Intel Corporation

Michael J Castillo

Edward Owen Clapper

Chadwick John Harber

James Armand Baldwin

Anil K Kumar

Peter K Hazen

Julien Rouillac

Gregory Alan James

Ke W Wang

Simon J Waterfall

Fraser Stirling

Richard S Bell

Suri B Medapati

David George Payne

Xingjian Cai

Kelly Couch

Xing Jian Cai

Gregory A Lento

Nicholas Long

Steven D Yates

Wei Z Gao

Neffody E Kraskoff

Set-top box

Remote control

In embodiments, apparatuses, methods and storage media are described that are associated with remote control of media devices. In embodiments, a remote control and a content player may be configured to facilitate a secured pairing process. The remote control may be configured to send non-secured signals (such as through an IR transmitter) as well as send and receive secured signals (such as via Bluetooth&#x2122; using an RF transceiver). The remote control, in response to being turned on or asked to pair, may send a pairing request to the player that includes an identifier for the remote control and which identifies the remote control as an eligible pairing device without requiring separate entry of a security code by a user. The remote control and player may then perform a pairing process without requiring additional action on the part of a user. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

System and method for automated pairing between remote control and controllable device

In embodiments, apparatuses, methods and storage media are described that are associated with remote control of media devices. A remote control and a content player may be configured to facilitate a secured pairing process. The remote control may be configured to send non-secured signals (such as through an IR transmitter) as well as send and receive secured signals (such as via an RF transceiver). The remote control may non-securely broadcast an uncompressed identifier of itself. Then, in response to being turned on or asked to pair, the remote control may send a pairing request to the player that includes a compressed identifier. The player may then identify the remote control based on the compressed identifier and the previously-broadcast uncompressed identifier and the remote control and player may then perform a pairing process without requiring additional action on the part of a user. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

System and method for automated pairing between remote control and controllable device using compressed identifiers

In some embodiments a differential communication channel compensates for electrostatic discharge capacitance of an electrostatic discharge component by increasing an impedance of the differential communication channel near the electrostatic discharge component. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Compensating for an electrostatic discharge capacitance load

A modular chassis-based system may include a high speed backplane and multiple line cards. A connector connects the backplane to each line card for greater performance. The connector may include a stripline with a curved portion that transitions from the line cards to the backplane.

High speed signal backplane interface

A system and method of transcoding video data for distribution over a variety of media. A digital data stream is decoded and optionals down sampled to reduce the bit rate of the original stream. The decoded stream is further encoded to further reduce the bit rate of the data stream to be consistent with the reliable delivery capabilities of the media over which the data stream is to be transmitted and/or the display on which display is to occur.

Method for transcoding MPEG encoded streams

A method for displaying base frames during video data decompression. A tuner selects a base frame of a compressed digital video data steam. The tuner decompresses the selected base frame prior to decompressing the remaining frames of the digital video data stream, and provides the decompressed base frame to a display device for display prior to the tuner decompressing the remaining frames of the compressed digital video data stream.

Method for displaying base frames during video data decompression

In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a computer system allows an expansion component of the computer system to properly operate even when the computer system is in a low-power mode. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a local system bus has a first section and a second section. An isolation circuit is included which selectively establishes a connection between the first section of the local system bus and the second section of the local system bus during a normal-power mode of the computer system and removes the connection between the first section of the local system bus and the second section of the local system bus during a low-power mode.

SMBUS over the PCI bus isolation scheme and circuit design

A method and apparatus for protecting data stored in a nonvolatile memory. First, a system to which an interface is coupled asserts a first signal that is one of two voltages. In addition, the system to which the interface is coupled asserts a second signal that is one of two voltages. The interface comprises circuitry that translates these two signals into a third signal that is one of three voltages. This third signal is then passed to and used by the nonvolatile memory to place the memory into one of three different protection modes.

Method and apparatus for controlling the protection mode of flash memory

A method and apparatus for protecting data stored in a nonvolatile memory. First, a locking signal is initiated to indicate to the memory that write and erase operations are to be prevented. Next, in response to this locking signal, the supply voltage that supports write and erase operations in the memory is lowered below a threshold value. In doing so, protection circuitry that is contained within the memory prevents write and erase operations in the memory.

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Hillsboro, OR, United States of America

Michael J Castillo