data exchange within different data transmission environments, such as those involving serial devices, Bluetooth-based devices, ZigBee-based devices, WiFi-based devices and/or WiMax-based devices is pr... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7747792 | Relative typing waiting time before disambiguation aids In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, an assistance mechanism tracks a plurality of time intervals between a plurality of input events. Each input event of said plurality of input events is generated by a user physically manipulating an input de... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7725617 | Data output system with printing device, and data output method, in particular for performing a test printing The invention relates to a data output method and to a data output system comprising: a printing device; a database device, in which corresponding reference data and/or control data are stored for a plurality of da... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7702825 | Enhancements to universal serial bus (USB) suspend and resume operations Some embodiments of the invention include apparatus, systems, and methods to perform universal serial bus (USB) suspend and resume operations based on active communication between USB devices to improve power management. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 04/20/2010 |
| 7660915 | Input/output device with configuration, fault isolation and redundant fault assist functionality A process control system is provided having a plurality of I/O devices in communication using a bus. A primary redundant I/O device and a secondary redundant I/O device are coupled to the bus, where the secondary redundant I/O device is programmed to detect a primar... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7653762 | Profiling circuit arrangement Various approaches for tracing events in an electronic system are disclosed. In one approach, a circuit arrangement includes a bus, a random access memory (RAM), a plurality of programmable logic resources, and coupled configuration memory cells. A circuit arrangeme... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7653761 | Automatic delivery of personalized content to a portable media player with feedback Automatic download of personalized media content to a portable media device based on user preferences is disclosed. A media service can evaluate content on a user's media device as well as user action related thereto to infer the user's preferences, and can automati... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7634591 | Method and apparatus for tracking command order dependencies Methods and apparatus for tracking dependencies of commands to be executed by a command processor are provided. By determining the dependency of incoming commands against all commands awaiting execution, dependency information can be stored in a dependency scoreboar... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7600054 | Apparatus, system, and method for protecting a motion-sensitive device An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for protecting a motion-sensitive device. The apparatus includes an identification module, a determination module, and a scheduler. The identification module identifies a use-intensive task involving the motion-sensitiv... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7596638 | Method, system, and apparatus to decrease CPU temperature through I/O bus throttling A method, apparatus, and system are disclosed. In one embodiment the method detects a temperature event in a processor and then modifies the bus frequency of an I/O bus coupled to an I/O controller hub in response to the temperature event. In another embodiment, the... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7577770 | System and method for performance monitoring and reconfiguring computer system with hardware monitor A judgment is made quickly about whether or not it is a memory or a chipset that is causing a performance bottleneck in an application program. A computer system of this invention includes at least one CPU, a controller that connects the CPU to a memory and to an I/... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7577769 | Un-installation of inactive or removed peripheral device drivers The subject invention relates to systems and methods that automatically monitor computer platform components and initiate automated resource recovery procedures based on detected periods of component inactivity. In one aspect, an automated maintenance system for com... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7571263 | Apparatus and method for monitoring data storage device for usage and warranty Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and a system for monitoring a storage device for usage and warranty. In one embodiment, a data storage apparatus comprises a nonvolatile storage; and a data storage controller configured to store a log of status ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7552246 | Communication network having a plurality of bridging nodes which transmit a beacon to terminal nodes in power saving state that it has messages awaiting delivery An apparatus and a method for routing data in a radio data communication system having one or more host computers, one or more intermediate base stations, and one or more RF terminals organizes the intermediate base stations into an optimal spanning-tree network to ... | 06/23/2009 |
| 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 |
