Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery inventions 01/08

20080028260 - Memory system: A memory system includes a memory having memory banks each having a redundant region for repairing a defect. When a plurality of defects occur in one of the memory banks, at least one of the defects is repaired by using the redundant region of the memory bank with the defects... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080028262 - Method and data processing system for finding problems caused by access to uninitialized data storage in assembler programs: m

20080028263 - Apparatus and method for protection of jtag scan chains in a microprocessor: In an integrated circuit processing unit having an emulation unit fabricated therewith, signal group protection apparatus is provided for prohibiting unauthorized access by the test and debug procedures to selected signal groups stored in the memory units. The integrated circuit includes a memory unit storing the addresses of the protected... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080028264 - Detection and mitigation of disk failures: A method and apparatus to detect and mitigate disk failure is disclosed. The method may collect data from a disk from time to time and by analyzing the data, may provide an alert that there is a bad disk.... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (microsoft)

20080028258 - Method and apparatus for adaptively allocating a spare area in a recording medium, and a recording medium having a spare area allocated using the same: A method and apparatus for allocating a spare area to a recording medium, and a recording medium thereof. The method includes recording data in a data area of the recording medium according to a first recording operation, creating information regarding the adjusted spare area size, based on a defect contained... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080028259 - System and method for providing backup service continuity using a virtual backup service path: Provided are a system and method for using a plurality of virtual backup service paths to dynamically switch between storage devices based on a plurality of scenarios. In one example multiple backup service groups are defined. Multiple scenarios that each reference at least one virtual backup service path are also... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080028261 - End-of-life disabling of a diagnostic test system: Systems and methods for end-of-life disabling of a diagnostic test system are described. In one aspect, a diagnostic test system that includes a test unit and a disabling unit. The test unit performs at least one diagnostic test on a diagnostic assay to determine whether at least one analyte is... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20080028265 - Method for processing noise interference: A method for processing noise interference in a serial AT Attachment (SATA) interface. The method includes the steps of detecting whether there is an error in CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) checksum or whether an R_ERR primitive (reception error primitive) is received, detecting whether a FIS (Frame Information Structure) is a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080028266 - Method to prevent firmware defects from disturbing logic clocks to improve system reliability: A computer implemented method and data processing system are provided for preventing firmware defects from disrupting logic clocks. In response to a firmware interface requesting a scan operation for a functional unit, protection logic allows a scan enable to activate to the functional unit only if the logic clocks are... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080028267 - Semiconductor device: A highly reliable semiconductor device includes, for example, a memory circuit MEM such as a multiport RAM and a BIST circuit (BIST[A] and BIST[B]) for carrying out a test for each of the ports PO[A] and PO[B] of the MEM, as well as pointers PNT0[A] to PNT3[A] and PNT0[B] to... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20080028268 - Image display device and testing method of the same: It is the primary object of the present invention to provide a simple and accurate testing circuit and a testing method while occupying as small space as possible in an image display device. The testing circuit including a NAND circuit connected in series is mounted on the image display device.... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20080028269 - Method and apparatus for characterizing components of a device under test using on-chip trace logic analyzer: A test system is disclosed wherein a device under test (DUT) includes a trace logic analyzer (TLA) that receives and stores test data. The test system includes both a master tester and a slave tester. The slave tester operates at a high speed data rate substantially faster than that of... Agent: Mark P. Kahler

20080028270 - Method, arrangement, node and mobile unit for improved transmission between two units of a telecommunication system: A mechanism for improved data transmission between units in a telecommunication network, where at least one of the units utilizes multiple transport channels for transmitting data. An acknowledgeable data transmission is started over a first transport channel if no other on-going acknowledgeable data transmission on a second transport channel starts... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080028271 - Method for generating ldpc code for a ldpc based tds-ofdm system: In a LDPC based communications system, a method for generating LDPC codes is provided. The method comprises the steps of: constructing a base matrix; providing a plurality of sub-matrices for forming the base matrix, with each sub-matrix being a cyclic permutation matrix; and masking the base matrix using a small... Agent: Franklin (lin) Yang

20080028274 - Universal error control coding scheme for digital communication and data storage systems: The universal forward error-correction coding system provides adjustable code rates and coding gains to greatly benefit the design of many modern digital communications (data storage) systems. The channel encoding and decoding methods are universal such that a single encoder and a single decoder can be used to implement all the... Agent: Patton Boggs LLP

20080028273 - Apparatus and method of encoding/decoding block low density parity check codes in a communication system: An apparatus and method of encoding a block Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) code in a signal transmission apparatus is disclosed. The method includes generating a block LDPC codeword by encoding an information vector using a second parity check matrix when a code rate to be used in the signal... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080028275 - Efficient encoding and decoding methods for representing schedules and processing forward error correction codes: A sequence of symbol operations (a “schedule representation”) within a data storage device, wherein the operations are those used to process encoding or decoding operations of a forward error correction code (an “FEC code”) upon an arbitrary block of data of a given size (where size can be measured in... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080028272 - Method and apparatus for performing low-density parity-check (ldpc) code operations using a multi-level permutation: Methods and apparatus of the present invention can be used to implement a communications system wherein different devices using the same LDPC code can be implemented using different levels of parallelism. The use of a novel class of LDPC codes makes such differences in parallelism possible. Use of a factorable... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080028276 - Method and apparatus for synchronizing multiple multimedia streams: There are provided a method and apparatus for synchronizing a plurality of media streams that use Forward Error Correction. The apparatus includes a memory device (110), a FEC encoder (120), and a control device (140). The memory device (110) is for buffering the plurality of media streams. The FEC encoder... Agent: Thomson Licensing LLC

20080028277 - Apparatus and method for correcting error in a multiple-input multiple-output communication system: A method for performing Forward Error Correction (FEC) in a Turbo-Bell Labs Layered Space-Time (BLAST) Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) communication system. The FEC method includes performing soft decision on a frame received via a plurality of antennas; performing iterative decoding on the soft decision result value a predetermined number of times,... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080028278 - Circuit architecture protected against perturbations: The invention concerns a digital circuit architecture including combinatorial circuits, and memory circuits. Systems for protection against different perturbations are used for different types of circuits based upon the functionality of the circuits.... Agent: Basinski & Associates

20080028279 - Requesting additional forward error correction: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for requesting additional forward error correction, when needed, in a communication system. In one exemplary embodiment, among others, a method includes receiving a first set of data packets and a first amount of forward error correction (FEC) from an upstream transmitting device. The method... Agent: Scientific-atlanta, Inc. Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley

20080028280 - Transmitting additional forward error correction (fec) upon request: Systems and methods for providing forward error correction are disclosed in the present disclosure. In one embodiment, among others, a method comprises transmitting a stream of data packets to a receiver and transmitting a first amount of forward error correction (FEC) to the receiver. The first amount of FEC is... Agent: Scientific-atlanta, Inc. Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley

20080028281 - Encoding method, decoding method, and devices for same: In a system in which systematic code, comprising information alphabet elements to which parity alphabet elements have been added, is transmitted and received, (1) K0 dummy alphabet elements are added to K information alphabet elements to generate first code of K1 (=K+K0) information alphabet elements; (2) M parity alphabet elements,... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20080028282 - receiver architecture having a ldpc decoder with an improved llr update method for memory reduction: The present invention provides a reduced memory implementation for the min-sum algorithm compared to traditional hardware implementations. The improvement includes innovative MIN_SUM method with reduced memory requirements suitable of computer implementation that combines the traditional row update process and column update process into a single process, in that the traditional... Agent: Frank F. Tian

20080022148 - Method and an apparatus for controlling executables running on blade servers: A method and apparatus for controlling at least one executable on a blade server having a controller, which is accessible to the blade server and to at least one blade having access to a storage device in association with the controller. The controller has access to a source snapshot of... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080022151 - Methods and systems for providing reconfigurable and recoverable computing resources: A method for optimizing the use of digital computing resources to achieve reliability and availability of the computing resources is disclosed. The method comprises providing one or more processors with a recovery mechanism, the one or more processors executing one or more applications. A determination is made whether the one... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080022152 - A device and method to enhance availability of cluster-based processing systems: An electronic computing device including at least one processing unit that implements a specific fault signal upon experiencing an associated fault, a control unit that generates a specific recovery signal upon receiving the fault signal from the at least one processing unit, and at least one input memory unit. The... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080022153 - Control circuit of ground fault circuit interrupter (gfci): A control circuit of Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI), includes a load connection circuit used to connect power end and load end while transferring AC thereof, a creepage detection circuit, a trip control circuit and a trip circuit, and further includes a self-diagnosis current generation circuit, a self-diagnosis display circuit... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20080022155 - Facilitating testing of file systems by minimizing resources needed for testing: The testing of components of processing environments is facilitated by minimizing the resources needed for testing. The requirements for storage and/or storage components, in one embodiment, is minimized by reducing the amount of data to be stored in storage associated with the component being tested, and/or simulating a larger pool... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.

