Acer Inc.

Dell Products Inc.

Shu-Yu Jiang

Yung-Sen Lin

I-Feng Tsai

Tung-Yi Chen

Edward Davis Geist

Ting-Chiang Huang

Chuan-Ming Tsai

Ruei-Chuan Chang

Ching-Yi Lin

Rong Yu Wang

Meng-Ta Tsai

Po-I Huang

Hsu-Min Jen

Tung Yi Chen

Yi-Feng Cai

A card connector corresponding to a first card type associated with a plurality of electrical contacts for receiving cards corresponding to various card types, each card type associated with a set of electrical contacts fewer than, more than or the same number of electrical contacts as the first card type. An elongated body may be formed with a closed end and an open end. A cap may be positioned on the open end to configure the card connector in a closed configuration to support cards of a card type associated with fewer or the same number of electrical contacts. The cap may be removed to configure the card connector in an open configuration to support cards associated with more electrical contacts. The cap may have PCB connectors for positioning the cap a distance from the elongated body to configure the card connector in an augmented open configuration.

Configurable electrical card connector for connecting to cards of different lengths

Managing PCIe slots, including identifying a table, stored at a database, indicating, for each PCIe card, a number of PCIe slots to be designated as inaccessible to other PCIe cards; detecting coupling of a particular PCIe card to a particular PCIe slot; accessing, in response to detecting the coupling of the particular PCIe card to the particular PCIe slot, the table; determining, based on the accessing, that the table includes data indicating the particular PCIe card; identifying, based on determining that the table includes data indicating the particular PCIe card, the number of PCIe slots adjacent to the particular slot to be designated as inaccessible to other PCIe cards; adjusting, based on the number of PCIe slots adjacent to the particular slot to be designated as inaccessible to other PCIe cards, a power state of one or more PCIe slots adjacent to the particular PCIe slot to an off-power state.

Managing peripheral component interconnect express slots of an information handling system

A detecting method for determining either a first expansion bus interface or a second expansion bus interface of an expansion device of an electronic device is applied for implementing a signal communication with a control unit. The detecting method includes the following steps: turning on the first expansion bus interface; detecting whether the control unit transmits a feedback signal after the first expansion bus interface is turned on; if not, turning on the second expansion bus interface; detecting whether the control unit transmits the feedback signal after the second expansion bus interface is turned on; and if yes, implementing the signal communication between the expansion device and the control unit through the second expansion bus interface to complete a boot up procedure.

Electronic device and detecting method

The present invention provides an electronic device including an internet module. The internet module includes a microprocessor and a memory. The memory stores a predetermined regulatory domain and a predetermined communication channel corresponding to the predetermined regulatory domain. The microprocessor connects to a geolocation service provider through the internet, obtains location information from the geolocation service provider, obtains a detection regulatory domain according to the location information, and provides a detection communication channel corresponding to the detection regulatory domain.

Electronic device and wireless communication method utilizing geolocation service provider

A method of maintaining a network connection is used between an electronic apparatus and a server. The method includes the following steps: (a) sending an Nth test packet to the server, and the Nth test packet requests that the server reply to the electronic apparatus after waiting for an Nth time interval; (b) determining whether a reply for the Nth test package is received; (c) repeating step (a) if the reply for the Nth test packet is received; and calculating a period from the (N&#x2212;1)th test packet being sent to the reply from the server being received if the reply for the Nth test packet is not received; and (d) sending a keep-alive packet periodically to the server according to the period for maintaining a connection between the electronic apparatus and the server when the electronic apparatus is switched to a standby/sleep mode.

Method of maintaining a connection and electronic apparatus using the same

A positioning system includes at least one DUT (Device Under Test) and a mobile device. A wireless connection is established between the DUT and the mobile device. The mobile device is moved along a path which includes at least two different measurement positions. The mobile device measures a distance between the DUT and each of the measurement positions. Then, the mobile device obtains a target position, at which the DUT is located, according to the measurement positions and the distances.

System and method for positioning device under test

A computer system and a remote control method for a computer device are provided. The computer system includes a computer device and a remote device. The computer device includes a network communication unit and an ID table. Before the computer device enters into a power-saving state, the computer device reads an ID code of the network communication unit and searches the ID table according to the ID code to obtain a particular packet format type. The computer device sends an agreement packet including a message of the particular packet format type to notify the remote device. The computer device receives a response packet from the remote device for setting a packet receiving procedure and enters into the power-saving state. When the computer device receives a wake-up packet compliant with the packet receiving procedure from the remote device, the computer device returns to a normal operation state.

Computer system and remote control method for computer device

A method for calibrating a listen duration and a listen interval and a control module thereof are provided. The method is suitable for being applied in a wireless device and monitoring beacons transmitted by a wireless access point (AP) within a wireless transmission range to calibrate the listen duration and the listen interval. The method includes: calculating an average beacon-receiving time and an RMS beacon-receiving time according to a beacon-receiving interval obtained within a first specific time frame when the listen duration and the listen interval are determined to be calibrated; setting the average beacon-receiving time and the RMS beacon-receiving time as an optimal listen interval and an optimal listen duration, respectively; monitoring beacons in X optimal listen durations according to the optimal listen interval and the optimal listen duration; if at least Y beacons are received, determining the calibration is successful, wherein X and Y are positive integers.

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Shu-Yu Jiang