AUTOMATIC CORRELATION OF DYNAMIC SYSTEM EVENTS WITHIN COMPUTING DEVICES
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- providing, using a computing device, an event log structured as a collection of tree-like graphs;
receiving, using the computing device, information regarding a new event to be logged;
creating, using the computing device, a new event node within the event log for the new event;
identifying, using the computing device, any existing event nodes within the event log that each represent a respective past event that may have caused the new event;
creating, using the computing device, a causal link within the event log between the new event node and each of the identified existing event nodes; and
storing, using the computing device, the new event node as an unattached root node in response to not identifying an existing event node representing a past event that may have caused the new event.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described herein for logging system events within an electronic machine using an event log structured as a collection of tree-like cause and effect graphs. An event to be logged may be received. A new event node may be created within the event log for the received event. One or more existing event nodes within the event log may be identified as having possibly caused the received event. One or more causal links may be created within the event log between the new event node and the one or more identified existing event nodes. The new event node may be stored as an unattached root node in response to not identifying an existing event node that may have caused the received event.
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1. A method, comprising:
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providing, using a computing device, an event log structured as a collection of tree-like graphs; receiving, using the computing device, information regarding a new event to be logged; creating, using the computing device, a new event node within the event log for the new event; identifying, using the computing device, any existing event nodes within the event log that each represent a respective past event that may have caused the new event; creating, using the computing device, a causal link within the event log between the new event node and each of the identified existing event nodes; and storing, using the computing device, the new event node as an unattached root node in response to not identifying an existing event node representing a past event that may have caused the new event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system, comprising:
a computing device comprising an event logging module and an event log configured to; receive information regarding a new event to be logged; create an event node representing the new event within the event log; storing the event node within the event log in a structure comprising a collection of tree-like graphs where links within the graphs represent causal relationships between events represented by linked nodes; and providing an output of one or more result tree-like graphs in response to a user search for an event represented by an event node linked within the one or more result tree-like graphs. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product, comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein that, when executed by one or more computing machines, perform a method comprising; providing an event log structured as a collection of tree-like graphs; receiving information regarding a new event to be logged; creating a new event node within the event log for the new event; identifying any existing event nodes within the event log that each represent a respective past event that may have caused the new event; creating a causal link within the event log between the new event node and each of the identified existing event nodes; and storing the new event node as an unattached root node in response to not identifying an existing event node representing a past event that may have caused the new event. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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