Patent ID: 8732286

Claim:
A shadowing platform in a network with a plurality of remote platforms, including a first remote platform shadowed by a second remote platform, the shadowing platform comprising: a shadow health management module; a gateway data proxy (GDP) coupled to the shadow health management module and configured to communicatively link the shadow health management module and the remote platforms; and platform storage coupled to the shadow health management module, the shadow health management module configured to, via the GDP, receive health information from the second remote platform; store the health information in the platform storage as input health data; filter, condition, and transform the input health data to generate conditioned health data; store the conditioned health data in the platform storage; receive status information from the second remote platform; and provide the conditioned health data to the second remote platform when the status information is unacceptable, and wherein the shadow health management module is further configured to, via the GPD, based on the status information of the second remote platform, establish a remote connection with the first remote platform, receive health information from the first remote platform, store the health information in the platform storage; receive status information from the first remote platform; and provide the health information to the first remote platform when the status information from the first remote platform is unacceptable.