| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7558918 |
System for handling streaming information using a plurality of reader modules by enumerating out |
July 7, 2009 |
| An information appliance receives streaming information. The information appliance includes a storage buffer and a writer module which receives the streaming information and writes the streaming information to the buffer. A plurality of reader modules are configurable to read the str |
| 7451450 |
Resource manager architecture |
November 11, 2008 |
| Resource management architectures implemented in computer systems to manage resources are described. In one embodiment, a general architecture includes a resource manager and multiple resource providers that support one or more resource consumers such as a system component or application |
| 7444647 |
Stream class driver for computer operating system |
October 28, 2008 |
| A stream class driver for use in a computer operating system functions together with a minidriver. The minidriver is associated with a particular design for an adapter, which is a hardware device that generates or receives streaming data. The stream class driver deals with common ope |
| 7337446 |
Resource manager architecture |
February 26, 2008 |
| Resource management architectures implemented in computer systems to manage resources are described. In one embodiment, a general architecture includes a resource manager and multiple resource providers that support one or more resource consumers such as a system component or application |
| 7334078 |
Method and system for handling streaming information |
February 19, 2008 |
| One aspect of the present invention leads to a method of handling streaming information. The method includes receiving the streaming information and analyzing the streaming information to locate one or more points of interest in the streaming information. An index of the one or more |
| 7149868 |
Analyzing, indexing and seeking of streaming information |
December 12, 2006 |
| A streaming information handling system receives streaming information and analyzes the streaming information to locate one or more sync points in the streaming information. The streaming information and sync point location information, indicative of a location of the sync points, is |
| 7139869 |
Data format for a streaming information appliance |
November 21, 2006 |
| A method is provided for handling streaming information encoded with a data structure having a data block format. The data block format includes a data block having a header portion and an end portion. The header portion includes a prefix field having a pointer to a succeeding data b |
| 7139868 |
Streaming information appliance with buffer read and write synchronization |
November 21, 2006 |
| An information appliance receives streaming information and includes a buffer, a writer module, a reader module and a synchronizer. The buffer has a plurality of storage locations, a logical head, a logical tail and a valid data area between the logical head and the logical tail. The |
| 7093266 |
Stream class driver for computer operating system |
August 15, 2006 |
| A stream class driver for use in a computer operating system functions together with a minidriver. The minidriver is associated with a particular design for an adapter, which is a hardware device that generates or receives streaming data. The stream class driver deals with common ope |
| 6845508 |
Stream class driver for computer operating system |
January 18, 2005 |
| A stream class driver for use in a computer operating system functions together with a minidriver. The minidriver is associated with a particular design for an adapter, which is a hardware device that generates or receives streaming data. The stream class driver deals with common ope |
| 6820144 |
Data format for a streaming information appliance |
November 16, 2004 |
| A data block format for streaming information includes a first data block size field and a second data block size field, each of the fields indicating the size of the data block. A payload field is bounded by the first data block sized field and the second data size in the data block |
| 6799208 |
Resource manager architecture |
September 28, 2004 |
| Resource management architectures implemented in computer systems to manage resources are described. In one embodiment, a general architecture includes a resource manager and multiple resource providers that support one or more resource consumers such as a system component or application |
| 6763439 |
Disk throttling and priority queuing for streaming I/O |
July 13, 2004 |
| A system is configured to prioritize streaming disk I/O over non-streaming disk I/O by providing high priority queuing to streaming disk I/O and/or to throttle non-streaming disk I/O when the total disk I/O (streaming+non-streaming) exceeds a threshold amount for a given time quantum |
| 6748481 |
Streaming information appliance with circular buffer for receiving and selectively reading block |
June 8, 2004 |
| The present invention relates to a streaming information appliance for receiving and selectively reading blocks of streaming information. The information appliance includes a buffer, a writer module which receives blocks of streaming information and writes the blocks to the buffer at a |
| 6748443 |
Unenforced allocation of disk and CPU bandwidth for streaming I/O |
June 8, 2004 |
| A system includes a resource manager that provides unenforced allocation of streaming I/O bandwidth from streaming I/O bandwidth providers (e.g., CPU, disk, etc.) to streaming I/O bandwidth consumers (e.g., software application, television, etc.). Unenforced allocation denotes that b |
| 6535920 |
Analyzing, indexing and seeking of streaming information |
March 18, 2003 |
| A streaming information handling system receives streaming information and analyzes the streaming information to locate one or more sync points in the streaming information. The streaming information and sync point location information, indicative of a location of the sync points, is |
| 6463486 |
System for handling streaming information using a plurality of reader modules by enumerating out |
October 8, 2002 |
| An information appliance receives streaming information. The information appliance includes a storage buffer and a writer module which receives the streaming information and writes the streaming information to the buffer. A plurality of reader modules are configurable to read the streami |
| 6378035 |
Streaming information appliance with buffer read and write synchronization |
April 23, 2002 |
| An information appliance receives streaming information and includes a buffer, a writer module, a reader module and a synchronizer. The buffer has a plurality of storage locations, a logical head, a logical tail and a valid data area between the logical head and the logical tail. The log |
| 6249826 |
System and method for media status notification |
June 19, 2001 |
| After it is determined that a memory storage device supports media status notification (MSN), the operating system (OS) enables MSN by sending a command to the device that disables the ejection mechanism within the device. The operating system commences MSN operation using one of two |
| 5923897 |
System for adapter with status and command registers to provide status information to operating |
July 13, 1999 |
| A method and system for communicating extended information, including status information, from a hardware device to a computer operating system. An adapter detects changes in the status of hardware devices attached thereto, including inserted, removed or requested-to-be-removed status, |
| 5590336 |
Method and apparatus for performing overlapping service of multiple IDE peripheral devices |
December 31, 1996 |
| A method and apparatus for performing overlapping service of requests to two peripheral devices, specifically a CD-ROM drive and a hard disk drive connected to a computer. When a read request is issued to the CD-ROM drive, a seek is immediately initiated. A timer, with a period much |
| 5574920 |
Method for controlling power down of a hard disk drive in a computer |
November 12, 1996 |
| An integrated device electronics (IDE) driver 40 operating in conjunction with a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) driver (14), wherein both the IDE driver (40) and BIOS driver (14) are capable of powering down a hard disk drive (18). The IDE driver (40) monitors accesses to an alternate |
