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7143298 Methods and apparatus for backing up a memory device  
A memory module for a computer-based system. The memory module includes at least one memory device that requires periodic refresh signals to maintain data and is mounted on the memory module, and a...
7143297 Procedure for the protection of computer software and/or computer-readable data as well as protective equipment  
A procedure for the protection of computer software and/or computer-readable data against unauthorized use includes the encoding of the software by the licenser dependent on license parameters, the...
7143296 Transmitting/receiving apparatus and a transmitting/receiving method  
A security apparatus and a security method for controlling electric devices by use of electronic mails. A modem receives an electronic mail sent from a sending side and stores the received...
7143295 Methods and circuits for dedicating a programmable logic device for use with specific designs  
Disclosed are methods and circuits that enable PLD vendors to dedicate PLDs for use with one or more specified designs. The PLD is programmed to store an indicator related to a specific design, for...
7143294 Apparatus and method for secure field upgradability with unpredictable ciphertext  
An apparatus and method for enabling functionality of a component, wherein the apparatus includes a random number generating module for generating a random number, and a hash function module in...
7143293 Method and apparatus for providing privacy of user identity and characteristics in a communication system  
A method and apparatus for providing privacy of user identity and characteristics in a communication system. A public key and a private key is generated, corresponding to a transceiver. The public...
7143292 Information processing apparatus  
An information terminal selects an input output device for user authentication in accordance with a user profile of a smart card and customizes a screen for the user authentication. In the smart...
7143291 Printing method and apparatus having improved job security function, and computer program product executable by computer for realizing improved job security function  
A printing apparatus capable of preventing degradation of printer performance etc. caused by print jobs which are secured by a job security function and which are forgotten to output and...
7143290 Trusted and secure techniques, systems and methods for item delivery and execution  
Documents and other items can be delivered electronically from sender to recipient with a level of trustedness approaching or exceeding that provided by a personal document courier. A trusted...
7143289 System and method for delivering encrypted information in a communication network using location identity and key tables  
Access to digital data is controlled by encrypting the data in such a manner that, in a single digital data acquisition step, it can be decrypted only at a specified location, within a specific...
7143288 Secure file system server architecture and methods  
A data server platform includes a security file system layer interposed between the platform operating system kernel and file system. The secure file system layer is structured to implement a file...
7143287 Method and system for verifying binding of an initial trusted device to a secured processing system  
A method and system for verifying binding of an initial trusted device to a secured processing system binds an initial device or replacement when no binding information is available from another...
7143286 Digital certificates  
The present invention provides a digital certificate ( 2, 32 ), the certificate comprising a credential attribute function ( 6, 38 ) associated with a credential attribute property ( 5, 36 ), which...
7143285 Password exposure elimination for digital signature coupling with a host identity  
A method for creating a proof of possession confirmation for inclusion by a certification authority into a digital certificate, the digital certificate for use by an end user, is disclosed. In an...
7143284 ABDS method and verification status for authenticating entity access  
Authenticating an entity for access to a controlled resource by an access authentication component for the controlled resource includes the steps of: the requesting entity initially opening a...
7143283 Simplifying the selection of network paths for implementing and managing security policies on a network  
A plurality of logical nodes are identified from a plurality of elements on a network, where the plurality of elements include security devices. One or more path entries may be determined for at...
7143282 Communication control scheme using proxy device and security protocol in combination  
In a gateway device for carrying out a data relaying at a transport or upper layer between a first terminal device and a second terminal device which are capable of carrying out communications...
7143281 Method and apparatus for automatically changing kernel tuning parameters  
A method for operating a computing apparatus includes specifying proposed changes to a plurality of tunable parameters of tunable kernel modules determining whether application of the changes would...
7143280 Methods and apparatus to provide conditional legacy support through a compatibility support module stored on a secure area or network  
Methods and apparatus to provide conditional legacy support are disclosed. In particular, the methods and apparatus initialize a processor in a pre-boot environment using a first computer readable...
7143279 Dynamic BIOS execution and concurrent update for a blade server  
The present disclosure relates to retrieving and executing a Basic Input Output System (BIOS) image that is divided into at least two parts and, more particularly, to retrieving and executing a...
7143278 Method and apparatus for offloaded enhanced boot process  
A secure boot environment may be provided that includes a secure memory isolated but accessible to a coupled processing device. The secure memory may store and provide boot strap instruction to the...
7143277 Methods and apparatus for event based console variable coherence maintenance in a pre-boot environment  
Methods and apparatus for event based console management in a pre-boot environment are disclosed. For example, an event handler is provided for use in a computer having a processor. The example...
7143276 Entrypoint discovery techniques in a bios entity  
The specification discloses a structure and related method for determining whether a particular BIOS routine is supported on a computer system, and if so, the service number for that BIOS routine....
7143275 System firmware back-up using a BIOS-accessible pre-boot partition  
The disclosed embodiments relate generally to providing cost-effective data integrity in computer systems and, more particularly, to providing a back-up for system firmware in a BIOS-accessible...
7143274 Setting breakpoint for postponed interrupt processing in subsequent area while executing interrupt-exclusive task area to avoid slow down  
An interrupt controlling method is provided that is capable of executing an interrupt process while avoiding slowing-down in execution speed of a task process. When an interrupt request occurs...
