Hewlett-packard Company

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

J Robert Sims, Iii

Kyle Way

Jonathan Firooz

Uri Ron

Arie Yehuda Gur

Lawrence Nathaniel Taugher

Frank Gorgenyi

Zhubiao Zhu

Kenneth Koch, Ii

Rahul Ramadas

Jay Gilbert

Sylvester Tate, Ii

Sebastian Perez Juarez

A computing device including a wireless communication device, an electrostatic interface, and a processor. The processor may be configured to, via the electrostatic interface, detect a peripheral device proximate the surface. In response to detecting the peripheral device, the processor may be further configured to establish wireless pairing with the peripheral device at least in part by performing an identifier exchange via the electrostatic interface. Subsequently to performing the identifier exchange, establishing wireless pairing may further include generating a temporary key and transmitting the temporary key to the peripheral device via the electrostatic interface. Subsequently to transmitting the temporary key, establishing wireless pairing may further include receiving a first wireless pairing signal from the peripheral device via the wireless communication device. Subsequently to receiving the first wireless pairing signal, establishing wireless pairing may further include transmitting a second wireless pairing signal to the peripheral device via the wireless communication device.

Establishing wireless pairing via electrostatic interface using temporary key

The present invention discloses a method and system for providing defect management of a bulk data storage media wherein logical addresses of media data blocks are continuously slipped to omit all media data blocks determined to be defective at the time of an initial media format. Thereafter, selectable parameters are utilized to define a logical zone including both a user data area and corresponding replacement data area on the media such that proper selection of the parameters provides defect management optimized for a particular use of the media.

Systems and methods to perform defect management to block addressable storage media

A method and system for sampling on the fly one or more integrated circuit nodes coupled to one or more bus domain clocks of an integrated circuit using minimal clock cycle delay synchronization. Sample on the fly circuitry, set-reset circuitry and metastable rejection circuitry are used to provide a sufficient pulse width for sampling on the fly the one or more nodes when the one or more bus domain clocks require asynchronous operation. The sample on the fly circuitry is also operable to synchronously sample on the fly the one or more nodes.

Method and system for performing sampling on the fly using minimum cycle delay synchronization

A system and method for providing protection of content which may be transmitted over unsecure channels, including storage and transmission in bulk media, transmission over a network such as the Internet, transmission between components of an open system, and broadcast transmitted, to compliant storage devices and/or compliant use devices is disclosed. The technique for providing protection from unauthorized utilization of the content so stored is provided publicly in order to allow for those utilizing a conforming media device to master or generate content protected according to the present invention. According to a preferred embodiment, public key cryptography is utilized to identify compliant devices and to transmit cryptographic keys protecting content data. In the preferred embodiment content is protected using private key cryptography to optimize system performance.

Media content protection utilizing public key cryptography

A system and method for providing protection of content stored on a bulk storage media is disclosed. The technique for providing protection from unauthorized utilization of the content so stored is provided publicly in order to allow for those utilizing a conforming media device to master or generate content protected according to the present invention. Various ways in which to protect content are disclosed including verification of the authenticity of a particular media, utilization of an accepted list of media play-back devices and their corresponding published public keys in order to securely pass media content keys thereto, and utilization of an external contact to provide media content keys and/or updates of accepted media play-back devices.

A method of automatically configuring an autoconfigurable computer peripheral device as a primary device or as a secondary device. There are four possible cases: (1) no other device present, (2) legacy primary device present, (3) legacy secondary device present and (4) second autoconfigurable device present. Host computer device configuration application software provides a signal or numerical data indicating a bit position within an identification number within each autoconfigurable device. If a device identification has a particular logical value at the bit position, the device responds to the signal from the computer. If the device identification has a different particular logical value at the bit position, the device determines whether another device is responding to the signal from the computer. If a first device determines that it should not respond, and a second device responds, the first device provisionally configures itself as a secondary device. If all bit positions are exhausted, and a device has not provisionally configured itself as a secondary device, then the device provisionally configures itself as a primary device. The host computer then sends a particular numerical value to the devices. Depending on the particular numerical value, each device configures itself to its provisional configuration, or to the opposite configuration from its provisional configuration, or unconfigures itself.

Autoconfigurable device that provisionally configures itself as the primary or secondary peripheral device depending on if another peripheral device is present

A method of automatically configuring a computer peripheral device as a primary device or as a secondary device. There are four possible cases: (1) no other device present, (2) legacy primary device present, (3) legacy secondary device present and (4) second unconfigured device present. Each unconfigured device determines whether there are any legacy devices already installed and whether there is another unconfigured device installed without requiring any changes to the host operating system software. Unconfigured devices assert a signal after reset with a first timing that is dependent on an electronically readable identification on the device. For case (4), the first device to detect the signal becomes the secondary device. In case of a tie, unconfigured devices continue to assert the signal with a second timing that is dependent on the electronically readable identification on the device. A device that detects the signal being present at the end of the second timing configures itself as a secondary device. A device that does not detect the signal being present at the end of the second timing configures itself as a primary device.

Unconfigured device that automatically configures itself as the primary

A method of formatting rewritable compact optical disks. In some example embodiments, a disk is initially partially formatted for immediate useability, and then additional incremental formatting is provided until the disk is completely formatted. The additional formatting may take place while a drive is off-line. In one embodiment, data is written to an unformatted disk with data writing and formatting taking place simultaneously. In various example embodiments, lead-in and lead-out areas may be written first with nothing in between or lead-in and lead-out areas may optionally written only if needed.

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