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RE41010 System for data transfer through an I/O device using a memory access controller which receives and stores indication of a data status signal  
A method and system for transferring units of data between a computer memory and an external system in which a DMA controller stores and uses information from an I/O device interfacing with the...
7620743 System and method for implementing multiple instantiated configurable peripherals in a circuit design  
A reusable software block is adapted to control multiple instantiations of a peripheral device within a system. A device hardware abstraction layer defines offset values for registers of the...
7617386 Scheduling thread upon ready signal set when port transfers data on trigger time activation  
A processor has an interface portion and an interior environment. The interface portion comprises: at least one port arranged to receive a current time value; a first register associated with the...
7617341 Method and system for switching a DVI display host  
Plural information handling systems interface through a KVM switch with a DVI display with the KVM switch supporting selection of the information handling system providing display information to...
7610411 Information processing device, line concentrator, network information processing system having the line concentrator, information processing program and storage medium  
There is provided a mediation section ( 34 ) for switching between an active status in which data transmitted to a specific address is registered and processed and a non-active status other than...
7606949 Multifunction machine and a control method of the multifunction machine  
A multifunction machine having an interface unit for controlling a USB, and a control method of the multifunction machine are disclosed. The multifunction machine includes a management unit...
7603486 Network management system providing logic signals over communication lines for detecting peripheral devices  
A method and apparatus for detecting the presence and the type of network devices connected to a management device via transmission lines. The apparatus may include a pull-up resistor, a pull-down...
7600055 Apparatus, system, and method for firmware update of redundant controllers  
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for updating firmware to a plurality of memory devices residing on disparate controllers wherein each controller includes an identical communication...
7596635 Method and apparatus for providing redundant I/O adapters in machine and process controllers  
Methods and apparatus for redundancy in machine or process control systems provide redundant communication adapters located with the groups of I/O modules, so that if the first communication...
7590773 Hot unpluggable media storage device  
Improved techniques for rendering a peripheral device removable (e.g., unpluggable) are disclosed. According to one aspect of the invention, the peripheral device is rendered removable from a host...
7587523 Distributed systems for determining card status  
The master/slave arbitration process includes a voting process that allows cards within the system to use voting to determine the health of each of the individual cards. The voting process thereby...
7577877 Mechanisms to prevent undesirable bus behavior  
A system includes proxy logic which detects situations which, unless action is taken, would result in undesirable bus behavior. In one embodiment, the target device of a bus cycle includes proxy...
7577770 System and method for performance monitoring and reconfiguring computer system with hardware monitor  
A judgment is made quickly about whether or not it is a memory or a chipset that is causing a performance bottleneck in an application program. A computer system of this invention includes at least...
7574535 Prevention of inadvertent data synchronization to and from removable memory sources on a handheld connected device  
A method is disclosed for continuously synchronizing data to and from a removable memory source connected to a user's handheld device. When the memory source is inserted into the handheld device,...
7568127 Signal drive de-emphasis control for serial bus  
Transmitting a transition between high and low states across a lengthy conductor with a main transmitter to transmit data, providing emphasis with an emphasis transmitter to strengthen the...
7567514 RAID apparatus, and communication-connection monitoring method and program  
An interdevice communication monitoring unit 62 - 1 calculates a variable timeout time (T 2 −T) by subtracting an elapsed time T from a predetermined fixed timeout time T 2 for monitoring an...
7565458 Cell phone accessory identification algorithm by generating and measuring a voltage pulse through a pin interface  
In some embodiments, a method is provided for identifying a communication interface of an electronic unit attached to a connector of an electronic device. A voltage pulse is generated in the device...
7558821 Process for assigning addresses in a network, and components for said process  
A process is proposed for the automatic assignment of at least one client device address in a DP network, where the DP network comprises a server device and at least one client device and where the...
7548964 Performance counters for virtualized network interfaces of communications networks  
Performance counters are provided for virtualized network interfaces of communications networks, while minimizing the use of hardware resources. A virtualized network interface includes physical...
7539786 Method for simulating cartridge changes in import/export station slots in an automated data storage library  
A method for simulating the insertion of a data storage medium into or removal of a data storage medium from an input/output station, alternatively referred to as an import/output station. In one...
7506078 Integrated circuit capable of assigning a unique identity to ATA/ATAPI devices  
A method according to one embodiment may include discovering at least one ATA/ATAPI target device. The method of this embodiment may also include discovering a SAS address for at the least one...
7490176 Serial attached SCSI backplane and detection system thereof  
A serial attached SCSI (SAS) backplane and detection system thereof are provided. When a first SAS backplane is not serially connected to a second SAS backplane, a logic signal with first status...
7483897 System and method for harvesting of data from peripheral devices  
A system and method harvest data from at least one device, by canvassing the devices and tracking which canvassed devices yielded harvested data and then repeating such canvassing and tracking...
7480937 Agent device, image-forming-device management system, image-forming-device management method, image-forming-device management program, and storage medium  
An agent device is connected with one or more image-forming devices in a local network having a firewall provided therein. A management device carries out remote management of the image-forming...