20080022156 - File server for redundant array of independent disks (raid) system: A redundant array of independent disks (RAID) system comprises N storage arrays. Each of the N storage arrays comprise a target processing module and 1 to M hard disk drives, where M and N are integers greater than 1. A data processing module assigns a first data storage request for... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C

20080022157 - 'isolating a tape drive from communication': Disclosed are a method, a system, a computer program product for fencing a tape drive such that the fence is understood by all hosts that are connected to the tape drive. The tape drive is coupled to a first and a second host. If it is determined that the tape... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20080022158 - Display system and method for displaying self-testing message: A self-testing message displaying system suitable for a computer is provided. The computer has multiple hardware devices, and the basic input/output system performs a power on self-test sequence on the computer and outputs a self-testing code when one of the hardware devices is error. The self-testing message displaying system includes... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080022159 - Method for detecting abnormal information processing apparatus: To efficiently detect, in an information processing system including a plurality of information processing apparatuses, an information processing apparatus in which an abnormality has occurred. For each of the information processing apparatuses, a detection apparatus stores a previously estimated average processing time per service for a plurality of services provided... Agent: Ibm Microelectronics Intellectual Property Law

20080022149 - Enabling memory redundancy during testing: A design structure embodied in a machine readable medium for designing, manufacturing, testing and/or enabling a redundant memory element (20) during testing of a memory array (14), and a method of repairing a memory array.... Agent: Ira D. Blecker International Business Machines Corporation

20080022150 - Method and system for improved buffer utilization for disk array parity updates: During a parity update of a parity stripe in a disk array, constant values used in finite field arithmetic are algebraically combined in order to reduce the number of buffers and steps needed to update multiple parity values when a change in data occurs. In one implementation, for example, the... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, L.L.P. (ibm)

20080022154 - Information processing device: The present invention provides an information processing device having a CPU which executes an OS and firmware, and a plurality of memory controllers which are connected to the CPU, control writing to and reading from a plurality of memory units, and perform error monitoring, wherein the plurality of memory units... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080022160 - Malware scanner for rfid tags: A method for detecting and isolating malware stored in an RFID tag. Data stored on the tag is read and scanned to detect malware in the data. if any suspected malware is detected, then the data is stored in a quarantine file in reader memory. The data isolated in the... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20080022161 - Signal-to-noise ratio (snr) determination in the frequency domain: A technique for modifying communication operational parameters using fast, low complexity, accurately calculated SNR values. Techniques may improve upon prior art by calculating SNR values in a more color noise insensitive manner in the frequency domain. An agent may be implemented to calculate SNR values and either store or use... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080022162 - Signal-to-noise ratio (snr) determination in the time domain: A technique for modifying communication operational parameters using fast, low complexity, accurately calculated SNR values. Techniques may improve upon prior art by calculating SNR values in a more time efficient and accurate manner in time domain. An agent may be implemented to calculate SNR values and either store or use... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080022164 - Apparatus for formatting information storage medium: An apparatus according to the present invention is designed to perform formatting processing on an information storage medium. The storage medium has a data storage area including a user data area and a spare area. The user data area is provided to write user data on, while the spare area... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (mei) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080022163 - Storage system and data protection method therefor: To detect an address error in flash memory using a different data management unit from that in a hard disk drive. In cache memory, data read/written from/to a flash memory chip is managed in units of first data lengths. A page, which is the data management unit in a flash... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080022165 - Communications system for implementation of synchronous, multichannel, galvanically isolated instrumentation devices: An apparatus and method for synchronous communications using a serial data stream employs a housing with a controller and a back plane. The housing accepts one or more modules for interconnection with the back plane. The back plane distributes power to the modules and provides a communication link from the... Agent: Agilent Technologies, Inc. Legal Department, Dl 429

20080022166 - Method and system for testing memory modules: A method and system for testing memory modules is disclosed. The system includes a memory module and a connector configured to receive the module. The memory module is configured to operate in two modes: In the first operation mode the module uses a frequency between a low frequency and a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080022167 - Real-time optimized testing of semiconductor device: A method and system for testing a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method provides an integrated test program defined by a plurality of test items, and a test program defined by a sub-set of the test items. Test data is derived by batch sample testing of the semiconductor device, and... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20080022170 - Semiconductor memory device capable of arbitrarily setting the number of memory cells to be tested and related test method: A semiconductor memory device and related test method are disclosed. Test data is defined from a group of M test bits selected from either input data or corresponding output data. A parallel bit test is then conducted on the test data. The M test bits include N test bits, where... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20080022168 - Systems and methods for chip testing: Circuit and method for testing digital logic circuit modules of an integrated circuit chip. The circuit includes a storage device, a first multiplexing module and a selection device. The storage device stores first, second, third and fourth N-bit groups of a test pattern separately according to a loading signal and... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080022169 - Test system and method: A method and apparatus for testing a data transfer system. The method comprises the steps of storing a first table, the first table noting at least a time of issuance of at least one command and a time of completion of the command and comparing the time of issuance of... Agent: Lecroy Corporation

20080022171 - Mechanism to provide test access to third-party macro circuits embedded in an asic (application-specific integrated circuit): Novel structures and testing methods for the FPGAs (Field-Programmable Gate Arrays) embedded in an ASIC (Application-Specific Integrated Circuits). Basically, a shift/interface system is coupled between the FPGAs and the ASIC. During normal operation, the shift/interface system electrically couples the FPGAs to the ASIC. During the testing of the FPGAs, the... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20080022172 - Apparatus for testing system-on-chip: A system-on-chip (SoC) test apparatus is disclosed. The system-on-chip (SoC) testing apparatus reduces a test time due to a small amount of overhead in the case of testing an AMBA-based system-on-chip (SoC) using a TIC, an EBI, and a Test Harness, and maintains AMBA- or TIC- compatibility simultaneously while performing... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080022174 - Electronic circuit comprising a test mode secured by insertion of decoy data in the test chain, associated method: An electronic circuit includes configurable cells each having a test input and an output. The configurable cells are connected to one another in a chain in a predefined order via their test input and their output to form a test register based on receiving a chaining command signal. The electronic... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20080022173 - Full scan solution for latched-based design: A full-scan latch is provided that may be used to incorporate design for test functionality in an integrated circuit. The full-scan latch includes a shadow latch, a multiplexer, and a slave latch. The full-scan latch has a test mode and a normal mode. When in the normal mode, the device... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080022175 - Program memory having flexible data storage capabilities: A method according to one embodiment may include performing one or more fetch operations to retrieve one or more instructions from a program memory; scheduling a write instruction to write data from at least one data register into the program memory; and stealing one or more cycles from one or... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC C/o Intellevate

20080022176 - Semiconductor integrated circuit: According to the present invention, there is provided a semiconductor integrated circuit having: a BIST circuit including, a data generator which generates and outputs write data to be supplied to a memory, an address generator which generates and outputs an address signal to be supplied to the memory, a control... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080022177 - Resource-light method and apparatus for outlier detection: Outlier detection methods and apparatus have light computational resources requirement, especially on the storage requirement, and yet achieve a state-of-the-art predictive performance. The outlier detection problem is first reduced to that of a classification learning problem, and then selective sampling based on uncertainty of prediction is applied to further reduce... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson, P.C.

