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6385668 Method and apparatus for compound hardware configuration control  
Hardware reconfiguration is accomplished through the use of low-level, self-terminating software processes that allows a high degree of parallelism in the reconfiguration operation, even in systems...
6378074 Method for security partitioning of a computer system  
This invention describes a method for providing data security in a computer by creating computing modes between which there are no data communications. Each mode has its own hard disk drives,...
6378056 Method and apparatus for configuring a memory device and a memory channel using configuration space registers  
A method and apparatus for configuring memory devices. A disclosed bus controller includes a storage location and a control circuit. The control circuit is coupled to perform an initialization...
6378021 Switch control method and apparatus in a system having a plurality of processors  
In an information processing apparatus having a crossbar switch, registers are provided for logical division of a connection of the crossbar switch into a plurality of groups, in order to allow a...
6378016 Automatic conversion device driver of device type data  
Without changing the setting of the existing device's own data, the device type data acquired from the ATAPI device 1 and the device type data which can be recognized by the operating system 4 ...
6374316 Method and system for circumscribing a topology to form ring structures  
A method and system for ordering an interconnect topology to form a ring structure, the topology comprising a number of nodes, are described. In one embodiment, a self identifier for each of the...
RE37613 System for specifying addresses by creating a multi-bit ranked ordered anchor pattern and creating next address by shifting in the direction of the superior position  
An automatic addressing technique for flexibility specifying the individual physical addresses of a plurality of devices coupled to an information bus. An anchor pattern is applied to an address...
6363443 Addressable shadow port and protocol for serial bus networks  
A protocol and associated circuitry operable for efficiently extending serial bus capability in system environments is disclosed. The protocol is designed to coexist and be fully compatible with...
6363437 Plug and play I2C slave  
In accordance with embodiments of the invention, an electronic device including one or more controllers and one or more slave units is provided with a bus such as an I 2 C serial bus that connects...
6360291 System and method for hiding peripheral devices in a computer system  
A computer system with an Intelligent Input/Output architecture having a dynamic device blocking mechanism for hiding at least a portion of peripheral devices. The computer system comprises at...
6360290 Commercial standard digital bus interface circuit  
Interface apparatus is adapted for interconnection between a host computer and a Commercial Standard Digital Bus (CSDB) for translating the CSDB signal protocol of the data frames provided over the...
6360289 System for autonomous configuration of peer devices  
A system for autonomously configuring peer devices without unnecessary delay in boot up time using a compatibility bridge. Upon initiating a configuration cycle, the compatibility bridge monitors...
6356965 Hotkey for network service boot  
A computer system is provided with a dynamically reconfigurable boot order. In one embodiment, the computer comprises a user input device, a nonvolatile memory, a network interface, a boot trigger,...
6353884 System for describing and storing descriptions of hierachical structures using hardware definition files to specify performance, characteristics, part number and name of hardware components  
A method implemented according to the invention allows a user to specify with particularity hierarchical structures such as computer hardware and peripheral equipment in such a way that it...
6353866 Apparatus and method for initializing a universal serial bus device  
A method and apparatus for dynamically assigning and enabling a unique functional address for a Universal Serial Bus device. A host assigns the unique functional address during a control...
6349304 Graphical interface for copying settings from network source device to network target devices without transmitting values not usable for features supported by network target devices  
Disclosed is a system and method for configuring a plurality of devices linked to a network, such as printers or any other network device, with a computer also linked to the network. A computer...
6345319 Method for installing plug-n-play device by copying INF files to a corresponding directory and deleting device ID and all related device class of an original device  
The present invention relates to a setting method for installation of plug and play device by utilizing the set-up file (INF) of a hardware driver to directly read the device ID of a new device and...
6341321 Method and apparatus for providing concurrent patch using a queued direct input-output device  
A method and an apparatus for providing concurrent patch in a computing network environment using microcode and having a queued direct I/O and a main memory in processing communication with an...
6336158 Memory based I/O decode arrangement, and system and method using the same  
An input/output (I/O) decode arrangement including an I/O decode map in a form of a memory block and containing, before start of any bus I/O transactions, I/O address decode information useable for...
6330628 Memory including a data structure used for identifying a communication protocol of a received communication  
A method and system which allows a remote monitoring and diagnostic computer or system to communicate using different communication protocols which are stored within a data base. After a...
6330627 System for fast data transfer between memory modules and controller using two clock lines each having a go line portion and a return line portion  
Memory modules and a controller are arranged and two clock lines are provided to go and return along the arrangement of the memory modules and the controller. A first basic clock and a second basic...
6328766 Media element library with non-overlapping subset of media elements and non-overlapping subset of media element drives accessible to first host and unaccessible to second host  
A media element library defines a viral configuration different from the physical configuration of media and drives actually present in the library. A plurality of host computer systems communicate...
6327653 Technique for easily changing operating systems of a digital computer system using at least two pushbuttons  
A technique for easily changing an operating system or working mode of a digital computer system includes: a CPU (central processing unit) for processing computer programs; a bus which transmits...
6327632 Adaptable I/O pins manifesting I/O characteristics responsive to bit values stored in selected addressable storage locations, each pin coupled to three corresponding addressable storage locations  
A pin control unit and a plurality of addressable storage locations are provided to an integrated circuit to control the input/output (I/O) pins of a functional block of the integrated circuit or...
