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| 8190792 | Input-output management device and information processing device When the activation of an output device is detected, the response prompt screen on which a response by an input device is requested is displayed on the activated output device, and when a response from the input device is received through the displayed response prom... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185671 | Technique for increasing control and status signal density in a fixed register address space A plurality of registers may function as both the control and status registers. Each bit location of the registers is writable to set a value on a control signal and readable to read a current value on a status signal. A multiplexer provides readability of the curre... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180934 | Device monitoring apparatus, control method therefor, device monitoring system, and recording medium A device monitoring apparatus capable of effectively reducing load on and power consumption of a device monitoring system, even if there is a device not having a function of notifying restoration from a sleep state. When all of monitored object devices are brought i... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8140718 | Status notifications A status notification method includes providing a forwarding manager for a status notification. The forwarding manager enables the status notification to be directed to a second target. Following a presentation of the status notification with respect to a first targ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8112557 | Method and apparatus for tape drive data logging Method and apparatus for logging of data within a data storage system, such as a tape drive library. The tape drive library includes a central storage (memory) providing storage space assigned to each tape drive in the tape drive library and allowing each tape drive... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108570 | Determining the state of an I/O operation A state of an input/output (I/O) operation in an I/O processing system is determined. A request for performing the I/O operation is received from an I/O operating system at a channel subsystem and forwarded to a control unit controlling an I/O device for executing t... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8078770 | Combining multiple SGPIO streams to provide device status indicators Technologies are described herein for combining multiple SGPIO streams to provide a single mass storage device activity indicator. Device activity data indicating whether a mass storage device is active may be received on a first interface, such as an SGPIO interfac... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073989 | Printer interface detection device A printer interface detection device includes a printer interface connected to a printer interface of a computer to be detected, a microcontroller, and an indicator. The printer interface includes a number of input/output (I/O) pins and a data signal pin connected t... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8055811 | Computer having function for displaying status of operation and floppy module A floppy module includes a floppy disk controller (FDC), a control circuit, and a display. The FDC has a first control terminal, a second control terminal, and a plurality of third control terminals. Wherein, the first control terminal and the second control termina... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8015322 | Information-processing system, electronic apparatus, information-processing method, and computer-readable program and recording medium An information-processing system processes set-up identification information, which specifies a set-up item that is an adjustment attribute of a predetermined function of an electronic apparatus connectable to a network. The electronic apparatus that sets a paramete... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7987298 | System and method for detecting the status of a universal serial bus port of a mobile phone A system and method are provided for detecting connection status of a universal serial bus (USB) port of a mobile phone and a terminal device from among connecting, connected, disconnecting, or disconnected status. A voltage of the USB port is the same as a voltage ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7970958 | Peripheral interface alert message for downstream device According to some embodiments, a message generated by a downstream device is received at upstream device. The message may, for example, be received via a peripheral interface and may not require a response. It may then be determined that an error is associated with ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7949800 | Method for exchanging information with physical layer component registers A device and a method for exchanging information with registers of a physical layer component. The method includes allocating at least one receive buffer for receiving the status information; associating at least one receive buffer descriptor with the at least one r... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7930442 | Information processing apparatus and information processing system notifying information of optional devices In an information processing apparatus performing data communication through a network with an image forming apparatus to which a plurality of optional devices are additionally mounted, a CPU obtains device/apparatus data related to specification of optional devices... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7904613 | Network device, network device management method, network device management system This invention solves the problem of RSS, i.e., the possibility of notification failure while taking its advantage that allows use of existing software such as a browser. For this purpose, an RSS control unit detects failure occurrence via an internal interface, giv... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7899952 | Change notification in USB devices A method of notifying clients of a change in a USB including a first client requesting notification of a first change in the USB, detecting the first change in the USB, and notifying the first client requesting notification that the first change in the USB occurred.... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7895371 | System and method for on demand logging of document processing device status data The subject application is directed to a system and method for document processing device status logging. Status data is first received corresponding to operations of an associated document processing device. The received status data is then stored in a suitable sto... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7895372 | Universal serial bus mass storage device asynchronous file and file system update while connected to a PC or other device A system and method for universal serial bus mass storage device asynchronous file and file system update while connected to a PC or other device employs setting error flags and timestamp change flags when a file is changed, and returning the error conditions in rep... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7882276 | Input/output module for a programmable controller An input/output module for a programmable controller is provided that generates an output voltage and an output current from the power input. The input/output module functions as a power supply which re-emits or outputs at least some of the power input so that the o... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7882275 | Arrangement and method for system of locally deployed module units, and contact unit for connection of such a module unit An arrangement for a system for controlling, monitoring, communication etc. comprises locally deployed module units which each perform one or more local function(s). The system also comprises one or more system-functioning-determining unit(s) at a higher level than ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7856515 | Display apparatus to detect a connecting state of a cable A display apparatus connected with an external video source through a video cable having a first cable connector and a second connector connected to the external video source includes a display connector having a plurality of signal pins to which the first cable con... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7853732 | Method and device for controlling slave devices with master device A method and device for controlling slave devices with a master device. The device performs specific functions to control operations of slave devices with a master device, and includes a user input receiving unit that receives an input from a user, a memory unit tha... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7840544 | Method for storing universal network performance and historical data One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a method for storing data collected from a network. The method may involve storing collected data only when a change relative to a previous value of the data is detected. For some embodiments, string data may be con... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7818471 | Input/output module for a programmable controller An input/output module for a programmable controller is provided. The input/output module has a digital input channel, and in order to prevent power losses previously incurred internally within the module, an electrical source is provided internally within the modul... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7765335 | Communication system, communication device and flow control based on status information of data buffer usage A communication system complying with SPI-4 Phase 2 standard includes a local device, an opposing device, a first data channel to transfer payload data from the local to the opposing device, a second data channel opposed to the first data channel, and a first status... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7739420 | Communication error information output method, communication error information output device and recording medium therefor A method and device of outputting information related to a communication error including obtaining a communication log containing a communication message delivered between a second device and a third device in accordance with a control message transmitted from a fir... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7716386 | Component identification and transmission system Embodiments of this invention comprise a modular, scalable architecture for building a variety of Layer 2/3/4+ Ethernet products and devices. Such devices comprise of a set modules. The invention provides a set of rules to handle such modules. The rules are controll... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7707326 | System for setting print end notification either when data transmission ends or when printing ends based on print check ability of printing devices An information processor sets timing for a print end notification to when printing by a network printer ends or when transmission of data to a print device ends. If the timing for the print end notification is set to when transmission ends, the print end notificatio... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7689731 | Exposing the supply state of a shared peripheral device to a remote network resource Supply state information associated with a peripheral device that is shared over a network while coupled to a local network resource is obtained and a representation of the supply state information is stored in a data repository that is accessible by remote network ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7644196 | USB function apparatus which supports a plurality of USB descriptors The present invention provides a USB function apparatus which supports a plurality of USB descriptors and which is connected to a host apparatus via a USB to operate as a USB function, the USB function apparatus comprising a descriptor switching device which switche... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7640373 | Method and apparatus for channel quality feedback within a communication system A base station (101) will request the transmission of quality information from a particular remote stations (102, 103) only when data is queued to be transmitted to the remote stations. Once a remote station begins the transmission of channel quality i... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7613846 | System for generating a data logout in a computing environment A method and system are disclosed for generating a data logout in a computing environment having a processor and an input/output subsystem for receiving data from and sending data to the processor. The method comprises the steps of the input/output subsystem maintai... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7600055 | Apparatus, system, and method for firmware update of redundant controllers An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for updating firmware to a plurality of memory devices residing on disparate controllers wherein each controller includes an identical communication path address. A management module writes a firmware image to a memory ... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7600056 | Method for generating a data logout in a computing environment A method and system are disclosed for generating a data logout in a computing environment having a processor and an input/output subsystem for receiving data from and sending data to the processor. The method comprises the steps of the input/output subsystem maintai... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7587523 | Distributed systems for determining card status The master/slave arbitration process includes a voting process that allows cards within the system to use voting to determine the health of each of the individual cards. The voting process thereby allows the system to determine whether a bad card is present and to m... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7539786 | Method for simulating cartridge changes in import/export station slots in an automated data storage library A method for simulating the insertion of a data storage medium into or removal of a data storage medium from an input/output station, alternatively referred to as an import/output station. In one application of the invention, a data storage resides in an I/O station... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7539785 | Network device manager Resource information and status information concerning devices connected to a network is acquired and the information is stored in memory. Icons that are capable of identifying the types of devices connected to the network based upon the stored resource information ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7437418 | Scheduling system for peripheral readiness protocol A scheduling system for an MFP to provided scheduled readiness of the MFP includes an MFP having an EMail address associated therewith; an EMail system for generating user EMAILS and transmitting the generated EMAILS; a readiness specification which is contained in ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437467 | Printing system and method of setting same, information processing apparatus and storage medium In a printing control apparatus that communicates with an image forming apparatus connected via a network, information used in order to enable utilization of the image forming apparatus is registered. This information indicates a printing-completion notification fun... | 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 |
