SOFTWARE FAULT RECOVERY

A software fault recovery system monitors a software program (application) and, upon determining the application has failed, generates and transmits an alert message to a remote device. The alert message may include a description of the determined fault and one or more possible error recovery actions. The fault recovery system waits to receive a response message and, if it does, initiates that fault recovery action specified in the response message. If a response message is not received within a specified time period, the fault recovery system initiates a default recovery action.