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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2001
Maurice J. Ouellette, North Berwick, ME (US);
Gregory P. Lavoie, Bristol, CT (US);
Robert E. Lee, Jr., Dover, NH (US);
Virginia H. Zinkowski, E. Kingston, NH (US);
Larry A. Schmidt, Rochester, NH (US);
Kenneth P. Lizotte, Nottingham, NH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for creating a secure program history log for a programmable device including a microprocessor, at least one communications port for communicating with the microprocessor and at least one memory device electrically connected to the microprocessor. The memory device includes a program history log, and the method includes communicating program parameters to the microprocessor, creating a log entry utilizing the microprocessor and the program parameters, and writing the log entry into the program history log utilizing the microprocessor.