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Method for mutual monitoring of components of a distributed computer system

  • US 7,269,762 B2
  • Filed: 05/28/2003
  • Issued: 09/11/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for mutual monitoring of components of a distributed computer system for a safety-relevant application in a motor vehicle, the components being interconnected by at least one communication system, comprising:

  • performing, in each of a plurality of components of the computer system, an internal monitoring function which detects faults the component, and a mutual monitoring function, which performs a mutual check on results which have been determined by the plurality of components and makes a majority selection from the results of the mutual monitoring; and

    determining whether there is a fault in a monitored component as a function of both a result of the internal monitoring function and the results of the mutual monitoring functions.

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