Method and apparatus for detecting process failure
US7733774B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 7, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jun 8, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 31, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/16
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for monitoring a process to determine when an abnormal process exit occurs comprising monitoring events related to the process and detecting a communication connection closing without receiving a notification of an exit event for the process. On detection of an abnormal exit of a process associated with the communication connection, the method and apparatus provide special failover processing including, for example, a TCP connection failover process.
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