Patents by Inventor Thomas J. Menart

Thomas J. Menart 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 isolation system and method
    Patent number: 7895471
    Abstract: A mechanism for isolating failures in a digital system is provided. In one embodiment, a fault table is defined for each unit in the system. Related faults are ordered within the table to reflect the time-order in which the faults would be activated during operation of the associated unit. When multiple related faults are reported for a given unit in the system, the fault that is first located when a linear search of the corresponding fault table is conducted is considered the source of the failure within the unit. If faults are reported for multiple units, the source of the failure for the system is identified using at least one of primary and second priority values assigned to the faults, timestamps obtained when the faults are reported, and an order in which the faults are logged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Unisys Corporation
    Inventors: Lewis A. Boone, Thomas J. Menart, John A. Miller, Brett W. Tucker
  • Fault isolation system and method
    Patent number: 7613949
    Abstract: A mechanism for isolating failures in a digital system is provided. In one embodiment, a fault table is defined for each unit in the system. Related faults are ordered within the table to reflect the time-order in which the faults would be activated during operation of the associated unit. When multiple related faults are reported for a given unit in the system, the fault that is first located when a linear search of the corresponding fault table is conducted is considered the source of the failure within the unit. If faults are reported for multiple units, the source of the failure for the system is identified using at least one of primary and second priority values assigned to the faults, timestamps obtained when the faults are reported, and an order in which the faults are logged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Inventors: Lewis A. Boone, Thomas J. Menart, John A. Miller, Brett W. Tucker
  • FAULT ISOLATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20090210747
    Abstract: A mechanism for isolating failures in a digital system is provided. In one embodiment, a fault table is defined for each unit in the system. Related faults are ordered within the table to reflect the time-order in which the faults would be activated during operation of the associated unit. When multiple related faults are reported for a given unit in the system, the fault that is first located when a linear search of the corresponding fault table is conducted is considered the source of the failure within the unit. If faults are reported for multiple units, the source of the failure for the system is identified using at least one of primary and second priority values assigned to the faults, timestamps obtained when the faults are reported, and an order in which the faults are logged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: Lewis A. Boone, Thomas J. Menart, John A. Miller, Brett W. Tucker