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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8156376 | Method, device and system for storing data in cache in case of power failure A method, device and system for storing data in a cache in case of power failure are disclosed. The method includes: in case of power failure of a storage system, receiving configuration information from a central processing unit (CPU); establishing a mapping relati... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8108723 | Triggered restart mechanism for failure recovery in power over ethernet A triggered restart mechanism for failure recovery in power over Ethernet (PoE). Powered devices (PDs) that fail can be remotely recycled by a power sourcing equipment (PSE). After detection of a failure of a PD, such as by the failure to receive a status message, a... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8086897 | Model driven diagnostics system and methods thereof A method to perform a diagnostic test in an integrated support platform having a plurality of services is disclosed. The method includes a process of building at least one or more knowledge model for each of the plurality of services in the integrated support platfo... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8046635 | Data processing device and data control circuit for use therein When data that has been saved outside a circuit is restored, a data control circuit, before resuming the processing that an electronic circuit had been performing before the data was saved, performs particular processing different from that processing. Moreover, the... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8037354 | Apparatus and method for operating a computing platform without a battery pack An application control engine computing platform having a shut-down mechanism that permits the platform to adequately start up and operate upon return of power after a power interruption, without a need of a battery pack. The mechanism may target the saving of contr... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7962787 | System and method for preserving processor memory during power loss A method, and a system of using the method, of preserving memory of a processor powered by an external source. The method includes determining a drop in a first power to be supplied to the processor, generating a reset signal when the drop falls below a threshold, s... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7962786 | Security features in interconnect centric architectures A method comprising: detecting a sub-system to be controlled in a reduced resource mode in a device having an interconnecting system architecture; sending a resource reducing request to an interconnect node of the sub-system, the interconnect node belonging to a fir... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7908517 | Information processing apparatus with resume function and information processing system An information processing apparatus having a resume function which can maintain the security even when a plurality of users commonly use the apparatus. A work state at a power-off time of the apparatus is preserved together with a work state name including a user's ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7886187 | System for repeated unmount attempts of distributed file systems The present invention provides a computer implemented method and apparatus for unmounting file systems from a plurality of file servers. The method comprises of issuing an unmount command targeting a file system of a first server among the plurality of file servers.... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7774650 | Power failure warning in logically partitioned enclosures A method of providing a power failure warning in a storage system includes partitioning early power off warning (EPOW) control logic of a storage enclosure to be symmetric with a power distribution network power domain. A power failure warning system for a storage s... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7765431 | Preservation of error data on a diskless platform Systems and articles of manufacture for preserving error data on a computing platform that lacks non-volatile storage (e.g., a “diskless” platform) are provided. In response to detecting a platform error (e.g., automatically by hardware, software, or manually by... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7752498 | Information processing device, interface controller initializing method and program An interface controller initializing method for an information processing device equipped with multiple interfaces of the same type comprises the steps of: detecting control of an interface executed by a first control unit; detecting an end of the control of the int... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7685466 | BIOS for saving and restoring operational state in the absence of AC power A system is provided with a basic input/output system (BIOS) with the ability to intervene, when a suspend process is initiated in response to an AC failure condition to place the system in a suspended to memory state, to initiate a number of data transfer operation... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7661029 | Information processing apparatus with resume function and information processing system An information processing apparatus having a resume function which can maintain the security even when a plurality of users commonly use the apparatus. A work state at a power-off time of the apparatus is preserved together with a work state name including a user's ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7640455 | Digital PWM controller with programmable safe state in presence of fault An apparatus for forcing outputs of a digital controller of a switching power converter to a safe state during shutdown of the switching power converter is described. The apparatus includes a multiplexer providing an output signal of the digital controller and havin... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7634688 | System and method for automatically saving memory contents of a data processing device on power failure A system and method for automatically saving the contents of volatile memory in a data processing device on power failure. A secondary power supply is provided, which upon failure of the primary power supply supplies power long enough for all modified information st... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7581137 | Storage apparatus and storage apparatus power supply failure management method A storage apparatus according to the present invention can store information related to a power supply abnormality after shutting down the principal functions of a data processing board when a power supply abnormality occurs in a data processing board. A power suppl... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7496790 | Method, apparatus, and computer program product for coordinating error reporting and reset utilizing an I/O adapter that supports virtualization A method, apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed in a shared processor data processing system for coordinating error reporting for and resetting of a physical I/O adapter that supports virtualization. The physical I/O adapter is virtualized by generat... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7467331 | Preservation of error data on a diskless platform A method for preserving error data on a computing platform that lacks non-volatile storage (e.g., a “diskless” platform) is provided. In response to detecting a platform error (e.g., automatically by hardware, software, or manually by a user when a wait or loop ... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7434224 | Plural operating systems having interrupts for all operating systems processed by the highest priority operating system Multiple different operating systems are enabled to run concurrently on the same computer. A first operating system is selected to have a relatively high priority (the realtime operating system, such as C5). At least one secondary operating system is selected to hav... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7418627 | Cluster system wherein failover reset signals are sent from nodes according to their priority A high availability cluster computer system can realize exclusive control of a resource shared between computers and effect failover by resetting a currently-active system computer in case a malfunction occurs in the currently-active system computer. In case a malfu... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7411314 | Automatic shut off of backup power source in the extended absence of AC power A system is provided with the ability to automatically shut off a backup power source from further sourcing power for the system, when AC is absent, after the backup power source has sourced power for the system for a period of time. ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7412615 | Information processing equipment and power consumption control method Information processing equipment is so constructed that the power consumption of a disk drive for hard disks, optical disks, or the like can be reliably and sufficiently reduced. The host CPU (120) of an information processing unit (100) forms a comman... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7406624 | Method for responding to a control module failure A method is provided for saving system information immediately following a hardware or software failure that causes a processor to reset. After failure is imminent and before the processor allows the reset to occur, the processor is instructed to copy a fixed amount... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403837 | Portable device used to at least visualize the process data of a machine, a robot or a technical process A portable device (1) with at least one optical output device (2) for displaying at least process data of a machine, a robot or a technical process, with at least one input device (3) for at least intervening in the operating functions of the de... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7395123 | Configurable modular safety system A modular safety system for controlling emergency stop applications includes a plurality of inputs, a plurality of output groups, and a plurality of safe relay outputs. The plurality of inputs is assigned to at least one of the output groups. Each output group is co... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7392429 | System and method for maintaining persistent state data A system and method for maintaining persistent data during an unexpected power loss uses a memory controller and a supplemental power source. An entity running on the computer, for example, an application program, a utility, the operating system or other entity, may... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7370134 | System and method for memory hub-based expansion bus A system memory includes a memory hub controller, a memory module accessible by the memory hub controller, and an expansion module having a processor circuit coupled to the memory module and also having access to the memory module. The memory hub controller is coupl... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366920 | System and method for selective memory module power management A memory module includes a memory hub that monitors utilization of the memory module and directs devices of the memory module to a reduced power state when the module is not being used at a desired level. System utilization of the memory module is monitored by track... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366923 | Method and system for determining if an information handling system is operating within a carrying case A portable information handling system (IHS) is provided. The portable IHS includes a processor and a memory device coupled to the processor. The memory device is for storing instructions processable by the processor for determining whether a lid of the portable IHS... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366950 | Information processing apparatus with resume function and information processing system An information processing apparatus having a resume function which can maintain the security even when a plurality of users commonly use the apparatus. A work state at a power-off time of the apparatus is preserved together with a work state name including a user's ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366864 | Memory hub architecture having programmable lane widths A processor-based system includes a processor coupled to a system controller through a processor bus. The system controller is used to couple at least one input device, at least one output device, and at least one data storage device to the processor. Also coupled t... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363542 | Image formation apparatus and network system An operation detecting part detects operation of a power switch, and a backup device performs a backup operation enabling a predetermined amount of power supply even after the power switch has cut off the power supply. Upon detection of power cut off by the operatio... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363419 | Method and system for terminating write commands in a hub-based memory system A memory hub receives downstream memory commands and processes each received downstream memory command to determine whether the memory command includes a write command directed to the memory hub. The memory hub operates in a first mode when the write command is dire... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360011 | Memory hub and method for memory system performance monitoring A memory module includes a memory hub coupled to several memory devices. The memory hub includes at least one performance counter that tracks one or more system metrics-for example, page hit rate, number or percentage of prefetch hits, cache hit rate or percentage, ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353320 | Memory hub and method for memory sequencing A memory module includes a memory hub coupled to several memory devices. The memory hub includes at least one performance counter that tracks one or more system metrics—for example, page hit rate, prefetch hits, and/or cache hit rate. The performance counter commu... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353372 | Detection of support components for add-in card Embodiments of the present invention provide detection, enumeration, and software configuration of optional choice of add-in cards types through a multiplexed bus interface. The PROM allows identification of the add-in device and software configuration to adapt to s... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350105 | Power failure detection in a flash memory device A transactional file system developed to function with flash memory is described. The file system performs power-failure detection and ensures data integrity in the event of a power failure. In one described implementation, a power failure event can be detected by a... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7350088 | Power management system for UPS attached to external devices Systems, methodologies, media, and other embodiments associated with power management are described. One exemplary system embodiment includes an uninterrupted power supply (UPS) manager logic configured to determine a power status of one or more UPS devices attached... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343534 | Method for deferred data collection in a clock running system A method for deferred logging of machine data following an error or event in order to capture critical information for that error or event treats the data as persistent and it does not get logged until a disruption occurs to the system (e.g. system reset, restart, d... | 03/11/2008 |
