52nd week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 61 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110320585 | PROVIDING STATE INFORMATION AND REMOTE COMMAND EXECUTION IN A MANAGED MEDIA DEVICE - Systems and methods for providing state information and remote command execution using Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP), Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) or any other protocol that provides for authentication, presence and messaging. A device may exist within a managed or unmanaged network and sign on to a managed network and provide presence information augmented with state information to provide near real-time state information to the managed network. The network may also discover remote command support in endpoint devices to command and control the devices remotely, while traversing unmanaged networks and components. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320586 | Flexible and Safe Monitoring of Computers - Described is a server monitoring technology that is scalable to large numbers of servers, e.g., in a datacenter. Agents on servers run queries to monitor data sources for that server, such as performance counters and other events. The agents monitor their resource usage and those of monitored events to stay within an administrator-specified resource budget (policy), e.g., by modifying the running queries and/or monitoring parameters. A controller receives results of the monitoring, analyzes the results, and takes action as needed with respect to server operation and monitoring. The controller may dynamically update an agent's queries, monitoring parameters and/or monitored data post-processing operations. The controller may issue alerts and reports, including alerts indicative of inter-server problems between two or more servers. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320587 | REAL-TIME DETERMINATION OF SOFTWARE INSTALLATION STATUS - A computer-implemented method for real-time determination of software installation status is described. The determination is performed for multiple computing devices. The method includes accepting a list of computing devices connected to a network. Further, the method includes receiving an identifier for a software component and determining installation status for the software component based on the identifier. The determination being performed on each computing device in the list in real-time. Further, the method includes producing a software installation report based on the determined installation status. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320588 | System and method for wireless network offloading - Wireless offloading provides tools to a service provider to encourage or direct a subscriber to offload from a first network, e.g., a cellular network, to a second network, e.g., a Wi-Fi network. The cellular service provider can use network data to determine wireless offloading priorities for cellular subscribers on an individual or group basis. The cellular service provider may use wireless network data it has and/or wireless network data it learns about networks from the wireless devices (which may obtain Wi-Fi network data from beacon frames of Wi-Fi networks or active scanning and which may report to the cellular service provider). Each wireless device can be given scanning assignments to ensure that the reporting task is shared among subscribers or adjusted to fill in gaps in data. With the network data, the cellular service provider is capable of generating useful prioritized network lists for wireless devices, either individually or as a group. Preferences can be encouraged in the form of incentive offers to subscribers to, e.g., offload from the cellular network to a Wi-Fi network. Incentive offers can include offers to lower service costs or provide additional or improved services. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320589 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING DATA IN A NETWORK - A method and a device for processing data in a network are provided. The method includes using a gateway for modifying a communication from a first network component to a second network component by indicating a reason for a service change and/or by indicating a change of the service. Furthermore, a communication system is suggested containing this device. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320590 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND SERVER FOR SUBSTATION MONITORING CONTROL SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a server | 2011-12-29 |
20110320591 | ACCESS NODE MONITORING CONTROL APPARATUS, ACCESS NODE MONITORING SYSTEM, ACCESS NODE MONITORING METHOD, AND ACCESS NODE MONITORING PROGRAM - Disclosed is an access node monitoring control apparatus for monitoring a plurality of access node devices that each include one or more interface cards corresponding respectively to a plurality of users. This apparatus includes SLA information storage means for storing information about reliability-related SLAs signed by the users; fault information receiving means for receiving information about faults in a device used to provide communication services to the users; fault history storage means for storing a history of faults indicated by the information received by the fault information receiving means in association with the users affected by the faults; and next maintenance operation determination means for determining the next maintenance operation in accordance with information about a currently faulty device, information about an SLA for a user affected by a fault in the faulty device, and a fault history associated with the user. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320592 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR CONTENT DELIVERY USING DEEP PACKET INSPECTION - Methods, systems, and computer readable media for content delivery using deep packet inspection are disclosed. According to one method, steps are performed at a packet inspection (PI) module that is distinct from a cache module. The method includes receiving a request for content. The method also includes inspecting the request to obtain information about the content. The method further includes determining, by comparing the obtained information with traffic management policy information based on a dynamically derived content access profile, whether the cache module is to process the request. The method also includes, in response to determining that the cache module is to process the request, sending the request towards the cache module. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320593 | EQUIPMENT MANAGING APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT MANAGING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An equipment managing apparatus manage equipments via a data channel. Management information for grouping an equipment to be managed according to a condition is retained, and request process content information indicating contents of a request process and equipment information is acquired from event information. The equipment managing apparatus updates the management information based on the request process content information and the equipment information, in order to register or delete data of the management information. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320594 | PROACTIVE SEEDING OF DATA IN A PEER TO PEER NETWORK - A method of proactive seeding of data in a peer-to-peer computer network is provided. The method may include the following steps: monitoring, in a peer-to-peer computer network, a plurality of agents and a plurality of files by tracking an availability of each agent and tracking a status of each file respectively; evaluating each agent, based at least partially on respective past performance and specified rules; encoding each file into portions; matching the portions into agents to yield a specified distribution of loads among the agents based at least partially on their respective evaluation, wherein at least one of the monitoring, the evaluating, the encoding, the and the matching is executed by at least one processor. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320595 | MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM - This embodiment involves a medical information processing device comprising: a storage part; a configuration information storage part; a determination part; and a controller. The storage part stores a plurality of application programs. The configuration information storage part stores configuration information for an execution environment that is quality guaranteed, corresponding to the application program. The determination part, based on the configuration information, determines whether it is possible to run the application program. The controller, if it is determined at the determination part that the application program cannot be run, causes a function corresponding to this application program to be run on a server. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320596 | Method and Apparatus for Protecting Networks from Unauthorized Applications - A traffic controller is provided which integrates black-box tests of unauthorized applications to extract application characteristics from associated Internet traffic, exploits the networking information learned by host clients, actively scans and controls hosts on the corporate network, and dynamically configures a corporate firewall to block traffic to and from critical application network elements. As a result, the traffic controller effectively manages unauthorized applications and their associated traffic in a corporate environment. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320597 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TERMINATING COMMUNICATION REQUESTS IN AN INTERNET PROTOCOL ENVIRONMENT - A IP telephony service allows customers to form user groups. Each user group can include multiple members, each of whom have their own telephony device. A group identifier is assigned to each user group. When an incoming communication directed to the user group identifier is received by the service, the service obtains handling instructions for the user group that specify how the incoming communication is to be terminated to the members of the user group. The service then terminates the incoming communication to one or more members of the user group based on those handling instructions. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320598 | System and Method for Offering Virtual Private Clouds within a Public Cloud Environment - Systems, methods and computer readable media for providing virtual private clouds within a public cloud are described. Examples include a method wherein a service provider deploys a primary instance of a cloud-in-a-box (CIAB) to his cloud computing system to create a public cloud. A CIAB includes adapters configured to manage virtual infrastructure of the cloud, and end-user portal and an administrative portal. A nested instance of CIAB may be deployed to one of the virtual machines, with one of the adapters of the nested instance of CIAB being connected to the end-user portal of the primary instance. An administrator of the nested instance may create his own library of virtual machine images and offer the library to the end-users of the nested CAIB instance. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320599 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND COMPUTER SYSTEM MANAGEMENT METHOD - A management apparatus for managing a computer system stores configuration information of multiple management-target apparatuses based on multiple first information received from multiple management-target apparatuses. The management apparatus, based on the configuration information and multiple additional component application condition information, determines whether or not to use multiple additional component information to acquire multiple second information from the multiple management-target apparatuses. The management apparatus, in a case where a determination to carry out acquisition is made, uses the multiple additional component information to receive the multiple second information from the multiple management-target apparatuses, and based on the multiple second information, either creates or updates the management information of the multiple management-target apparatuses. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320600 | Sharing Access for Clients - This patent application relates to a method, a computer program product, a computer program, an apparatus, and a system for sharing an access to at least one application located on a smart card unit. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320601 | DOMAIN-LESS SERVICE SELECTION - A method and apparatus for providing domainless service selection (DLSS) are described. According to one embodiment of the invention, there is a service selection network element used to provide access of computing devices to a set of one or more services provided by a set of one or more providers. In addition, a web portal allows subscribers to log in and/or select/switch between the services and providers. Responsive to such action by a given subscriber, the web portal causes a record of that subscriber to be altered to reflect the action and causes the service selection network element to attempt to connect the subscriber accordingly. According to certain embodiments of the invention, subscribers' domainless user identifiers are merged by the service selection network element with domain names (stored in a database) of services/providers to form network addresses (e.g., Internet addresses). | 2011-12-29 |
20110320602 | DISCOVERY OF LOGICAL IMAGES AT STORAGE AREA NETWORK ENDPOINTS - A method for detecting virtual images in a network, the network including a host system and a plurality of physical devices in operable communication with one another, includes forming a query packet at the host system; providing the query packet to at least one of the plurality of physical devices; forming at the at least of the plurality of physical devices a first vector in response to the query packet, the first vector including a bit for each possible virtual image that may be formed in the at least one of the plurality of devices and indicating which of the virtual images are configured and addressable; and providing the first vector to the host system. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320603 | APPLICATION INTEGRATION OF NETWORK DATA BASED ON RESOURCE IDENTIFIERS - A resource identifier parser can derive information from resource identifiers that are provided to non-browser application programs or the operating system, such as through the desktop area of a windows-based user interface. The resource identifier parser can understand the formatting of resource identifiers of specific domains and can derive therefrom information such as coordinates of a map page, the title of classified listings, and other like information. If the resource identifier cannot be parsed, the identified data page can be referenced to identify services offered by the page, such as data feed services, which can then be presented to the non-browser application program or the operating system to which the resource identifier was provided. As yet another alternative, the domain can provide a customized resource identifier parser to parse its resource identifiers. Such a customized parser can be either downloadable and locally executable or it can be a network service. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320604 | ALLOCATING UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS - A method, a system and a computer program product for allocating identifiers are disclosed. A plurality of subgroups of identifiers including at least a first subgroup of identifiers and a second subgroup of identifiers within an identifier range is identified. A first set of identifiers is selected in the first subgroup. The first set of identifiers in the first subgroup is compared with a second set of identifiers in the second subgroup and a first set of common identifiers is identified using metadata of the second set of identifiers. A third set of identifiers is generated by eliminating the first set of common identifiers from the first set of identifiers. The third set of identifiers is compared with a fourth set of identifiers in a repository of stored identifiers, to identify a second set of common identifiers. A fifth set of identifiers is generated by eliminating the second set of common identifiers from the third set of identifiers. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320605 | Provisioning Multiple Network Resources - A resource provisioning service allows users to provision multiple, different network resources in an atomic manner and with a single call to a resource provisioning service. In some instances, the multiple, different network resources comprise individual types of resources that form a portion of one or more cloud-computing platforms. For instance, one or more entities may host and operate a cloud-computing platform that includes different types of network resources, such a storage service, a load balancing service, a compute service, a security service, or any other similar or different type of network-accessible service. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320606 | Allocating Computer Resources in a Cloud Environment - A method, data processing system, and computer program product for managing resources. A request for resources in the network data processing system is received. The request comprises requested values for a plurality of attributes for the resources in the network data processing system. In response to receiving the request, potential resources in the network data processing system are identified. The request is evaluated using a function configured to generate identified values for the plurality of attributes from the requested values in the request based on proximity scores for the plurality of attributes in the potential resources relative to an ideal allocation of the potential resources and resource weights for the plurality of attributes in the potential resources. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320607 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALIGNING MEDIA CONTENT DELIVERY SESSIONS WITH HISTORICAL NETWORK USAGE - A networked computing system for coordinating the distribution of burdensome media content using historical usage patterns. The networked computing system includes multiple network resources (e.g., wireless and wireline network access points) that provide communications service, user equipment, and data communications network facilitating data communications. Within the networked computing system, a current reference to a communications location of a user equipment can be evaluated to determine if a schedule for a media content transfer session should be modified based on a comparison of the current reference with historical references to one or more prior communications locations of the same user equipment. When it is determined that the schedule for the media content transfer session should be modified, a preferred network resource or a preferred device state, facilitating a less burdensome media content delivery, is determined for subsequent communications. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320608 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATING BUNDLES OF SESSIONS IN A NETWORK ELEMENT - A session bundle allocation capability is disclosed. The session bundle allocation capability enables dynamic allocation of bundles of sessions being handled by a network element to modules of the network element (e.g., modules such as processing modules configured to perform one or more of traffic processing, traffic switching, and like functions). A bundle of sessions may be allocated by associating a plurality of sessions to form thereby a bundle of sessions, and assigning the bundle of sessions to a processing module group including one or more processing modules configured for processing traffic for the sessions of the bundle of sessions. A bundle of sessions may have a bundle identifier associated therewith, and a bundle of sessions may be migrated from a first processing module group to a second processing module group by changing a mapping of the bundle identifier from being associated with the first processing module group to being associated with the second processing module group. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320609 | Handling Of A Communication Session - Method, device and computer program product for handling a communication session at a device, by executing a communication session handling program at the device, the communication session handling program comprising a communication session handling part for handling the communication session and an interfacing part for linking with a communication session control interface. An application executed at the device provides, to a user of the device, a communication session control interface for the communication session handled by the communication session handling part of the communication session handling program, the application linking with the interfacing part of the communication session handling program. On detecting that the application has ceased to provide the communication session control interface, the interfacing part of the communication session handling program links, without dropping the communication session, to a further communication session control interface provided at the device for continuation of the communication session handled by the communication session handling part. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320610 | PROVIDING CONTENT TO CLIENT DEVICE - Content is provided to a client device. A request is received from the client device at a content management service which has access to a database of content and a database of devices on a network. The request identifies content requested by a client. The content management service designates a content source. Capability information is received from the client device. The content management service determines whether the client device has capabilities corresponding to the content identified by the request, using the capability information. Responsive to a determination that the client device has the capabilities, the client device is provided with information to facilitate direct communication between the client device and the content source. Responsive to a determination that the client device does not have the capabilities, a communication channel is constructed between the client device and one or more other devices which have capabilities corresponding to the content. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320611 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication device includes an identification information storage stores identification information based on which a predetermined terminal device is identified, an initial setting storage storing, as an initial setting, a communication setting with which a direct communication is enabled with respect to the predetermined terminal device identified by the identification information stored in the identification information storage, an acquiring unit acquires a connection setting to connect an access point, a transmission unit transmits the connection setting acquired by the acquiring unit and an instruction to connect with the access point in accordance with the connection setting to the predetermined terminal deice in accordance with the initial setting stored in the initial setting storage, and a setting unit makes the communication device connectable to the access point with the connection setting acquired by the acquiring unit after the connection setting and the instruction are transmitted by the transmission unit. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320612 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, WIRELESS DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus comprises a communication device, a first controller, a second controller, and a player. The communication device has a close proximity wireless communication function. The first controller establishes connection between a wireless device and the communication device in a proximity state. The second controller connects the electronic apparatus to a server through the close proximity wireless communication function and a wireless communication function of the wireless device. The player plays a content received from the server through the close proximity wireless communication function and the wireless communication function of the wireless device, to halt playing the content when the proximity state is released during the playing, and resume playing the content when the proximity state is restored. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320613 | METHOD OF ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN USERS AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE PROVIDERS - The invention relates to a method of establishing communication between one or more users and one or more professional service providers. The professional service provides include, but are not limited to legal professionals, medical professionals, doctors, taxation professionals, accounting professionals, and financial professionals. Information corresponding to one or more professional service requirements of the user is obtained. The information includes basic information and confidential information. The basic information is transmitted to the one or more professional service providers based on the one or more professional service requirements of the user. Thereafter, communication is established between the user and the one or more professional service providers based on conflict of interest and an affirmative confirmation from the one or more professional service providers. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320614 | Device, System and Method for Providing Distributed Online Services - A device, system, and method is provided for running mobile applications, including a server for running applications and a client installed in a mobile device. The client may connect to the server via a network. The client may display content, receive user input, and send user input to the server. The server may use the client to receive user input and to display content for running applications for the mobile device. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320615 | PROFILE AND CAPABILITY OF WAP-TERMINAL WITH EXTERNAL DEVICES CONNECTED - Data communication system and a method in a data communication system comprising a terminal, e.g. a mobile phone, adapted to communicate with an application server using a wireless transmission protocol, preferably WAP, including a terminal profile. The wireless transmission protocol also includes an attached device's profile that is dynamically updated with data related to a device attached to the terminal. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320616 | Managing Secure Sessions - The different illustrative embodiments provide a method, a computer program product, and an apparatus for managing secure sessions. An identity of a requestor is verified in response to receiving a request from the requestor to access a resource. The identity of the requestor comprises authentication information used to identify a number of privileges to the resource for the requestor. A session cookie is sent to the requestor by a first data processing system. The session cookie identifies the number of privileges for a session. A migration cookie is sent to the requestor by the first data processing system, wherein the migration cookie is used to recreate the session on a second data processing system. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320617 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING INCOMPLETE REQUESTS, TCP TIMEOUTS AND APPLICATION TIMEOUTS - Described herein is a method and system for preventing Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. An intermediary device is deployed between clients and servers. The device receives a first packet of an application layer transaction via a transport layer connection between the device and client. The device records a last activity time for the transport layer connection based upon the timestamp of the first packet. The device receives subsequent data packets and determines whether the data in the packets completes a protocol data structure of the application layer protocol. If the device determines that the subsequent packet completes the protocol data structure, the last activity time is updated. If the device determines that the application layer protocol remains incomplete, the device retains the last activity time and determines that the duration of inactivity for the transport layer connection exceeds a predetermined threshold. The device may subsequently drop the connection. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320618 | METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING LINK SPEED FOR A MULTISPEED FIBER LINK MODULE - Automatically determining a link speed between link partners using a multispeed fiber module. An embodiment solves the problem of how to determine the highest common link speed between short range (SR)/long range (LR) fiber link partners when at least one of the link partners is using a multispeed fiber module. In an embodiment, a multispeed fiber module comprises a module that is capable of both 10 gigabit (GB) per second Ethernet and 1 GB per second Ethernet or lesser data transfer speeds over a fiber optical link. In an embodiment, the method comprises trying each link speed in a known succession, from highest supported speed to lowest supported speed. In an embodiment, an initiator link partner “blinks” a transmit laser, which alerts the link partners that a link speed determination session is being initiated. By automatically determining link speed, the user is relieved of the necessity to manually configure the link speed. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320619 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A NETWORK AND A NETWORK - For allowing an enhancement of diversity of network applications in a simple way a method for operating a network, especially an IP (Internet Protocol) network, is claimed, wherein a local network is in connection with the network via a gateway and wherein a UE (User Equipment) of the local network is performing a session setup by communicating with a functional entity of the network in order to communicate with or to start a UE-related and/or session-related application. The method is characterized in that the application is communicating with a local network controller, wherein the network controller is receiving a UE-related and/or session-related parameter (LID—Local Identifier) from the application for locating a UE and/or a specific session within the local network based on the received parameter. Further, an according network is claimed, preferably for carrying out the above mentioned method. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320620 | METHOD OF AUTHORIZING AF SESSIONS USING EXTERNAL SUBSCRIBER DATABASE - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: receiving, at the policy and charging rules node from a requesting entity, a message including a request associated with at least one service data flow (SDF), wherein the request includes at least one requested bandwidth; extracting at least one subscriber identifier from the message; retrieving a subscription record associated with the at least one subscriber identifier; determining whether the request should be fulfilled by performing at least one comparison of the at least one requested bandwidth for the SDF against at least one field of the subscription record; if the request should be fulfilled, establishing the SDF; and if the request should not be fulfilled: generating a response message that indicates that the request was rejected, and transmitting the response message to the requesting entity. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320621 | COMMUNICATION NETWORK SYSTEM - The communication network system comprises: a relay device ( | 2011-12-29 |
20110320622 | MANAGING INTERNET PROTOCOL CONNECTIVITY ACCESS NETWORK SESSIONS - The invention is directed to managing a subscriber session, particularly an Internet Protocol connectivity access network (IP-CAN) session in the context of LTE networks, responsive to a change in circumstances related to the subscriber such as a change in subscriber profile information, an event trigger, or a usage management trigger. According to embodiments of the invention, such management includes receiving an indication of a change in circumstances relating to a subscriber; identifying a session related to the change; determining if taking an action related to the session is desirable; and taking the action in accordance with the determination. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320623 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR PROVIDING SECURITY THROUGH NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATIONS USING TUNNELING AND COMPENSATIONS - This invention provides a method for providing network security services, such as those provided by the IPSEC protocol, through network address translation (NAT). The method is based on determining the transformations that occur on a packet and compensating for the transformations. Because only TCP and UDP protocols work through NATs, the IPSEC AH/ESP packets are encapsulated into UDP packets for transport. Special operations are performed to allow reliable communications in such environments. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320624 | GENERIC OBJECT EXCHANGE PROFILE MESSAGE - In a method for generating a generic object exchange profile message, navigation data is inserted into the generic object exchange profile message. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320625 | NETWORK STREAMING OVER MULTIPLE DATA COMMUNICATION CHANNELS USING CONTENT FEEDBACK INFORMATION - The present disclosure is directed to sending a single data stream from a sending endpoint to a receiving endpoint. Both of the endpoints each have multiple data communication channels connecting each endpoint to one or more networks, respectively. Different portions of data packets are sent by the sending endpoint over different ones of the multiple data communication channels. Sender content information is sent by the sending endpoint to the receiving endpoint over one or more of the data communication channels. Feedback information is sent by the receiving endpoint over one or more of the data communication channels and is received by the sending endpoint. The feedback information is gathered for each of data communication channels connected to the receiving endpoint. Receiver content information regarding streaming data gathered at the receiving endpoint is sent by the receiving endpoint over one or more of the data communication channels and is received by the sending endpoint. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320626 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZING PAUSED PLAYBACK ACROSS PLATFORMS - A method and apparatus for resuming playback of a media program, the playback initiated on a first device and resumed on a second device is disclosed. The method does not rely on additional messages transmitted from the playback devices, but rather on server side monitoring of the transmission of the media program. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320627 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCESSING AND SYNCHRONIZING PRESENTATION OF MEDIA CONTENT AND SUPPLEMENTAL MEDIA RICH CONTENT - Media rich content server systems and methods are operable to provide access to supplemental media rich content at a portable media device. An exemplary embodiment communicatively couples a portable media device to a media device that initially receives a media content stream comprising at least one supplemental media rich content trigger, wherein the supplemental media rich content trigger includes access information configured to access at least one media rich content server; receives a portion of the media content stream with the supplemental media rich content trigger at the portable media device; establishes a communication link between the portable media device and the media rich content server based upon the access information in the received supplemental media rich content trigger; receives supplemental media rich content from the media rich content server; and presents at least the received supplemental media rich content on a display of the portable media device. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320628 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GEOFILTERING BY CONTENT - Methods, apparatuses, articles of manufacture, and memory structures for selective delivery of content based on geolocation are disclosed. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320629 | STREAM MEDIA SERVER, CLIENT TERMINAL AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DOWNLOADING STREAM MEDIA - The present invention discloses a streaming media server, a client terminal and method and system for downloading streaming media. The method comprises: receiving and caching streaming media data carried by RTP packets through a streaming media session; sorting and framing the cached RTP packets; and generating a file, writing framed data frames into the generated file. A system for downloading streaming media disclosed by the present invention at the same time comprises: a streaming media server, a client terminal, wherein the streaming media server is used for transmitting streaming media data carried by RTP packets through streaming media sessions; the client terminal is used for receiving and caching the RTP packets, sorting and framing the cached RTP packets, and generating a file, writing framed data frame in the generated file. With the present invention, the streaming media data which have already been downloaded can be displayed normally after downloading interruption. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320630 | FORWARDING BROADCAST TRAFFIC TO A HOST ENVIRONMENT - A network interface controller (NIC) determines link layer broadcast traffic of interest to the host environment. The NIC receives link layer broadcast traffic intended for the host environment, including traffic of interest and unwanted traffic. The NIC discards the unwanted traffic and forwards the traffic of interest to the host environment. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320631 | PRELOADING TOKEN BUCKETS FOR DYNAMICALLY IMPLEMENTING SPEED INCREASES - Providing a dynamic bandwidth increase using at least one token bucket is disclosed. At least one token bucket is pre-loaded to capacity using PCMM commands to dynamically implement speed increases in the network. By pre-loading the at least one token bucket to capacity, the rate cap assigned to the customer is overridden. When the token bucket is exhausted the customer continues at their provisioned rate cap. Only a configuration file has to be changed to implement the temporary bandwidth increase. The token buckets may be implemented on a per service flow basis. Further, a plurality of token buckets may be provided, wherein a first token bucket is configured to control a total burst size and a second token bucket is configured to control an individual flow burst rate up until the first token bucket is depleted. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320632 | Flow control for virtualization-based server - A server includes a processor, a network adapter connected to the processor and a route switcher. The processor includes a virtual machine and a virtual switch relaying packets exchanged between the virtual machine and an exterior. The network adapter has a transfer function of transmitting and receiving packets to and from the virtual machine not through the virtual switch. The route switcher dynamically switches a flow of the packets transmitted and received by the virtual machine between first and second route pattern flows. And, the route switcher instructs the transfer function to process the first route pattern flow instructs the virtual switch to process the second route pattern flow. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320633 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR A MANAGED APPLICATION SERVER RESTART - Systems and methods for managing the traffic handled by an application server while the application server is in the process of restarting is disclosed. An application server has a plurality of internal processing units. When the application server is restarted, it signals a forwarding node to cease forwarding traffic to the internal processing units. When all of the nodes are ready, or at the expiration of a predetermined time interval, the application server signals the forwarding node to resume forwarding traffic to the internal processing units. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320634 | CABLE MODEM AND CHANNEL SCANNING METHOD - A cable modem and a channel scanning method of the cable modem include creating a black list to record invalid downstream channels, scanning downstream channels from the cable modem terminal system (CMTS), and ignoring the downstream channels stored in the black list. The creation of the black list includes obtaining Internet protocol (IP) addresses from the DHCP server and determining whether the IP addresses are successfully obtained, and in response to unsuccessfully obtaining the IP addresses, recording the locked downstream channel into the black list. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320635 | DATA SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEM - While a server ( | 2011-12-29 |
20110320636 | SMART ENERGY GATEWAY WITH INTEGRATED PLUG - Various embodiments include a smart energy gateway. The smart energy gateway includes a housing and a power plug integrated into the housing. The smart energy gateway can be mounted to an electrical outlet via the power plug. The smart energy gateway also includes a controller configured to accept transmissions from a smart energy network and communicate a subset of the transmissions to an external network. Other devices and methods are disclosed. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320637 | DISCOVERY BY OPERATING SYSTEM OF INFORMATION RELATING TO ADAPTER FUNCTIONS ACCESSIBLE TO THE OPERATING SYSTEM - A tiered discovery capability is employed to obtain attributes regarding adapters of an I/O configuration. The first tier obtains a list of the adapter functions accessible to an operating system; the second tier obtains attributes regarding a selected adapter function of the list of adapter functions; and a third tier obtains common attributes of a group of adapter functions, the group including the selected adapter function. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320638 | ENABLE/DISABLE ADAPTERS OF A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - An adapter is enabled for use. The enabling includes assigning one or more address spaces to the adapter, based on a request. For each address space assigned to the adapter, a corresponding device table entry is assigned. When the adapter is no longer needed, it is disabled and the assigned device table entries become available. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320639 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS APPLICATION - A system for enhancing universal serial bus (USB) applications comprises an upstream processor, a downstream processor and a main controller. The upstream processor accepts standard USB signals from a USB host and independently provides responses required by USB specification within the required time frame. The upstream processor also contains storage for descriptors for a device associated with this upstream processor. The main controller obtains the descriptors by commanding the downstream processor, and passes them to the upstream processor. The downstream processor connectable to USB-compliant devices accepts the USB signals from the USB-compliant devices and provides responses required by USB specification within the required time frame. The main controller interconnects the upstream and downstream processors, and provides timing independence between upstream and downstream timing. The main controller also commands the downstream processor to obtain device descriptors independent of the USB host. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320640 | DISCOVERY AND CONFIGURATION OF DEVICE CONFIGURATIONS - A computer program product for processing communications between a host processor and a plurality of devices includes a tangible storage medium for performing a method comprising: receiving, by the host processor, physical configuration information including identification of a location of each physical endpoint connected to the host processor and a plurality of communication paths associated with each physical endpoint; sending at least one message to each physical endpoint on each of the plurality of communication paths, the at least one message requesting identification of a logical entity at the endpoint, and receiving logical configuration information identifying the logical entity; and generating a data collection accessible by the host processor, the data collection including the physical configuration information and the logical configuration information for each logical entity, and identification of a location of each physical endpoint connected to the host processor and a plurality of communication paths to each logical entity. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320641 | CONTROL APPARATUS, SWITCH, OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD - A control apparatus includes a first processor that is operative to perform outputting first data including control data, a first input/output interface that receives the first data, a second input/output interface that receives and outputs data, a third input/output interface that receives and outputs data using a second communication method, in which transmission speed is lower than transmission speed in the first communication method, and a second processor that is operable to perform controlling the second input/output interface outputs third data, which is obtained by replacing the control data included in the first data received by the first input/output interface with second data received by the third input/output interface, to a control target apparatus, controlling the control target apparatus outputs the third data received from the second input/output interface, and controlling the third input/output interface outputs response data in response to the third data received from the control target apparatus. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320642 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A UNIFIED STORAGE SYSTEM - A unified storage system for executing a variety of types of storage control software using a single standardized hardware platform includes multiple storage control modules connected to storage devices for storing data related to input/output (I/O) operations. A first type of storage control software is initially installed and executed on a first storage control module for processing a first type of I/O operations. A management module replaces the first type of storage control software by installing a second type of storage control software onto the first storage control module. When the second type of storage control software is installed and executed, the first storage control module processes a second type of I/O operation, different from the first type of I/O operation. Control of volumes originally accessed by the first storage control module may be transferred to a second storage control module having the first type of storage control software installed. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320643 | MEASUREMENT FACILITY FOR ADAPTER FUNCTIONS - A measurement facility is provided for capturing and presenting fine-grained usage information for adapter functions in an input/output subsystem. Adapter specific input/output traffic is tracked on a per function basis and the results are dynamically presented to the user. This information is useful for performance tuning, load balancing and usage based charging, as examples. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320644 | RESIZING ADDRESS SPACES CONCURRENT TO ACCESSING THE ADDRESS SPACES - Address spaces are resized concurrent to accessing those address spaces. The size of an address space can be increased or decreased concurrent to performing read or write operations on the address space. Further, cache entries associated with an address space being decreased in size are purged. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320645 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCED CHANNEL STARVATION IN A DMA ENGINE - Techniques for generating information identifying a next direct memory access (DMA) task to be serviced. In an embodiment, arbitration logic provides a sequence of masking logic to determine, according to a hierarchy of rules, a next task to be serviced by a DMA engine. In certain embodiments, masking logic includes logic to mask information representing pending tasks to be serviced, the masking based on identification of a channel as being a suspended channel and/or a victim channel. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320646 | SKIP BASED CONTROL LOGIC FOR FIRST IN FIRST OUT BUFFER - Skip based control logic for first in first out buffer is disclosed. In one embodiment, a host controller interface (HCI) device includes an isochronous receive first in first out (IRFIFO) buffer. The IRFIFO buffer includes a storage for storing an isochronous data packet received from a guest device. Further, the IRFIFO buffer includes a write pointer for pointing to a write address of the storage for a write operation. Furthermore, the IRFIFO buffer includes a read pointer for pointing to a read address of the storage for a read operation. In addition, the IRFIFO includes a control logic for incrementing the read pointer by a value of a skip parameter of a skip register if the isochronous data packet is not valid for the read operation. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320647 | SKIP BASED CONTROL LOGIC FOR FIRST IN FIRST OUT BUFFER - Skip based control logic for first in first out buffer is disclosed. In one embodiment, an isochronous data packet placed in an isochronous receive first in first out (IRFIFO) buffer coupled to an isochronous receive direct memory access (IRDMA) is detected. Further, a header of the isochronous data packet is read. Furthermore, a validity of the isochronous data packet is determined. Also, a read operation of remaining data of the isochronous data packet is skipped if the isochronous data packet is determined as invalid. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320648 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REAL-TIME TRANSPORT OF MULTI-MEDIA INFORMATION IN A NETWORK - In one embodiment of a networking module, a first block receives a serial digital media signal, and provides a parallel digital media signal based on the serial digital media signal. A second block, operative with the first block, stores the parallel digital media signal in a corresponding slot in an outgoing frame, and sends the outgoing frame in response to receiving an incoming frame. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320649 | WRITE AGGREGATION USING OPTIONAL I/O REQUESTS - A computer readable storage medium comprising software instructions, which when executed by a processor, perform a method, the method including obtaining a first non-optional Input/Output (I/O) request from an I/O queue, determining that a second non-optional I/O request and an optional I/O request are adjacent to the first non-optional I/O request, generating a new data payload using a first data payload from the first non-optional I/O request, a second data payload for the second non-optional I/O request, and a third data payload corresponding to the optional I/O request, wherein the third data payload is interposed between the first data payload and the second data payload, generating a new non-optional I/O request comprising the new data payload, and issuing the new non-optional I/O request to a storage pool, wherein the new data payload is written to a contiguous storage location in the storage pool. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320650 | ANALYSIS PREPROCESSING SYSTEM, ANALYSIS PREPROCESSING METHOD AND ANALYSIS PREPROCESSING PROGRAM - An analysis preprocessing system is provided which is capable of rapidly passing data to means for analyzing data while preventing the data from overflowing, even if large amounts of data are transmitted from a large number of data generation sources. Data acquisition means | 2011-12-29 |
20110320651 | Buffering of a data stream - A data processing apparatus is provided comprising a buffer for buffering data contained in a data stream generated by a data stream generator and received by a data stream receptor. Buffer occupancy tracking circuitry is provided and configured to maintain a high buffer utilisation value providing an indication of a high buffer occupation level for a given time period during utilisation of the buffer. Alternatively, in an apparatus where the buffer is implemented in dedicated memory, the buffer occupancy tracking circuitry is configured to store a programmable buffer size limit controlling a maximum allowable buffer storage capacity. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320652 | CONTROLLING ACCESS BY A CONFIGURATION TO AN ADAPTER FUNCTION - Access to an input/output adapter by a configuration is controlled. For each requested access to an adapter, checks are made to determine whether the configuration is authorized to access the adapter. If it is not authorized, then access is denied. If it is authorized, but access should be temporarily blocked, then instruction execution is altered to indicate such. If access is permitted, but should be blocked for another reason (other than temporarily), then access is denied. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320653 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROUTING I/O EXPANSION REQUESTS AND RESPONSES IN A PCIE ARCHITECTURE - A system for implementing non-standard input/output (I/O) adapters in a standardized I/O architecture, comprising an I/O hub communicatively coupled to an I/O bus and a plurality of I/O adapters at I/O adapter addresses, the I/O hub including logic for implementing a method comprising receiving requests from the plurality of I/O adapters, storing the I/O adapter addresses of a requester along with their corresponding target recipient addresses and operation codes, receiving a response from a responder, the response indicating that a request has been completed, determining that the response is in a format other than a format supported by the I/O bus, transforming the response into the format supported by the I/O bus, locating a stored I/O adapter address having a corresponding target recipient address that matches the responder address and a corresponding operation code that matches the responder operation code, and transmitting the response to the stored I/O adapter address. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320654 | Integrated Guidance and Validation Policy Based Zoning Mechanism - A mechanism is provided to automatically retrieve zoning best practices from a centralized repository and to ensure that automatically generated zones do not violate these best practices. A user selects a set of hosts and storage controllers. The user also selects a guidance policy for creating the zone, and also selects a set of validation policies that must be enforced on the zone. If the user selects a guidance policy and a validation policy combination that is incompatible, the mechanism allows the user to change either the selected guidance policy or the set of validation policies. If the user has selected consistent-zoning as a guidance policy, then the mechanism automatically selects a guidance policy that does not violate the known validation policies. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320655 | Adapter for physically interfacing between an accessory and a device - Circuits, methods, and apparatus that provide compatibility among incompatible accessories and portable media players. One example provides an adapter having a connector receptacle to mate with an accessory's connector insert and a connector insert to mate with a portable media player's connector receptacle. Another example provides an adapter having a direct connection between pins on the connector insert and pins on the connector receptacle that are used for compatible signals. Another example provides an adapter including a DC-to-DC converter that receives a first power supply from an accessory and provides a second power supply to a portable media player. Another translates signals using different signaling technologies. Authentication and identification circuitry may also be included. Other examples may employ wireless technologies instead of either or both the connector insert and connector receptacle. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320656 | Techniques for obtaining a serial number for a storage device - Technique for adding a serial number to a memory or storage device (e.g., a USB device) is disclosed. In one embodiment, the technique includes: generating a serial number after a host computer identifies a storage device connected thereto; transmitting the serial number to the storage device by the host computer via a driver; and saving the serial number being received to the storage device. The invention also discloses a host computer providing a serial number to a storage device and a storage device obtaining a serial number from the host computer. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320657 | CONTROLLING DATA STREAM INTERRUPTIONS ON A SHARED INTERFACE - A mechanism for controlling data stream interruptions on a shared bus is provided. A first request is received to transfer data. High priority data components and low priority data components are determined for the first request. The high priority data components are transferred without interruptions. In response to receiving requests when transferring the high priority data components, the received requests are rejected. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320658 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An interrupt control circuit asserts a remap signal in response to an interrupt request from a low-speed slave to a processor, and reads information stored in an information register of the low-speed slave. The interrupt control circuit writes the read information into a buffer exclusively for interrupt processing. A switch circuit supplies a read access request which is a request from the processor to the information register to the low-speed slave during negation of the remap signal, and supplies the read access request to the buffer via the interrupt control circuit in order to read the information from the buffer during assertion of the remap signal. By accessing to the buffer exclusively for the interrupt processing instead of the information register in response to the read access request from the processor, the interrupt processing time may be shortened. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320659 | DYNAMIC MULTI-LEVEL CACHE INCLUDING RESOURCE ACCESS FAIRNESS SCHEME - An apparatus for controlling access to a resource includes a shared pipeline configured to communicate with the resource, a plurality of command queues configured to form instructions for the shared pipeline and an arbiter coupled between the shared pipeline and the plurality of command queues configured to grant access to the shared pipeline to a one of the plurality of command queues based on a first priority scheme in a first operating mode. The apparatus also includes interface logic coupled to the arbiter and configured to determine that contention for access to the resource exists among the plurality of command queues and to cause the arbiter to grant access to the shared pipeline based on a second priority scheme in second operating mode. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320660 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - To improve processing performance of an information processing device as a whole by controlling priority in units of processes. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320661 | DIAGNOSE INSTRUCTION FOR SERIALIZING PROCESSING - A system serialization capability is provided to facilitate processing in those environments that allow multiple processors to update the same resources. The system serialization capability is used to facilitate processing in a multi-processing environment in which guests and hosts use locks to provide serialization. The system serialization capability includes a diagnose instruction which is issued after the host acquires a lock, eliminating the need for the guest to acquire the lock. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320662 | IDENTIFICATION OF TYPES OF SOURCES OF ADAPTER INTERRUPTIONS - A source identification facility is provided that enables identification of the one or more types of adapters requesting an interrupt in order to facilitate processing of the interrupt. The adapter types are accessible to the operating system and are used to tailor processing by the operating system of the interrupt. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320663 | CONVERTING A MESSAGE SIGNALED INTERRUPTION INTO AN I/O ADAPTER EVENT NOTIFICATION TO A GUEST OPERATING SYSTEM - One or more message signaled interruption requests from one or more input/output (I/O) adapters are converted to I/O adapter event notifications while retaining the message vector indication. An I/O adapter event notification may be routed and presented to a host or to a guest that the host is executing. To present the notification to the correct host or to the correct guest, various data structures in host and/or guest memory are used. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320664 | CONTROLLING A RATE AT WHICH ADAPTER INTERRUPTION REQUESTS ARE PROCESSED - The conditions under which adapter interruptions are made pending are controlled. Responsive to an interruption being presented to an operating system, subsequent interruptions are suppressed on all central processing units in the configuration. The operating system processes the interruption, including examining and processing indicators of reported events until the operating system discontinues the suppression. This enables the operating system to control the number of pending interruptions and the number of processors processing those interruptions. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320665 | Managing Concurrent Serialized Interrupt Broadcast Commands In A Multi-Node, Symmetric Multiprocessing Computer - Managing concurrent serialized interrupt broadcast commands in a multi-node, symmetric multiprocessing computer including receiving, by a communications adapter in a compute node, a plurality of serialized interrupt broadcast commands; receiving, by the communications adapter, a plurality of interrupt tags for the plurality of serialized interrupt broadcast commands, each interrupt tag including an identification of an interrupt service order for a serialized interrupt broadcast command; assigning, by the communications adapter, to each serialized interrupt broadcast command its interrupt tag; and if an interrupt tag assigned to a serialized interrupt broadcast command has an interrupt service order that matches a value of a current operation tag that identifies the next serialized interrupt broadcast command to be exposed to the one or more processors, exposing, by the communications adapter, the serialized interrupt broadcast command to the one or more processors on the compute node to be serviced. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320666 | INPUT/OUTPUT (I/O) EXPANSION RESPONSE PROCESSING IN A PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT EXPRESS (PCIE) ENVIRONMENT - A system for implementing non-standard input/output (I/O) adapters in a standardized I/O architecture, comprising an I/O hub communicatively coupled to an I/O bus and a plurality of I/O adapters, the I/O hub including logic for implementing a method comprising receiving a request from a requester to perform an operation on one of the plurality of I/O adapters. The method further comprising determining that the request is in a format other than a format supported by the I/O bus, determining that the requester requires a completion response for the request, transforming the request into the format supported by the I/O bus, transmitting the request to the I/O adapter, receiving the completion response from the I/O adapter, the completion response comprising an indicator that the request has been completed, the completion response in the format supported by the I/O bus and transmitting the completion response to the requester. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320667 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH NETWORK INTERFACE CARD - An electronic device includes a first motherboard and a network interface card (NIC). A cutout is defined in the first motherboard. The NIC is located in the cutout of the first motherboard and positioned substantially parallel to the motherboard. The NIC includes a network socket is capable of receiving a network cable, and a printed circuit board (PCB). The PCB includes a first edge, a second edge, and a third edge. The network socket is located in the first edge. The second edge is substantially perpendicular to the first edge. A side connector is located on the second edge. The second edge is capable of being vertically connected to a second motherboard. The third edge substantially parallels to the first edge. A back connector is located on the third edge, that is plugged into the first motherboard in parallel. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320668 | WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS DEVICE, SD CONTROL CHIP, AND METHOD FOR DATA COMMUNICATION - A wireless Internet access device, a secure digital (SD) control chip, and a data communication method are disclosed. The method includes the following steps: the wireless Internet access device receives an SD command from a terminal device, where the SD command is converted by the terminal device from a command and/or data sent by an upper layer; the wireless Internet access device determines an interface mode according to the SD interface support of the terminal device; the wireless Internet access device executes the SD command according to the interface mode. In embodiments of the present invention, the SD card is integrated with the wireless Internet access function, which reduces the size of the wireless Internet access device and enables the wireless Internet access device to select a proper mode to meet different service requirements of terminal devices according to the SD interface support of different terminal devices. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320669 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A communication system for transmitting data, for example, within a System-in-Package. The system includes a first circuit configured for: a) dividing the data into a plurality of packets having a determined size; and b) creating for each of the packets a transmission segment including a segment header and the respective packet as payload. The system also includes a second circuit configured for: a) separating the transmission segments into a plurality of physical units, where the physical units have a determined size; and b) transmitting the physical units over a physical communication channel. In particular, the segment header includes at least one field that identifies the number of physical units that are to be transmitted. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320670 | CONNECTED INPUT/OUTPUT HUB MANAGEMENT - A method for implementing connected input/output (I/O) hub configuration and management includes configuring a first I/O hub in wrap mode with a second I/O hub. The hubs are communicatively coupled via a wrap cable. The method further includes generating data traffic on a computing subsystem that includes the hubs. Generating traffic includes: converting, via the first hub, a request to implement a transaction into an I/O device-readable request packet and transmitting the request packet over the wrap cable; converting, via the second hub, the I/O device-readable (IODR) request packet into a system readable request and transmitting the request over a system bus; converting, via the second hub, the response to an IODR response packet, and transmitting the response packet over the wrap cable; and converting, via the first hub, the IODR response packet into a system readable response packet, and transmitting the response packet over the system bus. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320671 | MOVING OWNERSHIP OF A DEVICE BETWEEN COMPUTE ELEMENTS - In an embodiment, a command is received that requests movement of ownership of a target device from an origin compute element to a destination compute element. From the origin compute element, a translation of a virtual bridge identifier to a first secondary bus identifier, a first subordinate bus identifier, and a first MMIO bus address range is removed. To the destination compute element, a translation of the target virtual bridge identifier to a second secondary bus identifier, a second subordinate bus identifier, and a second MMIO bus address range is added. From a south chip that comprises the target virtual bridge, a translation of the target virtual bridge identifier to an identifier of the origin compute element is removed. To the south chip, a translation of the target virtual bridge identifier to an identifier of the destination compute element is added. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320672 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTED DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS FOR SYSTEMS ON CHIP - A distributed direct memory access (DMA) method, apparatus, and system is provided within a system on chip (SOC). DMA controller units are distributed to various functional modules desiring direct memory access. The functional modules interface to a systems bus over which the direct memory access occurs. A global buffer memory, to which the direct memory access is desired, is coupled to the system bus. Bus arbitrators are utilized to arbitrate which functional modules have access to the system bus to perform the direct memory access. Once a functional module is selected by the bus arbitrator to have access to the system bus, it can establish a DMA routine with the global buffer memory. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320673 | Providing A Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI)-Compatible Transaction Level Protocol For A System On A Chip (SoC) - 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 via one or more physical units 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. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320674 | UPBOUND INPUT/OUTPUT EXPANSION REQUEST AND RESPONSE PROCESSING IN A PCIE ARCHITECTURE - A system for implementing non-standard I/O adapters in a standardized input/output (I/O) architecture, the system comprising an I/O adapter communicatively coupled to an I/O hub via an I/O bus, the I/O adapter communicating in a first protocol, the I/O bus communicating in a second protocol different than the first protocol, and the I/O adapter including logic for implementing a method comprising initiating a first request to perform an operation on a host system, the first request formatted for the first protocol and comprising data required to process the first request, and creating a second request responsive to the first request, the second request comprising a header and formatted according to the second protocol, the creating comprising storing the data required to process the first request in the header of the second request. The method further comprising sending the second request to the host system. | 2011-12-29 |
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. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320676 | SHARING DEVICE WITH MULTI CONNECTING PORTS FOR COMPUTER PERIPHRY DEVICES - The present invention relates to a sharing device with multi connecting ports for computer periphery apparatus, capable of connecting to a plurality of hosts and computer periphery apparatus, so as to facilitate any one host of the plurality of hosts be able to communicate with and control the plurality of computer periphery apparatus without installing any high-price network sharing equipments, the sharing device comprises: a plurality of HUBs, which are parallel to each other; and a plurality of connecting ports. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320677 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A data processing apparatus comprising: a determination unit to determine whether data input from input/output module is data to be processed by a plurality of processing modules in a setting order; and a switching unit to switch a first data and second data processing path, so that when the determination unit determines that the data input from the input/output module is not data to be processed by the processing modules in the setting order, the communication modules circulate data via the first data processing path used to transfer the data in an order in which the communication modules are connected, and otherwise, the communication modules circulate data via the second data processing path used to control the communication modules to transfer the data in the setting order. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320678 | CROSSPOINT SWITCH FOR USE IN VIDEO AND OTHER APPLICATIONS - A crosspoint selector switch for simultaneously supporting multiple data formats having different switch reconfiguration timing requirements, comprising; a configurable switch section for selectively connecting outputs thereof to receive data from respective inputs thereof in response to operational switch data; and a configuration section operatively connected to provide the operational switch data to the switch section, the configuration section storing switch configuration data supporting multiple different configurations of the switch section, the configuration section being operative to receive different operational update commands each associated with a different configuration for the switch section and update the operational switch data from the stored switch configuration data to reconfigure the switch section in dependence on which of the different operational update commands is received. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320679 | OFFLOADING VOLUME SPACE RECLAMATION OPERATIONS TO VIRTUAL TAPE SYSTEMS - A method for offloading volume space reclamation operations to virtual tape systems is disclosed herein. In certain embodiments, such a method includes writing instruction information to a virtual tape system for use in performing a reclamation operation on a source virtual tape volume. The instruction information identifies the source virtual tape volume as well as valid objects in the source virtual tape volume. The virtual tape system then transforms the source virtual tape volume by retaining valid objects in the source virtual tape volume, removing invalid objects in the source virtual tape volume, and updating metadata associated with the source virtual tape volume to reflect changes made thereto. This generates an updated source virtual tape volume of reduced size. A corresponding computer program product and system are also disclosed and claimed herein. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320680 | Method and Apparatus for Efficient Memory Bank Utilization in Multi-Threaded Packet Processors - A method and apparatus for efficient memory bank utilization in multi-threaded packet processors is presented. A plurality of memory access requests, are received and are buffered by a plurality of memory First In First Out (FIFO) buffers, each of the memory FIFO buffers in communication with a memory controller. The memory access requests are distributed evenly across said memory banks by way of the memory controller. This reduces and/or eliminates memory latency which can occur when sequential memory operations are performed on the same memory bank. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320681 | MEMORY MANAGEMENT COMPUTER - Memory management of processing systems running in a virtual computer environment and of processes running in an operating system environment includes identifying a usage pattern of a page in memory. The usage pattern is identified by tracking operations conducted with respect to the page. The memory management also includes designating the page as a candidate for sharing when the usage pattern reflects that a number of updates made to the page does not exceed a predefined threshold value. The candidate page is allocated to a first process or virtual machine. The memory management also includes sharing access to the candidate page with a second process or virtual machine when content in the candidate page matches content of page allocated for the second process or virtual machine to an address space of the candidate page. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320682 | COOPERATIVE MEMORY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT VIA APPLICATION-LEVEL BALLOON - Methods, systems, and computer programs for managing memory in a host where virtual machines (VMs) execute are presented. In one embodiment, a method includes an operation for determining which amount of heap memory has been reserved in a Java virtual machine (JVM) that is in excess of the heap memory needed by the JVM. If there is excess heap memory, a Java balloon agent reserves a Java object in the heap memory. Typically, the Java object will be the size of one or more memory pages in the host. Further, the Java balloon agent loads the Java object with a certain value, for example, by zeroing out the page of memory. When a virtual machine monitor (VMM) in the host detects that a machine physical memory page associated with the Java object has the first value, then the VMM frees the machine physical memory page to make the memory available to other VMs or to other processes executing in the host. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320683 | Information processing system, resynchronization method and storage medium storing firmware program - An information processing system includes sets of multiple processors performing processing synchronously. The system includes: a ROM storing a firmware program activating the processors to a synchronized state; a RAM defined by one address map; a firmware copying section copying the firmware program in the ROM to the RAM, on system boot; and a RAM address register storing an address of the RAM and of a copy destination of the firmware program. The system further includes: a RAM address storing section storing the address of the RAM and of the copy destination of the firmware program; a loss-of-synchronism detection section detecting loss of synchronism of the processors; and an address replacing section referring to the RAM address register upon detection of the loss of synchronism, thereby replacing an address for reading the stored firmware program, with the address of the RAM and of the copy destination of the firmware program. | 2011-12-29 |
20110320684 | Techniques of Maintaining Logical to Physical Mapping Information in Non-Volatile Memory Systems - A non-volatile memory system writes logical to physical conversion data to the same memory blocks as user data, and as part of the same page as a segment of user data, as data segments are received and written. When a data block is subsequently compacted and obsolete data removed, the user data from the block is written to a one block and some or all of the logical to physical conversion data from the block is written to another block dedicated for the storage of such logical to physical mapping data. | 2011-12-29 |