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Processor auto-recovery system

Patent 4327410 Issued on April 27, 1982. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject March 26, 2000. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Apparatus for transferring data from a volatile main memory to a store unit upon the occurrence of an electrical supply failure in a data processing system
Patent #: 3959778
Issued on: 05/25/1976
Inventor: Brette

Volatile memory support system
Patent #: 3980935
Issued on: 09/14/1976
Inventor: Worst

Configuration and control unit for a heterogeneous multi-system
Patent #: 4075693
Issued on: 02/21/1978
Inventor: Fox ,   et al.

Protection circuit to minimize the effects of power line interruptions on the contents of a volatile electronic memory
Patent #: 4096560
Issued on: 06/20/1978
Inventor: Footh

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Assignee

Application

No. 06/134246 filed on 03/26/1980

US Classes:

711/162, Backup365/228, Data preservation714/22With power supply status monitoring

Examiners

Primary: Shaw, Gareth D.
Assistant: Chan, Eddie P.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

G06F 11/14 (20060101)

Abstract

A system for preserving data associated with a memory unit having a volatile section and a non-volatile section. The system controls the transfer of data between the volatile and non-volatile sections of the memory unit and also handles successive impending power fail signals so as to preserve data such as transaction totals, for example, and also includes a control means to enable the system to return to a processing point at which the first of the impending power fail signals occurred, thereby avoiding reconstruction of an aborted transaction, for example.

Other References

  • Rayside et al., "A Minicomputer Power Fail Detection System", Chemical Instrumentation, vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 211-218, 1976
  • Hicks et al., "Instruction Retry Mechanism For a Computer", IBM Tech. Discl. Bull., vol. 17, No. 8, Jan. 1975, pp. 2239-2242
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