http://www.freshpatents.com/Error-detection-correction-and-fault-detection-recovery-dtnewntc714.php USPTO Class 714 - Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:12:52 -0700 1000 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 141 31 http://www.freshpatents.com/index.php?rss=true http://www.freshpatents.com/images/freshpatentsnav_rss.gif http://www.freshpatents.com/Data-line-repair-mechanism-and-method-for-a-display-dt20080717ptan20080172570.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:12:52 -0700 A data line repair mechanism for a display including a data driver, a plurality of data lines, at least one rescue line is disclosed, wherein each data line includes a second end and a first end coupled to the data driver, the rescue line is coupled to the data driver,... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-system-for-providing-backup-storage-capacity-in-disk-array-systems-dt20080717ptan20080172571.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:12:52 -0700 A method and system utilizing backup disk drives in disk array systems. In one aspect, a disk array system includes one or more disk arrays, each including two or more disk drives. The system includes a spare disk drive, and a controller operative to assign the spare disk drive to... http://www.freshpatents.com/Using-virtual-copies-in-a-failover-and-failback-environment-dt20080717ptan20080172572.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:12:52 -0700 Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for using virtual copies in a failover and failback environment. Updates are copied from a primary first storage at the primary site to a secondary first storage at the secondary site during system operations. A second storage is maintained at at... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-for-ensuring-backup-function-to-an-electrical-system-in-a-vehicle-and-an-electrical-system-as-such-dt20080717ptan20080172573.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:12:52 -0700 A method and an electrical system for a vehicle. A digital information carrier sends digital data on. A first computing device is arranged to execute an installed first application software. A second computing device includes an installed backup application software, identical to the first application software. The second computing device... http://www.freshpatents.com/Technical-support-agent-and-technical-support-service-delivery-platform-dt20080717ptan20080172574.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:12:52 -0700 An embodiment of a method for providing technical support service includes generating a plurality of problem resolutions that are determined to resolve an identified technical problem; attributing weights to each of said plurality of problem resolutions according to frequency of use; and in response to a request to resolve said... http://www.freshpatents.com/Simulated-internet-for-testing-internet-software-dt20080717ptan20080172575.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:12:52 -0700 A simulated internet is connected to a corporate network to more easily and effectively facilitate testing the impact of internet security devices and settings on internet software. The simulated internet has communications pathways between two firewall devices, a web proxy and a publishing firewall, that also protect the corporate network.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-for-enhancing-the-diagnostic-accuracy-of-a-vlsi-chip-dt20080717ptan20080172576.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:12:52 -0700 A diagnostic process applicable to VLSI designs to address the accuracy of diagnostic resolution. Environmentally based fail data drives adaptive test methods which hone the test pattern set and fail data collection for successful diagnostic resolution. Environmentally based fail data is used in diagnostic simulation to achieve a more accurate... http://www.freshpatents.com/Testing-apparatus-and-method-using-test-script-in-mobile-communication-system-dt20080717ptan20080172577.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:12:52 -0700 Provided are a testing apparatus and method using a test script in a mobile communication terminal. The testing method includes receiving a test scenario to be tested: loading the test script according to the test scenario, performing a test based on the test script; generating a test oracle during the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Detection-device-capable-of-detecting-main-board-and-method-therefor-dt20080717ptan20080172578.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:12:52 -0700 A detection device and a method therefor are provided. The detection device is used to activate the main-board, when the power-on interval of the main-board is equal to the predetermined power-on interval. The detection device compares the value of the status signal transmitted with the predetermined status value. In case... http://www.freshpatents.com/Test-device-for-verifying-a-batch-processing-dt20080717ptan20080172579.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:12:52 -0700 The invention relates to a test device (1) and associated method for verifying a batch processing in a data processing device (2) comprising a first scheduling device (3) for controlling a data processing which processes the script library (5) scripts by means of a first script interface (4), thereby carrying... http://www.freshpatents.com/Collecting-and-reporting-code-coverage-data-dt20080717ptan20080172580.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:12:52 -0700 Code coverage data may be collected and reported. First, in response to running a plurality of different test cases, a first plurality of traces may be received. Each of the first plurality of traces may respectively correspond to a first plurality of outputs respectively produced by running each of the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Load-test-load-modeling-based-on-rates-of-user-operations-dt20080717ptan20080172581.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:12:52 -0700 Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for performing load tests based upon user pace. A load test application is provided. Load test settings are received from a user that includes a test mix based upon user pace. A test start interval is calculated using the text mix. A load test... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-system-for-providing-peer-liveness-for-high-speed-environments-dt20080717ptan20080172582.