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Error Detection/correction And Fault Detection/recovery > Data Processing System Error Or Fault Handling > Reliability And Availability Reliability And AvailabilityReliability And Availability patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.07/26/07 - 20070174652 - Parts recovery method and system A system and method for tracking parts (components that may include assemblies) used for warranty and repair service, and analyzing the information to determine quality performance of suppliers, vendors, and manufacturers and to recover and invoice the suppliers for warranty service expenses. ... 07/05/07 - 20070157051 - Method and system for managing core configuration information Embodiments of a method and system for managing a system are disclosed herein. The method and system provides a means to permanently and/or securely store core system configuration information so that the core system configuration information stays with a particular system, such as a computing device or motherboard for example. ... 04/12/07 - 20070083789 - Mote servicing One aspect can include determining that at least one mote device is operating outside normal operational parameters and should be serviced, and determining at least partially using the at least one mote device that is operationally located within a mote network is not meeting a goal of the at least ... 04/12/07 - 20070083788 - Method and apparatus for testing for open ports of an endpoint device in a packet network Method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for testing for an open port of an endpoint device in a communication network is described. A test request message is sent from the endpoint device to a server. The test request message is configured to request the server to send a test message ... 04/05/07 - 20070079168 - Exception handling in content based routing solutions The subject invention provides a system and/or a method that facilitates error detection and correction associated with content-based routing. A routing system can include an analysis component that determines a received message is associated with an error. An error report generating component can append error-related metadata to the received message ... 03/22/07 - 20070067662 - Storage managing computer and program recording medium therefor A managing computer is connected to object computers, the managing computer being connected to the object computers and the storage which is connected to the object computers for managing the object computers and the storage. The managing computer includes an interface for receiving volume managing information relating to storage areas ... 03/15/07 - 20070061608 - Method and apparatus for a time domain probabilistic risk assessment model, analysis of interaction of disparate networks, and a repair simulation tool A risk assessment system includes a plurality of elements each having an attribute for determining if an event causes the respective element to fail. The risk assessment system also includes a repair component configured to repair each of the plurality of elements that has failed. The risk assessment system further ... 03/01/07 - 20070050661 - Adjusting a processor operating parameter based on a performance criterion Embodiments include a controller apparatus, a computerized apparatus, a device, an apparatus, and a method. A controller-apparatus includes a monitoring circuit for detecting a computational error corresponding to an execution of an instruction of a sequence of instructions by a processor subsystem having an adjustable operating parameter. The controller apparatus ... 03/01/07 - 20070050660 - Handling processor computational errors Embodiments include a computer processor-error controller, a computerized device, a device, an apparatus, and a method. A computer processor-error controller includes a monitoring circuit operable to detect a computational error corresponding to an execution of a second instruction by a processor operable to execute a sequence of program instructions that ... 03/01/07 - 20070050659 - Hardware-error tolerant computing Embodiments include a computing system, a device, and a method. A computing system includes a processor subsystem having an adjustable operating parameter. The computing system also includes an information store operable to save a sequence of instructions. The computing system further includes a controller module. The controller module includes a ... 12/14/06 - 20060282697 - Method and system for automated, no downtime, real-time, continuous data protection A data management system or “DMS” provides an automated, continuous, real-time, substantially no downtime data protection service to one or more data sources associated with a set of application host servers. To facilitate the data protection service, a host driver embedded in an application server captures real-time data transactions, preferably ... 11/30/06 - 20060271808 - Method for processing a connection-mode ip connection according to non-availability situations A method for processing a connection-mode IP connection is provided. Generic methods known from the prior are problematic in that in the case of connection-mode IP communication connections between two control devices the connection-mode data are lost in one of the control devices after a non-availability situation and thus the ... 11/16/06 - 20060259808 - Method and device for data transmission A method for transmitting useful data from a data source to a data sink, the data source being connected to a locating unit, the useful data in the data source being assigned supplementary data derived from information of the locating unit connected to the data source, which are transmitted to ... 