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Error Detection/correction And Fault Detection/recovery > Data Processing System Error Or Fault Handling > Reliability And Availability > Fault Locating (i.e., Diagnosis Or Testing) Fault Locating (i.e., Diagnosis Or Testing)Fault Locating (i.e., Diagnosis Or Testing) 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.10/18/07 - 20070245169 - Location based diagnostics method and apparatus A method and system for use with an enterprise operation and at least one processor linked to the operation, the method for requesting service from a most optimal enterprise user when at least one interesting condition related to the operation occurs, the method comprising the steps of providing a wireless ... 07/26/07 - 20070174699 - Automated generation of operational monitor platform for computer boards A method of testing a system architecture within a computer board including receiving an input software model, an input system model and an input hardware model at a development computer, retrieving software module information from a software module library, retrieving system module information from a system module, and retrieving hardware ... 07/19/07 - 20070168728 - Automated context-sensitive operating system switch An automated technique for switching operating systems, responsive to current context of an executing test scenario. A test designer specifies, in a process control file, a required operating system for appropriate command blocks. A test sequencer packages the required operating system name with each command to be executed, and sends ... 07/19/07 - 20070168727 - Hole query for functional coverage analysis Functional coverage techniques during design verification using cross-product coverage models and hole analysis are enhanced by the use of coverage queries. After running a test suite, a core set of non-covered events is specified. A coverage query is then automatically constructed and executed on the test results to identify a ... 07/19/07 - 20070168726 - Processes for assisting in troubleshooting A systematic process is disclosed for isolating customer issues with computer systems and implementing solutions to those issues. A basic troubleshooting methodology provides a systematic approach by which a technician can efficiently define and resolve a customer's problem. The methodology seeks to identify the symptoms and scope of a customer's ... 06/28/07 - 20070150772 - Systems and methods for hazards analysis A system for hazards analysis includes: a memory device for storing a program; a processor in communication with the memory device, the processor operative with the program to: access the memory device to obtain information specifying a system to be analyzed; build functional block diagrams using the information specifying the ... 06/14/07 - 20070136622 - Auditing system and method A method and system for auditing information technology used to handle financial statement accounts to secure sensitive financial information against the exploitation of vulnerabilities and ineffective configuration standards. By working with the client organization, an audit team evaluates the way the client organization controls sensitive IT systems. The audit team ... 05/03/07 - 20070101193 - Diagnostic and managing distributed processor system A network of microcontrollers for monitoring and diagnosing the environmental conditions of a computer is disclosed. The network of microcontrollers provides a management system by which computer users can accurately gauge the health of their computer. The network of microcontrollers provides users the ability to detect system fan speeds, internal ... 04/12/07 - 20070083793 - System and method for optimizing explorer for performance test The present invention enables a performance testing framework that enables multiple components working together to test a deployed application automatically in an unattended manner and to analyze the test results easily. At very high level, the performance framework can run performance tests on a tested system with one or more ... 03/29/07 - 20070074075 - Computer program testing method The invention provides a computer program testing method for testing a computer program comprising a plurality of units that perform certain functions in which a data storage part may be provided to store unit information, test function and variables used to test the units. ... 03/29/07 - 20070074074 - Application health checks Techniques for determining a complete address of a test point of an application from a relative address of the test point and a configuration of a system are provided. An application component that defines the application includes a relative address of the test point. An abstract configuration of a system ... 03/22/07 - 20070067678 - Intelligent condition-monitoring and fault diagnostic system for predictive maintenance A system for condition monitoring and fault diagnosis includes a data collection function that acquires time histories of selected variables for one or more of the components, a pre-processing function that calculates specified characteristics of the time histories, an analysis function for evaluating the characteristics to produce one or more ... 03/22/07 - 20070067677 - Program-controlled unit and method A program-controlled unit includes a single controller core that has a first and at least a second execution unit, which units are operable independently of one another in a first operating mode, and process the same instructions in parallel in a second operating mode. ... 