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7149825 System and method for sending data at sampling rate based on bit transfer period  
A method and apparatus for sending data. One exemplary embodiment may be a method comprising sending a data rate synchronization pulse from drive controller in a computer system to a storage device...
7143206 Method for controlling data transfer unit having channel control unit, storage device control unit, and DMA processor  
Embodiments of the invention relate to systems and methods for controlling data transfer. In one embodiment, a method for controlling data transfer comprises receiving a data transfer request from...
7143211 Memory configuration with I/O support  
The invention relates to a method for configuring a memory with I/O support. The aim of the invention is to guarantee the processor and I/O functional units that function in time-critical...
7143208 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...
7143207 Data accumulation between data path having redrive circuit and memory device  
Memory apparatus and methods accumulate data between a data path and a memory device. A memory agent may have a data accumulator between a redrive circuit and a memory device or interface. The data...
7130934 Methods and apparatus for providing data transfer control  
A variety of advantageous mechanisms for improved data transfer control within a data processing system are described. A DMA controller is described which is implemented as a multiprocessing...
7130993 Firmware interface integrated system reporting and diagnostic tool  
An embodiment of the present invention is a technique to obtain system information on a platform. Information on system configuration of a platform is read using a firmware interface. The platform...
7127529 Smart card system having asynchronous communication with the smart card operating either as master or slave  
A smart card comprises a microcontroller, a memory unit, a storage unit, and a communications unit. The smart card may be connected to a terminal, which is in turn may be connected to a host...
7127556 Method and apparatus for initializing logical objects in a data storage system  
A method and apparatus for manipulating data in a storage device that is coupled to a host computer. Manipulations that can be performed by the storage device include moving non-contiguous blocks...
7124219 External connection device, host device, and data communication system  
An external connection device is connectable to a host device. The host device includes transmission means for transmitting, to the external connection device, a parameter and an operation control...
7117275 Data storage system having separate data transfer section and message network  
A system interface includes a plurality of first directors, a plurality of second directors, a data transfer section and a message network. The data transfer section includes a cache memory. The...
7114015 Memory card having first modular component with host interface wherein the first modular is replaceable with a second modular component having second host interface  
A memory card comprising a first modular component that comprises a first host interface and a first host interface module and a device interface module configured to operate a device interface...
7111086 High-speed packet transfer in computer systems with multiple interfaces  
An initiating subsystem transfers a data set either in or out in subsets such as packets. Packet transfer is sequential, and transfer of a packet is contingent upon successful transfer of a...
7111092 Buffer management technique for a hypertransport data path protocol  
A buffer-management technique efficiently manages a set of data buffers accessible to first and second devices interconnected by a split transaction bus, such as a Hyper-Transport (HPT) bus. To...
7107370 Wireless communication portfolio system and device  
The present invention achieves technical advantages as a system ( 700 ) and device ( 200 ) that integrate the advantages of a paperless day planner portfolio with a paper-bound day planner...
7107479 Apparatus and method for bidirectional transfer of data by a base station  
A hybrid serial/parallel bus interface method and apparatus for a base station has a data block demultiplexing device. The data block demultiplexing device has an input configured to receive a data...
7107364 Control chip for optical disk drive and method for updating firmware in the control chip  
A control chip for updating firmware in an optical disk drive by hardware. The control chip includes a microprocessor for controlling actions of the optical disk drive, a decoder controlled by the...
7102779 Collective document processing by multiple printing devices  
Documents are processed collectively by multiple printing devices. A printing device receives a request to print a document, and partitions the document into one or more blocks. The printing device...
7093034 Method and apparatus for input management having a plurality of input provider types wherein staging area holds and allows access by external components  
The present invention is directed to a method and system for use in a computing environment for managing input information. The system for facilitating input management in a computerized...
7093031 Specifying extended configuration descriptor information in a USB device  
Systems and methods for specifying extended configuration descriptor information in a Universal Serial Bus (USB) device are described. In one aspect, an extended configuration descriptor is...
7089257 Method and system for providing a unified data exchange and storage format  
A method and system is presented that provides for a unified format for both data exchange and data storage protocols in a network. The unified data format provides for an efficient protocol for...
7085861 Serial ATA control circuit for automatically switching connection path  
A serial ATA control circuit is provided. The control circuit includes a plurality of serial ATA controllers, a plurality of port controlling circuits, a plurality of switch devices, and a switch...
7079293 Digital album and methods of use  
The present invention relates to a digital album having a hard drive and built-in scanner configured to scan photographic prints or documents. The digital album allows a user to save the...
7080169 Receiving data from interleaved multiple concurrent transactions in a FIFO memory having programmable buffer zones  
A FIFO memory receives data transfer requests before data is stored in the FIFO memory. Multiple concurrent data transfers, delivered to the FIFO memory as interleaved multiple concurrent...
7076570 Method and apparatus for managing service indicator lights in a logically partitioned computer system  
A low-level function which enforces logical partitioning establishes a set of virtual indicator lights for certain physical components, the virtual indicator lights being only data in memory, a...
