| US 7,502,716 B2 | ||
| Closed-loop diagnostic method | ||
| Donald A. Bourne, Toronto (Canada); Michael J. Casile, Fuquay-Varina, N.C. (US); Hany A. Salem, Pflugerville, Tex. (US); and Leigh A. Williamson, Austin, Tex. (US) | ||
| Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 10, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/400,961. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0239397 A1, Oct. 11, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G21C 17/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 702—183 [702/123; 702/189; 702/190; 707/104.1; 709/224] | 26 Claims |
| 1. A computer-implemented component diagnostic method, comprising:
including, in each message generated by each of a plurality of components, a unique component identifier that identifies the
generating component; and
providing, for each of the components, a diagnostic provider interface, the diagnostic provider interface for each component
comprising at least one operation implemented by that component, the operation being invocable by a callback to the component,
wherein the unique component identifiers enable identifying that one of the components to which each callback is to be routed.
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