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Automatic recursive search on derived information

  • US 10,127,280 B2
  • Filed: 02/24/2016
  • Issued: 11/13/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, by a processing device, a query comprising a first field value and a time period;

    performing, by the processing device, a first search of a data store using the first field value to identify a first plurality of events having the time period and at least one field that comprises the first field value;

    determining one or more additional searches to perform automatically based on the first plurality of events returned by the first search, wherein determining a second search to perform based on a first event of the plurality of events comprises;

    determining a first context definition associated with the first event, wherein the first context definition identifies a specified plurality of fields to use as link keys, each of the specified plurality of fields having assigned field types; and

    determining a second field value of a second field in the first event, wherein the second field is one of the plurality of fields in the first context definition that is specified to use as a link key;

    automatically performing, by the processing device without receipt of a second query, the second search of the data store using the second field value that was not included in the query to identify a second plurality of events having the time period and the second field value;

    aggregating information from the first plurality of events and the second plurality of events; and

    generating a response to the query that comprises the information aggregated from the first plurality of events and the second plurality of events.

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