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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8090987 | Imaging apparatus having automatic backup function and method for controlling the same An imaging apparatus having an automatic backup function and a method for controlling the same are disclosed which can more securely store particular data, considered to be important by the user, in a memory of the imaging apparatus, and can automatically read out t... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090988 | Saving information to flash memory during power failure An embodiment is a method and apparatus to save data during power failure. A power supply generator generates operating voltages to a circuit from a generator supply source. A power monitor monitors a normal supply voltage and a backup supply voltage to provide a no... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8078912 | Self-service terminal A self-service terminal comprises a pc core; at least one module coupled to the pc core; a control application executing on the pc core for controlling the operation of the terminal; and a management application executing on the pc core. The management application i... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8074113 | System and method for data protection against power failure during sector remapping Disclosed herein is a technique to protect sector remapped boundary data from corruption due to catastrophic errors such as loss of power in storage disks including SATA (Serial ATA) drives. Specially, one method is provided for protecting the boundary sector data f... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8065562 | Systems, methods and devices for backup power control in data storage devices Power-backup capabilities are provided by implementing a variety of different methods, systems and devices. According to one such implementation, a capacitive storage circuit is operated at a threshold voltage that is set to provide sufficient power to operate backu... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060781 | Data processing apparatus and program A data processing apparatus which saves data in a volatile memory into a nonvolatile memory when power is off, the data processing apparatus including: a detecting circuit for outputting a momentary interruption detecting signal wh... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8037352 | Method for auto power restoration The present invention relates to an auto-restore method for a powered device by using a computer device to build a detecting/responding packet in an Ethernet exchanger, and the Ethernet exchange can mutually transmit the packet with the powered device. If the Ethern... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032787 | Volatile storage based power loss recovery mechanism According to some embodiments, power loss recovery information related to an active operation is stored in volatile memory. Upon detection of a power loss condition, the power loss recovery information is copied to non-volatile memory. Upon a return of power, the po... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8028195 | Structure for indicating status of an on-chip power supply system A design structure embodied in a machine readable medium used in a design process includes a system for indicating status of an on-chip power supply system with multiple power supplies, having a power system status register for receiving digital compliance signals, ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8024606 | Power restoration to blade servers Power restoration to blade servers including maintaining a list of blade server identifications and a value of power saving for each capped blade server; identifying losing power to the capped blade servers; restoring power to the previously capped blade servers in ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8024622 | Abnormality detection frequency set when it is indicated that abnormality will occur The invention provides an information processing apparatus including: a plurality of abnormality detection sections provided in each of a plurality of detection target portions, that detect an abnormality caused by high temperature at a predetermined first frequency... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8020043 | Field failure data collection The operation of a powered device is monitored to detect a failure condition, the powered device connected to power sourcing equipment by a communications channel including inline power delivery from the power sourcing equipment to the powered device. Diagnostic inf... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8015444 | Protection of non-volatile memory component against data corruption due to physical shock A device, a computer readable medium, and a method are provided. The device includes, but is not limited to, a sensor, a processor, a non-volatile memory, and a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium includes, but is not limited to, computer-readable... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7987387 | File sharing system and method for storing and managing failure information based on statuses of a main control and a power supply There is provided a file sharing system which allows accessing a memory that stores failure information and using the failure information even in a case where a CPU is shut down. When a failure occurs on a substrate, a control circuit on the substrate detects the fa... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7954006 | Method and apparatus for archiving data during unexpected power loss A method and system for preventing loss of data in a computer interface board during power failure includes providing a secondary data path to a non-volatile storage element from a cache memory of the computer interface board. Components in the secondary data path, ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7934123 | Prolonging the remaining useful life of a power supply in a computer system Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system that prolongs a remaining useful life of a power supply in a computer system. First, performance parameters of the power supply are monitored. Next, the remaining useful life of the power supply is predicted... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7934124 | Self-contained densely packed solid-state storage subsystem A rack mountable solid-state storage subsystem includes a plurality of interface units and a plurality of data storage modules to implement a mass storage device. Each of the interface units may be coupled to a plurality of communication ports for connection to a ho... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7925925 | Delta checkpoints for a non-volatile memory indirection table According to some embodiments, delta checkpoints are provided for a non-volatile memory indirection table to facilitate a recovery process after a power loss event. ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7917806 | System and method for indicating status of an on-chip power supply system The status of multiple on-chip power supply systems is indicated for use in modifying chip test flow and diagnosing chip failure. Digital compliance signals are received, each compliance signal associated with one of multiple on-chip power supplies. Each power suppl... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7917807 | Power system communication management and recovery A method, system, and computer program product for determining severity of communication deficiencies and isolating faults in a power network of a data processing environment is provided. Pursuant to a continuous graph theory analysis, each of a plurality of nodes o... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7908516 | Low power mode fault recovery method, system and apparatus A semiconductor integrated circuit device uses two keeper cells per configuration and/or enable bit as dual redundant storage with error detection thereof. One of the two keeper cells stores a logic level and the other keeper cell stores the inverse of that logic le... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7877631 | Detection of system battery errors In an example embodiment, a method is provided to identify an error associated with a system battery. This system battery is operably associated with a computing device and is used to power the computing device. A parameter of the system battery is tested and an err... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7836339 | Computer memory power backup According to an embodiment of the invention, a method and apparatus for computer memory power backup are described. According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a first memory; a second memory coupled to the first memory and to a host, the second memory to ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7814368 | Adjusting threshold for software error reset attempts to be commensurate with reserve power Power consumption that occurs in response to software errors may be reduced. In one example a system tracks a number of occurrences a first set of code causes a system to perform one or more reset actions, determines whether the number of occurrences exceeds a thres... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7802138 | Control method for information processing apparatus, information processing apparatus, control program for information processing system and redundant comprisal control apparatus The present invention provides a control method for an information processing system, which includes a plurality of processing apparatuses performing a mutually equivalent operation, comprising the step of isolating the processing apparatus for which a fluctuation o... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7783924 | System and method for communication between a controller and a power supply using a communication interface Certain embodiments of the present invention provide for a system for communication between a controller and a power supply using a communication interface. In an embodiment, a communication system includes a power supply having one or more diagnostics. The communic... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7747900 | Thresholding system power loss notifications in a data processing system based on vital product data Mechanisms for thresholding system power loss notifications in a data processing system are provided. Power loss detection modules are provided in a data processing system having one or more data processing devices, such as blades in an IBM BladeCenter® chassis. Th... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7743277 | System and method for detecting and reducing data corruption in a storage device A data storage system using flash storage maintains a status indicator corresponding to data written into the flash storage. The status indictor of the data indicates whether a disruption, such as a power disruption or a device disconnection, occurred when the data ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7734955 | Monitoring VRM-induced memory errors A method and system for improving Field Replacement Unit (FRU) isolation in memory sub-systems by monitoring Voltage Regulator Module (VRM) induced memory errors. A comparator compares the output voltage coming from the VRM to memory. If the comparator detects a VRM... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7725769 | Latent VBO reset circuit A microcontroller receives a supply voltage (VCC) from one or more batteries. Rather than automatically resetting the microcontroller if VCC drops below a VBO voltage, a latent VBO reset circuit does not reset the processor if VCC drops below a second voltage (VBO) ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7716525 | Low latency, high throughput data storage system A method of providing assured message delivery with low latency and high message throughput, in which a message is stored in non-volatile, low latency memory with associated destination list and other meta data. The message is only removed from this low-latency non-... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7657788 | Host apparatus for sensing failure of external device connected through communication cable and a method thereof A host apparatus capable of sensing failure in an external device connected thereto through communication cable, comprises an external signal detector for sensing failure in the external device by detecting signals of the external device through the communication ca... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7631221 | Method for identifying power supply modules A method for identifying power supply modules is adopted for use on a backup-type power supply system that includes real power supply modules and a dummy power supply module structured in a N+1 architecture to output power. By altering PG signal issue time and ident... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7624303 | Generation of system power-good signal in hot-swap power controllers A power controller system is described herein, which may consist of one or more power controller ICs and other components. Each power controller selectively couples power supply voltages to a plurality of electrical devices, such as cards that have been inserted int... | 11/24/2009 |
| RE41014 | System and method for preventing damage to media files within a digital camera device A system and method for preventing damage to media files within a digital camera comprise a power manager for detecting power failures, an interrupt handler for responsively incrementing a counter device and a removable memory driver for performing memory access ope... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7607043 | Analysis of mutually exclusive conflicts among redundant devices A system for analyzing mutually exclusive conflicts among a plurality of redundant devices in a computer system includes a data management module operable on the computer system. The data management module parses through status data generated by the plurality of red... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7590890 | Hot-swap power controller generating sequenced power-good signals A power controller system is described herein, where a power-good signal (PWRGD) is asserted followed by a slightly delayed power-good signal (DLY_PWRGD) upon the system powering up. This PWRGD signal indicates that good power is being supplied to the card or other ... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7490266 | Integrated circuit and processing system with improved power source monitoring and methods for use therewith A processing system includes a direct current to direct current (DC-DC) converter for generating a supply voltage when coupled to a battery. A memory module stores a plurality of operational instructions. A processing module receives power from the DC-DC converter a... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7461294 | Information processing apparatus, software renewal method for the same, program carrier signal and storage media An information processing apparatus operating on a finite energy source comprises a remaining power detection unit detecting a remaining electric power of the finite energy source; a determination unit determining a value of electric power of the finite energy sourc... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7454656 | Storage device and storage device power consumption control method According to the present invention, in cases where a CHA function and a DKA function are mounted within a single package, a battery power supply that is used during the occurrence of power supply trouble is effectively utilized so that the supply of power can be sep... | 11/18/2008 |
