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6647434 |
Multifunction device with register space for individually enabling or disabling a function of plurality of functions in response to function configuration
A system for individually disabling a function of a multifunction device located on a computer bus of a computer system. In one example, the multifunction device is located on a computer bus...
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6643714 |
Modification and use of configuration memory used during operation of a serial bus
Information stored in configuration memory of a first device coupled to a communication bus is exposed to other devices allowing the other devices to ascertain the functionality of the first...
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6643721 |
Input device-adaptive human-computer interface
A computer user interface and method for its operation are disclosed. The interface uses a new architecture that allows it to adapt readily to the type of input device being used to operate the...
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6640273 |
Apparatus for data bus expansion between two instrument chassis
Apparatus for data bus expansion between two instrument chassis comprises a first interface circuit, a connecting cable, and a second interface circuit. Detection circuitry in each interface...
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6640262 |
Method and apparatus for automatically configuring a configurable integrated circuit
A method and apparatus for automatically configuring a configurable integrated circuit. One embodiment comprises a method for automatically loading data including configuration data to a...
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6636904 |
Dynamic PCI device identification redirection on a configuration space access conflict
A computer system reroutes a configuration cycle intended for an unused system bus address line to the IDSEL, or equivalent, configuration chip select input pin of a device which uses the same...
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6633932 |
Method and apparatus for using a universal serial bus to provide power to a portable electronic device
A method and apparatus for using a universal serial bus “USB” in a computer as a power source for a portable electronic device. In one embodiment of the invention, a computer ( 26 ) having an...
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6629158 |
System, apparatus, and method for configuring an array controller
One embodiment of the present invention provides a procedure to configure the operation of the a device controller. In particular, the procedure operates in a system that includes a controller that...
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6629157 |
System and method for virtualizing the configuration space of PCI devices in a processing system
There is disclosed an apparatus for providing a virtual PCI device for use in a processing system comprising a data processor having an external peripheral bus coupled thereto in which peripheral...
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6625669 |
Renaming of virtual communication port for IR devices
A computer operating system identifies and renames communication (COMM) ports associated with infrared (IR) transceivers that communicate with IR devices. The operating system detects all available...
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6625680 |
System and method for processing circuit card connector and redundancy events
A system for processing circuit card events includes a circuit board having a first connector and a second connector. The circuit board generates connector information indicating whether a first...
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6625670 |
Network interface card asynchronous interface with signalling lines and at least eight data lines for switching between forward channel and reverse channel
The present invention relates to an asynchronous interface for communication between two devices. It comprises signalling lines and at least eight data lines and is especially suitable for...
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6622245 |
Firmware field programming interface and module for programming non-volatile memory on a circuit board while isolating the processor from power using expansion bus controller
A method and apparatus for programming firmware on a circuit board without powering the entire circuit board includes a firmware interface which can be isolated from the rest of the circuit board...
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6618771 |
Method and apparatus for use in installing a scanner
A method and apparatus are provided for interactively guiding a user through a scanner installation procedure. When a scanner installation program is launched, the scanner installation program...
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6618162 |
Apparatus and method to configure a device, such as a printer, over a network
A device such as a printer, includes non-volatile memory storing a communications kernel. Upon startup, a microprocessor executes the communication kernel to prompt a host to download a setup...
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6618773 |
Receiving a particular identification file among an analog identification file and a digital identification file in response to a request to a dual-interface monitor
The present invention employs two unique identification files associated with the same dual-interface display monitor. Each identification file identifies one of the display monitor's two...
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6618785 |
Method and apparatus for automatic detection and healing of signal pair crossover on a high performance serial bus
An automatic crossover and healing process is disclosed for the P1394b standard. In particular, a crossover process is disclosed which comprises coupling the transmitting logic of a PHY to TPA, and...
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6615298 |
Method and system for establishing a standard peripheral interface server between a client and a plurality of peripherals
The invention is a method and system for providing a standard interface between a client and a plurality of peripheral devices. The interface is established through creating an interface object...
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6615288 |
Generating system management interrupt in response to usb controller signal and processing interrupt routine in upper most level of system memory
Systems and methods for enabling computer system devices and components are disclosed. A method for use in a computer system having a processor includes receiving an input from a device coupled to...
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6615286 |
Method and apparatus for updating device driver control data
Control data for a device driver that is stored on a first non-volatile memory is updated by writing new driver control data to a second non-volatile memory. In an embodiment, the new driver...
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6611912 |
Method and apparatus having a system BIOS write configuration data of a riser card to a controller configuration space when connecting the riser card to a motherboard
When a riser card is connected to a computer system motherboard, a storage device on the riser card will contain configuration data permitting the computer system to configure any peripheral device...
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6609167 |
Host and device serial communication protocols and communication packet formats
A method for communicating data and control from a host computer to a device is provided. The method includes generating a packet at the host computer and transmitting the packet to the device. The...
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6606657 |
System and method for processing and presenting internet usage information
A system and method is disclosed for gathering and disseminating detailed information regarding web site visitation. A server system is connected to the Internet and receives, processes and...
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6601165 |
Apparatus and method for implementing fault resilient booting in a multi-processor system by using a flush command to control resetting of the processors and isolating failed processors
An apparatus and method for fault resilient booting of a multi-processor system. The apparatus attempts a cold reset of the system, during which each processor performs a built-in self test. The...
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6598095 |
Method and system for identifying and configuring peripheral devices
A method, programmed medium and system that determines if a computer operating without a functioning operating system contains an IDE type CD-ROM device. If it is determined that the computer...
