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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 27, 2012
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Nikolaus K. Brauer, Austin, TX (US);

Kenneth E. Brunsen, Nashua, NH (US);

Daniel C. Gurney, Worcester, MA (US);

Russell L. Holden, Boxborough, MA (US);

Michael J. Kerrigan, Salem, NH (US);

Michael I. Killoran, Westford, MA (US);

Peter O. Mierswa, Sterling, MA (US);

Chester E. Ryder, III, Dracut, MA (US);

Vinod R. Seraphin, Westford, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/07 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/004 (2013.01); G06F 11/0709 (2013.01); G06F 11/079 (2013.01); H04L 41/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A request is received by a first computer. The first computer delegates the first request to a second computer. The second computer attempts to process the first request and identifies an imminent fault as a result of the attempt. The second computer sends a message to the first computer indicating an imminent fault as a result of the attempted processing of the first request. The first computer sends a message to a third computer indicating that a second request matching the first request should not be processed.


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