11/09/06 - 20060253723 - Semiconductor memory and method of correcting errors for the same A semiconductor memory employs the redundancy memory technique and the error correction code technique and method of correcting errors. The method of correcting errors reads data bits and a checking bit from a predetermined unit of a first memory array such as a main memory array, and the data bits ... 11/09/06 - 20060253722 - Uncopyable optical media through sector errors A method for inhibiting the copying of digital data digital content on optical media that enables unique marking of each copy. This invention encodes data in errors that inhibit copying. Errors are common on optical media, and error checking and correction data increase the size of digital data on a ... 10/26/06 - 20060242451 - Memory checking device and method for checking a memory A memory checking device for cells arranged in memory rows and columns, wherein, in a state of integrity, the memory has parity values for two memory rows or two columns that differ from each other with the same parity value calculation rule or with different parity value calculation rules or ... 10/26/06 - 20060242450 - Methods and apparatuses for selectively rebuffering and decoding a portion of a data block read from an optical storage medium An apparatus for selectively rebuffering at least a portion of a data block read from an optical storage medium. The apparatus comprises a storage device for buffering the data block, and a rebuffering control module for rebuffering a specific portion into the storage device according to a previous decoding result, ... 07/13/06 - 20060156051 - Module for reading a data carrier A module for reading a data carrier, with a processor arrangement and a memory arrangement, • wherein the module is designed for incorporation in a data processing device, • wherein the data carrier comprises data sequences and information on the data sequences, and the data sequences are stored in a ... 07/06/06 - 20060149990 - System and method for fault identification in an electronic system based on context-based alarm analysis A fault identification system analyzes alarm information and the associated contextual information to identify the occurred faults. The contextual information is based on usecases, transactions, and functions associated with the electronic system under consideration. Multiple detectors that form part of knowledge repositories are used in the process of fault identification. ... 06/22/06 - 20060136772 - Markov model of availability for clustered systems Availability of a clustered system is determined by identifying all possible states of a cluster, mapping the connections between the states are mapped and determining the probability of the cluster being in each of the states is determined. Availability of the cluster is the sum of the probabilities of being ... 06/22/06 - 20060136771 - Storage system and snapshot data preparation method in storage system The present invention is devised so that snapshot data preparation processing does not end abnormally as a result of the pool region becoming full with saved data from the primary logical volume during snapshot data preparation. When the CHA receives a snapshot data preparation request, the CHA checks whether or ... 06/15/06 - 20060129870 - Reliability testing of software modules A system and method for testing the reliability of a target module is presented. A reliability testing module executes a testing script by directing the target module to perform various functions, and by further consuming system resources by executing test applications. The behaviors of the target module are recorded and ... 06/08/06 - 20060123266 - Communication terminal A client terminal which uses image data processed based on an image processing request sent to an image processing server is connected via a network. The communication terminal includes a communication state detecting section which detects the communication state with the image processing server, and an image processing section which ... 05/18/06 - 20060107084 - Supercomputing where S is a desired probability of successful completion of the computing operation within a time T and P is the probability of successful operation per unit time of a fast communications link. ... 04/20/06 - 20060085664 - Component-based application constructing method Reliability is evaluated in constructing a component based-on application and an application for realizing reliability required can be constructed efficiently. A run-time history such as an occurrence frequency of errors, a recovery time required at error occurrence, and a processing capacity at preventive maintenance is added per software component to ... 04/20/06 - 20060085663 - Method for keeping snapshot image in a storage system A technique for realizing a snapshot function is provided, which can reduce data transfer between a server system and a storage subsystem which is necessary in data copy in storages and reduce the degradation of data access performance of the storage in operation. In a storage system, a command processed ... 04/06/06 - 20060075273 - Efficient backward recursion for computing posterior probabilities A method and apparatus are provided that reduce the amount of memory needed to perform forward-backward recursion to identify posterior probabilities. Under the invention, a forward recursion is performed to identify forward recursion scores. The forward recursion scores are then used directly in a backward recursion to determine posterior probabilities ... 03/09/06 - 20060053330 - Smart card for high-availability clustering One embodiment disclosed relates to a high-availability (HA) cluster system. The cluster includes a plurality of computing nodes and clustering software configured to manage the cluster. In addition, the cluster includes a smart card, including a microprocessor-based system, communicatively connected to each of the nodes. Another embodiment disclosed relates to ... 