Checkpoint restart system and method
US7634687B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 13, 2005 |
| Grant date | Dec 15, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 26, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/0706
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The subject invention pertains to a systems and methods of restarting programs upon failure. In particular, the systems and methods provide for generation of a checkpoint component including program execution status or completion data as well as state. This checkpoint component can then be employed by an execution engine to restart the program at a point in time captured by the checkpoint component. According to one specific aspect of the invention, these systems and methods can be applied to a workflow system to facilitate restarting a workflow package or process described thereby.
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