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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8429456 | Method and apparatus for providing intelligent error messaging A method and apparatus for providing intelligent error messaging is disclosed wherein a user of a mobile communications device is provided with descriptive error messaging information to assist the user in overcoming errors associated with the processing of electron... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8407521 | Dynamic testing of networks Service providers strive to maintain networks with high levels of availability and performance. To maintain the networks, the service providers measure performance and perform network diagnostics. Measuring performance and performing network diagnostics typically in... | 03/26/2013 |
| 8381043 | System for testing a hinge and a cable connecting the main body and the display of a device According to an aspect of the invention, an information processing apparatus includes a main body having a top face, a display connected to the main body by a hinge and pivotally moves between a first state where the top face is covered with the display and a second... | 02/19/2013 |
| 8352792 | TAM with scan frame copy register coupled with serial output Testing of an electrical device is achieved by providing a test access mechanism within the device that can receive scan frames from an external tester. The received scan frames contain stimulus data to be applied to circuitry within the device to be tested, a comma... | 01/08/2013 |
| 8161326 | Method and system for managing information technology (IT) infrastructural elements The present invention provides a method, system and computer program product for managing the Information Technology (IT) infrastructural elements of multiple organizations. The system monitors various IT infrastructural elements, such as networks, operating systems... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8140901 | Validation of processors using a self-generating test case framework A method for testing processors is disclosed. The method includes generating a plurality of pools, where each pool includes a test program that includes a plurality of test cases, and setting a flag for each of the plurality of pools indicating that the pool is read... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140900 | Establishing a connection between a testing and/or debugging interface and a connector This invention relates to automatically establishing a connection between a testing and/or debugging interface to an integrated circuit and a connector of an apparatus, the connector being connectable to a testing and/or debugging apparatus configured to communicate... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135989 | Systems and methods for interrogating diagnostic target using remotely loaded image Embodiments relate to systems and methods for interrogating one or more diagnostic targets using a remotely loaded image. A set of managed machines, such as personal computers or servers, can be managed by a network management engine communicating with the machines ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132050 | Providing removable storage management services using removable storage error information Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for providing removable storage management services using removable storage error information. Read/write error information is obtained for at least one removable storage by interfacing with the removable sto... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8117486 | Method and system for detecting an anomalous networked device Methods and systems for detecting one or more anomalous devices are disclosed. For each of a plurality of devices, semi-structured data may be received from the device. For each pair of devices, of the plurality of devices, a similarity measurement may be determined... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112667 | Automated system problem diagnosing Embodiments of the invention relate to automated system problem diagnosing. An index is created with problem description information of previously diagnosed problems, a diagnosis for each problem, and a solution to each diagnosis. System states, traces and logs are ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108726 | Adaptive diagnostics for implementation of an automated teller machine (“ATM”) thin-client mode Thus, methods and apparatus for providing adaptive diagnostics for ATM fault conditions are provided. Such methods and apparatus may include one or more computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a processor on a compute... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8099629 | System-on-a-chip (SoC) test interface security Apparatus having corresponding methods and computer programs comprise: a processor; a test interface that is in communication with the processor only when the test interface is enabled; a first memory to store firmware for the processor; and a second memory to store... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8056025 | Integration of open space/dummy metal at CAD for physical debug of new silicon An access pad is used to provide access to a functional block of an integrated circuit (IC) device. The access pad is formed using dummy metal in an open space in a metallization level that is between a top metallization level and a base level on which the functiona... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8041997 | Apparatus and method for managing wireless sensor network An apparatus for managing a plurality of wireless sensor networks selects a configuring policy according to a characteristic of each wireless sensor network and configures a network with the selected configuring policy for management. When an error occurs in the wir... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8041998 | Data processor decoding trace-worthy event collision matrix from pipelined processor A method and/or a system of a processor-agnostic encoded debug architecture in a pipelined environment is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of a processor includes processing an event specified by a data processing system coupled to the processor to determine a... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8006135 | Method and system for remote node debugging using an embedded node controller A method, system and computer program product for remotely debugging a malfunctioning node controller of a node in a distributed node network through a functioning node controller of the same node. The method comprises establishing a serial link between the malfunct... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7992041 | Peripheral device, integrated circuit for peripheral device and method for analyzing failure of peripheral device The peripheral device through an interface cable, and includes a second memory device for storing an evaluation program for evaluating the peripheral device and its integrated circuit. A detection section detects whether the mode indicating signal which is transmitt... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7984331 | TAM with scan frame copy register coupled with serial output Testing of an electrical device is achieved by providing a test access mechanism within the device that can receive scan frames from an external tester. The received scan frames contain stimulus data to be applied to circuitry within the device to be tested, a comma... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7962792 | Interface for enabling a host computer to retrieve device monitor data from a solid state storage subsystem A non-volatile storage subsystem maintains, and makes available to a host system, monitor data reflective of a likelihood of a data error occurring. The monitor data may, for example, include usage statistics and/or sensor data. The storage subsystem transfers the m... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7949900 | Autonomously configuring information systems to support mission objectives Disclosed is a method, system, and computer program product for automatically configuring information systems to support mission objectives. A Mission SoulPad is connected to an information system via a communication bus, such as a USB bus connection. The Mission So... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7930591 | Method and apparatus for providing intelligent error messaging A method and apparatus for providing intelligent error messaging is disclosed wherein a user of a mobile communications device is provided with descriptive error messaging information to assist the user in overcoming errors associated with the processing of electron... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7921332 | Disc drive failure diagnostic system and method A system and method, which correctly and easily diagnose all types of failures generated in a disc drive, the system includes an interface, a system controller, a failure type diagnosis unit, and an output unit. The interface transmits an operation state information... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7917808 | Methods, systems, and products for verifying integrity of web-server served content Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for verifying the integrity of web server content. Communication with a server is initiated and content is retrieved that is specified by a Uniform Resource Locator. The content is parsed and searched for an error message... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7913117 | Providing removable storage management services using removable storage error information Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for providing removable storage management services using removable storage error information. Read/write error information is obtained for at least one removable storage by interfacing with the removable sto... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7895472 | System and method of managing BIOS test routnes A system and method of a basic input output system (BIOS) test system are disclosed. According to an aspect, a basic input output system (BIOS) test system can include a BIOS test manager configured to enable BIOS testing of multiple information handling systems wit... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7873871 | Communication control system and communication control method A programmable electronic controller in which one central arithmetic processing unit and a plurality of input devices and output devices are connected by means of a parallel bus, the controller being basically configured to activate a self-diagnostic function and a ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7870427 | Accessing removable storage management services to obtain replacement instructions indicating whether to replace removable storage Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for accessing removable storage management services to obtain replacement instructions indicating whether to replace removable storage. Replacement information indicating whether to replace at least one of a ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7861116 | Device, system, and method for optimized concurrent error detection A method, apparatus and system for accepting a plurality of user-selected properties pre-designated for detecting errors in portions of a circuit, accepting a plurality of user-selected erroneous outputs, each of which may correspond to one of the plurality of user-... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7840843 | System and method for testing an embedded system A testing system for an embedded system is provided. The testing system includes a plurality of devices and one or more host computers. Each device, which includes the embedded system to be tested, is connected to the host computer via a network based on the network... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7802140 | Diagnostic program, a switching program, a testing apparatus, and a diagnostic method A diagnostic program includes a first software module that diagnoses a diagnostic object test module; a plurality of second software modules respectively corresponding to the type of the non-diagnostic object test module, and controlling the non-diagnostic object te... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7761744 | Debugging method The invention provides a debugging method applicable for an embedded system. The system includes a processor, a main memory and a debugging interface. A debugging program is first provided in the main memory. A debugging interruption is subsequently triggered to cau... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7757122 | Remote maintenance system, mail connect confirmation method, mail connect confirmation program and mail transmission environment diagnosis program When a fault is detected by a surveillance agent mounted in a user device, fault information is reported to a maintenance center device by an electronic mail through an internet. The user device is provided with a connect confirmation unit to prepare and transmit co... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7757123 | Managing faults Faults are managed. A problem is detected in a data storage system. Possible field replaceable units (FRUs) of the data storage system are identified that may be at fault for the problem. If only one FRU may be at fault, a definitive alert is issued identifying the ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7743278 | Test access control for plural processors of an integrated circuit The present invention is directed to facilitate debugging in a semiconductor integrated circuit device including a plurality of microprocessors. A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes: a plurality of processors; a plurality of debug interfaces enabling d... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7730352 | Testing network applications without communicating over a network layer communication link Techniques and technologies are provided for testing network applications without communicating over a network layer communication link. For example, in one implementation, a system for testing network applications within a process is provided which includes at leas... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7725770 | Enhanced failure data collection system apparatus and method An apparatus for collecting failure data includes a failure data collector that initializes one or more test devices by establishing a secondary interface therewith in response to receiving a test device initialization command from a device tester, communicates one ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7716527 | Repair system A repair system is disclosed comprising: a server having a repair manager; a client device having a repair agent; and a network, wherein the server and the client device are connected to the network. The repair agent, in response to a repair signal, is operable to r... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7681080 | Diagnostic repair system and method for computing systems A diagnostic system and method for repairing computing devices comprises a diagnostic application running on a same computing system having a failed operating system (O/S). The diagnostic application is provided with access to the file system of the failed O/S image... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7676696 | Functional unit for carrying out logical test cases on a test system interconnected to a unit to be tested and corresponding method A functional unit for carrying out logical test cases on a test system interconnected to a unit that is to be tested, the functional unit being suitable for being interconnected between the logical test cases and the test system in such a way that the logical test c... | 03/09/2010 |
