Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Adaptec, Inc.

Peter C Diemer

Jay Christopher Jacobs

Stephen Mark Yolleck

Michael Scott McMurdie

Andrea D'Amato

Daniel A Polfer

Michael D Berhan

Architecture for installing and hosting of remote or server-based single-purpose applications (or server gadgets) on a local client. Where the client supports client gadgets that are available all the time, the server gadgets can now be installed and utilized on the client. Once installed in the client gadget framework, server gadgets can be docked or undocked. The server gadgets can be added to the client gadget framework with no modifications, and will continue to run as if running on the server. Components of the architecture include a browser plug-in (e.g., browser helper object (BHO)) that provides added functionality for the browser being employed, a client hosting application for hosting server gadgets on the client, and methods by which the client hosting application can interact with the server gadget and the server gadget can interact with the client hosting application. An installer is provided to install these components.

Architecture for installation and hosting of server-based single purpose applications on clients

Disclosed is a system for minimizing the utilization of an I/O bus by a first data-writing peripheral device that is connected to the I/O bus. The system has a second peripheral device that shares the I/O bus connection. The system includes the operations of transferring data to a drive buffer that is in the first data-writing peripheral device. The transferring being configured to continue until the drive buffer has reached a full state. Performing a pre-write calibration of the first data-writing peripheral device after the drive buffer has reached the full state. Commencing a writing of a portion of the data contained in the drive buffer, such that the first data received by the drive buffer is written first. The system further including releasing the I/O bus connection by placing a write thread of the first data-writing peripheral device in a sleep mode. Wherein when the write thread of the first data-writing peripheral device is in the sleep mode the I/O bus connection is made available to the second peripheral device while the first data-writing peripheral device is not transferring data. The system further includes continually bring the write thread of the first data-writing peripheral device out of the sleep mode to perform a data burst when the drive buffer has emptied to a critical level and then placing the write thread back to the sleep mode after the data burst.

Method and apparatus for improved peripheral bus utilization

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