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7630383 |
Synchronization of time stamps of peer devices in a communication node
Networks and methods are disclosed for synchronizing time stamps of peer devices. In one embodiment, a first communication node comprised of peer devices is connected to a second communication...
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7624323 |
Method and apparatus for testing an IC device based on relative timing of test signals
An apparatus for testing an IC device includes a test signal generator for generating a predefined sequence of test signals that are input to the IC device. A timing skew monitor is provided for...
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7620862 |
Method of and system for testing an integrated circuit
The methods and circuits of the present invention relate to testing integrated circuits. According to one aspect of the invention, a method of testing an integrated circuit is disclosed. The method...
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7617423 |
System and method for detecting, reporting, and repairing of software defects for a wireless device
A system and method for detecting, reporting, and repairing software defects in a wireless device is disclosed. The system has a wireless subscriber unit for communicating to a support server. The...
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7607051 |
Device and method for program correction by kernel-level hardware monitoring and correlating hardware trouble to a user program correction
An information processing device comprising a group of hardware of various types in the first layer, kernel modules and a hang checking part in the second layer, and a group of user programs and a...
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7594146 |
Apparatus, method, and program for correcting time of event trace data
A time correcting apparatus includes a data input section which inputs all event trace data generated for each event executed on computing devices and outputs the event trace data in order of...
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7587463 |
Apparatus and method of rewriting firmware
A main controller sends a “rewrite mode” command to an engine controller. Receiving the command, the engine controller 12 sends a “roger” status. This switches the mode from a print mode...
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7577768 |
Control apparatus and method thereof
A digital video apparatus connectable to Universal Serial Bus (USB) receives, from a control apparatus, a first request for requesting to change a status of the digital video apparatus to a...
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7574314 |
Spurious signal detection
A circuit for a data processing apparatus and a method for detecting spurious signals is disclosed, the circuit comprising a data input operable to receive digital signal values, spurious signal...
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7562265 |
Method, apparatus and program storage device for providing self-quiesced logic to handle an error recovery instruction
A method, apparatus and program storage device for providing self-quiesced logic for handling an error recovery instruction such as a reset or self-test instruction. For example, during a reset or...
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7559060 |
Time-bounded program execution
System and method for performing time-bounded execution of a program. A timed program execution process is initiated, and a timeout process is initiated. A timeout condition is configured in the...
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7555683 |
Inventory determination for facilitating commercial transactions during diagnostic tests
The invention provides for facilitating e-commerce transactions between a client and a server over a network. In particular, a client, such as a client computing device, can perform a diagnostic...
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7555569 |
Quick configuration status
Described are techniques for obtaining configuration information and conditionally executing a system call in accordance with a specified configuration state. A host issues a request for...
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7546474 |
Bus system with line control during the low-power phase
In a bus system with a low-power phase, in which bus members are in a state of reduced current consumption and leave this state when the bus lines ( 1, 2 ) are active for a longer period than a...
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7543183 |
Method and system for automated technical support for computers
A method and system for automated support in a computer system. The computer system has a service button, and pressing of the service button causes a bit to be set in a register in the chip set....
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7536609 |
Reasonable clock adjustment for storage system
A system for managing clock adjustment in a storage system is provided. The system includes a clock configured to provide a current time, wherein the current time is used to enforce a content...
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7536594 |
Watchdog device that provides and interrupts power to a network device in response to a lockup error condition
The invention relates to a stand-alone video recording, playback and Monitoring system. It has network switches, non-volatile storage devices, IP cameras, video servers, and NTSC cameras. The...
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7529983 |
Circuit arrangement and method for supporting and monitoring a microcontroller
A circuit arrangement for supporting and monitoring a microcontroller, which is constructed externally of the microcontroller, comprises a watchdog circuit for monitoring the microcontroller, which...
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7523350 |
Timer-based apparatus and method for fault-tolerant booting of a storage controller
A fault tolerant storage controller having a processor, redundant copies of a stored program, and a timer that automatically runs when the processor is reset is disclosed. Selection logic selects a...
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7519847 |
System and method for information handling system clock source insitu diagnostics
A clock diagnostics module, such as a state machine, integrated into an integrated clock controller monitors clock signals associated with the integrated clock controller and reports the status of...
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7519846 |
Detection of an in-band reset
Methods and apparatuses for detecting an in-band reset using digital circuitry. A first counting circuit is coupled to receive a first clock signal and to generate output signals based on a number...
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7512842 |
Multi-voltage synchronous systems
Embodiments include a system, a device, and a method. A computing system includes a synchronous circuit. The synchronous circuit includes a first subcircuit powered by a first power plane having a...
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7512069 |
IP packet identification method and system for TCP connection and UDP stream
A method of measuring jitter of a packet flow includes identifying the data packet flow at each of a first and second network locations by analyzing the data fields of each of the packets in the...
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7506218 |
Timeout request scheduling using grouping and nonsynchronized processing to enhance performance
An invention is disclosed for a computer software timeout algorithm that reduces the amount of list manipulation needed to satisfy system or network requirements for scheduling and cancelling...
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7502447 |
Call failure recording
A method and device for recording call failure information in a data transmission system is provided. The failure logs generated in response to a failure event include a failure type and a first...
