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7620747 |
Software based native command queuing
Systems and methods for performing native command queuing according to the protocol specified by Serial ATA II for transferring data between a disk and system memory are described. Native command...
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7607579 |
Information processing apparatus
The invention provides an information processing apparatus that includes: a card slot in which a card-type medium is inserted; and a data communication unit that performs data exchange with the...
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7607133 |
Interrupt processing control
A data processing system 2 supporting interrupt handling is provided with an interrupt controller 24 . The interrupt controller is responsive to save state data when interrupt processing is...
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7603673 |
Method and system for reducing context switch times
An apparatus for managing resource in a multithreaded system, and attempting to increase the speed in which task switching occurs by controlling when thread state is stored to memory. The apparatus...
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7587717 |
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...
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7571068 |
Module, electronic device and evaluation tool
A module ( 100 ) has test controller ( 140 ) for evaluating a functional block ( 120 ). The test controller ( 140 ) includes a first register ( 142 ) coupled between an input pin ( 162 ) and an...
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7533201 |
Queue management mechanism in network processor wherein packets stored at memory device corresponds to addresses stored in plurity of queues within queue management
According to one embodiment, a method is disclosed. The method includes selecting a first of a plurality of programmable interrupt enable registers, a controller determining for the first register...
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7506083 |
Method and system for identifying a peripheral device by a high priority device-specific notification handler
Method and system for latency-independent peripheral device identification. The computer system receives an interrupt from a peripheral device via a communications port. In response, an interrupt...
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7506082 |
Data transferring system using USB and method thereof
Data is transferred from a terminal to a computer over a USB cable. This is accomplished when the terminal transmits a control signal to the computer through a control line of a USB cable based on...
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7493620 |
Transfer of waiting interrupts
Apparatus and methods are provided for transferring interrupts. One embodiment of a computing device includes a first processor, a memory in communication with the first processor, and computer...
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7493420 |
Safe mode operation for portable devices supporting multiple protocols
Safe mode operation for portable devices supporting multiple protocols includes a portable device that supports multiple protocols, such as a base functionality protocol and an enhanced...
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7490299 |
System and method for handling unexpected focus change messages in a computing device
A system and method for managing non-user initiated focus changes in a computing device detects, in one embodiment, an operating system generated message indicating a focus change from a first...
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7484027 |
Apparatus and method for configurable device pins
A method and apparatus for a configurable device contacts. A logic value on an external contact of a device is read. The external contact is selectively coupled to one of two voltage rails...
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7457903 |
Interrupt controller for processing fast and regular interrupts
A method and system for generating interrupts in an embedded disk controller is provided. The method includes receiving vector values for an interrupt; determining if an interrupt request is...
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7454534 |
Input circuit shared by multi signal sources
An input circuit shared by multi signal sources each of which outputting a type of signals includes a processing unit ( 10 ). The processing unit includes a plurality of input pins ( 11 ) and an...
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7447818 |
System and method for controlling remote console functionality assist logic
A computer system, such as a server disposed in an enterprise, accessible from a remote terminal for remote management applications. The computer system includes a remote console functionality...
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7426589 |
Network interface card for reducing the number of interrupts and method of generating interrupts
A method of generating interrupts and a network interface card, which minimizes the number of times that interrupts are generated, are provided. The method includes receiving data frames;...
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7398340 |
Method for the management of peripherals in an integrated circuit
A microprocessor-based integrated circuit for smart cards includes an application software layer and a peripheral management system including an intermediate software layer to manage the hardware...
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7386640 |
Method, apparatus and system to generate an interrupt by monitoring an external interface
In some embodiments, a method, apparatus and system to generate an interrupt by monitoring an external interface are presented. In this regard, an interrupt agent is introduced to communicate over...
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7379418 |
Method for ensuring system serialization (quiesce) in a multi-processor environment
A method of ensuring system serialization in a multiprocessor multi-nodal environment is used to force all processors in a multiprocessor environment to temporarily suspend operations while one...
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7359782 |
Vehicular impact reactive system and method
System and method for reacting to an expected impact involving a vehicle including an anticipatory sensor system for determining that an impact involving the vehicle is about to occur prior to the...
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7320044 |
System, method, and computer program product for interrupt scheduling in processing communication
Method, system, apparatus and computer program product for interrupt scheduling in processing communication. In one embodiment the method includes: a sending computer program and a receiving...
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7318112 |
Universal interface simulating multiple interface protocols
A universal interface interfaces between a variety of different data processing devices by the generation, storage, proper routing, and timed output of data signals to simulate behavior of a...
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7305588 |
Testing the interrupt sources of a microprocessor
A method of testing the interrupt sources of a microprocessor having a number of interrupts which are each operable to execute an interrupt service routine when enabled, each interrupt having a...
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7302512 |
Interrupt steering in computing devices to effectuate peer-to-peer communications between device controllers and coprocessors
A computer device, an input/output ("I/O") communication subsystem, a chipset and a method are disclosed for implementing interrupt message packets to facilitate peer-to-peer communications between...
