70 results about "Workaround" patented technology

Public safety access points are selected in a wireless network for E911 calls based on ESRD substitution when ESRKs are not being used. The present invention was conceived as an ESRK workaround solution to implement Phase II of the E911 rules from the starting point of a Phase I implementation. ESRKs, ESRDs or ESRVs are initially obtained and managed for each PSAP in a particular carrier's area. Then, Phase I processes are modified to wait to see if Phase II GSM location information will be reported in a timely manner (e.g., within a second or two or so) before committing to a default selection of a particular PSAP based on information available (e.g., based on the location of a serving cell site).

In many systems, computer software is a common source of failure or instability. The proliferation of multiple interacting applications from several different software vendors leads to “emergent” problems that are difficult or impossible to predict or prevent. The problems are compounded by the use of networks, which introduce the added complexity of applications on multiple machines interacting in complex scenarios. As a result, many business and home users are hindered from using software-based systems to their fullest potential. More effective use of these systems can be aided by an application which can provide services for monitoring, diagnosing, and solving problems that occur in the operation of the machines at a customer facility. In the system described herein, a database contains entries with executable code that can make use of these services in order to monitor, diagnose, and solve specific problems. Each entry in the database addresses a specific problem. The executable code is designed to isolate and recognize the problem, and then implement a fix or workaround for that problem. The executable code is designed to completely automate the entire process of detection and resolution of the problem. Further, manual intervention may be employed to complete the diagnosis or solution.

A method in a data processing system for avoiding a microprocessor's design defects and recovering a microprocessor from failing due to design defects, the method comprised of the following steps: The method detects and reports of events which warn of an error. Then the method locks a current checkpointed state and prevents instructions not checkpointed from checkpointing. After that, the method releases checkpointed state stores to a L2 cache, and drops stores not checkpointed. Next, the method blocks interrupts until recovery is completed. Then the method disables the power savings states throughout the processor. After that, the method disables an instruction fetch and an instruction dispatch. Next, the method sends a hardware reset signal. Then the method restores selected registers from the current checkpointed state. Next, the method fetches instructions from restored instruction addresses. Then the method resumes a normal execution after a programmable number of instructions.

Localized generation of global flush requests while providing a means for increasing the likelihood of forward progress in a controlled fashion. Local hazard (error) detection is accomplished with a trigger network situated between execution units and configurable state machines that track trigger events. Once a hazardous state is detected, a local detection mechanism requests a workaround flush from the flush control logic. The processor is flushed and a centralized workaround control is informed of the workaround flush. The centralized control blocks subsequent workaround flushes until forward progress has been made. The centralized control can also optionally send out a control to activate a set of localized workarounds or reduced performance modes to avoid the hazardous condition once instructions are re-executed after the flush until a configurable amount of forward progress has been made.

The invention provides a solution method and apparatus for business conflict of a multi-mode multi-card mobile terminal, comprising: adding a detection arbitration module for business conflict in at least one layer of a non-access layer, an access layer and a physical layer of each card, which is used for detecting a business and/or event with possible conflict; setting a priority of the business and/or event; and caching or executing the business and/or event with possible conflict according to the priority and a predetermined rule so as to ensure the multi-mode multi-card mobile terminal to access shared resources without conflict.

Aspects of configurable logic for hardware bug workaround in integrated circuits may comprise detecting within a chip at least one condition that would likely result in an occurrence of a hardware bug prior to the hardware bug occurring. Upon the detection of the condition, at least one trigger event may be generated within the chip via at least one debug signal, and the trigger event may be utilized to execute workaround code that may prevent the occurrence of the hardware bug. The debug signal may be generated inside the chip and/or outside the chip. The trigger event may be generated by combining a plurality of debug signals within the chip with at least one input or output signal of the chip.

In a processor, a localized workaround is activated upon the sensing of a problematic condition occurring on said processor, and then control of the deactivation of the localized workaround is superseded by a centralized controller. In a preferred embodiment, the centralized controller monitors forward progress of the processor and maintains the workaround in an active condition until a threshold level of forward progress has occurred. Optionally, the localized workaround may be re-activated while under centralized control, resetting the notion of forward progress. Using the present invention, localized workarounds perform effectively while having a minimal impact on processor performance.