6324608 Method for hot swapping of network components  
Methods of removing and replacing data processing circuitry are provided comprising removing a network interface module from the computer without powering down the computer and removing an...
6321282 Apparatus and method for topography dependent signaling  
Bus communications are optimized by adjusting signal characteristics in accordance with one or more topography dependent parameters. In a bus transmitter, a transmit signal characteristic is...
6317805 Data transfer interface having protocol conversion device and upper, lower, middle machines: with middle machine arbitrating among lower machine side requesters including selective assembly/disassembly requests  
An interface architecture includes a plurality of pipelines each controlled by a respective line processor. An onboard ESCON protocol conversion device distinguishes customer data to be stored on a...
6314522 Multi-voltage level CPU module  
A computer module includes a central processing unit capable of operating at a first performance level and capable of operating at a second performance level in response to configuration signals,...
6314486 Data transfer with JTAG controller using index register to specipy one of several control/status registers for access in read and write operations with data register  
A system for accessing control and status registers for a device within a computer system. These control and status registers are used to control and configure the device and to read status...
6314482 Method and system for indexing adapters within a data processing system  
A method and system for indexing adapters within a data processing system where the data processing system contains multiple existing adapters, where each of the multiple existing adapters is...
6311242 Method and apparatus for supporting dynamic insertion and removal of PCI devices  
Improved techniques for controlling buses of a computer system are disclosed such that peripheral devices (and/or their associated buses) can be connected or disconnected to the computer system...
6308255 Symmetrical multiprocessing bus and chipset used for coprocessor support allowing non-native code to run in a system  
A computer system includes a host processor and an emulation coprocessor. The host processor includes hardware configured to execute instructions defined by a host instruction set architecture,...
6308234 Flexible processing hardware architecture  
A flexible, reconfigurable processing system architecture allows for the implementation of a variety of processing system configurations to be implemented on a single device, which is preferably a...
6308231 Industrial control systems having input/output circuits with programmable input/output characteristics  
A programmable analog I/O circuit for use in an industrial control system has a first mode of operation as an input circuit and a second mode of operation as an output circuit. In the first mode of...
6301633 Generic serial interface with automatic reconfigurability  
A generic serial interface includes any one of multiple transition cables having a first connector conforming to one of several different serial interface standards. A second generic connector is...
6295567 Chassis type determination in an electronic system  
A chassis detection circuit for detecting and determining the chassis type. The chassis detection circuit detects structural differences of the chassis to determine chassis type. The chassis...
6292890 Computer system with dynamically configurable boot order  
A computer system is provided with a dynamically reconfigurable boot order. In one embodiment, the computer comprises a network interface, a nonvolatile memory, and a CPU. The network interface may...
6292859 Automatic selection of an upgrade controller in an expansion slot of a computer system motherboard having an existing on-board controller  
A computer system that automatically detects and configures an upgrade peripheral controller(s) when present in an expansion slot(s) during the computer system startup, or otherwise, enables and...
6292855 Method to allow hardware configurable data structures  
A set of registers are provided for a protocol engine driving I/O transactions requested by a host. A fixed set of defined data elements are determined for the protocol under which the I/O...
6289405 Addition of slot, backplane, chassis and device parametric properties to vital product data (VPD) in a computer system  
In an electrical system having a chassis with at least one chassis slot for receiving a chassis electrical device, and at least one connector board with at least one board slot thereon for...
6289404 Apparatus for and method of placing a node in an unconfigured state  
An apparatus and method place a node in an unconfigured state, with the apparatus and method functioning within an electrical network including a plurality of such nodes. Each node is adapted to...
6286067 Method and system for the simplification of leaf-limited bridges  
A method of address management in a net having a plurality of buses linked by a plurality of bus bridges where the net has only one branch bus with multiple bus bridges. A local identification...
6282640 Method for improved storage of computer system configuration information  
A computer system and method is described for improved storage of computer system configuration information. A ROM module includes both a BIOS ROM portion and a configuration ROM portion. The...
6279155 Method of installing software on and/or testing a computer system  
A method of installing software on and/or testing a computer system includes providing a step sequence having a plurality of software installation and/or testing steps to be executed in an order...
6279050 Data transfer apparatus having upper, lower, middle state machines, with middle state machine arbitrating among lower state machine side requesters including selective assembly/disassembly requests  
A plurality of state machines arranged into three functional units, an Upper Machine, Middle Machine and a Lower Machine facilitate movement of user data between a buffer memory and a Global Memory...
6279047 Method for simplifying communication with chip cards  
An apparatus according to the invention for communication of an application (10) with a chip card (20) in which there is at least one application data storing means (30), also known as the...
6275884 Method for interconnecting components within a data processing system  
A method for interconnecting components within a data processing system is disclosed. A number of components is connected to an uni-directional bus. The uni-directional bus is arranged in a loop...
6272576 Method for extending the available number of configuration registers  
A method for expanding the number of configuration registers available in a computer system. Unused configuration registers that correspond to non-existent functions are used for other purposes....
6272561 Sound blaster interface card auto-detection method  
The present invention relates to a sound blaster interface card auto-detection method, which is applicable to all kinds of brands of sound blaster interface card supplied in the market. The present...
6272560 Self-identifying peripheral device  
A method and apparatus enables a newly installed peripheral device such as a disk device to be used with a computer system without changing the operating system. The peripheral device is identified...
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