Computer failure recovery and alert system
October 2, 2012. 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.Patent ReferencesAsynchronously operating signal diagnostic system for a programmable machine function controller System & method for monitoring & diagnosing faults in environmentally controlled containers, such system and method being especially adapted for remote computer controlled monitoring of numerous transportable containers over existing on-site power wiring Asynchronous checkpointing system for error recovery Single chip microcomputer with patching and configuration controlled by on-board non-volatile memory Mobile radio paging test system Failure recovery informing arrangement with simplified hardware in a data processing system Method of handling errors in software Targeted resets in a data processor including a trace memory to store transactions Patent #: 5251227 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 955849 filed on 10/02/1992US Classes:714/23, Resetting processor714/55Timing error (e.g., watchdog timer time-out)ExaminersPrimary: Beausoliel, Robert W. Jr.Assistant: Le, Dieu-Minh Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassG06F 011/34AbstractA computer system includes a timer which times out if the operating system of the computer system does not periodically reset the timer. When the computer system fails and no longer resets the timer, the timer times out, and the computer system is reset. The computer system performs its power,on program and checks the memory array for bad memory blocks, which are mapped out of the memory. Next, the computer system alerts the operator of the failure using a pager. The computer system then reboots itself from a hard drive having two separate bootable partitions, one for the operating system in the first partition, and one for a diagnostics program in the second partition, so that an operator may diagnose and remedy the problem. The operator may set an indication of which partition to use for booting. The computer system further provides for remote access so that the operator may interact with the diagnostics program from a remote location.Other References
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