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US 2008/0189579 A1Published application
Method and System for a Process Monitor Using a Hardware Communication Format
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorHao Zhou
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Abstract
A method and system for a process monitor using a hardware communication format is described. The system includes a process monitor and a hardware device to send and/or receive messages in a hardware communication format to a management server. Hardware communication formatted messages are sent to a management server when an unexpected event occurs with the processes running on the system. The management server may respond with a command to perform an action on the system.
Claims22
A method comprising:
- monitoring one or more processes on an operating system;
- and
- sending a message to a management server when an unexpected event occurs, wherein the message is in a hardware communication format.
An apparatus comprising:
- a process monitor to check one or more processes on an operating system;
- and
- a hardware device coupled to the process monitor to send messages to and receive messages from a management server and to execute commands, wherein the messages are in a hardware communication format.
An article of manufacture comprising:
- a machine accessible medium including content that when accessed by a machine causes the machine to perform operations including:
- monitoring one or more processes via a process monitor;
- and
- sending periodic messages to a management server to provide a status of the process monitor, wherein each message is in a hardware communication format.
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A system comprising:
- a management server;
- and
- a client apparatus communicatively coupled to the management server, the client apparatus including:
- a process monitor to check one or more processes on the client apparatus;
- and
- a hardware device coupled to the process monitor to maintain the process monitor and to send periodic messages to the management server to provide a status of the process monitor, wherein the messages are in a hardware communication format.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.