03/15/07 - 20070061622 - Tag writing and reading method for semiconductor product A tag writing and reading method suitable for a semiconductor product are provided. In the tag writing method, a code representing a tag is provided, and then the code is converted into a tag pattern that is then combined with a portion of the pattern of the pattern. Next, the ... 03/15/07 - 20070061621 - Fault diagnosis apparatus and method for system-on-chip (soc) and soc in which fault is capable of being diagnosed A fault diagnosis apparatus and method which can immediately or remotely diagnose faults in a system-on-chip (SoC) mounted on a product, and a system-on-chip in which faults are capable of being diagnosed. The fault diagnosis apparatus for an SoC includes an instruction input unit which inputs fault diagnosis request instruction ... 02/22/07 - 20070043975 - Methods and apparatus for recovering from fatal errors in a system Fatal errors are uncorrectable errors in hardware, which cause entire applications to be restarted and at worst can cause machine reboots. A method of recovering from a fatal error in a system having a plurality of components, in which the system includes a processor for executing a plurality of processes, ... 02/15/07 - 20070038890 - Configurable system and methods for writing and executing test components An automated and flexible architecture is provided that enables a plurality of component tests to be executed in various testing orders while imposing a test framework to mitigate adverse effects or results on previously developed tests. In one aspect, a computerized test system is provided. The system includes a test ... 02/01/07 - 20070028142 - Application delay analysis A graphic user interface facilitates the hierarchical analysis of timing parameters related to network-based applications. At the top level of the hierarchy, the user is presented a summary of the delays incurred while running an application, or while simulating the running of an application, organized by delay categories, including processing ... 01/04/07 - 20070006031 - Testing apparatus and testing method A testing apparatus according to the present invention includes: a clock generating circuit for generating a reproduced clock of which frequency and phase are substantially the same as frequency of the reference clock and phase of output data of a device under test, respectively; a delay circuit for generating a ... 01/04/07 - 20070006030 - Circuit arrangement and method for supporting and monitoring a microcontroller A circuit arrangement for supporting and monitoring a microcontroller, which is constructed externally of the microcontroller, comprises a watchdog circuit for monitoring the microcontroller, which circuit outputs an error signal if not reset by the microcontroller within a watchdog period, and an interrupt circuit, which feeds important system messages to ... 12/21/06 - 20060288253 - Biological information utilization system, biological information utilization method, program and recording medium In a vital data utilization system, measurement systems include a measurement unit for measuring the vital data of subjects, a clock unit for detecting each measurement time at which vital data is measured and a communication unit for sending the vital data including measurement time to a server, a server ... 11/09/06 - 20060253737 - Debugging mechanism and debugging register The present invention aims at providing a debugging mechanism capable of detecting erroneous read access to a bus slave caused by a synchronization control infringement between bus masters due to a failure of software. Each of a dirty detector and a coherency error detector is used as a detector for ... 11/02/06 - 20060248388 - Memory card and initialization setting method thereof Whether an initial command outputted from a host is ‘CMD1’ or ‘CMD55+CMD41’ is detected with an initial command detection portion 8, and the result of detection is set in an SD/MMC register 13. Reset process for hardware and that for firmware are carried out based on the result of detection ... 10/26/06 - 20060242464 - Computer architecture and method of operation for multi-computer distributed processing and coordinated memory and asset handling The present invention discloses a modified computer architecture (50, 71, 72) which enables an applications program (50) to be run simultaneously on a plurality of computers (M1, . . . Mn). Shared memory at each computer is updated with amendments and/or overwrites so that all memory read requests are satisfied ... 10/19/06 - 20060236154 - Failure detection improvement apparatus, failure detection improvement program, failure detection improvement method A failure detection improvement apparatus that modifies a net list comprises; a net list input section to which the net list is input; a circuit modification section that adds an observation FF to an appropriate location on the net list; and a net list output section that outputs the net ... 10/19/06 - 20060236153 - Transmission of data with forward error correction information A method of transmitting content data to one or more receiving devices (5a, 5b) over a first communication channel (7) and transmitting recovery information associated with the content data over a second communication channel (9). The recovery information may be transmitted as a response to a request from the receiving ... 