20080022179 - Data transmitting and receiving system: A system having a transmission unit transmitting an output data signal formed from output data and related error detection code and a corresponding receiving unit. The output data signal is pre-emphasized by a pre-emphasis driver in the transmission unit. The receiving unit includes an equalizer equalizing the received output data... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20080022180 - Method and apparatus for handling transmission errors in a wireless communications system: A method for handling transmission errors in a hybrid automatic retransmission request transmitter, or a HARQ transmitter, of a wireless communications system includes creating a counter corresponding to a first packet when a first acknowledgement, called ACK, with respect to the first packet is received, and sending a local ACK... Agent: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP

20080022178 - Method and apparatus for performing hybrid automatic retransmission request (harq) in a mobile communication system: A method and apparatus for performing Automatic Retransmission reQuest (ARQ) on packet data in a mobile communication system. The method includes receiving from a transmission entity performing ARQ, by a reception entity, a status report message including a Non-Acknowledged (NACK) signal for the packet data transmitted to the reception entity,... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080022181 - Forward error correction and automatic repeat request joint operation for a data link layer: A method and apparatus are provided for error correction of a communication signal. Joint operation of forward error correction (FEC) techniques and automatic repeat request (ARQ) techniques are conducted above a physical layer of a communication network. Forward error correction is applied if the number of errors is equal to... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080022182 - Encoding and decoding method for packet recovery: The present invention discloses a Partially-Overlapped Block (POB) code used in a new encoding method. In this encoding method, a POB code is implemented by combining a plurality of different block codes so that the block codes partially overlap one another. A decoding method corresponding to this encoding method is... Agent: Mr. Michael J. Le Strange International Business Machines Corporation

20080022184 - Method of transmitting ethernet frame in network bridge and the bridge: Provided is a method of transmitting an Ethernet frame via a network bridge, the method includes receiving a frame header from a previous node connected to the network bridge; receiving a header cyclic redundancy check (CRC) flag and header CRC with respect to the frame header from the previous node;... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20080022183 - Partial radio block detection: A technique includes receiving a radio block from a transmission channel. The radio block includes first data and second data. The technique includes evaluating the first data to obtain a first evaluation result, evaluating the second data to obtain a second evaluation result and determining whether the radio block is... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080022185 - Remainder calculating apparatus for cyclic redundancy check: A storing device stores a plurality of remainder tables which respectively hold corresponding remainder information strings by using a plurality of unit information strings as indexes. A table looking-up device obtains a plurality of remainder information strings by partitioning a target information string, which is processed with a loop process... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20080022186 - Fully-buffered memory-module with error-correction code (ecc) controller in serializing advanced-memory buffer (amb) that is transparent to motherboard memory controller: An error-correcting fully-buffered memory module can detect and correct some errors in data read from memory chips. An error correction code ECC controller is added to the Advanced Memory Buffer (AMB) on the memory module that fully buffers memory requests sent as serial packets. The error correction controller generates ECC... Agent: Stuart T Auvinen

20080022187 - Memory device that reflects back error detection signals: In some embodiments, a chip includes a memory core, a write buffer, transmitters, receivers to receive groups of signals including write data signals and associated error detection signals, and circuitry to provide the error detection signals to the transmitters to be transmitted to another chip and to provide the write... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080022188 - Memory card and memory controller: A memory card has a plurality of non-volatile memories and a main controller for controlling the operation of the non-volatile memories. The main controller performs an access control to the non-volatile memories in response to an external access instruction, and an alternate control for alternating an access error-related storage area... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20080022189 - Use of ecc with iterative decoding for iterative and non-iterative decoding in a read channel for a disk drive: A scheme in which a first decoder provides first decoding of a signal read from a disk. A second decoder, coupled to an output of the first decoder, combines with the first decoder to provide iterative decoding to recover data stored on the disk when in an iterative mode of... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080022190 - Buffer for storing data and forward error correction (fec): Systems and methods are disclosed herein for transmitting data packets through a communication system. In one of several embodiments, a communication device in the communication system comprises a buffer configured to store a stream of data packets and forward error correction (FEC) code associated with the stream of data packets.... Agent: Scientific-atlanta, Inc. Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley

20080022191 - System and method for adaptive low-density parity-check (ldpc) coding: A method of adaptive error correction coding includes processing data during a connection between a transmitting entity and a receiving entity, where the data is processed in accordance with a predetermined coding scheme. More particularly, processing data can include encoding one or more sequences received by an error correction encoder... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080022192 - Encoding method and apparatus for cross interleaved cyclic codes: The invention relates to an encoding method for encoding a codeword to obtain a parity code. The code is embedded in the codeword and divides the codeword to have intermediate symbol locations between a first and a second set of data symbols. Each data symbol forms a coefficient. The first... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080022193 - Error correction for digital systems: An interface system is provided between a source component (210) and a destination component (220) having multiple parallel lines for transmitting data or parity bits (231-234, 251-253) and one or more spare lines (241-243). An error detection means (222) identifies one or more faulty lines. A mapping means (228) re-routes... Agent: Mr. Michael Le Strange International Business Machines Corporation

20080022194 - Parity check outer code and runlength constrained outer code usable with parity bits: A method of the invention uses an outer code that is a concatenation of code words generated by a parity check encoder. The outer code word is then permuted by an interleaver. The high rate coding provides good performance with a simple structure. According to the method, an odd parity... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080016385 - Plain language announcement of diagnostic and troubleshooting information for users: System and method for providing information to a user about an electronic device. One or more diagnostic tests may be performed on the electronic device which indicate whether the electronic device is able to properly operate. Correspondingly, one or more problems may be identified with regard to the operation of... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel PC

20080016386 - Application cluster in security gateway for high availability and load sharing: A method for load sharing and high availability in a cluster of computers. The cluster includes a first computer and a second computer which perform a task An active application runs in the first computer and a standby application is installed in the second computer. The active application and the... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20080016387 - Data transfer and recovery process: A backup image generator can create a primary image and periodic delta images of all or part of a primary server. The images can be sent to a network attached storage device and a remote storage server. In the event of a failure of the primary server, the failure can... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080016390 - Apparatus, system, and method for concurrent storage pool migration and backup: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for concurrent storage pool migration and backup. An association module associates at least one copy pool with a second storage pool. A migration module concurrently migrates at least one data file from a first storage pool to the second storage pool and copies... Agent: Brian C. Kunzler Kunzler And Associates

20080016393 - Write filter cache method and apparatus for protecting the microprocessor core from soft errors: A write filter cache system for protecting a microprocessor core from soft errors and method thereof are provided. In one aspect, data coming from a processor core to be written in primary cache memory, for instance, L1 cache memory system, is buffered in a write filter cache placed between the... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080016395 - System-on-a-chip (soc) test interface security: Apparatus having corresponding methods and computer programs comprise: a processor; a test interface that is in communication with the processor only when the test interface is enabled; a first memory to store firmware for the processor; and a second memory to store boot code for the processor, wherein when the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C

20080016398 - System and method for performing auditing and correction: A method for auditing and correcting at least one component in a system, involving defining a first audit rule for the at least one component, wherein the first audit rule defines a check to be performed on the at least one component, defining a corrective action associated with the first... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P./sun

