Method and apparatus for monitoring computer system objects to improve system reliability
US6594774B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 7, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jul 15, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 7, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/366
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Computer system reliability is improved using various techniques to monitor objects (e.g., processes, threads, DLLs, etc.) executing on the system. Such techniques include active techniques, in which information is continually communicated from the object to the monitor, and passive techniques, in which the object does not need to repeatedly provide information to the monitor. The monitor determines when an object in the computer system has failed, and initiates appropriate recovery action when such a failure is detected.
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