Patent ID: 7886196
Filing Date: 2011-02-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for process monitoring with an automation manager, wherein the method comprises: obtaining a unique process identifier (pid) of a to be monitored application process; calling an operating system using a system call function from a monitoring process; wherein the system call function adds the monitoring process to a particular list of interested processes of one or more to be monitored application processes; wherein the one or more to be monitored application processes are not child processes of the monitoring process; waiting of the monitoring process until the operating system notifies the monitoring process, that the unique pid of the to be monitored process is no longer available; wherein in the event the unique pid of the to be monitored process is no longer available: notifying the automation manager that the to be monitored application process associated with the unique pid has terminated; and wherein interested processes are the monitoring processes that have called the system call function.