7076576 Data transfer in multi-node computer system  
A method and system transfers data between intra-node firmware and inter-nodes firmware in a multi-node computer system using reduced hardware resources. A set of control codes and data transfer...
7076577 Pipeline SCSI nexus associativity circuit  
An innovative circuit is disclosed that enhances performance on a SCSI bus by pipelining nexuses in order to associate all nexus attributes on a per nexus basis. For example, a pipeline of nexuses...
7072976 Scalable routing scheme for a multi-path interconnection fabric  
Various embodiments of a scalable routing system for use in an interconnection fabric are disclosed. In this routing scheme, a routing directive describes a route in the interconnection fabric...
7073020 Method for message transfer in computer storage system  
A system interface includes a plurality of first directors, a plurality of second directors, a data transfer section and a message network. The data transfer section includes a cache memory. The...
7069352 Serial peripheral interface and related methods  
A serial interface for communicating with peripherals may include a circuit for generating pointers to addresses in sections of a memory, and a circuit for serially transferring data from or to at...
7069350 Data transfer control system, electronic instrument, and data transfer control method  
A data transfer control system receives a command packet ORB (SBP-2) transferred through a bus BUS 1 (IEEE1394), and issues a command included in the ORB to a device connected with a bus BUS 2 ...
7069464 Hybrid parallel/serial bus interface  
A hybrid serial/parallel bus interface has a data block demultiplexing device. The data block demultiplexing device has an input configured to receive a data block and demultiplexes the data block...
7069351 Computer storage device having network interface  
A storage device having network interface comprising a processor communicably connected to a computer interface, a network interface, and a storage means. The processor is communicates with a...
7065592 Method and device for managing the resources of a computer communication means for processing a computer document  
This method of managing the resources of a computer communication means for processing a computer document stored on a processing control device connected by the communication means to at least one...
7065623 Bandwidth utilization in a PPRC system  
Methods, system and computer program product are provided to improve the efficiency of data transfers in a PPRC environment. A block of data to be transferred is divided into tracks. Each track is...
7062501 Structure and method for linking scatter/gather list segments for host adapters  
A host adapter uses a scatter/gather list that includes a plurality of sections. Each section of the scatter/gather list can have any desired size. A link element in one section of the...
7059532 System and method for storing and synchronizing forms between printer and device for attaching personalized cards by creating shingled stacks  
An apparatus that stores and synchronizes printed forms that are being transferred between a high speed forms printer and a mechanism for attaching plastic cards to the forms. The apparatus is also...
7058732 Method and apparatus for automatic detection of a serial peripheral interface (SPI) device memory size  
A method and apparatus for automatically detecting the memory size of a serial peripheral interface (SPI) device. Specifically, the present invention describes an SPI interface circuit including a...
7054989 Stream processor  
The stream processor of the present invention includes: a selection section and first to fifth processing sections. In the selection section, a plurality of inputs are associated with a plurality...
7054958 Apparatus and method for responding to a interruption of a packet flow to a high level data link controller in a signal processing system  
In a data processing system including a plurality of digital signal processor subsystems, selected peripheral components are shared by the digital signal processor subsystems. In particular, the...
7054959 Isochronous data transfer control method including packet configuration of thus-read isochronous header and data  
A processing section reserves a number of transfers for an isochronous packet which includes isochronous data in an transfer number reservation register TNREG. A DMAC 1 reads that isochronous...
7054960 System and method for identifying block-level write operations to be transferred to a secondary site during replication  
A method involves generating a block-level write operation, which causes a value to be written to a primary volume, and generating information indicative of whether any of the block-level write...
7051123 Data transfer engine of a processor having a plurality of modules  
In an information processing system which has plurality of modules including a processor, a main memory and a plurality of I/O devices, a data transfer switch for performing data transfer...
7051194 Self-synchronous transfer control circuit and data driven information processing device using the same  
When an instruction decoder decodes an instruction code included in packet data, a copy flag and copy number information are provided to a self-synchronous transfer control circuit. In the...
7051124 Data transfer control device, electronic equipment, and data transfer control method  
A buffer is provided with a CBW area (a randomly accessible command storage area) and an EP 1 area (data storage area set to FIFO), when a CBW and data are allocated as informations to be...
7047322 System and method for performing conflict resolution and flow control in a multiprocessor system  
The current invention provides a system and method for managing requests from one or more requesters to one or more resources. These requests, which may be any of multiple request types, are...
7047333 Method for the serial transfer of data between two electronic bus stations and communication system  
The invention relates to a serial data transfer method for exchanging data between two electronic bus stations. The bus connection consists of two lines, the first line being dedicated to...
7043574 Computer system and frame transmitting method  
A computer system has a central processing unit, an input/output unit and two network units. The central processing unit is connected to the input/output unit via two network units. The central...
7043565 System and method for transferring data over an external transmission medium  
A system and method for transferring data over an external transmission medium. A host computer is coupled to a device through a serial bus. A transfer object is configurable to encapsulate data...
7039729 Data transfer apparatus  
In a data transfer apparatus 10 , first, second, third data transmitters 141, 142, 143 are located in a data transmission device 11 . Data which must not be influenced by delay of transmission...