01st week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 54 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120005308 | IMAGE PROCESSING IN A COMPUTER NETWORK - A computer system connected to a communication network processes image files. A second computer connected to the network includes the image files and the program for processing the image files. The first computer includes a costing program for determining a time cost for the first computer to process the image files stored there, and for determining a combined cost of the first transfer cost, the second processing cost, and the second transfer cost. The image file(s) are transferred over the network from the first computer to the second computer if the costing program determines that the combined cost is smaller than the first processing cost. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005309 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BUILDING AND DISTRIBUTING APPLICATION PROFILES VIA THE INTERNET - A method for collecting transcripts each storing an order in which portions of an application file were accessed by the file when the file was executed on one of a plurality of computing devices. The method includes receiving requests to download the file from directing processes each executing on a different one of the computing devices, and in response to those requests, downloading the file to the computing devices and instructing the directing processes to profile usage of the file. Then, transcripts created by the directing processes are received therefrom. A streaming model may be created based on the transcripts received. The file may be divided into a plurality of smaller files based on the streaming model. The streaming model may be used to download the file by downloading at least a portion of the smaller files using a conventional download protocol without using a specialized streaming protocol. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005310 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTION OF SOFTWARE DATA CONSUMPTION PATTERNS - A method including downloading a streaming model file and at least one initial execution file from a server via a conventional download protocol without using a specialized streaming protocol. When executed, the initial execution file only partially implements an application. The model file stores information identifying additional portions of the application file to be downloaded from the server. Data is read from the initial execution file, and stored in a local copy of the application file. Then, the application is executed by executing the local copy. Until the entire application file has been downloaded and as the application is executing, the information is read from the model file to identify a next file to download, the next file is downloaded via the conventional download protocol without using a specialized streaming protocol, next data is read from the next file, and the next data is stored in the local copy. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005311 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCESSING AND CONTROLLING MEDIA STORED REMOTELY - In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a server that stores a set of media files. The server is configured to send an authentication code to a first communication device in response to a request from the first communication device to access the set of media files such that the first communication device can present the authentication code to a user. The server is configured to associate an identifier of a second communication device with the first communication device such that a user of the second communication device can authorize access to the set of media files from the first communication device by sending the authentication code to the server using the second communication device. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005312 | DYNAMIC CHUNKING FOR MEDIA STREAMING - Systems and methods for chunking a media file for streaming over a network are disclosed. These systems and methods provide for receiving requests for chunks of a media file and responding to these requests by generating the requested chunks dynamically. The chunks can then be provided to the requesting entity. These systems and methods, which can be utilized with a dynamic file index generator, enable a high degree of flexibility in streaming chunked media files and preclude the need to chunk the media files and store the chunks prior to streaming. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005313 | DYNAMIC INDEXING FOR AD INSERTION IN MEDIA STREAMING - Systems and methods for generating a file index for streaming media over a network are disclosed. These systems and methods provide for receiving requests for an index file from and generating the requested index file dynamically. The index file may be generated in a manner to ensure multiple index file requests are received for streaming a single media file. These systems and methods can be used with systems that chunk media files dynamically to enable a high degree of flexibility in streaming chunked media files and preclude the need to chunk the media files and store the chunks prior to streaming. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005314 | SERVICE SHIFTING METHOD, SHIFT MANAGEMENT SERVER, TERMINAL, SERVICE SERVER, SERVICE SHIFT PROGRAM AND SERVICE SHIFT SYSTEM - A method makes possible the transfer independent services used on a certain terminal to another terminal and easy use of them. A service transferring method of transferring service being used at a transferring source terminal (TST) to a transferring destination terminal (TDT), in which information about correlation between a session ID which identifies a session between a service server which provides the service and the TST using the service and a terminal ID of the TST is stored in at least either one of the service server and a transfer management server (TMS), and either one of the TST and TDT transmits terminal IDs of the one terminal and the other terminal to the TMS to notify service transfer and upon receiving the notification of the service transfer, the information about correlation between the session ID and the terminal ID recorded in either the service server or the TMS updates. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005315 | METHOD AND SERVER FOR TRANSMITTING LARGE OBJECT - A method for transmitting a large object and a server is provided. The method includes: after a client or a server initiates a device management session, the server sending to the client a large object transmission command which carries large object transmission data, wherein a difference between the maximum number of message bytes (MAXMSGSIZE) supported by the client and the number of bytes of the large object transmission data is greater than or equal to a preset value; and the server receiving an execution result of the large object transmission command returned by the client, and executing subsequent transmission operations based on the execution result. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005316 | Dual-Mode Program Execution - A computing system is configured to execute a computer program on a server and to provide a video stream of the program output to a geographically remote client over a communication network. The computing system is further configured to provide executable content of the computer program to the client over the communication network in parallel with the video stream. When a sufficient amount of the executable content has been provided to the client execution of the computer program is transitioned from the server to the client. The transition optionally includes communicating a state of the computer program from the server to the client. The executable content can be provided to the client in an order that is determined based on the state of the computer program. Those parts of the executable content deemed most likely to be necessary to support game play on the client are given priority. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005317 | NETWORK SERVICE CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT - The system remotely manages the configuration of one or several network services ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120005318 | Network Problem Determination - Techniques for problem determination are provided. The techniques include identifying one or more configuration items in two or more systems connected to one or more networks, performing a comparison of one or more common configuration items from the one or more configuration items in the two or more systems connected to one or more networks, and using the comparison to detect deviation between one or more configuration items of one of the two or more systems and one or more respective configuration items in the other one or more systems. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005319 | Dynamic Modification of the Address of a Proxy - In certain embodiments, a method includes receiving, at a first address of a proxy, a first request for access to a network from an application on an endpoint and forwarding, by the proxy, the request to the network on behalf of the application from the first address of the proxy. The method also includes determining, by the proxy, to change the address of the proxy from the first address to a second address and determining, by the proxy, the second address. Even further, the method includes changing, by the proxy, the address of the proxy to the second address. Moreover, the method includes receiving, at the second address of the proxy, a second request for access to the network from the application. The method also includes forwarding, by the proxy, the second request to the network on behalf of the application from the second address of the proxy. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005320 | CUSTOMIZED BEHAVIOR OF A CONTROL LAYER TOWARDS AN APPLICATION SERVER IN A PACKET-BASED NETWORK - System(s) and method(s) are provided for regulating interaction amongst an application layer and a control layer in a packet-based core network. A data structure is provisioned in a centralized repository; the data structure includes (i) at least one procedure for regulating interaction amongst a session control component within the control layer and application server within the application layer, and (ii) an identification (ID) field attribute that uniquely identifies the data structure. To regulate such interaction, the session control component acquires a set of provisioned data structures; acquisition is automatic and can be dictated, in part, by generation of a data structure, or modification of an existing data structure or an ID field attribute. Based at least on an ID field attribute retained in a subscriber service profile, the session control component references a data structure identified by the ID field attribute and implements one or more procedures retained in such data structure. Implementation of the one or more procedure regulates the interaction between the session control component and the application server. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005321 | ROUTER AND REMOTE BOOT METHOD USING THE ROUTER - A router providing remote boot for computers includes a DHCP/proxy DHCP service module to send an IP address to a computer, in response to a DHCP Discover packet sent from the computer, a boot service module to send a DHCPACK packet, which includes a filename of a remote boot mirror image and configuration parameters of TFTP/MTFTP, to the computer in response to a BSDP packet sent from the computer, and a MTFTP/TFTP service module to establish a connection between the router and computer enabling the computer to download the remote boot mirror image according to the configuration parameters of TFTP/MTFTP, in response to a request packet sent from the computer. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005322 | Stateless-agentless system and method of managing data in a computing environment - A data management system and method including a point of control configured to manage one or more target systems. The point of control divides a command sequence into a number of individual commands, and provides the individual commands to the stateless-agentless target system for execution. Furthermore, the point of control maintains the state of the command sequence and monitors the target system. As such, the target system is both “stateless” (i.e., the target system maintains no state information related to the command sequence) and “agentless” (i.e., the target system includes no software for the purpose of monitoring the target system. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005323 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SERVICE DISCOVERY AND DEPLOYMENT IN AN IP MULTIMEDIA NETWORK - An IP multimedia residential gateway (IMRG) determines device capabilities and service priority profiles of client devices. The determined device capabilities and service priority profiles, comprising service classes and service class priorities, may be transmitted to the service managers for service deployment. The service managers may provide services to client devices based on corresponding device capabilities and service priority profiles. The IMRG may track device capabilities and service priority profiles for self-configuration. Available services supported by networks may be discovered during network discovery. The discovered services are announced to the client devices. The IMRG may communicate content of the announced services with the client devices based on corresponding device capabilities and service priority profiles. The service managers schedules services for the client devices based on corresponding device capabilities and service priority profiles, and may communicate content of the scheduled services to the client devices via the IMRG. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005324 | Method and System for Operations Management in a Telecommunications Terminal - A method for managing an operation in a service terminal through a remote server, wherein said service terminal comprises a plurality of modules, and a communications interface configured for communicating with said remote server, wherein said remote server comprises a plurality of applications and a communications interface. The method comprises the following steps: generating an event as a response to a user interaction with one of said modules of the service terminal; associating an information to said event; sending said information to the remote server through said communications interface; processing said received information in the remote server and running an application which obtains a response to the information associated to said event; sending said response to the service terminal through the communications interface; processing said response and identifying the module of the service terminal affected by said response; and interacting with said module by performing an operation in the service terminal. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005325 | Systems and methods for automated processing of devices - A system and method for automatic provisioning of devices from a host system is disclosed. A computer program operating at the host system detects new devices and performs a series of provisioning operations. These provisioning operations are pre-defined by system administrator and are customizable for each enterprise's unique environment. When the devices are shipped from device manufacturers to enterprise customers, these devices have no enterprise specific information provisioned in them. When the system administrator receives these devices they have to perform several manual and labor intensive operations on the devices. The system and method described automate the provisioning of devices thus eliminating the manual steps that are currently being performed by the users. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005326 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTE DEVICE MANAGEMENT - The present disclosure provides systems and methods for remote device management. According to various embodiments, a local intelligent electronic device (IED) may be in communication with a remote IED via a limited bandwidth communication link, such as a serial link. The limited bandwidth communication link may not support traditional remote management interfaces. According to one embodiment, a local IED may present an operator with a management interface for a remote IED by rendering locally stored templates. The local IED may render the locally stored templates using sparse data obtained from the remote IED. According to various embodiments, the management interface may be a web client interface and/or an HTML interface. The bandwidth required to present a remote management interface may be significantly reduced by rendering locally stored templates rather than requesting an entire management interface from the remote IED. According to various embodiments, an IED may comprise an encryption transceiver. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005327 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND PATH MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR MULTI-HOST ENVIRONMENT - A storage system and a path management method, which can facilitate node replacement, are proposed. In the storage system, the host sets plural paths between the host and the volume and holds path information composed of management information on each of the paths. The management apparatus includes an integrated path management unit that collects the path information on each of the paths defined between the host and the volume from the corresponding host to manage all the collected information as integrated path information; retrieves an alternate path going through a node other than a specified node but that has the same function as the specified node, for the path going through the specified node, based on the integrated path information; and displays results of the retrieval. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005328 | COMPUTER NETWORK SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE ASSET CONFIGURATION AND DISCOVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method, system, and network for interfacing the work-flow monitoring and reporting of a host computer, a local network of information technology devices, a community of network users, and a global information technology community. This includes the processes and system features for initiating an inventory of a plurality of information technology devices associated with the local network of information technology devices. The present disclosure further includes determining needs of the local network of information technology and associating the needs to similar needs of the community of network users, and solution product and services of the global information technology community. The system directs the host computer to research and purchase resources similar in temperament of the needs of the local network of the information technology devices, and drive the global information technology community advertisements of the needs of the local network to the user of the host computer. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005329 | Sampling from Distributed Streams of Data - The present disclosure is directed to systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for sampling from distributed data streams. Data elements are received at site servers configured to collect and report data to a coordinator device. The site servers assign a binary string to each of the data elements. Each bit of the binary strings can be independently set to a 0 or a 1 with a probability of one half. The binary string is used to sample from the received data elements, and the data elements and/or the sampled data elements can be transmitted to a coordinator device. The coordinator device can examine one or more bits of the binary string to draw samples of the received data elements in accordance with desired probabilities. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005330 | Organizing Individual Java Client Request Flows into a Single Server Transaction - An information handling device detects that multiple flows each include a common transaction-specific identifier. The transaction-specific identifier corresponds to a transaction and is generated in response to receiving a request over a computer network. The information handling device, in turn, logs data pertaining to each of the detected plurality of flows in a storage area. When the information handling device identifies a completion of the transaction, the information handling device calculates a total cost of the transaction using the logged data pertaining to each of the plurality of flows. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005331 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY A SOURCE OF SIGNAL IMPAIRMENT - A method and system for managing performance of over a multimedia content distribution network (MCDN), such as a digital subscriber line network, involves receiving an indication of an impairment in network performance from an MCDN client. The MCDN node associated with the client may be identified and a community of MCDN clients coupled to the MCDN node may be further identified. Impairment information, representative of MCDN equipment, may be collected for each of the MCDN clients. Detailed network diagnostics and field service may be performed for MCDN clients based on a characterization of the impairment parameters. After remediation of the MCDN node, collection of the impairment information may be terminated. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005332 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PROACTIVELY IDENTIFY DEGRADED NETWORK PERFORMANCE - A method and system for managing performance of a multimedia content distribution network (MCDN), such as a digital subscriber line network, involves monitoring maximum data transfer rates and current data transfer rates for one or more MCDN clients. A ratio of the current data transfer rate to the maximum data transfer rate may be evaluated with respect to a threshold. When the ratio is less than the threshold, an associated MCDN node may be designated as a degraded node and subject to enhanced surveillance by an MCDN operator. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005333 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO DETECT A PREDICTIVE NETWORK SIGNATURE - A method and system for monitoring a multimedia content distribution network (MCDN) includes receiving an indication that a network impairment has been detected at an MCDN node. MCDN clients associated with the MCDN node may be analyzed to detect an impairment signature, representing correlated impairments among the MCDN clients. Subsequent incoming service requests for the MCDN node may be bundled into a master service ticket. Users of the MCDN clients may be notified of the detected network impairment and of a status of ongoing remediation efforts. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005334 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING COMPONENTS OF A REMOTE ACCESS SERVER FARM - The present application is related methods to monitor a state of one or more components of a remote access server farm by an intermediary to distinguish between operating and functional components and improve farm availability for user application requests. The intermediary may be deployed between a client and the remote access server farm and forwards client requests to functional components of the remote access server farm. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005335 | Computer product , verification support apparatus, and verification support method - A computer-readable, non-transitory medium storing therein a verification support program that causes a computer to execute a process that includes detecting a point in time when data of any one transaction among a series of transactions that are to be transmitted in a prescribed sequence from a device under verification, is skipped; detecting a point in time when the data is first transmitted after the detected point in time when the data is skipped; computing time elapsing from the detected point in time when the data is skipped until the detected point in time when the data is transmitted; and outputting a computation result obtained at the computing. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005336 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHODS THEREFOR, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS - Provided are an information processing system that detects a firewall between an MFP and a Web server, and changes a network connection method depending on whether a firewall exists, and a control method therefor. To accomplish this, this information processing system includes an image processing apparatus and an information processing apparatus connected via a network. The image processing apparatus requests the information processing apparatus for existence/absence information indicating whether a firewall exists on a communication path between the image processing apparatus and the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus detects whether a firewall exists on the communication path between the image processing apparatus and the information processing apparatus, adjusts a communication method so as to employ a first communication method if a firewall exists and so as to employ a second communication method if a firewall does not exist, and notifies the image processing apparatus of the result. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005337 | REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE, REMOTE CONTROL SETTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a remote control device including: a communication unit that can perform communication through a network; a remote control unit that can transmit one or more control commands to a controlled device in response to an operation by a user; a storage unit that stores control command information specifying the one or more control commands to be transmitted from the remote control unit; and a setting unit that sets the control command information to the storage unit based on a result of communication by the communication unit with a controlled device through the network, wherein the setting unit detects a controlled device connected to the network by transmitting a device search signal from the communication unit, acquires device information of the detected controlled device from the controlled device, and decides the control command information to be set to the storage unit based on the acquired device information. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005338 | System and Method for Service Assurance in IP Networks - A system and method for providing service assurance in a data network is provided. Resource control points are positioned throughout a data network, such as an IP data network. The resource control points obtain network topology information and correlates that information with information associated with a particular service session. The resource control points utilize the correlated information to generate quality service records and to provide status information regarding the network topology and particular sessions. The information collected by the resource control points may also be utilized to provide reports regarding resource management for services within the data network, the path used by the session across the data network, fault information for the session in the context of the network topology and congestion information as concerns the resources in the data network used by the session. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005339 | UTILIZING CAPTURED IP PACKETS TO DETERMINE OPERATIONS PERFORMED ON PACKETS BY A NETWORK DEVICE - Methods and systems for utilizing captured packets to determine the operations performed on packets by a network device are described. One or more packets are captured and forwarded through the network device. Operations performed on the captured IP packets are logged. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005340 | MEDIATION DEVICE, MEDIATION METHOD AND MEDIATION SYSTEM - Hiding a service providing server from an authentication server is incompatible with involving the service providing server in the selection of the authentication server. An authentication mediation server ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120005341 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIVIDING CLOUD RESOURCES - A method and apparatus for dividing resources provided by cloud computing systems is described. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a specification of a subset of cloud computing systems from among a plurality of cloud computing systems. The method may also include joining the subset of cloud computing systems into a pool of cloud computing resources. Furthermore, the method may include providing access to the pool of cloud computing resources. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005342 | Cloud Service Cost-Optimal Data Center Assignment - A method for service creation and mapping between at least two support systems includes provisioning a service based on a service requirement and a plurality of available data centers, collecting a value of the service requirement and a cost associated with the service, matching resource types of the data centers to resource availability, determining at least one valid data center from the plurality of data centers, and selecting a valid data center with a minimum cost for service placement and provisioning. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005343 | COMMUNICATION ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM OF VEHICLE - A communication access control system of a vehicle that selectively operates one accessible module with a higher access priority in a current location of a first wireless communication module or a second wireless communication module receiving contents from a contents server in a wireless manner is provided. The communication access control system of a vehicle includes: a first wireless communication module and a second wireless communication module accessing a contents server to receive contents from the contents server in a wireless manner; and an access controller selectively operating one accessible module of the first wireless communication module or the second wireless communication module with a higher access priority in a current location of the vehicle. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005344 | Data Center Inventory Management Using Smart Racks - A system for managing physical and virtual inventory in a data center is disclosed. The system includes a resource management system for managing computing resources of the data center, an inventory management system for tracking physical locations of the plurality of hosts and the plurality of virtual machines in the data center and a smart rack for housing a plurality of hosts. The computing resources include a plurality of hosts and a plurality of virtual machines running on one or more of the plurality of virtual machines. The smart rack has sensors for detecting movement of each of the plurality of hosts in the data center. The smart rack also has a control unit to control the sensors and collecting data from sensors. The control unit is coupled to the inventory management system and configured to transmit the collected data to the inventory management system through a network. The plurality of hosts, the resource management system and the control unit are coupled together through the network. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005345 | OPTIMIZED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR MAP/REDUCE COMPUTING - Embodiments of the present invention include a method for resource optimization of map/reduce computing in a computing cluster. The method can include receiving a computational problem for processing in a map/reduce module, subdividing the computational problem into a set of sub-problems and mapping a selection of the sub-problems in the set to respective nodes in a computing cluster, for example a cloud computing cluster, computing for a subset of the nodes in the computing cluster a required resource capacity of the subset of the nodes to process a mapped one of the sub-problems and an existing capacity of the subset of the nodes, and augmenting the existing capacity to an augmented capacity when the required resource capacity exceeds the existing capacity, and when a cost of augmenting the existing capacity to the augmented capacity does not exceed a penalty for breaching a service level agreement (SLA) for the subset of the nodes. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005346 | HYPERVISOR SELECTION FOR HOSTING A VIRTUAL MACHINE IMAGE - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for selecting a hypervisor for hosting a virtual machine (VM) image. In an embodiment of the invention, a method of selecting a hypervisor for hosting a VM image can include selecting an application for inclusion in a VM image, determining characteristics of the application and creating a VM image with the selected application. The method also can include identifying a hypervisor hosting a different VM image with an application having in common at least a portion of the determined characteristics. Finally, the method can include deploying the created VM image to the identified hypervisor. Of note, the deployment of the created VM image can be to an identified hypervisor in a node of a cloud computing cluster. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005347 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRIORITIZING AND SCHEDULING SERVICES IN AN IP MULTIMEDIA NETWORK - An IP multimedia gateway (IMG) determines device capabilities and proposed service priority profiles of communicatively coupled client devices. The determined device capabilities and proposed service priority profiles are transmitted to service managers for service scheduling. Device capabilities of the communicatively coupled client devices are configured or prioritized based on available actual service priority profiles from the service managers. The configured device capabilities are transmitted to the service managers for subsequent service scheduling. Services provided by the service managers are announced based on the available actual service priority profiles. The IMG communicates content for the announced services between the communicatively coupled client devices and the service managers. The IMG may allow the user of a client device to access desired content via other client devices. Content and/or downloaded content for carrier grade services are provided to one or more non-carrier grade client devices when needed. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005348 | Managing Shared Resources In A Multi-Computer System With Failover Support - Managing shared resources in a multi-computer system with failover support, including: reading priority detection signals from a computer inserted into the multiple-computer system, the priority detection signals representing a priority of the inserted computer; reading planar detection signals from the computer, the planar detection signals representing an insertion state of all computers currently inserted into the multiple-computer system; determining if the computer has the highest priority among all the computers inserted into the multiple-computer system in accordance with the priority detection signals and the planar detection signals; and, in response to determining that the computer has the highest priority, monitoring shared resources and outputting a specific output signal associated with the highest priority computer, the specific output signal providing an identification of the highest priority computer to other computers currently inserted into the multiple-computer system and representing control, by the highest priority computer, of the shared resources. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005349 | COMMUNICATION IN MULTIPROCESSOR USING PROXY SOCKETS - Systems and methods for implementing communication in a multiprocessor are disclosed. In one exemplary implementation a first processor receives a request to provide a communication resource for an application executing on the first processor to communicate with a remote application. In response to the communication request, the first processor opens a communication resource on a second processor, and manages communication operations between the application executing on the first processor and the remote application using the communication resource on the second processor. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005350 | COMMUNICATION IN MULTIPROCESSOR USING PROXY SOCKETS - Systems and methods for implementing communication in a multiprocessor are disclosed. In one exemplary implementation a first processor receives a request to provide a communication resource for an application executing on the first processor to communicate with a remote application. In response to the communication request, the first processor opens a communication resource on a second processor, and implements communication operations between the application executing on the first processor and the remote application using the communication resource on the second processor. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005351 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AN APPLICATION IDENTIFIER ACROSS APPLICATION ELEMENTS - In one embodiment, a method includes generating a Session Description Protocol (SDP) construct, the SDP construct being arranged to be included in a first signaling flow. The method also includes providing an attribute in the SDP construct. The attribute identifies an application type associated with a first traffic flow. Finally, the SDP construct is forwarded on the first signaling flow. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005352 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND METHOD - An information processing method for transmitting a provisional response signal, the information processing method includes: receiving a request signal indicating a request for processing; determining whether a load to be processed in a local device exceeds or equals to a threshold value; transmitting a provisional response signal that stops re-transmission of the request signal to a transmission source of the request signal when it is determined that the load to be processed exceeds or equals to the threshold value in the determining operation and the request signal is received; and transmiting the provisional response signal to the transmission source of the request signal when it is determined that the load to be processed falls below the threshold value in the determining operation and a specific time period elapses after the request signal is received. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005353 | NETWORKED COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING AND OPERATING IN A VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENT - The present invention relates to interactive virtual reality networked computer systems and methods that facilitate communication and operation in a virtual reality environment. The virtual reality networked computer system has an infrastructure that includes a number of users, hosts and servers. The interconnected hosts and servers allow users to effectively locate, activate, access and interact within virtual reality environments in a variety of different ways. For example, users can establish user groups such that interaction within the virtual reality environment occurs between hosts (accessed by users) without the need of a central or dedicated server. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005354 | WIRELESS POINT THAT PROVIDES FUNCTIONS FOR A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK TO BE SEPARATED BETWEEN THE WIRELESS POINT AND ONE OR MORE CONTROL NODES, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SERVICE IN A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK HAVING FUNCTIONS SEPARATED BETWEEN A WIRELESS POINT AND ONE OR MORE CONTROL NODES - A method for negotiations between various entities of a wireless local area network (WLAN) including negotiations between controlling nodes (CNs) and wireless access points (WAPs) and negotiations between WAPs is disclosed. These negotiations are used for the purpose of establishing the capabilities of the various entities, determining how such capabilities may be optimally divided among the negotiating entities and then dividing the capabilities among the entities based on this determination. The capabilities include those required for the operation, control and management of the WLAN entities and the encompassing WLAN. The disclosed method introduces means for flexibly accommodating the varying degrees of differences in capabilities among the WLAN entities between the WLAN entities including dynamic changes in WLAN topologies. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005355 | SESSION ESTABLISHMENT METHOD USING GATEWAY SERVER AND PHONE IDENTIFICATION - Disclosed is a method of establishing a session between a mobile communication terminal and a computer linked to the Internet via a gateway server therebetween through WAP or TCP/IP by using identification information of the mobile communication terminal as a connection key to transmit/receive data packets. Consequently, stable and accurate data communication between the mobile communication terminal and the computer linked to the Internet can be achieved. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005356 | OPTIMIZED INTERFACE BETWEEN TWO NETWORK ELEMENTS OPERATING UNDER AN AUTHENTICATION, AUTHORIZATION AND ACCOUNTING PROTOCOL - According to several embodiments of the present invention, a single session according to an authentication, authorization and accounting protocol, with a network element carrying out a policy and charging rule function is created, wherein the specific session may be used to manage and/or report policy and/or charging control rules. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005357 | DELEGATE PROCEDURE FOR AN AUTHENTICATION, AUTHORIZATION AND ACCOUNTING PROTOCOL - According to several embodiments of the present invention, an information element for a first server controlling a first session according to an authentication, authorization and accounting protocol related to a bearer is generated, wherein the information element indicates that there is at least one second session according to the authentication, authorization and accounting protocol with at least one second server related to the same bearer, and that delegation of the first and the at least one second sessions is allowed. Alternatively an information element to be sent from a first server to at least one second server which are connected to a client is generated, wherein there is a first session according to an authentication, authorization and accounting protocol with the client related to a bearer, and the information element includes information for at least one second session according to the authentication, authorization and accounting protocol related to the same bearer, and wherein delegation of the first and the at least one second sessions is allowed. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005358 | RETURN OF MULTIPLE RESULTS IN RULE GENERATION - Various embodiments relate to a Policy Charging and Rules Node (PCRN) and a related method and machine-readable medium for retrieving multiple results in response to a message. The PCRN may receive a message and, through handling the received message, may make a policy decision. The policy decision may require the PCRN to retrieve multiple related results. The PCRN may thereafter refer to a data arrangement that includes a rule set with at least one rule with multiple values. Based on the policy decision, the PCRN may retrieve the at least one rule. The PCRN may compile the rule from the rule set and may generate an answer message including at least one of these values included in the rule. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005359 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AGGREGATION ACROSS CLOUD PROVIDERS - A method and apparatus for aggregating cloud system resources is described. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a request to start a cloud computing session. The method may also include determining a cloud computing system from among a plurality of cloud computing systems that satisfies the request. Furthermore, the method may include routing the request to the determined cloud computing system to initiate the cloud computing session. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005360 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERIC IP MULTIMEDIA RESIDENTIAL GATEWAYS - A common IP layer client device interface within an IP multimedia gateway (IMG) is configured to connect client devices to broadband IP networks such as the Internet based on determined device capabilities. Broadband IP network interfaces within the IMG are configured to enable communication between the IMG and broadband IP networks based on the determined device capabilities. Content provided by various service managers are communicated with the client devices utilizing the common IP layer client device interface and the configured network interfaces. Network capabilities may be determined during the device and network discovery. Protocol translation, media transcoding and/or dynamic device configuration may be performed based on the determined device capabilities, and based on the determined network capabilities. The IMG may adjust system timing and manage power consumptions for service deployment over corresponding client devices. Information may be routed or distributed by the IMRG among the client devices when needed. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005361 | ADAPTIVE BIT RATE FOR DATA TRANSMISSION - An adaptive bit rate system for use in transmitting data at adaptable bit rates. The bit rate may be adjusted according to historical behaviors and/or past operational settings, such as but not limited to adjusted a request bit rate to a different bit rate depending the historical behavior. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005362 | STREAMING DATA DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A streaming data delivery system contrived to curtail the procedure until a session is established between a delivery server and a user terminal includes a delivery device, a server for provisional coupling, format conversion servers, a terminal, and a 3PCC device which implements Third Party Call Control. The 3PCC device obtains format information from the terminal and establishes a session between the terminal and the server for provisional coupling; also obtains data format information from the data delivery device and establishes a session between the delivery device and the server for provisional coupling; further selects a format conversion server, transfers the session between the delivery device and the server for provisional coupling into a session between the delivery device and the selected format conversion server, and transfers the session between the terminal and the server for provisional coupling into a session between the terminal and the selected format conversion server. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005363 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING MULTIMEDIA BROADCASTING PROGRAM - A system and method for sharing multimedia broadcasting programs, which are applied among a plurality of PCs belonging to the same subnet. A wireless data terminal is configured in a first PC. When other PCs in the subnet want to share the multimedia broadcasting program with the first PC, they sending sharing requests to the first PC, and the first PC forwards the sharing requests to the wireless data terminal. After the wireless data terminal converts the multimedia broadcasting program to be in the format of streamlining media, it sends the program to the PCs initiating the sharing requests via the first PC. The multimedia broadcasting signal received through the wireless can be shared in a wired network. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005364 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NETWORK AWARE ADAPTIVE STREAMING FOR NOMADIC ENDPOINTS - In a system for streaming data over a network, the type and rate of streaming are automatically varied based on available network bandwidth. Video media is transcoded into different bit rate encodings that are divided into segment files. Segments are sent from a network-aware adaptive streaming (NAAS) server and reassembled and presented to a media player at a client device. The system may download additional segment files ahead of time from multiple NAAS servers to increase throughput. A playback status (“bookmark”) may be maintained to keep track of what the user has viewed and to allow the user to continue playing from where the user left off. The user may continue watching from the bookmark point on the same device or on a different device. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005365 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENT STREAMING VIDEO DYNAMIC RATE ADAPTATION - A streaming media system employs dynamic rate adaptation. The method includes a file format compatible with legacy HTTP infrastructure to deliver media over a persistent connection. The method further includes the ability for legacy client media players to dynamically change the encoded delivery rate of the media over a persistent connection. The method provided works transparently with standard HTTP servers, requiring no modification and leverages standard media players embedded in mobile devices for seamless media delivery over wireless networks with high bandwidth fluctuations. A system is also specified for implementing a client and server in accordance with the method. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005366 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RETRIEVING AND RENDERING LIVE STREAMING DATA - A live streaming system/method provides cross platform live streaming capabilities to mobile devices. A file format compatible with legacy HTTP infrastructure is used to deliver media over a persistent connection. Legacy client media players can dynamically change the encoded rate of the media delivered over a persistent connection. Standard HTTP servers may be used without modification, leveraging standard media players embedded in mobile devices for seamless media delivery over wireless networks with high bandwidth fluctuations. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005367 | Adaptive Policers Responsive to Utilization Levels of a Resource - Policers receive packets of flows of packet traffic, which are to be communicated to monitored resource. The utilization levels of the monitored resource are induced by these flows of packet traffic. Based on the observed utilization levels (including possibly measured durations in one or more of these utilization levels), a determination is made if, and how to adjust policers for policing their respective flow, with policers being adjusted accordingly. In this manner, adaptive policers (typically located remotely from the monitored resource) are adjusted in response to one or more utilization levels (including possible durations at these utilization levels—i.e., a persistence of the congestion for the resource) of one or more monitored resources, with these identified utilization levels (and possibly durations) used in determining how much to modify a policing rate. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005368 | ADAPTIVE BIT RATE METHOD AND SYSTEM USING RETRANSMISSION AND REPLACEMENT - An adaptive method and system for dynamically facilitating access to higher quality content in the event transport of the higher quality content requires a greater allocation of network resources when compared to transport of the same content at a lower quality. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005369 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TCP TUNNELING - Tunneling is a mechanism used to aggregate payloads from a network protocol at or below the tunneling layer into a single packet. A user-space application establishes a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) tunnel and encapsulates an end-to-end TCP payload into a TCP segment for transmission over a TCP connection. This enhanced TCP tunnel eliminates TCP meltdown and can be used over any network which supports TCP. The calling application either identifies the parameters of an existing TCP socket or establishes a new TCP socket. A modified transport layer uses the identified TCP connection in forming the enhanced TCP tunnel. The enhanced TCP tunnel manages the data transmission on the TCP stack to eliminate TCP meltdown. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005370 | Methods of routing for networks with feedback - Example embodiments are directed to methods of routing requests within a system having a plurality of server pools. At least one of the methods provides a method of routing requests within a system having a plurality of server pools. The method includes receiving a request at the system, first determining a first value associated with a first request type of the received request and second determining a probability of routing based on the first value and a probability of rerouting. The first value is a virtual queue value for requests of the first request type. The second determining is performed without determining an input rate at which the requests of the first request type are received. The received request is routed to at least one of the plurality of server pools based on the probability of routing. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005371 | System and Method to Implement Joint Server Selection and Path Selection - An apparatus comprising a content router configured to couple to a customer node and implement joint server selection (SS) and path selection (PS) to meet a user request for content and achieve load balancing for transporting the requested content in a provider network. Also disclosed is a network component comprising a receiver unit in a content router or switch configured to receive a user request for content, a content routing engine configured to implement a joint SS and PS algorithm to select a plurality of servers that comprise the content and a plurality of paths that achieve load balancing for transporting the content, and a transmitter unit configured to indicate the selected servers and paths to a provider network. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005372 | Network Address Translation Six to Four for Proxy Mobile Internet Protocol Version Six - An apparatus comprising a Local Mobility Anchor (LMA) configured to couple to a mobile node (MN), a network address translation (NAT) server, and an Internet Protocol (IP) version four (IPv4) only host and to associate an IP version six (IPv6) address for an interface with the MN with an IPv4 address for an interface with the IPv4 only host in a NAT state table entry, wherein the NAT state table entry is used to translate an IPv6 packet associated with the MN to an IPv4 packet associated with the IPv4 only host. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005373 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: a memory configured to store a first group of character strings each of which corresponds to a header name defined in accordance with a communication protocol for communication, a second group of character strings each of which corresponds to a character string that is obtained by converting the character strings of the first group into lower case letters or upper case letters, and a third group of character strings each of which is not identical to any of the character strings of the first group, the character strings of the third group being extracted from a signal received; an extracting unit configured to extract a header value from another signal received from the other communication apparatus when a header name included in the other signal is identical to any character string of the first group, or the third group, or the second group. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005374 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA DEMULTIPLEXING - A method and system for demultiplexing packets of a message is provided. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005375 | DISTRIBUTED MEANS OF ORGANIZING AN ARBITRARILY LARGE NUMBER OF COMPUTERS - A technique for organizing a plurality of computers such that message broadcast, content searching, and computer identification of the entire collection or a subset of the entire collection may be performed quickly without the use of a controlling computer. The technique describes the creation, operation, and maintenance of a connection scheme by which each computer in the collection appears to be the top level of a hierarchical array. The maintenance of this hierarchical connection scheme allows one to many communications throughout the collection of computers to scale geometrically rather than linearly. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005376 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONNECTION MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCE SHARING - There is provided a method and system for sharing a pre-determined plurality of resources of a limited resource computing device with a plurality of resource dependent devices. The method comprises: determining a plurality of groups based on said pre-determined plurality of resources; classifying each said resource dependent device as a member of one of said groups based on device information associated therewith; associating each said group with a particular one of said pre-determined resources, such that each said group shares said particular resource; and selecting one of said resource dependent devices in each said group for permitting subsequent connection between said selected resource dependent device with said associated particular resource. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005377 | DETECTION OF CABLE CONNECTIONS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to detection of cable connections for electronic devices. An embodiment of an apparatus includes a port for the connection of a cable, the port being compatible with a first protocol and a second protocol, the port including multiple pins including a first pin for a first line and a second pin for a second line. The apparatus further includes a processor to determine a type of source device connected to the cable, where determination of the type of source device includes the apparatus detecting a low signal on the first line and a high signal on the second line, and, upon detecting the low signal on first line and the high signal on the second line, the apparatus initiates a discovery sequence, the discovery sequence including transmitting a signal sequence on the second line and attempting to receive the signal sequence on the second line. If the signal sequence is successfully received on the second line, the apparatus determines that a source device compatible with the first protocol is connected to the cable. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005378 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A peripheral device control system with high operability, which can provide a device management screen that provides appropriate display contents and functions according to a user's use environment, is implemented. The system is configured by an information processing apparatus, a peripheral device, a peripheral device management function required to manage the peripheral device, a peripheral device management screen, peripheral device management function control information, a first application, a first driver, and a second driver. When the first application is launched from the peripheral device management screen, a first driver name is generated using a second driver name, and is set as a default device. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005379 | DATA ACCESS DURING DATA RECOVERY - A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for accessing data during data recovery. In some embodiments, this includes sending an I/O request from an application to an object, wherein the object is being recovered, establishing an I/O intercept, intercepting the application's I/O request with the I/O intercept, and redirecting the I/O request based on the status of the object's sub-objects. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005380 | Data-Driven Media Management Within An Electronic Device - A method and apparatus for intelligently routing and managing audio signals within an electronic device is disclosed. The routing is responsive to a set of logical and physical policies which are stored in data tables which can be updated as needed. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005381 | UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS (USB) INTERFACE DEVICE HAVING FUNCTIONS OF HIGH DEFINITION CONVERSION AND AUDIO SUPPORTING - Provided is a USB interface device includes a USB unit, a USB to digital video and digital audio module, a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) module, a memory control unit (MCU), and a power control module. The USB to digital video and digital audio module receives and converts video and audio signals into digital signals, which are then converted by the module to be applied to a displaying device (such as a displaying screen or a TV set). The USB to digital video and digital audio module contains a built-in EDID module to provide the optimum resolution data to the displaying device. As such, WUXGA (Widescreen Ultra. Extended Graphics Array) resolution can be realized and audio effect is supported. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005382 | Register Access Protocol - A system and a method are disclosed for allowing a host device to communicate with an accessory device using a lightweight communications protocol. A communications link is first established between the connected accessory and host device. The host device sends a request for a register map file (RMF) to the accessory device. A RMF identifies registers for elements of the accessory device. The accessory device sends the RMF to host device, responsive to the request and the host device maps the RMF to interface with a higher level language such as C++ or JavaScript, allowing the host to act on the register mapping. Such interaction can be handled at the driver layer of an operating system, the application framework layer or the application layer. This permits both a layered service model and a fine-grant access at the application layer of the host device. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005383 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING AND DECONSTRUCTING DATA PACKETS - A packet processing data path is attached to the processor bus as a slave via a bus interface. The packet processing data path comprises a number of blocks. Respective blocks comprise configuration registers operable to provide information on what operation the blocks should perform for the current packet field being processed. The bus interface comprises a first register operable to control a bus of Update Enable signals, which bus is also connected to the blocks. The bus interface also comprises a second register operable to control a Mode signal, which is also connected to the blocks. An Update Mode signal is connected to the bus interface and to the blocks. A write to the second register causes the Update Mode signal to be pulsed active, triggering the enabled configuration registers to update their values. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005384 | ACCESS CONTROL APPARATUS, ACCESS CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE SYSTEM - An access control apparatus which establishes a connection based on connection establishment requests from connected devices and controls accesses to a connection target device. The access control apparatus includes a connection information managing unit which manages connect wait conditions to the connection target device of the connected devices based on criterion information in a connection request transmitted from the connected devices and determination for selecting one connected device from the connected devices. The access control apparatus includes a selecting unit which selects one of the connected devices which has a delay tendency related to connection based on adjustment information which is set in accordance with the connect wait conditions of the connected devices and increases a delay tendency in connection of the connected device, and a determining unit which determines the connected device selected by the selecting unit as one to be connected to the connection target device. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005385 | COMMUNICATION CIRCUIT OF INTER-INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - A communication circuit of an Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C) includes a master device, a switch circuit, first and second groups of slave devices. Each slave device includes a data signal pin and a clock signal pin, which are connected to the switch circuit. The master device includes a data signal pin, a clock signal pin, and a general purpose input output (GPIO) pin, which are connected to the switch circuit. The GPIO pin of the master device outputs a control signal to the switch circuit, to allow communication between the first group of slave devices and the master device or communication between the second group of slave devices and the master device. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005386 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING TRANSACTION COHERECY IN A MULTIPLE DATA BUS PLATFORM - Techniques for maintaining an order of transactions in a multi-bus computer architecture. In an embodiment, an arbitrator receives access requests from a plurality of requestors, each access request requesting a respective access to a bus. Based on an arbitration between the access requests—e.g. between those requestors providing the access requests—the arbitrator may generate a grant message which triggers a carrying of a first message on the first bus. In certain embodiments, the grant message further triggers another carrying of the first message on the second bus. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005387 | INTERRUPT BLOCKER - A method comprises maintaining, in a first electronic device, a list of one or more electronic devices associated with a user, receiving, in the first electronic device, a first command, in response to the first command, forwarding a command to block interrupts on one or more electronic devices on the list of electronic devices. Other embodiments may be described. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005388 | HIGH SPEED DATA STORAGE SYSTEM - An exemplary high speed data storage system includes hard disks, a first control panel, a second control panel and a midplane interconnected between each of the first and second control panels and the hard disks. Each of the first and second control panels includes a control chip and a connector. First and second printed circuit wires corresponding to the hard disks are layered on the first and second control panels for electrically connecting the control chip with the connector, respectively. The first printed circuit wires of the first control panel and the second printed circuit wires of the second control panel are arranged symmetrically with respect to each other, and an order of stacking circuit layers of the first printed circuit wires of the first control panel is the reverse of an order of stacking of circuit layers of the second printed circuit wires of the second control panel. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005389 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEMORY HUB-BASED EXPANSION BUS - A system memory includes a memory hub controller, a memory module accessible by the memory hub controller, and an expansion module having a processor circuit coupled to the memory module and also having access to the memory module. The memory hub controller is coupled to the memory hub through a first portion of a memory bus on which the memory requests from the memory hub controller and memory responses from the memory hub are coupled. A second portion of the memory bus couples the memory hub to the processor circuit and is used to couple memory requests from the processor circuit and memory responses provided by the memory hub to the processor circuit. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005390 | SUPPORTING SYSTEM FOR REMOTE CONTROL - A remote control support system provides a simple way to allow remote users to access a computer in a variety of circumstances, even when no software installed on the computer. In some cases, the system includes a hardware device to simulate most USB mice, keyboards, storage devices, camera sensors (to capture a screen display), etc. The hardware device can communicate with a remote computer (via a network connection) to allow a user, such as a remote technician, to work on the remote computer as through the user were sitting at the remote computer. Information technology professionals and other users can use the described systems to communicate with a user at a remote computer in a natural way to communicate via voice, video or chat with online messaging. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005391 | PROCESSOR BUS BRIDGE SECURITY FEATURE FOR NETWORK PROCESSORS OR THE LIKE - Described embodiments provide a system having a bridge for communicating information between two processor buses. The bridge receives a command from a first bus, the command having an identification field and an address field. As the command is entered into a buffer in the bridge, the address field is checked against one or more addresses. If there is a match, then control bits are checked to see if the command will be allowed or not depending on the identification field value. If the command is not transferred to the second bus, a flag is set in the buffer, and an error message is returned to the first bus, and an interrupt may be generated. The control bits allow commands access to specific addresses on the second bus or deny the access depending on the command identification field. Bit-wise masking provides a range of values for identification and address field matching. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005392 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - It is desirable to flexibly provide a single information processing device with a system capable of connecting a large number of input-output devices, and an inexpensive system capable of sharing an input-output device by a plurality of servers. To achieve this, there is provided an information system including a server chassis and an IO chassis. The server chassis includes a plurality of server blades each having a processor, a memory, and a root complex, and a first multi-root PCIe switch connected to the individual server blades. The IO chassis includes a plurality of PCIe slots to which input-output devices are attached, and a second multi-root PCIe switch connected to the individual PCIe slots. The first multi-root PCIe switch and the second multi-root PCIe switch are connected together by a PCIe cable. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005393 | ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM HAVING AN ELECTRICAL CENTER FOR A VEHICLE - An electrical and electronic system having a control unit connected to a remotely located electrical center by way of a data bus. The electrical center includes a bus interface unit and a main printed circuit board having a plurality of control devices such as relays, which selectively activate vehicle electrical circuits based on instructions from the control unit. The bus interface unit is that of a daughter board configured to be plugged into the main board of the electrical center, such as a Local Interconnect Network (LIN) interface board, and the data bus may be a LIN bus. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005394 | System and Method for Providing PCIE over Displayport - An apparatus and method is disclosed for providing an extensible information handling system (IHS) bus implemented on predetermined channels of a digital video interface. IHS video signal information is multiplexed with IHS bus information by a host multiplexer for transmission across a digital video connector. The multiplexed IHS video signal and IHS bus information is received by a display multiplexer, where it is demultiplexed. Demultiplexed IHS video signal information is received by a video interface receiver, where it is used to generate an image on a digital display. Demultiplexed IHS bus information is received by a host bus interface transmitter/receiver, where it is used to support peripheral devices attached to the digital display. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005395 | COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A HOST DEVICE AND AN ACCESSORY VIA AN INTERMEDIATE DEVICE - A host device and an accessory exchange information (e.g., commands and data) via an intermediate device. The host device and accessory can each connect to the intermediate device through a direct wired path and can exchange commands and data with the intermediate device. The host device and the accessory can also “tunnel” information to each other through the intermediate device, by packaging the tunneled information as a payload of a command recognizable by the intermediate device; the intermediate device can repackage and forward the payload. In some embodiments, the tunneled information relates to configuring a wireless link (e.g., a Bluetooth pairing) between the host device and the accessory. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005396 | DATA ACCESS AND MULTI-CHIP CONTROLLER - A single data bus to a memory device can be split up into a number of data bus portions, each of which is managed by a different respective controller chip of multiple controller chips. During a memory access to a respective memory device, each of the multiple controller chips controls a different corresponding portion of the data bus to retrieve data from or store data to the memory device depending on whether the access is a read or write. To perform the data access, a synchronizer circuit (internal and/or external to the memory controller chips) synchronizes the multiple memory controller chips such that one of the memory controller chips drives the address bus and/or control signals to the memory device. After setting the address to the memory device, the memory controller chips either read data from or write data to the memory device based on the address. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005397 | SENSE AMPLIFIER AND SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A sense amplifier is configured to transfer data on a first data I/O line to a second data I/O line or to transfer data on the second data I/O line to the first data I/O line. The first data I/O line is substantially continuously coupled to the second data I/O line during an active operation. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005398 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, an electronic device forming a first communication path which couples a first interface of a high-rank unit and a second interface of a mid-rank unit and a second communication path which couples a third interface of the mid-rank unit and a fourth interface of a low-rank unit, while cutting off a third communication path which couples the first interface and the fourth interface, in an ordinary state. When data needs to be write from the high-rank unit to the low-rank unit, the electronic device forming the third communication path and cutting off the first communication path and the second communication path. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005399 | DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF READING DATA - In a request issuing device, a specific read request unit generates a read requesting write packet including a predetermined address of a memory of a request receiving device as a write address and including, as a read address, the address of the memory in a payload. In the request receiving device, when data is written into the predetermined address of the memory, a specific read request responding unit detects reception of the read request, reads the data from the read address of the memory written into the predetermined address, and generates a read responding write packet including, in the payload, the data that has been read. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005400 | Dual In Line Memory Module with Multiple Memory Interfaces - A memory module such as a DIMM includes two separate memories with corresponding data, address and control interfaces. Each separate memory core includes plural memory banks for corresponding portions of the data interface. The separate interfaces include separate byte strobes and control signals. The two memories may be separately powered or share power connection. The two memories may be disposed on a single semiconductor integrated circuit or separate semiconductor integrated circuit. The two memories may be connected to two external memory interfaces of a single data processor or to separate data processors. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005401 | PAGE BUFFERING IN A VIRTUALIZED, MEMORY SHARING CONFIGURATION - An apparatus includes a processor and a volatile memory that is configured to be accessible in an active memory sharing configuration. The apparatus includes a machine-readable encoded with instructions executable by the processor. The instructions including first virtual machine instructions configured to access the volatile memory with a first virtual machine. The instructions including second virtual machine instructions configured to access the volatile memory with a second virtual machine. The instructions including virtual machine monitor instructions configured to page data out from a shared memory to a reserved memory section in the volatile memory responsive to the first virtual machine or the second virtual machine paging the data out from the shared memory or paging the data in to the shared memory. The shared memory is shared across the first virtual machine and the second virtual machine. The volatile memory includes the shared memory. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005402 | STORAGE SYSTEM HAVING A PLURALITY OF FLASH PACKAGES - A storage system | 2012-01-05 |
20120005403 | RECOVERY SCHEME FOR AN EMULATED MEMORY SYSTEM - In a system having an emulation memory having a first sector of non-volatile memory for storing information, wherein the non-volatile memory includes a plurality of records, a method includes determining if a last record written of the plurality of records is a compromised record; if the last record written is not a compromised record, performing a next write to a record of the plurality of records that is next to the last record written; and if the last record written is a comprised record: determining an address of the compromised record; writing valid data for the address of the compromised record into the record of the plurality of records that is next to the compromised record; and writing data into a record that is next to the record of the plurality of records that is next to the compromised record. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005404 | STATUS INDICATION WHEN A MAINTENANCE OPERATION IS TO BE PERFORMED AT A MEMORY DEVICE - Data storage devices and methods are disclosed that provide a status indication when a maintenance operation is to be performed prior to completion of a write command. A method includes receiving a write command from a host device to write data to the non-volatile memory while the data storage device is operatively coupled to the host device. In response to determining that a maintenance operation is to be performed prior to the completion of the write command, an indication is sent to the host device that the write command has a status of incomplete. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005405 | Pre-Emptive Garbage Collection of Memory Blocks - A method and system pre-emptively perform garbage collection operations of a forced amount on update blocks in a memory device. The amount of garbage collection needed by a certain data write is monitored and adjusted to match the forced amount if necessary. Update blocks may be selected on the basis of their recent usage or the amount of garbage collection required. Another method and system may store control information about update blocks in a temporary storage area so that a greater number of update blocks are utilized. The sequential write performance measured by the Speed Class test may be optimized by using this method and system. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005406 | Garbage Collection of Memory Blocks Using Volatile Memory - A method and system for performing garbage collection operations on update blocks in a memory device using volatile memory is disclosed. When performing a garbage collection operation, a first part of the data related to the garbage collection operation is written to a volatile memory in the memory device, and a second part of the data related to the garbage collection operation is written to a non-volatile memory in the memory device. The first part of the data that is written to the volatile memory (such as a random access memory) may comprise control information (such as mapping information of the logical addressable unit to a physical metablock). The second part of the data related to the garbage collection that is written to the non-volatile memory (such as a flash memory) may comprise the consolidated data in the update block. | 2012-01-05 |
20120005407 | REVOLVING DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD - The invention relates to a method of managing data to be written several times into a memory organized in sectors, each sector requiring complete erasure to allow a new write operation in the sector. To manage the data in a revolving manner, the method includes: ordering the sectors of the memory, the sector ordering taking place in a revolving manner, the sector following the last sector being the first sector; reserving, for each sector, a header zone intended to receive a first word that defines the filling of the sector; defining, in each sector, locations each intended to receive a data item; and associating part of the header zone with each data location, the part of the header zone written when a data item is stored in the corresponding data location. | 2012-01-05 |