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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185682 | USB 2.0 bi-directional bus channel with boost circuitry A system for allowing a designer to implement Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 in topologies not anticipated by a USB 2.0 specification and with reduced channel losses, the system comprising: a bus channel having a plurality of electrical elements; and a boost circuit... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180946 | Long latency interface protocol An interface configured to support a signaling protocol between a first hardware component and a second hardware component. The interface comprises a first pin, a second pin, and a third pin. The first pin is configured to provide a write clock signal sourced from t... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8166225 | USB interface data transmission device and USB interface data communication system The USB interface data transmission device comprises a USB interface controller unit, a dynamic data transmission unit, a central controller unit, a transmission mode configuration unit, a driver program memory and a data transmission interface. In them: The dynamic... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161220 | Method and apparatus for enhancing universal serial bus applications A system for enhancing universal serial bus (USB) applications comprises an upstream processor, a downstream processor and a main controller. The upstream processor accepts standard USB signals from a USB host and independently provides responses required by USB spe... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161219 | Distributed command and address bus architecture for a memory module having portions of bus lines separately disposed Distributed command and address bus architecture for memory modules and circuit boards is described. In one embodiment, a memory module includes a plurality of connector pins disposed on an edge of a circuit board, the plurality of connector pins comprising first pi... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156276 | Method and apparatus for data transfer A method and apparatus for data transfer includes receiving a first data packet across a first bi-directional bus and receiving a second data packet across a second bi-directional bus. Next, the first data packet is written to a first register operably coupled to th... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8140732 | Cabin telecommunication unit A cabin telecommunications unit that provides combined telephone and entertainment/information services onboard an aircraft. The includes a central data bus for exchanging data between components of the cabin telecommunication unit; a first processor connected to sa... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140731 | System for data processing using a multi-tiered full-graph interconnect architecture A system is provided for implementing a multi-tiered full-graph interconnect architecture. In order to implement a multi-tiered full-graph interconnect architecture, a plurality of processors are coupled to one another to create a plurality of processor books. The p... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135896 | Serial peripheral interface and method for data transmission A serial peripheral interface of an integrated circuit including multiple pins and a clock pin is provided. The pins are coupled to the integrated circuit for transmitting an instruction, an address or a read out data. The clock pin is coupled to the integrated circ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135895 | Virtual SATA port multiplier, virtual SATA device, SATA system and data transfer method in a SATA system A virtual SATA port multiplier and a virtual SATA device are provided for a SATA system. The virtual SATA port multiplier uses a SATA physical layer for data transfer between it and a SATA host, and a non-physical layer for direct data transfer between it and the vi... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8127067 | High latency interface between hardware components A hard disk controller including a first circuit, a second circuit, a third circuit, and a mode circuit. The first circuit is configured to transmit a first signal to control data transfer between the hard disk controller and a read/write channel circuit. The second... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122421 | System, and method, and computer readable medium for designing a scalable clustered storage integrated circuit for multi-media processing An integrated circuit includes a clustered memory storage subsystem. The integrated circuit utilizes a baseline design that supports a scalable number of memory clusters. The number of storage devices within an individual memory cluster may also be selected to adjus... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8112569 | Integrated circuit and electronic device An IC (100) for communicating over a data communication bus (220) comprising a first pair of conductors including a data signal conductor (SDA) and a synchronization signal conductor (SCL), e.g. an I2C bus, is disclosed. The IC comprises a g... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8095716 | Method and system for communicating capability information from an accessory to a media player A method and system for allowing a media player to determine if it supports the capabilities of an accessory are disclosed. The method and system comprise requesting information about the capabilities of the accessory by the media player and providing information ab... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090891 | Method of providing communication in distributed systems Described is a method of providing the communication between two or more control units of a control apparatus that controls at least one electronic device which comprises two or more peripheral units. The method is characterized by comprising the steps of: providing... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086780 | Method for transfer/transmission of field bus data and field bus communication system Methods for the transfer/transmission of field bus data between at least two members of a field bus communication system, each member including at least one field bus interface and a memory device. At least one common memory device is provided for the at least two m... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082380 | Method for optimizing of communication signal A transceiver that reduces power consumption when data is transferred between devices in different modes. The transceiver is arranged in a first node and in a second node, which communicate between each other. A first control unit generates a first signal transmitte... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8078784 | Method and apparatus for data movement in a system on a chip There is provided a system for comprising a plurality of blocks, each block comprising any hardware element and a plurality of segments for providing interconnection of the plurality of blocks. A segment comprises a connector between multiple blocks and other segmen... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8074008 | Motherboard with video data processing card capability The motherboard comprises a CPU and a memory component; further at least one video data processing chip mounted to the motherboard wherein the video data processing chip is programmable; and further at least one additional memory component provided to store a softwa... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069294 | Power-optimized frame synchronization for multiple USB controllers with non-uniform frame rates A method, apparatus, and system to synchronize multiple host controllers with non-uniform frame rates. The apparatus includes a first host controller, a second host controller, and logic. The first host controller is configured to access memory at a first frame rate... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8046515 | Storage router and method for providing virtual local storage A storage router (56) and storage network (50) provide virtual local storage on remote SCSI storage devices (60, 62, 64) to Fiber Channel devices. A plurality of Fiber Channel devices, such as workstations (58), are connected to a Fiber C... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8028116 | Data transfer apparatus and data transfer method A data transfer apparatus for transferring data between a system bus and a local bus at a high speed is provided. A bus bridge 101 is connected between a system bus 132 and a local bus 137. Data transferred between a CPU 133, an I/O devic... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8028117 | Storage router and method for providing virtual local storage A data storage gateway and method for providing virtual local storage on remote storage devices to devices. A plurality of devices, such as workstations, are connected to a first transport medium, and a plurality of storage devices are connected to a second transpor... | 09/27/2011 |
| RE42761 | Storage router and method for providing virtual local storage A storage router (56) and storage network (50) provide virtual local storage on remote SCSI storage devices (60, 62, 64) to Fiber Channel devices. A plurality of Fiber Channel devices, such as workstations (58), are connected to a Fiber C... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8015339 | Storage router and method for providing virtual local storage A storage router (56) and storage network (50) provide virtual local storage on remote SCSI storage devices (60, 62, 64) to Fibre Channel devices. A plurality of Fibre Channel devices, such as workstations (58), are connected to a Fibre C... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7991937 | Network media access controller embedded in a programmable device—receive-side client interface A receive-side client interface for a media access controller embedded in an integrated circuit having programmable circuitry is described. A media access controller core includes a receive engine. A receive-side datapath is coupled to the media access controller co... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7991936 | Communication subscriber or communication method for communication with a field bus and a network A communications subscriber (P) which is suitable as an interface between a network (N) and a field bus (BU) and has software objects (A′, B′) for representing appliances (A, B) which can be connected via the field bus, which software objects can be addressed, l... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7987311 | Storage router and method for providing virtual local storage A storage router and method for providing virtual local storage on remote storage devices to devices are provided. Devices are connected to a first transport medium, and a plurality of storage devices are connected to a second transport medium. In one embodiment, th... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7987310 | Self-configuring bus for connecting electronic devices An apparatus for connecting electronic devices having a flexible cable bus housing containing a plurality of same or different communication and power channels extending along a length thereof and a plurality of bus ports at different locations along the bus housing... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7984223 | Information device including main processing circuit, interface circuit, and microcomputer An information device packaged in one package includes a main function unit and an interface function unit. The main function unit includes a main processing circuit for executing signal processing related to a main function in the information device and a first mic... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7984222 | Systems for providing performance monitoring in a memory system Systems for providing performance monitoring in a memory system. The memory system includes a memory controller, a plurality of memory devices, a memory bus and a memory hub device. The memory controller receives and responds to memory access requests. The memory bu... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7984221 | Storage router and method for providing virtual local storage A storage router (56) and storage network (50) provide virtual local storage on remote SCSI storage devices (60, 62, 64) to Fibre Channel devices. A plurality of Fibre Channel devices, such as workstations (58), are connected to a Fibre C... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7984224 | Storage router and method for providing virtual local storage A storage router and method for providing virtual local storage on remote storage devices to devices are provided. Devices are connected to a first transport medium, and a plurality of storage devices are connected to a second transport medium. In one embodiment, th... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7970976 | Remote memory access using reversible host/client interface Accessing memory on a first device from a second device is supported by reversible host/client interfacing between the devices. The reversible interfacing permits the first and second devices to be configured respectively as host and client, or respectively as clien... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7949816 | Method and apparatus for enhancing universal serial bus applications A system for enhancing universal serial bus (USB) applications comprises an upstream processor, a downstream processor and a main controller. The upstream processor accepts standard USB signals from a USB host and independently provides responses required by USB spe... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949815 | Virtual heterogeneous channel for message passing A technique includes using a virtual channel between a first process and a second process to communicate messages between the processes. Each message contains protocol data and user data. All of the protocol data is communicated over a first channel associated with ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7937516 | Integrated circuit with LIN-protocol transmission The invention relates to an integrated circuit having a system base chip of the kind usually provided for performing transmitting and/or receiving functions at a node that is coupled to a vehicle data bus. In an example embodiment, there is an integrated circuit hav... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937517 | Storage router and method for providing virtual local storage A storage router (56) and storage network (50) provide virtual local storage on remote SCSI storage devices (60, 62, 64) to Fiber Channel devices. A plurality of Fiber Channel devices, such as workstations (58), are connected to a Fiber C... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934040 | Storage router and method for providing virtual local storage A storage router (56) and storage network (50) provide virtual local storage on remote SCSI storage devices (60, 62, 64) to Fiber Channel devices. A plurality of Fiber Channel devices, such as workstations (58), are connected to a Fiber C... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7934041 | Storage router and method for providing virtual local storage A storage router and storage network provide virtual local storage on remote storage devices. A plurality of devices are connected to a first transport medium. In one embodiment, a storage router maintains a map to allocate storage space on the remote storage device... | 04/26/2011 |
