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7191275 System and method for the management of hardware triggered hotplug operations of input/output cards  
A method is provided of managing hardware triggered hotplug operations of one or more input/output (I/O) cards of a computer system. The method comprises receiving hardware triggers, each of which...
7188206 USB compound device without embedded hub and implement method in USB system  
A USB system includes at least one USB hub, a USB Compound Device, and at least one USB dummy device which is connected to a downstream port of the USB hub. The USB compound device includes an...
7188205 Mapping of hot-swap states to plug-in unit states  
A Compact Peripheral Component Interconnect (CPCI) system is provided that can map PCI Industrial Computer Manufactures Group (PICMG) states describing the state of a hot-swap CPCI card into...
7177959 Information signal processing apparatus and method  
An information signal processing apparatus connected to a connection control network, has event reception instrument for receiving a predetermined event instruction irrespective of the type of high...
7174402 Systems, network devices and methods for highly configurable peer-to-peer communications between network devices communicating via a common bus  
A system and method are provided for initiating peer-to-peer communications via a network bus. The system includes a bus controller in electrical communication with the network bus for controlling...
7174407 Extendable computer system  
The present invention provides an extendable computer system including a motherboard for maintaining the functionality of the computer system. The motherboard includes a system chipset and a first...
7164581 Modular chassis divided along a midplane and cooling system therefor  
A chassis divides vertically, with front and rear sections of the chassis joined immediately adjacent a midplane printed circuit board that supports interconnectivity of electronic circuits. Wiring...
7162395 Cospas-sarsat beacon tester in a removable expansion card for a handheld computing device  
A remote tester for a radio frequency beacon includes a plug-in module insertable into a cooperating slot in a handheld computing device so as to communicate data between the module and the...
7159060 PCI standard hot-plug controller (SHPC) with user programmable command execution timing  
According to embodiments of the present invention, a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) standard hot-plug controller (SHPC) includes a command register to store PCI slot operation commands for...
7159063 Method and apparatus for hot-swapping a hard disk drive  
Methods and apparatus are provided for hot swapping a hard disk drive. A gateway is connected between the disk drive and the bus leading to the host adapter. The gateway can isolate the disk drive...
7155545 USB connector  
A universal serial bus (USB) connector for connecting a host and a universal serial bus device includes a main body, a first pin disposed in the main body connecting to a power supply, a second pin...
7155552 Apparatus and method for highly available module insertion  
Modules coupled to multiple connectors can check to see if full connectivity is provided through the connectors. If it is not, for instance because the connectors are mis-seated, the modules can...
7152127 Multi-purpose peripheral interface for computing systems  
A system for interfacing a multi-interface card to a non-standard interface is provided. The system includes a detection module that detects an input signal; and a switching module that...
7152125 Dynamic master/slave configuration for multiple expansion modules  
A computing system having expansion modules. One of the expansion modules is identified as a master module. The other modules act as slaves to the master module. The central processing unit routes...
7149836 GPRS replaceable module communication device  
A GPRS replaceable module communication device includes a motherboard and a daughter board. The motherboard includes necessary components for enabling GPRS module operation and selecting module...
7146497 Scalability management module for dynamic node configuration  
A method, system, and program product supporting dynamic configuring of a multi-node computer. The system includes a scalability management module directly coupled to each node in the multi-node...
7146447 System for facilitating the replacement or insertion of devices in a computer system through the use of a graphical user interface  
A computer software system is disclosed for facilitating a user's replacement or insertion of devices in a computer server network system. The system allows a user to swap or add peripheral devices...
7146448 Apparatus and method for adopting an orphan I/O port in a redundant storage controller  
A storage controller configured to adopt orphaned I/O ports is disclosed. The controller includes multiple field-replaceable units (FRUs) that plug into a backplane having local buses. At least two...
7136957 Device bandwidth management using a bus configuration multiplexer  
One embodiment of the invention includes a system for changing a bus configuration of a computing device. The system includes a first bus of the computing device, a second bus, and a third bus....
7136950 Multifunction passive adaptor for flash media cards  
The present invention enables the use of a single passive adaptor ( 1500, 1800 ) for multiple types of flash media cards. The present invention provides this by implementing form factors with a...
7136951 Multifunction semiconductor storage device and a method for booting-up computer host  
A semiconductor storage device connected to the host system through the general purpose interface, including a semiconductor storage media module ( 1 ) and a controller module ( 2 ), in which the...
7127542 Hot-plugging nodes in a modular system having redundant power supplies  
Substantial reduction or total elimination of switching transients (glitches) in an information handling system caused by inserting and/or removing hot-pluggable nodes having large power...
7124234 Managing transmissions between devices  
Provided are a method, system, and program for processing a transmission from a first device to a second device. An identification transmission is received including an interface address from the...
7120789 System and method for portable on-demand central processing unit  
A method and a system for providing a processor to a computer system through a removable CPU module. The processor on the removable CPU module may be shared by multiple computer systems by...
7120719 Electronic apparatus  
An electronic apparatus according to the present invention comprises a main unit which stops operation when receiving an apparatus control signal S 1 specifying a standby state while in a normal...
