HARDWARE FOR VERIFYING THAT SOFTWARE HAS NOT SKIPPED A PERDETERMINED AMOUNT OF CODE
Patent №
US 5,758,060
Granted
1998-05-26
Filed 1996
Owner
DALLAS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Lab
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AI components
2
planning · hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
08611037
A hardware circuit for verifying the execution of software is disclosed wherein the circuit compares a stored value with another value that is stored at at least one predetermined time in the course of program execution. If the two values correspond in some predetermined fashion then it is verified with a level of certainty that the program executed the program steps at or near the predetermined times.
AI classification
Ownership
DALLAS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
assignment · 81630523
Assignors
LITTLE, WENDELL L., ADAMS, MATTHEW K., BUNSEY, DAVID A., JR.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.