153 results about "Modular computations" patented technology

Modular data centers with modular components suitable for use with rack or shelf mount computing systems, for example, are disclosed. The modular center generally includes a modular computing module including an intermodal shipping container and computing systems mounted within the container and configured to be shipped and operated within the container and a temperature control system for maintaining the air temperature surrounding the computing systems. The intermodal shipping container may be configured in accordance to International Organization for Standardization (ISO) container manufacturing standards or otherwise configured with respect to height, length, width, weight, and / or lifting points of the container for transport via an intermodal transport infrastructure. The modular design enables the modules to be cost effectively built at a factory and easily transported to and deployed at a data center site.

A media enhanced shopping cart system comprises a shopping cart comprising a frame, a basket, a handle, a base tray, and a plurality of wheels, a modular computing device comprising a central processing unit, a memory and a network transceiver configured for wireless communication, the modular computing device being attached to the shopping cart, an inventory component for determining an inventory contained by the shopping cart, a shopping list component for listing one or more products of a consumer shopping list for purchase by a consumer, and a correlation component for correlating data from the inventory component with the shopping list component.

The invention provides a modular computer unit that contains all of the conventional components of a general-purpose computer disposed in a single housing with has only a single interface connector on one end of the computer unit. The unit is non-functional unless mated with either a docking stations or connector plate through a reciprocal connector with provides the computer unit with access to power and peripheral devices. The computer unit can be a wearable computer.

A system and method for facilitating and simplifying testing and debugging of computer programs. is described A computer program is broken down to smaller components, such as, classes, functions, or objects, and then those smaller components are tested individually. Accordingly, specific aspects of the computer program can be effectively tested. The user can automatically perform a range of tests on a class or method when the class or method is compiled without integrating the class or method into a larger project.

A media enhanced shopping cart system comprises a shopping cart comprising a frame, a basket, a handle, a base tray, and a plurality of wheels, an inventory component for determining an inventory contained by the shopping cart, an identification component for associating a unique identity of the shopping cart, a correlation component of a modular computing device for correlating the inventory contained by the shopping cart with the unique identity of the shopping cart, and a communication component for conveying to a retailer system the correlation between the inventory and the unique identity of the shopping cart.

A modularized computing system includes a plurality of modular components that are coupled together forming a network. Each modular component includes a standard network interface. The system further includes an initialization module, a monitor module, a storage medium, and a management module. As a module unit is coupled to the network, the initialization module automatically configures the component to an operable state. The monitor module monitors network operations including performance parameters of each modular component based on a plurality of system policies. Based on information gathered by the monitor module, the management module actively modifies network structure and resource allocation to optimize network performance.

The present invention relates to a method and system for the remote and dynamic configuration of a webserver to facilitate capacity on demand. The present invention provides a solution to the problem of the management and administration of one or more servers within an environment such as a server farm with regards to the rigid infrastructure and architecture of the servers due to the definition of roles the servers play in relation to the data the servers are publishing. A solution is provided in the form of autonomic modular computing components to allow a server to process a URL and the server to associate it with a remote data source without the need for a restart or manual intervention of the server and to allow the introduction of new services and or hardware resources by collating and analysing performance data collected from the server to determine if the server is over or under utilised.

The range of functionality of a variable-capability computer application, such as a game, is determined by physical tokens introduced into a device connected to the computer. The application may operate in accordance with instructions downloaded to the computer via a computer network, and the capabilities embodied in those instructions are determined by the physical tokens.

A system and method for facilitating and simplifying testing and debugging of computer programs. is described A computer program is broken down to smaller components, such as, classes, functions, or objects, and then those smaller components are tested individually. Accordingly, specific aspects of the computer program can be effectively tested. The user can automatically perform a range of tests on a class or method when the class or method is compiled without integrating the class or method into a larger project.

The smart card drive of the present invention includes a smart card device having a microprocessor and a smart card adapter serially connected to a local, dedicated modular computer circuit having a network interface circuit. The combination of these components creates a smart card drive that is able to initiate a network connection and communicate with any peer node in a local area network also equipped with a network interface circuit and network listening software.

An enclosure forms a plurality of tiers vertically stacked in a longitudinal dimension. Each tier is a 1U modular computer system having a computer chassis configured for mounting in the multi-tiered support, and computer components that need cooling within the computer chassis. A cold plate is in thermal communication with at least one of the computer components, and convectively removes heat from that component using a liquid coolant. A heat exchanger dissipates heat from the liquid coolant, and provides liquid coolant back to the cold plate. An air mover within the chassis cools the heat exchanger, blows air across other components needing cooling, and removes heated air from the chassis. The air mover may extend substantially across the chassis, or it may blow crosswise from an outlet-ventilating direction.

