Bizarre Patents
Pneumatic Shoe Lacing Apparatus
This invention provides a pneumatic shoe lacing apparatus for the pneumatic lacing of shoe.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171352 | HVAC system, a method for determining a source of a reset and a HVAC controller configured for the same An HVAC controller, a method for determining the source of a reset of a HVAC unit and a HVAC system are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the HVAC controller includes: (1) a power on reset (POR) register configured to indicate if a POR has occurred for said contr... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8156386 | Information processing apparatus, and method and computer program for controlling same, for detecting certain failures An information processing apparatus having a first subsystem and a second subsystem, is provided. The first subsystem includes a first updating unit configured to update a first counter at a priority higher than that of a processing task executed by the first subsys... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8140918 | Clock supply method and information processing apparatus A clock supply method for supplying a clock to a plurality of processing units includes supplying a clock from a first clock supply unit to processing units forming a first group as a primary clock and to processing units forming a second group as a standby clock; s... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8099637 | Software fault detection using progress tracker The invention provides for software fault detection. A software process tracks its own progress. In the event the timer times out, a handler checks the progress. If the progress meets a fault criterion, a fault response is executed. ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8086912 | Monitoring and root cause analysis of temporary process wait situations A computing system is provided and includes first computing resources representing a fraction of total computing resources, second computing resources representing at least a partial remainder of the total computing resources except for the first computing resources... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8074123 | Multi-CPU failure detection/recovery system and method for the same A multi-CPU system including plural CPUs, comprising a failure state detection unit for detecting a failure in an operating program, and a recovery unit for determining, when the failure state detection unit has detected a failure, whether or not recovery of data in... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8042010 | Two-phase clock-stalling technique for error detection and error correction One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that augments a circuit design with a mechanism for detecting and correcting timing errors. This system first partitions the circuit into a set of blocks that are clocked by an independent clock source, and i... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8042009 | Electronic control device An electronic control device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an arithmetic device such as a microcomputer having a watchdog timer circuit, and a runaway monitoring circuit which monitors the arithmetic device for an operational failure b... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8037367 | Method and system for providing high availability to computer applications A system and method for distributed fault detection. In an exemplary method, unplanned application exits and crashes may be detected at a node local level. Further, application hangs may be detected using at least one of a script and a binary at the node local level... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7996732 | Program-execution monitoring method, system, and program A program product is embedded in a media accessible by a computer operative to request a plurality of program tasks for wakeup so as to execute the plurality of program tasks in a predetermined schedule. The program product causes at least one of the computer and an... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7975188 | Restoration device for BIOS stall failures and method and computer program product for the same A restoration device for restoring a system when the BIOS falls in a stall failure includes a first watchdog timer and a second watchdog timer, a setter for setting timer values respectively in the first watchdog timer and in the second watchdog timer, a suspender f... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7971105 | Device and method for detecting and correcting timing errors A device that includes an error detection circuit that is configured to detect a timing error resulting from a fast voltage drop by comparing a signal from a critical path to a signal from a replica path; and a clock signal provider that is adapted to receive a cloc... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7971104 | Apparatus and methods for stabilization of processors, operating systems and other hardware and/or software configurations Apparatus and methods for converting a processor, having a plurality of states and being operative to execute software operations stored in a memory device, into a self-stabilizing processor, comprising providing self-stabilizing watchdog hardware that, with given t... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7966528 | Watchdog mechanism with fault escalation A method for handling watchdog events of an electronic device includes detecting a watchdog fault in a normal mode, which is a watchdog event in which a watchdog trigger is not correctly serviced; entering from the normal mode into a first escalation level of nx esc... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7966527 | Watchdog mechanism with fault recovery A method for handling watchdog events of an electronic device includes detecting a watchdog fault in a normal mode, which is a watchdog event in which a watchdog trigger is not correctly serviced; entering from the normal mode into a first escalation level of nx esc... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7917812 | Resetting of multiple processors in an electronic device Automatic resetting of a group of multiple processors in an electronic device wherein the processors are arranged in either a cascade chain or master-slave configuration. Upon the receipt of an originating reset signal by any one of the multiple processors the remai... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7895478 | Method and device for monitoring a process execution A method for monitoring a process execution of a plurality of sequentially executed processes starts one of a plurality of timers in cyclic permutation when one of the processes is started, and outputs a first error signal when a period of time recorded by one of th... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7873880 | Data relay device, storage device, and response delay monitoring method A data relay device relays a read request from a source device to a destination device and relays data corresponding to the read request from the destination device to the source device. The data relay device monitors elapsed time from a time point at which a read r... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7853835 | Cluster system wherein failover reset signals are sent from nodes according to their priority A failover method for a cluster computer system in which a plurality of computers sharing a resource are connected by a heartbeat path for providing each computer with lines for monitoring operations of the other computers and a reset path. Resetting may be conducte... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7809995 | Method and device for monitoring the functionality of an automation system of a plant There is described a method for monitoring the functionality of an automation system of a plant comprising at least one main processor, parts of the plant being monitored and controlled using a user software, which is constructed of a number of program modules and w... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7779310 | System and method for detecting a work status of a computer system A system for detecting a work status of a computer system is provided. The system includes a super input/output (Super I/O) chipset, a complex programmable logic device (CPLD), a South Bridge chipset and a device driver. The device driver is configured for driving t... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7774659 | Method of monitoring the correct operation of a computer The present invention relates to computers executing in time-share mode, under the control of their operating systems, a number of separate and independent application programs. The present invention relates in particular to the networks of onboard computer networks... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7752507 | Circuit arrangement and method for supporting and monitoring a microcontroller A circuit arrangement for supporting and monitoring a microcontroller, which is constructed externally of the microcontroller, comprises a watchdog circuit for monitoring the microcontroller, which circuit outputs an error signal if not reset by the microcontroller ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7711996 | Test system and method A method and apparatus for testing a data transfer system. The method comprises the steps of storing a first table, the first table noting at least a time of issuance of at least one command and a time of completion of the command and comparing the time of issuance ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7707464 | Timeout request scheduling using grouping and nonsynchronized processing to enhance performance An invention is disclosed for a computer software timeout algorithm that reduces the amount of list manipulation needed to satisfy system or network requirements for scheduling and cancelling timeout requests to determine whether the expiration time has been reached... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7689875 | Watchdog timer using a high precision event timer A system and method for detecting and handling errors in a computer system are disclosed. The invention is configurable to permit selecting of timelength or time out values, assigned interrupts to be generated and error recover procedures so that failures of system ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7617423 | System and method for detecting, reporting, and repairing of software defects for a wireless device A system and method for detecting, reporting, and repairing software defects in a wireless device is disclosed. The system has a wireless subscriber unit for communicating to a support server. The wireless subscriber unit maintains an action file indicative of the h... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7607051 | Device and method for program correction by kernel-level hardware monitoring and correlating hardware trouble to a user program correction An information processing device comprising a group of hardware of various types in the first layer, kernel modules and a hang checking part in the second layer, and a group of user programs and a monitoring program for monitoring and grasping the operating states o... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7594146 | Apparatus, method, and program for correcting time of event trace data A time correcting apparatus includes a data input section which inputs all event trace data generated for each event executed on computing devices and outputs the event trace data in order of occurrence time of the event data. An inter-machine communication-time-tab... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7562265 | Method, apparatus and program storage device for providing self-quiesced logic to handle an error recovery instruction A method, apparatus and program storage device for providing self-quiesced logic for handling an error recovery instruction such as a reset or self-test instruction. For example, during a reset or self test procedure, the logic is isolated without adversely affectin... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7555683 | Inventory determination for facilitating commercial transactions during diagnostic tests The invention provides for facilitating e-commerce transactions between a client and a server over a network. In particular, a client, such as a client computing device, can perform a diagnostic test, such as a power-on self-test, and determine during the test any g... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7536609 | Reasonable clock adjustment for storage system A system for managing clock adjustment in a storage system is provided. The system includes a clock configured to provide a current time, wherein the current time is used to enforce a content retention period, a memory configured to store clock management informatio... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7529983 | Circuit arrangement and method for supporting and monitoring a microcontroller A circuit arrangement for supporting and monitoring a microcontroller, which is constructed externally of the microcontroller, comprises a watchdog circuit for monitoring the microcontroller, which circuit outputs an error signal if not reset by the microcontroller ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7512842 | Multi-voltage synchronous systems Embodiments include a system, a device, and a method. A computing system includes a synchronous circuit. The synchronous circuit includes a first subcircuit powered by a first power plane having a first power plane voltage and a second subcircuit powered by a second... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7506218 | Timeout request scheduling using grouping and nonsynchronized processing to enhance performance An invention is disclosed for a computer software timeout algorithm that reduces the amount of list manipulation needed to satisfy system or network requirements for scheduling and cancelling timeout requests to determine whether the expiration time has been reached... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7484133 | Watch-dog instruction embedded in microcode Watchdog instructions embedded within the actual microcode that is executed by the processor. Accordingly, as the processor reads and executes the microcode, the processor occasionally encounters the watchdog instruction. Each time the processor executes the watchdo... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7480837 | Method of monitoring timeout conditions and device therefor A maximum timeout time for a communication between devices is determined. A time period is determined for a plurality of time zones based upon the maximum timeout time. A current time zone is updated every time period. A timeout zone for an outstanding transaction i... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7475295 | Intelligent watchdog circuit A simple, but intelligent watchdog circuit uses an up/down counter for its delay element. A watchdog event will occur if the counter is allowed to over flow or under flow its boundaries (in either direction). The system objective is to keep the counter within its bo... | 01/06/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7421615 | Apparatus, method and system for selectively coupling a LAN controller to a platform management controller Remote access to a platform management system, for example via an intelligent platform management interface (IPMI), is maintained despite a failure affecting a local area network (LAN) controller. Failover to a second, operational LAN controller can be achieved by m... | 09/02/2008 |
