Patent ID: 8949404
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: a compression logic configured to receive a digital video stream from a video adapter associated with a computer with a display, to compress the digital video stream into a compressed digital video data, and to make the compressed digital video data available to a downstream component; a control logic configured to detect that the computer has entered a failure state due to an unrecoverable error that will cause the computer to automatically self-reboot a pre-defined period of time after entering the failure state and to detect a signal that identifies when the self-reboot will occur, the control logic configured to generate an interrupt prior to the self-reboot in response to entering the failure state, the pre-defined period of time being controlled, at least in part, by a watchdog timer associated with the computer; a management processor configured, in response to detecting the interrupt, to control the computer to perform a screen refresh of the display and to display a graphical post-failure screen upon determining that the computer is in the failure state and before the self-reboot has occurred, the graphical post-failure screen comprising a graphical representation that includes information about the failure state of the computer; a memory operably connected to the compression logic and the control logic, the memory being configured to store data corresponding to the graphical post-failure screen generated by the computer after entering the failure state and before the self-reboot has occurred, the graphical post-failure screen being available in the compressed digital video data, the memory being configured to retain the data corresponding to the graphical post-failure screen independent of the computer self-rebooting; and the computer being configured to provide an output based on the data corresponding to the graphical post-failure screen upon entering a failure state and then to self-reset.