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7302511 |
Chipset support for managing hardware interrupts in a virtual machine system
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a set of multiplex blocks coupled with an interrupt controller and multiple interrupt request lines, and a virtual machine monitor block (VMM) coupled to...
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7290076 |
Optmizing an interrupt-latency or a polling rate for a hardware platform and network profile combination by adjusting current timer values for both receive and transmit directions of traffic and calculating a new timer value to be used for both receive and transmit directions of traffic
Provided are techniques for determining a timer value. An advised number of packets per interrupt for both receive and transmit directions of traffic is determined. Current timer values for both...
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7248146 |
Method for waking a device in response to wireless network activity
A method and a system for data transmission between a first electronic device and a second electronic device, wherein the second electronic device is in a sleep mode. Transmission of data between...
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7228108 |
Connection system between computer body and wireless peripheral equipment, computer, and wireless peripheral equipment
An RF tag 25 is incorporated in a mouse 20, and an RF tag reader 15 is mounted on the main body side of a computer 10. When using the mouse 20 to a specified computer 10, a user moves...
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7222203 |
Interrupt redirection for virtual partitioning
The present disclosure relates to the handling of interrupts in a environment that utilizes virtual machines, and, more specifically, to the steering of interrupts between multiple logical...
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7216186 |
Controlling data flow between processor systems
Direct memory access data transfers may be initiated between buffers on one processor system to corresponding buffers in another processor system. The buffers in each system may be provided as a...
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7200700 |
Shared-IRQ user defined interrupt signal handling method and system
A shared-IRQ user-defined interrupt signal handling method and system is proposed, which is designed for use with a computer platform to allow a group of peripheral devices connected to an...
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7200695 |
Method, system, and program for processing packets utilizing descriptors
Provided are a method, system, and program for processing packets from an Input/Output (I/O) device. Information is maintained indicating a first buffer and second buffer for use with each...
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7200694 |
Servicing multiple hot-plug events utilizing a common event signal in providing hot-plug attention button support
Each attention button is tied to a presence signal, which is also used to detect the presence of a PCI adapter card within a slot. By comparing HPPC register states, pending due to a system control...
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7188203 |
Method and apparatus for dynamic suppression of spurious interrupts
An apparatus and method for dynamic suppression of spurious interrupts in a computer system. More specifically, there is provided a method that comprises providing a look-up table comprising source...
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7185123 |
Method and apparatus for allocating bandwidth on a transmit channel of a bus
A processing system and method of communicating within the processing system is disclosed. The processing system may include a bus having a transmit channel, a receiving component, and a sending...
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7185122 |
Device and method for controlling data transfer
A data transfer control device and method is devoted to control data transfer (i.e., DMA transfer) between a main memory whose storage capacity is arbitrarily set and a buffer memory (e.g., a FIFO...
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7185120 |
Apparatus for period promotion avoidance for hubs
A device is presented including a host controller capable of attaching a quantity of queue heads to a frame list. The quantity of queue heads are attached to the frame list before any transaction...
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7174274 |
Gathering I/O measurement data during an I/O operation process
I/O measurement data associated with the performance of an I/O operation process is gathered during the I/O process. The I/O measurement data is saved in an IRB memory location specified by a test...
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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...
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7149830 |
Semiconductor device and microcontroller
A semiconductor device in which input terminals for external interrupts can be set as desired. A plurality of external input terminals can be specified as interrupt terminals which output an input...
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7139850 |
System for processing programmable buttons using system interrupts
System for processing programmable buttons using system control interrupts in a portable device. The system comprises a programmable button that comprises logic to generate a selected system...
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7120716 |
Semiconductor integrated circuit and interrupt request output method thereof
There is provided a resistor unit 115 for bypassing an output cell 107 of an interrupt request signal and an input cell 108 of an external interrupt factor, and the output cell 107 of the...
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7111090 |
Method and system for identyfing a peripheral device by a high priority device-specific notification handler
Method and system for latency-independent peripheral device identification. In one embodiment, a computer system receives an interrupt from a peripheral device coupled to a computer system...
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7111089 |
Programmable scheduler for digital signal processor
A digital signal processor operates in conjunction with a scheduler hardware module and a scheduler software module in executing a highest priority runnable event among a plurality of events. The...
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7100169 |
Method, system, and program for transmitting notification to an input/output device
Provided is a method, system, and program for sending notification to an Input/Output (I/O) device comprised of multiple components of an event from an originating device that transmits data to the...
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7099963 |
Method and system for monitoring embedded disk controller components
A history module for monitoring plural components in an embedded disk controller with a first main processor operationally coupled to a first bus and a second processor operationally coupled to a...
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7096296 |
Supercharge message exchanger
A system with a first random access memory (RAM), a second RAM, a first processor coupled to the first RAM and a second processor coupled to the second RAM. The first RAM is configured to store...
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7093036 |
Processor state aware interrupts from peripherals
A method, apparatus and computer product wherein interrupt thresholds are automatically adjusted based on the current state of the processor. The processor provides an output signal, possibly on...
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7089338 |
Method and apparatus for interrupt signaling in a communication network
A method and apparatus for interrupt signaling. A communication network is described comprising a master device and a slave device that are both coupled to a two wire serial bus for communication....
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