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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185783 | Split user-mode/kernel-mode device driver architecture A device driver includes a kernel stub and a user-mode module. The device driver may access device registers while operating in user-mode to promote system stability while providing a low-latency software response from the system upon interrupts. Upon receipt of an ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8132059 | 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 n... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8122296 | Information processing apparatus and job processing method When an image processing apparatus acquires job log information and error log information from an image forming apparatus, the information processing apparatus identifies a job processing time from a job start time and a job end time of each job which are recorded i... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117504 | Automatic keyboard testing system An automatic keyboard testing system includes a computer, an automatic testing program and a testing frame. A keyboard circuit board to be tested in placed on the testing frame. The automatic testing program is installed in the computer for generating a testing sign... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112674 | Device activity triggered device diagnostics A diagnostic control methodology provides reduced disruption of device operation when performing diagnostics on devices within a computer system. A diagnostic application notifies a device driver that controls a particular device that diagnostics should be performed... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8099634 | Autonomic component service state management for a multiple function component A mechanism is provided for autonomic component service state management for a multiple function component. The mechanism determines whether independent functions within a multiple function service boundary can be serviced. When a single function experiences a failu... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8090993 | I/O unit and industrial controller This invention enables setting of a diagnosis algorithm of a safety device to be easily carried out. A slice I/O unit stores a plurality of diagnosis algorithms each corresponding to a different safety device in an ASIC, and stores specifying information for specify... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8082472 | System and method for testing graphics card A system for testing a video memory reliability of a video card includes an input module, a data read/write module, a data processing module, a data comparison module, and an output module. The input module is capable of activating a testing program which includes a... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8001426 | Electronic malfunction diagnostic apparatus and method A method for automatically diagnosing malfunction in device is provided. The method includes: acquiring a sort identification code from a hardware code of the malfunctioning device connected to the diagnostic apparatus; determining the access address of the diagnost... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7975181 | Device for testing a function of a display port, and system and method for testing the same A device is disclosed for testing the function of a display port. The device includes a display port transmitting part, a field programmable gate array, and a memory. The display port transmitting part transmits connecting signals to a display port timing controller... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7958405 | Automatic testing system and method for judging whether universal serial bus device is configured to computer An automatic testing system and method for judging whether a universal serial bus device is configured to a computer are provided. The automatic testing system includes a computer and a testing device for testing the universal serial bus device. By judging whether t... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7917811 | Virtual computer system To improve the maintainability of a virtual machine system, there is provided a mechanism capable of appropriately reporting a failure that occurs in a dedicated PCI device, in a shared PCI device, or in a virtual PCI device. A device for transferring PCI device con... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7890812 | Computer system which controls closing of bus A computer system includes a plurality of buses; a device connected with the plurality of buses and configured to generate an error message when a failure has occurred on a first bus of the plurality of buses; and an IO control circuit connected with the device and ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7886197 | Systems and methods for protecting device from change due to quality of replaceable components A device protection system for a device that operates using a replaceable component provided with a replaceable component, component monitor, and a means for disabling the replaceable component. The component monitor is provided with a storage unit, a sensing unit, ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7861124 | Method and apparatus for performing external device's diagnostic functions in host computer Provided are a method and apparatus for performing diagnostic functions of an external device such as a printer, connected to a host computer. The apparatus and method receive information about diagnostic functions supported by the external device from the external ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7836352 | Method and apparatus for improving high availability in a PCI express link through predictive failure analysis A method and apparatus is described herein for tracking errors for one of a plurality of lanes in a link, tracking errors for the link, and in the case of a root complex, tracking error correction messages. This information is used to determine the suitability for u... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7793159 | Method, computer program product, and computer system for detecting a corruption in a data block stored by a tape recording apparatus In a tape recording apparatus having a write head and a read head, a data block is stored by writing to a tape via the write head. The tape moves past the write head in a predetermined direction and writes a first data block responsive to transmitting the first data... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7774655 | Method and system for retrieving time series data Systems and methods for analyzing time series data are disclosed. A query including a machine variable identifier may be received. The machine variable identifier may include an identifier pertaining to one or more of a state, a condition and a performance measure f... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7774656 | System and article of manufacture for handling a fabric failure Provided are a method, system, and program for handling a fabric failure. A module intercepts a signal indicating a failure of a path in a fabric providing a connection to a shared device. The module generates an interrupt to a device driver in an operating system p... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7725775 | Network system, printing device, and control program for printing device A network system comprises a printing device, and a plurality of management devices that manages the printing device via a network. The printing device comprises a plurality of communication interfaces individually connected to the network, a trouble detecting syste... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7694187 | Method of peripheral type identification in a system of circumvention and recovery A method of implementing a circumvention and recovery system comprising conveying peripheral identifiers to a controller, and determining a level of susceptibility of a peripheral to select events based on the peripheral identifier. The method further includes contr... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7673186 | Apparatus and method for cold sparing in multi-board computer systems Power supply voltage of a PCI or a similar communication bus interface is separated from one or more other power supply voltages on a backplane, on boards insertable into the backplane, and on the bus interface components of the boards. The power supply of the bus i... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7664993 | Automation of testing in remote sessions Systems and methods are described for implementing automation of testing in remote sessions. In an implementation, a test agent is deployed at a remote server to automate testing of various components in a remote session between the remote server and a remote client... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7647531 | Overriding daughterboard slots marked with power fault Having detected an anomalous fault in a peripheral I/O slot, a processor entity may need to perform some remedial action, wherein the peripheral slot may have a fault line. First a voltage may be detected on the slot. Processor entity may set a fault if a voltage is... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7600158 | Electronic apparatus for which program is rewritable and program rewriting method An electronic apparatus includes a memory for rewritably storing data and a processor for performing an operation of rewriting the data in the memory in response to a rewrite instruction signal. The processor checks each predetermined unit of data for rewriting rece... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7596724 | Quiescence for retry messages on bidirectional communications interface A mechanism to obtain a quiescence state for a component coupled to a bidirectional communications interface is obtained. A transition to quiescence may be may by activating a first defeature in the component to cause messages received over a communication bus coupl... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7565580 | Method and system for testing network device logic Method and system for testing a network device is provided. The system includes, a test program running on a host system that communicates with the network device through a bus functional module; and a test module that includes a packet counter that counts test pack... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7552362 | Bridge, error notification method therefor and system In a bridge which connects between an expansion bus of a primary system and that of a secondary system, a local error such as an expansion bus error and CPU hang-up which occurs in the secondary system is recognized. The primary system is notified of the local error... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7487403 | Method for handling a device failure Provided is a method for handling a fabric failure. A module intercepts a signal indicating a failure of a path in a fabric providing a connection to a shared device. The module generates an interrupt to a device driver in an operating system providing an interface ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7461301 | Approach for resolving printer driver incompatibility problems A manner of resolving printer driver incompatibility problems is described. Print data is received from a printer driver. The print data reflects an incompatibility between the application program used to create the print data and the printer driver. Next, updated p... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7444558 | Programmable measurement mode for a serial point to point link A serial point to point link that communicatively couples an integrated circuit (IC) device to another IC device is initialized by transferring a training sequence of symbols over the link. Registers of the IC device are programmed, to set a symbol data pattern and ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7436291 | Protection of devices in a redundant configuration A network communication device is provided, comprising a control processor for controlling operation of the device, a reset module which is controllable independently of the control processor for performing a reset operation of the device, and a reset control interf... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7434107 | Cluster network having multiple server nodes A cluster network that includes multiple server nodes is disclosed. Each of the multiple nodes of the cluster network is coupled to first and second expander devices. The cluster network includes a number of storage enclosures, each of which includes dual interface ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430691 | Method, system, and product for providing extended error handling capability in host bridges A method, system, and computer program product in a logical partitioned data processing system are disclosed for providing a host bridge that implements extended error handling (EEH). If all devices coupled to the host bridge implement EEH, the host bridge is initia... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7421478 | Method and apparatus for exchanging heartbeat messages and configuration information between nodes operating in a master-slave configuration A node (101, FIG. 1), within a networked computer system (100), is capable of supporting communications with other nodes relating to operating multiple application instances in a master-slave configuration. Each node periodically generates and s... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418634 | Remote monitoring system and remote monitoring method A status information receiver is communicatively connected to at least one printing device via a network, and adapted to receive status information transmitted from the printing device. The status information is indicative of an operation state of the printing devic... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7412629 | Method to override daughterboard slots marked with power fault Having detected an anomalous fault in a peripheral I/O slot, a processor entity may need to perform some remedial action, wherein the peripheral slot may have a fault line. First a voltage may be detected on the slot. Processor entity may set a fault if a voltage is... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7412628 | Storage system and disconnecting method of a faulty storage device A storage system in which a plurality of storage devices are connected by a pair of loops, disconnects a faulty storage device. The faulty storage device is disconnected from said loops by using, in conjunction, a first disconnect mode, in which a disconnect instruc... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7406622 | volume and failure management method on a network having a storage device A SAN manager acquires configuration information from devices constituting a SAN and produces a corresponding relationship between a host computer and a virtual volume (virtual volume mapping) and a corresponding relationship between the host computer and a real vol... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7398428 | Diagnostic tool with ethernet capability Ethernet capability of a device under test is tested. A diagnostic tool is connected to the device under test. Menus displayed by the diagnostic tool are used to select an Ethernet test. The diagnostic tool discovers network settings of the device under test. Then t... | 07/08/2008 |
