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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rodman King, Fremont, CA (US);
Carl Strickland, Saratoga, CA (US);
Gerald A Smith, Belmont, CA (US);
Elaine Hamada, San Jose, CA (US);
Charles H Jolissaint, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Rolm Company, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395650 ; 395200 ; 364D / ; 364919 ; 36493143 ; 364960 ;
Abstract
Method for centralized monitoring of activity in a distributed processing system which permits a monitor to decipher the relative time sequence of events which occur in the distributed processing system. The method includes the step of generating information which can be used to decipher the relative time sequence of events, which information is appended to activity status messages, and the step of transmitting this information, along with the activity status messages, to the monitor.