发明申请
- 专利标题: Monitoring system
- 专利标题(中): 监视系统
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申请号: US11039648申请日: 2005-01-18
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公开(公告)号: US20060161552A1公开(公告)日: 2006-07-20
- 发明人: David Jenkins
- 申请人: David Jenkins
- 主分类号: G06F17/30
- IPC分类号: G06F17/30
摘要:
A monitoring system is disclosed, suitable particularly for a prison or similar environment, comprising a network having at least two computers, one or more condition-sensing and or monitoring devices, the system being arranged to enable any one of the computers to act as a server at any time, comprising a hierarchical list installed on each computer listing the priority by which the computers can become servers and a priority of threads operating on each computer, said priority of threads including a first thread arranged to check whether each other computer is active and a second thread adapted to use the hierarchical list and data determined via the first thread to determine which computer is to be used as a server.