11th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 63 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100070613 | Portable Communication Interface for Accessing Media Content - A method and apparatus for accessing media with a portable communication device presents media available for display to a user based on user preferences. A user can select media to be output from an external display by entering commands into the portable communications device. In addition, a second external display can be used to display a subset of the media available for display. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070614 | UNIFIED DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM - A unified device management method and system for unified management of a fixed and mobile device includes a command execution controller which receives a device management command, sends a query message to the device, receives a response message transmitted by the device, creates a command execution policy based on the settings contained in the response message, and executes the device management command according to a policy, the device which generates and sends the response message to the command execution controller according to user inputs, and a remote access server which connects the device and the command execution controller by using a remote access protocol. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070615 | NETWORKED EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A computer-implemented process allows emergency plans to be easily and rapidly created for a plurality of different facilities. An emergency plan is provided in electronic form for each facility. Each emergency plan has a standardized format with a plurality of component parts. Each emergency plan has at least some component parts that are accessible by other facilities. An electronic network is provided which allows at least some of the facilities to electronically obtain the accessible component parts of the emergency plans of at least some of the other facilities. A user interface allows the emergency plan of a facility to electronically import into its emergency plan selected content of one or more component parts of the emergency plan of another facility using the electronic network. The electronic importing is facilitated via the use of the standardized format for the emergency plans. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070616 | System and method for managing an application or software component for use in a device to be controlled in a home network - The present invention relates to a system and method for managing an application wherein a function of a controlled device can be dynamically extended by continually updating the application for use in the controlled device. According to the present invention, a framework capable of providing integrated support to a variety of home network middleware is loaded on an application server corresponding to a control device, and Internet access services and middleware services for accessing various kinds of devices are bundled into the framework. Thus, application installation and management can be performed within a home network environment regardless of the hardware, network protocol and operating system used. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070617 | IP address assignment for access to IP services via WiMAX or 3GPP access network - In one aspect, a method for IP address assignment for access to IP services via WiMAX or 3GPP access network is provided, said method comprising, in an embodiment:
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20100070618 | UBIQUITOUS SENSOR NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONFIGURING THE SAME - In a ubiquitous sensor network (USN) system having a router and a sensor node connectable to a detachable memory device, a sensor network configuration information including a sensor network identification is received from the detachable memory device under control of the router. The sensor network configuration information including the sensor network identification is received from the detachable memory device under control of the sensor node. A sensor network is configured based on the sensor network identification under control of at least one of the router and the sensor node. Accordingly, the USN system may be automatically configured by using the detachable memory devices including the sensor network configuration information. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070619 | METHOD OF USING AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE WHILE IN ABARE METAL STATE, AND AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM AND MACHINE-EXECUTABLE CODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD - A method of using an information handling system can include sending configuration information over a network while the information handling system is running within a bare metal state. The method can also include receiving an update for a component while the information handling system is operating within the bare metal state, wherein the update corresponds to the configuration information and is received from a remote source via a network. The method can be performed automatically by an information handling system when executing machine readable code including instructions that allow a processor to carry out the method. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070620 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING INTERNET BOTS - Apparatuses, methods, and systems directed to detect Internet bots in communication networks. Some embodiments of the present invention allow an agent of a server to periodically record interaction events on a client system. The recorded interaction events are sent to a server and validated by a statistical test. Some embodiments of the present invention may be used to detect bots using server logs. In other embodiments, an agent of a server is able to detect and validate interaction events on a client system and the server periodically polls the agent to determine whether bots are detected on the client system. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070621 | PASSIVE PARAMETER BASED DEMOGRAPHICS GENERATION - A method for characterizing website visitors based on visitor passive parameters and using the characterization to select and/or market website content. The passive visitor parameters include data in the browser agent, time of a website visit, IP address, etc. Such visitor passive parameters are available each time a visitor visits a website. In a first step, a first embodiment of the method anonymously compares the visitor passive parameters with known demographics, for example, at financial websites, to create a statistical mapping between the visitor passive parameters and the demographics. In a second step, the mapping is used to estimate demographics data for future website visitors and then site content provided to the future website visitors is based on the estimated demographics. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070622 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UTILIZING SYSTEM LAG TO SEND FACTS TO AN END USER - A method for utilizing system lag to send facts to an end user. The method begins by monitoring a computer system to identify said system lag. After identifying system lag, the method determines an estimated length of the system lag, the estimated length being a measurement of time. The estimated length takes into account previously identified system lag lengths to better approximate the current system lag length. After determining the estimated length of the system lag, the method sends a fact to the end user during the system lag. The fact sent to the end user has a length equal to or less than the estimated length of the system lag. Finally, the method stores the actual length of the system lag in order to improve subsequent determinations of the estimated length. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070623 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes: a detecting unit that detects a change of a real IP address of the information processing apparatus; and a change notification transmitting unit that generates, when the detecting unit detects the change of the real IP address of the information processing apparatus during communication with a communication partner, a change notification packet, and transmits the generated change notification packet to the communication partner. The charge notification packet includes a header portion and a data portion. The real IP address before the change is included as a source IP address in the header portion of the charge notification packet, and a real IP address after the change is included in the data portion of the charge notification packet. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070624 | Arrangement and a Method Relating to Performance Management by Distributed Processing - The present invention relates to an arrangement for performance management in a communication network comprising a managing system and a number of managed systems. The arrangement comprises collecting means for collecting traffic measurement data and primary processing means for primary processing of measurement data. Said primary processing means are adapted to be distributed and comprise first primary processing means provided in the managing system and a number of second primary processing means provided in a number of managed systems. The arrangement also comprises processing control means for controlling at least allocation of primary processing of measurement data to a first or to a second primary processing means. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070625 | Supplying Data Files to Requesting Stations - Data files are supplied to a plurality of requesting stations ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100070626 | Method And System For Resolving Indeterminate or Inconsistent Information For Information Consumers - A method and apparatus for resolution of indeterminate or inconsistent information on behalf of an information consumer, the method using a processor of a middleware component to determine whether information for the information consumer is resolvable; and if the information is determined to be unresolvable, utilizing at least one of rules, policy types and policy values specified by a context to resolve the information. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070627 | MONITORING APPARATUS, MONITORING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A monitoring apparatus which monitors an operating state of a monitored apparatus, the monitoring apparatus includes a signal acquiring unit that acquires signals output from the monitored apparatus; a communication amount acquiring unit that acquires a communication amount by which the monitored apparatus performs communication in a specific time based on information included in the plurality of signals that the signal acquiring unit acquires at a specific time interval; and a state determining unit that determines the operating state of the monitored apparatus based on the communication amount acquired by the communication amount acquiring unit. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070628 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC DETECTION AND COORDINATED DELIVERY OF BURDENSOME MEDIA CONTENT - A networked computing system that is capable of detecting and coordinating the distribution of burdensome media content. The networked computing system includes one or more sending devices, one or more receiving devices, and a data communications network capable of facilitating data communications amongst all networked computing devices. In response to a sending or receiving device generating a data transfer request, an automatic determination is made as to whether the media content is burdensome to a portion of the data communications network over which the media content is to be transferred. The automatic determination may be made by a sending device, a receiving device, or another local network resource (such as a gateway). The determining device may then coordinate the media content transfer based on characteristics of the media content and available network resources. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070629 | Management device, management method, and recording medium - A first acquisition unit acquires an event notification from an MFP and updates first device-status information. A transmission unit transmits the event notification and first reference-destination information. A switching unit switches a first access to the first reference-destination information to a second access to second reference-destination information. A second acquisition unit issues an acquisition request at a first interval, issues an acquisition request at a second interval in response to the event notification, acquires the second device-status information, and update the first device-status information. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070630 | SUPPORTING MULTIPLE SERVICE DISCOVERY PROTOCOLS ON A DEVICE - Techniques for supporting multiple service discovery protocols (SDPs) on a network-enabled device (NED) are provided. The NED includes a plurality of SDP services, a plurality of SDP adapters, and a device service management system (DSMS). Each SDP service interfaces with one SDP adapter. Each SDP adapter interfaces with the DSMS. Each SDP adapter translates messages from its corresponding SDP service into a format the DSMS understands, and vice versa. The DSMS manages service metadata information about one or more services hosted (or provided) by the NED. In response to a request, from a client, for metadata of one or more services hosted by the NED, a SDP service requests the metadata from its corresponding SDP adapter. The SDP adapter requests the metadata from the DSMS, which responds to the SDP adapter with the metadata. The SDP adapter sends the metadata to the SDP service, which sends the metadata to the client. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070631 | System and Method for Management of Remotely Shared Data - Systems and methods for reducing latency on a remotely-booted information handling system are disclosed. A method for access and management of remote data may include receiving from a host a standard input-output instruction including a persistent image update (PIU) parameter indicating a request by the host to access a shared computer-readable medium storing an image shared by the host and one or more other hosts. The method may further include determining a value of the PIU parameter and determining whether to allow the host to access the shared computer readable medium based at least on the value of the PIU parameter. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070632 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND TERMINAL SUPPORTING THE METHOD - A method for transmitting information in a wireless communication system and a wireless communication terminal supporting the method, wherein when an application server sends to a receiving terminal a specific message for checking radio environment information or a message including a radio environment capability, the receiving terminal having received the message may send a response message with its own radio environment information to the application server, such that the radio environment information related to the receiving terminal can be sent to the sending terminal after analyzed by the application server. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070633 | Method and Apparatus for Improving SIP Parse Performance - The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for improving SIP parse performance. The method comprising the steps of: receiving a text-based SIP message to be sent to a SIP server; according to a SIP message filter table, determining whether the text-based SIP message needs to be transformed to a token-based message; and in the case that the text-based SIP message needs to be transformed to a token-based message, performing the transformation and sending the transformed token-based message to said SIP server, otherwise directly sending the text-based SIP message to said SIP server. According to the present invention, larger SIP message throughput in a SIP server and better utilization of resources of a front end device can be achieved. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070634 | PROTOCOL EXCHANGE AND POLICY ENFORCEMENT FOR A TERMINAL SERVER SESSION - Example embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques for performing multiple protocol exchanges over a single socket connection, one preceding another, in order to provide a platform for policy exchange between terminal servers and a gateway. The protocol exchanges may occur without using additional ports while ensuring that the terminal server state is restored to the previous state. In an embodiment, such a method may adhere to terminal server security levels and perform an exchange with the terminal servers by replicating remote access security layer exchanges and authenticating the gateway to the terminal server. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070635 | METHODS FOR SETTING UP AN IP CONNECTION USING A SHARED KEY AND RELATED ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS - A method of operating a first electronic device to set up a communication session with a second electronic device includes establishing a communication connection with a session management server, sending a session identification associated with a previous communication session between the first and second electronic devices to the session management server, and communicating with the second electronic device responsive to the session management server joining the communication connection established with the session management server with a communication connection established between the session management server and the second electronic device. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070636 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR ENABLING MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION WITH A PRIVATE NETWORK - A method and arrangement for enabling access to a home device in a private network from a remote device located outside the private network. The private network includes a multimedia gateway connected to a multimedia service network. A session invite message is sent from the remote device to the multimedia gateway. In response, connection parameters of a residential gateway in the private network are sent to the remote device, which are associated with the selected home device if a home device identification was included in the received message, or with a proxy function in the multimedia gateway capable of providing home device information, if no such identification was included in the received message. In this way, home devices in the private network can be easily and safely accessed remotely. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070637 | Streaming data playback apparatus - A handsfree apparatus performs an operation for requesting a connection of a Bluetooth connection link to a cellular phone after guaranteeing a continuous playback of music streaming data by an audio player in a time slot that does not have packet transfer of the music streaming data, if the connection request of the Bluetooth connection link to the cellular phone is generated during a time of A2DP connection that defines packet transfer of the music streaming data with the audio player. The connection request of the Bluetooth connection link to the cellular phone is thus handled appropriately without interrupting a continuous playback of the music streaming data. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070638 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR SECURED DATA COMMUNICATION IN COMPUTER NETWORKS BY PHANTOM CONNECTIVITY - The present invention provides a system for providing a higher level security to data communication in computer networks, said system comprising; an organizational network, at least a third party network, at least a phantom server with an intermediate data storage, a toggling means disposed to isolate the organizational network from the third party network and said toggling means further disposed to permit secured data communication between the organizational network and the third party network through the phantom server. A method for providing a higher level security to data communication in computer networks by effecting the transmission of data between organizational network and the third party network by toggling means through phantom server. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070639 | Network Clone Detection - Each client device among a group of client devices whose access to a network is controlled by the same Network Access Control server will have a unique physical address. However, the same physical address may exist among a group of client devices controlled by different Network Access Control server. To detect and block clone devices from obtaining service, each Network Access Control server will have its own identifier and this identifier is one of the authorization parameters used by the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocols server for determining whether the request for an IP address is from an authorized client device. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070640 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ALLOWING ACCESS TO PRESENTATION MATERIALS FOR A MEETING - A method for allowing access to presentation materials for one or more meetings may include receiving a call from a meeting participant using a communications device. The meeting participant may use the communications device to call a prearranged teleconference number to participate in the meeting via the communications device. The method may also include sending a prompt to the meeting participant's communications device to request if the meeting participant needs to access and acquire the presentation materials to participate in the meeting. In response to the meeting participant requesting to access and acquire the presentation materials, a response may be sent to the meeting participant. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, the response may include sending the presentation materials to a destination entered in the communications device by the meeting participant. In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, the response may include sending access information to the communication device for the user to access the presentation materials. The method may further include connecting the meeting participant to the meeting for participation via the communications device, if the meeting is already in progress. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070641 | Obtaining Information Associated with Established Sessions - A user agent (UA) is provided. The UA comprises a processor configured to send a message specifying a subset of a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Dialog-Info Event package that is to be returned to the UA. A method for a user agent (UA) to manage notifications related to session events is also provided. The method includes sending a message specifying a subset of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Dialog-Info Event package state information that is to be returned to the UA. The method also provides for receiving the subset of the SIP Dialog-Info Event package state information. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070642 | OFFLOADING NETWORK PROTOCOL OPERATIONS TO NETWORK INTERFACE IN SLEEP STATE - A computing device participates in network protocol operations when the computing device is in an inactive state. A main processor of the computing device transfers protocol mode instructions and data corresponding to a selected network protocol to a network interface of the computing device, and the network interface executes the protocol mode instructions on behalf of the main processor when the main processor is in the inactive state. The main processor may select a network protocol from two or more network protocols and may download protocol mode instructions and data corresponding the selected network protocol to the network interface. The network interface may compare a received packet to at least one received packet pattern and may respond to the received packet in accordance with a result of the comparison. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070643 | DELIVERY OF SYNCHRONIZED METADATA USING MULTIPLE TRANSACTIONS - Methods and apparatus are described relating to the delivery of synchronized metadata for use with an associated linear data stream, e.g., a video or audio stream. According to various embodiments of the invention, the metadata are delivered using multiple transactions. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070644 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TIME-SHIFT SERVICE BASED ON MULTIMEDIA INFORMATION, APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING MULTIMEDIA USING THE SAME - Provided are a time shift service apparatus and method based on multimedia information, and a multimedia reproducing apparatus using the same. The timeshift service apparatus includes: a timeshift buffering unit for storing a multimedia stream according a timeshift service requested from an outside device; a time obtaining unit for obtaining time information about times of starting and ending a timeshift service according to the timeshift service request; a memory managing unit for storing a multimedia stream, which is serviced based on the obtained time information by the time obtaining unit, in the timeshift buffering unit; and an information generating unit for generating detailed information for the multimedia stream stored in the timeshift buffering unit. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070645 | Rate Control for Stream Switching - An apparatus comprising a first node configured to communicate with a second node, wherein the first node is configured to receive a first stream from the second node, receive a bridging stream from the second node, and receive the second stream from the second node, and wherein the bridging stream has a lower bit-rate than the second stream. Included is an apparatus comprising at least one processor configured to implement a method comprising transmitting a first stream at a first time, transmitting a bridging stream that has a bit-rate greater than the first stream and less than the second stream at a second time, and transmitting the second stream at a third time. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070646 | System and method for transferring multiple data channels - A system and a method transfer multiple data channels between a server and a terminal via a stream session over a network. The system and the method utilize a bitstream switching, a fast buffer filling and/or a fast playback start to facilitate a switch from a first data channel and a second data channel. The server transfers second data of the second data channel to the terminal via one or more tracks which are encoded at more than one bitrate and/or are configured in one or more configurations. The terminal requests a change between the first track and/or the second track without terminating the stream session for the first data channel between the terminal and the server. As a result, the system and/or the method minimizes the delay period of time between requesting the switch to the second data channel and displaying the second data channel. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070647 | FLOW RECORD RESTRICTION APPARATUS AND THE METHOD - A Flow Record restriction apparatus is provided for restricting a transmission number of Flow Records while maintaining measurement information of the whole traffic. The Flow Record restriction apparatus includes: a flow generation unit | 2010-03-18 |
