Multi-media communication system and method therefor
In view of the foregoing problems of the conventional system, an object of the present invention is to provide a multi-media communication system having various special effects to be performed, withou... Read More
Inventors: Hasegawa, Satoshi;, Assignee: NEC Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Database disaster remote site recovery
We claim: 1. A method to maintain a shadow copy of a primary site's database data at a remote location, the method comprising the steps of: initializing a remote site having a mirror image of the prim... Read More
Inventors: Masuda, Hiromi; Shedden, Jack R.; Teng, James Zu-Chia; Wang, Shyh-Yee;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Method and apparatus for synchronizing data in a host memory with data in target MCU memory
In accordance with the invention, a copy of data in a Host Computer is synchronized with a version located in Shared Memory in a Modular Development System (MDS). Whenever a change in one or more bits... Read More
Inventors: Mulchandani, Deepak; Gray, Rand;, Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Schaumburg, IL) |
Adaptive textual system for associating descriptive text with varying data
Accordingly, there is provided herein an interpretive text system implemented in a host computer system. The host computer system, which may include multiple computers networked or otherwise coupled t... Read More
Inventors: Carlin, Richard; Thacker, Peter; Haley-Coleman, Kimberly;, Assignee: Telescan, Inc. (Houston, TX) |
System and apparatus to provide a backchannel for a receiver terminal in a conference
What is claimed is: 1. A computer program product comprising: a computer usable medium, the computer usable medium including, computer program code to receive media streams of one or more H.323 termin... Read More
Inventors: Kumar, Vineet; Bhasker, Narjala;, Assignee: Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, CA) |
Temporary state preservation for a distributed file service
The invention provides a new and improved system for facilitating communications on a distributed system including servers and clients that communicate over a network by means of virtual circuits. In ... Read More
Inventors: Nichols, William G.; Phillips, Dennis E.;, Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation (Maynard, MA) |
Method and computer program for distributing software to a personal palm-type device through a global software distribution package transmittable over the world wide web
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring to FIG. 1, there is shown a very generalized diagram of how the personal palm-type device 41 may be connected into the Web 50 for the purposes of this invention.... Read More
Inventors: Eagle, Brian Lee White;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Method for ensuring cycle ordering requirements within a hierarchical bus system including split-transaction buses
There is provided, in accordance with the present invention, a method for ensuring coherency between a system memory and a cache memory within a processing system including a first split transaction b... Read More
Inventors: Kirkland, Jr., James B.; McDonald, Edward A.;, Assignee: NCR Corporation (Dayton, OH) |
Bridge unit, frame transfer method of the bridge unit and computer program for frame transfer
The objective of the present invention is to solve the aforementioned problem. The further objective of the present invention is to provide a bridge unit allowing for stable communication even though ... Read More
Inventors: Okanoue, Kazuhiro; Osawa, Tomoki;, Assignee: NEC Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Numerical controlling method and system
It is, therefore, an object of the invention to provide a numerical controlling method and system which permits a reduction of the number of cables connected between the numerical control apparatus an... Read More
Inventors: Imazeki, Ryoji;, Assignee: Fujitsu Fanuc Limited (Tokyo, JP) |
Two wire current transmitter with adjustable current control linearization
The present invention provides for a two wire transmitter wherein the two wire transmitter circuit output is corrected for nonlinearity of the sensor, which may be a temperature sensitive resistor. Fo... Read More
Inventors: Dahlke, Charles J.;, Assignee: Rosemount Inc. (Eden Prairie, MN) |
Data processor with addressing mode decoding function
In the light of the above problems, the present invention has been designed. A main object thereby is to provide a data processor which, even when the instruction required to change the entry address ... Read More
Inventors: Matuo, Masahito;, Assignee: |
Method of making high density connector for burn-in boards
The present invention provides a simple, low cost method for the construction of a high density electrical connector for electrically connecting a driver/receiver board and a burn-in board. The method... Read More
Inventors: Hamilton, Harold E.;, Assignee: Micro Control Company (Minneapolis, MN) |
Low profile electrode connector
Briefly, in one aspect the present invention is a connector for slidable and preferably rotatable conductive engagement with an upstanding connecting member of an electrode, the connector comprising: ... Read More
Inventors: Harhen, Robert P.; Marlow, William J.; Sissom, Dawn E.;, Assignee: Medtronic, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) |
Parallel data processing device having a concatenated data path between elementary processors
Therefore, it is an object of the invention to eliminate said exclusive independence of the parallel paths, and hence of the processing operations, by enabling the introduction of variable interaction... Read More
Inventors: Duranton, Marc;, Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation (NY) |
Switch path reservation arrangement
Switching system 1000 (FIG. 1) has three major components: an administrative module (AM) 4000 that provides systemwide administration, maintenance, and resource allocation; a communications module (C... Read More
