Failure mode identification and reporting

US9104561B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Tarkan Sevilmis · Redmond, US
• Arshish Kapadia · Issaquah, US
• Maxim Lukiyanov · Kirkland, US
• Tittu Jose · Sammamish, US
• Gheorghita Irimescu · Sammamish, US
• Janak Madhusudan Agarwal · Redmond, US
• Stephen J. Clark · Prosper, US
• Hardik Shah · Thane, IN
• Sreekanth Lingannapeta · Redmond, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 13, 2012
• Grant date: Aug 11, 2015
• Expiry date: Mar 10, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F16/2455
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

When a software component is starting (305), such as but not limited to a task or a subtask, the component pushes (310) its identification (ID) onto a stack. The component then executes (315) its other instructions. If the component completes its instructions so that it can terminate normally (320), then it pops (325) the stack, which removes its ID from the stack. If the component fails, such as by not being able to complete its instructions, then it will not be able to pop the stack so its ID will remain in the stack. Another software process can then read the IDs in the stack to identify (330) which components have failed and can automatically take a specified action (335), such as by sending an email message to, sending a text message to, or calling by telephone, a person or persons responsible for that software component.