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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2008
Robert B. Groves, Manassas, VA (US);
Richard A. Allshouse, Manassas, VA (US);
Michael Lamana, Warrenton, VA (US);
Robert B. Groves, Manassas, VA (US);
Richard A. Allshouse, Manassas, VA (US);
Michael Lamana, Warrenton, VA (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A mechanism for maintaining configuration or other vital data outside of source code is disclosed. In accordance with the illustrative embodiment of the present invention, a data manager software component serves as an interface between an external configuration data store and one or more applications, processes, and threads. In contrast with techniques of the prior art, the illustrative embodiment does not suffer from the risk of undetected corruption of vital data, and therefore is especially advantageous in safety-critical systems.