Patent ID: 7587725
Filing Date: 2009-09-08
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for requesting a remote system to create a new process, the method comprising: calling, by a local system, an Application Programming Interface create process function with a null-value UUID (Universally Unique Identifier) input parameter and receiving, by the local system, a non-null-value UUID with a return of the create process function; and issuing, by the local system, a create process call with input parameters comprising a type of the new process, the non-null-value UUID for the new process, and a command line for a remote system to execute to initiate the new process, wherein the non-null-value UUID uniquely identifies the new process across both the local and remote systems; and receiving, by the local system from the remote system, an acknowledgement of the create process call with acknowledgement parameters comprising a handle to information related to the new process.