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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard N Taylor, Congleton, GB;
Assignee:
International Computers Limited, Putney, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
39518209 ; 364D / ; 364D / ; 364264 ; 364265 ; 364266 ; 364267 ; 3642677 ; 364268 ; 3642681 ; 36494461 ; 3649449 ; 3649454 ; 3649439 ; 36494391 ;
Abstract
A computer system comprises a number of replicated units. At least two of the units include monitoring components for monitoring the status of the system. The monitoring components communicate with each other to exchange status information, so as to enable both of the monitoring components to form a combined view of the status of the system, based on information gathered by both of the monitoring components. This enables each monitoring component to locate faults more precisely, and thus enables more appropriate recovery action to be taken.