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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2022
Hitachi High-tech Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi High-Tech Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention addresses the problem of inferring the cause of a fault in a distributed system configured from a plurality of distributed devices. A distributed system configured from a plurality of distributed devices capable of communicating over a communication channel, wherein each of the distributed devices has: a communication port for receiving a communication signal from another distributed device; a storage unit for storing device information which expresses properties of the distributed system; and an inspection unit for detecting a communication error via the communication signal, indicating said communication error, and inferring the cause of the communication error by comparing the device information with the communication error information, which includes the time when the communication error occurred, the communication error type and the place where the communication error was detected.