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7509485 Method for loading a program module in an operating system  
A method for loading a program module in an operating system is provided. An application program is launched and at least one main program module thereof is loaded in an operating system. Executing...
7509441 Systems and methods for segmenting and protecting a storage subsystem  
A storage subsystem comprises a set of zone definitions that uses physical block addresses to divide a memory array in the storage subsystem into zones or segments. A set of zone parameters defines...
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,...
7506085 System and method for sending data across a bus cable having in-band and side-band signal conductors  
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...
7506076 Projector, its control method, and display device  
Aspects of the invention can provide a projector which can change dynamically the number of languages and the kinds of the language that can be displayed in an OSD menu, and reflects its change in...
7505161 Method, device system and computer program system for carrying out maintenance on a printing or copying system  
In a system and method for maintenance of a printing or copying system, at least two system computers are provided comprising a central device control computer and a raster process computer. A...
7506328 Method and system for optimizing performance of an apparatus  
A method for optimizing performance of an apparatus includes interrogating at least one part of the apparatus to obtain information about the at least one part. Once the at least one part is...
7506088 Method and apparatus for supporting and presenting multiple serial bus nodes using distinct configuration ROM images  
A method and apparatus for presenting a plurality of link devices as separate nodes within a single serial bus module by generating individual or a distinct configuration ROM image for each link...
7506086 Electronic network with identification code generation and assignment  
An electronic network is disclosed. One embodiment includes a plurality of network devices, a bus for transferring data between the network devices and a bus master for controlling the transfer of...
7502370 Network controller for obtaining a plurality of network port identifiers in response to load-store transactions from a corresponding plurality of operating system domains within a load-store architecture  
A controller shareable by a plurality of operating system domains (OSDs) for communication on a network is disclosed. The controller includes a port for coupling to the network. The port...
7500025 Electronic apparatus and method of controlling a memory unit connected to the same  
An electronic apparatus in which a memory unit containing a memory and a controller to access the memory in response to an externally input command can be installed. The electronic apparatus...
7496702 Hard image forming systems and hard imaging device configuration methods  
A method of configuring a hard copy output engine includes activating a hot link and configuring the hard copy output engine via an embedded web server contained in the hard copy output engine...
7496691 Standard ATA queuing automation in serial ATA interface for creating a frame information structure (FIS) corresponding to command from transport layer  
A method and circuit for enhancing the performance in a serial ATA interface uses a standard ATA queue automation circuitry that handles all the transmit/receive frame information structure (FIS)...
7496693 Wireless enabled speech recognition (SR) portable device including a programmable user trained SR profile for transmission to external SR enabled PC  
A method of interacting with a speech recognition (SR)-enabled personal computer (PC) is provided in which a user SR profile is transferred from a wireless-enabled device to the SR-enabled PC....
7496742 Method and system of supporting multi-plugging in X8 and X16 PCI express slots  
A card having a first device and a second device is plugged into a root port having a predefined root port width. The first device is trained and the device lane width is determined. If the root...
7496692 Validating chip configuration data  
Verifying configuration data for configuring a microprocessor or system-on-a-chip (SoC) is provided. During initialization, configuration data is shifted into the microprocessor or SoC through a...
7493370 Two stage method for dynamically determining primary adapter in a heterogeneous N-way adapter configuration  
A method and apparatus are provided for dynamically determining a primary adapter in a heterogeneous N-way adapter configuration. Each of the adapters generates information about itself and...
7493428 Method and system for dynamic queue splitting for maximizing throughput of queue based operations while maintaining per-destination order of operations  
A system for providing dynamic queue splitting to maximize throughput of queue entry processing while maintaining the order of queued operations on a per-destination basis. Multiple queues are...
7490174 Method and apparatus for border node behavior on a full-duplex bus  
A method and apparatus relating to the behavior of border nodes within a high performance serial bus system is disclosed. A method for determining and communicating the existence of a hybrid bus...
7490177 System method for performing a direct memory access for automatically copying initialization boot code in a new memory architecture  
Embodiments of the invention provide a method and apparatus for initializing a computer system, wherein the computer system includes a processor, a volatile memory, and a non-volatile memory. In...
7487270 Method and apparatus for using a personal digital assistant to interface with a communication station  
A method and apparatus for interfacing a personal digital assistant (PDA) with a communications appliance is provided. The method comprising a communication station receiving semi-structured data...
7487319 Resource allocation unit queue  
Provided is a method, system, deployment and program for resource allocation unit queuing in which an allocation unit associated with a task is classified. An allocation unit freed as the task ends...
7487231 Managing configuration of computer systems on a computer network  
A system configuration manager provides a graphical user interface that allows a system administrator to easily administer configuration settings for different computer systems and platforms on a...
7487014 Inertial navigation unit protocol converter  
A protocol converter that translates the ARINC-429 protocol output of an Inertial Navigation System to the National Marine Electronics Association 0183 protocol. The protocol converter includes an...
7484025 PC card and PC card control method  
A PC card and a method of controlling the PC card is provided which can be used to add multiple capabilities to an information processing apparatus in cooperation with a conventional card only by...
7484086 Data processing apparatus, and method of reconfiguring reconfigurable processing circuit  
Information relating to heat-release value of a processing circuit or amount of input data applied to the processing circuit is detected and the processing circuit is reconfigured in accordance...
