Method and apparatus for controlling reconfiguration of storage-device memory areas
It is an object of the present invention to provide a real storage device that keeps the manufacturing cost low, enhances the operatability of the system and, at the same time, allows the real storage... Read More
Inventors: Onodera, Osamu;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Multimedia driver having reduced system dependence using polling process to signal helper thread for input/output
An enhanced multimedia device driver for personal computers includes a polling process which performs polling of the hardware devices. The device driver creates a helper thread for each hardware devic... Read More
Inventors: Graham, Harry L.;, Assignee: Winnov, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) |
Method and apparatus for relaying events intended for a first application program to a second application program
The present invention provides for a computer-related method for processing, with a preferred processing application program having a preferred identifier, an event associated with an object generated... Read More
Inventors: Akhond, Hossein David; Scown, Gregory George; Kaminar, Johnathon Paul;, Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc. (Cupertino, CA) |
Computer resource proportional utilization and response time scheduling
It is a primary object of the invention to achieve proportional usage and response time performance objectives for the use of or the access to a resource within a unified and integrated scheduling mec... Read More
Inventors: Fong, Liana Liyow; Squillante, Mark Steven; Hough, Roger Eldred;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Managing processor resources in a non-dedicated computer system
The shortcomings of the prior art are overcome and additional advantages are provided through the provision of a method for managing processor resources in a computer system. An amount of a processor ... Read More
Inventors: Eilert, Catherine Krueger; Yocom, Peter Bergersen;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Port aggregation protocol
It is an object of the present invention to provide a protocol that aggregates redundant links in a computer network. It is a further object of the present invention to provide a protocol that transpa... Read More
Inventors: Chin, Hon Wah; Fine, Michael; Finn, Norman W.; Hausman, Richard J.;, Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (San Jose, CA) |
Dynamic RTP/RTCP timestamp validation
But I have recognized that performance can be improved as a practical matter by basing output timing on input timestamp's only selectively, in accordance with tests that are made by comparing various ... Read More
Inventors: Falco, Michael A.; McKinley, Brittain S.;, Assignee: Ezenial Inc. (Burlington, MA) |
Packet transmission node device realizing packet transfer scheme and control information transfer scheme using multiple virtual connections
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a packet transmission node device and a packet transfer scheme capable of realizing a multicast in which different qualities of service ca... Read More
Inventors: Katsube, Yasuhiro; Nagami, Kenichi;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Kawasaki, JP) |
Method and apparatus for performing per-port IP multicast pruning
A method and apparatus is described for performing per-port IP multicast pruning and generation of pseudo membership queries for determining IP multicast group membership in a switched network. Accord... Read More
Inventors: Pitcher, Derek; Seshadri, Kishore K.; Simone, Daniel A.;, Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited (St. Laurent, CA) |
System and method for efficiently handling multicast packets by aggregating VLAN context
OF THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE PRESENT INVENTION With reference now to FIG. 2, a schematic representation of a network architecture 200 in which is employed a method and system for efficiently handling mu... Read More
Inventors: Jain, Vipin Kumar; Wang, Peter Si-Sheng;, Assignee: 3Com Corporation (Santa Clara, CA) |
Multicast cell scheduling protocol
In accordance with the present invention, a method of facilitating the scheduling of a first multicast request signal of a series of multicast request signals is disclosed, wherein the first request s... Read More
Inventors: Calamvokis, Costas; McKeown, Nicholas; Ries, Paul S.;, Assignee: PMC-Sierra, Inc. (Burnaby, CA) |
Partial memory selection using a programmable decoder
An object of the instant invention is to provide a memory with improved partial memory capability. Another object of the invention is to provide a partial memory selectable from any of the good quadra... Read More
Inventors: Lewandowski, Alan J.; Moench, Jerry D.;, Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Schaumburg, IL) |
System for managing data storage based on vector-summed size-frequency vectors for data sets, devices, and residual storage on devices
OF THE INVENTION The method of the present invention is based on a set of mathematics and functions defined in a cartesian coordinate space having the ordinate representing references or access per s... Read More
Inventors: Hill, Reed A.;, Assignee: Laclead Enterprises (Ogden, UT) |
FET Module with reference source chargeable memory gate
The invention solves these difficulties, or respectively, the production tolerances in the case of the use of IG-FETs, which is particular already because of these production tolerances display differ... Read More
Inventors: Roessler, Bernward;, Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (Berlin & Munich, DE) |
Monolithic integrated reference voltage source
What is claimed is: 1. A monolithic integrated reference voltage source, comprising: a substrate; a first depletion-type MOSFET formed in said substrate and having drain, source and gate electrodes, s... Read More
Inventors: Adam, Fritz G.;, Assignee: ITT Industries, Inc. (New York, NY) |
Semiconductor device for obtaining an accurate threshold voltage adjustment
What is claimed is: 1. A semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor body having a major surface, a charge coupled device provided at said major surface and comprising an input stage having a sour... Read More
