US Patent 7975176 Application failure recovery

A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture to dynamically address and resolve an improper shut-down of an application. Internal state data of the application is stored in persistent memory. New internal state data is dynamically created and authenticated following an improper shut-down of the application. Responsive to the authentication, the application is re-started with the authenticated new internal state data, without being subject to an immediate improper shut-down.