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Method of handling errors in software    
United States Patent5153881   
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Inventor(s)Bruckert; William F. (Northboro, MA); Bissett; Thomas D. (Derry, NH); Melvin; James (Bolton, MA)
AbstractHardware error processing is undertaken to analyze the source of the error and to preserve sufficient information to allow later software error processing. The hardware error processing also allows, for certain errors, complete recovery without interruption of the sequence of instruction execution.



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Inventor     Bruckert; William F. (Northboro, MA); Bissett; Thomas D. (Derry, NH); Melvin; James (Bolton, MA)
Owner/Assignee     Digital Equipment Corporation (Maynard, MA)
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Publication Date     October 6, 1992
Application Number     07/388,041
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Filing Date     August 1, 1989
US Classification     714/10
Int'l Classification     G06F 011/20 G06F 007/04
Examiner     Atkinson; Charles E.
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Attorney/Law Firm     Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett, and Dunner
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USPTO Field of Search     371/9.1 371/11.3 371/12 371/68.3 371/16.1 364/266.4 364/266.5 364/267.6 364/268.4 364/268.9 364/269.2
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