A computing system is provided that includes a plurality of interconnected components. The components include a processing subsystem, an input subsystem, an output subsystem, a storage subsystem, and a power subsystem. Subsets of the plurality of components may be rearranged and interconnected in various configurations to form different computing systems.

A modularized computing system includes a plurality of modular components that are coupled together forming a network. Each modular component includes a standard network interface. The system further includes an initialization module, a monitor module, a storage medium, and a management module. As a module unit is coupled to the network, the initialization module automatically configures the component to an operable state. The monitor module monitors network operations including performance parameters of each modular component based on a plurality of system policies. Based on information gathered by the monitor module, the management module actively modifies network structure and resource allocation to optimize network performance.

A computer-implemented method for managing operating-room resources in a hospital includes the steps of receiving at least one surgery request, identifying the resources required for surgery associated with the surgery request, capturing initial data on availability of the resources, capturing initial patient data, and establishing a pre-scheduled operating-room plan based on an initial optimization, and the further steps of capturing current data on availability of the resources, capturing current patient data and establishing a current operating-room plan based on a current optimization. A computer-based system for managing operating-room resources in a hospital and a modular computer-based system for managing operating-room related processes in a hospital are also disclosed.

A modular computing system that includes an enclosure and a rack at least partially mounted within the enclosure. The modular computing system further includes a plurality of modular bricks that each include electronic components. The modular bricks are mounted in the rack and connected to the conduits in the rack. A fan is also connected to the conduits in the rack such that the rack exchanges air between the fan and each modular brick to cool the electronic components in each of the modular bricks.

Link-level data communications implemented in switching apparatus comprising modular switches disposed within a modular computer cabinet that includes modular computer systems; the switching apparatus configured as two layers of switches, the first layer switches coupled to one another for communications by inter-switch links, each second layer switch coupled for communications to the modular computer systems; all the switches stacked by a stacking protocol that shares administrative configuration information among the switches through the inter-switch links and presents all the switches as a single logical switch; the switching apparatus including ports coupling the apparatus to networks and to service applications and terminating applications on the modular computer systems; and sending the packet from network to modular computer system to which the packet is directed, or from modular computer system to network to which the packet is directed, the packet traversing none of the inter-switch links among the first layer switches.

A keyboard for a computer receptive to a modular or other device, and a modular touch screen device having at least one changeable virtual key, are described. The keyboard includes a connector receptive to a corresponding connector of a device such as a personal digital assistant (PDA) device. The device communicates with a computer through the keyboard in a docking mode. The modular touch screen device extends the capability of a keyboard to which it is connected in a docking mode by providing changeable virtual keys. In a stand-alone mode, the modular touch screen device acts as a truncated wireless keyboard, or a dynamic remote control, for a computer.

The present invention relates to a method and system for the remote and dynamic configuration of a webserver to facilitate capacity on demand. The present invention provides a solution to the problem of the management and administration of one or more servers within an environment such as a server farm with regards to the rigid infrastructure and architecture of the servers due to the definition of roles the servers play in relation to the data the servers are publishing. A solution is provided in the form of autonomic modular computing components to allow a server to process a URL and the server to associate it with a remote data source without the need for a restart or manual intervention of the server and to allow the introduction of new services and or hardware resources by collating and analyzing performance data collected from the server to determine if the server is over or under utilized.

The present invention provides an apparatus, system and method for a dedicated function, modular computing solution. The apparatus, system and method include a base microprocessing unit, at least one peripheral interconnective with the base microprocessing unit, wherein the at least one peripheral alone imparts the dedicated function to the base microprocessing unit, and a limited function operating system provided with the base microprocessing unit, wherein the limited function operating system accepts a first application for at least partially operating the at least one peripheral provided with the at least one peripheral, and wherein the limited function operating system includes a second application for seeking topical information, regarding a topic searched, that is recommended by one or more qualified experts in the topic searched.

A method and system of thermally connecting internal components of a computer system to a heat sink. The components are arranged as modular units, each having at least one component heat conductor extending from it. For each component heat conductor, an arterial heat conductor extends from the heat sink. Each module heat conductor is attached orthogonally to its associated arterial heat conductor, using a special thermal connector.

A computer system and a method for cooling the system incorporate removable modules within a housing. The housing includes a parallelepiped structure with at least four walls. The four walls include at least two sets of opposing walls. Both walls of one set of opposing walls include opposing first and second openings substantially aligned with each other to allow passage of a cooling medium therethough. The module is receivable through a third opening in the parallelepiped structure and includes an electrical component region. The housing includes a first airflow path in-line with the third opening and a second airflow path between the first opening and the second opening. The first airflow path and the second airflow path are directed across the component region of the module when the module is received within the housing.

