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7130724 |
Aircraft cabin equipment control system
An aircraft cabin equipment control system has control hardware that includes a data processing apparatus and a plurality of interfaces for connection to items of cabin equipment of an aircraft, as...
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7127599 |
Managing configurations of input/output system images of an input/output subsystem, wherein a configuration is modified without restarting the input/output subsystem to effect a modification
An input/output subsystem is configured as a plurality of input/output subsystem images, each of which appears to a program as an independent input/output subsystem. One or more input/output...
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7127533 |
Interrupt driven expanded option select interface for portable device
A peripheral component ( 104 ) is attached to a portable electronic device ( 102 ), and indicates an option class of the peripheral component by use of an option select circuit. The option select...
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7124219 |
External connection device, host device, and data communication system
An external connection device is connectable to a host device. The host device includes transmission means for transmitting, to the external connection device, a parameter and an operation control...
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7124208 |
Method and apparatus for enumerating devices on a link
Embodiments of the present invention provide for enumerating codecs on a link. A controller asserts a synchronization signal, and drives one or more control lines associated with selected codecs to...
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7124292 |
Automatically configuring storage array including a plurality of media storage devices for storing and providing data within a network of devices
An automatically configuring storage array includes a plurality of media storage devices coupled together within a network of devices. Preferably, the network of devices is an IEEE 1394-1995 serial...
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7117589 |
Method of installing a plug and play device driver
A method of installing a driver for a plug and play device is provided, wherein the plug and play device includes a main function device and a storage device meeting a standard specification. The...
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7114015 |
Memory card having first modular component with host interface wherein the first modular is replaceable with a second modular component having second host interface
A memory card comprising a first modular component that comprises a first host interface and a first host interface module and a device interface module configured to operate a device interface...
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7114020 |
Software mechanism for unique identification of SCSI device
The invention, in its various aspects and embodiments, includes a method for uniquely identifying a device on a SCSI bus. The method first queries the device with a first SCSI command to obtain...
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7114067 |
Method of efficiently detecting whether a device is connected to an information processing system by detecting short circuits to predetermined signal lines of an IDE interface
A strap pin short-circuits specific signal lines on an unused interface an IDE interface with which a hard disk is connected. When the server device starts, a BIOS skips the process for recognizing...
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7111095 |
Data transfer device with data frame grabber with switched fabric interface wherein data is distributed across network over virtual lane
A frame grabber with switched fabric interface where in varying embodiments the fabric interface may be one of InfiniBand, Star Fabric, or PCI Express or the like.
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7111090 |
Method and system for identyfing a peripheral device by a high priority device-specific notification handler
Method and system for latency-independent peripheral device identification. In one embodiment, a computer system receives an interrupt from a peripheral device coupled to a computer system...
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7111083 |
Method and apparatus for use of power switch to control software
An apparatus and method for selectively loading and enabling software stored within firmware of an electronic device to support an input device coupled to the electronic device if a power switch is...
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7107362 |
Integrated circuit with configuration based on parameter measurement
Embodiments of the present invention provide an integrated circuit. In one embodiment, the integrated circuit comprises logic blocks, a measurement circuit and a control circuit. The measurement...
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7103432 |
Auto-configuration of hardware on a portable computing device
A method of manufacturing a portable computing device, involves the steps of (1) maintaining a table comprising stimulus/response data for possible hardware components that may be interfaced in the...
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7100169 |
Method, system, and program for transmitting notification to an input/output device
Provided is a method, system, and program for sending notification to an Input/Output (I/O) device comprised of multiple components of an event from an originating device that transmits data to the...
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7096282 |
Memory option card having predetermined number of activation/deactivation 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...
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7096298 |
Reduced cardbus controller
A cardbus controller is provided that reduces signal count and board area. In one exemplary embodiment, the controller is adapted to multiplex selected signals in a two PC Card system so that...
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7093032 |
System and method for multi-vendor authentication to remotely activate a software-based option
A system and method are provided to remotely activate options resident on a multi-vendor supported device. The technique includes receiving, at a centralized facility, an activation key sent from a...
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7093118 |
System and method for external bus device support
System and method for external bus device support. The system comprises a processor, a memory, one or more external bus controllers and a basic input-output system (BIOS). The BIOS contains an...
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7093031 |
Specifying extended configuration descriptor information in a USB device
Systems and methods for specifying extended configuration descriptor information in a Universal Serial Bus (USB) device are described. In one aspect, an extended configuration descriptor is...
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7085858 |
Configuration in a configurable system on a chip
The present invention allows a user to customize the configuration sequence of a configurable system on a chip (CSoC), thereby adding considerable flexibility to the configuration process. The...
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7085856 |
Method and system for evaluating and optimizing placement of PCI adapters in a multi-partitioned server with respect to function, performance, and availability
A means and system of describing rules for performance and availability for a system with respect to individual adapter cards and I/O drawers. It describes a means of scoring system configurations...
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7082528 |
Enabling emulation of system functions by an external device
A system includes an interface to communicate with a handheld device, and a processor to interact with the handheld device through the interface to enable the handheld device to emulate a pointer...
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7080164 |
Peripheral device having a programmable identification configuration register
Methods and apparatuses for programming identifications of a peripheral device are described herein. According to one embodiment, the exemplary method includes programming, based on predefined...
