Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
710002000 | Input/Output expansion | 34 |
20080222310 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ORIENTATION OF BLADE SERVER INSERTED INTO A BLADE CHASSIS - An apparatus and method is provided for determining the orientation of a blade server with respect to a blade chassis, whenever the blade is inserted into a chassis with either vertical or horizontal slots. In an embodiment, wherein the blade server has opposing first and second edges, first and second connectors are located in pre-specified corresponding relationship with the first and second blade server edges. A first device in the blade chassis generates an information signal, wherein the information signal has an element that indicates the spatial location of a reference feature of the chassis. The embodiment includes a path for sending the information signal to either the first connector or the second connector, according to the orientation of the blade inserted into the chassis. A second device identifies the connector that receives the information signals, and uses the connector identity and the signal element together to determine the orientation of the inserted blade with respect to the chassis. | 09-11-2008 |
20080270631 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF A STORAGE EXPANSION UNIT FOR A NETWORK ATTACHED STORAGE DEVICE - A system and method of a storage expansion unit for a network attached storage device. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are storage expander systems comprising an enclosure, a communications port (the communication port configured to configured to operate under a communications protocol suitable for operatively accessing long term storage devices), and a port expander circuit within the enclosure and coupled to the communications port (the port expander circuit configured to have a plurality of secondary ports that operate under the communications protocol). The storage expansion system is configured to couple to a network attached storage device over the communications port, and wherein the storage expansion system is configured to facilitate external long-term storage for the network attached storage device. | 10-30-2008 |
20080281990 | Expansion device adapted for use with a portable electronic device - An expansion device includes an adapter unit connected electrically to an Express card connector and a television signal receiving unit such that television audio-video data obtained by processing an external television signal by the television signal receiving unit is transmitted to a portable electronic device via the adapter unit and the Express card connector, an audio coder/decoder unit connected electrically to the adapter unit for receiving and processing an audio output from the portable electronic device via the Express card connector and the adapter unit and for providing the processed audio output to an external speaker unit for reproduction, and a graphics processing unit for receiving a video output from the portable electronic device via the Express card connector and for providing processed video output to an external display unit for display. | 11-13-2008 |
20080288660 | SERIAL PORT INITIALIZATION IN STORAGE SYSTEM CONTROLLERS - A boot menu is provided for manual setting of serial port parameters. A serial console mode menu allows an operator to set serial port parameter values. After the user selects the serial port parameters, when the controller continues with the boot process, the serial port is initialized with the newly selected parameters. A mechanism is also provided for manual setting of serial port parameters through an administrative management window at the host. In addition, an adaptive baud rate negotiation mechanism using the Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter (UART) registers in the serial port is provided. The adaptive baud rate negotiation is based on the return characters received from a break character from the serial console. The mechanism uses a look-up table for the baud rate versus the bit pattern that is received. The mechanism then sets the baud rate based on the look-up table values. | 11-20-2008 |
20090031047 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND MONITOR WITH PERIPHERAL INTERFACES - The present invention relates to a computer system and a monitor with peripheral interfaces. The computer system includes a monitor, a host, and a transmission cable. The monitor includes a plurality of peripheral interfaces and an integrated interface. The peripheral interfaces are utilized to connect corresponding peripheral devices, and the peripheral interfaces are connected with the integrated interface. The transmission cable is configured for connecting the integrated interface and the host, and transmitting peripheral signals from the peripheral devices to the host. | 01-29-2009 |
