The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1998
John Timothy O'Brien, Louisville, CO (US);
David G Hostetter, Boulder, CO (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for providing a trusted machine state in a data processing system is disclosed. The data processing system includes a memory. The trusted machine state is stored in a first portion of the memory. The method and system include saving the trusted machine state in a second portion of the memory and reinitializing a portion of the memory. The portion of memory is separate from the second of memory. The method and system further include restoring the trusted machine state in the memory. According to the method and system disclosed herein, the data processing system may recover from failures and resume operation. Moreover, a non-disruptive code load, in which a new program can be loaded without disrupting system operations, may be performed.