| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 710315000 | Different protocol (e.g., PCI to ISA) | 56 |
| 20080282016 | METHOD FOR EXPEDITING DATA ACCESS OF UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS STOARAGE DEVICE - A method for expediting data access of a Universal Serial Bus (USB) storage device is disclosed. In a first embodiment, a data transmission procedure without the need of sending command block wrappers (CBW) is executed if a read command for reading data of a large memory space is received, and the addresses of the read commands are continuous. In a second embodiment, several write commands of continuous addresses are stored in a buffer area and combined into a larger single request command before sending to the USB storage device, so as to reduce the number of times of sending CBW and command status wrapper (CSW) required for the data transmission. In a third embodiment, more data are read and stored in a buffer area in advance when a read command is received, such that the next command can read data from the buffer area to improve the speed of reading data. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090006709 | PCI EXPRESS INTERFACE - The present invention discloses a PCI Express interface compatible with USB interface comprising a power supply terminal and a ground terminal, in which four data terminals include two data transmitting terminals and two data receiving terminals, characterized in that the power supply terminal and the ground terminal of said interface coincide with the corresponding terminals of USB interface specification, two of said four data terminals are guaranteed to have their positions and widths overlaid with the position of terminal D+ in USB interface specification and not with the position of terminal D− in USB interface specification, and the other two data terminals are guaranteed to have their positions and widths overlaid with the position of terminal D− in USB interface specification and not with the position of terminal D+ in USB interface specification. The PCI Express interface compatible with USB interface can provide a data transmission rate up to 3 Gb/S according to PCI Express interface specification and support to the conventional USB peripheral devices without any modification on them. It further has the advantages of small-sized outline and convenience in use. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090006710 | Virtualization of a host computer's native I/O system architecture via the internet and LANs - A hardware/software system and method that collectively enables virtualization of the host computer's native I/O system architecture via the Internet and LANs. The invention includes a solution to the problems of the relatively narrow focus of iSCSI, the direct connect limitation of PCI Express, and the inaccessibility of PCI Express for expansion in blade architectures. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090037637 | MULTIUSER-MULTITASKING COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE - The present invention provides a multiuser-multitasking computer architecture, comprising a computing system comprising a chip set; an interface station connected to said computing system through a connection wire to transport data, wherein said interface station comprises a interface circuit; a monitor connected to said interface station; and an input device connected to said interface station. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090077298 | Methods and apparatus for bridged data transmission and protocol translation in a high-speed serialized data system - An apparatus for transmitting data across a high-speed serial bus includes an IEEE 802.3-compliant PHY having a GMII interface; an IEEE 1394-compliant PHY in communication with the IEEE 802.3-compliant PHY via a switch; the switch determining whether data transmission is be routed to the IEEE 802.3-compliant PHY or the IEEE 1394-compliant PHY; a first connection, the first connection for transmitting data between a device and the IEEE 802.3-compliant PHY; and a second connection, the second connection for transmitting data between a device and the IEEE 1394-compliant PHY. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090106476 | ASSOCIATION OF MULTIPLE PCI EXPRESS LINKS WITH A SINGLE PCI EXPRESS PORT - A method and apparatus for association of multiple PCI Express links with a single PCI Express port. The method includes: connecting a first bus interface component to a second bus interface component with a set of K lanes and set of N lanes, each lane of the set of K lanes and each lane of the set of N lanes consisting of a unidirectional and differentially driven transmitter signal pair and a unidirectional and differentially driven receiver signal pair, wherein K and N are independently whole positive integers equal to or greater than 1. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090198861 | Device With A USB Interface Which Can Be Used As A Time-Sharing Standard I/O Interface And A Method Thereof - The invention provides a device with a USB interface which can be used as a time-sharing standard I/O interface. The device includes a USB interface module, a status detecting module, a power extracting module and a switch module. The power extracting module is connected to the USB interface module, the switch module is connected to the USB interface module, and the status detecting module is connected to the switch module and the USB interface module. With an interface used in a time-sharing way according to the invention, the device can transfer data according to the USB protocol or standard I/O interface protocol depending on the tool used. When the data needs to be transferred according to the I/O interface protocol, there is no need to open the casing of the USB device and it is more convenient to use because the I/O interface protocol can be defined by the user. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090210607 | MANAGING PCI EXPRESS DEVICES DURING RECOVERY OPERATIONS - A PCI Express system comprising: a PCI Express adapter; and a PCI Express root complex coupled to the PCI Express adapter, the PCI root complex including: a protocol stack coupled to the PCI express adapter and configured to transmit information to and receive information from the PCI express adapter; an application specific logic module; and a fencing module coupled between the application specific logic module and the protocol stack and configured to, when in operation, block all signals from the application specific logic module from reaching the protocol stack. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090254692 | FLOW CONTROL TIMEOUT MECHANISM TO DETECT PCI-EXPRESS FORWARD PROGRESS BLOCKAGE - A method for detecting lack of forward progress in a PCI Express includes a step in which a data flow measurement is received or performed. This data flow measurement provides the capacity of the connected Switch or Endpoint device to receive data packets from a Root Complex transmit channel. An error is logged when the data flow measurement does not substantially change in a predetermined period of time. A recovery protocol is executed after logging of the error. A system implementing the method of the invention is also provided. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090271557 | Non-volatile memory storage device with high transmission rate - A non-volatile memory storage device with a virtual USB host controller and a PCIe transmission interface is disclosed. The non-volatile memory storage device is a USB client device, although data access from a host apparatus is conducted by the PCIe interface. The virtual USB host controller comprising: a set of Registers, a Finite State Machine and a virtual USB wrapper implements a high speed storage device with USB client device through the PCIe interface. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090319715 | Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual Local Storage - A storage router ( | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100030941 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONNECTING MULTIPLE IDE DEVICES TO A USB APPARATUS USING A SINGLE USB-TO-IDE ADAPTER - A single USB-to-IDE adapter ( | 02-04-2010 |
| 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. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100115173 | Bus Translator - Disclosed are methods and devices, among which is a device including a bus translator. In some embodiments, the device also includes a core module and a core bus coupled to the core module. The bus translator may be coupled to the core module via the core bus, and the bus translator may be configured to translate between signals from a selected one of a plurality of different types of buses and signals on the core bus. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100138585 | PERSONAL AREA NETWORK WITH AUTOMATIC ATTACHMENT AND DETACHMENT - A network ( | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100180063 | SERIAL PASS-THROUGH DEVICE - A host device and an accessory exchange information (e.g., commands and data) via an intermediate device. The host device and accessory can each connect to the intermediate device. The host device can exchange commands and data with the intermediate device, while the accessory device can serially exchange data with the intermediate device. The host device and the accessory can also “tunnel” information to each other through the intermediate device, by packaging the tunneled information as a payload of a command recognizable by the intermediate device; the intermediate device can repackage and forward the payload. In some embodiments, the intermediate device can control serial communication parameters between the intermediate device and the accessory in response to commands received from the host. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100191892 | Peripheral Pointing Devices And Methods For Manufacturing The Same - Embodiments of peripheral pointing devices and methods for manufacturing the same are generally described herein. In at least one embodiment, a peripheral device comprises a housing, one or more buttons at a first side of the housing, a displacement tracker at a second side of the housing, a keypad comprising keys at the second side of the housing; and a keypress restrictor coupled to the housing. Other examples, embodiments, and related methods are further described below. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100223416 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE COMPATIBLE WITH MULTIPLE INTERCONNECT STANDARDS - A data storage device comprises a data storage medium; an interface between the data storage medium and a host device configured to provide connectivity according to a plurality of storage interconnect standards. The data storage device also includes a interconnect detector configured to determine the presence of a physical connection to the host device and identify an interconnect standard of the host device, wherein the interconnect standard of the host device is one of the plurality of storage interconnect standards; and a controller configured to: receive an indication of the interconnect standard of the physical connection from the interconnect detector, receive data access commands in accordance with the interconnect standard from the host device via the connector; process the data access commands by accessing the data storage medium; and send a response to the data access commands in accordance with the interconnect standard to the host via the connector. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100235561 | DATA DIODE - A data diode comprises a USB input port coupled to a first USB to RS422 converter, which is coupled to a first serial port. A second serial port is coupled to a second USB to RS422 converter, which is coupled to a USB output port. The TX-pin of the first serial port is connected to the RX-pin of the second serial port and the TX+ pin of the first serial port is connected to the RX+ pin of the second serial port. The TX ports of the second serial port are not connected to the RX ports of the first serial port, thereby preventing reverse data flow. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100262749 | Communication Processor Board - A signal processing board including a resource board substrate, an external interface on the board substrate, adapted to receive signals for processing, at least one slot adapted to receive a plug-in module with at least one processor thereon and an interface unit adapted to at least participate in converting signals exchanged between the external interface and a processor on a module received by the slot, between a format of signals received by the external interface and a signal format of the processor. The interface unit is suitable to at least participate in the conversion for a plurality of types of processors that differ in the format in which they transmit or receive signals. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100287325 | INTEGRATING NON-PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT (PCI) RESOURCES INTO A PERSONAL COMPUTER SYSTEM - In one embodiment, the present invention includes an apparatus having an adapter to communicate according to a personal computer (PC) protocol and a second protocol. A first interface coupled to the adapter is to perform address translation and ordering of transactions received from upstream of the adapter. The first interface is coupled in turn to heterogeneous resources, each of which includes an intellectual property (IP) core and a shim, where the shim is to implement a header of the PC protocol for the IP core to enable its incorporation into the apparatus without modification. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20110035527 | Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual Local Storage - A data storage gateway and method for providing virtual local storage on remote storage devices to devices. A plurality of devices, such as workstations, are connected to a first transport medium, and a plurality of storage devices are connected to a second transport medium. The storage router maps the virtual storage to one or more storage devices connected to the second transport medium such that the one or more storage devices contain at least a portion of the virtual storage and wherein the storage router allows access from the devices connected to the first transport medium to the virtual storage using native low level block protocol. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110035528 | Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual Local Storage - A storage router and method for providing virtual local storage on remote storage devices to devices are provided. Devices are connected to a first transport medium, and a plurality of storage devices are connected to a second transport medium. In one embodiment, the storage router maintains a map to allocate storage space on the remote storage devices to devices connected to the first transport medium by associating representations of the devices connected to the first transport medium with representations of storage space on the remote storage devices, wherein each representation of a device connected to the first transport medium is associated with one or more representations of storage space on the remote storage devices and controls access from the devices connected to the first transport medium to the storage space on the remote storage devices in accordance with the map and using native low level block protocol. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110072185 | MULTI-PROTOCOL STORAGE DEVICE BRIDGE - A bridge includes a host interface via which data/commands are received from and transferred to a host, and a storage device interface via which data/commands are received from and transferred to a storage device. The bridge also includes one SDPC, a controller and a switching system that is configurable by the controller to connect the protocol converter to the host interface and the storage device interface if the storage device protocol used by the host device differs from the storage device protocol used by the storage device, and to connect the host device interface to the storage device interface, not via the bi-directional protocol converter, if the two storage device protocols are the same. The bridge may include two SDPCs, each for converting a different protocol to the host protocol and vice versa, with the switching system being configurable to switch between the two SDPCs. The bridge may omit the SDPC altogether, with the switching system being configurable to switch between connecting (1) the host device interface to the storage device interface, and (2) bypassing the storage device interface. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110072186 | PORTABLE COMPUTER CAPABLE OF CONVERTING INTERNAL STORAGE DEVICE INTO EXTERNAL STORAGE DEVICE - A portable computer capable of converting an internal storage device into an external storage device and, without being booted up, functioning as the external storage device is disclosed. The portable computer includes: an external interface connector; a switcher connected to an internal storage device, a south bridge chip, and an interface converter, and is configured to switch between the south bridge chip and the interface converter and thus allow one of the south bridge chip and the interface converter to be electrically conducted to the internal storage device; the interface converter connected to the switcher and an external interface controller to allow an interface of the external interface controller to be changed and thus be fit for use with the internal storage device; and the external interface controller connected to an interface switcher and the external interface connector and configured to process signals from the external interface connector. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110173368 | BUS TRANSLATOR - Disclosed are methods and devices, among which is a device including a bus translator. In some embodiments, the device also includes a core module and a core bus coupled to the core module. The bus translator may be coupled to the core module via the core bus, and the bus translator may be configured to translate between signals from a selected one of a plurality of different types of buses and signals on the core bus. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110197010 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING POWER AND DATA WITH ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Embodiments of a system, topology, and methods for providing power and transceiving data to electronic devices having a data interface are described generally herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110219163 | USB 3 Bridge With Embedded Hub - A bridge device for connecting a USB 3 host device with a plurality of downstream, non-USB 3 mass storage devices, such as SATA or PATA devices. The bridge device comprises an embedded hub having a plurality of internal USB 3 devices. The internal USB 3 devices do not have a physical USB 3 interface. The bridge device also has at least one downstream physical non-USB 3 device, to which a mass storage device may be attached. The internal USB 3 devices enable the host device to be presented with a plurality of USB 3 devices. This, in turn, allows transfer to the plurality of downstream physical non-USB 3 devices, via the internal USB 3 devices at an increased rate. The bridge may also include a downstream physical USB 3 interface. This can allow multiple bridge devices to be connected together in a cascade. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110264840 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING CONNECTIONS TO AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM - System and methods for improving connections to an information handling system are disclosed. An enhanced serial attached small computer system interface for an information handling system includes a receptacle which is connectable to an information handling system and a connector which is connectable to the receptacle. The connector comprises a first set of signal pins positioned on a first planar surface of the connector and a second set of signal pins positioned on a second planar surface of the connector. The second planar surface is not co-planar with the first planar surface. The connector further includes a third set of signal pins positioned on a third planar surface of the connector and the third planar surface is not co-planar with the first planar surface and the second planar surface. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110302350 | Switching interface method for a multi-interface storage device - The present invention discloses a switching interface method for multi-interface storage device having a transmission interfaces and a predetermining list that stores different priority weights for the transmission interfaces. When the storage device connects to a computer, the switching interface method is executed and one of the transmission interfaces is selected to communicate with the computer according to the priority weight in sequence. In addition, a user's interface is also provided for the user, and the user can switch other transmission interface of the multi-interface storage device to link to the computer. Therefore, the multi-interface storage device may link to most of the computers and successfully communicate with the computer. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110320675 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOWNBOUND I/O EXPANSION REQUEST AND RESPONSE PROCESSING IN A PCIe ARCHITECTURE - A system for implementing non-standard I/O adapters in a standardized I/O architecture, the system comprising an I/O hub communicatively coupled to an I/O bus and at least one I/O adapter, the I/O hub including logic for implementing a method, the method comprising receiving a request to perform an operation on the I/O adapter from a requester at a requester address, the I/O adapter at a destination address, determining that the request is in a format other than a format supported by the I/O bus, the I/O bus expecting a requester identifier at a first location in a header of the request, reformatting the request into the format supported by the I/O bus, the reformatting comprising storing the requester address, the destination address and an operation code at the first location in the header of the reformatted request, and sending the reformatted request to the I/O adapter. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120005395 | COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A HOST DEVICE AND AN ACCESSORY VIA AN INTERMEDIATE DEVICE - A host device and an accessory exchange information (e.g., commands and data) via an intermediate device. The host device and accessory can each connect to the intermediate device through a direct wired path and can exchange commands and data with the intermediate device. The host device and the accessory can also “tunnel” information to each other through the intermediate device, by packaging the tunneled information as a payload of a command recognizable by the intermediate device; the intermediate device can repackage and forward the payload. In some embodiments, the tunneled information relates to configuring a wireless link (e.g., a Bluetooth pairing) between the host device and the accessory. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120079161 | CIRCUIT FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY ANALYZING PERFORMANCE AND BUGS AND METHOD THEREOF - A circuit for simultaneously analyzing performance and bugs includes a mapping unit and a USB 3.0 data flow analyzer. The mapping unit is used for mapping commands transmitted to a USB 3.0 host through a peripheral component interconnect express and internal events of the USB 3.0 host to a packet of a USB 3.0 bus. The USB 3.0 data flow analyzer is used for analyzing performance and bugs of the USB 3.0 host through the packet of the USB 3.0 bus. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120102257 | USB-To-SATA High-Speed Bridge - A system including a first controller configured to communicate with a host via a first interface; a second controller configured to communicate with a storage device via a second interface, where the second interface is different than the first interface; and a bridge module configured to allow the second controller to transfer data between the storage device and the host and to allow the second controller to access memory of the host via the first interface during the transfer. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120110234 | MULTI-PROTOCOL BUS INTERFACE DEVICE - A bus interface device is configured to receive data from one or more devices via a bus. The bus interface device is also configured to process first data received via the bus according to a transport protocol of the bus. The bus interface device is further configured to process second data received via the bus according to a native coding/decoding (CODEC) protocol that is distinct from the transport protocol. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120117294 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AND ASSERTING BUS SPEED CONDITION IN A USB ISOLATING DEVICE - An apparatus and method for a Universal Serial Bus (USB) isolating device. An USB isolating device includes a downstream facing circuit and a upstream facing circuit. The downstream facing circuit is coupled to a peripheral device via a first pair of signals and is configured for detecting a speed at which the peripheral device is operating based on a first voltage configuration on the first pair of signals. The upstream facing circuit is coupled to the downstream facing circuit and a host/hub via a second pair of signals and is configured for communicating with the downstream facing circuit on the speed of the peripheral device and adaptively creating a second voltage configuration on the second pair of signals to facilitate the host/hub to adapt to the speed of the peripheral device. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120131255 | MULTI-PORT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROUTING A DATA ELEMENT WITHIN AN INTERCONNECTION FABRIC - A method and structure(s) for providing a data path between and among nodes and processing elements within an interconnection fabric are described. More specifically, a device comprising a first circuit configured to couple between a first bus and a link is described. The circuit may be configured to operate as a bridge, support PCI configuration cycles, send outgoing information serially through the link in a format different from that of the first bus, and allow a host processor, communicating through the first bus, to selectively address one or more remote devices to which the device is configured to allow access. In some embodiments, the first circuit may support “spoof-proof” data protocols, and the device may operate in multiple modes including root bridge, leaf bridge, and gateway mode. Multiple addressing models may also be used. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120166701 | MECHANISM FOR FACILITATING A CONFIGURABLE PORT-TYPE PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT EXPRESS/SERIAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ATTACHMENT HOST CONTROLLER ARCHITECTURE - A mechanism for facilitating configuration of port-type Peripheral Component Interconnect Express/Serial Advanced Technology Attachment host controller architecture is described. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a plurality of PHYs to be used as Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) ports and Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) ports, and logic to facilitate swapping of one or more of the plurality of PHYs between being the PCIe ports and the SATA ports. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120210038 | EXTERNAL BRIDGE SYSTEM - An external bridge system includes a host interface, a first device interface and a second device interface, which uses a communication protocol different from that of the first device interface. A bridge controller translates signals compliant with the communication protocol of a host to or from signals compliant with the communication protocol of the first or second device. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120311222 | IMPLEMENTING DEVICE PHYSICAL LOCATION IDENTIFICATION IN SERIAL ATTACHED SCSI (SAS) FABRIC USING RESOURCE PATH GROUPS - A method and controller for implementing device physical location identification in a Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) fabric using resource path groups, and a design structure on which the subject controller circuit resides are provided. The device physical location identification includes a Resource Path Group (RPG). Each RPG provides a unique persistent physical locator of a storage device in the system. Each RPG including at least two Resource Paths (RPs) and each RP has a fixed size identifying a type and a series of egress ports. A persistent RPG is stored within the device metadata on the storage device. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120311223 | INFORMATION SYSTEM - An information system includes a configuration controller board having a capability to set, to each I/O bus bridge device in the alternative I/O board, the logical bus number set in corresponding I/O bus bridge device in the failed I/O board | 12-06-2012 |
| 20130103877 | APPARATUS AND METHODS TO COMMUNICATIVELY COUPLE FIELD DEVICES TO CONTROLLERS IN A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM - A disclosed example system includes a termination panel, and a shared bus on the termination panel. The shared bus is to removably receive a plurality of bases that removably receive modules to communicate with field devices, and communicatively couple the modules to an input/output card to exchange communications between the modules and a controller that is in communication with the input/output card via a second bus. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130111100 | Device Charging Over USB Using a Plurality of Handshakes | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130173838 | BRIDGE BETWEEN A PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT EXPRESS INTERFACE AND A UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS 3.0 DEVICE - A bridge includes a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express interface supporting at least two lanes, an Extensible Host Controller Interface, and a Universal Serial Bus 3.0 root hub. The Peripheral Component Interconnect Express interface is used for coupling to a host. Each lane of the at least two lanes provides a highest data transmission speed. The Extensible Host Controller Interface is coupled to the Peripheral Component Interconnect Express interface for storing data transmitted by the Peripheral Component Interconnect Express interface. The Universal Serial Bus 3.0 root hub includes a first controller and a second controller. The first controller and the second controller are used for controlling data transmission of four ports, and a highest data transmission speed provided by each port of the four ports is not more than the highest data transmission speed provided by the lane. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130254451 | GENERAL INPUT/OUTPUT ARCHITECTURE, PROTOCOL AND RELATED METHODS TO IMPLEMENT FLOW CONTROL - An enhanced general input/output communication architecture, protocol and related methods are presented. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130254452 | GENERAL INPUT/OUTPUT ARCHITECTURE, PROTOCOL AND RELATED METHODS TO IMPLEMENT FLOW CONTROL - An enhanced general input/output communication architecture, protocol and related methods are presented. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20140149630 | APPARATUS AND METHODS TO COMMUNICATIVELY COUPLE FIELD DEVICES TO CONTROLLERS IN A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM - A disclosed example apparatus includes a termination panel, a shared bus on the termination panel, and a plurality of bases on the termination panel along the shared bus. Each of the bases is to removably receive modules that are to communicate with field devices. Each of the bases includes first and second physical interfaces. The first physical interface is to be communicatively coupled to different types of the field devices and to exchange communications with one or more of the field devices via a plurality of different communication protocols. The second physical interface is to communicatively couple the removably receivable modules to the shared bus to communicate with a controller via the shared bus. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140156905 | System and Method for Intelligent Platform Management Interface Keyboard Controller Style Interface Multiplexing - An information handling system includes a processing node, an input/output (I/O) module coupled to the processing node via a high bandwidth interface, and a service processor coupled to the I/O module via a multi-master interface. A transaction between the processing node and the service processor that is targeted to a low pin count (LPC) bus is executed between the processing node and the service processor via the high bandwidth interface and the multi-master interface. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20150067227 | SIGNAL ADAPTOR, SIGNAL RECEIVING CIRCUIT AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A signal relaying circuit includes an input interface arranged for receiving an input signal; a DisplayPort (DP) output interface arranged for outputting a DP-like signal, where the input interface and the DP output interface correspond to different interface standards; and a relaying circuit coupled between the input interface and the DP output interface, arranged for relaying the input signal to the DP output interface according to the characteristics of channels, so as to generate the DP-like signal. A signal receiving circuit, signal relaying method and signal receiving method are also disclosed. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150127876 | APPARATUS AND METHODS TO COMMUNICATIVELY COUPLE FIELD DEVICES TO CONTROLLERS IN A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM - A disclosed example apparatus includes a first interface to be communicatively coupled to one of a first field device or a second field device. The first interface communicates using a first fieldbus communication protocol when coupled to the first field device and communicates using a second fieldbus communication protocol when coupled to the second field device. The example apparatus includes a communication processor to encode first information received from the one of the first field device or the second field device for communication via a bus using a third communication protocol. The example apparatus includes a second interface communicatively coupled to the communication processor and the bus to communicate the first information to a controller in the process control system. The bus is to use the third communication protocol to communicate second information received from the other one of the first field device or the second field device. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150134873 | Protocol Neutral Fabric - An embodiment integrates non-PCI compliant devices with PCI compliant operating systems. A fabric system mimics the behavior of PCI. When non-PCI compliant devices do not know how to respond to PCI enumeration, embodiments provide a PCI enumeration reply and thus emulate a reply that would typically come from a PCI compliant device during emulation. Embodiments allow system designers to incorporate non-standard fabric structures with the benefit of still using robust and mature PCI infrastructure found in modern PCI compliant operating systems. More generally, embodiments allow an operating system compliant with a first standard (but not a second standard) to discover and communicate with a device that is non-compliant with the first standard (but possibly is compliant with the second standard). Other embodiments are described herein. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150312174 | HYBRID DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND RELATED HYBRID SYSTEM - A hybrid data transmission method includes broadcasting a request via a first channel from a first host device, wherein the request comprises Internet protocol (IP) address information; replying to the request with a hardware address and a bus identity of a second host device via the first channel according to the IP address information when the second host device receives the request; transmitting the hardware address and the bus identity to a second interface controller when a first interface controller receives the hardware address and the bus identity; setting a second channel according to the hardware address and the bus identity when the second interface controller receives the hardware address and the bus identity; and transmitting a plurality of data packets between the first host device and the second host device via the second channel. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20160018878 | Methods and Systems for Multiple Bus Generator and Load Control - Multiple bus generator and load control monitoring system for electrical switchgear is provided. In one arrangement, the system is designed to allow for the increased functionality of a single bus system to be used in multiple bus systems wherein the multiple buses are separated or combined together to act as a single bus. Each bus within the multiple bus system may be able to utilize increased functionality of a typical generator bus and load control system independently if separated. Separate bus structures may be separated by some sort of isolation device, for example: a circuit breaker, transfer switch, or the like. If the bus segments are connected together via isolation devices, then the combination of the overall connected bus structure will act as a single entity, while containing enhanced automation functions. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160048329 | STORAGE SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING OPERATION REQUEST - According to a storage system, method, and apparatus for processing an operation request provided by embodiments of the present invention, a controller directly encapsulates a SCSI protocol operation request into an Ethernet operation request packet at the MAC layer instead of using the TCP/IP protocol layer and a disk enclosure decapsulates the Ethernet operation request to obtain the SCSI protocol operation request and sends the SCSI protocol operation request to a target disk, thereby reducing layers of encapsulation, reducing a processing delay of the storage system, and improving performance of the storage system. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160154764 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE ASSEMBLY | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160188525 | APPARATUS WITH CONFIGURABLE SERIAL PORTS - An apparatus for an aircraft receives and transmits data related to the aircraft. The apparatus includes at least one serial interface, a memory location, a plurality of interface protocols stored in the memory location and logic in communication with the memory location. The logic is configured to be encoded with at least one of the plurality of interface protocols according to data at the serial interface. | 06-30-2016 |
