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| 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 |
| 20080270669 | TRANSLATION OF DATA TO/FROM STORAGE DEVICES BASED ON A REDUNDANCY CONFIGURATION AND HOST INTERFACE TYPE - A system comprises a bridge translator adapted to be coupled to a plurality of storage devices and to a host. The bridge translator translates data from the host to a format compatible with the redundantly configured storage devices. A controller coupled to the bridge translator configures the bridge translator to translate the data based on a redundancy configuration of the storage devices and based on a type of interface to the host. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080270777 | SOFTWARE RECOVERY WITHOUT THE USE OF A KEYBOARD, MOUSE, TRACKBALL OR COMPUTER MONITOR - A NAS device comprises a user control and storage in which at least one of an operating system and system firmware is stored. Logic is also provided that is coupled to the user control and the storage. The logic causes a recovery to be performed of the operating system or system firmware upon user activation of the user control. The NAS device does not comprise any of a keyboard, mouse, trackball, and computer monitor. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080271150 | SECURITY BASED ON NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A method comprises assessing a network environment in which an electronic device is present and implementing a security feature based on the assessment of the network environment. Assessing the network environment comprises identifying other network entities on a network to which the electronic device is coupled. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090037750 | MAKING A STORAGE DEVICE UNUSABLE UNTIL A REQUEST IS PROVIDED TO RECOVER AN OPERATING SYSTEM OR SYSTEM FIRMWARE - A system comprises a storage device comprising code that is executable to cause recovery of at least one of an operating system and system firmware. Logic coupled to the storage device is also provided to cause the storage device to be unusable until a request is provided to recover at least one of the operating system and system firmware. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090285284 | PICTURE CODING APPARATUS AND PICTURE DECODING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a picture coding apparatus which can reduce a load in decoding. When a RAU to be coded is an open GOP type RAU, the present invention includes: a motion estimation unit, a motion compensation unit, and the like which codes a picture to be coded to generate a BI-picture; a BI information generation unit which generates a RAU map indicating whether or not the BI-picture is positioned in a display order immediately before a starting I-picture in the RAU of the stream; and a variable length coding unit which writes the RAU map into the RAU of the stream. | 11-19-2009 |
