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| 8190872 | Sending service data to an RFID tag while an attached computer system is powered off An apparatus, system, and storage medium that, in an embodiment, receive service data at a computer system from an RFID tag, where the service data was sent to the RFID tag from an RF transmitter while the computer system was powered off. The RFID tag includes tag m... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190873 | System and method for optimizing performance of an information handling system component Systems and methods for optimizing performance of an information handling system component communicatively coupled to the information handling system are disclosed. An information handling system may include a data gathering module and an operating condition control... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185731 | Device for configuring functional capabilities in a data processing system A method for configuring functional capabilities in a data processing system. An intermediate link record and a System Anchor record containing the unchangeable hardware ID are used. All entitlement records are then linked to the System Anchor record. Only the Syste... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8176314 | System startup with applications using configurable options Illustrative embodiments provide a computer implemented method, a data processing system, and a computer program product for system startup with applications using configurable options. In one illustrative embodiment, the computer implemented method comprises obtain... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8156321 | Overlapping state areas for programmable crypto processing circuits In one embodiment, a method for operating a field-programmable logic chip or circuit (FPLC) is disclosed. Operation of the FPLC includes a configuration state and a cryptographic processing state. Switching between states is controlled by a state machine. Each state... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151103 | System and method for providing object triggers The present invention provides for systems and methods of dynamically controlling a cluster or grid environment. The method comprises attaching a trigger to an object and firing the trigger based on a trigger attribute. The cluster environment is modified by actions... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8151105 | Convertible computer with selective activation of input devices and power consumption level based on a tablet or notebook mode A convertible computer is equipped with a notebook computer function and a tablet computer function. When a system power supply is turned on, a functionality or physical configuration such as rotation state of a display module can be detected, and an environment can... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8151104 | Establishing user-defined management engine default settings stored in a system memory The employment of a process of applying user-defined defaults to a management engine or analogous arrangement, wherein a system BIOS calls or recalls such defaults, as needed, from NVRAM responsive to the need for a reset of defaults. ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145894 | Reconfiguration of an accelerator module having a programmable logic device Reconfiguration of an accelerator module having a programmable logic device is described, where the reconfiguration is performed during runtime without rebooting. For example, a computer is put into a sleep mode, the computer having the accelerator module installed ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8135946 | Method for programming an operating device for lighting means The invention relates to a method for programming an operating device for lighting, wherein the operating device comprises firmware and an interface for receiving external control commands for operating the lighting. This method includes at least partially programmi... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131992 | Methods and apparatus for identifying the impact of changes in computer networks The impact of device configuration changes on operational issues and policy compliance in a computer network can be discerned from a visual data presentation that jointly shows representations of changes, issues, and policy compliance in a common view for a group of... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131989 | Method and apparatus for establishing safe processor operating points A system and method is provided for establishing safe processor operating points. Some embodiments may include a tamper resistant storage element that stores information regarding one or more operating points of an adjustable processor operating parameter. Some embo... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131990 | Data processing apparatus and method of mounting logical drive A data processing apparatus and a method of mounting a logical drive are provided which reduce the time required for completing start-up of an application. A priority level of each logical drive is determined based on access frequency by the automatically started ap... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131991 | System and method for configuring plural software profiles A computer with multiple software applications has defined for it plural software profiles for selection of one of the profiles in response to a system and/or user signal. Each profile when selected enables a respective set of applications to run on the system. ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127128 | Synchronization of swappable module in modular system Exemplary methods, systems, and computer program product embodiments for synchronizing a swappable module between modular computer systems are provided. Each of the embodiments has dual controllers and distributed copies of states. Upon an insertion of the swappable... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122239 | Method and apparatus for initializing a system configured in a programmable logic device Method and apparatus for initializing a system configured in a programmable logic device (PLD) is described. In some examples, the method includes: initializing memory elements in the system with first data; executing a first iteration of the system to process the f... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8122238 | Multi-channel algorithm infrastructure for programmable hardware elements System and method for implementing multi-channel operations in a programmable hardware element (PHE). A hardware configuration program, including a processing function, inputs and outputs of the processing function, a plurality of channels, and channel scanning func... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8122236 | Method of disseminating advertisements using an embedded media player page A method of disseminating advertisements includes the step of transmitting to a media device an embedded media player page for playing a media file. The embedded media player page allows a user of the media device to create a bookmark for a browser. The bookmark poi... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8122237 | Device and method for adjusting a converged device having barcode reading and RFID functionalities A method adjusts a computing device. The method receives configuration data relating to at least two functionalities of the device. The method adjusts configurations of components of the device as a function of the configuration data so that the device performs as i... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117435 | Method and system for secured dynamic bios update In some embodiments, the invention involves providing a secure BIOS update to selective user operating systems in a platform conforming to virtualization technology. In an embodiment, a provision agent in a service operating system identifies requests for BIOS updat... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117436 | Hybrid nanotube/CMOS dynamically reconfigurable architecture and an integrated design optimization method and system therefor A hybrid nanotube, high-performance, dynamically reconfigurable architecture, NATURE, is provided, and a design optimization flow method and system, NanoMap. A run-time reconfigurable architecture is provided by associating a non-volatile universal memory to each lo... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8108666 | System and method for transferring user preferences A system and method for customizing a device includes identifying a user of a device and determining a profile for the user of the device from a network. The profile includes a record of at least one user preference for a type of the device. The profile is translate... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108665 | Decoupled hardware configuration manager The present disclosure relates to a technique or device to allow hardware related drivers to present a centralized configuration program and, more particularly, to a technique or device to allow hardware related drivers to present configuration information to a cent... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108667 | System and method for configuring option ROM A method of configuring an information handling system includes operating a management controller to obtain device configuration data from a management server, storing the device configuration data in the information handling system, booting the information handling... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103865 | Server method and system for rendering content on a wireless device A server implemented method for processing data for a wireless device. The server in response to a user request executes an application program for generating content for rendering on the wireless device where the content is wireless device generic. A first screen d... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103866 | System for reconfiguring a processor array Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system for reconfiguring a processor array while it is currently operating. The reconfiguration system uses configuration chains streamed down communication channels that are set for the re-configuration process, then r... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099591 | Techniques and graphical user interfaces for categorical shuffle Improved techniques and graphical user interfaces that enable users to shuffle a group of media items in accordance with categories associated with the media items are disclosed. According to one aspect, techniques can operate to categorically shuffle media items ha... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8090938 | Methods and systems for running multiple operating systems in a single mobile device Methods and systems for running multiple operating systems in a single embedded or mobile device (include PDA, cellular phone and other devices) are disclosed. The invention allows a mobile device that normally can only run a single operating system to run another o... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8082439 | Firmware modification in a computer system environment supporting operational state changes A method of modifying a computer system firmware includes initiating a firmware modification. At least one prohibited pre-determined operational state is inhibited to prevent the computer system from entering the at least one pre-determined operational state until a... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8082440 | Managed data region for server management Some aspects include reception of a command from one of a chassis management module and a BIOS specifying a data region to be updated and a locking policy, determination of whether the data region is locked, implementation of the locking policy and returning of a se... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8078865 | Systems and methods for configuring out-of-band bios settings A method may for updating system configuration data is provided. A configuration change request may be received from a remote user at a local baseboard management controller (BMC) via a network while a processor associated with the BMC is offline. The configuration ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8060738 | Procedure for booting a first computer using the operating system of a second computer A method for operating at least one first computer entity with an operating system of a second computer entity includes: detecting and registering a set of initialization data and driver files stored in the first entity computer entity, copying the driver files into... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8051282 | Low voltage reset determination and operational flow modification for microprocessor-controlled devices A method of identifying a reset condition includes the steps of determining if a stored value is equal to a specified value, executing a first mode if the stored value is not equal to the specified value, and executing a second mode if the stored value is equal to t... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8041938 | Alternatively activating a replaceable hardware unit A data processing system having a plurality of hardware units providing a predetermined set of functional capabilities. The data processing system is configurable to allow selectively electronically enabling at least a subset of the functional capabilities. The syst... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8032741 | Method and apparatus for virtualization of a multi-context hardware trusted platform module (TPM) In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for receiving a request for a trusted platform module (TPM) operation from a virtual machine, determining whether the request is for a modification of a TPM version, and associating part of a multi-context h... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8019987 | System configuration analysis In accordance with one embodiment, a method for detecting potential problems in the configuration or components of a complex system comprises comparing first configuration data for a first system with second configuration data compiled from analyzing a plurality of ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8019986 | Method and system for booting, provisioning and activating hardware and software clients Automated booting of a client for a subscriber is provided for clients that are for use in interactive user sessions that involve multimedia. A subscribe message is sent from the client to a proxy server. The proxy server authenticates the subscribe message, and sen... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8015439 | Method for handling more than a maximum number of supported drives in a raid configuration The present invention is a method for handling disk drives in a Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) configuration. The method may include detecting a disk drive received via insertion of the disk drive in a disk drive slot of an enclosure of the RAID configu... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010777 | Managing a deployment of a computing architecture Embodiments are provided to deploy a number of computing devices based in part on a deployment file, but the embodiments are not so limited. In an embodiment, a dispatch application can be used to deploy a number of computing devices, wherein the deployment includes... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8006082 | Dynamically reconfiguring platform settings In one embodiment, a system may receive a pattern from an analysis engine, where the pattern includes information regarding a corrective action to be taken on a configuration setting of a processor, configure a performance monitor based on the pattern, collect perfo... | 08/23/2011 |