7484014 System for flexible and negotiable exchange of link layer functional parameters  
A proposal is discussed that facilitates exchanging parameters for a link layer that allows a variable number of parameters without changing a communication protocol. Likewise, the proposal allows...
7480742 Method for virtual adapter destruction on a physical adapter that supports virtual adapters  
A method for directly destroying the resources associated with one or more virtual adapters that reside within a physical adapter is provided. A mechanism is provided for directly destroying the...
7480758 Method and apparatus for automatically switching between USB host and device  
An apparatus and method for automatically switching between USB host and device is provided. In a device with a USB interface, the present invention automatically switches between a USB host and...
7480741 Flexible apparatus for setting configurations using an EEPROM  
A method for flexibly configuring default values of a network device through an EEPROM interface is disclosed. A header is received from an EEPROM through the EEPROM interface and it is determined...
7480745 Method and apparatus for maintaining peripheral device support information  
A method and apparatus for maintaining a computing device is provided. An indication of an end of persistence for a peripheral device is received. Monitoring is performed for an event related to...
7480441 Method for seamless real-time splitting and concatenating of a data stream  
When recording packetized real-time streaming data, e.g. multimedia data, it is in general not possible to know in advance the size of the data stream, and thus the required storage area. Therefore...
7480744 Method and apparatus for one time programming  
A programmable system for storage of one-time programmable information comprises an interface translator and a one-time programmable device. The interface translator receives and translates a...
7480743 Optimized peripheral device configuration data sequential handling method and system for computer platform  
An optimized peripheral device configuration data sequential handling method and system is proposed, which is designed for use with a computer platform for providing the computer platform an...
7480740 Method and system for enforcing hardware/software compatibility constraints  
A method and system whereby new devices may be introduced for use with a particular device driver without necessitating a change to the device driver binary is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment...
7480752 Remote controller and its content downloading and executing method  
A remote controller is disclosed to include a housing, a control unit mounted in the housing, a communication unit mounted in the housing and electrically coupled to the control unit and...
7480748 Printed circuit board (PCB) having a plurality of integrated circuits (ICS) interconnected through routing pins in one central integrated circuit  
An IC assembly having a routing structure mounted on a PCB of an electronic apparatus includes a central IC mounted on a central portion of the PCB; and a plurality of peripheral ICs disposed...
7479964 Display technique for displaying a layout of a print network system  
A display terminal comprises a position storage, a status storage, a connection relationship storage, and a display device. The position storage stores a position of each of the terminals and the...
7478179 Input/output priority inheritance wherein first I/O request is executed based on higher priority  
A method for executing input/output (I/O) operations based on priority involves receiving a first I/O request for a unit of data, receiving a second I/O request for the same unit of data,...
7478175 Recording/reproducing apparatus  
A control method for controlling a recording/reproducing apparatus having plural storage units and an equipment to which the recording/reproducing apparatus is connected. The recording/reproducing...
7478177 System and method for automatic reassignment of shared storage on blade replacement  
A system and method is disclosed for the automatic assignment, or reassignment, of shared storage resources to blade computers in a blade server environment. A chassis manager is implemented as a...
7478182 Keyboard, mouse, and video (KVM) session capture system that stores and can playback portions of live KVM session via forensic capture module  
Keyboard, mouse and video (KVM) capture session architecture that includes command center forensics. That is, redirector hardware (HW) and a command center forensics (CCF) appliance. The redirector...
7475174 Flash / phase-change memory in multi-ring topology using serial-link packet interface  
A multi-ring memory controller sends request packets to multiple rings of serial flash-memory chips. Each of the multiple rings has serial flash-memory chips with serial links in a uni-directional...
7475164 Apparatus, system, and method for automated device configuration and testing  
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for automated device configuration and testing. The present invention teaches receiving and implementing a configuration request form a host,...
7472186 Method for using SNMP as an RPC mechanism for exporting the data structures of a remote library  
A semi-automatic mapping of a library definition to a simple network management protocol (SNMP) management information base (MIB). By exposing the internal data needed to remotely access arbitrary...
7472204 Routing multiple media signals through a patchbay  
A system and method are disclosed for managing a plurality of connected devices from a controlling computer. The method can include connecting a controlling computer to a routing unit wherein the...
7472211 Blade server switch module using out-of-band signaling to detect the physical location of an active drive enclosure device  
A system for communication between components in a computer storage system includes a drive enclosure device having a plurality of disk drives. A switch module is electrically coupled to the drive...
7469306 Method for communicating with first and second device that includes reference to metadata wherein third device modifies the metadata based on specific operations by first device  
A method and structure manage a database. A first device that includes data is coupled to a second device that includes metadata relating to the data. The second device is removed from the first...
7467236 Control of multiple peripherals  
When setting by means of a UI working conditions for a multiplicity of peripherals connected to a computer to control working of said peripherals, working environment data that identifies the...
7467244 Connecting a computer program and a peripheral device using a first communication protocol through an interconnect using a second communication protocol  
A device and method for electronic data conversion is provided. Data according to IEEE 1394 format and protocol is received and converted to USB format and protocol and supplied to a system...