08th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 68 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100049823 | Initial copyless remote copy - Embodiments of the invention reduce the traffic between datacenters during initial remote copy. In one embodiment, a computer system comprises a first datacenter including a first source volume and a second datacenter including a second source volume. Prior to establishment of remote copy of deployed volumes between the first datacenter and the second datacenter, the first source volume of the first datacenter and the second source volume of the second datacenter have identical source objects. During establishment of remote copy, the first datacenter replicates the source object in the first source volume to a first target volume, the second datacenter replicates the source object in the second source volume to a second target volume, and a first replicated object in the first target volume and a second replicated object in the second target volume are related to each other by remote copy with no copying therebetween. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049824 | Providing Remote Access to Multimedia Content - Remote access to multimedia content is provided to hardware devices that have been predesignated as approved. For example, a customer premises equipment (CPE) device such as a set-top box may transmit digital television content to a mobile telephone. The multimedia content may be simulcast to multiple remote hardware devices by the CPE device. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049825 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTENT PLAYBACK DEVICE, CONTENT ACQUISITION METHOD, CONTENT LOCATION NOTIFICATION METHOD, CONTENT ACQUISITION PROGRAM, AND CONTENT USE SYSTEM - A mobile electronic device includes a communication unit connected to a network to which one or more content playback devices and one or more content holding devices are connected, a location query request sending unit that sends to the content playback devices on the network a location query request about content being played back by a content playback device connected to the network, a location query response receiving unit that receives a location query response about the content through the communication unit via the network in accordance with the location query request, a provision request sending unit that sends a provision request for providing the content through the communication unit to a content holding device that holds the content in accordance with the received location query response, and a content receiving unit that receives the content through the communication unit via the network in accordance with the provision request. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049826 | IN-VEHICLE MULTIMEDIA REAL-TIME COMMUNICATIONS - Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for providing an in-vehicle, multimedia, real-time communication system. According to one embodiment, a system for providing in-vehicle communication services can comprise a communications network and a vehicle user agent communicatively coupled with the first communications network, wherein the vehicle user agent publishes one or more published presence attributes. A Service Delivery Platform (SDP) can be communicatively coupled with the communications network. The SDP can provide a presence service adapted to receive the one or more published presence attributes from the vehicle user agent and update a presence profile for the vehicle user agent based on the received presence attributes. The presence attributes can comprise at least one attribute indicating information other than presence information and to provide one or more telco functions to the vehicle user agent. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049827 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AGGREGATING AND PROVIDING AUDIO AND VISUAL PRESENTATIONS VIA A COMPUTER NETWORK - A method for providing content via a computer network and computing device, which may include: storing data associated with and indicative of a plurality of presentations; receiving a request to host an audio presentation; receiving and storing data associated with the requested audio presentation; initiating and recording one or more telephone calls; and, presenting at least a portion of the stored data for selection by the computing device; wherein, selection causes the stored data indicative of the selected audio/visual or audio presentation to be provided to the computing device for playback thereby via the computer network. The method may include storing data associated with and indicative of a first plurality of presentations; storing data associated with a plurality of second presentation feeds: automatically and periodically accessing each of the feeds; and aggregating each of the presentations for delivery via the computer network. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049828 | RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAM CAUSING COMPUTER TO PERFORM DATA TRANSFER - A data sending apparatus, on sending data to a receiving apparatus, searches its storage for a transmission method to the receiving apparatus. After sending data to the receiving apparatus, the sending apparatus receives from the receiving apparatus a transmission result including a transmission condition and capabilities of the receiving apparatus. When an error occurs during the data transmission, the sending apparatus reads the communication and processing capabilities of the receiving apparatus from the transmission result, and resends the data by a transmission method in accordance with the receiving apparatus. It then acquires the transmission result and stores the same in the storage. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049829 | INFORMATION TERMINAL - The present invention provides mobile terminals with various types of services such as electronic commerce service, music delivery service, and position information service. User applications required for the electronic commerce service, music delivery service, and position information service are respectively configured as service objects each having a server facility, and further a local gateway is provided, whereby various types of services can be used through a browser. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049830 | High Availability Network System - A communication system adapted for a vehicle includes a network for communication between at least two communication interfaces respectively connected to a first controller which manages/runs a control application and a second controller which also manages/runs the control application. The communication interfaces have, per controller, at least one communication port from which a communication link is possible. The communication link is a PLC (Power Line Communication) link having at least two electrically conductive links connected to each of the respective communication ports through at least one coupling transformer, for a control application transmission between the two communication interfaces. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049831 | HOME NETWORK USING WIRELESS MODULE - Methods and apparatus for implementing a home network including a wireless module. In one implementation, a home network includes: two or more host devices, where at least one host device includes a wireless module port, and where the host devices are connected in a local network; and a wireless module connected to the wireless module port of a host device, where the wireless module provides a wireless connection to an external network; where at least one host device is a consumer appliance. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049832 | COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR PROVIDING VIDEO CONTENT TO A TARGET SYSTEM - A method for providing video content to a target system, the method including: acquiring multiple groups of frames from a stream of frames; processing each group of frames out of the multiple groups of frames to provide a video file; and transmitting the video file to the target system; wherein the acquiring, processing and transmitting partially overlap. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049833 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR MODIFYING AN ENDPOINT REFERENCE REPRESENTING A WEB SERVICE ENDPOINT - WS-Addressing EndpointReferences represent Web service endpoints and are propagated in the SOAP Envelope as part of Web service interactions. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049834 | FILE TRANSFER METHOD AND FILE TRANSFER SYSTEM - A file transfer method and a file transfer system are provided for making it possible to minimize aggregate waiting time of the whole users for data transfer using a multicast protocol. In the file transfer method of transferring a plurality of program files from a recorder storing a plurality of program files via a network to a plurality of mobile terminals using a multicast protocol, the recorder determines order of transfers of the plurality of program files for the purpose of transferring the plurality of program files in order of digital data files, which is the ascending order of file size of the plurality of program files (step S | 2010-02-25 |
20100049835 | Portable Media Player as a Remote Control - A portable multimedia player is used to wirelessly access and control a media server that is streaming digital media by way of a wireless interface to a media unit such as a stereo/speakers in the case of streaming digital audio. In one embodiment, the portable multimedia player is wirelessly synchronized to a selected one(s) of a number of digital media files stored on the media server in such a way that digital media file metadata (song title, author, etc.) associated with the selected digital media file(s) only is transferred from the media server to be stored in the portable media player. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049836 | AUTOMATIC CONFIGURATION INFORMATION GENERATION FOR DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - A method and system for configuring information for a distributed computing environment is provided. The method and system comprises providing a job containing a list of tasks to a controller, the tasks including a bootstrap tool and configuration information related to the computer network. The method and system also comprises providing a task to each of a plurality of agents on the distributed computer network, each task being based on one of the tasks of the job. The method and system further comprises executing code by each of the plurality of agents based upon the tasks process, wherein the code provides configuration information for a master process and a plurality of slave processes within the distributed computer network. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049837 | NETWORK EQUIPMENT CONFIGURATION METHOD, NETWORK EQUIPMENT NETWORK SYSTEM - A network equipment configuration method, network equipment, and a network system are provided. The network equipment receives configuration information. The configuration information comprises an identifier of a configuration template to be called and configuration parameters. The network equipment calls a configuration template that is locally pre-stored and identified by the configuration template identifier and puts the configuration parameters into the configuration template, so that the network equipment is configured. The configuration template is based on an extensible markup language (XML). The technical solutions in which the embodiments are applied may reduce configuration codes that need to be delivered for each configuration and decrease information redundancy of interactions between a management user and the network equipment for each configuration, so as to increase a configuration efficiency of the network equipment. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049838 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATICALLY REGISTERING NEW MACHINES IN A SOFTWARE PROVISIONING ENVIRONMENT - A provisioning server can be configured to include an inventory module. The inventory module can be configured to automatically detect new target machines that are connected to the provisioning environment. Once detected, the inventory module can be configured to determine identification information for the detected target machines. The identification information can include information that uniquely identifies the detected machines and information describing the detected machines. The inventory module can be configured to enter the identification information in an inventory of machines in the provisioning environment. Once registered, the provisioning server can perform provisioning processes on the detected machines. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049839 | RAPID DEPLOYMENT REMOTE NETWORK MONITOR - A method and apparatus for imaging a network monitor. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving information concerning a customer network to be monitored by a network monitor, and selecting a bootable image for the network monitor using the network information. The bootable image contains network monitoring software and an operating system, and can be booted on any computing device of the customer network. The method further includes providing the bootable image of the network monitor to a requester, and then receiving a fixed IP address of the network monitor from a computing device on the customer network that is designated to host the network monitor. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049840 | Method For Automatically Re-Connecting Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) Web User Interface (UI) - The present invention relates to a method for automatically re-connecting customer premises equipment (CPE) web user interfaces (UIs), capable of continuously sending a login request to a HTTP server to reduce the time for the user to wait, the method comprising: inserting a frame into a web page in a system to be re-connected and logged in; requesting a HTTP server to send a new web page through the frame after a customer premises equipment (CPE) completes software update and receives a response requesting the system to reboot; issuing a re-login request if the new web page is received, indicating the HTTP server has been started up and a new connection is made; and logging in the system. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049841 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY COMMISSIONING NETWORK DEVICE - A method and system for automatically commissioning network devices are provided. The method includes: finding a network device to be commissioned; determining whether to commission the network device according to the ID of the network device or a subscriber's requirements; and commissioning the network device if required. With the present invention, a remote commissioning system may be used to automatically implement subsequent commissioning; no cooperation between commissioning personnel and installation personnel is required; and no commissioning technician needs to be on site. This greatly shortens the commissioning time of network devices and improves the commissioning efficiency. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049842 | Computing Environment Arranged to Support Predetermined URL Patterns - A computing environment for hosting web services and applications is disclosed. The computing resources of the computing environment can be managed, controlled or utilized to facilitate improved hosting of web services, such as hosting of websites. According to one aspect, Universal Resource Locators (URLs) can be programmatically defined and utilized to centralize URL descriptions which can be utilized by the computing resources. According to another aspect, customized load balancing can be provided for the computing environment. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049843 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR DELETING BEARER OF INTERNET PROTOCOL CONNECTION IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for deleting bearers of an IP connection in a communication system includes: deleting bearers of a first IP connection and the corresponding connection channels of the bearers; determining whether an IP address of a UE is associated with a bearer among bearers of a second IP connection; and preserving the IP address of the UE if the IP address of the UE is determined to be associated with the bearer among bearers of the second IP connection. Additionally, a system and a device for deleting bearers of an IP connection in the communication system are provided. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049844 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THEREOF - In order to identify a wireless device that is not under management in a wireless communication network, a management apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information from the wireless terminal; a storage unit configured to correlate and store the wireless base station detected by the wireless terminal and a wireless terminal wirelessly connected to this wireless base station; a deriving unit configured to derive a wireless base station which does not have a wireless connection with a wireless terminal; a requesting unit configured to request a wireless terminal for transmission of data that has passed through this wireless base station; and a determination unit which, if requested data that has passed through the wireless base station from the wireless terminal has not been received, is configured to determine that this wireless base station is a wireless base station that is not under management. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049845 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR MANAGING LOGICAL VOLUMES - A computer system manages logical volumes as operation map including a volume ID of the logical volume and a plurality of pieces of a predetermined operating information (for example, a path setting, main-volume, sub-volume, permanent storage setting, and storage period setting), when an operation is added to the logical volume, corresponding operating information is set to addition and when the operation is released, the information is set to release, and at a time when a predetermined operating information is all set to release, a corresponding logical volume to the volume ID is detected as being deletable, thereby detecting the deletable the logical volume automatically. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049846 | PEER TO PEER NETWORK - Peer-to-peer networks employing simple peers and super peers strike a balance between centralized (client-server based) and entirely flat peer-to-peer approaches. They introduce hierarchy into peer-to-peer networks in the form of super peer nodes, peers which have extra capabilities and duties in the network. There are problems in the identification and election of peers to take the role of super peer: in particular, the need for regular update messages to communicate peer availability across the network significantly impacts discovery times (when a simple peer attempts to advertise a service or requests a service from another peer). A presence server is implemented in the network in order to monitor the availability of each peer. A device called the “super peer elector” subscribes to receive updated availability information from the presence server and assigns super peer status to the most appropriate, and available, simple peer. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049847 | System and Method for Monitoring and Analyzing Internet Traffic - A system and method for monitoring and analyzing Internet traffic is provided that is efficient, completely automated, and fast enough to handle the busiest websites on the Internet, processing data many times faster than existing systems. The system and method of the present invention processes data by reading log files produced by web servers, or by interfacing with the web server in real time, processing the data as it occurs. The system and method of the present invention can be applied to one website or thousands of websites, whether they reside on one server or multiple servers. The multi-site and sub-reporting capabilities of the system and method of the present invention makes it applicable to servers containing thousands of websites and entire on-line communities. In one embodiment, the system and method of the present invention includes e-commerce analysis and reporting functionality, in which data from standard traffic logs is received and merged with data from e-commerce systems. The system and method of the present invention can produce reports showing detailed “return on investment” information, including identifying which banner ads, referrals, domains, etc. are producing specific dollars. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049848 | DISTRIBUTED FREQUENCY DATA COLLECTION VIA INDICATOR EMBEDDED WITH DNS REQUEST - Domain Name Service (DNS) requests are used as the reporting vehicle for ensuring that security-related information can be transferred from a network. As one possibility, a central facility for a security provider may maintain a data collection capability that is based upon receiving the DNS requests containing the information being reported. In an email application, if a data block is embedded within or attached to an email message, an algorithm is applied to the data block to generate an indicator that is specifically related to the contents of the data block. As one possibility, the algorithm may generate a hash that provides a “digital fingerprint” having a reasonable likelihood that the hash is unique to the data block. By embedding the hash within a DNS request, the request becomes a report that the data block has been accessed. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049849 | System and a Method for Remote Monitoring Customer Security Systems - There is provided a system for remote monitoring a plurality of security systems connected to the Internet, the security systems being assigned dynamic IP addresses, each of the security systems comprising a remote monitoring server module, the system comprising a central alarm monitoring service connected to the Internet for periodically communicating with the plurality of security systems and determining a status thereof to generate an alarm signal as a function of the status, the alarm monitoring service storing a current IP address of the plurality of security systems in an IP address database, and a remote monitoring gateway providing authenticated or unauthenticated dynamic domain name service (DDNS) server functionality to connect a given remote monitoring client to a desired one of the security systems, the gateway being connected to the IP address database and to the Internet. There is further provided a method of remote monitoring a security system. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049850 | BROWSER-PLUGIN BASED METHOD FOR ADVANCED HTTPS DATA PROCESSING - The invention described here deals with implementing custom data processing of HTTPS based on a Browser-Plugin Method. Such custom data processing may include, but is not limited to, custom data compression, custom data encryption, data monitoring, data modification. There are two distinct methods to implement the Browser-Plugin Method for Advanced HTTPS Data Processing of the subject invention (BPAHDP). In both cases, BPAHDP provides the option of conducting custom data processing that co-exists with data compression, data encryption, or other types of data processing operations supported by the HTTP standard. Additionally, both BPAHDP methods ensure that the web-browser still implements and executes the underlying SSL/TLS channel setup and encryption operations. In both embodiments of BPAHDP, the most critical functionality is the ability to modify HTTP request/response headers and data sent over a TLS/SSL channel. In the regular HTTP case (HTTP over TCP) headers and data are sent as clear-text (i.e., as unencrypted data). Therefore, any HTTP proxy component can intercept and modify header/data as it chooses—allowing custom data processing operations (including a custom compression operation) to be implemented. For HTTPS traffic, the data leaving a web-browser is encrypted. Therefore, a proxy cannot modify encrypted data, hence the novelty of the BPAHDP methodology. Both methods require specific implementation methods that are described. In particular, both embodiments of BPAHDP require specific techniques to facilitate the use of Microsoft Internet Explorer as a BPAHDP enabled web-browser. Microsoft COM (Component Object Model) interfaces and IE's Pluggable Protocol capabilities are utilized to meet all requirements of both BPAHDP embodiments. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049851 | Allocating Resources in a Distributed Computing Environment - A solution in a distributed computing environment is deployed and includes selecting a solution template corresponding to the solution, the solution template defining requirements for a plurality of computing elements; selecting resources within a computing infrastructure which match the requirements; and deploying the solution by configuring the resources according to the solution template. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049852 | RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OF SOCIAL NETWORK APPLICATIONS - Applications in social networks support interaction between members through various types of channels such as notifications, newsfeed, and so forth. For each channel, applications are ranked based on their user affinity measures. User affinity is based on measuring positive and negative interactions by users as both senders and recipients of messages generated by applications. Metrics are computed for the different types of messages and interactions provided by applications. For each channel, an application receives user affinity score based on specific weighted combination of the metrics. Applications use channel resources to send messages to increase their user base. Given the large number of applications that are available, the extent to which applications are allowed to use channels is controlled, limiting their resource consumption. User affinity scores of applications calculated for a channel are used to decide the allocation of channel resources for an application. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049853 | Electronic device and remote computer system and method for controlling remote communications - A remote communication system and method are disclosed. An environment is identified defining a plurality of parameters communicated between an electronic device (or a computer-based device) and a remote computer as part of a remote session (i.e., the electronic device remotely controlling the remote computer via the remote session), with each parameter defining an action associated with the remote session. A first application (associated with the electronic device), via a unidirectional communication with the environment, modifies at least one parameter associated with the environment (e.g., modifying keyboard scan codes, cursor position, mouse position, clipboard data, screen resolution, or channel administration), wherein the modified parameter is extracted by an interceptor associated with the remote computer and, the interceptor, based on a look-up, executes a pre-defined action affecting the remote session, wherein the pre-defined action being different than the modified parameter's associated action. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049854 | Network device and interceptor module system and method for controlling remote communications - A remote communication system and method are disclosed. An environment in an electronic device, such as a computer based device, is identified defining a plurality of parameters communicated between the electronic device and a remote computer as part of a remote session (i.e., the electronic device remotely controlling the remote computer via the remote session), with each parameter defining an action associated with the remote session. A first application, via a unidirectional communication with the environment, modifies at least one parameter associated with the environment (e.g., modifying keyboard scan codes, cursor position, mouse position, clipboard data, screen resolution, or channel administration). A network device (e.g., a router, a switch, a hub, a repeater, a multilayer switch, etc.) monitors communication between the electronic device and the remote computer and extracts the modified parameter and, based on a look-up, executes a pre-defined action affecting the remote session, wherein the pre-defined action is different than the modified parameter's associated action. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049855 | Distributed Network Communication System Which Selectively Provides Data to Different Network Destinations - A system and method for providing access and/or roaming features on a network system. The network system includes a plurality of wireless and/or wired access points coupled to a network. Access points (APs) for the network may be widely distributed in various facilities, such as airports, mass-transit stations, and various businesses. The network may couple to a wide area network, such as the Internet. In one embodiment, a portable computing device (PCD) of a user may store identification information which uniquely indicates a network provider of a plurality of possible network providers. The identification information may also or instead indicate an access or privilege level of the user. Each of the access points are operable to “listen for” or detect identification information associated with numerous different providers. When the access point receives the identification information from a PCD of a user, the access point may determine the appropriate network provider for the portable computing device using the identification information. Network access may then be provided to the portable computing device through the determined network provider. Thus the network system is useable by subscribers of each of the plurality of possible network providers, thereby enabling subscribers to “roam” on various wireless networks, including networks maintained by other providers. The access information may also include an access level which indicates the user's access or privilege level. Thus, the local network may provide various local resources which are available to users having a first access level, and users with a second access level may not be entitled to view or utilize these network resources on the network, but may be simply provided external Internet access. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049856 | SIP-Based Session Control Among A Plurality OF Multimedia Devices - These exemplary embodiments utilize Sessions Initiation Protocol (SIP) for admission control among a plurality of multimedia devices. The use of the SIP allows a SIP server to perform admission control functions. The use of RSVP linkages is reduced. The use of SIP for admission control allows an application to communicate, or “talk,” to a network and other multimedia devices and to request that resources within the network be reserved. Any communications device that uses sessions may utilize the SIP protocol for admission control. The SIP protocol may be used for unicast and multicast media sessions including video-on-demand and/or multicast video access control. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049857 | SYSTEM SOFTWARE PRODUCTIZATION FRAMEWORK - A unified framework is established based on a domain-specific system description model representative of physical network system topology, network system device capability and/or logical network system structure. The framework can be employed to streamline a network system configuration process and/or a software system deployment process and the like. Some instances can also be utilized in establishing a unified framework in a broadcast equipment environment to augment network system based technologies. Additionally, network devices having multiple network interfaces that are dedicated to specific network usages can be automatically configured. A method in accordance with an aspect of the present principles includes generating a site model with a plurality of groups of device model network interfaces that can represent dedicate networks. The device model interfaces are grouped according to usage and network medium type and are logically associated with pre-defined IP addresses. The site model is applied to the network devices to logically associate them into dedicated networks by automatically assigning the pre-defined IP addresses to the network interfaces of the devices. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049858 | INITIAL ACCESS METHOD FOR BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM - Provided is an initial access method for a broadband wireless access system. The initial access method is used between a portable subscriber station (PSS) and a radio access station (RAS) in the broadband wireless access system and includes an authentication operation and a default transport connection setting operation. In the initial access method, default information, which is required to register the PSS and to set default transport connection, is stored in an authentication authorization accounting (AAA) server, the default information is then transmitted to the RAS connected to the PSS in the authentication operation by the AAA server, and when the PSS is registered and the default transport connection is set, a message composed of parameters, which are required to register the PSS containing the default information and to set the default transport connection, is then transmitted to the PSS by the RAS. Accordingly, a simplified initial access procedure is achieved. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049859 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Network Resources to Content Providers - A method and an SLA portal ( | 2010-02-25 |
