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Screening methodology for operating system error reporting

  • US 6,098,181 A
  • Filed: 04/10/1997
  • Issued: 08/01/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/10/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for monitoring selected computer resources in a computer system, said method comprising:

  • scanning resource measurements taken from selected ones of said computer resources;

    detecting a number of continuing failures of one of said computer resources;

    determining that said number of continuing failures meets or exceeds a predetermined failure repetition constant; and

    notifying an operating system of said detected continuing failures only after said number of failures meets or exceeds said predetermined repetition constant, whereby said operating system is not interrupted by mere spurious failure detections of selectively monitored computer resources.

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