Appeal No. 97-0280
Application 08/192,839
and the majority voting circuit will select the output
corresponding to these two outputs for transmission to the output
terminal 8. In column 2, line 61, through column 4, line 7,
Steven discloses an isolating circuit 20 that detects a processor
which is producing erroneous outputs at a rate above a first
predetermined level and then produces an alarm signal or isolates
the processor from the processing arrangement. Therefore,
Stevens provides a simple method of isolating the source of
errors.
On the other hand, Dooley teaches a highly complex signature
detecting system for isolating source of correctable errors in a
computer system. In column 1, lines 57-62, Dooley teaches that
their invention is concerned with maintenance of a computer
system constructed of a large number of field replaceable units.
Examples of these field replaceable units are edge-connected
circuit boards, quick-disconnect cables, rack-mounted replacement
boxes and other easily-replaceable components. Dooley teaches in
column 5, lines 15-20, that the system provides a signature
collection and analysis method which helps field engineers to
make more intelligent decisions regarding which field replaceable
units is most likely to be responsible for causing an unusual
high number of self-correctable errors. We note that Dooley is
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