International business machines corporation (20250138964). SELECTIVE FAILOVER BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF DEVICES CONCURRENTLY RUNNING AN APPLICATION
SELECTIVE FAILOVER BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF DEVICES CONCURRENTLY RUNNING AN APPLICATION
Organization Name
international business machines corporation
Inventor(s)
Zachary A. Silverstein of Georgetown TX US
Melanie Dauber of Oceanside NY US
Jacob Ryan Jepperson of St. Paul MN US
Vinicius Maidana Alves of São José do Rio Preto BR
Jeremy R. Fox of Georgetown TX US
SELECTIVE FAILOVER BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF DEVICES CONCURRENTLY RUNNING AN APPLICATION
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250138964 titled 'SELECTIVE FAILOVER BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF DEVICES CONCURRENTLY RUNNING AN APPLICATION
Original Abstract Submitted
a computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes identifying a plurality of user devices determined to run a predetermined software version and a predetermined application. a first of the identified user devices is assigned to be a primary user device, and a second of the identified user devices is assigned to be a first backup user device. in response to a determination that the first identified user device launches the predetermined application, the second identified user device is caused to launch the predetermined application. in response to a determination that the first identified user device experiences a predetermined interruption event while using the predetermined application, the second identified user device is assigned to be the primary user device and the first identified user device is assigned to be the first backup user device.
