Patents by Inventor Gerald B. Kelly

Gerald B. Kelly has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Fault recovery for real-time, multi-tasking computer system
    Patent number: 7971095
    Abstract: System and methods for providing a recoverable real time multi-tasking computer system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system comprises a real time computing environment, wherein the real time computing environment is adapted to execute one or more applications and wherein each application is time and space partitioned. The system further comprises a fault detection system adapted to detect one or more faults affecting the real time computing environment and a fault recovery system, wherein upon the detection of a fault the fault recovery system is adapted to restore a backup set of state variables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Hess, Gerald B. Kelly, Randy Rogers, Kent A. Stange