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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:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Eloi Ricordel, Le Mans, FR;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/5177 ; G06F 1/26 ; H04B 1/38 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/5177 ; G06F 1/26 ; H04B 1/38 ;
Abstract
This apparatus comprises a battery ( ) for supplying a voltage to the apparatus, a power cut detecting circuit ( ) for detecting cuts of this supply voltage, a random-access memory ( ) fed by this battery ( ). A processor ( ) loads this data memory. To avoid this memory being reloaded after a very brief electric power cut of the battery, its integrity is tested. If its contents have remained intact, there is no need for it to be reloaded.