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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8176217 | System and method for implementing a storage protocol with initiator controlled data transfer The present invention is a system for implementing a storage protocol with initiator controlled data transfer including a host device, a target device and an intermediate device, the intermediate device for communicatively coupling the host device and the target dev... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176218 | Apparatus and methods for real-time routing of received commands in a split-path architecture storage controller Apparatus and methods for real-time routing of received frames in a split-path architecture storage controller. In one exemplary embodiment, a split-path storage controller comprises a soft-path I/O processor for processing of any received frames and comprises a fas... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176219 | Router having routing engine software instance and interaface controller software instance on a single processor A network device is described that concurrently executing more than one instance of an operating system on a single processor. Each of the instances of the operating system executes completely independent of the other instances. In this way, disparate instances may ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8145803 | Apparatus and method for creating macro command Disclosed is provided an apparatus and a method for operating a macro command and inputting a macro command, wherein the apparatus including a storing unit storing control signals received from a control device for selecting of a menu item of a host device, a creati... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8127051 | Apparatus and method for sharing a bus in a mobile telecommunication handset An apparatus and method for sharing a bus in a mobile telecommunication handset are provided. In one embodiment, a mobile telecommunication handset comprises a first device, a second device, a shared bus, a memory configured to store a reference clock frequency, and... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8112558 | Frame buffer management program, program storage medium and management method This is a computer-readable portable storage medium which is used by a computer managing a plurality of frame buffers and which stores a program enabling the computer to execute a process, and the process comprises preparing an area in which data of a valid chain in... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8095699 | Methods and apparatus for interfacing between a host processor and a coprocessor An interface to transfer data between a host processor and an external coprocessor is provided. The interface may operate in several write modes, in which in a first write mode the write operation is transferred across the interface in two clock cycles and in a seco... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8051221 | Communication system, information processing device, peripheral device and communication method A communication system that performs data communications based on an SCSI command defined in the SCSI standard, the communication system includes; a peripheral device that performs at least one of writing and reading to/from a recording medium inserted into a slot; ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8019908 | Data replication systems and methods Data replication systems and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises at a system controller of a disk device, receiving data at a system controller of a removable cartridge storage device, transferring the data to a first portable data cartrid... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8001293 | Data relay apparatus for communication module A data relay apparatus for communication module is disclosed, whereby a plurality of normally operative communication modules can perform data communication thereamong by allowing a data relay unit to relay data received by an input/output (I/O) port of an inoperati... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7987299 | Data processing apparatus and method thereof A method of configuring and performing stream data processing linked to a series of process points for high portability uses a link module to connect process points, called peer modules, to configure a stream data path. A single execution context is used for schedul... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7958278 | Image forming apparatus, job execution apparatus, and job execution method An image forming apparatus includes a job execution portion, a connecting portion for detachably connecting an external storage, a detection portion for detecting connection to the connecting portion of the external storage, a stored information reading portion for ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7953904 | Storage control apparatus having power saving controller which stops particular data transfers based on connection and data transfer rates A storage control apparatus capable of reducing a power consumption in network port units, including a host communication control unit 10 which includes a plurality of network ports 18 and which controls communications with a host computer 2 tha... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7941572 | Fault tolerant cell array architecture A data processing system containing a monolithic network of cells with sufficient redundancy provided through direct logical replacement of defective cells by spare cells to allow a large monolithic array of cells without uncorrectable defects to be organized, where... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7930443 | Router having routing engine software instance and interface controller software instance on a single processor A network device is described that concurrently executing more than one instance of an operating system on a single processor. Each of the instances of the operating system executes completely independent of the other instances. In this way, disparate instances may ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925798 | Data packet processing device A device for data packet processing is disclosed. In one embodiment, the device includes a processor implemented on a chip, an on-chip internal segment memory accessible by the processor, an off-chip external segment memory and a data transfer channel between the in... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7890668 | Providing indirect data addressing in an input/output processing system where the indirect data address list is non-contiguous Systems, methods and computer program products for providing indirect data addressing at an I/O subsystem of an I/O processing system. The computer program product includes a tangible storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execu... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7873756 | Image processing apparatus and control method of the same This invention increases the design efficiency of an upper layer such as a job control means. To accomplish this, an image processing apparatus having a plurality of types of external interfaces (a USB and LAN) different in protocol has an external interface adaptor... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7870306 | Shared memory message switch and cache A method and apparatus are described to provide shared switch and cache memory. The apparatus may comprise a message switch module, a cache controller module, and shared switch and cache memory to provide shared memory to the message switch module and to the cache c... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7818472 | Repeat CCW count argument for device command word processing A method of packaging a plurality of repeating commands for device command word (DCW) processing in a computer environment having an I/O link handling complex instruction chains for a processing operation is provided. Locate record information is packaged into DCW p... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7765336 | Autonomous mapping of protected data streams to fibre channel frames A hardware-based offload engine is disclosed for mapping protected data into frames. For a write operation, the HBA determines host addresses and the size of data to be read from those addresses. The HBA also determines the frame size and protection scheme for data ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7739421 | Buffer management method and system with data displayed directly from buffers A method includes storing video data in a disk by way of a first queue comprising a linked list of buffers. Video data are received into the first queue by way of a tail buffer. The tail buffer is at one end of the linked list of buffers in the first queue. Video da... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7716387 | Memory control apparatus and method A memory control apparatus generates a plurality of commands whose unit of transfer is smaller than the unit of data transfer of a memory access request, and when the memory access request are transmitted from a plurality of request sources, issues the plurality of ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7631113 | Control system for a system rendered secure through diversification This control system for a system rendered secure by diversification comprises: a set of processors processing railway commands, arranged in parallel and each capable of receiving different sets of instructions, a component for selecting commands selected from the ou... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7577771 | Caching data for offline display and navigation of auxiliary information Described is a system and system by which application programs provide data to auxiliary display device (that is associated with a main computer system) for display, including at times when the main computer system is powered down. The cache maintains the user data ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7552247 | Increased computer peripheral throughput by using data available withholding A method and apparatus for a multiprocessor system to simultaneously process multiple data write command issued from one or more peripheral component interface (PCI) devices by controlling and limiting notification of invalidated address information issued by one me... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7552248 | Information terminal, information processing system, and methods of controlling the same An information terminal disclosed herein includes a data storage in which data is stored; an internal controller which accesses the data storage by a request from inside the information terminal; and an external controller which accesses the data storage by a reques... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7548995 | Strategies for disseminating media information using redundant network streams A system is described for disseminating media information. An operations center transmits at least a primary stream on a first network connection and a backup stream on a second network connection to a media device (such as a set-top box). The media device identifie... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7509442 | Informational-signal-processing apparatus, functional block, and method of controlling the functional block An informational-signal-processing apparatus has a plurality of functional blocks and a control block that controls operations of the functional blocks. Each of the functional blocks performs a series of items of processing. The control block or a predetermined bloc... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7457890 | Integrated multimedia system An integrated multimedia system having a multimedia processor is disposed in an integrated circuit having a first host processor system coupled to the multimedia processor and a second local processor disposed within the multimedia processor for controlling the oper... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454532 | Stream data interface for processing system Techniques are provided for processing data in real-time or near real-time using a processor. The processor passes the real-time input data directly to functional units via a bypass multiplexer without storing the data in memory. The functional units process the inp... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7444440 | Method and device for providing high data rate for a serial peripheral interface An improved high performance scheme is provided with a serial peripheral interface (SPI) to enable microcontroller-based products and other components and devices to achieve a higher serial transmit and receive data rate. ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7433974 | 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 ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7434192 | Techniques for optimizing design of a hard intellectual property block for data transmission Techniques are provided for implementing channel alignment for a data transmission interface in an HIP block on a programmable logic integrated circuit. The HIP block channel alignment logic can be run using a reduced number of parallel data paths, which consumes su... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7424362 | Apparatus and method for reading adaptive values out of motor vehicle control devices A device and a method for reading out adaptation values of self-adapting functions from a motor vehicle control unit to an external readout unit are provided. The device consists of a motor vehicle control unit, an external readout unit, and a communication interfac... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421518 | Communication method and processor A processor has a central processing unit and a first interface. The central processing unit sets a communication parameter in a configuration register in the communication interface. A direct memory access controller or a data transfer controller then sets the same... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7421515 | Method and system for communications network A system and method of operation are provided for using a network interface to process incoming messages sent by a client device to a network server. The network interface includes a First-In-First-Out (FIFO) buffer for assembling the incoming messages from a serial... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7415035 | Device driver access method into a virtualized network interface A method for providing access to a network interface having a plurality of memory access channels is disclosed. The network interface provides access to a plurality of processing entities. The method includes providing a network interface software hierarchy wherein ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7404012 | System and method for dynamic link aggregation in a shared I/O subsystem A shared I/O subsystem for a plurality of computer systems. The shared I/O subsystem includes a plurality of physical I/O interfaces and a plurality of virtual I/O interfaces where each of the computer systems is communicatively coupled to one or more of the virtual... | 07/22/2008 |
| 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 |