20090077270 | I/O module expansion unit and distributed automation system - An I/O module expansion unit having slots to install I/O modules thereon is provided for a distributed automation system. With the I/O module expansion unit, storing the configuration checksums generated with an algorithm from the software and hardware information of I/O modules, the distributed automation system can simplify the identification of an I/O module. By directly writing the configuration parameters stored in the I/O module expansion unit into the installed I/O module, the distributed automation system can simplify the setting and replacement of an I/O module. The I/O module expansion unit may also fast detect a hot-swap of an I/O module by wiring to the slots. | 03-19-2009 |
20090083446 | Control block with a point-to-point communication link between a control master module to be connected to a data bus and expansion slave modules - The invention relates to an input/output channel control block that comprises a number of successive input/output modules, wherein the first is an input/output control master module ( | 03-26-2009 |
20090094384 | Portable computer system for expanding usage function - A portable computer system for expanding usage function includes an independent host unit and a function expansion unit. The host unit at least includes a motherboard module, a first power supply module, a display module, a wireless transmission module, and a first I/O interface module. The motherboard module, the first power supply module, the display module, the wireless transmission module and the first I/O interface module are electrically connected with the motherboard module. In addition, the display module has a built-in touch pad. The function expansion unit at least includes a keyboard module and a bracket module. The keyboard module is electrically connected with the motherboard module of the host unit. The bracket module is pivoted on the keyboard module, and the bracket module is detachably and electrically connected with the host unit. | 04-09-2009 |
20090210557 | DETERMINING EXTENDED CAPABILITY OF A CHANNEL PATH - A computer program product, apparatus, and method for determining extended capability of a channel path in an I/O processing system are provided. The computer program product includes a tangible storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method. The method includes receiving a request to provide a channel path description for a channel path, where the channel path includes a channel coupled to a control unit. The method further includes outputting the channel path description for the channel path in response to the request. The channel path description includes a descriptor indicating that the channel path supports a link protocol for commanding an I/O operation, and an extension support indicator specifying whether the channel path supports an extension to the link protocol. | 08-20-2009 |
20090216911 | Method and system for intuitive coding to enter text expansions - The present invention relates generally to a keyboarding productivity system for expanding a number of characters entered into a computing device. The present invention expands a first predefined set of characters to a second predefined set of characters, an expansion associated with a matching code. A user of the present invention inputs a user entry into a program that accepts user input. The present invention then compares the user entry to at least one code to identify a matching code that matches the user entry. The present invention then expands the user entry to the expansion associated with the matching code. If a matching code is not found, the present invention allows the user entry to remain as input. | 08-27-2009 |
20090282170 | TELEVISION WITH MULTIPLE INTERFACES - A television includes multiple interfaces, a storage medium, an updating module, a processing module and a display module. The multiple interfaces are mounted on a housing of the television, for connecting to peripheral devices. The storage medium stores a table comprising logos of the multiple interfaces and names of the peripheral devices connected to the multiple interfaces. The updating module receives the names of the peripheral devices and updates the table with the names of the peripheral devices. The processing module reads the data of the table stored in the storage medium and converts the data of the table into image signals. The display module visually displays a menu based on the image signals. The menu shows the logos of the multiple interfaces and the names of the peripheral devices connected to the multiple interfaces. | 11-12-2009 |
20090313390 | RESOURCE SHARING EXPANSION CARD - An expansion card is provided that allows resources allocated to the expansion card to be shared with a different card. The expansion card comprises a coupling device that couples the expansion card to a data processing system. The expansion card also includes an identifier data structure that when queried by the data processing system, identifies the expansion card as a resource sharing expansion card. The data processing system reallocates one or more resources allocated to the expansion card to a different card coupled to the data processing system. | 12-17-2009 |
