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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:
Sep. 15, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 10, 2012
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Wael R. El-Essawy, Austin, TX (US);

Alexandre P. Ferreira, Austin, TX (US);

Thomas W. Keller, Jr., Austin, TX (US);

Sani R. Nassif, Austin, TX (US);

Karthick Rajamani, Austin, TX (US);

Juan C. Rubio, Austin, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G06Q 10/00 (2012.01); G06F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/00 (2013.01); G06F 1/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A mechanism is provided for statistical determination of power circuit connectivity based on signal detection in a circuit. Signal data from the circuit gathered and a determination is made as to whether a signal of interest is present in the gathered signal data from the circuit using a statistical analysis of the gathered signal data. The statistical analysis comprises using a mean current value and statistical deviation of the current value of the signal data over a predetermined period of time to compute a confidence range. The confidence range is compared to a first threshold and a second threshold. A determination is made that the signal is present in response to the confidence range being above the first threshold. A determination is made that the signal is not present in response to the confidence range being below the second threshold.


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