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7634587 I/O descriptor cache for bus mastering I/O controllers  
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that includes an I/O descriptor cache that is accessed by a bus mastering I/O controller. The I/O descriptor cache stores descriptors that...
7631348 Secure authentication using a low pin count based smart card reader  
A computer system may receive one or more credentials of a user (e.g., username, password, etc.) from an integrated circuit (IC) device carried by the user. The computer system may include an IC...
7626714 Internal interface in image processing apparatus and control thereof  
Image processing apparatus having a data processing unit, a first interface having a plurality of logical channels for connecting with an external processing apparatus, a second interface having a...
7620741 Proxy-based device sharing  
A method is provided for supporting device sharing between hosts via a bus fabric. A master host owns a device tree and provides IO services to at least one client host. The client host comprises...
7619986 Method for controlling device based on IEEE 1394 interface  
A method for controlling a device based on an IEEE 1394 interface includes the steps of: a) investigating a packet received from a counterpart device via the IEEE 1394 interface; b) parsing a...
7610061 Communication device and method having a common platform  
A communication device and method is provided, comprising: a signal modulator/demodulator having a digital signal processor for effecting radio communications; and an application processor (AP)...
7606960 Apparatus for adjusting a clock frequency of a variable speed bus  
An embodiment involves throttling a bus frequency based upon incoming arbitration requests from units or devices coupled to a bus. Arbitration circuitry monitors request rates from each requestor...
7606962 Deferring peripheral traffic with sideband control  
In some embodiments, a system comprises a host system comprising an industry standard interface, a peripheral device coupled to the host device via the industry standard interface, and logic in the...
7594059 Multi-interfaced accessory device for use with host computing systems  
A device includes two connectors for enabling connectivity and access of a data resource by a connected computer or computing system. Each connector may support a different communication port, and...
7590146 Information processing unit  
The object of the invention is to enhance data transmission efficiency by considering a clock frequency, a data transmission method and a data storage method. To achieve the object, an information...
7584321 Memory address and datapath multiplexing  
Circuits, methods, and apparatus for multiplexing addresses and data at a memory interface such that multiple data widths are provided without the need to change a motherboard or other printed...
7583105 Pull-up circuit  
A pull-up circuit comprises an operational amplifier which forms part of a feedback circuit, acting to bring a pull-up circuit output equal to a reference voltage input. The pull-up circuit may...
7579809 Rechargeable wireless adapters  
Charging a battery is disclosed. An electrical connection is formed between a wireless adapter having a battery and a host. The wireless adapter is configured to be able to be removably coupled to...
7576559 USB device and data processing system having the same  
A universal serial bus (USB) device is comprised of a receiver for receiving signals from a USB host through data lines, and a pull-up resistor circuit connecting pull-up resistors to data lines in...
7577782 Application programming interface for data transfer and bus management over a bus structure  
In a first embodiment, an applications programming interface (API) implements and manages isochronous and asynchronous data transfer operations between an application and a bus structure. During an...
7574543 Method for operating a processor bus  
A method of operating a processor bus, with which a central unit (processor) makes accesses to various peripheral units, is described. The processor bus has the ability to change the order of the...
7562174 Motherboard having hard-wired private bus between graphics cards  
A motherboard includes two bus connectors. Each connector has contact positions for a set of serial data lanes. A private bus is formed in the motherboard to couple a subset of the serial data...
7562169 Video and audio front end assembly and method  
A Video and Audio Front End Assembly and Method. The device and method of this invention takes advantage of the hardware improvements available in personal computing machines that enable higher...
7562176 Apparatus and methods for clustering multiple independent PCI express hierarchies  
Apparatus, systems and methods for clustering multiple PCI Express hierarchies to enable access of components in different hierarchies. Each PCI Express hierarchy includes a root device as well as...
7558902 Bus to MCU bridge  
An integrated circuit enables interconnection of a serial digital bus with a microcontroller unit. A physical interface provides for the transmission and reception of messages over the serial...
7554997 Integrated router switch-based port-mirroring mechanism for monitoring LAN-to-WAN and WAN-to-LAN traffic  
An integrated processor-controlled router and switch fabric architecture provides connectivity between local area network (LAN) ports of an Ethernet switch serving a plurality of local area network...
7552248 Information terminal, information processing system, and methods of controlling the same  
An information terminal disclosed herein includes a data storage in which data is stored; an internal controller which accesses the data storage by a request from inside the information terminal;...
7552269 Synchronizing a plurality of processors  
In a first aspect, a first method of synchronizing a plurality of processors of a system is provided. The first method includes the steps of (1) modifying a peripheral component interconnect...
7549008 Interface adapter for a portable media player device  
A “smart cable” that connects one or more peripheral devices to a digital media player having multiple, different types of input and/or output connections.
7549009 High-speed PCI interface system and a reset method thereof  
A high-speed PCI interface system with reset function and a reset method thereof are provided. The interface system comprises a host controller chipset, at least one high-speed PCI device and at...
7546409 Deferring peripheral traffic with sideband control  
In some embodiments, a system comprises a USB host system comprising a USB function driver, and a USB device coupled to the USB host system via a USB interface, wherein the USB device cooperate to...