20100064060 | SAS Paired subtractive routing - An input port is assigned to a SAS expander device. An output port is assigned to the SAS expander device. The output port and the input port are defined to be paired with each other as a primary subtractive port. Only a SAS initiator address is programmed in the route table of the SAS expander. An OPEN command is sent out the output port upon receiving the OPEN command into the input port if the DEST of the OPEN command is not a direct attached device of the SAS expander device and the DEST is not in the route table of the SAS expander device. An OPEN command is sent out the input port upon receiving the OPEN command into the output port if the DEST of the OPEN command is not a direct attached device of the SAS expander device and the DEST is not in the route table of the SAS expander device. | 03-11-2010 |
20100241765 | DISK ARRAY APPARATUS - A disk array apparatus using an SAS can transfer data without lowering a transfer efficiency of data even if rates of a plurality of physical links connected to a controller and storage device are different. A plurality of HDDs are connected to a controller through an expander. Data are transferred from the controller to the expander and then to HDD. In this connection, the controller and the expander transfers a set of transfer data in a plurality of the HDD-side physical links. The controller-side physical link integrates the transfer data, and multiplexes them to transfer. A plurality of HDDs-side physical links separates the transfer data to transfer in parallel. | 09-23-2010 |
20100262718 | INPUT SYSTEM ENABLING CONNECTION OF EVEN EXPANSION EQUIPMENT FOR EXPANDING FUNCTION, THAT TRANSMITS RELATIVELY LARGE AMOUNT OF DATA, TO PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A processor determines whether a prescribed period of time has elapsed or not. When the processor has determined that the prescribed period of time has elapsed, the processor determines whether a mode | 10-14-2010 |
20100274928 | RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A device, including a first storage unit configured to store a first plurality of files and a first management data corresponding to the first files; a connector configured to connect to an external storage device, the external storage being configured to store a second plurality of files and second management data corresponding to the second files; a controller configured to generate new management data by merging the first management data and the second management data, and to store the new management data in a memory; and a display unit configured to display contents of the first and second plurality of files based on the new management data without indicating to the user where the respective files are stored. | 10-28-2010 |
20110022736 | METHODS AND APPARATUS DYNAMIC MANAGEMENT OF MULTIPLEXED PHYS IN A SERIAL ATTACHED SCSI DOMAIN - Methods and systems for automatically, dynamically reconfiguring multiplexing functions of a PHY of a SAS device in response to monitored performance of the PHY and/or in response to changes in configuration of devices in the SAS domain. A SAS device such as a SAS initiator or a SAS expander in a SAS domain may monitor performance of PHYs of the device to detect bandwidth utilization and may reconfigure multiplexing functions of a PHY to improve bandwidth utilization of the PHYs of the device. The device may also detect changes in the topology of the SAS domain such as addition of new devices or removal of device and adjust multiplexing functions of its PHYs accordingly to improve performance of communications in the SAS domain. | 01-27-2011 |
20120036280 | DIGITALLY SHREDDING ON REMOVABLE DISK DRIVES - Embodiments provide unique and novel systems and methods for deleting data on removable disk drives. In embodiments, the removable disk drives store data that may be erased such that the data is considered destroyed but that allows the removable disk drive to be reused. The archiving system can determine which data should be erased. Then, the data is digitally shredded on sector boundaries of the removable disk drives such that the reclaimed memory cannot be read to decipher the erased data. In alternative embodiments, data is written across sector boundaries such that two or more files may occupy a single sector. A journal area, in embodiments, allows for copying the data in a sector with two or more files, digitally shredding the sectors in the removable disk drive, and rewriting the data that was not to be digitally shredded to the original location of the data. | 02-09-2012 |
20120144068 | PORTABLE DATA SYSTEM - A data system includes an article such as footwear, model car or toy, an electronic module carried by said article, the electronic module having a microprocessor and a data storage device to which the user can selectively store and retrieve data, a data input to the electronic module configured for the user to input and store data on the data storage device, a controller in electronic communication with the electronic module for controlling data output, and an audio output device in electronic communication with the electronic module for receiving data output from the electronic module. | 06-07-2012 |
