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Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013

Filed:

May. 30, 2008
Applicants:

Mark Linus Bauman, Rochester, MN (US);

Paul Richard Chmielewski, Rochester, MN (US);

Christopher Thomas Gloe, Rochester, MN (US);

Dawn Marie May, Mantorville, MN (US);

Jay Robert Weeks, Cambridge, IA (US);

Inventors:

Mark Linus Bauman, Rochester, MN (US);

Paul Richard Chmielewski, Rochester, MN (US);

Christopher Thomas Gloe, Rochester, MN (US);

Dawn Marie May, Mantorville, MN (US);

Jay Robert Weeks, Cambridge, IA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method, apparatus and computer readable medium is provided for tracking processes using a socket object. The processes are utilized to execute an application program. Initially, a process list for the socket object is created, such that the process list contains a process identifier for a first process using the socket object. If a second process is using the socket object, the process list is updated to include the process identifier for the second process.


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