7539793 Synchronized multichannel universal serial bus  
The invention provides a method and apparatus for providing a synchronized multichannel universal serial bus, the method in one aspect comprising supplementing the signal channels in the USB...
7536495 Certified memory-to-memory data transfer between active-active raid controllers  
A system for performing an efficient mirrored posted-write operation having first and second RAID controllers in communication via a PCI-Express link is disclosed. The first bus bridge transmits a...
7535704 Small form factor hard disk drive bracket latch/release mechanism  
A hard disk drive bracket latch and release mechanism includes a lever arm attached to a hard disk drive bracket bezel rotatably between a closed position against the bezel and an open position...
7535254 Reconfiguration of a hard macro via configuration registers  
Reconfiguration of a hard macro via configuration registers is described. An integrated circuit includes configuration memory cells coupled to a hard macro via configuration registers. The...
7533210 Virtual communication interfaces for a micro-controller  
A Compact Peripheral Component Interconnect (CPCI) system is provided that allows an Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) controller to be virtualized across many interested client...
7526594 USB data transfer method  
A method of Universal Serial Bus (USB) data transfer is provided. In one embodiment, a USB device supports a bulk-only transmission mode to transfer data with a USB host, and the USB device...
7525957 Input/output router for storage networks  
A blade server is disclosed, comprised of multiple server blades that plug into a midplane from the front, and an I/O router including multiple IOCs (one for each server blade) and an embedded...
7519760 Data processing method and system for inputting data to pieces of digital equipment  
A first device is provided with a communicator having a first interface function and a second interface function defined in an asymmetric interface standard. A second device is connected to the...
7519743 Multimedia storage and communication device and its determining method  
The present invention is related to an interface design for multimedia data transmitting, which can provide a working interface in a data storing device or a communication device, using the working...
7515157 Data transmission device, data transfer system and method  
A data transfer method is executed to transit a three-state transmitting circuit from a high-impedance state into a data output state, transmit a preamble (dummy data) onto a bus, and sequentially...
7512725 Generating a data stream from cartridge controllers using a plurality of measurement cartridges  
System and method for controlling cartridges to perform industrial operation(s). The system may include cartridge controllers coupled to the cartridges, timing and data routing logic coupled to the...
7512731 Computer system and memory bridge for processor socket thereof  
A multi-processor computer system includes a memory bridge configured in a processor socket on a motherboard. The memory bridge module electrically connects a processor bus and a memory bus that...
7509445 Adapting a plurality of measurement cartridges using cartridge controllers  
System and method for controlling cartridges to perform industrial operation(s). The system may include cartridge controllers coupled to the cartridges, timing and data routing logic coupled to the...
7506077 Unified controller having host and device functionality  
A USB (Universal Serial Bus) OTG (On-The-Go) controller device and more generally a serial bus control circuit chip are provided which have improved port handler implementations. In one example,...
7506090 System and method for user-configurable resource arbitration in a process control system  
A system includes at least one memory and at least one processor. The at least one memory is operable to store a resource object associated with a resource. The at least one memory is also operable...
7502881 Data packet routing mechanism utilizing the transaction ID tag field  
A data packet routing mechanism including a plurality of clients for issuing read requests to a host device, the read requests each including a TAG field for identifying which of the plurality of...
7496703 Virtual IDE card reader with PCI express interface  
The present invention discloses a virtual integrated drive electronics (IDE) card reader with a peripheral component interconnect express (PCI Express). The card reader includes a microcontroller...
7496697 Apparatus for managing multiple computers by remote control  
A computer management apparatus is provided for interconnecting a single user console including user interface devices, such as a console keyboard, a console video display unit, a console mouse,...
7489902 Systems and methods for facilitating simultaneous communication over multiple wired and wireless networks  
A device is provided that is capable of simultaneous communication over multiple wired and wireless networks. The device is capable of processing data received simultaneously over multiple networks...
7490188 Apparatus and method for USB data transmission in hybrid terminal including two CPUs utilizing two memories  
An apparatus and a method for sharing an USB port and transmitting data in a hybrid terminal including both two CPUs and memories corresponding to the two CPUs are disclosed. In the apparatus and...
7490187 Hypertransport/SPI-4 interface supporting configurable deskewing  
A memory system having a memory controller and a daisy chain of memory chips. The memory controller is coupled to memory chips in the daisy chain of memory chips by an address/command bus chain....
7486689 System and method for mapping InfiniBand communications to an external port, with combined buffering of virtual lanes and queue pairs  
A system and method for mapping outbound communications (e.g., encapsulated Ethernet packets) from InfiniBand queue pairs (QP) and/or virtual lanes (VL) to ports through which they are to be...
7487284 Transaction flow and ordering for a packet processing engine, located within an input-output hub  
An apparatus and method for controlling data traffic flow and data ordering of packet data between one or more peripheral devices and a processor/memory combination by using a packet processing...
7487342 Method and apparatus for starting up and maintaining of multiple networked computing systems  
A method for starting up and maintaining multiple networked computing systems by using a common start-up program located in one place within a network is disclosed. Start-up code is partitioned...