20100070648 | TRAFFIC GENERATOR AND METHOD FOR TESTING THE PERFORMANCE OF A GRAPHIC PROCESSING UNIT - The present invention relates to a traffic generator and a method for testing the performance of the memory system of graphic processing unit. The traffic generator comprises: at least one simulated engine module, each for generating at least one read stream and/or at least one write stream; and an output arbiter for selecting a stream to be output from a group comprising the at least one read stream and/or the at least one write stream; wherein the selected stream is arranged to be output to the memory system of graphic processing unit. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070649 | PROCESS FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A DEVICE RUNNING JAVA ME AND A SERVER OVER THE AIR, AS WELL AS RELATED SYSTEM - Process of communication via HTTP or HTTPS between a device running Java ME® and a server over the air, said server receiving and transmitting SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) messages from/to an operator on a host over a network and being capable of exchanging SOAP messages under Application Protocol Data Unit (APDU) data form/with the device, characterized in that the SOAP messages are translated from/to binary messages according to a protocol in the server, said binary messages being exchanged with the device, the binary messages being binary request messages or binary response messages. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070650 | SMART JMS NETWORK STACK - In a client server network, the invention provides improved message routing, useful in sending a plurality of subscriber messages from a single Server published message. The invention provides all the benefits of TCP delivery with most of the efficiency of IP multicast delivery. The invention provides for a Controller associated in the Client Server communication, where the Controller effectively routes the Server message to subscribed Clients. The invention provides efficient distribution of streaming data to one or more consumers in a way that enables easy integration in consuming applications. The invention provides means to implement a Java Message Service (JMS) distribution adapter in hardware. The invention further provides for hardware implementation of various wire protocol transforms. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070651 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMITTING DEVICE, RECEIVING DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication system includes a transmitting device and a receiving device. The transmitting device compresses input data according to quality of service assigned to the data, and transmits the compressed data. The receiving device receives the data transmitted from the transmitting device, decompresses the data according to the quality of service assigned to the data, and outputs the decompressed data. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070652 | Synchronization of multiple incoming network communication streams - A device, method, and computer readable medium are disclosed. In one embodiment the device includes a first network packet storage queue that is capable of storing incoming network packets from a network. The device also includes a second network packet storage queue that is capable of storing incoming network packets from a network. The device also includes flush logic to synchronize a flush of the network packets stored in the first and second network packet storage queues. The flush is triggered by a flush event affecting at least one of the storage queues. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070653 | IO Card Receiving Unit - A system comprises a chassis, an IO interconnect assembly provided in the chassis, and a plurality of IO card receiving units that are installable in the chassis. When the IO card receiving units are installed, the receiving units couple to the IO interconnect assembly. Each IO card receiving unit connects to a corresponding connector on the IO interconnect assembly and provides one or more slots for receiving IO cards. At least one IO card receiving unit has a different number of slots for receiving IO cards than at least one other IO card receiving unit. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070654 | INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEM AND RELAY DEVICE CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING PERIPHERAL ACCORDING TO USER MANIPULATION - A workspace control unit performs a process on a common work area screen for sharing information, and an information processor display transmission and reception unit transmits to a display of an information processor the common work area screen processed by the workspace control unit. An information processor manipulation detection unit detects manipulation performed on the common work area screen of the information processor. A peripheral control unit controls a peripheral based on control information managed by a peripheral control information management unit according to the result of detection by the information processor manipulation detection unit. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070655 | METHOD OF PASSING INSTRUCTIONS BETWEEN A HOST STATION AND A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTATION - The method includes in placing an instruction presence parameter in the “argument” field of a binary word defining a read/write command generated by generic management programs (drivers) for removable data storage units. This makes it possible to circumvent the limitation of the set of the commands authorized by a generic program for managing a removable data storage unit, without running the risk of data being interpreted wrongly as instructions. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070656 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED LOAD BALANCING IN A STORAGE SYSTEM - In association with a storage system, dividing or splitting file system I/O commands, or generating I/O subcommands, in a multi-connection environment. In one aspect, a host device is coupled to disk storage by a plurality of high speed connections, and a host application issues an I/O command which is divided or split into multiple subcommands, based on attributes of data on the target storage, a weighted path algorithm and/or target, connection or other characteristics. Another aspect comprises a method for generating a queuing policy and/or manipulating queuing policy attributes of I/O subcommands based on characteristics of the initial I/O command or target storage. I/O subcommands may be sent on specific connections to optimize available target bandwidth. In other aspects, responses to I/O subcommands are aggregated and passed to the host application as a single I/O command response. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070657 | PERIPHERAL DETERMINATION PROGRAM, MAIN CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL SYSTEM - In order to provide a system in which a single driver can totally control each periphery, there is provided a peripheral determination program executable on a main device installing the driver thereon. The peripheral determination program has a set of instructions including: acquiring device information assigned to each of a plurality of peripheral devices connected to the computer, the driver controlling operations of the plurality of peripheral devices, the device information indicating a model of each of the plurality of peripheral devices; extracting peripheral devices applicable to the driver out of the plurality of peripheral devices, the applicable peripheral devices being capable of executing all settings designated by the driver; selecting one peripheral device from the applicable peripheral devices; and determining the selected applicable peripheral device to be a terminal peripheral device. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070658 | METHOD OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A PROTOCOL-PROCESSING UNIT AND AN INPUT/OUTPUT (I/O) DEVICE THROUGH A DEVICE INTERFACE CONTROLLER - A method of communication between a protocol-processing unit and an input/output (I/O) device through a device interface controller includes configuring the protocol-processing unit to write command/message data in a predefined write file, and configuring the device interface controller to translate the command/message data written in the predefined write file into a corresponding command/message and to transmit the corresponding command/message thus translated to the I/O device. A system that includes the protocol-processing unit and the device interface controller is also disclosed. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070659 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING AND/OR CHARGING A BATTERY POWERED USB DEVICE BASED ON A USB PORT TYPE - Aspects of a method and system for operating and/or charging a battery powered USB device based on a USB port type are provided. In this regard, in a USB device comprising a power management IC and a multi-function IC, a port type detection module in the multi-function IC may determine whether the USB device is attached to a standard host port or a charging port. Additionally, a power source in the power management IC, which may supply power to the port type detection module, may be enabled upon attachment of the USB device to a USB port and disabled subsequent to determination of port type. Also, one or more portions and/or functions of the power management IC may be configured based on the determined port type. Similarly, one or more portions and/or functions of the multi-function IC may be enabled or disabled based on the determined port type. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070660 | Detecting access of video teleconferencing endpoint hardware device serial port - That a serial port of a video teleconferencing endpoint hard device has been accessed is detected. In response to detecting that the serial port of the device has been accessed, one or more actions are performed. These actions include alerting a user that the serial port has been accessed. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070661 | System For Energy Efficient Computer Management Environment Via Tightly Integrated Target Status and Directed Work Sessions - A method and system for providing an energy efficient computer management environment via tightly integrated target status and directed work sessions. The illustrative embodiments query, by a lightweight communication means, an availability status of a target computer device using a status thread. The status of the target computer device is recorded in a memory of a central computer according to response from the server thread. Responsive to an absence of a response by the target computer, the illustrative embodiments query, by a heavyweight communication means, the status of the target computer device using the status thread. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070662 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR SERIAL ATTACHED SCSI (SAS) ZONING MANAGEMENT OF A DOMAIN USING INITIATOR ISOLATION - Embodiments of the invention include a method and apparatus for managing SAS zoning using initiator isolation. The method includes assigning initiator devices in the SAS domain to a first initiator zone group, assigning target devices in the SAS domain to a second target zone group, and establishing an access control policy in which each of the initiator devices assigned to the first initiator zone group can communicate with each of the target devices assigned to the second target zone group but no initiator devices assigned to the first initiator zone group can communicate with any other initiator devices assigned to the first initiator zone group. Assignment of devices can be based on attachment information associated with each device, such as the ZPSDS entry point of the device, the SAS address of the device, and the phy of the zoning expander device in the SAS domain that is closest to the device. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070663 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO PRESERVE ONE OR MORE LOGICAL COMMUNICATION PATHS IN A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - A method to preserve a logical communication path in a data processing system, that includes a host computer, a storage controller that comprises a first logical control unit (“LCU”), and a logical communication path that is in communication with the host computer and the first LCU, comprising deleting the first LCU and setting a first status for same. The method then configures a second LCU, and establishes a second status for same, wherein the second LCU includes all or a portion of the first LCU, but is not the same as the first LCU. The deleting, setting, configuring, and establishing are performed while maintaining the logical communication path, which is in communication with the second LCU. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070664 | INPUT/OUTPUT COMPLETION SYSTEM FOR A DATA PROCESSING PLATFORM - A mechanism is disclosed for performing I/O operations using queue banks within a data processing system that supports multiple processing partitions. A queue bank is a re-useable area of memory allocated for performing I/O operations. All memory locking and address-translation functions are generally performed only once for a queue bank to reduce system overhead. After a queue bank has been used to perform an I/O operation, some processing is performed to make it available for re-use. This processing determines whether the queue bank contains memory that is being removed from a current processing partition. If so, a delay is imposed so that the queue bank is not made available for immediate re-use. This creates a window of time wherein all queue banks that contain the affected memory are inactive, thereby allowing the affected memory to be removed from the partition without halting on-going I/O activity. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070665 | Method and system for optimized power management and efficiency in wireless universal serial bus network - A method and system for optimizing certified Wireless Universal Serial Bus (WUSB) power management and efficiency are disclosed. For example, the method may introduce a master Micro Management Control (MMC) and a master MMC period and may require the host to schedule transactions to the awake devices in a master MMC period. Further, the work pending indication may have been provided in the master MMC that may start the master MMC period. Moreover, the method also may require the WUSB host to indicate a work pending indication to devices in the master MMC that may be in a sleep mode. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070666 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GRANTING ACCESS TO A SHARED COMMUNICATIONS BUS - Systems, apparatuses and methods for timing access to a shared communications bus by a plurality of devices. Each of a plurality of nodes is successively provided an opportunity to gain access to a shared bus according to a time slot allocation referenced from a time reference. The successive time slot allocation occurs until one of the nodes has a message to send via the shared bus. The node that has the message to send transmits a frame onto the bus. A new time reference is established at each of the nodes based on an indication provided by the transmitted frame, whereby each of the nodes can then be afforded a new opportunity to gain access to the shared bus according to the time slot allocation referenced from the new time reference. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070667 | Arbitration Based Allocation of a Shared Resource with Reduced Latencies - A digital processing system employing multiple arbiters, all designed to allocate a resource to a same entity in response to a same condition. In an embodiment, the entities needing the resource may send a request to all the arbiters, and the specific entity to which the resource is allocated, receives indication of the allocation from a closest one of the arbiters. As a result, the latency in receipt of indication of allocation may be reduced. The features are described in the context of a bus as a resource. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070668 | INTERRUPT CONTROL APPARATUS, INTERRUPT CONTROL SYSTEM, INTERRUPT CONTROL METHOD, AND INTERRUPT CONTROL PROGRAM - An interrupt control unit provides controls on an interrupt from an accelerator to a CPU based on a packet transmitted to or received from a controlled object. The interrupt control unit includes: a storage part for storing therein an interrupt control timing table in which a condition of switching a mode of the interrupt control is described; and an interrupt control mode switching part for switching the mode of the interrupt control to the CPU between a permission mode and a mask mode, based on the interrupt control timing table in the storage part. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070669 | SMART PROFILER - A method, system, and computer usable program product for a smart profiler are provided in the illustrative embodiments. An allowable number of interrupts for use by a profiler application is determined. A count number for a counter is determined. The counter is configured to count occurrences of an event in a data processing system up to the count number. An interrupt is raised when the counter has counted the occurrences of the event up to the count number. The interrupt is processed. The counting of occurrences of the event, raising the interrupt, and processing the interrupt are repeated for a predetermined time. A decision is made whether a total number of interrupts raised in the predetermined period differs from the allowable number. The count number of the counter is adjusted to cause the difference between the total number of interrupts in the predetermined period and the allowable number to decrease. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070670 | Computer One-Way Data Link - Two computers are serially connected by a one-way cable connection allowing data to be transmitted from the first computer to the second computer, but making it physically impossible to transmit data from the second computer to the first computer. A serial port of the first computer has a transmitting pin in hard-wired communication with a receiving pin of a serial port of the second computer. The grounding pins of the respective serial ports of the first and second computers are hard-wired connected. The invention uses a two-conductor BNC coaxial connection cable and connecting adapters. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070671 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING DATA - In a system including a multidimensional field of reconfigurable elements, and a method for operating said field of reconfigurable elements, one or more groups of said elements suitable for processing a predetermined task may be determined, a particular one of the one or more groups is selected, and the selected group is configured in a predetermined manner during runtime for processing the predetermined task, and in manufacturing of said system. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070672 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING WIRELESS DIGITAL MULTIMEDIA - Multimedia from a source can be wirelessly transmitted in a 60 GHz system to a display. To support rapid reads of encryption, EDID, and other data written into a slave at the display by a master at the source in accordance with I | 2010-03-18 |