The present invention relates to a coordination-centric framework for implementing a software system in a distributed computing environment. In a presently preferred embodiment the software system is a software design environment having authoring, synthesis, and debugging tools. The coordination-centric framework is flexible enough to interconnect tools and robust enough that tool designers can use it for all aspects of tool interconnection without requiring costly workarounds. The coordination-centric framework uses modular and reusable software elements and standardized interfaces to connect the software elements.

The invention provides a terminal exception processing method which includes that when a terminal uses a current system, running logs of the current system is stored in an appointed storage space; an appointed system in the terminal is controlled to read the running logs stored in the appointed storage space and detect whether abnormal running logs exist in the stored running logs; when there are abnormal running logs, an appointed operation system is controlled to inform the current system to operate an abnormal running module corresponding to the abnormal running logs, to obtain all the abnormal running logs in the abnormal running module and to send all the abnormal running logs to an appointed server. Correspondingly, the invention further provides a terminal exception processing device and the terminal. By adopting the terminal exception processing method and device and the terminal, problems occurred in the terminal can be fed back to manufacturers timely so that the manufacturers can find the solutions quickly according to the problems, further small problems which have not caused serious impacts can be solved timely, and the use experience of users can be improved.

The invention discloses a solution method for recommending information contents timely, intelligently, accurately and abundantly according to user preferences and user behavior habits without unlocking as long as a screen is lighted up. A forbidden system is adopted to tacitly approve a screen locking application, response of a BACK key of a mobile phone and response of a HOME key of the mobile phone are shielded, no operation is executed when the back key or a menu key is pressed by a user, a selection page directed by the home key appears when the user presses the home key, a user is guided to select a specified application program to serve as the default direction of the home key and if the user selects the specified application program to serve as the default direction of the home key, a current page interface is retained. Thus, the user can quickly obtain information on the condition that unlocking is not needed and the time cost of the user is saved.

The system and method herein disclosed is an online tool for reaching regulatory compliance. It uses a database of requirements by device, country, and agency necessary for licensing and marketing. Further databases include the compliance documents themselves, provided by given users concerning given devices. Still further databases include lists of domain experts, who may be called upon to review and edit these compliance documents. Expert systems running on a server associated with the system and method herein disclosed guide the user along the route to reaching compliance by means of aiding classification, prompting for missing documents, suggesting workarounds, submitting documents and payments automatically, and the like. Regulatory agencies may be given access to parts of the databases of the system and method herein disclosed to allow them to peruse and evaluate the compliance documents.

Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for supporting a virtual forwarding database in response to telecommunications network service demands and standard Media Access Control learning processes to support an overall forwarding database greater than the size supported in hardware. An example embodiment of the present invention provides a possible solution or workaround for certain hardware platforms that limit the total number of forwarding entries that are currently available. This is done by creating a virtual forwarding database that may be maintained in local random access memory and not in the switch(es)/network processors' forwarding database. As such, a traffic module (e.g., application code/processor or central processing unit) may continuously update a virtual forwarding database along with a dedicated forwarding database based on the reception of external data, which includes, but is not limited to, any combination of the following: IPTV joins/leaves, new/unknown packets, and known packets.

A method and apparatus are disclosed for predicting the failure of a functional element of an integrated circuit during operation. The method includes determining whether the functional element of the integrated circuit device is in an idle cycle, performing a stress test of the functional element while the functional element is in the idle cycle, and indicating that the functional element, if it fails the stress test, is a potential future failing element. The stress test can include simultaneously providing a margining test voltage and a stress clock signal to the functional element. The stress test is performed in the background, during continuous operation of the integrated circuit device, such that normal operation of the integrated circuit device is not interrupted. Thereby, the method and apparatus of the present invention allows for failure prediction in a device before it happens, allowing for planned outages or workarounds and avoiding system downtime for unplanned repairs.

A method and apparatus are disclosed for predicting the failure of a functional element of an integrated circuit during operation. The method includes determining whether the functional element of the integrated circuit device is in an idle cycle, elevating the temperature of the functional element above a normal operating temperature, performing a stress test of the functional element while the functional element is in the idle cycle, and indicating that the functional element, if it fails the stress test, is a potential future failing element. The stress test can include simultaneously providing a margining test voltage and a stress clock signal to the functional element while the temperature is elevated or at a normal operating temperature. The stress test is performed in the background, during continuous operation of the integrated circuit device, such that normal operation of the integrated circuit device is not interrupted. Thereby, the method and apparatus of the present invention allows for failure prediction in a device before it happens, allowing for planned outages or workarounds and avoiding system downtime for unplanned repairs.

