Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080222346 | Selectively utilizing a plurality of disparate solid state storage locations - A method for selectively utilizing a plurality of disparate solid state storage locations is disclosed. The technology initially receives class types for a plurality of disparate solid state storage locations. The characteristics of the received data are determined. The received data is then allocated to one of the plurality of disparate solid state storage locations based upon the determined characteristics of the received data. | 09-11-2008 |
20090077671 | PROTECTION OF SOFTWARE ON PORTABLE MEDIUM - A portable rewritable medium and a method are provided for preventing unauthorized use of executable software stored on the portable rewritable medium. A portion of the software stored on the portable rewritable medium may include instructions for a processing device to determine whether execution of the executable software is permitted. If execution of the executable software is permitted, the processing device may execute the executable software directly from the portable rewritable medium. Characteristics of the portable rewritable medium may be checked to determine whether functionality of the executable software is to be limited. | 03-19-2009 |
20090083763 | REMOTE CONTROL OF COMPUTING DEVICES VIA TWO DISPARATE NETWORKS - An inter-network remote control system is described that enables remote control of computing devices via two or more disparate data communications networks. In various embodiments, the inter-network remote control system receives a message from a mobile device via a first network, transforms the received message so that it can be relayed via a second network, and forwards the transformed message via the second network to a target computing device to cause that device to be controlled remotely. | 03-26-2009 |
20090249052 | BOOTING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING FLASH MEMORY AND A LIMITED FUNCTION MEMORY CONTROLLER - A BIOS may provide bad block and wear-leveling services to a flash memory during a boot cycle until a full-functioned memory controller, such as a software memory controller, is available. After the full-functioned memory controller is available, the controller may use data passed by the BIOS to determine what, if any, steps to take to account for write activity during the boot process. Alternatively, the BIOS may use a reserved portion of flash memory so that wear leveling for boot-related data, such as a shut-down flag, is not needed. | 10-01-2009 |
20090254898 | CONVERTING A DEVICE FROM ONE SYSTEM TO ANOTHER - Re-purposing a computer from one operating system to another is both simplified and made less susceptible to error by moving original system firmware to a backup location and then installing both new firmware and the new operating system in one process. Because the original firmware is maintained and accessible, should the new firmware, for example, a BIOS, fail, the original firmware can be restored and the process restarted. To assist in the seamless change from one operating system to another, an inventory of computer assets may be used to built an installation program and removable memory for use in the upgrade. | 10-08-2009 |
20100095083 | SELECTIVELY UTILIZING A PLURALITY OF DISPARATE SOLID STATE STORAGE LOCATIONS - A method for selectively utilizing a plurality of disparate solid state storage locations is disclosed. The technology initially receives class types for a plurality of disparate solid state storage locations. The characteristics of the received data are determined. The received data is then allocated to one of the plurality of disparate solid state storage locations based upon the determined characteristics of the received data. | 04-15-2010 |
20100114954 | REALTIME POPULARITY PREDICTION FOR EVENTS AND QUERIES - A system, media, and method for realtime popularity prediction for event and queries are provided. The popularity prediction is made by a prediction engine that is coupled to a search engine, a crawler, and a sentiment component. The prediction engine determines a change in popularity for an event or a query based on content provided by the crawler, sentiments identified by the sentiment component, and queries received in realtime by the search engine. The prediction engine may also use the content, sentiments, and queries to predict an outcome for a popularity based event. | 05-06-2010 |
20100180210 | Multi-User Multi-Input Desktop Workspaces And Applications - Multi-user multi-input desktop workspaces and applications are described. In one aspect, a single computing device presents multiple workspaces on a desktop area. The desktop area is designed for multiple users to provide in parallel inputs. Each workspace is configured for use by a particular set of users. Responsive to user direction, user access restrictions to a particular workspace of the multiple workspaces is suspended to allow a new user to interface within context of a particular workspace. | 07-15-2010 |
20120047323 | BOOT MANAGEMENT OF NON-VOLATILE MEMORY - A BIOS may provide bad block and wear-leveling services to a flash memory during a boot cycle until a full-functioned memory controller, such as a software memory controller, is available. After the full-functioned memory controller is available, the controller may use data passed by the BIOS to determine what, if any, steps to take to account for write activity during the boot process. Alternatively, the BIOS may use a reserved portion of flash memory so that wear leveling for boot-related data, such as a shut-down flag, is not needed. | 02-23-2012 |
20120110264 | SELECTIVELY UTILIZING A PLURALITY OF DISPARATE SOLID STATE STORAGE LOCATIONS - A method for selectively utilizing a plurality of disparate solid state storage locations is disclosed. The technology initially receives class types for a plurality of disparate solid state storage locations. The characteristics of the received data are determined. The received data is then allocated to one of the plurality of disparate solid state storage locations based upon the determined characteristics of the received data. | 05-03-2012 |
20130166543 | CLIENT-BASED SEARCH OVER LOCAL AND REMOTE DATA SOURCES FOR INTENT ANALYSIS, RANKING, AND RELEVANCE - A search engine that resides on a local computer to enable query intent analysis, results ranking, and relevance processing over data of both local and remote data sources. The architecture also employs a global access component, which is a unified interface to disparate data discovery paradigms. The global access component provides access to corresponding disparate datasets of the paradigms for creating aggregation of information. A local search engine creates the aggregations of information from the disparate datasets via the global access component and processes a query against the aggregations of information to return search results. | 06-27-2013 |