Without being restrained to a specific bus scheme, kinds of I / O modules connected to a processing module can be discriminated. Module exclusive selection parts respectively provided in I / O modules connected in a stacked form to a processing module via connectors judge only a module select signal input from terminals in the same position on processing module side connectors to be active. Based thereon, identification information of its own I / O module is output to a predetermined terminal on the connector. Without being restrained to a specific bus scheme, therefore, the processing module can acquire identification information of the I / O modules from a predetermined terminal on a connector. One I / O module can be selected by a simple module selection circuit scheme of inputting module select signals successively output from the processing module to terminals in the same position on processing module side connectors according to the connection order of the I / O modules.

The present invention is directed to provide security to a modular computing system. The system provides physical locks to prevent tempering with its wall mounted components and logical means to prevent access to data. In the embodiment of the invention, plurality of wall-mounted housings comprise of location memory chip, each programmed with ID number. Said ID number is used by a server to monitor the integrity of the system, to prevent or enable access to data and to issue an alert when an unauthorized activity is detected.

The invention discloses a rapid horizontal extending method for databases, which belongs to the field of data migration and storage. The method comprises the following steps: a monitoring and control system carries out monitoring on the disk storage space of the existing database, and when the disk size reaches a preset storage capacity threshold, the monitoring and control system triggers a hardware storage increasing action so as to make a hardware environment preparation for data migration; and a routing protocol carries out a modular computation on the instance number N of the current database according to a major key ID to be inserted currently, and routes the line number of data to be inserted into a specified database, and when the number of inserted lines exceeds a preset storage number threshold, the routing protocol triggers a database segmentation action so as to migrate specified data into a new database, thereby completing the rapid horizontal extending of the database. The method disclosed by the invention can be applied to disk databases or memory databases, and the method is easy to use and simple, and avoids the problem that hotspots are distributed nonuniformly caused by traditional horizontal extending of databases; in addition, as the scale of migration of data segmented each time is small, the extending speed is improved. In conclusion, the overall architecture meets the requirements on high availability, high reliability, high speed, high efficiency and the like.

A modular computer component system has at least one linking module. A plurality of interchangeable hardware modules is provided. Each hardware module houses one computer component. Each hardware module is coupled to the linking module to allow data communication between the hardware module and the linking module thereby forming a complete computer system. The plurality of interchangeable hardware modules includes at least a processor module, a memory module, a hard drive module.

A modular computer component system has at least one linking module. A plurality of interchangeable hardware modules is provided. Each hardware module houses one computer component. Each hardware module is coupled to the linking module to allow data communication between the hardware module and the linking module thereby forming a complete computer system. The plurality of interchangeable hardware modules includes at least a processor module, a memory module, a hard drive module.

A modular computer includes a main board unit, a power supply unit, a CPU, a graphic / display unit, a data reading / writing unit and a plurality of fasteners. Each of the units is formed into a rectangular six-face-boxed modular. A connector is provided on one of the faces of the units. The units are stacked in vertical direction or arranged in horizontal direction. The units are fixed together by the fasteners. The connectors provide electrical connection among the units.

A modular computer system includes at least two processing functional modules each including a processing unit adapted to process data and adapted to input / output data to other functional modules through at least two ports with each port including a plurality of data lines. At least one routing functional module is adapted to route data and adapted to input / output data to other functional modules through at least two ports with each port including a plurality of data lines. At least one input or output functional module is adapted to input or output data and adapted to input / output data to other functional modules through at least one port including a plurality of data lines. Each processing, routing and input or output functional module includes a local controller adapted to control the local operation of the associated functional module, wherein the local controller is adapted to input and output control information over control lines connected to the respective ports of its functional module. At least one system controller functional module is adapted to communicate with one or more local controllers and provide control at a level above the local controllers. Each of the functional modules adapted to be cabled together with a single cable that includes a plurality of data lines and control lines such that control lines in each module are connected together and data lines in each unit are connected together. Each of the local controllers adapted to detect other local controllers to which it is connected and to thereby collectively determine the overall configuration of a system.

A modular computer system (20) including a universal connectivity station (UCS) (22) having a processor (42) interconnecting a plurality of physically remote modules including a PDA (36) and Smartphone (38), and a display (34). Each module of the modular computer system (20) appear to each device to be interconnected to the other. The UCS (22) enables the PDA (36) and Smartphone (38) to drive the display (38). The UCS (22) is also connectable to a data network via a network interface (54). External control devices including a keyboard (50) and mouse (52) may also control the UCS (22). The UCS (22) may translate the keyboard inputs to keystrokes, and mouse movements clicks to cursor movements and stylus taps for visually rendering on the PDA and Smartphone.