20100049860 | Multicast-routing-protocol-independent realization of IP multicast forwarding - Improved systems and methods for implementing data-driven protocols are provided. In one embodiment, improved implementations of multicast routing protocols are provided. Separation between multicast forwarding and control elements are provided by use of a powerful yet simple application program interface (API) for inter-module communication. The API is multicast-routing-protocol-independent and can be used to express the forwarding state of any existing multicast protocol. Efficient platform-specific implementations are facilitated. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049861 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT NETWORKS USING DIFFERENT PROTOCOLS - The present invention provides a system and method for providing message connectivity between a first network using a first protocol and a second network using a second protocol. If a message is received from the first network, the message is processed using one or more digital signal processors, a destination in the second network is determined, the processed message is logged and translated into the second protocol, and the translated message is sent to the destination in the second network. If the message is received from the second network, the message is translated into the first protocol, a destination in the first network is determined, the translated message is logged and processed using one or more digital signal processors, and the processed message is sent to the destination in the first network. This method can be implemented as a computer program embodied on a computer readable medium. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049862 | Personalized streaming digital content - A method for generating personalized streaming content, the method including the steps of analyzing a digital library of a user associated with a user account, generating recommended digital media based on analysis of the digital library, generating personalized streaming content that includes digital media from the digital library and recommended digital media. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049863 | METHOD FOR SYNCHRONISING SCENE DATA FILES AND MEDIA DATA FLOWS IN AN UNIDIRECTIONAL BROADCAST SYSTEM - A method for the temporal synchronization of data packets of at least one media data flow with scene data files describing at least one scene and/or the data packets of said data files, in a unidirectional broadcast system. The data packets of the media data flow are each provided with a first time mark relating to a first reference time, and the scene data files and/or the data packets thereof are each provided with a second time mark relating to a second reference time. At least one time mark allocation data flow is transmitted from the transmitter to the receiver, the first time marks of the media data flow and the second time marks of the scene data files and/or the data packets thereof being respectively associated with a third time mark relating to a third reference time. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049864 | MULTIMEDIA BROADCAST SYSTEM AND METHOD - A multimedia broadcast system and method supporting peer-to-peer (P2P) coordinated code conversion are provided. The method includes forming, by a data source device, one or more data segments from multimedia data, and then scattering the data segments to a P2P network formed by the viewers; wherein an individual P2P device is connected with one or more P2P devices via a network system to form a partner group, and then acquires code conversion degrees of each data segment to serve as a basis for strategically adjusting the coordinated code conversion of said multimedia data. The coordinated code conversion mechanism is supported by common P2P multimedia broadcast systems, and is capable of rapidly converting the multimedia data in one format into multimedia data in other different media formats, thereby enabling real-time broadcasting of data in different formats to clients using P2P networks of various specifications. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049865 | Decoding Order Recovery in Session Multiplexing - Systems and methods are provided for signaling the decoding order of ADUs to enable efficient recovery of the decoding order of ADUs when session multiplexing is in use. A decoding order recovery process in a receiver is improved when session multiplexing is in use. For example, various embodiments improve the decoding order recovery process of SVC when no CS-DONs are utilized. First information associated with a first media sample to identify a second media sample is signaled upon packetization to indicate/aid in recovering. Upon de-packetizing, a decoding order of the first media sample and the second media sample is determined based on the received signaling of the first information. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049866 | Multimedia Distribution in a Heterogeneous Network - The efficiency of real-time distribution of multimedia content over a heterogeneous network is optimized by locally, rather than centrally, adapting the content to conform to the capabilities limitations of the network. Multimedia content travels from a central location along the network backbone. When received by each of a system of dispersed media servers, that media server adapts the content by compensating for any QoS limitations of the downstream network segments. For example, the backbone of the communications network may consist of a satellite uplink. The dispersed media servers receive and replicate the content as required for distribution to unicast segments downstream rather than doing so at the source of the content, and thus multiple streams of identical content need not be carried on the backbone. Each dispersed server is programmed to optimize the transmission to conform to the transmission parameters of each adjacent and downstream segment of the network. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049867 | ON DEMAND PEER-TO-PEER VIDEO STREAMING WITH MULTIPLE DESCRIPTION CODING - A peer-to-peer novel video streaming scheme is described in which each peer stores and streams videos to the requesting client peers. Each video is encoded into multiple descriptions and each description is placed on a different node. If a serving peer disconnects in the middle of a streaming session, the system searches for a replacement peer that stores the same video description and has sufficient uplink bandwidth. Employing multiple description coding in a peer-to-peer based network improves the robustness of the distributed streaming content in the event a serving peer is lost. Video quality can be maintained in the presence of server peers being lost. The video codec design and network policies have a significant effect on the streamed video quality. The system performance generally improves as the number of descriptions M for the video increases, which implies that a higher video quality can be obtained with the same network loading. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049868 | Maintaining protocol adjacency state with forwarding failure - In one embodiment, a method generally includes establishing a routing protocol peer relationship and a Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) session with a neighbor node, receiving a DOWN BFD event signal from the neighbor node, and maintaining a routing protocol adjacency down state following successful exchange of routing protocol packets with the neighbor node. An apparatus for maintaining protocol adjacency state with a forwarding failure is also disclosed. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049869 | Methods and Apparatus for Event Distribution and Routing in Peer-to-Peer Overlay Networks - Methods and apparatus for event distribution and routing in peer-to-peer overlay networks. A method is provided for event distribution and routing in a peer-to-peer overlay network that comprises a plurality of nodes. The method includes identifying a plurality of buckets on the overlay network, wherein each bucket includes one or more nodes, respectively, identifying bucket groups, wherein each bucket group includes a selected number of buckets, respectively, distributing events based on the bucket groups, and updating a routing table based on the events. A node includes a transceiver and a processor coupled to the transceiver and configured to identify a plurality of buckets on the overlay network, wherein each bucket includes one or more nodes, respectively, identify bucket groups, wherein each bucket group includes a selected number of buckets, respectively, distribute events based on the bucket groups, and update a routing table based on the events. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049870 | DENSE MODE CODING SCHEME - A lookup table for searching for a longest prefix match for a key is disclosed. The lookup table provides a match for a key in a single search cycle. The number of matches stored in the lookup table is maximized by storing each match in only one location in the lookup table. The binary tree is divided into a plurality of levels and each level has a plurality of subtrees. A subtree descriptor stored for a subtree includes a field for each node in the subtree. The state of the field indicates whether an entry for the node is stored in the table. The bit vector allows indexing of the single match stored for the key. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049871 | Management of Redundant Addresses in Standby Systems - Aspects of the invention provide apparatuses, systems, and computer readable media for supporting redundant network management. When the primary device ( | 2010-02-25 |