7480746 Extensible universal home automation integration framework and user interface  
A software architecture and methods that provide an extensible and intuitive interface to all digital managed resources in the residential environment. The application of data management methods...
7480745 Method and apparatus for maintaining peripheral device support information  
A method and apparatus for maintaining a computing device is provided. An indication of an end of persistence for a peripheral device is received. Monitoring is performed for an event related to...
7480743 Optimized peripheral device configuration data sequential handling method and system for computer platform  
An optimized peripheral device configuration data sequential handling method and system is proposed, which is designed for use with a computer platform for providing the computer platform an...
7478191 Method for automatically switching USB peripherals between USB hosts  
A system for automatically switching peripheral connectivity between two host devices based on respective connectivity of the hosts. The method may be used where peripherals are usually attached to...
7475205 System for inventory control of an automated data storage library  
An automated data library system employing a plurality of cartridges, one or more cartridge storage slots and an inventory controller. Each cartridge includes a cartridge memory. The cartridge...
7475169 Storage control system and method for reducing input/output processing time involved in accessing an external storage subsystem  
There is a cache memory, which has a cache area allocated to each communication port of an external storage subsystem. When data conforming to an I/O command received from a host is in an external...
7469370 Enabling multiple testing devices  
A method for enabling multiple testing devices within a system. The method may include determining whether a first testing device or a second testing device is coupled to the system. Provided the...
7467263 Storage system, management apparatus & method for determining a performance problem using past & current performance values of the resources  
A highly-reliable system, a management apparatus and method that can enhance the reliability of a storage system is provided. The present invention provides a storage system having a higher level...
7464196 Input/output control method and apparatus of multimedia file  
A data input/output control method and apparatus in an input/output subsystem are provided. The data input/output control method, in a system for inputting/outputting data to/from a disk sector...
7464195 Method and apparatus for detecting a presence of a device  
A method and apparatus are disclosed for detecting a presence of a device. Specifically, a method and a system are disclosed that may comprise providing a clock driver having a pair of differential...
7460254 Image printing system, image printing apparatus, and image printing method  
According to this invention, there is provided an image printing system which causes a plurality of image printing apparatuses to share and concurrently process an image printing job for outputting...
7457898 Substitute SATA host for communicating with a SATA device  
A substitute serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) host is provided to communicate with a SATA device for facilitating communication with the SATA device even when a status flag of the SATA...
7447823 Data input terminal device  
A data input terminal device is configured to be connected via a communication cable with a host computer from one of two connectors each associated with a distinct communications interface. The...
7447806 Method and apparatus for centralization configuration of data processing systems  
A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for configuring a remote data processing system. A configuration is identified for the remote data processing system to...
7441053 Support of an interaction between a host device and a peripheral device  
The invention relates to a method for use in a system comprising a host device and at least one peripheral device which are enabled to interact with each other. In order to improve the flexibility...
7437492 Method and system for data compression and compression estimation in a virtual tape library environment  
A method and system for efficiently storing and transferring data in a virtual tape library environment is disclosed. Data is written to a virtual tape library that emulates a physical tape...
7437489 Data packet queue handling method and system  
A data packet queue handling method and system is proposed, which is designed for use with a computer system having a data packet generating unit, a data packet transfer interface, a data packet...
7437486 Configurable measurement interface coupled to a front-end subsystem and a back-end subsystem for receiving a set of bootstrap information  
A measurement device having a configurable measurement interface that enables the dynamic allocation of responsibilities among front-end and back-end subsystems of a measurement device. A...
7436530 Method and system for print consumables management  
A method for managing just-in-time print consumables for a print job can be performed on a computer server. The method includes estimating print consumable requirements for the print job. The...
7433973 Display device featuring a reduced amount of time for detecting video input signals  
A display device includes a plurality of video input interfaces. The display device also includes a display controller coupled to the plurality of video input interfaces. The display controller...
7430619 Communication device, host apparatus, and communication method  
A method and apparatus for communicating data between a device and a host apparatus through a USB interface detects and corrects USB transaction phase deviation due to erroneous recognition of...
7426748 Management mediating device, image processing apparatus, management mediating program, and storing medium storing management mediating program  
A management mediating device includes a management system communication device for making a connection to a management system outside a fire wall from inside the fire wall, and receiving a command...
7426582 Method, system, and apparatus for servicing PS/2 devices within an extensible firmware interface environment  
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media service PS/2 devices within an extensible firmware interface (EFI) environment where the PS/2 devices provide data via a keyboard controller. The...
7404013 Pass-through information transfers inserted after a continued primitive in serial communications between a device and a host  
A device communicatively coupled to a host in a Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) format. The device includes a processor to control operations in the device and a serial interface to...
7401166 Method and system for controlling and exchanging data for multimedia appliances and an appliance suitable therefor  
The present invention relates to a method and a system for controlling and/or exchanging data for multimedia appliances and an appliance suitable therefor According to prior art, methods and...
7392329 System and method for applying an action initiated for a portion of a plurality of devices to all of the plurality of devices  
In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a method of applying an action initiated for a portion of a plurality of devices to all of the plurality of devices is provided. The...
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