The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2013
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Lu Xun, Redmond, WA (US);
Mihail Gavril Tarta, Sammamish, WA (US);
Yang Li, Redmond, WA (US);
Gopala Krishna R. Kakivaya, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Detecting failures of interconnected machines. A method includes establishing a machine to machine lease at a first machine using a first lease agent at the first machine to a second lease agent at a second machine as a result of an application on the first machine requesting to establish a lease with an application on the second machine. Using the machine to machine lease, the method further includes detecting a communication failure between the first machine and the second machine or a machine failure of the second machine.