Inventors: Pelgrom, Marcellinus J. M.; Harwig, Hendrik A.; Slotboom, Jan W.;, Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation (New York, NY) |
System for calculation of sum of products by repetitive input of data
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a system for calculation of a sum of products in which the number of the processors used as multipliers is reduced. Accordingly, the syste... Read More
Inventors: Muraoka, Yutaka;, Assignee: Fanuc Ltd. (Minamitsuru, JP) |
Signed digit multiplier
In accordance with the present invention, a multiplier circuit is provided which comprises a multiplier core having a rectangular aspect ratio (that is, a multiplier circuit for multiplying operands a... Read More
Inventors: Briggs, Willard S.; Matula, David W.;, Assignee: Cyrix Corporation (Richardson, TX) |
Three dimensional view using ray tracing through voxels subdivided numerically using object based parameters
(1) Object of the Invention An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and to provide an apparatus and a method for high speed generation of pictures using ray tracing... Read More
Inventors: Sakai, Toshio; Watanabe, Norito; Miyoshi, Masanori; Fukuda, Yoshibumi;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Numeric processor including a multiply-add circuit for computing a succession of product sums using redundant values without conversion to nonredundant format
In accordance with the present invention, a multiplier circuit is provided which comprises a multiplier core having a rectangular aspect ratio. In addition, the multiplier core accepts signed digit op... Read More
Inventors: Briggs, Willard Stuart; Matula, David William;, Assignee: Cyrix Corporation (Richardson, TX) |
Apparatus and method for elliptic-curve multiplication and recording medium having recorded thereon a program for implementing the method
It is an object of the present invention to provide an arithmetic method which permits m-multiplication over an elliptic curve defined over a finite field GF(q.sup.k) by the base-.phi. expansion metho... Read More
Inventors: Kobayashi, Tetsutaro; Morita, Hikaru; Kobayashi, Kunio; Hoshino, Fumitaka;, Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Procedure for measuring angles and trajectories by means of gyros and inertial systems
The present invention provides a measuring and evaluation procedure for the definition of spatial angles, trajectories, contours and movements as well as gravity anomalies using an apparatus including... Read More
Inventors: Stieler, Bernhard F. M.;, Assignee: Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fur Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (Cologne, DE) |
Methods and apparatus for transforming machine language program control into high-level language constructs by manipulating graphical program representations
The present invention overcomes the problems of the prior art and achieves the objects listed above by judicious node-splitting in the flow graph for the program written in the original code. This nod... Read More
Inventors: Wiecek, Cheryl A.;, Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation (Maynard, MA) |
Cooperation of global and local register allocators for better handling of procedures
It is therefore one object of the present invention to provide a method of optimizing a compiler to improve handling of big procedures. It is another object of the present invention to provide such a ... Read More
Inventors: Aizikowitz, Nava E.; Bar-Haim, Roy N.; Edelstein, Orit; Prosser, Edward Curtis; Roediger, Robert Ralph;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
System and method using a split printer driver to control a computer printer device
In accordance with the present invention, a system and method are disclosed for using a split printer driver to control a computer printer device. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention,... Read More
Inventors: LeClair, Gregory A.; Nakamura, Kazuo;, Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Video compression using multiple computing agents
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS a. MPEG environment As the present invention may be applied in connection with an MPEG-2 encoder, in order to facilitate an understanding of the invention, some pertinent... Read More
Inventors: Tiwari, Prasoon; Viscito, Eric;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Method and apparatus for dynamically controlling data routes through a network
The invention is a mechanism for operating a configurable switch so that the switch is capable of dynamically selecting between two modes of operations: (i) routing data packets which need not be rece... Read More
Inventors: Simcoe, Robert; Thomas, Robert E.; Varghese, George;, Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation (Maynard, MA) |
Configurable transaction routing system and method
The present invention is directed to systems and methods for enabling businesses to manage a sophisticated, heterogeneous network of trading partners, and to systems and methods for implementing an el... Read More
Inventors: Guck, Randal L.; Willis, Jr., Donald E.;, Assignee: IP Net Solutions, Inc. (Newport Beach, CA) |
Computer system having planar board with single interrupt controller and processor card with plural processors and interrupt director
One of the objects of the invention is to provide a novel interrupting mechanism or facility for a multiprocessor computing system. Another object of the invention is to provide a personal computer ha... Read More
Inventors: Begun, Ralph M.; Turner, Michael R.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, NY) |
Complier and method for alias checking in a complier
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT In FIG. 1 there is shown a block diagram representation of a computer system 10 for carrying out a method of the invention represented by a compiler 12. Computer system 10... Read More
Inventors: Besaw, Keith V.; Donovan, Robert J.; Sagiv, Shmuel;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
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