20120173762 | METHOD FOR INPUT OUTPUT EXPANSION IN AN EMBEDDED SYSTEM UTILIZING CONTROLLED TRANSITIONS OF FIRST AND SECOND SIGNALS - A method for expanding input/output in an embedded system is described in which no additional strobes or enable lines are necessary from the host controller. By controlling the transitions of the signal levels in a specific way when controlling two existing data or select lines, an expansion input and/or output device can generate a strobe and/or enable signal internally. This internal strobe and/or enable signal is then used to store output data or enable input data. The host controller typically utilizes software or firmware to control the data transitions, but no additional wires are needed, and no changes are needed to existing peripheral devices. Thus, an existing system can be expanded when there are no additional control lines available and no unused states in existing signals. | 07-05-2012 |
20130067117 | EXPANSION INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE - An expansion input/output device includes a body having a receiving space, an input unit, a second transmission unit, and a third transmission unit. A handheld electronic device can be received in the receiving space and functions as a computation processing center. The expansion input/output device integrates an input function of the input unit to provide a user-friendly input interface, and sends an audio/video signal of the handheld electronic device from a first transmission unit of the handheld electronic device to an external display device through the second transmission unit and the third transmission unit to provide a large display view. The expansion input/output device expands the applicability and integration capacity of the handheld electronic device and enhances ease of use thereof. | 03-14-2013 |
20130179595 | DISK ARRAY APPARATUS - A disk array apparatus using an SAS can transfer data without lowering a transfer efficiency of data even if rates of a plurality of physical links connected to a controller and storage device are different. A plurality of HDDs are connected to a controller through an expander. Data are transferred from the controller to the expander and then to HDD. In this connection, the controller and the expander transfers a set of transfer data in a plurality of the HDD-side physical links. The controller-side physical link integrates the transfer data, and multiplexes them to transfer. A plurality of HDDs-side physical links separates the transfer data to transfer in parallel. | 07-11-2013 |
20130205047 | Secure Communication Port Redirector - A method and system that allows a host system application to securely communicate with a legacy device is provided. A redirector software module receives data that is destined for a host system serial COM port. Data is secured and re-directed to a legacy device via a network port instead of the serial COM port. Conversely, data destined for the host system is provided to a device server via a server COM port by the legacy serial device. The data can be encrypted and sent to the host system via the network. The redirector software module decrypts the encrypted data and presents it to the consumer application as if the data had arrived via the local COM port. | 08-08-2013 |
20130254429 | STORAGE SYSTEM HAVING SAS AS ITS BACKEND COMMUNICATION STANDARD - Each communication path between controllers and a plurality of storage devices has a plurality of expanders coupled in series. In order to shorten the time during which the communication path is not used for I/O, either (A) the length of time for which I/O suppression is set for the communication path is shortened, or (B) the overall time it takes for processing other than I/O processing is shortened. In the (A), a determination as to whether or not the coupling between the expanders has been disconnected is made for the I/O-suppressed communication path, and in a case where the result of this determination is negative, a discover process is carried out after releasing the I/O suppression with respect to this communication path. In the (B), the number of command issue times of updating routing control information of the expander is reduced. | 09-26-2013 |
20130262708 | Method And Apparatus For Connecting USB Devices To a Computer - A method and apparatus are provided to enable a plurality of standard USB peripheral devices, utilizing the USB specification, to be distributed at various nodes across a network, wherein communications across the network may take advantage of any pre-existing network connectivity of a standard, non-modified USB host computer. In particular, a virtual host controller function is added to the host computer in order to direct data communications towards a pre-existing network transceiver. As a result, the host computer is not required to be provided with USB hardware and is able to communicate across the network using pre-existing data communication components. | 10-03-2013 |
20130282925 | Configurable Intelligent I/O Expander System - A method and apparatus in a vehicular telemetry system for an intelligent I/O expander. The intelligent I/O expander may be configured in an active mode or a passive mode. A vehicular telemetry hardware system may be configured in a passive serial control mode or an active serial control mode. The intelligent I/O expander capable of adding additional device to the vehicular telemetry system. | 10-24-2013 |