10/12/06 - 20060230312 - Methods and systems for performing remote diagnostics Diagnostic methods and systems are described in which a client or consumer electronic device can be remotely controlled and operated for purposes which include performing diagnostics and/or implementing remedial measures designed to remedy identified problems associated with the consumer electronic device. ... 10/05/06 - 20060224921 - Test effort optimization for ui intensive workflows A system and method provide for determining optimal input combinations useable in testing program code that includes user interface intensive workflows. Various embodiments provides for determining an input set corresponding to the target program code, determining mutually exclusive feature groups corresponding to the input set and determining a set of ... 10/05/06 - 20060224920 - Advanced switching lost packet and event detection and handling Embodiments of the invention may provide a method to send a packet from an endpoint in an advanced switching fabric and starting a timer to run until receiving a response packet or receiving an event packet notifying of a device failure, save a copy of the sent packet, detect if ... 09/21/06 - 20060212755 - Method and apparatus for detecting the onset of hard disk failures A system that detects the onset of hard disk drive failure. During operation, the system measures vibrations from the hard disk drive to produce one or more vibration signals. Next, the system generates a vibration signature for the hard disk drive from the measured vibration signals. The system then determines ... 09/14/06 - 20060206760 - Method and apparatus for supporting verification of hardware and software, and computer product An apparatus for supporting a verification for each of a plurality of functions of a target object, includes: a receiving unit that receives a use case diagram that includes a plurality of use cases each of which corresponding to each of the functions; an extracting unit that extracts a relation ... 09/07/06 - 20060200699 - Integrated circuit with error correction mechanisms to offset narrow tolerancing An integrated circuit 2 has a specified range of runtime-variable operating parameters. Data processing circuits 4 within the integrated circuit 2 have associated error detection and error repair mechanisms 6. When operating within a narrow typical-case range of runtime-variable operating parameters the data processing circuits 4 operate correctly and substantially ... 08/24/06 - 20060190767 - Optimization by using output drivers for discrete input interface The invention relates to design optimization of microprocessors using spare driver outputs for discrete input interfaces. An output driver or pre-FET driver is used to interface a discrete input for a microprocessor. To read the discrete interface, a fault detection mechanism of the pre-FET driver or the output driver is ... 07/27/06 - 20060168475 - Automated performance analysis and failure remediation A service diagnosis tool for performance analysis and failure remediation of electromechanical devices, e.g. printers or copiers. The tool communicates with an actual device of a specific type, and accesses data from a knowledge data set containing knowledge relating to properties of devices of the specific type, a device data ... 07/06/06 - 20060150017 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, computer program, and storage medium In an information processing apparatus which executes a first module, a second module, and a third module for mediating a call from the first module to a function in the second module and obtaining the log of processing in the second module, the third module determines operation condition of the ... 07/06/06 - 20060150016 - Self-test system An electronic system comprising a system to be monitored (2) and a plurality of fault-monitoring systems (4, 6) each of which is adapted to output a fault signal when an input indicates that the electronic system is in a fault condition associated with the fault-monitoring system. The fault-monitoring systems are ... 06/29/06 - 20060143520 - Network connectable household electric appliance, household appliance inspecting system and household electric appliance inspecting service Network connectable household electric appliances in general home, such as refrigerators, washing machines, microwave ovens, air conditioners and lighting fixtures and a workstation of a service center are connected to permit communication therebetween. The workstation transmits a password and a running information request signal to a household electric appliance at ... 06/29/06 - 20060143519 - System and method of dynamically setting a fault threshold for an operational module A system and method for determining a fault threshold for an operational module according to the model of the operational module are described. The system includes an operational module, a storage unit, and a monitoring unit. The operational module has circuitry for producing a characterization signal with an electrical characteristic ... 06/29/06 - 20060143518 - Logic analyzer data processing method A logic analyzer data processing method used in a logic analyzer (10) having a control circuit (17) adapted to read in test data from a test sample (13), a memory (18) controlled by the control circuit (17) to store the test data received from the test sample (13), and a ... 