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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2008
Applicants:
Barry P. Gower, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Daniel S. Gritter, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Inventors:
Barry P. Gower, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Daniel S. Gritter, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
One process of a processing environment maintains state on behalf of another process of the processing environment, and uses that state to determine if a problem exists with the another process. The one process is a non-volatile process, while the another process is a volatile process.