Patent ID: 8286061
Filing Date: 2012-10-09
Classification: H03M

Abstract:
1. A computer program product for performing error detection, the computer program product comprising: a tangible non-transitory storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising: receiving formatted decimal data in a first format, the formatted decimal data consisting of any one of a densely packed decimal (DPD) format data or a binary coded decimal (BCD) format data; generating one or more first parity bits, the generating comprising converting the received data into a second format of the formatted decimal data, the second format being a format other than the first format, and determining parity of the data in the second format; generating one or more second parity bits directly from the received data in the first format; comparing the first parity bits to the second parity bits; and setting an error flag to indicate an error in the data in the second format in response to the first parity bits not being equal to the second parity bits.