| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 710064000 | Via common units and peripheral-specific units | 19 |
| 20080222327 | VERTICAL ADAPTERS AND VERTICAL DEVICE FOR MOUNTING TO A HORIZONTAL SERVICE INTERFACE - A vertical device for mounting to a host having a horizontal surface with an upwardly oriented host service interface providing a mechanical service and at least one electrical service as well as an adapter for mounting a vertical device to a host of this type. The device or adapter has a main body with a horizontal portion and a vertical portion extending generally downwardly from the horizontal portion. A device service interface extends downwardly from the horizontal portion for engagement with the host service interface. At least one functionality is provided on the vertical portion of the vertical device or the adapter. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20090106464 | Interface Device for Printing From a Host to an Imaging Apparatus Having a Pictbridge Port - An interface device is configured for printing from a host having a communications port to an imaging apparatus having a PictBridge port for receiving print data from a camera. The host includes an operating system having a spool subsystem. The interface device includes an input port configured to communicatively connect to the communications port; an output port configured to communicatively connect to the PictBridge port; and a controller interconnecting the input port and the output port. The controller is configured to execute program instructions to print from the host via the communications port to the imaging apparatus via the PictBridge port in real time using an output of the spool subsystem. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090113091 | Digital Arts and Crafts Computer Peripheral Toy Device - A computer peripheral toy device is provided that connects to a personal computer and enables a child user to create drawings, animated figures, cards, posters, and other projects and items. The device includes a housing having a drawing tablet and a stylus that connects to the housing for use on the drawing tablet. There a plurality of buttons on the top surface of the housing that a user depresses when engaging in a drawing activity. Computer software is provided for installation on the personal computer in order to display data associated with a drawing activity. When executed by the computer, the computer software causes the computer to respond to the messages received from the controller to engage in a drawing activity using drawing style parameters based on which of the drawing style buttons, color palette buttons and design tool buttons are selected by a user. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090150579 | WIRE CONNECTION ASSEMBLY FOR CONNECTING A COMPUTER MAINFRAME WITH AN EXTERNAL DEVICE - A wire connection assembly for connecting a computer mainframe and an external device includes an arranging portion, a connector, a wire winder, and a signal control panel. The arranging portion, the wire winder, and the signal control panel are compatible to a computer mainframe, and the connector is compatible to the arranging portion, wherein the wire winder can reel in or release a signal transmission cable therein, an end of the signal transmission cable connects to the connector, and the other end connects to the signal control panel. The connector has an installing portion which is installable to or detachable from the compatible arranging portion, an electrical connection is provided through the installation between the connector and the external device and through the wire winder the connector can be dragged away from a computer mainframe and remains connected. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090164675 | KVM SWITCH WITH A REMOTE CONTROL INCORPORATING A MEMORY CARD ADAPTER - A compact KVM switch with a remote selection control device that incorporates a memory card adapter is described. The KVM switch is adapted to connect two or more computers to a set of user interface devices, and is designed to dangle from a cable plugged into one of the user interface devices such as the monitor. The remote control is connected to the KVM switch housing by a thin cable and readily accessible by the user to conveniently select the computer to be connected to and managed by the user interface devices. A memory card adapter is provided on the remote control device and can be accessed by the currently selected computer. In one example, the remote control device has a disk shape with a selection button on its front face, and the memory card adapter has a card slot opening on the side of the disk shape. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090198846 | INPUT/OUTPUT INTERFACE AND DEVICE ABSTRACTION - An electronic Input/Output Interface and device abstraction system used in gaming machines includes: a game central processing unit (game “CPU”); an intelligent input/output controller board (“IOCB”); an Industry Standard Architecture PC bus (“ISA” bus); and a framed message transport protocol. The IOCB facilitates communications between the game CPU and virtual device services, which are peripheral devices associated with the gaming system. The game CPU communicates to gaming peripherals by sending virtual device messages across the ISA bus to the IOCB. The IOCB routes virtual device messages to appropriate virtual device services. Virtual device services are responsible for handling specific hardware, and include virtual device drivers on the game CPU that communicate with virtual devices on the IOCB. Use of the IOCB and the high speed interface enables the game CPU to use more of its available functions for controlling gaming functions rather than one operation of its associated peripheral devices. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090210590 | PERIPHERAL MODULE REGISTER ACCESS METHODS AND APPARATUS - An embodiment of an electronic system includes a processing element, a bus controller, and a peripheral module. The processing element executes machine readable code for performing a data transfer of an x-bit wide data value between the processing element and the peripheral module. Performing the data transfer includes providing a processing element-provided address corresponding to a y-bit wide data register of the peripheral module, where y is less than x. The bus controller receives the processing element-provided address, and in response, performs a series of multiple data transfers with the peripheral module. This includes providing a first peripheral address for a first data transfer of the series, and providing at least one different peripheral address for at least one other data transfer of the series. The peripheral module maps the first peripheral address and the at least one different peripheral address to the y-bit wide data register. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090265488 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING KEYBOARD-VIDEO-MOUSE (KVM) INFORMATION - Device, system and method of communicating Keyboard-Video-Mouse (KVM) information. For example, a switch may include a plurality of KVM over Ethernet (KVM/Ethernet) modules to communicate KVM data over Ethernet communications; and a router to route the Ethernet communications between the plurality of KVM/Ethernet modules and one or more remote consoles. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090287863 | REAL TIME DATA INTERFACE - The present invention relates to a device, system and method for controlling a data acquisition device and inserting the acquired data into the memory of an electronic device with minimal buffering of the data. An interface device, separate from the electronic device and capable of highly accurate timing, controls a data acquisition device. This interface device provides an interface between real time data and non real time operating system running on the electronic device. By sending data to a non-real time system in a near real-time manner, the non-real time system can continue the processing of the data either in near real time, or it can store the data for later processing. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20100262731 | Integrated Access Cable - An improved integrated access cable for a Keyboard, mouse and video (KVM) system which integrates the functions of the interface module for KVM interface into servers into a VGA connecter. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100262732 | PERIPHERAL INTERFACE - The present invention relates to a peripheral interface, capable of being installed in a peripheral device to provide an operation interface, the peripheral interface having: a digital processor; a computer host input port; an input interface; and a display unit; wherein the peripheral device can receive at least one operation option entry from the input interface or the computer host. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20110113167 | Command Queue for Peripheral Component - In an embodiment, a peripheral component configured to control an external interface of an integrated circuit. For example, the peripheral component may be a memory interface unit such as a flash memory interface unit. The internal interface to the peripheral component may be shared between data transfers to/from the external interface and control communications to the peripheral component. The peripheral component may include a command queue configured to store a set of commands to perform a transfer on the interface. A control circuit may be coupled to the command queue and may read the commands and communicate with an interface controller to cause a transfer on the interface responsive to the commands. In an embodiment, a macro memory may store command sequences to be performed in response to a macro command in the command queue. In an embodiment, an operand queue may store operand data for use by the commands. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110145451 | ISOLATED MULTI-NETWORK COMPUTER SYSTEM AND APPARATUS - The present invention presents apparatuses and systems for operating multiple computers from a single console using a secured KVM device, while preventing information leakage between the computers. The system comprises several hosts connected through a secured KVM device to keyboard and mouse and one or more user displays. Secured KVM enables standard bi-directional communication between Secured KVM and user keyboard and mouse and between hosts peripheral ports and Secured KVM. Secured KVM physically enforces unidirectional data flow from attached keyboard and mouse to attached hosts peripheral ports to avoid potential leakages between hosts. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110191510 | WIRELESS HUMAN INTERFACE DEVICE (HID) COORDINATION - A method relating to wireless human interface device (HID) coordination is disclosed. A first human interface device (HID) is wirelessly coupled to two or more computing devices, wherein the first HID is configured to toggle between interactions with each of the two or more computing devices. An inquiry or paging message is broadcast to one or more HIDs, including a second HID wirelessly coupled to the two or more computing devices, wherein the second HID is configured to receive and provide a response to the inquiry or paging message. The second HID is located based on the response to the inquiry or paging message. A wireless link is established between the first HID and the second HID based on the identifying, wherein the first HID is configured to coordinate, via the wireless link, interactions with the two or more computing devices by both the first HID and the second HID based on the toggle. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110320652 | CONTROLLING ACCESS BY A CONFIGURATION TO AN ADAPTER FUNCTION - Access to an input/output adapter by a configuration is controlled. For each requested access to an adapter, checks are made to determine whether the configuration is authorized to access the adapter. If it is not authorized, then access is denied. If it is authorized, but access should be temporarily blocked, then instruction execution is altered to indicate such. If access is permitted, but should be blocked for another reason (other than temporarily), then access is denied. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120191884 | PROVIDING VIRTUAL FUNCTIONS AFTER AN INPUT/OUTPUT ADAPTER IS MOVED FROM A FIRST LOCATION TO A SECOND LOCATION - A computer implemented method includes identifying a hardware input/output adapter in a first physical slot location. The computer implemented method includes determining that the hardware input/output adapter is capable of hosting a plurality of virtual functions in the first physical slot location. The computer implemented method also includes selecting a group identifier that is unassociated with another physical slot location. The computer implemented method includes associating the group identifier with the first physical slot location of the hardware input/output adapter. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120260012 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR MEDICAL DEVICE INTERFACE CONNECTIVITY - Certain examples provide systems, apparatus, and methods for adaptive, dynamic medical device connectivity. In an example, a medical device interface system includes a device interface connecting a medical device to a client system and enabling exchange of data between the medical device and the client system, the device interface includes a plug and play detector detecting a connection of the medical device to the device interface and a serial agent gathering information from the medical device via a connection between the medical device and the device interface and selecting an appropriate device driver to operate and interact with the medical device connected to the device interface regardless of a presence or absence of an existing plug and play capability of the medical device. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20130275633 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING ACCESSORY IN TERMINAL AND TERMINAL SUPPORTING THE SAME - A method and a system for operating an accessory in a terminal capable of variously differentiating key input signals transceived between a portable terminal and an accessory, and a terminal supporting the same, are provided. The system for operating an accessory device in a terminal includes the terminal including a Universal Serial Bus (USB) port and an ear jack port, and the accessory device configured to simultaneously connect with the USB port and the ear jack port of the terminal, and to transfer a signal corresponding to a key input signal to the terminal through the USB port and the ear jack port. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20140325099 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATION CONTROL METHOD - Provided is a technology whereby linking operations and user convenience in operations after cable connection between electronic devices are improved. A main device and an external device are connected by a cable. The main device includes a control circuit, a display circuit, a display unit, a communication circuit, a storage device, and a connector with an insertion detection terminal attached thereto. The control circuit, in addition to handling overall control of each of the constituent elements, executes content reproduction control and the like, or acquires user instructions from user interfaces such as buttons and performs the desired operation. The control circuit also acquires connection detection information relating to the cable from an insertion detection circuit, and performs an operation (operation A or operation B) matching the sequence in which the cable is connected. | 10-30-2014 |