03/02/06 - 20060047992 - Measuring reliability of transactions A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that, in an embodiment, divide transactions performed by a program into groups, save data regarding duration times of the transactions in response to trace statements in the program, and determine a reliability of the groups of transactions based on the duration times and ... 02/23/06 - 20060041775 - Method and device for producing component data A method of producing component data for use with an electronic component mounting apparatus includes a process of imaging a component whose component data is to be produced, by an imaging apparatus and displaying a component image on a display, the component image on the display having an outline further ... 02/23/06 - 20060041774 - Semiconductor integrated circuit and semiconductor integrated circuit manufacturing method A low-power-consumption type semiconductor integrated circuit incorporating a variety of functions and a semiconductor integrated circuit manufacturing method are provided. As an example of a semiconductor integrated circuit, a system LSI 1 has first circuit blocks 41 through 48 that do not include a critical path, second circuit blocks 51 ... 02/16/06 - 20060036889 - High availability multi-processor system A method and system are provided for enabling replacement of a failed processor without requiring redundancy of hardware. The system is a multiprocessing computer system that includes one or more processor chips. Each processor chip may include one or more logical processors. During system initialization, one or more logical processors ... 02/09/06 - 20060031706 - Architecture for high availability using system management mode driven monitoring and communications A computer system and method for providing high availability. The computer system includes an application level, an operating system level supporting the application level, and a firmware level supporting the operating system level. The firmware level includes a microprocessor having a system management mode that functions independently from the operating ... 01/05/06 - 20060005063 - Error handling for a service oriented architecture A system, method and media for a service oriented architecture. This description is not intended to be a complete description of, or limit the scope of, the invention. Other features, aspects and objects of the invention can be obtained from a review of the specification, the figures and the claims. ... 01/05/06 - 20060005062 - Buffer and method of diagnosing buffer failure A buffer includes an input unit that inputs data; an output unit that outputs the data; a plurality of registers that stores the data while sequentially shifting the data from the input unit to the output unit; an output-data selecting unit that selects desired data from among the data stored ... 01/05/06 - 20060005061 - Data protection system A method according to one embodiment may include assigning a tag to at least one transactions in which at least one data frame is at least one of transmitted or received by at least one functional block. The method may also include discovering, by a functional block, if an error ... 12/29/05 - 20050289381 - Method for data backup of computing platforms that are occasionally connected A method for backing up data in a computer system that is occasionally connected to a network is performed by resuming the backup operations even when the backup operations were not successfully completed due to a previous loss to the network connection, according to one embodiment. The backup operations use ... 12/29/05 - 20050289380 - Method of time-in-service reliability concern resolution The present invention comprises a method determining a corrective design for a system component exhibiting time-in-service reliability concerns. The method comprises the steps of establishing a plurality of remote customer databases for collecting service data for a system component, receiving at a centralized database during a predetermined period of time ... 12/22/05 - 20050283635 - System and method for promoting effective service to computer users Operating parameters and potentially related malfunctions are gathered from end users of computer systems and fed into a predictive model to generate predictions of future failures when subsequent operating parameters from end users are fed into the prediction model. Parts may be ordered, service calls scheduled, and sales strategies updated ... 12/08/05 - 20050273643 - Method, system and program for oscillation control of an internal process of a computer program A method for reducing oscillations of an output value associated with a program to be operatively coupled to a data processing system. The program having an internal process configured to read an input value provided by the program, the input value adjusting a performance aspect of the internal process, the ... 12/08/05 - 20050273642 - Method for retrieving reliability data in a system An aspect of the present invention is a method for retrieving reliability data in a system. The method includes coupling a device to the system, collecting the reliability data with the device and retrieving the reliability data from the device. ... 11/24/05 - 20050262378 - Systems and methods for automatic maintenance and repair of enitites in a data model The present invention is directed a logical consistency checker (LCC) working alone or in conjunction with a physical consistency checker (PCC) and/or a data reliability system (DRS) for a database files system of a hardware/software interface system. Logical data correction pertains to logical data corruptions for entities (e.g., items, extensions, ... 11/24/05 - 20050262377 - Method and system for automated, no downtime, real-time, continuous data protection A data management system or “DMS” provides an automated, continuous, real-time, substantially no downtime data protection service to one or more data sources associated with a set of application host servers. To facilitate the data protection service, a host driver embedded in an application server captures real-time data transactions, preferably ... 11/17/05 - 20050257078 - System and method of workload-dependent reliability projection and monitoring for microprocessor chips and systems A system and method for projecting reliability includes a module, such as a chip, which includes workload inputs, which account for activity on the chip. A reliability module interacts with the chip to determine a reliability measurement for the chip based upon the workload inputs such that functions of the ... 10/27/05 - 20050240795 - Resource management system and method A method and apparatus for resource management are disclosed. The method includes detecting a change in availability of one or more resources, determining whether a dependency exists between the resources and a managed component, and propagating the change in availability to the managed component when a dependency exists. The apparatus ... 10/27/05 - 20050240794 - Method for domain specific test design automation A method for automatically generating test cases from a domain specific description language specification makes use of the properties of the language to derive domain specific axioms and language specific predicates. These properties are embedded into an extended finite state machine which is in turn supplied to the input of ... 10/27/05 - 20050240793 - Architectural support for selective use of high-reliability mode in a computer system In one aspect of the present invention, a circuit is provided which implements an instruction set architecture defining a first instruction group, a second instruction group to enter a high-reliability mode of operation, and a third instruction group to enter a non-high-reliability mode of operation. The circuit includes means for ... 10/27/05 - 20050240792 - Managed reliability storage system and method Disclosed is a managed reliability storage system and method. A data storage system comprises a plurality of storage devices and at least one storage device controller and may also include additional storage device controllers, one or more host systems, and one or more network connections. Aspects of the invention include ... 10/06/05 - 20050223263 - Device and method for assessing the safety of systems and for obtaining safety in system, and corresponding computer program Method, device and computer program for implementing a safety analysis in systems, in particular in a motor vehicle, the systems or the at least one system having multiple components linked by communication relationships, the components and their communication relationships forming a functional structure of the systems or the at least ... 09/22/05 - 20050210311 - Method and system for probabilistic defect isolation A method and system for probabilistic defect isolation in a set that comprises a plurality of resources, each resource in the plurality of resources having at least one characteristic, each resource in the plurality of resources being defined to be good if the characteristic of that resource meets a predetermined ... 09/15/05 - 20050204180 - Stack-based callbacks for diagnostic data generation A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for implementing a stack-based callback in a software program to acquire diagnostic information. The five phases of the logic include Registration, Stack Determination, Callback Notification, Callback Processing and Diagnostic Data Packaging. ... 09/08/05 - 20050198551 - Method for processing a signal using an approximate map algorithm and corresponding uses The invention concerns a method for processing a signal using an approximate MAP (maximum a posteriori) algorithm for determining a likelihood ratio ΛkX of a set of states X of a lattice at a time k, with each of said states being associated at least one intermediate variable belonging to ... 07/28/05 - 20050166080 - Systems and methods for reliability and performability assessment A system and method for modeling complex dynamic systems whose properties are non-uniform in the time domain is disclosed. Aging tokens (tokens with memory) are used to tracking the age of a system as a whole, as well as its individual constituents, in the context of stochastic Petri nets. ... 07/21/05 - 20050160304 - Matched filter circuit and correlation calculation method There are provided input route selecting means 711-713 and 723-725 for selecting, in accordance with the oversampling phase, input routes along which reception data and codes are to be input to individual shift register means, a plurality of data shift register means 707-710 that are caused by the input route ... 07/07/05 - 20050149775 - Redundant synchronous clock distribution method, a related clock module and a related clock slave device The present invention relates to a Redundant synchronous Clock distribution method, a related clock module and a related clock slave module in a Redundant synchronous Clock distribution system. The Redundant synchronous Clock distribution system comprises two clock modules, whereof one operates as a master, and one operates as a slave ... 06/30/05 - 20050144499 - Information processor, information processing method and computer program Disclosed is a content-view supporting system to recommend to a user a clear result of searched contents, based on a group of similar users' favorite programs, through a user-basis collaborative filtering process. The system selects similar users whose program view history is similar to that of a recommended user, maps ... 06/16/05 - 20050132247 - Two-wire interface having embedded per frame reliability information A guaranteed two-wire interface in which upon determining that an operation is to be performed on a slave component, the master component begins transmitting the frame to the slave component including an identification of the operation to be performed. The master component then transfers control of the data wire to ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |