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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2007
Manuel I. Rodriguez, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
James E. Lafferty, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Edward R. Prado, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Jamal Haque, Tampa, FL (US);
Keith A. Souders, Tampa, FL (US);
Manuel I. Rodriguez, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
James E. Lafferty, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Edward R. Prado, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Jamal Haque, Tampa, FL (US);
Keith A. Souders, Tampa, FL (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system comprises at least one non-hardened processor configured to run a plurality of mission related processes; at least one threat detector configured to detect one or more conditions which indicate the onset of a threat to the operation of the at least one non-hardened processor; and at least one hardened processor configured to elevate at least one health monitoring process of the at least one non-hardened processor from a background process to a foreground process when the at least one threat detector detects a condition indicating the onset of a threat, wherein the at least one hardened processor manages the operation of the at least one non-hardened processor based on the results of the at least one health monitoring process.