7143273 Method and apparatus for dynamic branch prediction utilizing multiple stew algorithms for indexing a global history  
Toggling between accessing an entry in a global history with a stew created from branch predictions implied by the ordering of instructions within a trace of a trace cache when a trace is read out...
7143272 Using computation histories to make predictions  
Associated with an instruction in a program is a computation history. The computation history represents all objects that affect the result of the instruction, such objects including (but not...
7143271 Automatic register backup/restore system and method  
The invention relates to an automatic register backup/restore system. The system comprises: a general register file, a backup register file, at least one backup mode signal and at least one...
7143270 System and method for adding an instruction to an instruction set architecture  
A processor comprising a feature indicator associated with at least one of a first sequence of one or more instructions, a first register, a second register, and an execution core is provided. The...
7143269 Apparatus and method for killing an instruction after loading the instruction into an instruction queue in a pipelined microprocessor  
An apparatus for killing an instruction after it has already been loaded into an instruction queue of a microprocessor is disclosed. The apparatus includes control logic that detects a condition in...
7143268 Circuit and method for instruction compression and dispersal in wide-issue processors  
A data processor includes execution clusters, an instruction cache, an instruction issue unit, and alignment and dispersal circuitry. Each execution cluster includes an instruction execution...
7143267 Partitioning prefetch registers to prevent at least in part inconsistent prefetch information from being stored in a prefetch register of a multithreading processor  
A method and multithreaded processor for dynamically reallocating prefetch registers upon the processor switching modes of operation. An execution unit may be coupled to a prefetch engine where the...
7143266 Storing immediate data of immediate instructions in a data table  
An efficient coding scheme is disclosed. The coding provides for the separation of immediate data from the instruction stream. A static flow analysis determines the immediate data in the program...
7143265 Computer program product memory access system  
A memory access system is described which generates two memory addresses from a single memory access instruction which identifies a register holding at least two packed objects. In the preferred...
7143264 Apparatus and method for performing data access in accordance with memory access patterns  
An apparatus and method for performing data access in accordance with memory access patterns are described. In one embodiment, the method includes the determination, in response to a memory access...
7143263 System and method of adaptively reconfiguring buffers  
A system and method of adaptively reconfiguring a pool of buffers are provided. The buffers are initially configured to a size (i.e., a current size). Each time data is placed in the buffers by an...
7143262 Method, apparatus and program for allocating storage area to virtual volume  
In a system comprising host computers and storage devices, storage regions maintained by storage devices are provided as virtualized volumes to the host computers by a virtualization function. In...
7143261 Semiconductor memory card access apparatus, a computer-readable recording medium, an initialization method, and a semiconductor memory card  
A predetermined number of erasable blocks positioned at a start of a volume area in a semiconductor memory card are provided so as to include volume management information. A user area following...
7143260 Intermediate descriptions of intent for storage allocation  
A method, system, and computer program product to enable a user to specify an intended use for a logical volume. The logical volume is configured using an application-specific template (also...
7143259 Preservation of intent of a volume creator with a logical volume  
A method, system, and computer program product for preserving the intent of a logical volume creator with the logical volume. The creator of a logical volume defines certain characteristics of that...
7143258 Method and device for masking ringing in a DDR SDRAM  
A DDR SDRAM operates at a double data rate by accessing the bursts of data having a burst length in accordance with the rising and falling edges of each pulse of a DQS signal. A ringing may occur...
7143257 Method and apparatus of a smart decoding scheme for fast synchronous read in a memory system  
An apparatus and method identify a plurality of words to be read, read these selected words during a clock latency period, and then shift these words out synchronously at an end of the latency...
7143256 Shared storage device and method for updating contents of the same  
A storage apparatus and a storage method for decreasing the number of storage devices shared by a plurality of servers for reduced size and power consumption and for updating storage contents by...
7143255 Chip protection register lock circuit in a flash memory device  
A chip protection register lock circuit uses a plurality of lock bits in a lock bit register. If the register contains N bits, N/2 bits of the register are coupled to an erase circuit and the...
7143254 Remote copy system  
A data processing system includes at least a first storage system, a second storage system and a third storage system. The third storage system maintains a replication of data stored in the first...
7143253 Remote copy system  
In asynchronous remote copy, there is time difference between data update and remote copy in a primary storage system. The primary storage system loses data unreflected on a secondary storage...
7143252 Storage apparatus system and method of data backup  
In a storage apparatus system, after having obtained the coherency between a file system of a main storage apparatus system and the stored data, a host computer issues a freezing instruction to a...
7143251 Data storage using identifiers  
A system and method are disclosed for processing a data stream. A data segment is received. It is determined whether the data segment has been previously stored. In the event that the data segment...
7143250 Methods and systems for improving mirror performance via optimized multi-channel utilization  
Methods and systems for optimizing data mirroring operations are disclosed. One or more data channels can be selected from among a plurality of data channels associated with a data-processing...
7143249 Resynchronization of mirrored storage devices  
In one embodiment, a first storage device and a second storage device form a mirror. When the first storage device loses synchronization with the second storage device, data present in the second...
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