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7080165 |
System and method for protecting against unauthorized use of software by automatically receiving PCI vendor ID from vendor
At system power on, a query is sent from a PCI or host-based controller to an attached codec for the vendor specific identification code associated with that codec. The PCI/host controller then...
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7080172 |
Management of memory, hardware and associated device drivers using stacks
Managing memory allocations and de-allocations with a stack, and managing hardware initializations and de-initializations with another stack. A stack may store de-allocate information. Another...
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7080166 |
Multifunctional apparatus, information processing apparatus, data processing method, and computer program product executed by the multifunctional apparatus or the information processing apparatus
A communication apparatus has a communication unit that transmits data to a designated destination, and a management unit that manages ID information determined for each user and address location...
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7076572 |
Communication memory for receiving control information sequentially and in parallel form for temporary storage and broadcasting on parallel bus
A design of a flexible communication device capable of reducing time and labor required for changing a communication protocol and positively eliminating an erroneous operation, and interface...
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7076539 |
Network connectivity establishment at user log-in
Establishing network connectivity at user log-in for a computer system is disclosed. A computer is disclosed that includes one or more network components, such as modems and network adapters. Each...
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7072994 |
Method, system, and program for determining a number of device addresses supported by a target device and configuring device addresses used by a source device to communicate with the target device
Provided are a method, system, and program for configuring device addresses used by a source device to communicate with at least one target device. A determination is made of a number of device...
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7073082 |
Method for CPU power management and bus optimization
A method for CPU power management and bus optimization. First, the bus operates at an initial bus bandwidth and an initial bus frequency first. Next, power management settings of the CPU, the...
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7073000 |
Communication system and communication control apparatus and method
An initiator has logical devices (A, B, C). A target to obtain services from the initiator designates the ID of provided services and the directory ID indicating a directory where the information...
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7073064 |
Method and apparatus to provide enhanced computer protection
A method and apparatus for protecting a computer system. Specifically, a method and system for validating portions of memory at each power-on cycle is described. A Boot Block is used to validate...
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7069347 |
Device and method for adapting speed of a USB device based on available power
Disclosed herein is a device and method for adapting an operating speed of a USB peripheral device coupled with a host. In one example, the peripheral device is initially operated at a first...
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7069429 |
Method and control apparatus for assigning ID numbers to IDE device
The present invention provides a method and a control apparatus ( 1 ) for assigning ID numbers to a number of IDE devices ( 31–38 ) included in one network server. The control apparatus includes...
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7069252 |
Electronic transaction server, client for seller, client for buyer and electronic transaction method
A user registration processor unit registers the user registration information to the database, which includes the public key certification acquired from the certification authority that has...
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7065764 |
Dynamically allocated cluster system
The invention provides a system and method for managing clusters of parallel processors for use by groups and individuals requiring supercomputer level computational power. A Beowulf cluster...
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7065770 |
System for supplying a program from a server to a printing device through a network based on operating environment characteristics of installed optional units
An object of the invention is to determine, when installing a program in a terminal through the Internet, whether the program is operable or not, and notify the result of the determination to the...
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7059532 |
System and method for storing and synchronizing forms between printer and device for attaching personalized cards by creating shingled stacks
An apparatus that stores and synchronizes printed forms that are being transferred between a high speed forms printer and a mechanism for attaching plastic cards to the forms. The apparatus is also...
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7058779 |
Computer system initialization via boot code stored in a non-volatile memory having an interface compatible with synchronous dynamic random access memory
A method for reducing the number of interface lines and non-volatile memory devices in a computer system includes providing a non-volatile memory having a SDRAM style interface. A system having...
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7047320 |
Data processing system providing hardware acceleration of input/output (I/O) communication
An integrated circuit, such as a processing unit, includes a substrate and integrated circuitry formed in the substrate. The integrated circuitry includes a processor core that executes...
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7047323 |
Data processing apparatus, data processing method and data recording medium on which a data processing program that can be read by a computer is recorded
A drive apparatus is provided, which is connected via a serial bus to a personal computer. An identification process is performed for identifying the drive apparatus when the serial bus is...
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7047367 |
Information processing device and setting method for same
An information processing device is provided which is capable of automatically initializing external apparatuses, when external apparatuses are connected thereto. A storage area for storing...
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7043577 |
Auto-detecting universal appliance communication controller
Apparatus and methods for communicating a communications controller with a connected device over a serial bus is provided. The connected device is connected to the bus at one of a plurality of...
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7043568 |
Configuration selection for USB device controller
A selection system for configuring a device controller. The selection system includes a plurality of state machines each of which has a portion of the configuration information needed to inform a...
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7043575 |
Bus function authentication method, apparatus and computer program
Devices connected to a communications bus are selectively accessed to the bus that communicates between one or more devices and a host machine. On the basis of analyzed device characteristics,...
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7035946 |
Method for setting system working frequency wherein an ASIC is utilized for modulating through the voltage value of a jumper
A method for setting system working frequency includes the steps of: executing assert reset; modulating the system working frequency according to set values of BIOS through a jumper-free IC;...
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7035945 |
Method and apparatus for identifying computer expansion cards
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates identifying expansion cards installed in a computer system. The system operates by first examining a device tree for the...
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7032055 |
Device control and configuration
In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method of this embodiment may include controlling, at least in part, by a first device, whether a first signal line of a second device is coupled to a...
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