August 25, 2009

A method of recovering the state of a system, which system comprises at least one counter, which counter represents an instantaneous state of an entity in a system. The counter will increase in value in response to an increment request and decrease in value in response to a decrement request, wherein each increment request is paired with a decrement request.

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August 25, 2009

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October 15, 2002

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Oct 15, 2001 [GB] 0124702.2

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