Patent ID: 7801719

Claim:
A method comprising: capturing data in a first processor-based system; serializing the captured data into an XML format; transmitting the XML-formatted data to a second processor-based system; deserializing the XML-formatted data into a non-XML format; processing the deserialized data in the second processor-based system; comparing an output of the first processor-based system with an output of the second processor-based system; classifying the output of the first processor-based system as an old error when the output of the second processor-base system is correct, and the output of the first processor-based system does not equal the output of the second processor-based system; classifying the output of the first processor-based system as a new error when the output of the first processor-based system is correct, and the output of the first processor-based system does not equal the output of the second processor-based system; and classifying the output of the first processor-based system as a new error when the output of the first processor-based system is incorrect and the output of the second processor-based system is incorrect, and the output of the first processor-based system equals the output of the second processor-based system; wherein the second processor-based system is substantially similar to the first processor-based system; and wherein the processing of the deserialized data on the second processor-based system relates to a support of the first processor-based system.