05th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 68 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120030345 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NETWORK AND SERVER POWER MANAGEMENT - The present disclosure includes a system and method for managing network and server power. In an example of managing network and server power according to the present disclosure, routing network traffic is routed onto a number of core networks based on core network statistics, capacity requirements are determined based on core network statistics for the number of core networks and for a number of servers operating a number of virtual machines on the number of core networks, wherein the number of core networks include a number of core switches and a number of edge switches, and the capacity is set for the number of core switches based on the capacity requirements for the number of core networks and for the number of servers based on the capacity requirements for the number of servers. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030346 | METHOD FOR INFERRING EXTENT OF IMPACT OF CONFIGURATION CHANGE EVENT ON SYSTEM FAILURE - A management system, which manages multiple monitoring target apparatuses, computes a certainty factor denoting the probability that a certain configuration change is the root cause of a performance failure that has occurred in a certain monitoring target apparatus based on rule information, computer system performance information, and a configuration change history, and displays management information from the standpoint of the configuration change based on the computation result. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030347 | System and Method for the Application of Psychrometric Charts to Data Centers - A system and method of displaying the temperature and relative humidity data of sensors on a psychrometric chart. The system and method operate to display an environmental envelope on the psychrometric chart in order to compare the data of the sensors to the environmental envelope of the psychrometric chart, in order to ensure safe operating conditions for data center equipment. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030348 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CATCHING TOP HOSTS - Disclosed are a system and a method for catching top users. The system may comprise: a filter ( | 2012-02-02 |
20120030349 | CONTROL DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR DEPLOYING VIRTUAL MACHINE - A control device includes a storage unit that stores a correspondence relationship between a first information processing device and attribute information of a first virtual machine provided by the first information processing device, and a correspondence relationship between a second information processing device and attribute information of a second virtual machine provided by the second information processing device; and a processor that refers to the storage unit and deploys a deployment object virtual machine to the first information processing device when the number of the first virtual machines with the same attributes as the attributes of the deployment object virtual machine among the first virtual machines provided by the first information processing device is detected to be fewer than the number of second virtual machines with the same attributes as the attributes of the deployment object virtual machine among the second virtual machines provided by the second information processing device. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030350 | PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A processing apparatus includes: an address converter configured to return an address in response to a search request from a server; and a substitute controller configured to control the address converter to return a first address in response to a first search request from a first server when the address converter has not received a second search request for a second address from a second server, and return the second address in response to the first search request from the first server when the address converter has received a second search request for the second address from the second server. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030351 | MANAGEMENT SERVER, COMMUNICATION CUTOFF DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An inspection system | 2012-02-02 |
20120030352 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGEMENT OF SAMPLED TRAFFIC DATA - A method for management of sampled traffic data is described herein. For each network device of a plurality of network devices, one or more data sources of the network device is determined. Each of the one or more data sources is associated with a local identifier. A sampler proxy receives a sampling configuration from a data collector, The sampling configuration includes a selection of a data source of a network device of the plurality of network devices. The selected data source is identified by a global identifier. The sampling configuration is translated to a local sampling configuration and is provided to the selected data source. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030353 | Method and Equipment For Accessing a Telecommunication Network - A method for accessing a network in a telecommunication system which comprises at least one terminal and a plurality of networks in which information sets describing settings needed to access networks and their resources are stored in the terminal. The terminal scans for information about available networks. Available information sets are determined by comparing the information about available networks to the stored information sets. At least one network is accessed based on the settings defined in the available information sets. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030354 | APPLICATION PLATFORM WITH FLEXIBLE PERMISSIONING - Systems and methods are provided for an application platform with flexible permissioning according to one or more embodiments. In one embodiment, an application platform with flexible permissioning comprises: a service provider server adapted to interact with an application development server and a client device over a network, wherein the service provider server is adapted to implement at least one application programming interface (API); one or more processors; and one or more memories adapted to store a plurality of machine-readable instructions which when executed by the one or more processors are adapted to cause the application platform with flexible permissioning to: maintain, at the service provider server, a profile associated with at least one application developer using the application development server; receive an API call from the application developer; authenticate the application developer and authorize the API call; assign an access level to the application developer based on the profile associated with the application developer; and control permissions given to the application developer to perform operations available based on the assigned access level. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030355 | DYNAMICALLY ALLOCATING INDEX SERVER RESOURCES TO PARTNER ENTITIES - A provisioning system is described for dynamically and automatically allocating index server resources to different respective uses. For example, the provisioning system can allocate index server resources among different search-related production uses, different analysis-related uses, different testing-related uses, and so on. In one case, the provisioning system includes an allocation manager module that receives information that has a bearing on the allocation of index server resources. Based on this information, the allocation manager module determines an allocation of index server resources and sends instructions to an indexing system to carry out the allocation. In one case, the indexing system respond to the instructions by allocating rows of index server resources to different partner entities which have requested index server resources. Each row can also implement custom index information and/or custom processing functionality for use by particular partner entities. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030356 | MAXIMIZING EFFICIENCY IN A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - Power consumption efficiency of servers and data centers that comprise the servers can be taken into consideration when identifying servers from which to allocate resources for servicing a request. A subset of a plurality of servers from which resources can be allocated to service the request can be identified based on availability of resources at each of the plurality of servers. Facilities elements (including power distribution elements and cooling elements) associated with the each server of the subset of the plurality of servers are identified. An energy cost for each server of the subset of the plurality of servers is calculated based on power characteristics of the facilities elements. Resources of a first of the subset of the plurality of servers are allocated for servicing the request is identified based on determining that the first of the subset of the plurality of servers is associated with a lowest energy cost. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030357 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE VOICE ACTIVITY DETECTION AND COEXISTENCE MANAGER DECISIONS - A system and method to facilitate voice activity detection and coexistence manager decisions is provided and include identifying a connection utilizing a first resource and a content stream corresponding to the connection, where the first resource conflicts with a second resource. The content of the content stream is classified into multiple levels based on a value of the content and then a priority is assigned to the first and second resources based on the level of the content of the first resource. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030358 | GROUP-BASED MACHINE TO MACHINE COMMUNICATION - Methods and apparatus are provided for performing group-based machine-to-machine (M2M) communication. Machine-type communication (MTC) wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) may operate in M2M groups. MTC WTRUs belonging to the same M2M group may receive a broadcast message with a time window on a channel dedicated for receiving data directed to an M2M group. The MTC WTRUs may wake up during the time window and may receive data directed to an M2M group on a dedicated channel. The broadcast message may be broadcasted via a broadcast server upon a request from an MTC server. The time window is allocated upon a request from an MTC server on behalf of the M2M group. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030359 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING NETWORK RESOURCE IDENTIFIER SHORTENING SERVICE TO COMPUTING DEVICES - A system and method for providing shortened network resource identifier service to computing devices uses a link translating technique to replace at least some of the links in network resources requested by the computing devices using shortened network resource identifiers so that network activities of the computing devices can be monitored or controlled. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030360 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZED NETWORKS - An apparatus and method for network routing is provided. Synchronized networks are disclosed which enable fast connection set up and release in a tiered hierarchy of circuit switched nodes. Nodes in the network aggregate and disaggregate data according to a transform algorithm allowing for dynamic frame and frame segment sizing. Connections within the network are organized by paired connections performing aggregation and disaggregation according to control vectors. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030361 | PROXIMITY SYNCHRONIZING AUDIO GATEWAY DEVICE - A digital audio gateway device for use in a wireless network of digital audio playback devices. The gateway device is wirelessly linked to one or more digital audio playback devices to provide a gateway to the Internet for the digital audio playback devices. In addition to functioning as a gateway, the device provides additional functionality and may act as a cache of digital audio data for the various digital audio players connected in the wireless network and may also act to automatically update digital audio content on the audio players, synchronize digital audio content and playlists between the digital audio players and continue automatically or upon user request a particular playlist as the user moves from one digital audio player to another. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030362 | TRANSMITTING PACKETS FROM DEVICE IN NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS WITH OTHER DEVICE UTILIZING MULTIPLE VIRTUAL NETWORK CONNECTIONS - A method includes detecting, at a device, a request for a network connection from an application running on the device; spawning first and second virtual machines for network connections that virtualize network capabilities of the device such that first and second virtual network connections are provided; using the first virtual network connection, establishing a first connection with another device over a first path; using the second virtual connection, establishing a second connection with the other device over a second path; determining that the second path represents a trusted path; determining that a first packet does not need to be routed via a trusted connection; transmitting the first packet using the first virtual network connection for communication via the first path; determining that a second packet needs to be routed via a trusted connection; and transmitting the second packet using the second virtual network connection for communication via the second path. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030363 | DISPLAYING A NETWORK TOPOLOGY MAP WITH A REDUCED NUMBER OF OBJECTS - Displaying a network topology map may include creating a database representing objects in a network; requesting a topology map of a certain type to represent at least a portion of the network; determining from the database a set of objects corresponding to the type of the requested map; determining parameters associated with the map type; and, while the cardinality of the set is above a threshold: presenting at least one of the parameters on a display, enabling a user to specify a value or group of values for the parameter, and reducing the cardinality of the set by removing objects not matching the value or group of values specified for the parameter. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030364 | Proxy appparatus and operation method thereof - A proxy apparatus includes a multi-core CPU comprising a plurality of CPU cores; and an extended listen socket comprising a plurality of queues provided for the plurality of CPU cores respectively. A kernel thread and a proxy thread operate on each of the plurality of CPU cores. The kernel thread executes a receiving process of an establishment request packet of a first connection with a client terminal, assigned to a corresponding one of the plurality of CPU cores, and registers an establishment waiting socket which contained information of the first connection, on a corresponding one of the plurality of queues. The proxy thread refers to the corresponding queue, and establishes the first connection based on the establishment waiting socket when the establishment waiting socket is registered on the corresponding queue. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030365 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Relevant Service Levels - Method and apparatus in a router ( | 2012-02-02 |
20120030366 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USE IN COORDINATING MULTIMEDIA DEVICES - Some embodiments of the present invention provide methods for use in playing back content. Some of these methods access a content package comprising media content to be locally played back; detect, as defined by the content package, whether a remote secondary device is available with which a connection can be established; determine whether an authorization to establish the connection has been confirmed; establish, when the authorization is confirmed, a communication connection; determine, as instructed by the content package and when the communication with the secondary device is established, whether one or more commands are received from the secondary device; and implement, as instructed by the content package and when it is determined that the one or more commands are received from the secondary device, the one or more commands in controlling playback experience of the media content. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030367 | System And Method For Evaluating Network Transport Effects On Delivery Of Media Content - A system and a method for evaluating transport of data segments of media content bitstream over a peer-to-peer network by streaming data chunks of a media content through a peer-to-peer network, generating network transport distortion on the data chunks using live experiments, simulation, or artificial generation, determining a playback strategy of each of the data segment at the receiver end, and evaluating a playback performance of the media content bitstream under the playback strategy. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030368 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A TAG HISTORY OF A MEDIA EVENT - Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for presenting temporal aspects of a group of tags associated with a primary media stream. The temporal aspects of the tags are presented by obtaining temporal metadata for the tags, generating a secondary media stream for the media event based on the temporal metadata, and delivering the secondary media stream to a user terminal, such that the secondary media stream is navigable at the user terminal. The secondary media stream includes a sequence of representations of the tags visually depicting a relative significance of the tags during different intervals of times for the media event. Changes in the relative significance of the tags between successive representations can be depicted by changing at least one of a size, position, a shape, and a color of indicia associated with the tags. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030369 | RELIABLE DATA MESSAGE EXCHANGE - Various embodiments of systems and methods for data message exchange in a client server network are described herein. In various embodiments, a client and a server network may implement a data message protocol for message exchanges. A method of an embodiment ensures message delivery, acknowledge message delivery, message delivery in a specific order, resending of lost data messages, and the like. In various embodiments, such data exchange may optimize data transmission and resource consumption in a client server network. A server can store data messages in a buffer and resend them only when requested by the client, as in the case of lost or out of sequence data message. A client with limited storage space need not concern itself with storing data messages and processing them at a later point in time. Furthermore, a client may optimize data transmission by acknowledging bulk data messages, rather than acknowledging them individually. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030370 | Administering Connection Identifiers For Collective Operations In A Parallel Computer - Administering connection identifiers for collective operations in a parallel computer, including prior to calling a collective operation, determining, by a first compute node of a communicator to receive an instruction to execute the collective operation, whether a value stored in a global connection identifier utilization buffer exceeds a predetermined threshold; if the value stored in the global ConnID utilization buffer does not exceed the predetermined threshold: calling the collective operation with a next available ConnID including retrieving, from an element of a ConnID buffer, the next available ConnID and locking the element of the ConnID buffer from access by other compute nodes; and if the value stored in the global ConnID utilization buffer exceeds the predetermined threshold: repeatedly determining whether the value stored in the global ConnID utilization buffer exceeds the predetermined threshold until the value stored in the global ConnID utilization buffer does not exceed the predetermined threshold. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030371 | RESOLVING A PROTOCOL ISSUE WITHIN A DISPERSED STORAGE NETWORK - A method begins by a processing module detecting a potential dispersed storage network (DSN) protocol issue that effects access of dispersed storage error encoded data within a DSN. The method continues with the processing module identifying a DSN entity based on the DSN protocol issue and generating a DSN protocol inquiry frame. The method continues with the processing module transmitting the DSN protocol inquiry frame to the DSN entity. The method continues with the processing module receiving a DSN protocol response frame from the DSN entity and resolving the DSN protocol issue based on the DSN protocol response frame. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030372 | REDUNDANT ETHERNET CONNECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system includes a first communication network including a first switch and a second switch connected to the first switch, a second communication network including a third switch and fourth switch coupled to the third switch, and a first computing device coupled to the first communications network through a first network interface controller (NIC) and coupled to the second communication network through a second NIC. The first computing device is configured to communicate through the first NIC first communication network until it determines that it is not receiving bridge protocol data units (BPDUs) and then to communicate through the second NIC. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030373 | ROUTING METHOD, ROUTING APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A routing method, apparatus, and communications system are provided. A routing method is applied to a network shared by multiple operators. The method includes: when receiving a service request message of a user terminal, obtaining, according to the shared resources occupied by the user terminal, the information about the operator to which the occupied shared resources belong from the resource configuration database; and matching the routing information in the connection route list according to the information about the operator to which the occupied shared resources belong, and forwarding the service request message according to successfully matched routing information. With the technical solutions, the operator to which the shared resources belong can charge for the call services of the user terminal. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030374 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A communication device connected to a plurality of communication target devices, includes an address storage unit storing addresses of the communication target devices; a destination changing unit changing a destination address included in an outgoing message to any one of the addresses stored in the address storage unit, the outgoing message being generated using target software to be evaluated; a transmitting unit transmitting the outgoing message for which the destination address has been changed to the communication target device with the changed destination address; a receiving unit receiving, from the communication target device, a reply message in response to the outgoing message; a source changing unit changing a source address included in the reply message to the destination address that is obtained before being changed by the destination changing unit; and an output unit outputting, to the software, the reply message for which the source address has been changed. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030375 | CODEPAGE-INDEPENDENT BINARY ENCODING METHOD - A method of processing binary data for transmission from a first computing system to one or more other computing systems within a character-based data file is provided. The method comprises receiving, at the first computing system, a binary data string to be stored within the character-based data file. At least a portion of the binary data string represents data other than character data. The method further comprises encoding, using an encoding module of the first computing system the binary data string using a codepage-independent encoding scheme. The encoding module is implemented using instructions that are executable by one or more processors and stored in one or more computer-readable media. The method further comprises storing the encoded binary data string in one or more of a plurality of data segments of the character-based data file. The character-based data file is configured such that all data stored in the plurality of data segments is indicated as representing character data. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030376 | USER-BASED PRIORITIZATION FOR CONTENT TRANSCODING - A system may include a server device. The server device may receive, from a device, a media item in a first format associated with the device, and determine a transcoding priority to be associated with transcoding of the media item based on information regarding a transcoding job request for one or more other media items received from the user and at least one of information associated with the media item or information associated with a user of the device. The server device may also select, based on the transcoding priority and at least one of the information associated with the media item or the information associated with the user, the media item, from among a number of media items, associated with one or more users, to be transcoded, and transcode the media item to a transcoded media item in a second format that is different than the first format. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030377 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION COMPRESSION DEVICE, INFORMATION DECOMPRESSION DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - In order to improve the compression rate for configuration information including address information and data information when transmitting or storing configuration information which includes addresses and data having differing characteristics, an information compression device is provided with a compressor which receives as input and compresses the configuration information provided with the addresses and data, and a compressed information storage module for storing the configuration information which is compressed, that is, compressed configuration information, as the information to be decompressed for the user, said compressor including an information separating module for separating the configuration information into address information and data information, an address compressor and data compressor which separately compress the separated address information and data information, and a compressed information outputting module for combining the compressed address information and data information and outputting the result as compressed configuration information. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030378 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGEMENT OF SYNCHRONIZATION OF A MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present technology provides a method, system and computer program product for managing the synchronization of a mobile electronic device, wherein management and adjustment of the synchronization process can be provided at least in part on a session by session basis. The synchronization process may be configurable via a user interface. Aspects of the user interface, such as prompts or degree of user configurability, may be adjusted depending on one or more factors, such as link effective speed or expected synchronization time. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030379 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSITING TERMINAL FUNCTION BETWEEN PORTABLE TERMINAL AND PERIPHERAL APPARATUS - An apparatus and method support transitioning a terminal function between a portable terminal and a peripheral device. A terminal function transition is requested to one or more peripheral devices. Transition data including information regarding configuration of a terminal function is transmitted to the one or more peripheral devices, such that when the terminal function cannot be performed, at least one of the one or more peripheral devices is to perform the terminal function based on the information regarding configuration of the terminal function. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030380 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM FOR TRANSMISSION DEVICE - In a communication system using a parallel transmission, in order to provide a technology for an efficient transmission, a transmission device includes a data amount detection means for detecting a data amount of inputted data, a plurality of transmission means for transmitting the data in parallel, and a data allocation means for allocating the inputted data to the transmission means selected from the plurality of transmission means based on the data amount and a transmission capacity of the transmission means. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030381 | RECHARGEABLE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS PORT TYPE - A method for detecting a type of a port connected to a USB connector and a rechargeable device with a USB connector, a USB controller and a power management module. The power management module selectively powers up the USB controller depending on the type of port connected to the USB connector. A hardware detector is connected to the USB connector for determining the port type. If the port type is for recharging only then the power management module does not enable power to the USB controller. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030382 | DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS DEVICE FOR MULTI-CORE SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE SAME - A Direct Memory Access (DMA) device for a multi-core system, and an operating method of the DMA device are provided. The DMA device includes a channel state determining unit to determine whether at least one channel among a source channel and a destination channel is available, the source channel being formed between a source core and the DMA device, and the destination channel being formed between a destination core and the DMA device, and a data transmission processing unit to process data of the source core to be transmitted to the destination core, when both the source channel and the destination channel are determined to be available. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030383 | DIGITAL MEDIA PROVIDING DEVICE WITH EXPANDABLE TRANSCODING CAPABILITY AND METHOD THEREOF - A digital media providing device comprises a first interface for coupling to a first storage device storing a first media data of a first encoding format, a second interface for coupling to a second storage device storing a program code, and a third interface for coupling to a transcoding device. The transcoding device executes the program code when the third interface is coupled to the transcoding device, converts the first media data in to a second media data of a second encoding format, and transmits the second media data to a digital content receiving device. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030384 | STORAGE SUBSYSTEM - The correspondence of the respective ports and the respective microprocessors is dynamically changed based on the load of the respective microprocessors. When an open port MP including a plurality of ports connected to a host computer receives an I/O request from the host computer via a port, it specifies an MPPK to become the transfer destination of the I/O request, and transfers the I/O request to the specified MPPK. Each MP belonging to the MPPK that received the I/O request selects either an exclusive mode where a single MP exclusively performs the processing of the I/O request, or a share mode where two or more MPs share the processing of the I/O request. Each MP selects the exclusive mode or the share mode corresponding to when load information concerning the ports shows a low load or high load condition, respectively, and executes the I/O processing accordingly. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030385 | BUFFER MANAGEMENT DEVICE WHICH MANAGES BUFFER TRANSFER, STORAGE APPARATUS COMPRISING THE SAME DEVICE, AND BUFFER MANAGEMENT METHOD - According to one embodiment, a table holds buffer transfer information for managing data transfer, specified by each data transfer command, between a transmission FIFO and a buffer or between a reception FIFO and the buffer via a intermediate FIFO. A first sequencer activates buffer transfer for data transfer specified by a data transfer command from the host in units of at least one frame on the basis of corresponding buffer transfer information held in the table. The buffer transfer includes data transfer in sectors between the buffer and the intermediate FIFO. A second sequencer transfers data in frames between the transmission FIFO and the intermediate FIFO or between the reception FIFO and the intermediate FIFO in accordance with the activation of the buffer transfer. A third sequencer transfers data in sectors between the intermediate FIFO and the buffer in accordance with the activation of the buffer transfer. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030386 | Configurable Interface Controller - A flexible input/output controller logic interfaces with existing input/output controllers (IOC's) in order to configure the amount of data sent to and received from the IOC's. The flexible I/O interface receives data from a component at a rate determined by the particular component. The flexible I/O interface then feeds the received data to a traditional I/O controller at a rate suitable for the I/O controller. Thus, the interface to the individual I/O controllers is maintained. The flexible I/O logic balances bandwidth between a plurality of individual I/O controllers in order to better utilize the overall system I/O bandwidth. In one embodiment, the I/O configuration managed by the flexible I/O logic is determined during system-build, while in another embodiment, the I/O configuration is set during system initialization. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030387 | MECHANISM TO FLEXIBLY SUPPORT MULTIPLE DEVICE NUMBERS ON POINT-TO-POINT INTERCONNECT UPSTREAM PORTS - A method and apparatus for supporting multiple device numbers on point-to-point interconnect upstream ports. In one embodiment, the method includes a downstream component (DC) that performs discovery of internal device components of the DC during initialization of the DC. Subsequent to the discovery of internal devices of the DC, the DC may issue a multiple device number (MDN) request to an upstream component (UC) of the DC. In one embodiment, the MDN request may include an indication that the DC supports a “multiple device number capability,” as well as a quantity of the internal device components of the DC. The DC may receive an acknowledgement MDN from the UC to indicate a quantity of device numbers allocated to the DC. Subsequently, the DC may assign device numbers to the internal device components of the DC according to configuration requests received from the UC. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030388 | CONVERSION OF A TWO-WIRE BUS INTO A SINGLE-WIRE BUS - A method of conversion by at least one interface circuit connected between a first bus including at least one data wire and one clock wire, and at least one second single-wire bus, of a transmission between a master circuit connected to the first bus and at least one slave circuit connected to the second bus, wherein a speculative read command is sent to the slave circuit before interpreting the state of a bit for controlling a reading or a writing, originating from the master circuit. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030389 | MICROCOMPUTER - Disclosed is a microcomputer that can gain bus access irrespective of the magnitude relationship between the frequency of a bus master and the frequency of a bus slave. A CPU operates in accordance a first clock, which has a variable frequency. A timer operates in accordance with a second clock. A frequency conversion logic circuit is coupled to the CPU through a main bus and coupled to the timer through a peripheral I/O bus. When the first clock is higher in frequency than the second clock, the frequency conversion logic circuit generates a bus control signal for the timer by using a first synchronization signal, which indicates the change timing of a bus control signal for the peripheral I/O bus. When the first clock is lower in frequency than the second clock, the frequency conversion logic circuit generates a bus control signal for the CPU by using a second synchronization signal, which indicates the change timing of a bus control signal for the main bus. Therefore, bus access can be gained irrespective of the magnitude relationship between the frequencies of the CPU and timer. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030390 | Device for Manipulating Interface Signals - A device for manipulating interface signals includes a slave interface, which is connectable to a master interface of a control device, a master interface, which is connectable to a slave interface of a measuring device, and a circuit configuration, which is supplied with at least one data-input signal per interface, and which outputs a corresponding data-output signal per data-input signal to the respective other interface. The circuit configuration includes at least one manipulation unit, to which a data-input signal and a substitute-data signal are supplied and which outputs a corresponding data-output signal, as well as a protocol unit, to which at least one protocol-relevant interface signal is supplied and which, based on manipulation rules and information received with the at least one protocol-relevant interface signal, chooses when the at least one manipulation unit outputs the corresponding data-input signal or the substitute-data signal as data-output signal. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030391 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEMORY ATTACK PROTECTION TO ACHIEVE A SECURE INTERFACE - A slave device may receive commands from a host device communicatively coupled to the slave device, via a secure interface configured between the slave device and the host device over that coupling. An integrated memory within the slave device may be configured into a plurality of memory portions or regions based on the received commands. The memory regions may be utilized during operations associated with authentication of subsequent commands from the host device. A first memory region may enable storage of encrypted host commands and data. A second region may enable storage of decrypted host commands and data. A third region may enable storage of internal variables and/or intermediate results from operations performed by the slave device. Another region may comprise internal registers that enable storage of information only accessible to the slave device. Access to some of the memory regions may be controlled and/or restricted by the slave device | 2012-02-02 |
20120030392 | System and Method for Automatic Hardware Interrupt Handling - A processing system is provided consisting of an interrupt pin, multiple registers, a stack pointer, and an automatic interrupt system. The multiple registers store a number of processor states values. When the system detects an interrupt on the interrupt pin the system prepares to enter an exception mode where the automatic interrupt system causes an interrupt vector to be fetched, the stack pointer to be updated, and the processor state values to be read in parallel from the registers and stored in memory locations based on the updated stack pointer, prior to the execution of an interrupt service routine. A method for automatic hardware interrupt handling is also presented | 2012-02-02 |
