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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2007

Filed:

Aug. 11, 2003
Applicants:

Jianyu Zheng, San Jose, CA (US);

James Lin, Fremont, CA (US);

Michael Chang, San Jose, CA (US);

Hsin-jung Huang, Milpitas, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jianyu Zheng, San Jose, CA (US);

James Lin, Fremont, CA (US);

Michael Chang, San Jose, CA (US);

Hsin-jung Huang, Milpitas, CA (US);

Assignees:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Sony Electronics Inc., Parkridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention includes a method, apparatus and graphical user interface (GUI) that allows a simple, precise, thorough, automatic and interactive diagnostic system for electronic devices. The present invention fully automates every test item, as a memory device including the diagnostic test items is inserted into the electronic device and is configured to automatically begin the diagnostic method. The present invention allows for interactive diagnostic analysis and a user is able to automatically repair many of the defects detected by the diagnostic method.


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