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6598098 |
System having a port with two operating modes
Method and system for providing data communication through a port of a system, the port having at least two operating modes, each of which corresponding to a different data rate. Communication with...
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6598109 |
Method and apparatus for connecting between standard mini PCI component and non-standard mini PCI component based on selected signal lines and signal pins
A method for utilizing a non standard component via a multipurpose interface includes operating a signal bus having a set of signals lines in accordance with a bus protocol and operating a...
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6598096 |
Device and method for controlling packet transfer
An IEEE 1394 compliant bus controller transfers data packets between connected nodes. The controller includes a processor which divides a series of data into blocks and then stores the blocks in...
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6574680 |
Device and method to enable interrupt handling and control for mass storage devices interfacing to different controllers
A device and method to enable a plug and play operating system to load the appropriate device for either a SCSI I/O device or a RAID adapter and direct interrupts from storage devices to the...
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6574678 |
Method for installing services
The invention relates to a method for installing at least one service ( 704, 705, 706 ) of at least one external device (MS 1 , MS 2 , MS 3 ) to a data processor (PC, LPC, PR). Said at least one...
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6574679 |
Method and apparatus for identifying hardware
A microprocessor (digital device) with microcode is incorporated in a mechanical device, having analog electrical signaling wires, to send a digital signal containing identifying data of the device...
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6571381 |
Method for deadlock-free configuration of dataflow processors and modules with a two- or multidimensional programmable cell structure (FPGAs, DPGAs, etc.)
A method of deadlock-free, automatic configuration and reconfiguration of modules having a two- or multidimensional cell arrangement, in which a unit for controlling the configuration and...
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6567912 |
Method and apparatus for robust initialization of devices
A method and apparatus for robust initialization of a digital control apparatus that is coupled to a plurality of devices (e.g., 112, 114 , and 116 ) having a plurality of boot routines ( 118 )...
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6567860 |
Method and apparatus for new device driver installation by an operating system
A method and apparatus are disclosed for inputting new device driver information into a Personal Computer (PC) in an existing computer network so as to enable the Operating System (OS) to recognize...
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6567864 |
System and method for identification of computer input/output devices by intercepting identification commands directed to the input/output devices
A computer system is described in which a table created in memory includes drive description data for one or more IDE devices included in the system. A command intercept circuit is described which...
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6563838 |
Network switching apparatus and method
A network switching apparatus and method which does not necessitate booting a computer system when switching networks by directly changing an Internet protocol (IP) address using a power saving...
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6560659 |
Unicode-based drivers, device configuration interface and methodology for configuring similar but potentially incompatible peripheral devices
A computing system employs an unicode driver to access and control peripheral devices by abstracting commands and status data to a level above register sets of similar but potentially incompatible...
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6557058 |
Method and apparatus of sustained sequential data transfer in a media drive
A disk drive that sustains a constant rate to a host and provides a method for allowing retries and accesses to reallocated sectors if the disk drive's recent historical performance has been...
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6557049 |
Programmable computerize enclosure module for accommodating SCSI devices and associated method of configuring operation features thereof
An enclosure module for accommodating a plurality of peripheral devices having: a computerized control unit in electrical communication with a user interface, a first and second bus with a bus...
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6553437 |
Addressing and communication for multiple-chip optical sensor arrays
A technique for serially controlling an array of optical sensor chips over a pair of signal lines. After broadcasting an initializing reset command to all chips over serial lines, a...
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6553432 |
Method and system for selecting IDE devices
A method which includes selecting a boot device priority sequence, and configuring—in response to the boot device priority sequence—an I/O controller such that a MASTER or SLAVE designation of...
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6553415 |
System for rescheduling cascaded callback functions to complete an asynchronous physical layer initialization process
A method of asynchronous physical layer initialization. The method includes scheduling a callback function, wherein the callback function performs a function of the physical layer initialization...
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6553431 |
Information processing system and information processing method
Each of input and output devices previously forms device profile, and a host computer acquires virtual input/output device information including a pair of ideal input and output devices on the...
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6553489 |
System and method for secure and efficient universal port configuration
A system and method for providing secure and efficient configuration of port devices. The system identifies a user of the system and associates the identified user with a particular account group....
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6546483 |
Method and apparatus for configuring a device assigned to a fixed address space
A device configuration method and apparatus initializes a device such as at least one graphics processor, by detecting whether the at least one graphics processor requires a dedicated address...
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6546484 |
Program module management system and method thereof and storing medium of management programs of the system
A program module management system and a method thereof, and a storing medium of management programs of the system, in which plural program modules are loaded into arbitrary addresses in the RAM...
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6546482 |
Invalid configuration detection resource
An invalid configuration detection resource for identifying and reporting conflicts between system resources of a microcontroller or other device is provided. Selected system registers within each...
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6542945 |
Instant configuration of a digital device
An apparatus and method for instantly configuring a controller are provided. In one embodiment, a controller is configured by selecting an simultaneous configuration input vector, and placing at...
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6539420 |
Distribution mechanism for reuse of web based image data
A method for reuse of image data in a distributed computer network is operative at a web server in response to a request from a client browser for a web page. At the web server, a determination is...
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6539476 |
Mobile computer system capable for copying set-up application including removal routine from peripheral device for removing device programs after the device is removed
A robust external interface for a computer system is disclosed. The robust external interface allows a user to insert or remove external peripherals to the external interface at any time such that...
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