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7500150 |
Determining the level of availability of a computing resource
Data is collected relating to the availability of a computing resource such as data identifying a start event that indicates that the computing resource became available for use and data...
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7496788 |
Watchdog monitoring for unit status reporting
Systems and methods for monitoring the accuracy of unit status reporting within an application specific integrated circuit device may be used reduce power consumption. Accurate status reporting of...
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7493431 |
Method and apparatus for extending the range of the universal serial bus protocol
A method and apparatus for extending the range of the Universal Serial Bus Protocol is provided wherein an expanded range host controller is used in combination with a remote extender located...
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7487380 |
Execution recovery escalation policy
Deterministic code execution may be recovered for programs or portions thereof by implementing a programmable policy on a system host to escalate the scope of a code discard based on various...
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7484133 |
Watch-dog instruction embedded in microcode
Watchdog instructions embedded within the actual microcode that is executed by the processor. Accordingly, as the processor reads and executes the microcode, the processor occasionally encounters...
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7480837 |
Method of monitoring timeout conditions and device therefor
A maximum timeout time for a communication between devices is determined. A time period is determined for a plurality of time zones based upon the maximum timeout time. A current time zone is...
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7475295 |
Intelligent watchdog circuit
A simple, but intelligent watchdog circuit uses an up/down counter for its delay element. A watchdog event will occur if the counter is allowed to over flow or under flow its boundaries (in either...
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7474990 |
Timing error detector for vestigial side band (VSB)
The present invention provides a novel symbol timing recovery method for VSB receivers. Systems are described that comprise a timing error detector (TED) that produces an exact symbol timing error...
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7421615 |
Apparatus, method and system for selectively coupling a LAN controller to a platform management controller
Remote access to a platform management system, for example via an intelligent platform management interface (IPMI), is maintained despite a failure affecting a local area network (LAN) controller....
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7421478 |
Method and apparatus for exchanging heartbeat messages and configuration information between nodes operating in a master-slave configuration
A node ( 101 , FIG. 1 ), within a networked computer system ( 100 ), is capable of supporting communications with other nodes relating to operating multiple application instances in a master-slave...
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7409621 |
On-chip jitter testing
On-chip jitter testing includes providing a clock signal to a circuit under test and delaying outputs from the circuit under test by predetermined delay values. For each delay value, a...
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7406634 |
Method and apparatus for utilizing an exception handler to avoid hanging up a CPU when a peripheral device does not respond
A method and apparatus utilizes an exception handler to implement LOAD and STORE instructions for moving data between a peripheral device and CPU registers. TLB entries for peripheral devices are...
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7403528 |
Method of data communication using a control message
A method of data communication. The method includes transmitting a control message identifying missing data as lost by the transmitter prior to the expiration of a timer. The missing data may...
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7395480 |
Test apparatus and test method
The present invention provides a test apparatus comprising: a threshold voltage setting unit for setting threshold voltages of a logic device component connected to the signal propagation path; a...
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7389396 |
Bounding I/O service time
A storage system with an array of redundant storage devices places bounds on access request servicing. If a storage device is unable to service the access request within the bounds, the storage...
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7383470 |
Method, system, and apparatus for identifying unresponsive portions of a computer program
A method, system, and apparatus are provided for identifying unresponsive portions of a computer program. According to the method, program code that can potentially result in unresponsive behavior...
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7383460 |
Method and system for configuring a timer
The present invention facilitates access to timers in a computing device. In particular, a timer system facilitates configuring a hardware interrupt timer in a computing device, the timer being...
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7373555 |
Systems and methods controlling transaction draining for error recovery
Disclosed are systems and methods for controlling transaction draining for error recovery comprising asserting a control signal to prevent system resources associated with a particular error from...
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7363431 |
Message-based distributed synchronization in a storage system
Described is a synchronization technique that may be used to coordinate processing between endpoints using the connecting message fabric. Processors in a data storage system communicate using the...
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7356740 |
Hazard mitigation in medical device
Delivery of energy by a defibrillator or other medical device is inhibited when the processor or software that controls a module of the medical device operates abnormally. A windowed watchdog timer...
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7350117 |
Management of microcode lock in a shared computing resource
In a power controller or other computing resource shared by multiple processors, an ID is written to the lock register, thereby designating a master processor. A timer is then initialized to count...
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7350116 |
Clock synchronization and fault protection for a telecommunications device
According to one embodiment, a telecommunications device includes a bus and a controller coupled to the bus that generates a system clock signal according to a first reference clock signal and...
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7350007 |
Time-interval-based system and method to determine if a device error rate equals or exceeds a threshold error rate
An apparatus and method to determine if a device error rate equals or exceeds a threshold. In an apparatus embodiment, a system comprises a device, and an interrupt handler executable by a...
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7346814 |
System and method for controlling power sources of motherboards under test through networks
A system for controlling power sources of motherboards under test through networks includes a central server ( 1 ), a serial device server ( 3 ), a bus distributor ( 4 ), a number of power...
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7337373 |
Determining the source of failure in a peripheral bus
Many computing system environments require continuous availability and high operational readiness. The ability to find, diagnose, and correct actual faults and potential faults in these systems is...
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