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:12:52 -0700 Security peer failure, in a network, is reduced by detecting peer liveness after a session has been established between a first and a second peer utilizing a protocol for setting up a security association. A protocol for detecting faults establishes a session between the first and second peer and the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Objective-assessment-of-application-crashes-from-a-customer-environment-dt20080717ptan20080172583.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:12:52 -0700 A computerized method for collecting error data and providing error reports relating to occurrences of errors of software applications installed on one or more computing devices is disclosed. Data for describing software applications and identifying software application errors is collected from the computing devices and stored in a catalog. Data... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-system-for-in-place-updating-content-stored-in-a-storage-device-dt20080717ptan20080172584.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:12:52 -0700 Methods and systems for in-place updating original content of an original version stored in a non-volatile storage device and for yielding updated content of an updated version. Some of the described embodiments illustrate the possibilities for reduction in storage operations, storage blocks, and/or update package size. Some of the described... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-and-method-for-self-test-of-integrated-circuits-dt20080717ptan20080172585.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:12:52 -0700 A system and method for self-test of an integrated circuit are disclosed. As one example, an integrated circuit is disclosed. The integrated circuit includes a digital signal processing chain, a random sequence generator coupled to an input of the digital signal processing chain, and a checksum calculator coupled to an... http://www.freshpatents.com/Direct-scan-access-jtag-dt20080717ptan20080172586.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:12:52 -0700 The present disclosure describes novel methods and apparatuses for directly accessing JTAG Tap domains that exist in a scan path of many serially connected JTAG Tap domains. Direct scan access to a selected Tap domain by a JTAG controller is achieved using auxiliary digital or analog terminals associated with the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Lowering-power-consumption-during-logic-built-in-self-testing--lbist--via-channel-suppression-dt20080717ptan20080172587.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:12:52 -0700 A method, system and computer readable medium for on-chip testing is presented. In one embodiment, the method, system or computer readable medium includes identifying which LBIST channels of a plurality of LBIST channels do not contribute to a particular test and excluding from that particular test each LBIST channel that... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-and-method-for-testing-multiple-packet-data-transmitters-dt20080717ptan20080172588.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:12:52 -0700 A system and method for testing a plurality of packet data transmitters in which multiple devices-under-test (DUTs) are tested by providing similar transmit data streams to the DUTs each of which, in response thereto, provides a respective packet data signal. At least a portion of each packet data signal is... http://www.freshpatents.com/Forward-error-correction-scheme-compatible-with-the-bit-error-spreading-of-a-scrambler-dt20080717ptan20080172589.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:12:52 -0700 A method for combining a simple forward error correction code i.e., a Hamming-like code with scrambling and descrambling functions is disclosed. Therefore, irrespective of the information to be transported, received data may be corrected, bit error spreading effects being handled, while providing desirable signal characteristics such as signal DC balance... http://www.freshpatents.com/Formulaic-flexible-collision-free-memory-accessing-for-parallel-turbo-decoding-with-quadratic-polynomial-permutation--qpp--interleave-dt20080717ptan20080172591.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:12:52 -0700 Formulaic flexible collision-free memory accessing for parallel turbo decoding with quadratic polynomial permutation (QPP) interleave. A means is presented by which any desired number of parallel implemented turbo decoding processors can be employed to perform turbo decoding that has been performed using a QPP interleave. This approach is presented to... http://www.freshpatents.com/Quadratic-polynomial-permutation--qpp--interleaver-providing-hardware-savings-and-flexible-granularity-adaptable-to-any-possible-turbo-code-block-size-dt20080717ptan20080172590.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:12:52 -0700 Quadratic polynomial permutation (QPP) interleaver providing hardware saving and flexible granularity adaptable to any possible turbo code block size. A means is presented by which only a very small number of coefficients need be stored to effectuate a wide variety of QPP interleaves as can be employed in the context... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-device-for-controlling-the-decoding-of-a-ldpc-encoded-codeword-in-particular-for-dvb-s2-ldpc-encoded-codewords-dt20080717ptan20080172592.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:12:52 -0700 This is a method for controlling the decoding of a LDPC encoded codeword composed of several digital data, said LDPC code being represented by a bipartite graph between check nodes (CN1) and variable nodes (VNi). Said method comprises updating messages exchanged iteratively between variable nodes (VN1) and check nodes (CN1).... http://www.freshpatents.com/Broadcasting-of-digital-video-to-mobile-terminals-dt20080717ptan20080172593.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:12:52 -0700 A method for communication includes encoding data using at least one Error Correction Code (ECC) to generate first and second output data streams. The first output data stream is processed to generate a first output signal, which has a first acquisition time. The second output data stream is processed to... http://www.freshpatents.com/Data-error-detection-during-media-write-dt20080717ptan20080172594.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:12:52 -0700 Data error detection comprises storing in a first buffer data to be written to a medium and a first digital signature of the data. If the first digital signature matches a second digital signature of data read from the first buffer, a compressed form of data read from the first...