20100070673 | HIGH PCI EXPRESS SIGNAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a high PCI express signal transmission apparatus and a control method thereof. A high PCIe signal transmission apparatus for transceiving data of a computer storage device with an external device, the high PCIe signal transmission apparatus includes a host adapter receiving the data of the storage device through the PCIe signal, and converting the received PCIe signal into an optical signal to transmit the converted optical signal, and a signal conversion processor receiving the optical signal from the host adapter, converting the received optical signal into an electrical signal, and transmitting the converted electrical signal to an corresponding external device connection unit. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070674 | SMART TRANSLATOR BOX FOR AGM-65 AIRCRAFT "MAVERICK" ANALOG INTERFACE TO MIL-STD-1760 STORE DIGITAL INTERFACE - A smart translator “SMARTX” box provides an aircraft outfitted with an analog AGM-65 (“Maverick”) interface with the same “look and feel” and capability to use a store outfitted with a digital MIL-STD-1760 interface as if the aircraft was fully 1760 compliant without any modifications to the electronics or software of either the aircraft or store. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070675 | BRIDGE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND ACCESS CONTROL METHOD - Transparency of resources is provided and ordering in an access is guaranteed between nodes on a computer network. In an information processing system in which a plurality of processor units are connected to each other by a switch, a global address space is introduced into which effective addresses of the processor units are mapped and which is shared by the plurality of processor units. In response to an access request packet issued by a processor unit and designating an effective address of a target node, a bridge for routing an input and output bus of a processor unit to an input and output bus of the switch converts the effective address of the target node into a global address by appending to the packet a node identification number identifying the target node, and outputs the access request packet designating the global address to the switch. After an access request packet for a write operation is output, the bridge confirms whether the write operation is completed in a target node. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070676 | Memory Data Bus Placement and Control - In one embodiment, a memory device comprises a plurality of memory banks. At least two of the memory banks share the same bus. Logic is coupled to the memory banks via the different buses. The logic controls access to the memory banks. A bi-directional tri-state buffer is interposed between adjacent memory banks along the same bus so that each bus is segmented into a plurality of sections, each bus section being coupled to one or more different ones of the memory banks. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070677 | System and Method for Reducing Communication Overhead Between Network Interface Controllers and Virtual Machines - Available buffers in the memory space of a guest operating system of a virtual machine are provided to a network interface controller (NIC) for use during direct memory access (DMA) and the guest operating system is notified accordingly when data is written into such available buffers. These capabilities obviate the requirement of using hypervisor memory as a staging area to determine which virtual machine to forward incoming data. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070678 | Saving and Restoring State Information for Virtualized Computer Systems - Prior to or while the state of a virtual machine (“VM”) is being saved, such as in connection with the suspension or checkpointing of a VM, a set of one or more “active” memory pages is identified, this set of active memory pages comprising memory pages that are in use within the VM before operation of the VM is suspended. This set of active memory pages may constitute a “working set” of memory pages. To restore the state of the VM and resume operation, in some embodiments, (a) access to persistent storage is restored to the VM, device state for the VM is restored, and one or more of the set of active memory pages are loaded into physical memory; (b) operation of the VM is resumed; and (c) additional memory pages from the saved state of the VM are loaded into memory after operation of the VM has resumed. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070679 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANAGING MEMORY - The disclosure is related to systems and methods of management of memory. In a particular embodiment, a system is disclosed that comprises a control circuit adapted to compare a second data set to a first data set and to selectively replace the first data set with the second data set without performing an erase operation based on the comparison, wherein the erase operation is not performed when the first data set and the second data set differ only when locations of the second data set include a first logic value corresponding to one or more locations of the first data set that include a second logic value. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070680 | MEMORY MANAGEMENT METHOD DURING POWER-ON SELF TEST - A memory management method during a power-on self test is used to perform an access management on an option ROM during a power-on self test after a personal computer is powered on. The memory management method includes the following steps. When a BIOS is booted, an option ROM is detected. A memory segment is designated in a conventional memory. It is determined whether the memory segment is empty or not. If the memory segment is not empty, a register segment with the same capacity as the memory segment is applied for from an extended memory, and data in the memory segment is moved to the register segment for being stored. If the memory segment is empty, data in the option ROM is moved to the memory segment. The option ROM in the memory segment is set. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070681 | METHOD FOR SCRAMBLING DATA IN WHICH SCRAMBLING DATA AND SCRAMBLED DATA ARE STORED IN CORRESPONDING NON-VOLATILE MEMORY LOCATIONS - A method in which data is randomized before being stored in a non-volatile memory to minimize data pattern-related read failures. Predetermined randomized non-user data is stored in a block or other location of a memory array, and accessed as needed by a memory device controller to randomize user data before it is stored in other blocks of the array. Each portion of the user data which is stored in a block is randomized using a portion of the non-user data which is stored in the same relative location in another block. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070682 | BUILT IN ON-CHIP DATA SCRAMBLER FOR NON-VOLATILE MEMORY - A non-volatile memory in which data is randomized before being stored in the non-volatile memory to minimize data pattern-related read failures. Randomizing is performed using circuitry on the memory die so that the memory die is portable relative to an external, off-chip controller. Circuitry on the memory die scrambles user data based on a key which is generated using a seed which is shifted according to a write address. Corresponding on-chip descrambling is also provided. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070683 | METHOD TO MONITOR READ/WRITE STATUS OF FLASH MEMORY DEVICES - A method and flash memory device employing the method includes a flash memory device having a logic routine saved on the flash memory being a computer readable medium. The flash memory device generates a plurality of memory inputs and outputs. The logic routine determines a memory input and/or memory output operation, and incrementally counts memory inputs and memory outputs using a counter function of the logic routine. The logic routine determines the total number of the plurality of memory inputs and outputs using the counter function. Additionally, the logic routine generates an alert signal when the total number of the memory inputs and outputs exceeds a predetermined value programmed in the logic routine. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070684 | MEMORY DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A memory device preloads a command file and a plurality of response files. Whenever a host sends a command to the memory apparatus, the command assigns one of the response files; thereby the host can receive response of the memory apparatus by reading the assigned response file. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070685 | METHOD FOR OPERATING MEMORY CARD - A method is used for operating a memory card, which comprises following steps: (1) a file is preloaded in the first sector of the file allocation table and the second sectors of the description block, wherein the file at least including first data, second data and third data, wherein the first sector is filled up with the first data, only one of the second sectors is not filled up with the second data and the other second sectors are filled up with the third data. (2) A command is received, where the command is capable of updating the file. (3) The command for the first sector is ignored. (4) The only one of the second sectors is updated according to the command. (5) The command for the other second sectors is ignored. (6) The second data of the only one of the second sectors are recovered. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070686 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECONFIGURATION OF RELIABILITY DATA IN FLASH EEPROM STORAGE PAGES - A data processing system comprises a Flash memory ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100070687 | PROCEDURE FOR ACCESSING A NON-VOLATILE WATCH MEMORY - The invention relates to a procedure for accessing a non-volatile watch memory, the watch comprising two supply terminals accessible from the outside that define a potential difference corresponding to a standard supply voltage, and a control circuit of the non-volatile memory produced using a technology supporting a predefined maximum supply voltage, the access procedure consisting of transmitting the following to the control circuit of the non-volatile memory by means of a supply terminal of the watch: a) an opening key to authorise access to the non-volatile memory; b) an instruction for access to the non-volatile memory; the procedure being characterised in that the opening key is a predefined instruction transmitted by modulation of the standard supply voltage such that this does not exceed the predefined maximum supply voltage. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070688 | FLASH MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WRITING DATA THERETO - The invention provides a flash memory device. In one embodiment, the flash memory device is coupled to a host, and comprises a multiple-level-cell (MLC) flash memory and a controller. The MLC flash memory comprises a turbo area and a normal area, wherein the turbo area comprises a plurality of first blocks, the normal area comprises a plurality of second blocks, and each of the first blocks and the second blocks comprises a plurality of pages, wherein the pages of the first blocks and the second blocks are divided into strong pages with high data endurance and weak pages with low data endurance. The controller receives data to be written to the MLC flash memory from the host, determines whether the data is important data, and writes the data to the strong pages of the first blocks of the turbo area when the data is important data. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070689 | HYBRID HARD DISK DRIVE TO RAPIDLY READ FILES HAVING SPECIFIED CONDITIONS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE HYBRID HARD DISK DRIVE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR THE HYBRID HARD DISK DRIVE - A method of controlling a hybrid hard disk drive. The method includes receiving a read command from a host; searching metadata of a file to be read; determining whether the metadata satisfies a predetermined setup condition; and if the metadata satisfies the setup conditions, copying the file to be read, from a first storage device and storing the file in a second storage device. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070690 | LOAD REDUCTION DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE (LRDIMM) AND METHOD FOR PROGRAMMING THE SAME - A load reduction dual in-line memory module (LRDIMM) is similar to a registered dual in-line memory module (RDIMM) in which control signals are synchronously buffered but the LRDIMM includes a load reduction buffer (LRB) in the data path as well. To make an LRDIMM which appears compatible with RDIMMs on a system memory bus, the serial presence detector (SPD) of the LRDIMM is programmed with modified latency support and minimum delay values. When the dynamic read only memory (DRAMs) devices of the LRDIMM are subsequently set up by the host at boot time based on the parameters provided by the SPD, selected latency values are modified on the fly in an enhanced register phase look loop (RPLL) device. This has the effect of compensating for the delay introduced by the LRB without violating DRAM constraints, and provides memory bus timing for a LRDIMM that is indistinguishable from that of a RDIMM. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070691 | Multiprocessor system having multiport semiconductor memory device and nonvolatile memory with shared bus - A multiprocessor system employing a multiport semiconductor memory device and a nonvolatile memory having a shared bus is provided. The multiprocessor system includes a first processor; a second processor; a semiconductor memory device including a shared memory area accessed in common by the first and second processors through different ports and assigned within a memory cell array, and an internal register positioned outside the memory cell array, the internal register being configured to provide an access authority for a shared bus to the first and second processors; and a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device having first and second nonvolatile memory areas coupled corresponding to the first and second processors through the shared bus, the first and second nonvolatile memory areas being accessed by and corresponding to the first and second processors according to the access authority for the shared bus. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070692 | MULTI-BIT-PER-CELL FLASH MEMORY DEVICE WITH NON-BIJECTIVE MAPPING - To store a plurality of input bits, the bits are mapped to a corresponding programmed state of one or more memory cells and the cell(s) is/are programmed to that corresponding programmed state. The mapping may be many-to-one or may be an “into” generalized Gray mapping. The cell(s) is/are read to provide a read state value that is transformed into a plurality of output bits, for example by maximum likelihood decoding or by mapping the read state value into a plurality of soft bits and then decoding the soft bits. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070693 | INITIALIZATION OF FLASH STORAGE VIA AN EMBEDDED CONTROLLER - A digital system including flash memory, coupled to a system-on-a-chip within which a flash memory subsystem controller is embedded, is disclosed. The system-on-a-chip includes support for a standard external interface, such as a Universal Serial Bus (USB) or IEEE 1394 interface, to which a host system such as flash memory test equipment can connect. Initialization of the flash memory is effected by opening a communications channel between the host system and the embedded flash memory subsystem controller. The host system can then effect initialization of the flash memory subsystem, including formatting of the flash memory arrays, loading application programs, and the like, over the communications channel. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070694 | COMPUTER SYSTEM HAVING RAM SLOTS WITH DIFFERENT SPECIFICATIONS - A computer system is able to adopt a RAM module belonged to a first specification with a RAM slot belonged to a second specification. The computer system comprises: a RAM module belonged to the first specification, a RAM sot belonged to the second specification, and a RAM controller connected to the RAM slot. The data, derived from the RAM module and only existed in the first specification, is transmitted to the RAM controller via the N/A pins of the RAM slot when the RAM module is plugged in the RAM slot. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070695 | POWER-EFFICIENT MEMORY MANAGEMENT FOR EMBEDDED SYSTEMS - Embodiments of the invention provide a memory allocation module that adopts memory-pool based allocation and is aware of the physical configuration of the memory blocks in order to manage the memory allocation intelligently while exploiting statistical characters of packet traffic. The memory-pool based allocation makes it easy to find empty memory blocks. Packet traffic characteristics are used to maximize the number of empty memory blocks. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070696 | System and Method for Packaged Memory - In one embodiment, a memory system is disclosed. The memory system has at least one memory chip having an address and data interface coupled to an internal address and data bus, and a memory controller and interface chip also having a an address and data interface coupled to the address and data interface of the at least one memory chip via an internal address and data bus. The at least one memory chip, the memory controller and interface chip and the internal address and data bus are disposed within a common chip package. The memory controller and interface chip has an external interface configured to be coupled to a standard memory bus via external contacts of the common chip package. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070697 | Memory Controller Circuit, Electronic Apparatus Controller Device and Multifunction Apparatus - A memory controller circuit configured to control an SDRAM is provided. The memory controller circuit includes a first unit configured to accept an access request provided by one of a plurality of masters for access to a page included in the SDRAM. The memory controller circuit includes a second unit configured to record an access request period of each of the masters. The memory controller circuit includes a third unit configured to set an open period of the page on the basis of the access request period recorded in the second unit in accordance with the master having provided the access request. The third unit is configured to open the page requested to be accessed for the open period having been set. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070698 | CONTENT ADDRESSABLE STORAGE SYSTEMS AND METHODS EMPLOYING SEARCHABLE BLOCKS - In accordance with exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a content addressable data structure system may include directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) of data content that are addressed using both a user-defined search key and content of data blocks. Internal keys of retention roots of the DAGs may be derived from the user-defined search key while the remaining blocks may be content addressed. As opposed to using a content address, the user may provide the search key when retrieving and deleting DAGs retaining the data content. In addition, the internal keys may be implemented using internal content addressable storage operations, such as applying a hash function and employing a distributed hash table. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070699 | HYBRID HARD DISK DRIVE CAPABLE OF STORING FILE HAVING SPECIFIED CONDITION, A METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ADAPTED FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD - A method of controlling a hybrid hard disk drive includes receiving a write command from a host; extracting metadata of a file to be written, determining whether the metadata satisfies a predetermined set condition, and storing the file to be written in a first storage device when the metadata satisfies the set condition. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070700 | CACHE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD AND CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM INCORPORATING THE SAME - A cache management system and method and a content distribution system. In one embodiment, the cache management system includes: (1) a content request receiver configured to receive content requests, (2) a popularity lifetime prediction modeler coupled to the content request receiver and configured to generate popularity lifetime prediction models for content that can be cached based on at least some of the content requests, (3) a database coupled to the popularity lifetime prediction modeler and configured to contain the popularity lifetime prediction models and (4) a popularity lifetime prediction model matcher coupled to the content request receiver and the database and configured to match at least one content request to the popularity lifetime prediction models and control a cache based thereon. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070701 | MANAGING CACHE DATA AND METADATA - Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for ensuring that the contents of a non-volatile memory device may be relied upon as accurately reflecting data stored on disk storage across a power transition such as a reboot. For example, some embodiments of the invention provide techniques for determining whether the cache contents and/or or disk contents are modified during a power transition, causing cache contents to no longer accurately reflect data stored in disk storage. Further, some embodiments provide techniques for managing cache metadata during normal (“steady state”) operations and across power transitions, ensuring that cache metadata may be efficiently accessed and reliably saved and restored across power transitions. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070702 | UNUSED CAPACITY UTILIZATION - Disclosed is a method of operating a RAID storage system. A first capacity of a first storage device is determined. A second capacity of a second storage device that is greater than the first capacity is determined. A storage space pool comprising at least a first logical drive, a second logical drive, and a third logical drive is created. The first logical drive corresponds to the first storage device. The second logical drive corresponds to a first portion of the second storage device. The third logical drive corresponds to a second portion of the second storage device. The first portion and the second portion having at least the first capacity. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070703 | SOFTWARE TECHNIQUE FOR IMPROVING DISK WRITE PERFORMANCE ON RAID SYSTEM WHERE WRITE SIZES ARE NOT AN INTEGRAL MULTIPLE OF NUMBER OF DATA DISKS - A method, apparatus, and system of a software technique for improving disk write performance on raid system where write sizes are not an integral multiple of number of data disks are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes configuring a queue module to place an amount of data of a write operation into a data buffer module associated with a memory system if writing the amount of data to the memory system would generate a read-modify-write operation to occur, using the data buffer module to temporarily store the amount of data, writing the amount of data from the data buffer module to the memory system. The method may include algorithmically determining the amount of data to place in the data buffer module as a portion of the write operation that may cross a boundary between a striped sector unit (SSU) and/or an other SSU. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070704 | METHOD FOR REMOTE DATA BACK UP WITH DE-DUPLICATION AND RECOVERY FROM CLUSTERED SECONDARY STORAGE ARRAYS - A method, system, and apparatus a method for remote data back up with de-duplication and recovery from clustered secondary storage arrays are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes writing a set of data of a primary storage module (e.g., may be coupled to the secondary storage cluster with a fibre channel network) to a secondary storage module of a secondary storage cluster, writing an other set of data of the primary storage module to an other secondary storage module coupled to the secondary storage module, writing the set of data from the secondary storage module to the other secondary storage module of the secondary storage cluster (e.g., the other secondary storage module may contain both the set of data and the other set of data), and writing the other set of data from the other secondary storage module to the secondary storage module. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070705 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RESOLVING CONFIGURATION CONFLICTS IN RAID SYSTEMS - A software-based RAID system is provided that enables configuration conflicts to be detected and resolved between a PD that is logically present but physically missing, and a PD that is physically and logically present. In accordance with the invention, a determination is made as to whether such a configuration conflict exists, and if so, the logically-present, but physically missing, reference identifier associated with the PD is remapped to a port number that currently is not in use. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070706 | Method of Allocating Physical Volume Area to Virtualized Volume, and Storage Device - In a storage device in which physical memory areas are sequentially allocated to virtual volumes according to an access, data are divided based on data creation date and so and are stored in physical RGs. The storage device includes a memory unit including a plurality of physical RGs including a first physical RG; and a controller. The controller sequentially allocates a memory area of the first physical RG or a pool memory area including a plurality of first physical RGs to a first virtual volume based on a use order according to an access to the first virtual volume, receives a break request, and allocates the memory area of the first physical RG of the next use order or the pool memory area including the plurality of first physical RGs of the next use order to the first virtual volume according to the access to the first virtual volume after receiving the break request. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070707 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD IN PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In an IC card that stores a data file in which data of a record unit is stored in a data memory, it is determined whether a record that is requested to be accessed is shared data or not when a command that requests access to a specified record stored in the data memory is received from a reader/writer. If it is determined in the above determination step that the record specified by the command is shared data, data of a shared destination specified by data of the record is accessed as data of the record. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070708 | ARITHMETIC PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus includes a TLB storing a part of a TSB area included in a memory accessed by the apparatus. The TSB area stores an address translation pair for translating a virtual address into a physical address. The apparatus further includes a cache memory that temporarily stores the pair; a storing unit that stores a starting physical address of the pair stored in the memory unit; a calculating unit that calculates, based on the starting physical address and a virtual address to be converted, a TSB pointer used in obtaining from the TSB area a corresponding address translation pair corresponding to the virtual address to be converted; and an obtaining unit that obtains the corresponding pair from the TSB area using the TSB pointer calculated and stores the corresponding pair in the cache memory, if the corresponding pair is not retrieved from the TLB or the cache memory. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070709 | CACHE FILTERING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method and apparatus used within memory and data processing that reduces the number of references allowed in processor cache by using active rows to reject references that are less frequently used from the cache. Comparators within a memory controller are used to generate a signal indicative of a row hit or miss, which signal is then applied to one or more demultiplexers to enable or disable transfer of a memory reference to processor cache locations. The cache may be level one (L1) or level two (L2) caches including data and or instructions or some combination of L1, L2, data, and instructions. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070710 | Techniques for Cache Injection in a Processor System - A technique for performing cache injection includes monitoring addresses on a bus. Ownership of input/output data on the bus is acquired by a cache when an address on the bus (that is associated with the input/output data) corresponds to an address of a data block stored in the cache. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070711 | Techniques for Cache Injection in a Processor System Using a Cache Injection Instruction - A technique for performing cache injection includes monitoring addresses on a bus in response to a cache injection instruction. Ownership of input/output data on the bus is acquired by a cache when an address on the bus (that is associated with the input/output data) corresponds to an address of a data block associated with the cache injection instruction. | 2010-03-18 |
20100070712 | Techniques for Cache Injection in a Processor System with Replacement Policy Position Modification - A technique for performing cache injection includes monitoring, at a cache, addresses on a bus. Ownership of input/output data on the bus is then acquired by the cache when an address on the bus (that is associated with the input/output data) corresponds to an address of a data block stored in the cache. A replacement policy position of the data block is then modified (to increase a probability that the data block is consumed prior to ejection from the cache). | 2010-03-18 |