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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter D. Rail, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Electronic Data Systems Corporation, Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 ;
Abstract
A maintenance system (,) is provided for maintaining applications (,) in a computer system. The maintenance system (,) includes a database (,) which stores a check-in entry (,) associated with an application (,) and configuration information (40). A processor (,), coupled to the database (,), determines whether a check-in time for the application (,) associated with the check-in entry (,) is later than a specified time. If such is the case, then the processor (,) deactivates the application (,). The processor (,) also functions to start the application (,) associated with the check-in entry (,) if the application (,) is not running.