20100049872 | Parallel, Side-Effect Based DNS Pre-Caching - Embodiments of the present invention include methods and systems for domain name system (DNS) pre-caching. A method for DNS pre-caching is provided. The method includes receiving uniform resource locator (URL) hostnames for DNS pre-fetch resolution prior to a user hostname request for any of the URL hostnames. The method also includes making a DNS lookup call for at least one of the URL hostnames that are not cached by a DNS cache prior to the user hostname request. The method further includes discarding at least one IP address provided by a DNS resolver for the URL hostnames, wherein a resolution result for at least one of the URL hostnames is cached in the DNS cache in preparation for the user hostname request. A system for DNS pre-caching is provided. The system includes a renderer, an asynchronous DNS pre-fetcher and a hostname table. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049873 | IDENTIFYING NETWORK ENTITIES IN A PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK - A method and a system for identifying a network entity within a first communication network, using an entity identification data of the network entity in a second communication network. More particularly but not exclusively, identifying a network entity within a peer-to-peer communication network, using an entity identification data of the network entity in an underlying conventional communication network. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049874 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR ORCHESTRATING SERVICES AND DATA SHARING ON MOBILE DEVICES - A method and system relating to a mobile orchestration platform to facilitate share of data between orchestration endpoints is disclosed. The orchestration endpoints may include data applications or data services located on a mobile device or remotely from the mobile device. An example platform includes a first endpoint connector associated with a first orchestration endpoint to communicate between the mobile orchestration platform and the first orchestration endpoint. A second endpoint connector associated with the second orchestration endpoint to communicate between the mobile orchestration platform and the second orchestration endpoint is included. A service module to translate a data record in an intermediate data format to either the first data format or the second data format is included. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049875 | METHOD FOR TIME SOURCE CALIBRATION AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A method for time source calibration, wherein the method comprises steps of sending a requirement for obtaining time by a client side computer to a server side; sending a first data packet including time and generated verification information by the server side to a key device via the client side computer; said time is the current time of the server side; calibrating time of key device with the obtained as benchmark time and counting time normally by the key device; sending a second data packet including calibrated current time of the key device and the verification information by the key device to the server side via the client side computer; and obtaining the current time of the key device in the second data packet by the key device after the verification information in the second data packet is verified to be valid by the key device. According to the present invention, the reliable time source is obtained, which secures the security of the trade. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049876 | PACKET VALIDATION IN VIRTUAL NETWORK INTERFACE ARCHITECTURE - Roughly described, a network interface device receiving data packets from a computing device for transmission onto a network, the data packets having a certain characteristic, transmits the packet only if the sending queue has authority to send packets having that characteristic. The data packet characteristics can include transport protocol number, source and destination port numbers, source and destination IP addresses, for example. Authorizations can be programmed into the NIC by a kernel routine upon establishment of the transmit queue, based on the privilege level of the process for which the queue is being established. In this way, a user process can use an untrusted user-level protocol stack to initiate data transmission onto the network, while the NIC protects the remainder of the system or network from certain kinds of compromise. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049877 | PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT OPERATING METHOD, PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT AND HOST - A peripheral equipment operating method, including: generating waiting data by a peripheral equipment; sending the waiting data to a host which communicates with the peripheral equipment; receiving the result returned by the host, after the host processed the waiting data by the peripheral equipment driving software. A method of assisting the operation of the peripheral equipment, including: the host which communicates with the peripheral equipment receives the waiting data from the peripheral equipment; the host processes the waiting data by the peripheral equipment driving software; the host sends the processed result to the peripheral equipment. A peripheral equipment and a host are also provided. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049878 | Differential Data Transfer For Flash Memory Card - A flash memory card includes a differential datapath that enables communications between the flash memory card and a host device to be performed using differential signals. The differential datapath can translate between the differential signals and card-specific signals that control read/write operations to the memory array of the flash memory card. The card-specific signals can be standard MultimediaCard, Secure-Digital card, Memory Stick, or CompactFlash card signals, among others. A host device that provides differential data transfer capability can include a similar differential datapath. By using differential data transfer rather than conventional clocked data transfer, overall data bandwidth between a flash memory card and a host device can be significantly increased, while simultaneously decreasing power consumption and pin requirements. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049879 | Method for Developing and Implementing Efficient Workflow Oriented User Interfaces and Controls - A method for developing user interfaces to support efficient workflow implementation in an organization or in daily tasks of a typical consumer is disclosed. The method accounts for limitations in ability of a typical user of such interfaces to deal with more than about six elements of information or choices at any given step of a workflow. The method may include use of customized tools and other components developed to support implementation of user interfaces and data structures needed to implement user interfaces and associated data exchanges between client devices and applications on servers. The user interfaces, methods, tools, and other components may also be used to support user interfaces used to control software applications, information appliances, and other devices. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049880 | Circuits and Methods for Reliable Automatic USB Speed Detection - The Universal Serial Bus (“USB”) 2.0 Specification defines three speeds of communication for its bus, and each has its own signaling characteristics. Due to the uniqueness of each speed, PHYs must be placed in a separate mode for each signaling rate. Although USB devices may know its communication speed, a general purpose USB analyzer must be able to analyze all USB communications. Rather than force the user to manually set the operating mode of the analyzer, this invention describes circuits for automatically and reliably determining the monitored USB communication speed. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049881 | UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS (USB) REMOTE WAKEUP - A universal serial bus (USB) device communicates with a USB host over a USB to remotely wake up the USB host over the USB when the USB host is in a low power (e.g. deep sleep) mode. The USB device performs an activity to wake up the USB host. The USB host performs a remote wake up process in response to detecting the activity by the USB device. The USB host performs a resume process in response to performing the remote wake up process by the USB host. The USB device wakes up in response to the USB host performing the resume process. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049882 | HOTKEY PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER SYSTEM - A key processing method for use in a computer system having at least one BIOS (basic input output system) and one controller is disclosed. The method comprises the following steps. After a predetermined time period, it is first determined whether a specific hotkey has been pressed. If so, the BIOS acquires identification data of the specific hotkey from the controller and performs a corresponding service. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049883 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEMORY ADDRESS TRANSLATION AND PINNING - A method and system for memory address translation and pinning are provided. The method includes attaching a memory address space identifier to a direct memory access (DMA) request, the DMA request is sent by a consumer and using a virtual address in a given address space. The method further includes looking up for the memory address space identifier to find a translation of the virtual address in the given address space used in the DMA request to a physical page frame. Provided that the physical page frame is found, pinning the physical page frame as long as the DMA request is in progress to prevent an unmapping operation of said virtual address in said given address space, and completing the DMA request, wherein the steps of attaching, looking up and pinning are centrally controlled by a host gateway. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049884 | Method of transmitting data from a transmitting device - A method is provided for transmitting data from a transmitting device ( | 2010-02-25 |