06/22/06 - 20060136781 - Generalized paxos A distributed computing system can achieve a generalized consensus, enabling commands that commute to be selected in any order. A leader can learn of previously selected sequences of commands, and can propose a compatible sequence of commands. Devices can select a sequence of commands that is compatible with previously selected ... 06/15/06 - 20060129887 - Automatic safety test system An automatic safety test system, which comprises a control interface of a control unit for controlling the switching of a switch in a server unit and automatically switching to a specified testing point of an electronic product, and connects a bus interface of the control unit to a plurality of ... 06/08/06 - 20060123272 - Scoring mechanism for automatically generated test programs A test program for a data processing apparatus is produced using a genetic algorithm which mutates instances being ordered lists of program instructions within a population forming the test program. The populations are evaluated using a metric by which the population as a whole is scored for its stimulation of ... 05/18/06 - 20060107117 - System and method for configuring lockstep mode of a processor module A system comprises a processor module that supports lockstep mode of operation. The system further comprises non-volatile data storage having stored thereto configuration information specifying whether the processor module is desired to operate in lockstep mode. A method comprises storing configuration information to non-volatile data storage of a system, wherein ... 05/18/06 - 20060107116 - System and method for reestablishing lockstep for a processor module for which loss of lockstep is detected According to one embodiment, a method comprises, responsive to detection of loss of lockstep (LOL) for a processor module in a system, firmware requesting an operating system to idle the processor module. The method further comprises the operating system idling the processor module and returning control of the processor module ... 05/18/06 - 20060107115 - System and method for system firmware causing an operating system to idle a processor According to one embodiment, a method comprises system firmware instructing a system's operating system to idle a processor, and responsive to the instructing, the operating system idling the processor and returning control over the processor to the system firmware. According to one embodiment, a method comprises detecting loss of lockstep ... 05/18/06 - 20060107114 - System and method for using information relating to a detected loss of lockstep for determining a responsive action According to one embodiment, a method comprises detecting a loss of lockstep (LOL) for a processor module. The method further comprises determining a type of LOL that is detected, and, based at least in part on the determined type of LOL, determining a responsive action to take for the LOL. ... 05/11/06 - 20060101308 - System and method for problem determination using dependency graphs and run-time behavior models A problem determination system and method reduces the time and effort required by system administrators to trouble shot transaction processing difficulties in a large distributed I/T environment by monitoring system component performance and computing operational performance threshold limits based on dependency graphs for the system. Using this data, a prioritized ... 04/20/06 - 20060085681 - Automatic model-based testing Automatic model-based testing is disclosed, including receiving a set of objects associated with a computer program application under test; automatically classifying the objects as state objects representing states of the application, or transition objects representing transitions in the application from one state to another state, or static information objects; linking ... 04/13/06 - 20060080576 - Test point insertion method A method for inserting a test point to enable fault detection comprises the steps of: (a) determining whether or not a value-fixed node needs value fixation; (b) determining that an observation test point is to be inserted to a node which is disabled by the node determined to need value ... 03/30/06 - 20060069956 - Method and system for reducing false alarms in network fault management systems Methods and systems are described for reducing the number of false alarms in fault correlation software used to detect and diagnose faults in computer networks and similar systems. The fault correlation software includes rules that monitor a number of indicators that, if occurring together over a window of time, are ... 03/30/06 - 20060069955 - Sequential data examination method The present invention aims at providing a sequential data examination method which can increase data examination accuracy compared with the prior art. The similarity is calculated between a layered network model generated from learning sequential data to be learned and a layered network model generated from testing sequential data to ... 03/30/06 - 20060069954 - Method and system for debugging flow control based designs Certain embodiments for debugging mechanism for flow control based designs may comprise a debugging interface module between a transmitter and a receiver, all integrated on a chip. At least one debugging entity, which may be on the chip or off the chip, may indicate to the debugging interface module to ... 