Inventors: Ardon, Menachem T.; Sassano, John P.;, Assignee: American Telephone and Telegraph Company, AT&T Bell Laboratories (Murray Hill, NJ) |
Parallel vector processing system for individual and broadcast distribution of operands and control information
A calculation suitable for illustrating the operation of the processor according to the present invention comprises the matrix-vector product or MVP since it forms a basis of both matrix multiplicati... Read More
Inventors: Hall, William E.; Stigers, Dale A.; Decker, Leslie F.;, Assignee: Cray Research, Inc. (Eagan, MN) |
Vector processing apparatus for processing different instruction set architectures corresponding to mingled-type programs and separate-type programs
It is an object of the present invention to provide a vector processor type supercomputer supporting two or more different instruction set architectures which is allowed to be implemented in a far sma... Read More
Inventors: Inagami, Yasuhiro; Tanaka, Teruo; Tamaki, Yoshiko; Kitai, Katsuyoshi; Sakakibara, Tadayuki;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Method and apparatus for address space translation using a TLB
A method and system for address space translation using a TLB. The present invention is implemented on a computer system having a microprocessor with a translation look aside buffer (TLB). The address... Read More
Inventors: Earl, William J.; Mesard, Wayne Stuart;, Assignee: Silicon Graphics, Inc. (Mountain View, CA) |
System and method of retiring misaligned write operands from a write buffer
The invention may be implemented into a microprocessor by providing a write buffer. The write buffer is logically located between the core of the microprocessor and the memory (including off-chip main... Read More
Inventors: Garibay, Jr., Raul A.; Quattromani, Marc A.;, Assignee: VIA-Cyrix, Inc. (Plano, TX) |
Simulated play of interactive multimedia applications for error detection
In accordance with the present invention, an interactive multimedia application executes in a debug mode in which previously recorded user events are retrieved from memory and emulated in sequence. Ea... Read More
Inventors: Benitz, Angela Jane; Nakama, Seiken;, Assignee: Scientific Learning Corp. (Berkeley, CA) |
Modular/concurrent board tester
The present invention provides a modular/concurrent circuit board tester for performing in-circuit tests on components or circuits, hereinafter referred to as devices, residing on a circuit board. The... Read More
Inventors: Firooz, Kamran; Harwood, Vance; LaTourrette, Sharon; Stepleton, Jay; Snook, Matt;, Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company (Palo Alto, CA) |
Cache testability circuit for embedded diagnostics
The present invention comprises a DRAM disable circuit which provides a generic means for testing cache memory systems. The disable circuit comprises a buffer which receives a write signal from the me... Read More
Inventors: Finch, Richard; Schieve, Eric; Vivio, Joseph;, Assignee: Dell USA, L.P. (Austin, TX) |
Input/output command issuing control system in data processing system
We claim: 1. An I/O command issuing control system comprising: a system bus; a first module connected to the system bus; and a second module connected to an input/output device and to the system bus s... Read More
Inventors: Hidaka, Yuji; Kimura, Makoto;, Assignee: Fujitsu Limited (Kawasaki, JP) |
Electrically modifiable non-volatile memory circuit having means for autonomous refreshing dependent upon on periodic clock pulses
An object of the invention is to overcome these drawbacks. One embodiment of the invention is directed to an electrically modifiable non-volatile memory block comprising a first matrix of non-volatile... Read More
Inventors: Devin, Jean;, Assignee: SGS-Thomas Microelectronics S.A. (Saint Genis, FR) |
Circuit for interfacing asynchronous to synchronous communications
It is therefore an object of the invention to capture asynchronous data and convert the data to synchronous data usable in a clocked logic design. It is another object of this invention to validate th... Read More
Inventors: Swarts, Jeffery L.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Method and apparatus for maintaining transaction ordering and arbitrating in a bus bridge
The present invention comprises a method and apparatus for maintaining transaction ordering and arbitrating in a bus bridge. The bus bridge interfaces between two separate buses and includes two queue... Read More
Inventors: Bell, D. Michael; Gonzales, Mark A.; Meredith, Susan S.;, Assignee: Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, CA) |
Method and apparatus for non-concurrent arbitration of multiple busses
Briefly, a processor-based system such as a microcontroller supports a non-concurrent mode in which a bus master requesting ownership of a peripheral bus is forced to acquire ownership of both the per... Read More
Inventors: Khan, Asif Q.; Mergard, James O.;, Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) |
Interrupt/software-controlled thread processing
What is claimed is: 1. A method of operating a single processor to selectively run any of a plurality of different threads in response to the reading of a respective thread context into a context regi... Read More
Inventors: Saville, Winthrop L.; Ross, Kevin;, Assignee: Philips Electronics North America Corporation (New York, NY) |
Automatic system for prioritized selection of a magnetic tape device from a group of tape devices based on the not-busy status and the dynamic status of the drive mechanism
I claim: 1. In a data processing system having a plurality of groups of magnetic tape devices and an operating system for performing control and job processing operations, a method of selecting automa... Read More
Inventors: Iwanaga, Masaharu;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
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