20140047132 | STACKING ELECTRONIC SYSTEM - A stacking electronic system including a first master device, a second master device having a first connector, a second connector, and at least one slave device having a third connector is provided. The second and the third connectors have an error-proofing structure corresponding to each other, such that the first master device is structurally connected to the second master device to control the slave device directly. | 02-13-2014 |
20140122744 | METHODS AND STRUCTURE FOR PERFORMING A REBUILD OF A LOGICAL VOLUME WITH A SERIAL ATTACHED SCSI EXPANDER - Methods and structure are provided for performing a rebuild using a Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) expander. The SAS expander includes an SMP target operable to receive, from a Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) controller, a Serial Management Protocol (SMP) command for initiating a rebuild of a RAID volume at the SAS expander. The SAS expander also includes a control unit operable to initiate a rebuild of the RAID volume based on the received SMP command from the controller, and a Serial SCSI Protocol (SSP) initiator operable to generate SSP commands for performing the RAID rebuild based upon input from the control unit. | 05-01-2014 |
20140122745 | METHODS AND STRUCTURE FOR MANAGING PROTECTION INFORMATION WITH A SERIAL ATTACHED SCSI EXPANDER - Methods and structure are provided for managing Protection Information (PI) in a Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) expander. The Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) expander comprises a Serial Management Protocol (SMP) target. The SMP target is operable to receive, from a Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) controller, an SMP command for managing Protection Information (PI) for a RAID volume at the SAS expander. The expander further comprises a control unit operable to generate PI for the RAID volume in response to receiving the SMP command from the controller, and a Serial SCSI Protocol (SSP) initiator operable to generate SSP commands for writing the PI to a storage device that provisions the RAID volume based upon input from the control unit. | 05-01-2014 |
20140281039 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ENABLING USB COMMUNICATION OVER EXTENSION MEDIA - USB extension devices that transmit USB 3.0 differential signaling over an extension medium that supports serial communication are provided. In some embodiments, an electrical idle or suspend is detected from a transmit conductor of a USB host or device, and a corresponding USB extension device is reconfigured to couple a receive conductor of the USB host or device to a null data source instead of an extension medium transceiver. Once the electrical idle or suspend state ceases, the receive conductor of the USB host or device is reconnected to the extension medium transceiver. In some embodiments, a transmit input of the extension medium transceiver is coupled to a null data source upon detection of electrical idle or suspend from the USB host or device. | 09-18-2014 |
20150052264 | WIRELESS EXPANSION CARD AND METHOD FOR DATA STORAGE - The present invention provides a wireless expansion card including: a contact power receiving module, configured to: in a first time period, receive contact power supply of a first contact user equipment to obtain first electric power; a contact communications module, electrically connected to the contact power receiving module, and configured to: in the first time period, perform first contact communication with the first contact user equipment to transmit a first read/write instruction and first data that needs to be read or written according to the first read/write instruction; and a wireless communications module, electrically connected to the contact power receiving module, in communication connection with the contact communications module, and configured to: in the first time period, use the first electric power, to perform first wireless communication with a first wireless peripheral device by using ultra-wideband impulse radio to transmit the first read/write instruction and the first data. | 02-19-2015 |
20150089083 | Configurable intelligent I/O expander system - A method and apparatus in a vehicular telemetry system for an intelligent I/O expander. The intelligent I/O expander may be configured in an active mode or a passive mode. A vehicular telemetry hardware system may be configured in a passive serial control mode or an active serial control mode. The intelligent I/O expander capable of adding additional device to the vehicular telemetry system. | 03-26-2015 |
20150089084 | Configurable intelligent I/O expander system - A method and apparatus in a vehicular telemetry system for an intelligent I/O expander. The intelligent I/O expander may be configured in an active mode or a passive mode. A vehicular telemetry hardware system may be configured in a passive serial control mode or an active serial control mode. The intelligent I/O expander capable of adding additional device to the vehicular telemetry system. | 03-26-2015 |
20150095518 | I/O DEVICE SHARING SYSTEM AND I/O DEVICE SHARING METHOD - An I/O device sharing system characterized by comprising: an I/O device ( | 04-02-2015 |