03/30/06 - 20060069953 - Debug in a multicore architecture According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of monitoring thread execution within a multicore processor architecture which comprises a plurality of interconnected processor elements for processing the threads, the method comprising receiving a plurality of thread parameter indicators indicative of one or more ... 03/30/06 - 20060069952 - Method and apparatus for non-intrusive tracing A method and apparatus non-intrusive tracing. The method includes: counting selected events by multiple counters; sampling the multiple counters to retrieve multiple counter values in response to predefined triggering events; receiving additional trace information that comprises at least one program counter value, and outputting, as a trace information, at least ... 03/30/06 - 20060069951 - System for testing digital components In order to test digital modules with functional elements, these are divided into test units (3) which respectively have inputs and outputs. Alternating test patterns are applied to the inputs of the test unit (3), and the test responses resulting from this are evaluated at the outputs of the test ... 03/09/06 - 20060053340 - Method and system for concurrent error identification in resource scheduling A method and system for handling real-time indications of resource scheduling conflicts. In one embodiment, the method includes a computer system including a user interface, display, processor, and some form of memory. Contained within the memory is a resource scheduling process that analyzes resource data, scheduling criteria, and work parameters ... 03/02/06 - 20060048006 - Wireless remote firmware debugging for embedded wireless device A method for debugging a ROM in a wireless target device. After a wireless communication link is established with the target device by a host computer, a debug mode change command is transmitted to the target device by the host computer. The debug mode change command is received by the ... 03/02/06 - 20060048005 - Method, apparatus, and computer program product for enhanced diagnostic test error reporting utilizing fault isolation registers A method, apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed for enhancing the error reporting that is done utilizing fault isolation registers (FIRs) after executing a diagnostic test. A diagnostic test is generated that will test for a particular type of error. A particular FIR is designated to be used to ... 02/23/06 - 20060041787 - Camera test system A test system for digital camera modules used in consumer electronics, e.g. cellular phones and PDA's is shown. The test system comprises of a tester and a module handler that is aimed at reducing test time by an order of magnitude. The Test system has an image-processing unit that uses ... 02/16/06 - 20060036911 - Method of verifying integrity of control module arithmetic logic unit (alu) A method of verifying the integrity of an arithmetic logic unit (ALU) of a control module includes inputting a first test value into one of a plurality of registers of the ALU and inputting a second test value into remaining registers of the plurality of registers. A first set of ... 02/16/06 - 20060036910 - Automated testing framework for event-driven systems Techniques for programmatically coordinating, and synchronizing execution of, automated testing in event-driven systems. One or more user-provided test system event listeners listen for generated events and updates test system status accordingly. A user-provided test suite definition invokes a test framework interface, thereby defining the structure of a test suite. This ... 01/26/06 - 20060020856 - Computer diagnostic interface According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing diagnostic indications representing detected failure conditions in a computer system, comprising: generating at least one indicator light waveform to present a predetermined quantity of one or more sequential illuminations of at least one indicator light; ... 01/12/06 - 20060010345 - System and method for providing installation support to a user A system and method are disclosed for providing installation support to a user of a computer system. A method incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include launching an installation tool in connection with installation of a peripheral driver. The tool may have capabilities that include, for example, capturing an ... 12/29/05 - 20050289395 - Recording medium, fault analysis device and fault analysis method A computer-readable recording medium recording a program capable of accurately analyzing the cause of a performance fault at the very end point of a client system, server system, etc. Outgoing and incoming packets are captured during execution of a communication application to measure a round trip time, and a communication ... 12/22/05 - 20050283667 - System and method for building full batch test environments The invention includes an integrated toolset of software development aids for testing of software systems directed toward the production, access, management, and retrieval of stored data by providing a fast and efficient means for a developer to recreate production data within a testing environment. The toolset consists of components which, ... 