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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8122299 | System and method for in-line error correction for storage systems The present invention provides a method and system for performing in-line error correction in a disk storage system. The system includes an error correction (ECC) module; and a first memory storage device, wherein the first memory storage device and the error correc... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8108736 | Multi-partition computer system, failure handling method and program therefor The present invention determines an incorrect packet from a faulty partition quickly and reliably and prevents the packet from flowing into normal partitions through simple control actions. The multi-partition computer system is a multi-partitioned computer system i... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8086909 | Automatic core file upload A support center receives an error message from a remote storage system indicating that an error, such as a kernel panic, has occurred on the remote storage system. The error message is processed to determine the type of error, whether the type of error is known and... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8074121 | Automated information technology error and service request correlation An implementation verification policy for each of a set of change management tasks associated with one of a set of service requests within an information technology (IT) environment is created via a configuration management device. Each of the set of change manageme... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069376 | On-line testing for decode logic Methods and apparatuses for on-line testing for decode logic are presented. In one embodiment, a processor comprises translation logic to decode an instruction to micro-operations and extraction logic to determine first information about numbers of occurrences of fi... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8060793 | Processor operation inspection system and operation inspection circuit A processor operation inspection system includes a processor and an operation inspection circuit that inspects an operation of the processor. When a program under execution changes from one predefined state to another state, the processor outputs a state switching s... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8037366 | Issuing instructions in-order in an out-of-order processor using false dependencies A mechanism is provided for issuing instructions. An instruction dispatch unit receives an instruction for dispatch to one of a plurality of execution units. The instruction dispatch unit analyzes a tag register to determine whether a previous tag associated with a ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7949905 | Apparatus and method for dynamically detecting improper configuration data provided in a network A system (such as a process control system or communication system) includes one or more sources of configuration data (such as one or more BootP or DHCP servers). A testing mechanism transmits one or more requests for configuration data over a network. One or more ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945819 | Message state maintenance at a message log The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for maintaining message state at a message log. Messages are accumulated at a message log in accordance with a message retention policy. Any of a variety of message capture assurances c... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7913124 | Apparatus and methods for capture of flow control errors in clock domain crossing data transfers Apparatus methods for capturing flow control errors in FIFO exchanges between producing and consuming circuits operating in different clock domains. Tag information at the start of an exchange is transferred to a synchronizing component before data of a transfer tra... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7895476 | Data relay device, storage device and data-relay method In a data relay device, it is judged whether a destination address of data received from an adapter matches with an address specified for an interruption process. Only data that is judged appropriate is sent to a controller. ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7882402 | Apparatus, system, and method for automated error priority determination of call home records An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for data priority determination. A receiving module receives a data package. A parsing module parses out priority indicators from the data package. A comparison module compares the priority indicators to entries in a pr... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7865783 | Automated microcode detected error index generation A method, system and computer program product for logging and identifying microcode errors in a computing environment is provided. Each of a plurality of errors in the microcode is logged using a plurality of error logging commands. Each of the plurality of errors i... | 01/04/2011 |
| RE41991 | System and method for managing and communicating state changes of a complex system System and method for managing and communicating state changes of a complex system. The system includes a plurality of configuration items, wherein each configuration item is a functional component of the system and has an associated state value that is one of a set... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7836360 | System and method for intrusion prevention high availability fail over A system and method for intrusion prevention high availability fail over. The system includes a network infrastructure which comprises a first sensor and at least one back-up sensor. The first sensor and the at least one back-up sensor are in line with a network pat... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7827449 | Non-inline transaction error correction Non-inline transaction error correction is disclosed. Where a transaction being processed in a pipeline is determined to include a correctable error, it is output, or drained, from the pipeline into an error queue. The pipeline is switched from a normal mode of oper... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7747906 | Recording and reproducing apparatus and digital data recording method A recordable optical disc includes a user area and a management information area. User data is recorded in a physical block used as a single unit, and the space bit map is recorded in the management information area. Integrity verification processing is performed fo... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7739556 | Hardware override of application programming interface programmed state A method and system for overriding state information programmed into a processor using an application programming interface (API) avoids introducing error conditions in the processor. An override monitor unit within the processor stores the programmed state for any ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7673190 | System and method for detecting and recovering from errors in an instruction stream of an electronic data processing system A system and method are provided for detecting and recovering from errors in an Instruction Cache RAM and/or Operand Cache RAM of an electronic data processing system. In some cases, errors in the Instruction Cache RAM and/or Operand Cache RAM are detected and recov... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7634692 | SATA primitive prediction and correction A method of correcting corrupted primitives transmitted between a serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) host and a SATA device includes detecting the presence of a corrupted primitive; analyzing a current state, a previously transmitted primitive, or a previo... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7617421 | Method and apparatus for reporting failure conditions during transactional execution One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that reports reasons for failure during transactional execution. During operation, the system transactionally executes a block of instructions in a program. If the transactional execution of the block of inst... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7610518 | Program counter range comparator with equality, greater than, less than and non-equal detection modes An program counter address comparator includes two comparators comparing an input program counter address with respective reference addresses. The comparators produce a match indication on selectable criteria, such as greater than, less than, equal to, not equal to,... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7562264 | Fault tolerant soft error detection for storage subsystems A method and apparatus for detecting soft errors in a storage subsystem is provided. Write data generated for a write operation in a first controller is concurrently generated in a second controller and written to a storage device by the first controller. Soft error... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7562263 | System and method for detecting and recovering from errors in a control store of an electronic data processing system A system and method are provided for detecting and recovering from errors in a control store memory of an electronic data processing system. In some cases, errors in the control store memory are detected and recovered from without any required interaction with an op... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7523359 | Apparatus, system, and method for facilitating monitoring and responding to error events An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for facilitating monitoring and responding to error events. An apparatus may includes a set of counters associated with a processing system resource, each counter associated with an error event and having attributes def... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7516369 | Method and computer program product for error monitoring of partitions in a computer system using supervisor partitions A method and computer program product for error monitoring partitions in a computer system. A partition status buffer (PSB) denotes a status (GOOD, BAD, NOCARE) of each partition of at least two partitions. The BAD status denotes that the partition has encountered a... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7516370 | Method, system, computer program product, and computer system for error monitoring of partitions in the computer system using partition status indicators A method, computer system, and computer program product for error monitoring partitions in the computer system. Provided to each partition is a partition status indicator (PSI) denoting a RUNNING or FAIL status of the partition. During booting, it is ascertained whe... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7490272 | Method for validating the proper operation of a transactional management system A transactional management system includes a plurality of functional modules, distributed in a WAN, for receiving and processing transactional information. The functional modules can include a dealer management system that receives transactional information and form... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487405 | Method and mechanism for dynamically configuring logical paths of state machines A method and mechanism for dynamically changing the logical path of a state machine to avoid conflicts or problems is provided. A toggle state is employed for a state machine that allows dynamic changes in the computation path of a state machine. By analyzing the ex... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7487406 | Systems, methods, and media for managing software defects Systems, methods and media for managing software defects by aggregating potential software defect information from a plurality of user computer systems are disclosed. Embodiments may include receiving a plurality of software state logs each from an originating user ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7428674 | Monitoring the state vector of a test access port Monitoring of the state vector of a test access port (TAP) permits isolation of the root cause of improper transitions of the state vector due to various factors, including electrical noise. The test access port includes TCK, TMS, TDI, and TDO. A circuit for monitor... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7421302 | Automotive electronic control system including communicably connected commanding unit and driving unit An electronic control system mounted on an automobile, such as a motor-assisted power steering system, includes a commanding unit for calculating a command value and a driving unit for driving an actuator according to the command value. The commanding unit and the d... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7415638 | Pre-decode error handling via branch correction In a pipelined processor where instructions are pre-decoded prior to being stored in a cache, an incorrectly pre-decoded instruction is detected during execution in the pipeline. The corresponding instruction is invalidated in the cache, and the instruction is force... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7409591 | Method and system for managing programs for web service system A program managing method in a web service system for providing a web service for testing a message which has been changed in response to a change made in interface definition information comprises steps for judging as to whether or not an error occurs when an acces... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7406628 | Simulated error injection system in target device for testing host system A method and device are provided that use a sequencer in the device to control interactions on an interface bus. The sequencer is programmed to interrupt a co-processor before execution of a command. Based on the interrupt signal and a stored error mode page, a fals... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7401255 | Mechanisms for recovering data from a backup by comparing transformed data to identify altered memory blocks Mechanisms for efficiently restoring one or more memory blocks of a primary computing system. In order to restore a backup memory block, the primary system accesses transformed data that represents a result of a deterministic many-to-one mapping function, such as a ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7392433 | Method and system for deciding when to checkpoint an application based on risk analysis Briefly, according to the invention in an information processing system including a plurality of information processing nodes, a request for checkpointing by an application includes node health criteria (or parameters). The system has the authority to grant or deny ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7386411 | Automatic hi-pot test apparatus and method An exemplary automatic hi-pot test apparatus (20) includes a high voltage supply (21), a transmission device configured for transmitting an electronic device (26) to be tested, a connecting device electrically connected to the high voltage suppl... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386753 | Subscription-based management and distribution of member-specific state data in a distributed computing system An apparatus, program product and method utilize distributed coordinating members to distribute member-specific state data to subscribing members in a distributed computing system. Member-specific state data is associated with different subjects, and coordinating me... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7373586 | Differencing and merging tree-structured documents Differencing and merging tree-structured documents, such as extensible Markup Language (XML) documents, is disclosed. A differencing-and-merging system for tree-structured documents of one embodiment of the invention includes a difference processing unit and a mergi... | 05/13/2008 |
