Patent ID: 7840940

Claim:
Method for managing a software operation implemented within the execution of an application process, termed managed process, executed by at least one computer in the context of an application, termed managed application, said operation being carried out by at least one software resource, termed processing agent, and returning to the managed process, or to the managed application, at least one result datum obtained in accordance with an operation processing comprising at least one intrinsically non-deterministic phase with respect to a state, before said operation, of at least one first group of resources, termed reproducible resources, included in the resources accessible by the managed process or by the managed application, this method comprising the following steps: execution, from at least one executable file, of a program instruction initiating an implementation of the managed operation; intervention by a management software agent, external to the managed application, in the software functioning of the computer in order that the managed process or the managed application takes account of a result datum reproducible in an unambiguous manner based on the state of the reproducible resources before the managed operation.