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Monitoring method for recognizing endless loops and blocked processes in a computer system using task state comparisons

US6269478A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Dagmar Lautenbach-Lampe · Munich, DE
Johannes Wollenweber · Penzberg, DE
Mark Clark · Hersbruck, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 22, 1998
Grant date	Jul 31, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 22, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F11/0715
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The specified monitoring program enables the recognition of endless loops or blocked processes in a computer system, in particular in a telecommunication switching system. When such software errors are recognized, error indices can be collected and stored, which enable a later error analysis and removal. The endless loops or, respectively, blocked processes can also be reset in a suitable way, so that no negative effects on other processes result.

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