IP Library Granted Patent US 7,461,289
Granted Patent B2
US 7,461,289 · App. 11/377,740 · Granted Dec 2, 2008

System and method for computer service security

Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,461,289
App. No.
11/377,740
Granted
Dec 2, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an embodiment, a computer-based service security system receives a communication such as a query. The system processes that query in a server, which may be referred to as a lead server, and creates a plurality of copies of that lead server. The query is transferred to the plurality of copies of the lead server when the query did not cause a problem in the lead server. The query is transferred to a learning server when the query caused a problem in the lead server. The lead server is replaced by one of the copies of the lead server when the query caused a problem on the lead server.

Claims (39)

1. A method comprising:

creating a plurality of copies of a first server in a system;

receiving a communication into said system;

processing said communication in said first server;

transferring said communication to said plurality of copies of said first server when said communication did not cause a problem in said first server;

transferring said communication to a learning server when said communication caused a problem in said first server; and

replacing said first server with one of said plurality of copies of said first server when said communication caused a problem on said first server.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing a replication server, wherein said replication server creates said plurality of copies of said first server.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining whether said first server is correctly operating by connecting to said first server and causing said first server to process data.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein said replication server comprises a plurality of threads, and further wherein one of said threads monitors the state of said first server and said plurality of copies of said first server.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein said replication server maintains a table of the states of said first server and said plurality of copies of said first server.

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein said replication server creates additional servers using data from one of said plurality of copies of said first server.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein said learning server experiments with said communication that caused a problem on said first server.

8. A computer system comprising:

a module that creates a plurality of copies of a first server in a system;

a module that receives a communication into said system;

a module that processes said communication in said first server;

a module that transfers said communication to said plurality of copies of said first server when said communication did not cause a problem in said first server;

a module that transfers said communication to a learning server when said communication caused a problem in said first server; and

a module that replaces said first server with one of said plurality of copies of said first server when said communication caused a problem on said first server.

9. The computer system of claim 8 , further comprising a replication server, wherein said replication server creates said plurality of copies of said first server.

10. The computer system of claim 8 , further comprising a module to determine whether said first server is correctly operating by connecting to said first server and causing said first server to process data.

11. The computer system of claim 9 , wherein said replication server comprises a plurality of threads, and further wherein one of said threads monitors the state of said first server and said plurality of copies of said first server.

12. The computer system of claim 9 , wherein said replication server maintains a table of the states of said first server and said plurality of copies of said first server.

13. The computer system of claim 9 , wherein said replication server creates additional servers using data from one of said plurality of copies of said first server.

14. The computer system of claim 8 , wherein said learning server experiments with said communication that caused a problem on said first server.

15. A machine readable storage medium comprising instructions for executing a process comprising:

creating a plurality of copies of a first server in a system;

receiving a communication into said system;

processing said communication in said first server;

transferring said communication to said plurality of copies of said first server when said communication did not cause a problem in said first server;

transferring said communication to a learning server when said communication caused a problem in said first server; and

replacing said first server with one of said plurality of copies of said first server when said communication caused a problem on said first server.

16. The machine readable storage medium of claim 15 , further comprising instructions for providing a replication server, wherein said replication server creates said plurality of copies of said first server.

17. The machine readable storage medium of claim 15 , further comprising instructions for determining whether said first server is correctly operating by connecting to said first server and causing said server to process data.

18. The machine readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein said replication server comprises a plurality of threads, and further wherein one of said threads monitors the state of said first server and said plurality of copies of said first server.

19. The machine readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein said replication server maintains a table of the states of said first server and said plurality of copies of said first server.

20. The machine readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein said replication server creates additional servers using data from one of said plurality of copies of said first server; and further wherein said learning server experiments with said communication that caused a problem on said first server.

Assignments (2)
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Sep 13, 2010
From: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
To: AFRL/RIJ
Reel/Frame 024976/0085 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2006
From: VANRIPER, RYAN A.; MUSLINER, DAVID; HEIMERDINGER, WALTER L.; PELICAN, MICHAEL
To: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
Reel/Frame 017694/0098 →
Continuity (1)
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