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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2011
Tristan A. Davis, Redmond, WA (US);
Andrew Kenneth Bishop, Bothell, WA (US);
Clifford Jeffrey Cruzan, Snohomish, WA (US);
Tristan A. Davis, Redmond, WA (US);
Andrew Kenneth Bishop, Bothell, WA (US);
Clifford Jeffrey Cruzan, Snohomish, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A service is used to process files. The processing of the files is performed by worker services that are assigned to process a portion of the files. Each worker service that is processing a portion of the files is assigned a unique identifier. Using the identifier information, the set of worker services currently active are monitored along with the work assigned to each process. When a worker server determines that a worker service has failed, the work assigned to the failed worker service can be automatically determined and a new worker service can be started to process that work. Any new worker service that is started is assigned a unique identifier, so the work assigned to it can be similarly tracked.