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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2010
Applicant:
Kevin Patrick Lavery, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Inventor:
Kevin Patrick Lavery, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A time-out period is established for a watchdog timer. The time-out period is restarted each time a designated key value is received when each key value is received in a proper sequence. An error is indicated if set of key values is received in an incorrect sequence. A time-out is indicated if a correct sequence of key values is not received within the time-out period.