20100049885 | Unified multi-transport medium connector architecture - A device, method, and system are disclosed. In one embodiment the device includes a router to transmit data packets between multiple host controllers and one or more peripheral devices. The router can receive a data packet from a host controller and transmit the data packet to a peripheral device across a data transmission path. The peripheral device is coupled to the first data transmission path through a first universal multi-transport medium (UMTM) connector. The connector includes an optical coupling capable of transporting the first data packet within an optical signal and an electrical coupling capable of transporting the first data packet within an electrical signal. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049886 | STORAGE SYSTEM DISPOSED WITH PLURAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - To provide a transceiving technology that controls the mounting area of a circuit pertaining to transmission and/or reception and where the utilization efficiency of a buffer is improved. In a transmission side circuit, there are disposed a transmission side first circuit component that generates a first packet that follows a request and a transmission side second circuit component that is a lower-level circuit component of the transmission side first circuit component, includes a transmission buffer and temporarily stores in the transmission buffer, and transmits, a second packet that includes the first packet. The second packet includes a second header portion and a second data portion. In the second data portion that the second packet that is transmitted from the transmission side second circuit component includes, there is included the first packet, and in the second header portion, there is included a predetermined value as a parameter value that represents the type of the second packet. The predetermined value is a value that represents a predetermined one second packet type of plural second packet types. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049887 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING DATA BETWEEN DEVICES - A device and method for transferring data is disclosed that facilitates data transfers between devices having different clock domains. The data transfer from one device to another occurs through a First In First Out memory (FIFO). The relative number of FIFO access cycles to the FIFO is controlled to maintain a desired FIFO fullness. Setting the desired FIFO fullness to a desired value allows control of data transfer latency between devices. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049888 | METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZATION OF PERIPHERALS WITH A CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT IN AN EMBEDDED SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for synchronizing I/O peripherals with a CPU in an embedded system is discussed. The method involves receiving an address from the CPU in response to a read and/or write access, translating the address received from the CPU to identify a I/O peripheral to be accessed, disabling the operation of the CPU and synchronizing a memory from the CPU clock domain to the clock domain of the identified I/O peripheral. Upon completion of the read/write access, the identified I/O peripheral sends an acknowledgment, the memory is then synchronized from the clock domain of the I/O peripheral to the CPU clock domain and the operation of the CPU is then enabled. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049889 | Information processing apparatus, KVM switch, remote system, and computer readable medium - An information processing apparatus includes a selection portion that selects any one of a first setting that enables data on a hot key from a keyboard for a server, a second setting that enables the data on the hot key from the keyboard for a KVM switch, and a third setting that disables the data on the hot key from the keyboard for both of the KVM switch and the server; and a transmission portion that transmits the data on the hot key and a flag indicating the first setting to the server when the first setting is selected, transmits the data on the hot key and a flag indicating the second setting to the KVM switch when the second setting is selected, and fails to transmit the data on the hot key to the KVM switch and the server when the third setting is selected. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049890 | LISTING WINDOWS OF ACTIVE APPLICATIONS OF COMPUTING DEVICES SHARING A KEYBOARD BASED UPON REQUESTS FOR ATTENTION - Methods and arrangements of monitoring applications active on a plurality of computers are discussed. Embodiments include transformations, code, state machines or other logic to connect a plurality of computing devices via a keyboard video mouse (KVM) switch and to detect applications active on the computing devices. In some embodiments, each computing device may be connected to a display separate from the KVM switch. The embodiment may include detecting applications signaling a user for attention and displaying a list of active applications of the plurality of computing devices in response to a command from the user. The displaying may include giving priority to the applications signaling a user for attention. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049891 | Method and device for synchronizing two bus systems and arrangement composed to two bus systems - A device for synchronizing at least two bus systems, having a first communications module for a first bus system and a second communications module for a second bus system, wherein in the first communications module first trigger information is present by which a trigger signal is triggered in the first bus system, characterized in that the device is configured in such a manner that the first and second communications modules are connected to each other and the first trigger information is transmitted to the second communications module, and the second communications module is configured in such a manner that a time information value is determined from the first trigger information and that time information value is compared with a second time mark of the second bus system, a time difference being determined and the next reference message being triggered in the second bus system in dependence upon the second time mark and the time difference. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049892 | METHOD OF ROUTING AN INTERRUPT SIGNAL DIRECTLY TO A VIRTUAL PROCESSING UNIT IN A SYSTEM WITH ONE OR MORE PHYSICAL PROCESSING UNITS - The present disclosure relates to a method of processing an interrupt comprising a peripheral unit sending an interrupt, the interrupt being intended for a virtual unit executed by a processing unit, transmitting the interrupt to an interrupt control unit coupled to a processing unit, and the interrupt control unit storing the interrupt in an interrupt register. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the interrupt is transmitted to the interrupt control unit in association with an identifier of the virtual unit receiving the interrupt, the interrupt register in which the interrupt belonging to a set of registers is stored comprising one interrupt register per virtual unit likely to be executed by the processing unit, the interrupt being transmitted to the processing unit if the virtual unit receiving the interrupt is being executed by the processing unit. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049893 | LINK BALANCER APPARATUS WITH LOW PROFILE PLURAL PORT INPUT / OUTPUT CARD - A space-conscious system utilizes a low profile expansion card for providing a physical and electrical interface between a larger scale board, such as a motherboard, and a plurality of external components. The expansion card is mounted in a perpendicular orientation relative to the larger scale board, despite dimensional limitations with regard to such an orientation. The expansion card includes an input/output circuit board and a plurality of “signal-conduction extenders” for enabling coupling a plurality of ports to an external wall of the housing in which the expansion card and larger scale board are contained. In one possible embodiment, the housing is compatible with the 1U standard, the expansion card is an Ethernet card, and there is an adapter board at the front wall of the housing for routing connections from the expansion card to a plurality of exposed ports. The invention allows more than two of the expansion cards to be mounted in parallel within the same container. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049894 | DATA BACKUP TRANSMITTER - A data backup transmitter includes a body, a first connecting port and a second connecting port. The first and the second connecting ports are connected to the body. A data backup assembly is electrically connected between the first and the second connecting ports. The data backup assembly has a backup chip for controlling a backup process between the first and the second connecting ports. Thus, the first and second connecting ports are inserted into a computing device and a data-transmitting carrier respectively. A control button is used to control the backup chip to execute the signal transmission and data backup between the computing device and the data-transmitting carrier. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049895 | Providing a Connection Between a Memory Medium of a Mobile Device and an External Device - System and method for providing a high speed connection to a memory medium of a mobile device. The mobile device may be a mobile phone or other type of portable electronic device. The memory medium may be removable and/or may be flash memory, as desired. The mobile device may include a USB hub that provides a direct high speed connection between an external device and a memory medium of the mobile device. The USB hub may also provide a connection (possibly high speed) between the external device and the processor of the mobile device. The mobile device may also include a high speed connection between the processor of the mobile device and the memory medium. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049896 | PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS USING SATA/SAS TECHNOLOGY - A conventional serial communications protocol that is limited to supporting only host-to-slave communications, such as SATA or SAS, is extended to support peer-to-peer communications, e.g., by adding a memory-map layer into the conventional protocol stack between the link layer and the protocol layer. The addition of the memory-map layer enables two (or more) non-host devices (i.e., peer devices) to communicate with one another without using a host computer and without relying on conventional protocol-bridging techniques. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049897 | Computer and method for sharing input device thereof - According to the present invention, a computer is provided, which comprises a host system, an embedded subsystem, a power source, an input device control module, a first transmission interface and a second transmission interface, the input device control module being connected to the embedded subsystem through the first transmission interface, wherein the input device control module is configured to establish, in response to receipt of a first switching instruction, communication with the embedded subsystem such that the embedded subsystem is enabled to process input data from an input device and to transmit the input data obtained from the input device to the first transmission interface; and the embedded subsystem is configured to receive the input data from the first transmission interface, process the input data and perform an operation corresponding to the input data. According to the present invention, one set of input devices can be shared between a computer and an embedded system through design and modification in software without any change in the existing hardware design for the computer. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049898 | MEMORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - The invention discloses a memory management system and a memory management method are disclosed. The memory management system includes a first memory, at least one secondary memory, and a memory management device. The first memory includes a normal access memory bank and at least one switching access memory bank. The secondary memory includes at least one secondary access memory bank corresponding to the switching access memory bank. The memory management device reads/writes the normal access memory bank or the secondary access memory bank. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049899 | MAINTAINING REVERSE MAPPINGS IN A VIRTUALIZED COMPUTER SYSTEM - For a virtual memory of a virtualized computer system in which a virtual page is mapped to a guest physical page which is backed by a machine page and in which a shadow page table entry directly maps the virtual page to the machine page, reverse mappings of guest physical pages are optimized by removing the reverse mappings of certain immutable guest physical pages. An immutable guest physical memory page is identified, and existing reverse mappings corresponding to the immutable guest physical page are removed. New reverse mappings corresponding to the identified immutable guest physical page are no longer added. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049900 | MEMORY CARD AND NON-VOLATILE MEMORY CONTROLLER THEREOF - A memory card and a non-volatile memory controller thereof are provided. The non-volatile memory controller provides a process interface to allow a host to access a non-volatile memory. The non-volatile memory controller includes a mode setting port group, a firmware download port group, a host access port group, a memory port group, a control unit, a processing unit, an interface unit, and a switch unit. When a firmware in the non-volatile memory is to be updated, the switch unit switches to the firmware download port group and then connects it to a fixture to obtain a new firmware. The control unit writes the new firmware into the non-volatile memory directly on a printed circuit board according to an instruction of the process unit. Thereby, in the present invention, firmware updating can be carried out directly on a printed circuit board therefore is made more convenient. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049901 | MEMORY CARD AND NON-VOLATILE MEMORY CONTROLLER THEREOF - A memory card and a non-volatile memory controller thereof are provided. The non-volatile memory controller includes a firmware download port group, a memory interface unit, a processing unit, and a host interface unit. The firmware download port group is used for coupled to a firmware update fixture. The memory interface unit includes at least one tri-state buffer component, and the memory interface unit is coupled to a non-volatile memory and the firmware download port group through the tri-state buffer component, wherein the tri-state buffer component determines whether to operate in a high-impedance mode or a normal mode according to a mode single. The processing unit accesses the non-volatile memory through the memory interface unit. When the tri-state buffer component operates in the high-impedance mode according to the mode single, the firmware update fixture writes a new firmware into the non-volatile memory through the firmware download port group. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049902 | STORAGE SUBSYSTEM AND STORAGE SYSTEM INCLUDING STORAGE SUBSYSTEM - To provide a storage subsystem in which, even when plural types of storage devices are provided, write processing from a cache memory to the plural types of storage devices is not delayed. Even when there are relative merits in writing performance of write data from the cache memory to the HDD and the SSD, the cache memories | 2010-02-25 |
20100049903 | RECORDING SYSTEM AND DATA RECORDING METHOD - A recording method for writing data into an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory is disclosed, in which the memory has already been electrically connected to a controller through a logic device. The method sets the logic devices for the first time to disconnect the memory from the controller, and set the logic devices for the second time to write setting data required by the controller into the memory. After that, the method reads out the setting data stored in the memory to confirm the writing of the setting data, and connects the memory to the controller again. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049904 | STORAGE DEVICE USING A MULTI-LEVEL FLASH MEMORY AS A SINGLE FLASH MEMORY AND METHOD FOR THE SAME - A storage device includes a multi-level cell flash memory having a plurality of physical memory cells, a read controller, and a write controller. The physical memory cells form a first page and a second page. The write controller in response to a first request is used for writing first data into the first page, duplicating the first data as a second data and writing the second data into the second page. The read controller is used for adjusting the stored data value complying with a desired storing value. Each physical memory cell comprises four threshold voltage ranges indicative of two-bit logical values. The two-bit data is assigned as a first logical value accordingly in response to a two-bit data corresponding to a first and second threshold voltage ranges in a first physical memory cell. The two-bit data is assigned as a second logical value accordingly in response to a two-bit data corresponding to a third and fourth threshold voltage ranges in a second physical memory cell. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049905 | Flash memory-mounted storage apparatus - In a data center, there is a limit in power capacity supplied to a storage apparatus, and the rated power consumption of the storage apparatus may exceed the power supply capacity by addition of storage capacity. A storage apparatus according to the invention includes one or plural packages mounting plural flash memories and a circuit controlling the flash memories as well as information of power supply capacity. The number of flash memories performing writing, erasing or reading at the same time is designated with respect to each package based on the information of power supply capacity. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049906 | SECURE NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF PROTECTING DATA THEREIN - The invention relates to a non-volatile memory device comprising: an input for providing external data (D) to be stored on the non-volatile memory device; a first non-volatile memory block ( | 2010-02-25 |
20100049907 | Memory System and Control Method Thereof - A memory system includes a nonvolatile memory including a plurality of blocks as data erase units, a measuring unit which measures an erase time at which data of each block is erased, and a block controller which writes data supplied from at least an exterior into a first block which is set in a free state and whose erase time is oldest. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049908 | Adaptive Mode Switching of Flash Memory Address Mapping Based on Host Usage Characteristics - In a non-volatile memory storage system such as a flash EEPROM system, a controller switches the manner in which data sectors are mapped into blocks and metablocks of the memory in response to host programming and controller data consolidation patterns, in order to improve performance and reduce wear. Data are programmed into the memory with different degrees of parallelism. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049909 | NAND Flash Memory Controller Exporting a NAND Interface - A NAND controller for interfacing between a host device and a flash memory device (e.g. a NAND flash memory device) fabricated on a flash die is disclosed. In some embodiments, the presently disclosed NAND controller includes electronic circuitry fabricated on a controller die, the controller die being distinct from the flash die, a first interface (e.g. a host-type interface, for example, a NAND interface) for interfacing between the electronic circuitry and the flash memory device, and a second interface (e.g. a flash-type interface) for interfacing between the controller and the host device, wherein the second interface is a NAND interface. According to some embodiments, the first interface is an inter-die interface. According to some embodiments, the first interface is a NAND interface. Systems including the presently disclosed NAND controller are also disclosed. Methods for assembling the aforementioned systems, and for reading and writing data using NAND controllers are also disclosed. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049910 | Flash EEprom System With Simultaneous Multiple Data Sector Programming and Storage of Physical Block Characteristics in Other Designated Blocks - A non-volatile memory system is formed of floating gate memory cells arranged in blocks as the smallest unit of memory cells that are erasable together. The system includes a number of features that may be implemented individually or in various cooperative combinations. One feature is the storage in separate blocks of the characteristics of a large number of blocks of cells in which user data is stored. These characteristics for user data blocks being accessed may, during operation of the memory system by its controller, be stored in a random access memory for ease of access and updating. According to another feature, multiple sectors of user data are stored at one time by alternately streaming chunks of data from the sectors to multiple memory blocks. Bytes of data in the stream may be shifted to avoid defective locations in the memory such as bad columns. Error correction codes may also be generated from the streaming data with a single generation circuit for the multiple sectors of data. The stream of data may further be transformed in order to tend to even out the wear among the blocks of memory. Yet another feature, for memory systems having multiple memory integrated circuit chips, provides a single system record that includes the capacity of each of the chips and assigned contiguous logical address ranges of user data blocks within the chips which the memory controller accesses when addressing a block, making it easier to manufacture a memory system with memory chips having different capacities. A typical form of the memory system is as a card that is removably connectable with a host system but may alternatively be implemented in a memory embedded in a host system. The memory cells may be operated with multiple states in order to store more than one bit of data per cell. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049911 | Circuit and Method for Generating Data Input Buffer Control Signal - A data input buffer control signal generating device is capable of preventing unnecessary operation and current consumption of blocks and thus stabilizing an internal operation of DRAM by generating a control signal which controls an enabling timing of a data input buffer not to be conflicted with an output data. The data input buffer control signal generating device includes a write-related control unit configured to generate a data input buffer reference signal generated on the basis of a write latency by a write command, a read-related control unit configured to replicate a delay through a data output path, delay an end command for a data output termination and generate a delayed end command, wherein the end command is generated by a read command, and an output unit configured to output a data input buffer control signal by combining the data input buffer reference signal and the output of the delayed end command. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049912 | DATA CACHE WAY PREDICTION - A microprocessor includes one or more N-way caches and a way prediction logic that selectively enables and disables the cache ways so as to reduce the power consumption. The way prediction logic receives an address and predicts in which one of the cache ways the data associated with the address is likely to be stored. The way prediction logic causes an enabling signal to be supplied only to the way predicted to contain the requested data. The remaining (N−1) of the cache ways do not receive the enabling signal. The power consumed by the cache is thus significantly reduced. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049913 | MANAGING MULTIPLE CONCURRENT OPERATIONS WITH VARIOUS PRIORITY LEVELS IN A LOCAL STORAGE DEVICE - Techniques for rendering the management of processes supported by a storage device are described. In particular, the efficient allocation of storage array processing resources when managing concurrent processes on a storage array is described. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049914 | RAID Enhanced solid state drive - The present invention relates to a solid-state storage subsystem which comprises a plurality of solid state drive designs integrated with a storage processor that provides performance, data integrity and reliability improvements in a standard disk drive form factor with a standard disk drive interface. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049915 | Virtual disk timesharing - A method and system are described for the use of a high speed storage device to temporarily substitute for a low speed storage device in a computer storage system. Because the change is done behind a virtualization facade, hot swapping of the storage devices is achieved. A record is kept of changes to the high speed storage device during the substitution interval, to update the low speed storage device so that it can resume its responsibilities. The resumption of responsibilities by the low speed storage device is also achieved by hot swapping. The approach makes effective use of a relatively rare resource in the storage system, permitting it to be shared among various applications, as directed by a timesharing engine. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049916 | POWER-SAVING-BACKUP MANAGEMENT METHOD - A storage subsystem includes: a controller; a first logical storage area corresponding to a RAID group configured by a plurality of storage devices; and a second logical storage area corresponding to a plurality of the RAID groups each configured by the plurality of storage devices, and storing a copy of data stored in the first logical storage area. In the storage subsystem, the first and second logical storage areas form a copy group, and for starting copying from the first to second logical storage area, the controller performs a mode change, from a power saving mode to a ready mode, to the plurality of storage devices configuring the plurality of RAID groups corresponding to the second logical storage area. With such a storage subsystem, the time can be reduced for activating copy-destination storage devices to which a power saving function is applied, and the copy time is thus favorably reduced. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049917 | STORAGE SYSTEM, AND DATA MIGRATION METHOD FOR THE SAME - The invention is directed to a storage system including a storage subsystem providing a data storage service to a host computer, and a management device managing the storage subsystem. The management device issues a command to a controller in the storage subsystem for migrating data on a migration-source volume to a migration-destination volume in accordance with a predetermined task. When the migration-destination volume is not available for use for some reason, and when the data migration is not completed normally, the management device searches an alternative volume in accordance with migration-destination requirements including essential and arbitrary requirements, and then issues a command for data migration to thus found alternative volume. With such a configuration, even if a migration-destination volume is not available for use for some reason during data migration, any other volume can be used as a migration destination in accordance with the migration-destination requirement(s). | 2010-02-25 |
20100049918 | VIRTUAL DISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, STORAGE DEVICE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, MULTINODE STORAGE SYSTEM, AND VIRTUAL DISK MANAGING METHOD - In a multinode storage system, a virtual disk associated with a storage device to be connected is created, and a slice of a connected storage device is allocated to one segment of the virtual disk. Next, one slice of data in the storage device to be connected is copied to the connected storage device. The rest of data in the storage device to be connected is divided into slices, which are allocated to segments of the virtual disk. Then, metadata of the rest of the slices is written into a management information area in which copying of the data therefrom has been completed. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049919 | SERIAL ATTACHED SCSI (SAS) GRID STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THEREOF - There is provided a SAS grid storage system and a method of operating thereof. The system comprises a) a storage control grid comprising a plurality of interconnected data servers operable in accordance with at least one SAS protocol and b) a plurality of disk units adapted to store data at respective ranges of logical block addresses (LBAs), said addresses constituting an entire address space. Each disk unit comprises at least one input/output (IO) module comprising at least one internal SAS expander configured as a target with regard to the storage control grid. The plurality of disk units is operatively connected to the storage control grid in a manner enabling to each data server comprised in the storage control grid an access to each disk unit among the plurality of disk units. The method of operating the grid storage system comprises: a) assigning each LBA to a primary data server configured to have a primary responsibility for permanent storing of data and/or metadata related to the desired LBA, a secondary data server configured to take over the responsibility for said permanent storing in an event of a failure of the primary data server, and, optionally, to auxiliary secondary data server configured to take over the responsibility for said permanent storing in an event of a failure of the secondary data server; b) responsive to an I/O requests directed to a certain LBA, temporarily storing the data and metadata with respect to desired LBA in the primary data server; c) sending copies of said data/metadata from the primary data server to respective secondary data servers for temporarily storing; and d) sending permissions from the primary data server to the secondary data servers to delete the copy of data/metadata upon successful permanent storing said data/metadata. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049920 | DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING WRITE CACHE SIZE - A storage system includes a backend storage unit for storing electronic information; a controller unit for controlling reading and writing to the backend storage unit; and at least one of a cache and a non-volatile storage for storing the electronic information during at least one of the reading and the writing; the controller unit executing machine readable and machine executable instructions including instructions for: testing if a frequency of non-volatile storage full condition has occurred one of above and below an upper threshold frequency value and a lower threshold frequency value; if the frequency of the condition has exceeded a threshold frequency value, then calculating a new size; calculating an expected average response time for the new size; comparing actual response time to the expected response time; and one of adjusting and not adjusting a size of the non-volatile storage to minimize the response time. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049921 | Distributed Shared Caching for Clustered File Systems - Systems and methods for distributed shared caching in a clustered file system, wherein coordination between the distributed caches, their coherency and concurrency management, are all done based on the granularity of data segments rather than files. As a consequence, this new caching system and method provides enhanced performance in an environment of intensive access patterns to shared files. | 2010-02-25 |
20100049922 | DISTRIBUTED SHARED MEMORY - Systems and methods for implementing a distributed shared memory (DSM) in a computer cluster in which an unreliable underlying message passing technology is used, such that the DSM efficiently maintains coherency and reliability. DSM agents residing on different nodes of the cluster process access permission requests of local and remote users on specified data segments via handling procedures, which provide for recovering of lost ownership of a data segment while ensuring exclusive ownership of a data segment among the DSM agents detecting and resolving a no-owner messaging deadlock, pruning of obsolete messages, and recovery of the latest contents of a data segment whose ownership has been lost. | 2010-02-25 |