12/22/05 - 20050283666 - Order management for replacing consumables A printer (21a) has a toner cartridge (30a) with a toner level detector (30b). A comparator (31) can detect when toner level is low, and a signaller (32) signals this to a PC (22) over a LAN. In the PC, signals from multiple printers (21a, 21b) are aggregated by an ... 12/15/05 - 20050278571 - Computer generated documentation including diagram of computer system A system, method and program for troubleshooting a problem with an application. An application server which is supposed to be executing the application and a database or a server which manages the database are identified. The application, when executing, obtains data from the database to respond to a client request. ... 12/15/05 - 20050278570 - Method, apparatus and program storage device for extending dispersion frame technique behavior using dynamic rule sets A method, apparatus and program storage device for providing control of statistical processing of error data over a multitude of sources using a dynamically modifiable DFT rule set is disclosed. The dispersion frame technique is extended in the present invention to provide dispersion frame rules with user-defined parameters thereby creating ... 12/15/05 - 20050278569 - Diagnostic method, system, and program that isolates and resolves partnership problems between a poratable device and a host computer An automated method, system, and computer program for troubleshooting the inability of programs installed upon two computers interconnected by wired or wireless linkages to share or manipulate sharable information includes the following steps: On a first computer, tests are performed to see if hardware or software elements on that computer ... 12/08/05 - 20050273659 - Test tool and methods for facilitating testing of a system managed event Test tool logic and testing methods are provided for facilitating testing a duplexed computer function, such as a duplexed coupling facility. The test tool allows a testcase written for a first environment to be automatically driven in a second environment, thereby facilitating testing of a function of the second environment. ... 12/08/05 - 20050273658 - Device and method for device using electronic mail An apparatus and method for enabling a device to notify a main server of a diagnosis result in a network system having a main server and the device connected to the main server is provided. The device stores diagnosis items and diagnosis execution information to diagnose with respect to the ... 12/08/05 - 20050273657 - Information processing apparatus and method, and recording medium and program for controlling the same An information processing apparatus includes acquisition means for acquiring input and output signal formats from each of connected signal processing apparatuses; selection means for selecting a first apparatus from among the signal processing apparatuses; creation means for selecting, from among the signal processing apparatuses, a second apparatus having an input ... 12/08/05 - 20050273656 - Learning based logic diagnosis A system and method for diagnosing a failure in an electronic device. A disclosed system comprises: a defect table that associates previously studied features with known failures; and a fault isolation system that compares an inputted set of suspected faulty device features with the previously studied features listed in the ... 12/01/05 - 20050268166 - Circuit for detecting ground offset of parts of a network To improve a method as well as a circuit arrangement (100) for detecting the ground offset of parts of a network system, more particularly for checking the ground contact between network control units where data are sent and received over at least one bus system so that, on the one ... 11/24/05 - 20050262395 - Transmission device, control method thereof and communication system utilizing the same A communication system. The system includes a transmission bus, a plurality of circuit apparatuses, and a management device. Each circuit apparatus comprises an external integrated circuit and a switch circuit. Each external integrated circuit is coupled to the transmission bus via the corresponding switch circuit. The management device monitors the ... 11/17/05 - 20050257086 - Systems and methods for automated classification and analysis of large volumes of test result data Test result data can be classified across multiple tests, test scenarios, and lab runs. Test result files can be parsed by extracting information from them. Extracted information can be compared to failure information in a database. If a match is found, the extracted information can be linked to the failure, ... 11/03/05 - 20050246585 - Forced diagnostic entry upon power-up A data processing system 2 is described having a central processing unit 4 and a diagnostic mechanism 10. The central processing unit 4 is switchable into a power-down mode from which it may resume into a normal operation mode. When the central processing unit 4 resumes into the normal operation ... 11/03/05 - 20050246584 - Test data managing system and method A test data managing system includes testing machines (10), an application server (11), a test data database (13), and a shop flow control database (14). The application server includes a receiving module (110) for receiving serial numbers of testing machines and products, and for receiving test results; a querying module ... 