A method, information processing system, and processor work around a processing flaw in a processor. At least one instruction is fetched from a memory location. The at least one instruction is decoded. An opcode compare operation is compared with the at least one instruction and a set of values within at least one opcode compare register in response to the decoding. The instruction is marked with a pattern based on the opcode compare operation. The pattern indicates that the instruction is associated with a processing flaw.

The invention discloses a posterior probability tag collision solution for an RFID system. The RFID system of the method consists of one reader and a plurality of tags in the coverage of the reader. The reader sends a frame length querying command, and then executes the corresponding operation when the tags receive the command. The label has five states: an initial state, a preparation state, an ID transmission state, a data processing state and a silent state. The state change of the tags is executed through a counter according to a current time slot state, and the reader adjusts the frame length according to the states of the former three time slots in each frame, thereby avoiding the excessive time slots and collision time slots in the frame time slot, avoiding the collision between the large-scale tags, and reducing the impact on the recognition efficiency from a capturing effect. The method can effectively solve a problem of multi-tag collision in the RFID communication system when being used for the collision between a plurality of RFID tags, and improves the recognition rate of a system for the tags.

The invention discloses a method for solving a phishing attack of an Android platform. The method comprises the steps of classifying a mobile phone application except for a system application into a plurality types of protection applications by a user according to the safe and sensitive degree; when the user starts one application, firstly judging whether one protected application is started by the system, starting a recognition and interception module according to the judgment result and the category of a to-be-started application and determining whether the application is permitted to be started, if so, carrying out identity recognition on the application, arranging a protective flag bit according to the category of the application, and determining whether the application is protected by the system according to the protective flag bit. According to the method, the recognition and interception module is additionally arranged to an application management system (AMS) of a system framework layer, so that the problem that as the application layer cannot intervene with the AMS flow, the phishing application cannot be intercepted is solved; meanwhile, a multi-level protection scheme is provided for the user to customize; the safety of the mobile phone during use of the user is effectively ensured.

An LRU with protection method is provided that offers substantial performance benefits over traditional LRU replacement methods by providing solutions to common problems with traditional LRU replacement. By dividing a cache entry list into a filter sublist and a reuse list, population and protection processes can be implemented to reduce associativity and capacity displacement. New cache entries are initially stored in the filter list, and the reuse list is populated with entries promoted from the cache list. Eviction from the filter list and reuse list is done by a protection process that evicts a data entry from the filter, reuse, or global cache list. Many variations of protection and eviction processes are discussed herein, along with the benefits each provides in reducing the effect of unwanted displacement problems present in traditional LRU replacement.

The present invention provides a memory and a redundancy replacement method thereof. The redundancy replacement method includes: detecting a working unit that fails to read data; adjusting the matching coefficient of the sense amplifier according to the average output bit line current of each working unit; Re-detect whether the data reading of each working unit is invalid; when the data reading of the working unit is still invalid, use the redundant unit to replace the failed working unit at the same location. The invention can self-adaptively adjust the matching coefficient of the sense amplifier according to different output bit line currents of the memory cells, and replace the failed memory cells by means of redundant replacement, thereby prolonging the service life of the memory.

Methods and systems for fast Ethernet controller operation using a virtual CPU are disclosed and may comprise controlling an on-chip Ethernet controller utilizing a virtual CPU comprising a microcode engine that loads a single instruction and executes the instruction prior to loading or executing a subsequent instruction. The instructions may be fetched by the virtual CPU from an external non-volatile memory or on-chip ROM. The virtual CPU may initialize the Ethernet controller and provide patches for supporting hardware workarounds, wake on LAN service, and vital production data such as serial number, product name, manufacturer and related manufacturing data. The virtual CPU may power down the Ethernet controller and may be halted via a particular command and procedure.

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a classification engine that classifies freelancers in one of a plurality of categories. The classification engine captures data to perform a first classification evaluation of each engaged freelancer. The first classification evaluation is used to drive different levels of onboarding to ensure appropriate onboarding tasks are completed for each engaged freelancer before the freelancer starts work for a client. Depending on the level of onboarding, the classification engine either uses the first classification evaluation to make a determination regarding the classification of the freelancer or captures additional data to perform a second classification evaluation to make the determination. The classification engine eliminates delays, manual workarounds and helps scale work with enterprise clients.