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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190793 | FIFO serial control device, semiconductor device, and serial data transfer method that indicates inclusion or non-inclusion of end data of serial data Provided is a serial control device that makes the length of data transferred as one frame variable. The serial control device transfers serial data having an arbitrary length, and uses end information indicating inclusion or non-inclusion of end data of the serial ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185674 | System having a plurality of buffers for providing audio for synchronized playback to multiple audio devices An audio system communicates with an aggregate device that includes multiple audio devices. When providing audio data for playback, the system compensates for presentation latency differences between the various audio devices. In addition, the system adjusts for dev... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180933 | Dynamic call handling from multiple attached devices wherein devices advertize its capabililes before facilitating call through appropriate device Multiple peripheral devices are used for various modes of communication in a unified communication application. Employing standard or custom protocols, connected peripheral devices can be configured automatically and different modes of communication such as audio, v... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180937 | System method for I/O pads in mobile multimedia processor (MMP) that has bypass mode wherein data is passed through without being processed by MMP Methods and systems for a low noise amplifier with tolerance to large inputs are disclosed and may include generating at least one control signal that controls a plurality of directional modes of at least one contact pad on a mobile multimedia processor (MMP) in an ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 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 |
| 8176224 | Apparatus for non-disruptively disconnecting a peripheral device An electronic device includes a communication bus having a physical layer for interacting with a peripheral device. The physical layer is configured to be adjacent to a link layer on the peripheral device. The electronic device further includes a connector at a junc... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8161211 | Storage system and data processing method for the same The present invention aims for efficient use of storage capacity in a storage system by reducing the amount of time taken for processing including removing redundancy and data compression executed with respect to transferred data. Focusing on data patterns in... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156262 | Dynamically setting burst length of double data rate memory device by applying signal to at least one external pin during a read or write transaction One or more external control pins and/or addressing pins on a memory device are used to set one or both of a burst length and burst type of the memory device. ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156265 | Data processor coupled to a sequencer circuit that provides efficient scalable queuing and method A data processor includes a single-token-record memory, a sequence circuit, and a memory controller. The single-token-record memory has a plurality of first storage locations. The sequencer circuit is coupled to the single-token-record memory. The sequencer circuit,... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156266 | Consumer electronics control (CEC) line enhancement method for HDMI network that selects a transfer rate from a plurality of transfer rates A method for determining transfer rate comprising selecting a first transfer rate of a plurality of transfer rates, transmitting a message at the first transfer rate over a Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) line of a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) netw... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8145811 | Universal serial bus driving device for presetting maximum active transaction number for data request to be synchronously processed by a data transmitter A universal serial bus (USB) driving device electrically coupled to a data receiver is configured for driving a USB to forward data requests from the data receiver to a data transmitter for processing the data requests. The USB driving device may preset a maximum ac... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145800 | Identifying when a USB self-powered device is connected to a medical device by triggering an alert about a potential risk to patient In some aspects, a method includes determining whether a universal serial bus (USB) peripheral device is connected to a USB monitoring device that is connected to a medical device and drawing power from the medical device. The medical device is configured for use in... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8135876 | Identifying when a USB self-powered device is connected to a medical device by triggering an alert about a potential risk to patient This patent application relates generally to identifying a self-powered device connected to a medical device. ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135882 | Apparatus and managing method using a preset policy based on an invalidated I/O path by using configuration information acquired from storage system In order to appropriately manage configuration information acquired from a storage system for the purpose of performance management, etc., an information processing apparatus managing the configuration information, i.e., information indicative of a configuration of ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132184 | Complex event processing (CEP) adapters for CEP systems for receiving objects from a source and outputing objects to a sink Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are disclosed for implementing adapters for event processing systems. A particular system includes an input adapter configured to store event objects received from a source at an input queue. The system also includes a q... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131882 | Method for input output expansion in an embedded system utilizing controlled transitions of first and second signals A method for expanding input/output in an embedded system is described in which no additional strobes or enable lines are necessary from the host controller. By controlling the transitions of the signal levels in a specific way when controlling two existing data or ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131887 | Automatically customizing one or more interactive portable display devices with a calculator unit by exchanging parameter data An electronic processing apparatus comprises one or more remote interactive display devices and a calculator unit, wherein the display device comprises at least a screen, a connector selectively connectable to the calculator unit, a user interface device and a micro... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131883 | Method for distributing content to a user station A method for controlling a user station configured for communications with a multiplicity of independently-operated data sources via a non-proprietary network includes steps for providing a user interface to enable a user at the user station to select multiple ones ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127046 | Medical device including a capacitive slider assembly that provides output signals wirelessly to one or more remote medical systems components A medical system includes an input assembly for receiving one or more user inputs. The input assembly includes at least one slider assembly for providing an input signal. Processing logic receives the input signal from the input assembly and provides a first output ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8127056 | Data transfer control device including a switch circuit that switches write destination of received packets A data transfer control device including: a link controller which analyzes a packet received through a serial bus; a packet detection circuit which detects completion or start of packet reception based on analysis result of the received packet; first and second pack... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122158 | Method for improving I/O performance of host systems by applying future time interval policies when using external storage systems A method, system, and a computer program product for improving IO (input/output) performance of host systems using external storage systems. An aspect of the present invention predicts policies to be applied in the host system based on historical information. Severa... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8122164 | Information processing apparatus having first DMA controller and second DMA controller wherein selection circuit determines which DMA will perform data transfer based on higher data transfer performance Provided is an information processing apparatus and method of controlling same in which, when data transfer is performed among a plurality of control circuits, which control circuit is used to execute data transfer is controlled appropriately based on the transfer c... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8122160 | Dual mode displayport (DP) and high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) transmitter configured to transmit video and/or audio signals in DP or HDMI according to mode signal A system and method for dual mode DP and HDMI transmission are provided. Briefly described, one embodiment of a dual mode DP and HDMI transmitter, among others, can be implemented as follows. The dual mode DP and HDMI transmitter comprises a driver circuit controlle... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117362 | Programmable multi-function Z-wave adapter for Z-wave wireless networks The present invention provides a programmable multi-function adapter for a wireless network that includes a wireless communications module, a control module, a data communications interface and a programmable non-volatile memory. The data communications interface is... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117354 | Automatically disabling input/output signal processing based on the required multimedia format A system and method operable to automatically disable input/output signal processing based on the required data format is provided. The need for an input/output module, such as an encoder, required to process input signal having a first data format (i.e. multimedia ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8103811 | Memory option card having predetermined number of activation/deactivion codes for selectively activating and deactivating option functions for a medical device A device such as for example a electronic medical device has a memory that has prestored therein a number of programs or routines for performing various functions. Some of those functions are optional functions that were not enabled when the equipment was put into s... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099531 | Information processing method and computer program comprising network card wherein a plurality of processors switches use of network card related to setting of resource flag An information processing apparatus includes a device that performs data processing; and processors, each processor including a device driver corresponding to the device. A device driver set in correspondence with at least one processor has a resource-state holding ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099526 | Method and apparatus for enabling and disabling a lock mode by squeezing or pinching the sides of a portable electronic device towards one another A portable electronic device including a processor provided in a housing, the processor for switching the portable electronic device from a normal operating mode to a device lock mode and a first input device and a second input device provided in the housing. Actuat... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095700 | Controller and method for statistical allocation of multichannel direct memory access bandwidth A DMA controller and a method for statistical allocation of multichannel DMA bandwidth. In one embodiment, the DMA controller includes: (1) channel interfaces including respective counters and configured to provide request signals, priority signals and counter value... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090885 | Automatically configuring computer devices wherein customization parameters of the computer devices are adjusted based on detected removable key-pad input devices Localization and/or customization of computing devices are accomplished automatically through an add-on input device. Operating system or a separate application in the computing device is arranged to communicate with or recognize the input device such as a keypad an... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090881 | Method and system for minimizing unnecessary topology discovery operations by managing physical layer state change notifications in storage systems Method and system is provided where PHY state change (PHY CHANGE) notifications from one or more PHYs in a storage infrastructure are monitored as a potential error condition. The rate of PHY CHANGE notifications is monitored to determine if the rate of PHY CHANGE n... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090883 | Method, system and computer program product for enhanced shared store buffer management scheme with limited resources for optimized performance The exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a storage buffer management scheme for I/O store buffers. Specifically, the storage buffer management system as described within the exemplary embodiment of the present invention is configured to comprise st... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8082372 | Methods and apparatus for providing bit-reversal and multicast functions utilizing DMA controller Techniques for providing improved data distribution to and collection from multiple memories are described. Such memories are often associated with and local to processing elements (PEs) within an array processor. Improved data transfer control within a data process... | 12/20/2011 |
| 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 |
| 8073987 | PCI express card type peripheral apparatus and host apparatus for accessing parts of protocol ID information stored in storage unit one part after another A card type peripheral apparatus connected to a host apparatus for communication therewith according to a specific protocol. The card type peripheral apparatus includes a plurality of configuration registers configured to be accessible by the host apparatus and to b... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069277 | System and method for operating USB peripheral device in extented power mode or standard power mode wherein permission from host must be granted before extended power is provided A peripheral device is connected to a host device by a transmission path according to a predetermined interface standard to be communicable with the host device, and operates with power supply received from the host device through the transmission path. The peripher... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8069276 | Image display device and method of changing first information with second EDID information wherein each EDID information is stored on different storage units An image display device and method of changing extended display identification data (EDID) information includes a first storage unit which stores extended display identification data (EDID) information to be provided to the source providing device, a second storage ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8069286 | Flexible on-chip datapath interface having first and second component interfaces wherein communication is determined based on a type of credit condition Methods and apparatus are provided for allowing flexible on-chip datapath interfaces on a device. Datapath connections allow data streamlining without any knowledge of channels or packet boundaries. Flexible and modular interface adapters are used to allow component... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065442 | High performance journaling for replication and continuous data protection Technologies are described herein for high-performance and space efficient journaling mechanisms. A journal queue can buffer incoming I/O operations. The queue can be read by a journal write module. The journal write module can form metadata headers to store into th... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8065454 | System and method for mapping functions to and from network devices using configuration compatible with an adapter by remapping plurality of logical ports of adapter An adapter having a plurality of functions and a plurality of ports, in which the mapping between functions and ports is configurable. In certain embodiments, device memory can be programmed with a desired mapping scheme that overrides a default mapping scheme for t... | 11/22/2011 |