10/27/05 - 20050240817 - Controlling the generation and selection of addresses to be used in a verification environment The generation and selection of addresses to be employed in a verification environment are tightly coupled to ensure that the addresses a user desires to be selected have been generated. Addresses are generated based on one or more defined selection attributes. The generated addresses are maintained in a database structure ... 10/27/05 - 20050240816 - Debugging power management Debugging a device, including a device having power-saving features, may include observing and controlling power state transitions. ... 10/13/05 - 20050229041 - Test system and method A system and method for configuration of general purpose test equipment is provided. According to various examples of the invention, performance specification documents in electronic form are input using mark-up language and a mark-up language reader converts the performance specification document into, selectively, a human readable document and a delimited ... 10/13/05 - 20050229040 - Communication system with users and diagnostic units A distributed automation communication system, in particular a real-time critical, cyclic, real-time Ethernet system, which has a plurality of users. Each user has at least one diagnostic unit (7, 8, 15) for the diagnosis and recording of data concerning the data exchange between users. In addition, the communication system (1) ... 10/06/05 - 20050223286 - Rfid device tester and method Multiple RFID devices may be tested by moving a sheet, roll, or web of the devices in conjunction with a test apparatus having multiple RFID device testers, so that the RFID devices to be tested are each spatially static with regard to one of the RFID device testers for a ... 10/06/05 - 20050223285 - Remote software support agent system A method of and system for troubleshooting a first computer system using a second computer system having a processor and a memory storing an electronic document including troubleshooting information and storing a set of troubleshooting commands for execution by the first computer system is described. The troubleshooting command set is ... 09/29/05 - 20050216791 - System and method for accessing to pci bus data via a debug card A system and method uses a debug card to access to PCI bus data. The debug card includes a PCI interface, a storage module, a data control chip and a host interface. First, the PCI interface of the debug card is used to access to the PCI bus data. The ... 09/22/05 - 20050210330 - Dynamic control system diagnostics for modular architectures A diagnostic method for diagnosing post-manufacture modular add-on components coupled to a system at least includes: a) dynamically retrieving control system topology information not stored at the time of manufacture pertaining to a module chosen for a system graphical display; b) via each module, generating diagnostic information about the components ... 09/22/05 - 20050210329 - Facilitating system diagnostic functionality through selective quiescing of system component sensor devices A driver for a system component sensor device in a computer system comprises a diagnostic mode of operation configured for enabling selective execution of diagnostic functionality on a corresponding system component sensor device while concurrently permitting execution of system management to be performed via system component sensors in a system ... 09/22/05 - 20050210328 - Forced diagnostic entry upon power-up A data processing system 2 is described having a central processing unit 4 and a diagnostic mechanism 10. The central processing unit 4 is switchable into a power-down mode from which it may resume into a normal operation mode. When the central processing unit 4 resumes into the normal operation ... 09/22/05 - 20050210327 - Diagnostic mechanisms within multi processing systems Within a system-on-chip device 2 having multiple processing circuits 4, 6, 8, one processing circuit 4 may serve to perform diagnostic operations upon another processing circuit 8 by accessing diagnostic data relating to that other circuit. Thus, one processor may, for example, control and perform halting mode type diagnostic or ... 08/25/05 - 20050188263 - Detecting and correcting a failure sequence in a computer system before a failure occurs One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that detects a failure sequence that leads to undesirable computer system behavior and that subsequently takes a corresponding remedial action. During operation, the system receives instrumentation signals from the computer system while the computer system is operating. The system then uses ... 08/25/05 - 20050188262 - Simultaneous execution of test suites on different platforms In an arrangement for testing multiple low-end computing devices simultaneously, different tests are executed simultaneously on different platforms using a single instance of a test harness to which multiple devices are connected. A platform-specific API is provided for independent components of the tests and platform-specific components are implemented for each ... 08/25/05 - 20050188261 - Technique for processing an error using write-to-operator-with-reply in a ported application A method, apparatus and article of manufacture, implementing the method, processes an error when a write fails in an application that has been ported from a first platform to a second platform. The second platform has a write-to-operator-with-reply call that is not available in the first operating system. The application ... 