Application error recovery using solution database

• US 20050038832A1
• Filed: 08/14/2003
• Published: 02/17/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Feigenbaum, Lee
• Application Number:
  US10/640,979
• Publication Number:
  US 20050038832A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0748 in a remote unit communicating with a single-box computer node experiencing an error/fault remote testing G06F11/2294
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0793 Remedial or corrective actions recovery from an exception in an instruction pipeline G06F9/3861; by retry G06F11/1402; for recovering from a failure of a protocol instance or entity H04L69/40

Abstract

A system, method and computer readable medium for performing error recovery for an application is disclosed. The method on a computer includes capturing an error in the execution of the application, wherein information is associated with the error and generating an identifier for the error based on the information associated with the error. The method further includes generating a message for a third party, the message including the identifier, and sending the message to the third party. The method further includes receiving the solution from the third party and applying the solution to the application so as to cure the error, if the third party finds a solution to the error based on the identifier.

Claims

1. A method on a computer for performing error recovery for an application, the method comprising:

capturing an error in the execution of the application, wherein information is associated with the error;

generating an identifier for the error based on the information associated with the error;

generating a message for a third party, the message including the identifier;

sending the message to the third party; and

if the third party finds a solution to the error based on the identifier, receiving the solution from the third party and applying the solution to the application so as to cure the error.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

if the third party does not find a solution to the error based on the identifier, displaying a user message indicating the existence of the error.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the application requires a managed runtime to execute.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the information associated with the error includes at least one of:

a name of a file that includes source code comprising the application;

a line number of the source code that caused the error;

a description of the error;

a code associated with the type of the error; and

a description of the source code that caused the error.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the identifier comprises a unique identifier.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the message is any one of:

a TCP/IP message;

an HTTP message;

an SMTP message; and

a UDP message.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the third party is any one of:

a web site external to a network of the computer;

a server on a network external to the network of the computer;

a server on the network of the computer; and

another computer on the network of the computer.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the solution is any one of:

a patch;

an upgrade;

an update;

a data file;

a source code file;

an executable file; and

a script file.

9. A computer readable medium comprising computer instructions on a computer for performing error recovery for an application, the computer instructions including instructions for:

capturing an error in the execution of the application, wherein information is associated with the error;

generating an identifier for the error based on the information associated with the error;

generating a message for a third party, the message including the identifier;

sending the message to the third party; and

if the third party finds a solution to the error based on the identifier, receiving the solution from the third party and applying the solution to the application so as to cure the error.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 9, further comprising computer instructions for:

if the third party does not find a solution to the error based on the identifier, displaying a user message indicating the existence of the error.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the application requires a managed runtime to execute.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the information associated with the error includes at least one of:

a name of a file that includes source code comprising the application;

a line number of the source code that caused the error;

a description of the error;

a code associated with the type of the error; and

a description of the source code that caused the error.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the identifier comprises a unique identifier.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the message is any one of:

a TCP/IP message;

an HTTP message;

an SMTP message; and

a UDP message.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein the third party is any one of:

a web site external to a network of the computer;

a server on a network external to the network of the computer;

a server on the network of the computer; and

another computer on the network of the computer.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the solution is any one of:

a patch;

an upgrade;

an update;

a data file;

a source code file;

an executable file; and

a script file.

17. A computer system for performing error recovery for an application, comprising:

an error capture module for capturing an error in the execution of the application, wherein information is associated with the error;

a unique identifier for the error based on the information associated with the error;

a message for a third party, the message including the identifier;

a transmitter for sending the message to the third party; and

a receiver for receiving the solution from the third party if the third party finds a solution to the error based on the identifier; and

an application modification module for applying the solution to the application so as to cure the error.

18. The computer system of claim 17, further comprising:

a user interface for displaying a user message indicating the existence of the error when the third party does not find a solution to the error based on the identifier.

19. The computer system of claim 17, wherein the application requires a managed runtime to execute.

20. The computer system of claim 19, wherein the third party is any one of:

a web site external to a network of the computer;

a server on a network external to the network of the computer;

a server on the network of the computer; and

another computer on the network of the computer.