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Processing device management system

  • US 20050138517A1
  • Filed: 02/06/2004
  • Published: 06/23/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for use by individual processing devices of a group of networked processing devices, for managing operational failure occurrences in devices of said group, comprising:

  • an interface processor for maintaining transition information identifying a second processing device for taking over execution of tasks of a first processing device in response to an operational failure of said first processing device and for updating said transition information in response to a change in transition information occurring in another processing device of said group;

    an operation detector for detecting an operational failure of said first processing device; and

    a failure controller for initiating execution, by said second processing device, of tasks designated to be performed by said first processing device in response to detection of an operational failure of said first processing device.

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