08/25/05 - 20050188260 - Computer system maintenance and diagnostics techniques Briefly, maintenance and diagnostics operations can be performed on a computer system during power-down mode without disturbing the pre-power-down state of the computer system. ... 08/11/05 - 20050177772 - Method and system for masking dynamic regions in a user interface to enable testing of user interface consistency A system and method for masking dynamic regions of a user interface that assist in testing of the static user interface layout. The masking regions are used to eliminate the regions of the user interface layout that are expected to change during a verification process. The present invention allows a ... 08/11/05 - 20050177771 - Testing a receiver connected to a reference voltage signal A method and apparatus of testing a computer having a controller includes adjusting a reference voltage signal from a first level to a second level in response to an output from the controller. The first level is a level of the reference voltage signal during normal operation of the computer. ... 07/21/05 - 20050160318 - Managing analysis of a degraded service in a grid environment A method, system, and program managing analysis of a degraded service in a grid environment are provided. In a grid environment of multiple diverse systems, a service availability management agent is enabled to receive multiple types of error messages generated from the multiple diverse systems within the grid environment. Each ... 07/21/05 - 20050160317 - Determining minimal sets of bug solutions for a computer program A system for automated bug detection and solution including a testing tool operative to record execution behavior and output of a computer program, and a determiner including a bug pattern detector operative to analyze the program execution behavior and output to identify a bug pattern therein and propose at least ... 07/14/05 - 20050154940 - Information system An information system is provided including a server, a data storage device and a connection device; and is characterized in that the connection device includes a memory unit for storing a test list in which are associated information identifying the data storage device to be tested and setting information relating ... 07/14/05 - 20050154939 - Methods and apparatus for adaptive problem determination in distributed service-based applications A technique for problem determination in a distributed application is provided. Testing results of the application are first obtained through execution of test cases of a test group in the application. The testing of the application is then adaptively refined when the testing results have one or more failures, to ... 06/30/05 - 20050144523 - Network-based system for configuring a system using software programs generated based on a user specification A system and method for online configuration of a measurement system. The user may access a server over a network and specify a desired task, e.g., a measurement task, and receive programs and/or configuration information which are usable to configure the user's measurement system hardware (and/or software) to perform the ... 06/30/05 - 20050144522 - Low cost compliance test system and method The invention(s) relates to a low cost compliance test system and method that includes a processor, a plurality of end points, a chipset capable of facilitating communication between the processor and the plurality of end points, and a switch capable of switching between the plurality of endpoints. The switch is ... 06/23/05 - 20050138472 - System and method for transferring information in a computer system A computer system that includes a controller that comprises a failure circuit and a management system is provided. The controller is configured to provide information to the management system at a first time, and the failure circuit is configured to cause the information to be provided to the management system ... 06/23/05 - 20050138471 - Apparatus, method, and system for logging diagnostic information A diagnostic tracing logger is presented for use in a multithread environment in which diagnostic trace log entries are captured and recorded. The trace logs are composed of sequences of memory addresses used to access instructions and operands, instruction op-codes and register specifiers, sequences of memory addresses, branch instructions or ... 06/16/05 - 20050132253 - Diagnosing faults and errors from a data repository using directed graphs Faults and errors are diagnosed from a repository of directed graphs. Subsets of all the possible questions and answers in the fault diagnosis process are encoded as directed graphs. Downloading subsets from a repository to a remote user substantially reduces the number of transmissions between the user and the repository. ... 06/09/05 - 20050125709 - 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 ... 06/02/05 - 20050120268 - System and method for testing a memory using dma A computer system that includes a processor, a first bus coupled to the processor, a memory controller coupled to the first bus, a memory coupled to the memory controller, a first input/output (I/O) controller coupled to the first bus, and a test module coupled to the first I/O controller is ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |