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6754226 Communication system in audio and music data transmission  
A transmission method and apparatus for detecting the format of data when data is absent from the transmission packets. In situations where data to be transmitted via a predetermined network (e.g.,...
6751692 Adapter for memory device and connecting method using the same  
An adapter for a memory device for connecting a detachable memory device to an AT attachment (ATA) interface of a host computer and a connecting method using the adapter are presented. With a...
6751697 Method and system for a multi-phase net refresh on a bus bridge interconnect  
A method and system for a multi-phase net refresh on a bus bridge interconnect, the interconnect comprising a number of nodes, a bus bridge, and a number of buses, are described. In one embodiment,...
6748448 High performance internet storage access scheme  
Systems and methods of increasing the performance of computer networks, especially networks connecting users to the Web, are provided. Performance is increased by reducing the latency the client...
6748477 Multiple-path interface card for interfacing multiple isolated interfaces to a storage system  
An interface card includes a plurality of data paths with each data path extending from a first connector to a second connector. The second connector for coupling to a bus backplane. One or more of...
6748478 System function configurable computing platform  
Disclosed are a system and method of configuring processing resources for communication with one or more devices coupled to a data bus through a bridge. Resources at a processing system may be...
6748459 Method and apparatus for address mapping  
An invention is disclosed that maps a Fibre Channel address to a Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) address. A data port is detected on a computer network system and a port target identifier is...
6745254 Programmable logic controller method, system and apparatus  
A programmable logic controller with enhanced and extended the capabilities. A digital input filter implement filters with considerable less logic by simulating the action of a capacitor being...
6742063 Method and apparatus for efficient transfer of data packets  
In a data processing system, the effective speed of transferring data packets between a data processing unit and various other devices with different performance characteristics is improved by a...
6738856 External display peripheral for coupling to a universal serial bus port or hub on a computer  
A cable, adapter, or converter device is disclosed that enables a peripheral device (e.g., external display) normally connected only through a non-USB port to communicate with a host computer via a...
6738855 Communication interface between a TTL microcontroller and a RS232 Device avoiding level translation  
A communication interface circuit transfers signals between a TTL microcontroller and a RS232 device while avoiding level translation. The interface circuit includes two switch elements. A first...
6728823 Cache connection with bypassing feature  
A source cache transfers data to an intermediate cache along a data connection. The intermediate cache is provided between the source cache and a target, and includes a memory array. The source...
6728834 System and method for effectively implementing isochronous processor cache  
A system and method for effectively implementing isochronous processor cache comprises a memory device for storing high-priority isochronous information, an isochronous cache coupled to the memory...
6725319 Memory device interface memory translator hub  
An interface device provided on a motherboard, or with a memory control chip set, translates between a controller, intended to communicate with a packet based memory system, and a non-packet based...
6725315 System and method to efficiently move data from one data bus to another data bus in a network switch  
The present invention relates to a system and method to efficiently move data from one data bus to another data bus in a network switch. The method includes generating a packet cycle on a first...
6725312 Bus architecture for high reliability communications in computer system  
An industrial PC-compatible computer system for telecommunications applications is described. The computer system includes a plurality of peripheral boards, each of which includes a peripheral...
6721839 Method of mapping multiple address spaces into single PCI bus  
A method and apparatus are provided for mapping multiple address spaces into a single bus, such as a single peripheral component interconnect (PCI) bus. The single bus is coupled to a first...
6718424 Bridge circuit for use in a computing platform  
Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment a bridge circuit for use in a computing platform includes a plurality of signal ports. At least one of the plurality of signal ports is adapted to be...
6708246 Signal processing device with bus ownership control function  
A signal processing device includes an integrated processor, a video processing unit coding a video signal, and an interface controlling a bus ownership between the integrated processor and an...
6704812 Transparent and dynamic management of redundant physical paths to peripheral devices  
A redundancy manager preferably in an I/O adapter has been disclosed to manage commands to peripheral devices in a computer system. These peripheral devices have multiple ports and may have a...
6704829 Switch input processing module for switching signal transmission lines to transmit different types of signals  
The switch input processing module has: a control unit; a first external connection terminal to which either an analog signal of an analog signal system or a serial signal of a serial signal system...
6697892 Port expansion system  
A user configurable, modular port expansion system allows the user of a host system such as a USB-enabled personal computer to customize a desired configuration of one or more peripheral device...
6691201 Dual mode USB-PS/2 device  
An apparatus comprising an integrated circuit configured to operate in a plurality of signaling protocols. The integrated circuit may be configured to automatically select one of the plurality of...
6687772 Transducers with electronic data sheets that enable transducer access using multiple types of transducer object models  
A distributed control system includes a transducer having an electronic data sheet that enables it to be accessed via a variety of differing types of field-bus networks. The electronic data sheet...
6687264 Method for reassigning channels during transmission of IEEE-1394 isochronous data to external synchronous network and apparatus therefor  
A method for reassigning channels during the transmission of IEEE-1394 isochronous data to an external synchronous network and an apparatus therefor are provided. The method for reassigning...
6678780 Method and apparatus for supporting multiple bus masters with the accelerated graphics protocol (AGP) bus  
A method and apparatus for supporting multiple bus masters on an AGP bus is presented. A first bus master is configured as an AGP bus master and utilizes the AGP request portion of the AGP bus...
6665759 Method and apparatus to implement logical partitioning of PCI I/O slots  
A method, system, and computer program product for enforcing logical partitioning of input/output slots within a data processing system is provided. In one embodiment, the system includes a...
6658521 Method and apparatus for address translation on PCI bus over infiniband network  
A system having a plurality of PCI devices, a PCI bus, a host system with a host memory, an network, and a target channel adpater. The plurality of PCI devices are attached to the PCI bus, which is...
6643728 Method and apparatus for converting IEEE 1284 signals to or from IEEE 1394 signals  
An improved signal converter is provided to interface between an IEEE 1284 (parallel) bus or device and an IEEE 1394 (serial) bus or device. The converter in its preferred embodiment is designed...
6636921 SCSI repeater circuit with SCSI address translation and enable  
The present invention relates to a repeater circuit for providing effective point-to-point coupling between terminated Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) bus segments. The repeater circuit has...
6633832 PCI-X bus system testing and verification apparatus and method  
An improved PCI-X verification method and apparatus provides iterative testing of all desired conditions or protocol combinations in a PCI-X system. One or more commands may be tested in...
6633583 Wireless universal serial bus receiver  
In one embodiment of the present invention, a wireless USB architecture includes a transmitting device and a receiving device. The transmitting device includes a USB port to which a USB peripheral...
6631432 Information processing system, control method therefor, and information processing apparatus  
An information processing system, which has a computer, scanning apparatus, and printing apparatus using an IEEE 1394 bus as a communication interface, searches for an available channel in order to...
6598110 Method and apparatus for data conversion in a computer bus  
A system and method for reducing bottlenecks on a computer bus, by offloading specific types of high-bandwidth data from the system bus and passing that data directly to specialized target busses....
6587911 Electronic device and data communication method  
Apparatus for use when a format which can be transmitted by a transmission device is not equal to a format which can be received by a reception device that makes it possible to correctly perform...
6584512 Communication DMA device for freeing the data bus from the CPU and outputting divided data  
When the data bus is cut off from the CPU ( 1 ) and the transmission ready signal (TXRDY) is activated, the DMA control circuit ( 10 ) reads 32 bits of data at once according to the lead address...
6571308 Bridging a host bus to an external bus using a host-bus-to-processor protocol translator  
An expansion module for a Handspring Visor (which conforms to the Springboard bus specification) includes a multi-master AMBA Advanced System Bus (ASB). Optionally, an Arm7 processor is attached to...
6567884 Endian-controlled counter for synchronous ports with bus matching  
An apparatus comprising a memory, a first circuit and a second circuit. The memory may be configured to read and/or write data to/from one or more ports. The first circuit may be configured to...
6542954 Disk subsystem  
A protocol controller disposed between switches in a fiber channel fabric switch circuit and disk drive units for converting a protocol to enable one-to-one connectivity established between...
6535938 Servo-amplifier for a multiaxis driving control system  
A servo-amplifier has a RS232C-communication I/F circuit, a RS422 (RS485) communication I/F circuit, and a CPU 11 . The CPU 11 of this servo-amplifier fetches data received by the...
6510485 Stabilizing circuit for interfacing device  
An interfacing device is disclosed which is comprised of a read-only memory (ROM) device, a power regulator, a plurality of specific ports, a link layer controller, a physical layer arbiter, a...
6505267 Universal serial bus peripheral bridge with sequencer  
A Universal Serial Bus to parallel bus bridge includes a Universal Serial Bus port that receives a serial bit stream of data and commands in a Universal Serial Bus protocol from a USB host...
6490638 General purpose bus with programmable timing  
A system provides a general purpose bus with programmable timing capability. As part of a microcontroller, this general purpose bus provides a mechanism for communication between general purpose...
6463498 Transmission of FCP response in the same loop tenancy as the FCP data with minimization of inter-sequence gap  
A method and system for efficiently executing a read operation received from an initiator node by an interface controller within a communication network port. The host processor associated with the...
6463499 Data bus cable having SCSI and IIC bus functionality and process for using the same  
The present invention provides a data bus cable that allows the simultaneous transfer of both SCSI and IIC signals over a conventional SCSI bus cable without changing the functionality of the same...
6449679 RAM controller interface device for RAM compatibility (memory translator hub)  
An interface device provided on a motherboard, or with a memory control chip set, translates between a controller, intended to communicate with a packet based memory system, and a non-packet based...
6449677 Method and apparatus for multiplexing and demultiplexing addresses of registered peripheral interconnect apparatus  
A high speed connection apparatus, method, and system is provided for peripheral components on digital computer systems. The peripheral component interconnect (PCI) specification is used as a...
6445718 Serial interface circuit  
A serial interface circuit capable of converting a large volume of data into packets based on a predetermined standard for transmission and reception and capable of performing smooth transmission...
6442642 System and method for providing an improved synchronous operation of an advanced peripheral bus with backward compatibility  
An electronic bridge for providing a first electronic device attached to a high-data throughput bus and a second electronic device attached to a peripheral bus. The bridge further has an output bus...
6442643 System and method for resolving data transfer incompatibilities between PCI and Non-PCI buses  
A communication system for transferring (Peripheral Component Interconnect) PCI and non-PCI data over a non-PCI bus is disclosed. The system bus is a non-PCI bus having an address bus and a data...