Appeal No. 2002-1282
Application No. 08/778,459
being directed to allowable subject matter and are no longer
before us on appeal.
The invention is directed to automated failure recovery in a
computer system. A monitor monitors a registered component of
the computer system and performs failure recovery services when
the registered component’s failure is detected by a closing of a
connection between the registered component and the system
monitor.
Representative independent claim 28 is reproduced as
follows:
28. An apparatus for failure recovery, comprising a system
monitor, executed by a computer, for registering at least one
component executed by a computer for failure recovery services
performed by the system monitor, wherein the system monitor
monitors the registered component via a connection between the
registered component and the system monitor, and the system
monitor performs the failure recovery services when the
registered component’s termination is detected by a closing of
the connection.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Fulton III et al. (Fulton) 5,715,386 Feb. 3, 1998
(filed May 1, 1996)
Claims 28-33, 35, 38-46, 48, 49, 51-59 and 61-66 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Fulton.
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