Patent ID: 7254109
Filing Date: 2007-08-07
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A fault tolerant system for monitoring information real-time through a network, the system comprising: a plurality of network elements, each of the network elements being coupled together in a network, each of the network elements comprising an interface device, the plurality of network elements being configured to route a call from a source to a destination through the network elements; a plurality of mediator processes coupled to each of the network elements, the plurality of mediator processes number from 1 to N, where N is an integer greater than 1, each of the mediator processes being-configured to receive events from any one of the network elements as associated with the call as the call is being routed through the elements from the source to the destination; and a distributor process coupled to each of the mediator processes, the distributor being configured to distribute incoming events for any one of the mediator processes that experiences a fault to the other 1 through N mediator processes excluding the mediator processes that has experienced a fault.