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:
Jan. 30, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2003
Sheldon Ray Bailey, Rochester, MN (US);
Wayne Allan Britson, Rochester, MN (US);
Alongkorn Kitamorn, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Alan Kobler, Rochester, MN (US);
Sheldon Ray Bailey, Rochester, MN (US);
Wayne Allan Britson, Rochester, MN (US);
Alongkorn Kitamorn, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Alan Kobler, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions in a data processing system for managing clocks. The functionality of clock sources in the data processing system is verified to identify a set of valid clock sources in response to beginning an initial load process. Hardware is initialized in the data processing system using a valid clock source from the set of valid clock sources.