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Monitoring a monitoring-target process

  • US 10,068,015 B2
  • Filed: 10/14/2014
  • Issued: 09/04/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for preventing erroneous error detection in a computer in conjunction with monitoring a monitoring-target process in the computer, said method comprising:

  • said computer searching a monitoring-condition registry for a monitoring condition record that controls implementation of the monitoring-target process, said searching comprising using a process label as a search key for said searching, said process label uniquely identifying the monitoring-target process, said monitoring-condition registry being a file or database stored in a data storage device in the computer;

    said computer determining from said searching that the monitoring condition record is stored in the monitoring-condition registry and in response said computer deleting the monitoring condition record from the monitoring-condition registry;

    after said deleting the monitoring condition record, said computer determining the monitoring conditions controlling implementation of the monitoring-target process;

    after said determining the monitoring conditions, said computer generating the monitoring condition record that includes the determined monitoring conditions;

    after said generating the monitoring condition record, said computer storing the monitoring condition record in the monitoring-condition registry;

    said computer determining that a current time is not within a non-monitoring time period specified in a non-monitoring time period schedule stored in the monitoring condition record, said non-monitoring time period denoting an interval of time during which the monitoring-target process is not permitted to be monitored;

    after said determining that the current time is not within the non-monitoring time period specified in the non-monitoring time period schedule, said computer ascertaining a current operating state of the monitoring-target process; and

    after said ascertaining the current operating state;

    said computer deleting the monitoring-condition record from the monitoring-condition registry;

    said computer determining that the monitoring-target process is in operation; and

    said computer stopping the monitoring-target process in response to said determining that the monitoring-target process is in operation and after said deleting the monitoring-condition record, wherein said stopping the monitoring-target process after said deleting the monitoring-condition record prevents a risk of erroneously detecting that a non-operating state of the monitoring-target process in the computer is abnormal after said stopping the monitoring-target process.

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