20120030393 | Wireless Communication with a Dock - In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, system and program products. A mobile computing device determines that the mobile computing device has physically paired with a docking system. Wireless communication between the mobile computing device and the docking system is automatically established in response to said determining that the mobile computing device has physically paired with the docking system. Data that encodes an audio signal is transmitted, by the mobile computing device and to the docking system as part of the wireless communication, so as to cause speakers of the docking system to audibly output the audio signal from the mobile computing device. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030394 | UNIVERSAL COMPUTER MANAGEMENT INTERFACE - An integrated computer management apparatus allowing a networked administrator to manage a computer via multiple connection types and protocols. A preferred embodiment of the device has a network connection for the administrative users, coupled via an internal Ethernet switch and a processor to keyboard-video-mouse, serial, and Ethernet computer connections. Depending on hardware characteristics, operational status, OS, and administrator preferences any of these may be used to provide remote computer system management functions. Software running on the processor can provide direct logical connection between the remote administrator and a management port; may serve web pages graphically interpreting data gleaned from one or more of the connections; can provide protocol translation or proxy services; or locally execute an intelligent management agent. The device can be physically small enough to be supported by its connecting cables, and receives power from the attached computer. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030395 | CIRCUIT CONFIGURATIONS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DATA EXCHANGE IN A CIRCUIT CONFIGURATION - In a method for controlling a data exchange between at least one set of data sinks and at least one set of data sources in circuit configurations and circuit sequences, which circuit configurations have at least one arbitration unit, the arbitration unit selects a first data sink (data sink arbitration) and a first data source (data source arbitration) according to a predefined sequence, and outputs an address of a first data source and a request signal and an address of a first data sink and a validity signal. Data of the first data source are stored in the first data sink. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030396 | Decoupled Memory Modules: Building High-Bandwidth Memory Systems from Low-Speed Dynamic Random Access Memory Devices - Apparatus and methods related to exemplary memory system are disclosed. The exemplary memory systems use a synchronization device to increase channel bus data rates while using relatively-slower memory devices operating at device bus data rates that differ from channel bus data rates. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030397 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing system includes a memory, a controller that reads data from a device coupled thereto and writes the data on the memory, a bridge that couples a system bus and an input output bus, the system bus being coupled to the memory and the processor, the input output bus being coupled to the controller, a check code generator that generates a check code from the data read from the device, and a determining unit that determines whether a second check code generated from the data read from the memory corresponds with the first check code. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030398 | Combination Non-Volatile Memory and Input-Output Card with Direct Memory Access - A removable electronic circuit card having both a memory module with a non-volatile mass storage memory and a separate input-output module so that data transfers may be made through the input-output module directly to and from the mass storage memory in a direct memory access (DMA) type transfer when the card is inserted into the host system but without having to pass the data through the host system. Once the host gives a DMA command, the data transfer is accomplished independently of the host system, except for the host supplying power and possibly a clock signal and other like support, during such a data transfer directly with card. The data for the transfer can be communicated between the input-output module and the exterior device through either wireless or an electrical connection means. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030399 | MOBILE PHONE DEVICE PLATFORM - Some embodiments relate to an apparatus, method and computer-medium for interacting with a peripheral device (e.g. a mobile phone device) via a USB port. Some embodiments relate to a routine and host device whereby using a technique of function interception, it I possible to intercept the plug-and-play (PnP) handler of the USB hub driver executing on the host device so as to prevent the loading into memory of the host device of a device driver which matches a hardware ID received by the host from a peripheral device. In some embodiments, it is possible to change the received hardware ID to a different hardware ID, and to load, into memory of the host device, a device driver which matches the different hardware ID. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030400 | USB CONNECTOR FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A Universal Serial Bus (USB) apparatus for USB communication is provided. The USB apparatus includes a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) including a circuit for communicating data with an external device according to a USB communication standard, a connector for connecting to a USB terminal of the external device, and a noise reduction circuit connected between an output terminal of the PCB and the connector for reducing noise of a data signal. The noise reduction circuit includes a common-mode filter for removing harmonic components generated between a ‘+’ data signal and a ‘−’ data signal and passing the ‘+’ data signal and the ‘−’ data signal, which operate in a differential mode. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030401 | MAPPING NON-PREFETCHABLE STORAGE LOCATIONS INTO MEMORY MAPPED INPUT/OUTPUT SPACE - A system including a host and a device. The device has at least one non-prefetchable storage location. The host and the device are configured to map the at least one non-prefetchable storage location into memory mapped input/output space that is addressed via greater than 32 address bits. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030402 | PCI EXPRESS TLP PROCESSING CIRCUIT AND RELAY DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THIS - A PCI Express TLP processing circuit ( | 2012-02-02 |
20120030403 | Memory Module, Cache System and Address Conversion Method - A memory system including a non-volatile memory, a cache memory, a control circuit, and a data processing device is configured. The high speed can be achieved by transferring data in the non-volatile memory to the cache memory to retain the same therein. When the data in the non-volatile memory is transferred to the cache memory, error correction is performed so as to improve the reliability. Since the cache memory and the non-volatile memory can be accessed from the data processing device independently, improvement in usability can be achieved. The memory system including the plurality of chips is configured as a memory system module where respective chips are arranged in a stacked manner and wired by a ball grid array (BGA) and wire bonding between chips. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030404 | COMPUTER SYSTEM, COMPUTER AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING THIN PROVISIONING CAPACITY MANAGEMENT IN COORDINATION WITH VIRTUAL MACHINES - In the computer system, a storage system provides a storage level virtual volume based on thin provisioning technology, to a physical server on which a virtual machine is defined. The storage system releases the area of the logical volume corresponding to the storage level virtual volume accessed by a virtual machine which is specified to be deleted, on the basis of storage level virtual volume conversion information which is managed by the storage system. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030405 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing device includes an OS and a virtual machine switching section. The OS accesses a hardware resource including a nonvolatile semiconductor memory and a semiconductor memory used as a cache memory of the nonvolatile semiconductor memory. The virtual machine switching section switches a virtual machine in exection from a first virtual machine to a second virtual machine while a cache process is executed, when cache miss in a process executed by the first virtual machine is detected. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030406 | HYPERVISOR-BASED MANAGEMENT OF LOCAL AND REMOTE VIRTUAL MEMORY PAGES - A system and method is illustrated for comparing a target memory address and a local memory size using a hypervisor module that resides upon a compute blade, the comparison based upon a unit of digital information for the target memory address and an additional unit of digital information for the local memory size. Additionally, the system and method utilizes swapping of a local virtual memory page with a remote virtual memory page using a swapping module that resides on the hypervisor module, the swapping based upon the comparing of the target memory address and the local memory size. Further, the system and method is implemented to transmit the local virtual memory page to a memory blade using a transmission module that resides upon the compute blade. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030407 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING MEMORY LOCALITY OF VIRTUAL MACHINES - A system and related method of operation for migrating the memory of a virtual machine from one NUMA node to another. Once the VM is migrated to a new node, migration of memory pages is performed while giving priority to the most utilized pages, so that access to these pages becomes local as soon as possible. Various heuristics are described to enable different implementations for different situations or scenarios. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030408 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR ATOMIC STORAGE OPERATIONS - A virtual storage layer (VSL) for a non-volatile storage device presents a logical address space of a non-volatile storage device to storage clients. Storage metadata assigns logical identifiers in the logical address space to physical storage locations on the non-volatile storage device. Data is stored on the non-volatile storage device in a sequential log-based format. Data on the non-volatile storage device comprises an event log of the storage operations performed on the non-volatile storage device. The VSL presents an interface for requesting atomic storage operations. Previous versions of data overwritten by the atomic storage device are maintained until the atomic storage operation is successfully completed. Data pertaining to a failed atomic storage operation may be identified using a persistent metadata flag stored with the data on the non-volatile storage device. Data pertaining to failed or incomplete atomic storage requests may be invalidated and removed from the non-volatile storage device. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030409 | INITIATING WEAR LEVELING FOR A NON-VOLATILE MEMORY - Systems and methods are provided for initiating wear leveling on block-aligned boundaries for non-volatile memories (“NVMs”), such as flash memory. In some embodiments, an electronic device including the NVM may suspend the programming of data upon reaching the end of a dynamic block. The electronic device may then perform wear leveling on a low-cycled block of the NVM. The electronic device may thus be configured to copy static data from the low-cycled block to another block of the NVM. After wear leveling has completed, the memory interface can program a second portion of the data to a new dynamic block of the NVM. This way, the electronic device can improve the efficiency of garbage collection. In addition, the electronic device can decrease the programming time for user generated writes, the wearing of the NVM, and overall power consumption. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030410 | HYBRID RAID CONTROLLER - Provided is a hybrid RAID controller for a storage device of a PCI-Express (PCI-e) type that supports a low-speed data processing speed for a host. Specifically, embodiments of this invention provide a hybrid RAID controller coupled to one or more (i.e., a set of) semiconductor storage device (SSD) memory disk units and one or more hard disk drive (HDD)/Flash memory units. Among other things, the SSD memory disk units and/or HDD/Flash memory units adjust a synchronization of a data signal transmitted/received between the host and a memory disk during data communications between the host and the memory disk through a PCI-Express interface and simultaneously support a high-speed data processing speed for the memory disk, thereby supporting the performance of the memory to enable high-speed processing in an existing interface environment at the maximum. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030411 | DATA PROTECTING METHOD, MEMORY CONTROLLER AND PORTABLE MEMORY STORAGE APPARATUS - A data protecting method for a portable memory storage apparatus is provided. The method includes determining whether a mode signal is at a data protecting mode, and performing a file hiding procedure to change a file allocation table if the mode signal is at the data protecting mode, wherein a host system coupled to the portable memory storage device is allowed to only access a portion of logical addresses of the portable memory storage apparatus according to the changed file allocation table and files stored in the portable memory storage apparatus before the file hiding procedure are written into another portion of the logical addresses. Additionally, the method still includes performing a file showing procedure to change the file allocation table if the mode signal is not at the data protecting mode, wherein the host system may access all the logical addresses according to the changed file allocation table. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030412 | Systems and Methods for Implementing a Programming Sequence to Enhance Die Interleave - Systems and methods for sequentially writing data to a memory device such as a universal serial bus (USB) memory device are disclosed. A system controller of a memory device including a first die and a second die, each of the first die and the second die including a plurality of pages, writes a first portion of a set of data to a lower page of a second die. The system controller then writes a second portion of the set of data to an upper page of the second die after writing the first portion of the set of data to the lower page of the second die. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030413 | MEMORY MANAGEMENT DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND MEMORY MANAGEMENT METHOD - According to one embodiment, a memory management device configured to manage a main memory including a nonvolatile semiconductor memory, the memory management device includes a sort module configured to sort, at a time of a data write operation in the nonvolatile semiconductor memory, data to write areas of the nonvolatile semiconductor memory, based on information of a frequency of write which is determined by a data attribute of the data, and a control module configured to write the sorted data in the nonvolatile semiconductor memory by an incremental-write type. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030414 | NON VOLATILE MEMORY APPARATUS, DATA CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF, AND DEVICES HAVING THE SAME - A memory apparatus includes a local bus, a plurality of non-volatile memories, a first buffer, and a main controller. The non-volatile memories share the local bus. The first buffer is connected to the plurality of non-volatile memories via the local bus. The first buffer buffers data stored in the plurality of non-volatile memories. The main controller is configured to generate a control signal for controlling the first buffer to buffer data stored in a source memory of the plurality of non-volatile memories and transmit the data to a target memory. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030415 | MASS-STORAGE SYSTEM UTILIZING AUXILIARY SOLID-STATE STORAGE SUBSYSTEM - A mass storage system including main and auxiliary storage subsystems and a controller Main storage provides physical storage space and includes non-solid-state storage devices (“NSSDs”) NSSDs provide physical locations, and main storage includes physical storage locations provided by NSSDs Controller is coupled to main storage and may be configured for mapping logical addresses to physical locations, giving rise to a logical storage space The auxiliary subsystem includes a solid-state data retention device (“SSDRD”) capable of permanently storing data and provides a physical location, giving rise to auxiliary space Controller is coupled to the auxiliary subsystem and may override a mapping of logical addresses to physical locations, with a mapping of logical address to physical locations within the auxiliary space, overriding physical storage locations Controller is adapted for loading a snapshot of the data currently stored in the overridden physical storage locations. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030416 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE - A data storage device includes an interface that is configured to interface with a host, a command bus, multiple memory devices that are operably coupled to the command bus and a controller that is operably coupled to the interface and to the command bus. The controller is configured to receive a bad block scan command for a specified one of the memory devices from the host using the interface, scan the specified memory device for bad blocks, generate a map of the bad blocks and communicate the map to the host using the interface. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030417 | RAID CONTROLLER HAVING MULTI PCI BUS SWITCHING - Embodiments of the present invention provide a RAID controller with multi PCI bus switching for a storage device of a PCI-Express (PCI-e) type that supports a low-speed data processing speed for a host. Specifically, embodiments of this invention provide a RAID controller having multiple (e.g., two or more) sets of RAID circuitry that are interconnected/coupled to on another via a PCI bus. Each set of RAID circuitry is coupled to a one or more (i.e., a set of) semiconductor storage device (SSD) memory disk units. Among other things, the SSD memory disk units and/or HDD/Flash memory units adjust a synchronization of a data signal transmitted/received between the host and a memory disk during data communications between the host and the memory disk through a PCI-Express interface and simultaneously support a high-speed data processing speed for the memory disk, thereby supporting the performance of the memory to enable high-speed processing in an existing interface environment at the maximum. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030418 | MEMORY CONTROLLER - A method for configuring a memory controller including determining whether a serial number of at least one memory module matches a stored serial number corresponding to at least one of the memory module and utilizing a stored timing data to configure the memory controller when the serial number matches the stored serial number corresponding to at least one of the memory module. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030419 | SENSING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A sensing device and an electronic apparatus in which impairment of performance due to destruction of parameters can be reduced are to be provided. Parameters (sensor parameters | 2012-02-02 |