7117311 Hot plug cache coherent interface method and apparatus  
A computing device maintains coherency while supporting addition and removal of memory caching agents without rebooting the computing device.
7117280 Network based intra-system communications architecture  
An architecture and method that enables communication between applications and peripheral devices through use of network-type messaging. The architecture is exemplified by a machine having a...
7111100 Systems and methods for assigning an address to a network device added to an existing network  
The present invention provides systems, methods, and bus controllers ( 12 ) for establishing communication with various network systems located on a network system ( 10 ). Importantly, the systems,...
7107398 Changing a mode of a storage subsystem in a system  
A system includes a storage subsystem capable of being set in at least a first mode and a second mode. When operating the storage subsystem in the first mode, redundant information is stored in a...
7107378 Cooperative interconnection and operation of a non-volatile memory card and an input-output card  
Very small non-volatile memory cards are modified to include a connector to which a connector on a separate data input-output card electrically and mechanically mates when pushed together. The...
7103695 System and method for scaling a bus based on a location of a device on the bus  
A system and method for scaling a bus based on a location of a device on the bus are disclosed. An information handling system includes a host bridge interfaced between a local bus and a peripheral...
7103697 Flow-through register  
A selectively transparent interface circuit identified herein as a flow-through register (FTR) is disclosed. The FTR enables one or more devices on a primary bus to communicate with a device on a...
7099966 Point-to-point electrical loading for a multi-drop bus  
A switching technique allows multiple interconnect bus devices to be connected to a single bus segment, even if the interconnect bus protocol only allows a one of the interconnect devices to be...
7096309 Computing device capable of instant-on and non-instant on modes of operation  
A single, dual form computing device is provided that incorporates the functionality of a laptop computer with that of a handheld or palm-size computing device, and allows each functionality to be...
7096300 Method and apparatus for suspending communication with a hard disk drive in order to transfer data relating to the hard disk drive  
Methods and apparatus are provided for suspending communications with a hard disk drive in order to transfer data relating to the hard disk drive between the host and an intermediate communications...
7093048 System and method for reducing inrush current in a blade server  
A system and method for reducing inrush current in an information handling system includes charging a pre-charge circuit with an elongated pin. The information handling system includes a midplane...
7092403 Method and communication system for data communication via a cable  
First, two subsystems are connected with each other via a communication cable and then recognize physical connection between the two subsystems. Next, each one of the two subsystems ignores signals...
7085823 Network element management method, apparatus, and network management system  
In a network element management method and apparatus, and a network management system where mounting positions of physical components on a network element are unfixed, an external input mounting...
7085870 Integrated circuit with shared hotsocket architecture  
Integrated circuits such as programmable logic devices are provided with hotsocket detection circuitry. The hotsocket detection circuitry monitors signals on data pins and power supply voltages. If...
7080184 ISDN-based bus interface  
An interface unit for data transfer between a processor bus and an ISDN-based bus is disclosed. The ISDN-based bus is an IOM-2 bus. The interface unit enables access to all available IOM-2 slots,...
7080181 Hot-pluggable video architecture  
A hot-pluggable video architecture system is disclosed. The system includes one or more computers, where each of the computers includes a system bus for carrying signals, such as video bus cycles,...
7076591 PCI arbiter with hot plug controller support  
A Hot Plug system includes a PCI bus, an expansion card, a slot for receiving the expansion card, and a Hot Plug controller directly connected to the expansion card and the slot, but only...
7069360 Method and apparatus for detecting a device's ability to run at a selected frequency in a PCI non-inhibit bus-connect mode  
Embodiments of the present invention detect a device's ability to run at a particular frequency on a PCI bus operating in a non-inhibit bus mode. In one embodiment, expansion slots are powered on,...
7069369 Extended-Secure-Digital interface using a second protocol for faster transfers  
An extended Secure-Digital (SD) card has a second interface that uses some of the SD-interface lines. The SD card's mechanical and electrical card-interface is used, but 2 or 4 signals in the SD...
7065597 Method and apparatus for in-band signaling of runtime general purpose events  
A method and apparatus for communicating general purpose events in-band from a downstream controller is presented.
7065599 Multiprocessor systems  
A server blade is provided with an enclosure. The server blade can be provided with a plurality of processors in the enclosure. The server blade can be configured as a field replaceable unit...
7065591 Reconfigurable flash media reader system  
A reconfigurable flash media reader system provides a flash media reader that accepts both asynchronous and synchronous flash media cards. The reader identifies the card type of the inserted flash...
7062627 Memory managing method used in adding memory and information processing apparatus  
An information processing apparatus for allowing a memory to be added thereto while being powered. The apparatus comprises a processor, a first main memory initially connected, and a connecting...
7054163 Multi-interface patch panel system  
A patch panel system including a chassis and a plurality of modules. The chassis includes elongated structures configured to interconnect top, bottom and side portions of the chassis. The elongated...
7051140 Connector that enables aggregation of independent system resources across PCI/PCI-X bus and interlocked method for aggregating independent system resources across PCI/PCI-X bus  
The peripheral bus connector for improved aggregation of resources of a device on the peripheral bus includes a plurality of aggregation pins, in addition to the pins according to the peripheral...
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