20080016400 - Memory module packaging test system: A memory module packaging test system may include a plurality of test slots into which a plurality of memory modules may be installed so that the system may simultaneously test the memory modules. The memory module packaging test system may use a server system for a registered dual in-line memory... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080016404 - Communication control system and communication control method: A programmable electronic controller in which one central arithmetic processing unit and a plurality of input devices and output devices are connected by means of a parallel bus, the controller being basically configured to activate a self-diagnostic function and a diagnostic test of the input devices and the output devices... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080016405 - Computer system which controls closing of bus: A computer system includes a plurality of buses; a device connected with the plurality of buses and configured to generate an error message when a failure has occurred on a first bus of the plurality of buses; and an IO control circuit connected with the device and configured to close... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080016402 - Connectivity fault management (cfm) in networks with link aggregation group connections: A maintenance entity for an Ethernet Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) domain. The maintenance entity comprises a port definer module and a connection which is connected to a group of aggregated link. The port definer module examines a designated link of the group by forwarding CFM messages via the designated link.... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20080016403 - Transmission apparatus: A transmission apparatus has a main signal processing device, a monitor control part and an intermediating part to intermediate addresses and data between the monitor control part and the main signal processing device. The transmission apparatus further has a first switching part to selectively supply the address or the address... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080016406 - Testing system for portable electronic devices and method of using the same: A testing system (100) for testing quality of portable electronic devices includes a processor (10) and a plurality of testing apparatuses (20) connected to the processor. The processor includes a database module (13); the database module saves testing programs and testing parameters. The testing apparatuses are configured for receiving testing... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080016407 - System and method for selectively engaging optional data reduction mechanisms for capturing trace data: An on-chip trace engine stores trace data in on-chip trace arrays and routes the trace data to output pins. An external trace capture device captures the trace data. The on-chip trace engine streams the trace data through the debug output pins at a slower rate that can be supported by... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20080016408 - System and method for streaming high frequency trace data off-chip: An on-chip trace engine stores trace data in on-chip trace arrays and routes the trace data to output pins. An external trace capture device captures the trace data. The on-chip trace engine enables the storage and reconstruction of complete traces with the use of lossless compression to reduce the large... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20080016410 - System and method for preventing race condition vulnerability: A method for identifying vulnerable system call pairs is disclosed. The method is based on a model for identifying Time-Of-Check-To-Time-Of-Use (TOCTTOU) problem (called STEM), which enumerates the potential file system call pairs (called exploitable TOCTTOU pairs) that form the check/use steps. The system function calls are classified into a plurality... Agent: Wang Law Firm, Inc.

20080016411 - Command processing devices, command processing systems, and methods of processing a command: A client device includes a command processing device. The command processing device is configured to transmit an error signal while in an abnormal operation mode to prevent an error due to no response to a command received from an external source and process the command while in a normal operation... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080016389 - Fault tolerant routing in a network routing system based on a passive replication approach: Passive replication methods and systems to facilitate fault tolerance in a network routing system are provided. In one embodiment, a fault associated with a processing engine (PE) of a network routing system is detected by monitoring the health of the network routing system PEs. Responsive to detecting a fault (e.g.,... Agent: Hamilton Desanctis & Cha Michael A. Desanctis

20080016388 - Method for monitoring a cyclic user program: There is described a method for monitoring a cyclic user program which is executed on an automation device by means of a programming device connected to communicate with the automation device, with a monitoring task being sent from the programming device to the automation device and the monitoring task containing... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080016392 - Ecc system for memory: An error correction code system for a memory for improving performance and testability. The parity columns of the memory array can be positioned centrally within the array to minimize routing distance to ECC logic circuitry. The parity columns can be grouped together or distributed throughout the array to optimize performance.... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Gail C. Silver

20080016391 - Semiconductor memory component having a diverting circuit: A method for correcting faults in semiconductor memory components provides an application system having a multichip module (1) which has a semiconductor memory component (2) containing a volatile memory and a diverting circuit (7). When the application system is being booted up, addresses of faulty memory cells in the semiconductor... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client 007052

20080016394 - Two node virtual shared disk cluster recovery: A method for recovery in a two-node data processing system is provided wherein each node is a primary server for a first nonvolatile storage device and for which there is provided shared access to a second nonvolatile storage device for which the other node is a primary server and wherein... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20080016396 - Test emulator, test module emulator and record medium storing program therein: There is provided a test emulator for emulating a test apparatus including a plurality of test modules for supplying test signal to devices under test respectively, including: a plurality of test module emulation sections for emulating the plurality of test modules generating the test signal based on different cycles, a... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080016397 - Method and system for adding frequently selected applications to a computer startup sequence: A computer system includes an automatic startup configuration utility running in a startup sequence to update the startup sequence according to the actions of a user in launching applications during an initial portion of an operating session. An application is considered for automatic launching based on the number of times... Agent: Ronald V. Davidge

20080016399 - Processor bus for performance monitoring with digests: A method for monitoring event occurrences from a plurality of processor units at a centralized location via a dedicated bus coupled between the plurality of processor units and the centralized location. In particular, the method comprises receiving, at the centralized location, data indicative of cumulative events occurring at one of... Agent: Moser, Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20080016401 - System and method for on-board diagnostics of memory modules: A memory hub includes an on-board diagnostic engine through which diagnostic testing and evaluation of the memory system can be performed. The memory hub includes a link interface for receiving memory requests for access to memory devices of the memory system and a memory device interface coupled to the memory... Agent: Kimton N. Eng, Esq. Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20080016409 - Method and system for performing a hardware trace: Methods and systems for pre-detecting a hardware hang in a processor. The methods comprise maintaining a count of a number of cycles in a predefined time interval without an instruction being completed; detecting a pre-hang condition if said count is within N counts of a hang limit; initiating trace capture... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Poughkeepsie

20080016412 - Performance metric collection and automated analysis: A metric monitoring and analysis system including dynamic sampling agents located in monitored system elements and a service management platform. Each sampling agent includes a data adapter collecting metric data in a common format, a threshold generator for determining dynamic metric threshold ranges, an alarm detector generating an indicator when... Agent: Davis Bujold & Daniels, P.l.l.c.

20080016413 - Raid 3 + 3: A data storage subsystem that includes three data storage units, three check storage units, and an array controller coupled to the three data and three check storage units can tolerate failure of any three data and check storage units failures can be occur before data stored on the data storage... Agent: Joseph P. Curtin

20080016414 - Low cost high density rectifier matrix memory: A high density memory device is fabricated three dimensionally in layers. To keep points of failure low, address decoding circuits are included within each layer so that, in addition to power and data lines, only the address signal lines need be interconnected between the layers.... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20080016415 - Evaluation system and method: An evaluation system includes a storage unit, a microcomputer for outputting a read address to the storage unit and executing reading, and an error generator for generating an error signal based on a mode signal and the read address that are transmitted between the storage unit and the microcomputer and... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080016416 - Autonomic parity exchange: Error tolerance is increased for a storage system having a plurality of arrays by making local redundancy in a selected array globally available throughout the storage system. To achieve the increased error tolerance, a donor array is selected from the plurality of arrays when the difference between a minimum distance... Agent: Joseph P. Curtin, L.L.C.

20080016417 - Cell supporting scan-based tests and with reduced time delay in functional mode: A memory cell supporting scan-based tests and with reduced time delay in functional mode. The memory cell generates separate clocks for latching functional and scan data into a storage element contained in the memory cell. The use of separate clock signals permits transmission of scan data and functional data via... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080016418 - Generalized bist for multiport memories: A generalized hardware architecture that supports built-in self testing (BIST) for a range of different computer memory configurations and a generalized BIST algorithm can be compiled, based on specified configuration characteristics (e.g., the number of write ports, the number of read ports, the number of entries, and the number of... Agent: Mendelsohn & Associates, P.C.

20080016419 - Data compression read mode for memory testing: A first series combination of bit match circuits compares a predetermined bit position in data words that are involved in a compression operation. The first series combination compares the values in the predetermined bit position to determine if they are all a logical zero. A second series combination of bit... Agent: Leffert Jay & Polglaze, P.A. Attn: Thomas W. Leffert

20080016420 - Memory controller with a self-test function, and method of testing a memory controller: A memory controller with a self-test function includes a test controlling unit configured to generate test data in a test mode, a data transmission unit configured to generate a data read timing signal to transmit the data read timing signal and the generated test data synchronized with the data read... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20080016421 - Method and apparatus for providing programmable control of built-in self test: A method and apparatus provides programmable control of built-in self test. A programmable controller allows software selectively to run BIST on different ports of the complex circuit and examine the results. The programmable BIST controller is implemented to execute selected BIST operations, wherein software may choose to either enable or... Agent: David W. Lynch Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel

20080016422 - Test apparatus, shift amount measuring apparatus, shift amount measuring method and diagnostic method: A shift amount measuring apparatus for measuring a phase shift amount of a signal under measurement which is input thereto includes a PLL circuit that generates a strobe signal which is synchronized with a reference signal, a CDR circuit that inputs, into the PLL circuit, a control signal which has... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080016423 - Segmented algorithmic pattern generator: A segmented algorithmic pattern generator engine producing a test signal pattern made of vectors divided into fully definable segments. The engine allows defining processing controls to allow offsets of individual vectors relative to one another and defining additional pattern control formats. Also provided are reducing the pattern format depths in... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080016424 - Multi-channel transmission and reception with block coding in a communication system: Techniques for transmitting and receiving multiple channels with block coding in a communication system are disclosed. In one aspect, a secondary broadcast channel is transmitted concurrently with parity information, encoded from a primary broadcast channel. In another aspect, a mobile station repurposes its receiving circuitry to receive one or more... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080016426 - Low-complexity high-performance low-rate communications codes: An encoder includes an outer repetition encoder, an interleaver for permuting encoding from said outer repetition encoder; and an inner encoder for encoding information from the interleaver to provide a repeat zigzag-Hadamard code. In an exemplary embodiment, a common bit of a zigzag-Hadamard segment of encoding from said inner encoder... Agent: Nec Laboratories America, Inc.