20120030420 | PROTOCOL FOR REFRESH BETWEEN A MEMORY CONTROLLER AND A MEMORY DEVICE - The present embodiments provide a system that supports self-refreshing operations in a memory device. During operation, the system transitions the memory device from an auto-refresh state, wherein a memory controller controls refreshing operations for the memory device, to a self-refresh state, wherein the memory device controls the refreshing operations. While the memory device is in the self-refresh state, the system sends progress information for the refreshing operations from the memory device to the memory controller. Next, upon returning from the self-refresh state to the auto-refresh state, the system uses the progress information received from the memory device to control the sequencing of subsequent operations by the memory controller. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030421 | MAINTAINING STATES FOR THE REQUEST QUEUE OF A HARDWARE ACCELERATOR - The invention discloses a method and system of maintaining states for the request queue of a hardware accelerator, wherein the request queue stores therein at least one Coprocessor Request Block (CRB) to be input into the hardware accelerator, the method comprising: receiving, in response to a CRB specified by the request queue is about to enter the hardware accelerator, the state pointer of the specified CRB; acquiring physical storage locations of other CRBs in the request queue that are stored in the request queue and are the same as the state pointer of the specified CRB; controlling the input of the specified CRB and the state information required for processing the specified CRB into a hardware buffer; receiving the state information of the specified CRB that has been processed in the hardware accelerator; if the above physical storage locations are not vacant, then making physical storage locations that are closest on the request queue of the specified CRB as the selected location and storing the received state information in the selected location of the state buffer. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030422 | Resilient Mirroring Utilizing Peer-to-Peer Storage - An apparatus and associated method including a first storage device and a second storage device, each coupled to a remote server independently of the other via a network. Resilient mirroring logic is stored in each of the storage devices that establishes a peer-to-peer communication connection with the other storage device in response to receiving a data access command from the remote server. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030423 | STORAGE DEVICE, CONTROLLING METHODS FOR THE SAME AND PROGRAMS - This invention ensures the provision of data as complete files in the storage device capable of processing both block I/O and file I/O. For this purpose, for each of the logical volumes, this invention attempts to unmount logical units (LUs) storing files triggered by a session start request for block I/O (login request) such as iSCSI, and to recognize (mount) files of the logical units triggered by a session completion request for block I/O (logout request) (refer to FIG. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030424 | Transparent Data Migration Within a Computing Environment - Described is a method and system for transparently migrating data between storage systems of a computing environment without disrupting realtime access to the stored data of the storage systems. Specifically, when adding a new storage system to the computing environment, realtime data write operations can be redirected to the new storage system instead of an existing storage system. During the redirection, the data stored on the existing storage system can be accessed for data operations. Concurrently, during the redirection, data stored on the existing storage system can be migrated to the new storage system. When the data migration completes and all the data, stored on the existing storage system prior to the redirection, resides on the new storage system, the new storage system can function as the primary storage system. Thus, storage capacity can increase or be replaced without disrupting data operations. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030425 | PARITY DECLUSTERED STORAGE DEVICE ARRAY WITH PARTITION GROUPS - This disclosure relates to parity declustered storage device arrays having partition groups. In an exemplary embodiment, the storage system includes a storage device array, such as disk array. Each storage device is divided into partitions. Each partition includes stripe units, such as hundreds or thousands of stripe units in exemplary embodiments. The storage system also includes a physical array controller coupled to the storage device array. In an exemplary embodiment, the array controller includes a partition group lookup table and stores and retrieves data and parity in the storage devices based on the partition group lookup table. In this exemplary embodiment, the array controller also includes a stripe lookup table and/or a log. In an exemplary embodiment, the partition group lookup table and the stripe lookup table take up less memory (e.g., by an order of magnitude) than a single-level stripe map conveying the same information. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030426 | METHOD OF ACCESS CONTROL TO STORED INFORMATION AND SYSTEM THEREOF - The presently disclosed subject relates at least to a method and system for controlling access to a logical unit (LU) in a logical storage space, available to a given initiator, representing a corresponding physical storage space, said logical storage space being accessible via a storage control layer, said storage control layer being associated with a security manager. A first value is generated by the security manager, based on a secret key, and transmitted to host requesting permission to access the logical storage space, while the secret key is made available to a target associated with the logical storage space. The host sends to the control device an access related request, the request comprising a second value which was generated based on the first value. Responsive to the command the target calculates the first value, based on the secret key and the second value based on the first value. The second value is validated with the help of said secret key and the respective access is allowed in case the second value is validated. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030427 | Cache Control Method, Node Apparatus, Manager Apparatus, and Computer System - Disclosed is a computer system that includes a first apparatus, which stores data and metadata in a storage, and multiple units of a second apparatus, which store a copy of data and metadata in the first apparatus in a cache. The first apparatus acquires throughput achieved when the units of the second apparatus access the data in the storage as first access information, acquires throughput achieved when the units of the second apparatus access data thereof as second access information, and selects either a first judgment mode or a second judgment mode in accordance with the first access information and the second access information. This reduces the amount of network traffic for metadata acquisition, thereby increasing the speed of data access. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030428 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, MEMORY MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND MEMORY MANAGEMENT METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing device includes a first determination section and a setting section. The first determination section determines inconsistency between first data and second data. The first data is stored in a nonvolatile semiconductor memory. The second data is corresponding to the first data and stored in a semiconductor memory. The setting section sets execution timing of write back based on access frequency information associated with the second data. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030429 | METHOD FOR COORDINATING UPDATES TO DATABASE AND IN-MEMORY CACHE - A computer method and system of caching. In a multi-threaded application, different threads execute respective transactions accessing a data store (e.g. database) from a single server. The method and system represent status of datastore transactions using respective certain (e.g. Future) parameters. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030430 | CACHE CONTROL APPARATUS, AND CACHE CONTROL METHOD - A cache control apparatus according to the present invention includes a cache allocation control unit which allocates each of a plurality of ways included in a cache memory to one or more of tasks to be executed by a plurality of processors. In the case where a group of ways includes an unallocated way that is not allocated to any of the tasks and a way allocated to one or more of the tasks which is to be executed by one of the processors, the cache allocation control unit allocates the unallocated way included in the group to the one or more of the tasks to be executed by the one of the processors. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030431 | PREDICTIVE SEQUENTIAL PREFETCHING FOR DATA CACHING - A system for prefetching memory in caching systems includes a processor that generates requests for data. A cache of a first level stores memory lines retrieved from a lower level memory in response to references to addresses generated by the processor's requests for data. A prefetch buffer is used to prefetch an adjacent memory line from the lower level memory in response to a request for data. The adjacent memory line is a memory line that is adjacent to a first memory line that is associated with an address of the request for data. An indication that a memory line associated with an address associated with the requested data has been prefetched is stored. A prefetched memory line is transferred to the cache of the first level in response to the stored indication that a memory line associated with an address associated with the requested data has been prefetched. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030432 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHARING MEDIA IN A COMPUTER NETWORK - A computerized method for sharing removable storage media in a network, the method comprising associating, in an index entry, a first piece of removable storage media in a first storage device with at least a first storage policy copy and a second storage policy copy; copying, to the first piece of removable storage media, data associated with the first storage policy copy; and copying, to the first piece of removable storage media, data associated with the second storage policy copy. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030433 | Method, Mobile Terminal and Computer Program Product for Sharing Storage Device - The invention discloses a method of sharing a storage device and a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal comprises a first processor, a second processor and a readable and writable nonvolatile storage device. A processing capacity of the first processor is different from that of the second processor. A state in which the first processor is operating and using the storage device is a second state. A state in which the second processor is operating and using the storage device is a third state. The method comprising: the first processor receiving a switch instruction; the first processor controlling the storage device to enter the second state or the third state according to the switch instruction. As compared with the prior art, by controlling the sharing of the storage device by the first processor, the invention reduces the elements in the mobile terminal and saves the hardware cost of the mobile terminal; moreover, the physical connection between the components in the mobile terminal is simple and easily controlled. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030434 | Memory Device - A memory device includes a memory array and a memory controller for altering a performance characteristic of the memory array to increase a rate at which the memory device writes data in response to the memory device experiencing a demand for bandwidth above a threshold. A method for adjusting the performance characteristics of a memory device includes altering a performance characteristic of the memory device in response to the memory device experiencing a demand for bandwidth above a threshold. Altering the performance characteristic increases a rate at which the memory device writes data. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030435 | MEMORY DEVICE, MEMORY MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND MEMORY MANAGEMENT METHOD - Disclosed is a memory device which receives a check command and check information from a Central Processing Unit (CPU), reads data written in a predetermined area of a memory based on the check information in response to the check command, and checks a data pattern of the data read based on the check information. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030436 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHING PORTABLE MEDIA PLAYER CONTENT WITH STORAGE SPACE OPTIMIZATION - A device is provided for use with a content provider that is operable to provide content, which includes a plurality of content components. The device includes a communication portion, a memory portion, a parsing portion, a counting portion and a processing portion. The communication portion can receive the content from the content provider. The parsing portion can parse the content into the plurality of content components and can store the parsed plurality of content components within the memory portion. The counting portion can provide a counter for each of the parsed plurality of content components within the memory portion, respectively. The processing portion can retrieve and process one of the parsed plurality of content components within the memory portion. The counting portion can further increment the counter associated with the retrieved one of the parsed plurality of content components within the memory portion. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030437 | PROCESSING A WRITE REQUEST IN A DISPERSED STORAGE NETWORK - A method begins by a processing module receiving a write request regarding an encoded data slice and determining whether the write request pertains to deleting the encoded data slice from a memory space. The method continues with the processing module storing a deletion marker regarding the encoded data slice when the write request pertains to deleting the encoded data slice. The method continues with the processing module determining when to delete the encoded data slice based on the deletion marker and in accordance with the deletion scheme. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030438 | Method and Apparatus for Performing Skew Removal in the Receiver of a Multi-Lane Communication Link - Serial data streams received on multiple data lanes, wherein each data stream is in the form of a series of blocks including a data block preceded by a synchronization block, are deskewed by setting a detection flag in response to the valid detection of one or more synchronization blocks in each data stream, writing received data following the setting of said detection flag for that data stream to memory, and reading data sequentially from each memory under the control of a common output clock in response to the setting of the flag in respect at least a group of the data streams. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030439 | Data Sharing for File Clones Using Reverse Ditto References - A method, system, and computer program product for creating and implementing file clones using reverse ditto references. A clone inode is created as a copy of an original inode. The clone inode and the original inode are indistinguishable to an end user. Each additional file clone created spawns a clone inode. An immutable clone-parent inode is created that contains the disk block addresses, while writable clones inode instead contain dittos linking the clone inode to data blocks referenced in the clone-parent inode. Data block address links in the original inode are moved to the new clone-parent inode and dittos replace the original data block address links in the original inode. When a clone file is updated, the new data is written to a new disk location and a corresponding ditto in the clone inode is replaced with a data block link address, keeping the data of the clone-parent inode intact. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030440 | STORAGE SYSTEM GROUP INCLUDING SCALE-OUT STORAGE SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREFOR - A management system is coupled to a storage system group including a scale-out storage system (a virtual storage system). The management system has storage management information, which includes information denoting, for each storage system, whether or not a storage system is a component of a virtual storage system. The management system, based on the storage management information, determines whether or not a first storage system is a component of a virtual storage system, and in a case where the result of this determination is affirmative, identifies, based on the storage management information, a second storage system, which is a storage system other than the virtual storage system that includes the first storage system, and allows a user to perform a specific operation only with respect to this second storage system. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030441 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE DETECTING ERROR - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes first to fifth units. The first unit compares first data being write target data before write in a memory, with second data written in the memory and then read out. The second unit stores the first data if a data comparison result indicates mismatch. The third unit stores a write address corresponding to the write target data if the data comparison result indicates mismatch. The fourth unit compares a read address corresponding to read target data with an address stored in the third unit. The fifth unit selects data read out from the memory in accordance with the read address as the read target data if a address comparison result indicates mismatch, and selects data read out from the second unit as the read target data if the address comparison result indicates match. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030442 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR MANAGING COMPUTER SYSTEM - A management system, coupled to a computer system including one or more types of storage apparatus, stores management information. The management information includes: (a) information containing, for each request by an administrator, information indicating a storage function (a function of a storage apparatus) required in order to achieve a function satisfying the administrator request; and (b) information containing, for each storage apparatus, information indicating storage functions. The management system: (A) receives a request of an administrator; (B) identifies an implementation pattern including a storage apparatus having a storage function required to achieve a function satisfying the received administrator request, on the basis of the information (a) and (b), and (C) performs setup in order to achieve a function satisfying the received administrator request, in respect of any of the identified one or more implementation patterns. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030443 | PROTECTION OF SECRET KEYS - A method for protecting at least first data of a non-volatile memory from which the extraction of this first data is triggered by the reading or the writing, by a processor from or into the memory, of second data independent from the first data, said first data being provided to a circuit which the processor cannot access. | 2012-02-02 |
20120030444 | STORAGE CONTROL DEVICE AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - A storage medium management part includes a stored data amount adjustment part that: stores a maximum data amount which the storage medium can store at the time of startup of a storage control device, and a stored data amount which is an initial stored amount, in a data amount storage part; upon receiving a write amount of a data in response to a write request, writes a new stored data amount calculated by adding the write amount to the already stored data amount, over the already stored data amount; calculates a free space by subtracting the stored data amount from the maximum data amount; determines a deletion amount of the data if the free space does not takes a value not less than a prescribed value; and writes a newly-calculated stored data amount calculated by subtracting the deletion amount from the stored data amount, over the stored data amount. | 2012-02-02 |