BOOTING FROM NON-VOLATILE MEMORY
    1.
    发明公开
    BOOTING FROM NON-VOLATILE MEMORY 审中-公开
    艇从非挥发性存储器

    公开(公告)号:EP1634168A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-03-15

    申请号:EP04734721.6

    申请日:2004-05-25

    IPC分类号: G06F9/445

    CPC分类号: G06F9/4406

    摘要: A computer system includes a system memory (SM) and a non-volatile memory (NVM). The computer system is arranged to copy at least a part of the system state, stored in the system memory during a clean boot-up procedure, into the non-volatile memory (209, 329). During subsequent start-ups of the computer system, the system state is copied from the non-volatile memory into the system memory (205, 305), resulting in a significantly faster system start-up. In case the configuration of the computer system has changed, the complete boot-up procedure is executed again and the new system state is copied into the non-volatile memory, overwriting the previously stored system state.

    METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROTECTION OF AN MRAM DEVICE AGAINST TAMPERING
    4.
    发明公开
    METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROTECTION OF AN MRAM DEVICE AGAINST TAMPERING 有权
    方法和设备用于保护MRAM器件免受攻击

    公开(公告)号:EP1576613A2

    公开(公告)日:2005-09-21

    申请号:EP03778637.3

    申请日:2003-12-15

    IPC分类号: G11C11/16 G11C7/24 G06K19/073

    摘要: Data, stored in MRAM-cells (12) should be protected against misuse or read-out by unauthorised persons. The present invention provides an array (10) of MRAM-cells (12) provided with a security device (14) for destroying data stored in the MRAM-cells (12) when they are tampered with. This is achieved by placing a permanent magnet (16) adjacent the MRAM-array (10) in combination with a soft-magnetic flux-closing layer (18). As long as the soft-magnetic layer (18) is present, the magnetic field lines (20) from the permanent magnet (16) are deviated and flow through this soft-magnetic layer (18). When somebody is tampering with the MRAM-array (10), e.g. by means of reverse engineering, and the flux-closing layer (18) is removed, the flux is no longer deviated and affects the nearby MRAM-array (10), thus destroying the data stored in the MRAM-cells (12).

    AVAILABLE TIME ERROR RECOVERY
    5.
    发明公开
    AVAILABLE TIME ERROR RECOVERY 审中-公开
    故障排除取决于可用的时间

    公开(公告)号:EP1537481A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-06-08

    申请号:EP02765220.5

    申请日:2002-09-06

    IPC分类号: G06F11/00 G11B20/18

    摘要: The invention relates to a method of writing data to and reading data from a memory (102) by a host. By limiting processing time, time restrictions regarding the data to be processed can be met. However, this is at the expense of data integrity. By setting time limits for a group (300) of multiple processing assignments and dynamic allocation of time, reserved for error recovery and retries, data integrity can be improved, while time limits can still be met. Furthermore, by attaching priorities to the assignments, multiple types of data can be handled in one group of assignments. For example, assignments with real-time requirements can be put in a group with assignments with best effort requirements. In this way, more flexible planning of processing assignments is possible. The invention also relates to a system for writing data to and reading data from a memory.

    METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING INFORMATION CONTENT
    7.
    发明公开
    METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING INFORMATION CONTENT 审中-公开
    方法传播信息水平

    公开(公告)号:EP1573627A2

    公开(公告)日:2005-09-14

    申请号:EP03813204.9

    申请日:2003-11-17

    IPC分类号: G06F17/60

    CPC分类号: G06Q30/02 G06F21/10

    摘要: A method is disclosed for distributing information content. The content is encoded into a plurality of layers comprising a base layer and an enhancement layer, such that the base layer is needed for reconstructing said information content. The enhancement layer is transmitted by means of superdistribution. Optionally, an accessible sample of the base layer can also be provided. When receiving the layer(s) users will become interested in purchasing the content. Thus, according to the method a request for purchase is received from a user, and upon such a request the base layer is transmitted to the user. Not until the user holds both the base layer and the enhancement layer the content can be satisfactorily used. A system, a server, and a computer program product, providing corresponding distribution capabilities are also disclosed.

    METHOD AND CIRCUIT FOR RETRIEVING DATA
    10.
    发明公开
    METHOD AND CIRCUIT FOR RETRIEVING DATA 审中-公开
    方法与电路调用数据的

    公开(公告)号:EP1692866A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-08-23

    申请号:EP04799242.5

    申请日:2004-11-25

    IPC分类号: H04N5/783 G11B27/10

    摘要: Non-contiguous storage of data objects seriously hampers retrieval speed of said data objects (202). Furthermore, when multiple data objects are retrieved of which some are fragmented, retrieval time of all data objects gets less predictable. Therefore, it is desirable to retrieve non-fragmented data objects only. For certain cases, this is possible, as not necessarily one specific data object has to be retrieved. In such cases, retrieval of a similar data object, of the same type, is sufficient. To this, the invention provides among others a method and circuit (124) for retrieval of data. The invention is especially suitable for retrieving audiovisual data for trickplay. When a first frame selected for rendering is stored fragmented, a second, not fragmented frame is selected and retrieved instead of the first frame.