20080016425 - Turbo decoder with symmetric and non-symmetric decoding rates: A receiver includes a turbo decoder, and a depuncture module configured to enable the turbo decoder to selectively operate at a symmetric code rate and an asymmetric code rate.... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080016427 - Semiconductor memory device: A semiconductor memory device is configured to execute a standby operation for saving power during standby, and comprises a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells arranged at intersections of bit lines and word lines and operative to store cell data. A redundant memory cell array shares the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080016429 - Data storage device and error correction method: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention increase the reliability of a data storage device, and to reduce the circuit size. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a hard disk drive (HDD) executes not only error correction processing of data to be written to a magnetic disk, but... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20080016428 - Semiconductor memory device and bit error detection method thereof: A memory device detects and corrects bit errors. The memory device includes cyclic redundancy check (CRC) and error correction code (ECC) circuits. The CRC circuit generates a write CRC code corresponding to data to be stored in memory cells. The ECC circuit generates an ECC code corresponding to the data... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20080016430 - Memory controller and semiconductor memory device: A memory controller includes a buffer to which data, which is to be transferred to a memory, is input, an ECC parity generating unit which generates an ECC parity in units of a predetermined data length from the data which is to be transferred to the memory, and a memory... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080016431 - Error correction by symbol reconstruction in binary and multi-valued cyclic codes: Methods, apparatus and systems for error correction of n-valued symbols in codewords of p n-valued symbols with n>2 and for n=2 and k information symbols have been disclosed. Coders and decoders using a Linear Feedback Shift Registers (LFSR) are applied to generate codewords and detect the presence of errors. An... Agent: Diehl Servilla LLC

20080016432 - Error correction in multi-valued (p,k) codes: Methods, apparatus and systems for error correction of n-valued symbols in (p,k) codewords including Reed Solomon codes of p n-valued symbols with n>2 and k information symbols have been disclosed. Coders and decoders using a Linear Feedback Shift Registers (LFSR) are applied. An LFSR can be in Fibonacci or Galois... Agent: Diehl Servilla LLC

20080016433 - Structured puncturing of irregular low-density parity-check (ldpc) codes: A method of constructing a puncture sequence includes providing a seed puncture sequence including a plurality of elements. The elements of the seed puncture sequence are based upon non-zero elements of a plurality of columns of a parity-check matrix having a column dimension and a row dimension. In this regard,... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080016434 - Semiconductor integrated circuit device: A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a first memory cell coupled to a first WL and one of a pair of BLs for information bits, a second memory cell coupled to the first WL and one of a pair of BLs for parity bits, a third memory cell coupled to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080016435 - System and method for symmetric triple parity: A symmetric triple parity (TP) technique in an array comprising a number p of storage devices, such as disks, with p being a prime number is provided. The p disks are organized as one row parity disk, two symmetric parity disks and p-3 data disks. Phantom diagonal and anti-diagonal parity... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20080010480 - Push type communications system: Systems and methods for pushing messages, arbitrated by a Control Manager, to local and remote client computer modules in a networked architecture. The messages may include voice, video, text and data communications. The system provides a Control Manager, which comprises the Event Manager, the Authentication Manager, and the Secure Connection... Agent: Brian M. Dingman Mirick O'connell Demallie & Lougee

20080010483 - Computer readable medium storing an error recovery program, error recovery method, error recovery apparatus, and computer system: A computer readable medium stores a program causing a computer to execute a process for error recovery. The process includes: when an error is detected during transfer of dummy data for maintaining a link, executing device reset to recover from the error, and monitoring whether or not another error occurs... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20080010481 - Method, appratus, and system for a software based business continuity solution for a computing environment: A heterogeneous and cost effective software based business continuity framework for integrated applications in a computing environment. In one example embodiment, this is accomplished by consolidating application status at each site. The framework then detects and notifies any DR conditions as a function of the consolidated site application status so... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080010482 - Remote control of a media computing device: A remote control of a media computing device is provided. A communication port or device of the media computing device receives an input from a remote receiver or a remote application. The command is parsed and translated into an HID event and the translated HID event is provided to a... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080010485 - Failover method remotely-mirrored clustered file servers: By incorporating a referral mechanism, a failover method and system for remotely mirrored clustered file servers enables a client computer to transparently access a remotely mirrored file system during a failover of a first NAS (network attached storage) storing the file system. The first NAS is clustered with a second... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080010486 - Personal computer diagnostic test before executing operating system: A personal computer component diagnostic method is executed to recognize the status or potential problems of a computer before executing an operating system. The personal computer component diagnostic method comprising: calling a BIOS program; executing a component basic diagnostic program; and executing a component functional test after executing a predetermined... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080010491 - Event information managing method related to events occurring in image forming device and server computer: The MFP transmits event information to the server computer. The server computer then constructs a user-reviewable database using the received event information. A PC consults with the server computer concerning the information based on the database. The PC transmits additional information, which is to be prepared by the user and... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080010488 - Format converter with smart multitap and upstream signal regulator: Systems and methods for signal conversion with smart multitap are disclosed. Embodiments of the systems can be scalable to model different signal topologies, transmission frequencies, bandwidths, and distances. An exemplary embodiment of the systems and methods includes a fiber optic to RF converter and a smart multitap. Although a fiber... Agent: Scientific-atlanta, Inc. Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley

20080010490 - Job scheduler: A timer master can assign scheduled jobs to other application servers of a cluster. Leases for the timer master can be started in a lease table. The timer master can store job info for the scheduled jobs in a database. In case of a crash of the application server, another... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080010492 - Methods, devices and computer program products for providing device status information: Methods, devices and computer program products are provided for providing status information. Status information associated with a network-enabled device is obtained. An animated status report is generated for the network-enabled device based on the obtained status information.... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20080010489 - Network communication system: The network communication system is capable of communicating with many internal units at high speed, improving reliability of the system and decreasing a production cost and a development cost. The network communication system comprises a plurality of control units respectively connected to internal LANs, which connect internal units mutually. Each... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080010493 - Software development apparatus and method: A software development apparatus capable of mitigating troublesomeness involved in the development of software to be executed by a multi-core processor. A processor core identifier identifies one of processor cores with which software development information (project information, program development support information, debugging information, etc.) for developing software is associated. In... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080010487 - Synchronizing an active feed adapter and a backup feed adapter in a high speed, low latency data communications environment: Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for synchronizing an active feed adapter and a backup feed adapter in a high speed, low latency data communications environment that include brokering, by a stream administration server, establishment of an active message stream to a subscribing client device from an active feed adapter,... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20080010495 - Raid blocking determining method, raid apparatus, controller module, and recording medium: For each RAID group to be determined for blocking, each disk is classified into three types of totalization unit based on the status of each disk belonging to the RAID group or the presence/absence of an access path to each disk, and the number of disks corresponding to each totalization... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080010494 - Raid control device and failure monitoring method: A redundant-array-of-independent-disks control device includes a plurality of control modules and a switch for connecting the control modules. Each of the control modules includes a failure monitoring unit that sends a check command for detecting a possible failure to other control modules via a predetermined path, and specifies a region... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080010503 - Apparatus and method for controlling raid array rebuild: An apparatus and method are disclosed for rebuilding a data storage array having plural communication paths. A first error detecting component detects an error at a data storage device of a data storage array. The data storage device has a plurality of ports and is operable to provide data for... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20080010498 - Controller, state estimator and methods for use therewith: A controller is disclosed that can be used in controlling a drive device of a disk drive, or other systems, in the presence of sinusoidal disturbances. The controller includes a calibration module that generates a plurality of reference states for a reference region of a disk of the disk drive.... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080010499 - Estimating data availability on managed storage devices: This disclosure describes methods, systems and software that can be used to calculate the estimated mean time to data loss for a particular configuration of a disk group. For example, a system can be used to evaluate a plurality of configurations, and/or to select (and/or allow a user to select)... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20080010504 - Method and apparatus for storing data in a disk drive with nonvolatile memory: According to one embodiment, a magnetic disc device includes a disk medium to magnetically record data and a nonvolatile memory storing a program for manufacture thereon and capable of rewriting data. After completing running of the program for manufacture, a microprocessor uses the data recording area on the nonvolatile memory... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080010502 - Method of improving input and output performance of raid system using matrix stripe cache: A method of improving the Input/Output (I/O) performance of a Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) system using a Matrix Stripe Cache (MSC). The method includes a first step of generating a rxw matrix, that is, a read and write matrix, present before row combination, through a unit MSC that... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20080010501 - Mirroring of activity between electronic devices: Two or more electronic devices each include an output engine and an output device for presenting data, including mirrored data. A consumer electronic device receives a request from a mirroring device for mirrored data or transmits a request for customer service to the mirroring device. Thereafter, the consumer electronic device... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080010500 - Raid controller, raid system and control method for raid controller: With respect to each head mounted on a hard disk, an area accessed by the head is obtained in advance and managed as disk information. Then, if a read error or a write error has occurred during operation, the corresponding head is identified on the basis of a logical block... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080010497 - Selecting a logging method via metadata: In an embodiment, data and a specification of a default logging method are received from an application. If more than a threshold amount of metadata has been collected, then a logging method is selected based on the metadata and rules, and the data is saved via the selected logging method;... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20080010496 - System and method to create and manage multiple virtualized remote mirroring session consistency groups: A system and method for creating and managing multiple virtualized remote mirroring session consistency groups are provided. The system and method provide a mechanism for virtualizing a single physical session of a remote mirroring storage system so that a user is able to create and manage multiple virtual sessions as... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20080010507 - Selecting optimal repair strategy for mirrored files: This document describes solutions to reduce the time of reduced data redundancy following transient disk failures that do not corrupt the disk. Beneficially, these solutions provide a way to estimate the most efficient repair strategy for the disk group, which helps to minimize the amount of time data in a... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20080010510 - Method and system for using multiple memory regions for redundant remapping: Certain aspects of a method and system for using multiple memory regions for redundant remapping are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include dividing at least a portion of on-chip memory into a plurality of memory regions. Each of the plurality of memory regions may be mapped into a corresponding... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080010509 - Sector-oriented hardware defect compression based on format information: A system and method identifies and masks physical sectors where the errors encountered during the defect scan exceed a predetermined level. This avoids the need to read and process all the data written to an individual sector during the initial defect scan. This method first writes a predetermined pattern such... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080010512 - Format converter with smart multitap: Systems and methods for signal conversion with smart multitap are disclosed. Embodiments of the systems can be scalable to model different signal topologies, transmission frequencies, bandwidths, and distances. An exemplary embodiment of the systems and methods includes a fiber optic to RF converter and a smart multitap. Although a fiber... Agent: Scientific-atlanta, Inc. Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley

20080010513 - Controlling computer storage systems: Goal-based availability and change management are handled over groups of heterogeneous storage controllers. Probabilistic and deterministic methods are employed to determine the allocation and placement of storage volumes to storage controllers, as well as the degree of data redundancy necessary to achieve data availability goals. The probabilistic methods can take... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20080010514 - Backup power supply and desktop computer and method for protecting the data thereof: A backup power supply, a desktop computer and the method for protecting the data thereof are described. The method comprises the steps of judging whether the desktop computer is in the suspend-to-memory mode, judging whether the system power of the desktop computer fails and then providing a backup power to... Agent: J. C. Patents, Inc.

20080010517 - Apparatus and methods for improved computer system error reporting and management: A client computer system is provided with two operating systems, one of which is a user operating system (UOS) and the other of which is a service operating system (SOS), and a hypervisor. In the event of a hang in the first operating system, the second operating system remains active,... Agent: Lenovo (us)IPLaw

20080010516 - Method and apparatus for indicating the actual progress of a booting procedure: A method for indicating the actual progress of a booting procedure obtains a time value required for completing a booting of a computer device and indicates a plurality of progress units sequentially filled into a progress indicating unit within the time value. An apparatus adopting this method includes a screen... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080010519 - Front panel wizard for extracting historical event information: A media drive having a front panel for displaying historical event information associated with the media drive is provided. The media drive includes a front panel portion having a plurality of indicia for displaying information in a binary format. In one example, the indicia include a plurality of light emitting... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080010518 - Recording resource limitation resolution: Recording resource limitation resolution is described. In one implementation a time period is detected during which programs are designated to be recorded, and during which at least one of the designated programs cannot be recorded due to a recording resource limitation. All possible combinations to record the designated programs which... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20080010521 - Determining actual power consumption for system power performance states: A method determines actual power consumption for system power performance states (SPP-states) of a server. The method comprises initializing the server, performing a worst case workload test, measuring power consumption of the server at one or more SPP-states, and adjusting values in a lookup table to reflect the measured power... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080010522 - Failure diagnosis system, image forming apparatus, computer readable medium and data signal: A failure diagnosis system includes a first database, a second database, an observation-information acquiring unit, a determination-probability calculating unit and an occurrence-probability calculating unit. A first cause-and-effect network stored in the first database stochastically represents a relationship between failure-type candidates and first observation information, which have cause-and-effect relationships with the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080010525 - A micro telecommunications computing architecture, microtca, test system and method: A Micro Telecommunications Computing Architecture, MicroTCA, test system comprises an interconnect for communication between modules of the MicroTCA test system. A test controller module, such as a JTAG, Switch Module, is coupled to the interconnect and comprises an interface for coupling to at least one unit under test. An interface... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080010528 - Faulted circuit indicator monitoring device with wireless memory monitor: A wireless communications system for viewing and modifying memory locations within a power system device is provided including a wireless device and a power system device. The wireless device includes an input mechanism adapted to accept input from a user indicating a memory location the user wishes to view; a... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20080010526 - Identification of uninformative function names in call-stack traces: A method for identifying names of uninformative functions in call-stack traces is described. The method comprises the steps of obtaining a set of call-stacks and information indicative of which call-stack traces in the set match a particular call-stack trace; for each matching call-stack trace pair, incrementing a false negative counter... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20080010527 - Method of solving bist failure of cpu by means of bios and maximizing system performance: The present invention is to provide a method of solving BIST (Build-in Self Test) failure of CPU (Central Process Unit) by means of BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) and maximizing system performance, which includes the steps of setting a flag representing each of the available CPUs in an MPS (multi-processor specification)... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080010530 - Fault-isolating sas expander: A SAS expander includes SAS PHYs for transceiving signals with SAS devices on corresponding SAS links coupled to the SAS PHYs. The SAS expander includes status registers that provide fault detection parameters concerning communications on the SAS links. A microprocessor of the SAS expander identifies faulty communications on one of... Agent: Huffman Law Group, P.C.

20080010529 - Shock prevention structure for motor: The present invention relates to a motor shock prevention structure, which is a shock prevention structure disposed between a metal tube and a fixing hole of the bottom plate in a motor such that the metal tube and the bottom plate are not directly contacted. Moreover, the shock prevention structure... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080010531 - Classifying faults associated with a manufacturing process: Faults that are associated with a set of variables that are each associated with a manufacturing parameter are classified. A fault vector is defined according to a multivariate analysis based on a contribution to a metric of a subset of the variables. The fault vector is compared to a plurality... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20080010532 - Breakpoints in a transactional memory-based representation of code: Transactional programming promises to substantially simplify the development and maintenance of correct, scalable, and efficient concurrent programs. Designs for supporting transactional programming using transactional memory implemented in hardware, software, and a mixture of the two have emerged recently. However, certain features and capabilities that would be desirable for debugging programs... Agent: Mhkkg/sun

20080010535 - Automated and configurable system for tests to be picked up and executed: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates automatically testing software code. An interface can facilitate receipt of a segment of executable code. A test component can automatically identify a test kit related to the segment of code and product a test result. In addition, the... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080010536 - Breakpoints with separate conditions: In an embodiment, a determination is made whether a breakpoint command identifies a breakpoint location, a condition expression, and a condition location with the condition location separate from the breakpoint location. If the determination is true and execution of a program reaches the condition location, the condition expression is evaluated... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20080010538 - Detecting suspicious embedded malicious content in benign file formats: A method and system for detecting suspicious embedded malicious content in benign file formats is disclosed. The method involves loading a benign data file type and performing a sectional disassembly to detect if the file contains any encodings that are machine code instructions that, when executed by a microprocessor, would... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20080010541 - Integrated circuit device, debugging tool, debugging system, microcomputer, and electronic instrument: An integrated circuit device (or a microcomputer) including a CPU, a fixed value input terminal, a fixed value holding section which receives a signal input through the fixed value input terminal and holds a fixed value when a reset signal is set at a first level; and a control section... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080010537 - Method for creating error tolerant and adaptive graphical user interface test automation: A method, apparatus and computer-usable medium for the improved automated testing of a software application's graphical user interface (GUI) through implementation of a recording agent that allows the GUI interactions of one or more human software testers to be captured and incorporated into an error-tolerant and adaptive automated GUI test... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP IBM Rsw

20080010540 - System lsi: A system LSI which is capable of precisely acquiring the status of a module which is referred to as a resource for debugging when a high-performance processor debugs a processing program executed by a small-scale processor. A function unit has a bus interface connected to a bus and a data... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080010542 - Test case selection apparatus and method, and recording medium: In a test case selection apparatus according to the present invention, a parameter setting unit 22 displays a test case selection dialogue 400, etc., on a display screen of a display section 40, and test cases that are tentatively determined to be tested in the current round of testing is... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080010543 - Test planning assistance apparatus, test planning assistance method, and recording medium having test planning assistance program recorded therein: A test specification table has a plurality of test cases stored therein. A test case table has stored therein test execution information per test case in each test project. A test performance table has stored therein the number of actual man-days for testing per test specification in each test project.... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080010546 - Bus watch circuit: A debug-target block outputs input data received from a bus as output data and generates input data effective timing information representing an effective timing of the input data and output data effective timing information representing an effective timing of the output data. A control circuit generates a retention timing signal... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080010545 - Computer system and method for monitoring execution of application program: To realize monitoring of an application program according to an application monitoring request described in highly abstract design information created in a development process of an application, program implementation must be understood, and work for converting the monitoring request into description of an implementation level must be carried out. Thus,... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080010544 - Debug system with event-based virtual processing agents: Some aspects provide determination of a debug event, selection of a controller context based on the determined debug event, and execution of the selected controller context. The debug event may be associated with a microprocessor, and the controller context may be selected based on predetermined associations between a plurality of... Agent: Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC

20080010547 - Storage system and method for automatic restoration upon loop anomaly: A storage system has a controller and a plurality of storage devices connected to a pair of loops, the controller diagnoses storage devices and performs automatic high-speed restoration of the loops. A storage system has a controller, a plurality of storage devices, and switch circuits having a plurality of switches... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080010548 - System and method for trapping bus cycles: A bus cycle trapping system includes at least one register, a north bridge, a south bridge and a central processing unit (CPU). The register is configured to store at least one trapping parameter. The north bridge traps a bus cycle matching the at least one trapping parameter while issuing an... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080010549 - Remote electrical device switching control, and status monitoring and reporting system: A capacitor bank status monitoring, control and reporting system for use with a capacitor bank with “wye”-connected capacitors having a common neutral confluence and that can be switched in and out of a multi-phase high-voltage power distribution system. There is a first sensing device that detects the current flowing between... Agent: Brian M. Dingman Mirick, O'connell, Demallie & Lougee, LLP

20080010550 - Efficient trace triggering: A system comprising a processor core adapted to execute software code and a trace logic coupled to the processor core and comprising a storage. The storage comprises at least one bit that indicates a condition and status information. The trace logic generates a trace information stream associated with the processor... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080010551 - Efficient trace triggering: A method, system, and computer-usable medium for supporting debugging of host channel adapters in a logical partitioning environment. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a hypervisor acquires control of a trace facility and sets trace parameters for the host channel adapter. In response to determining a trace event... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20080010553 - Method and apparatus for executing commands and generation of automation scripts and test cases: A method and an apparatus for the creation and management of test cases for a device under test (DUT) through a command terminal are provided. The method includes using the command terminal to select the DUT and connecting to the DUT. The method also includes enabling input of a text... Agent: Rajeev Madnawat Tm Patent Group

20080010556 - Estimating the residual life of a software system under a software-based failure mechanism: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that estimates residual life of a software system under a software-based failure mechanism. During operation, the system first constructs a prognostic database for the software-based failure mechanism based on a plurality of software systems of the same type as the software... Agent: Sun Microsystems Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080010555 - Method and apparatus for measuring the cost of a pipeline event and for displaying images which permit the visualization orf said cost: A hardware monitor is used to monitor the sequence of instructions executed during a miss cluster. The monitor groups each cache miss into a miss cluster, and the miss penalty associated with each cluster is determined by identifying a set of instructions that were executed during the miss cluster. The... Agent: Daniel E. Mcconnell The Mcconnell Law Firm

20080010558 - Method of evaluating pessimistic error in statistical static timing analysis: First, a yield is calculated by employing conventional SSTA. Next, an independent LL set is determined, the independent LL set being a subset having sets of delay element sets that only include gates and nets not being shared by two or more paths. Next, a yield is calculated by employing... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080010557 - Storage apparatus and control apparatus: A magnetic disk apparatus comprises a failure prediction condition detection unit and a failure prediction time operation logic unit. The failure prediction condition detection unit notifies the failure prediction time operation logic unit when detecting an establishment of a failure prediction condition. Having received the notification, the failure prediction time... Agent: Patrick G. Burns Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20080010561 - Method for validating the proper operation of a transactional management system: A transactional management system includes a plurality of functional modules, distributed in a WAN, for receiving and processing transactional information. The functional modules can include a dealer management system that receives transactional information and formats the information into a regular or test message for transmission over the WAN to either... Agent: Robert Schuler

20080010562 - Integrated circuit having a plurality of interfaces and integrated circuit card having the same: An integrated circuit supporting a first interface and a second interface and an integrated circuit card having the same includes the first interface capable of communicating with a first host, the second interface communicating with a second host, and a control block. The control block activates the second interface when... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20080010563 - Program-execution monitoring method, system, and program: A program product is embedded in a media accessible by a computer operative to request a plurality of program tasks for wakeup so as to execute the plurality of program tasks in a predetermined schedule. The program product causes at least one of the computer and another computer to execute... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080010564 - Failure handling and debugging with causalities: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that improve failure handling and debugging in message driven environments. A diagramming tool allows a user to graphically nest one or more functional components of the data flow diagram to create a fault handler. The fault handler is associated with a failure component to... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080010484 - Storage device, storage-device management system, and storage-device management method: A storage device includes a S.M.A.R.T. information processor that periodically diagnoses physical and functional condition of the storage device and stores diagnostic information about the condition of the storage device in a magnetic disk and a storage unit. Upon receiving a request for the diagnostic information from a host computer,... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080010505 - Disk selection method, raid control device, raid system, and its disk device: A response of a disk device during rebuild can be sped up. A disk array control device determines whether or not there is a normal read request during rebuild. If there is a read request during rebuild, data is read by sequentially switching a plurality of disk devices in a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080010506 - Multi-cpu computer and method of restarting system: A multi-CPU computer which is capable of positively performing error handling, and restarting a system even when a fatal error has occurred in a CPU. When a hardware error has occurred in a first CPU, error information is notified to a second CPU by a first error notification circuit of... Agent: Patrick J. Burns Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20080010508 - Backup device: In a backup device, when a piece of software installed on a computer is detected by a detection unit, a transmission unit transmits information for specifying the piece of software. When a reception unit in a server receives this information, a transmission unit acquires from a storage destination information holding... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080010511 - Cpu suppression system and cpu suppression method using service processor: It is possible to suppress a CPU showing signs of unstable operation before the OS starts. A micro program acquires error CPU information (which cannot be recognized directly by the micro program) from the service processor immediately before the termination of the micro program and making a request for suppression... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080010515 - Per file dirty region logging: A method for dirty region logging of a file that includes receiving a request to open the file, determining each of a plurality of component files associated with the file, opening each of the plurality of component files, writing to a region of the at least one of the plurality... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P./sun

20080010520 - Biological sample processing apparatus that selects the personality type of the apparatus: A biological sample processing apparatus having a central processing unit, a display in communication with the central processing unit and a selector for selecting a personality type of the apparatus, the selector being in communication with the central processing apparatus. The selection of a personality type prompts the central processing... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080010523 - Performance testing despite non-conformance: There is disclosed apparatus and methods for testing performance of a system under test. The test is performance according to a standard. The system under test does not conform to the standard, but the non-conformance may be irrelevant to the test. There may be provided set up parameters and daemons... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20080010524 - Test emulator, test module emulator and record medium storing program therein: There is provided a test emulator for emulating a test apparatus including a plurality of test modules for supplying test signal to devices under test respectively, including: a plurality of test module emulation sections for emulating the plurality of test modules generating the test signal based on different cycles, a... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080010533 - Method of diagnosing circuit board, circuit board, and cpu unit: In a circuit board on which a plurality of CPUs are mounted, the CPUs comprises: monitor units for outputting task statuses of the respective CPUs; and a diagnosis circuit connected to the plurality of CPUs, comparing and judging combinations of the task statuses of the plurality of CPUs based on... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080010534 - Method and apparatus for enhancing graphical user interface applications: A system and method (500) are disclosed for a method and apparatus for manipulating GUIs. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computing device (100) having a controller (108) that manages a display (110). The controller can be programmed to alter (518) a... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080010539 - Software testing: An improved software testing system is described. In various embodiments, the improved software testing system receives a set of keywords identifying logic of a software application that is to be tested, associates each keyword of the set of keywords with a test component that exercises a function of the software... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080010552 - Method and apparatus for testing a dual mode interface: Disclosed is a system and method for testing a dual mode interface. The dual mode interface includes a first strobe circuit and a second strobe circuit configured to be operable during a first operational mode and inoperable during a second operational mode. The dual mode interface also includes a first... Agent: Law Office Of Jeffrey M. Weinick, LLC

20080010559 - Error monitoring of partitions in a computer system using partition status indicators: A method and computer program product for error monitoring partitions in a computer system. Provided to each partition is a partition status indicator (PSI) denoting a RUNNING or FAIL status of the partition. During booting, it is ascertained whether each partition has the RUNNING status or the FAIL status, and... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20080010560 - Service provision system for providing various services including diagnosis of a mobile body and car audio/video apparatus used for the system: A car A/V 4 has the function of freely setting conditions for acquiring data pertaining to information related to an operation condition obtained from an in-vehicle sensor of a mobile body and run environment information surrounding the mobile body. The car A/V 4 stores in-vehicle sensor data in accordance with... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080010554 - System for prechecking corrective actions on parameterable elements causing problems in a communicating network: A system is dedicated to checking corrective actions intended for parameterable elements of a radio communication network, comprising an information base for storing primary data representing values of managed parameters of the elements and of a topology of the network, a rules base for storing data representing rules for checking... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080010565 - Data transceiver and method thereof: A data transceiver and method thereof are disclosed. The data transceiver generates a gated control signal according to a valid signal and a clock signal. The packets are outputted according to the gated control signal.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080010566 - Disabling portions of memory with non-deterministic errors: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for identifying and avoiding attempts to access a defective portion of memory. Various techniques are provided for detecting a defect in a portion of memory and dynamically avoiding future attempts to access the defective portion of memory. More specifically, the techniques detect and avoid... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080010567 - Memory testing: This application discloses a data processing apparatus comprising: at least one memory; processing logic operable to perform data processing operations on data and operable to access said at least one memory; and memory testing logic operable to perform a transparent algorithm testing routine on said at least one memory, said... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080010569 - Device testing architecture, method, and system: A device test architecture and interface is provided to enable efficient testing embedded cores within devices. The test architecture interfaces to standard IEEE 1500 core test wrappers and provides high test data bandwidth to the wrappers from an external tester. The test architecture includes compare circuits that allow for comparison... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080010568 - Fabric-based high speed serial crossbar switch for ate: A loopback module is disclosed in which N differential High Speed Serial (HSS) digital data input channels are received and sent to a serial to parallel converter, whose output is M-bit wide parallel data. By doing so, the effective data rate is divided down by M to 1/M “fabric” speeds.... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20080010570 - Semiconductor integrated circuit: A semiconductor integrated circuit comprises a test mode decision circuit which decides a normal operation mode or a test mode when having input a clock from a reset state and started an operation by using a scan enable signal that is used for a scan test, and retains a decision... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080010571 - Partial good integrated circuit and method of testing same: An integrated circuit and method of testing and repairing the integrated circuit. The integrated circuit includes: a multiplicity of macro-circuits having the same function; a fuse bank, the state of the fuses storing test data indicating at least which macro-circuits failed a test; and means for preventing utilization of failing... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20080010572 - Scan-based testing of devices implementing a test clock control structure (\"tccs\"): Methods and computer readable media for performing scan-based testing of circuits using one or more test clock control structures are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes performing an intra-domain test to exercise a first subset of domains of the plurality of circuits implementing dynamic fault detection test patterns. It... Agent: Silicon / Blakely Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080010573 - Test clock control structures to generate configurable test clocks for scan-based testing of electronic circuits using programmable test clock controllers: Systems, structures and methods for generating a test clock for scan chains to implement scan-based testing of electronic circuits are disclosed. In one embodiment, a test clock control structure includes a programmable test clock controller. The programmable test clock controller includes a test clock generator for generating a configurable test... Agent: Silicon / Blakely Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080010574 - Integrated circuit arrangement and method for operating an integrated circuit arrangement: An integrated circuit arrangement having a test line, a test signal generator which is coupled to the test line and is designed to pass a test signal onto the test line, and a comparison unit inclduing an input for applying a clock signal, the comparison unit being coupled to the... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080010575 - Semiconductor device: The semiconductor device is equipped with a logic circuit such as a memory; a self test circuit for self-testing the logic circuit; a critical path defined up to the logic circuit; a test path defined from the self test circuit up to the logic circuit; a delay circuit provided on... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080010576 - Method for at speed testing of devices: A semiconductor device that includes a module under test that is integrated with the semiconductor device, that receives an input signal from a test module, and that provides an output signal to at least one output terminal based on the input signal. An error detecting module is integrated with the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C

20080010578 - Method and apparatus for detection of local nack in a wireless communications system: A method for detecting local NACK in a wireless communications system comprises an HARQ transmitter generating a local NACK signal when the HARQ transmitter gives up HARQ transmission due to expiration of a timer.... Agent: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP

20080010577 - Decreasing a required signal-to-noise ratio using automatic repeat request with increasing data rate: A method and apparatus are provided for error correction of a communication signal. To allow for retransmission of information in response to error determination with respect to a transmission of the information, the operating sampling rate for a communication channel is increased over its normal sampling rate. At the increased... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080010579 - Apparatus and method for receiving signal in a communication system: An apparatus and method of receiving a signal in a communication system are provided, in which a signal is received and decoded by a PPS scheme being an LDPC decoding scheme in which an order of performing a node operation is scheduled.... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20080010581 - Method of error correction in a multi-bit-per-cell flash memory: Data are encoded as a systematic or nonsystematic codeword that is stored in a memory such as a flash memory. A representation of the codeword is read from the memory. A plurality of bits related to the representation of the codeword is decoded iteratively. The plurality of bits could be,... Agent: Mark M. Friedman

20080010580 - Redundancy for storage data structures: A storage device comprising has a storage medium, a read-write mechanism, an object-based file system interface, and a controller. The read-write mechanism is adapted to read and to write data from and to the storage medium. The object-based file system interface within the storage device is adapted to organize and... Agent: Seagate Technology LLC C/o Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080010582 - System and method for variable forward error correction (fec) protection: A communications system includes a transmitter having an encoder for encoding communications data and varying at least one of a puncturing of the code rate and a repetition rate on different portions of the communications data. As a result, a variable forward error correction is added to different portions of... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.