AUTOMATIC CORRELATION OF DYNAMIC SYSTEM EVENTS WITHIN COMPUTING DEVICES
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- providing, using one or more computing devices, an event log structured as a collection of tree-like graphs;
receiving, using the one or more computing devices, information regarding a new event to be logged;
creating, using the one or more computing devices, a new event node within the event log for the new event;
identifying, using the one or more computing devices, any existing event nodes within the event log that each represent a respective past event that may have caused the new event;
for each new event identified as possibly caused by an existing event, creating, using the one or more computing devices, a causal link within the event log between the new event node and each of the identified existing event nodes;
for each new event not identified as possibly caused by at least one existing event, storing, using the one or more computing devices, 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; and
determining, using the one or more computing devices, a deletion order of event nodes within the event log according to a last used parameter associated with the event nodes; and
deleting, using the one or more computing devices, event nodes in the determined deletion order.
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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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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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providing, using one or more computing devices, an event log structured as a collection of tree-like graphs; receiving, using the one or more computing devices, information regarding a new event to be logged; creating, using the one or more computing devices, a new event node within the event log for the new event; identifying, using the one or more computing devices, any existing event nodes within the event log that each represent a respective past event that may have caused the new event; for each new event identified as possibly caused by an existing event, creating, using the one or more computing devices, a causal link within the event log between the new event node and each of the identified existing event nodes; for each new event not identified as possibly caused by at least one existing event, storing, using the one or more computing devices, 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; and determining, using the one or more computing devices, a deletion order of event nodes within the event log according to a last used parameter associated with the event nodes; and deleting, using the one or more computing devices, event nodes in the determined deletion order. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 7)
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8. A system, comprising:
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a storage device; and a processor communicatively coupled to the storage device, wherein the processor executes application code instructions that are stored in the storage device to cause the system to; receive information regarding a new event to be logged; create an event node representing the new event within the event log, the event log structured as a collection of tree-like graphs; identify any existing event nodes within the event log that each represent a respective past event that possibly caused the new event, wherein identifying any existing event nodes that each represent a respective past event that may have caused the new event comprises computing a correlation metric between the new event node and the existing event nodes; for each new event identified as possibly caused by an existing event, create a causal link within the event log between the new event node and each of the identified existing event nodes; for each new event not identified as possibly cause by at least one existing event, store 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, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product, comprising:
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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, wherein identifying any existing event nodes that each represent a respective past event that may have caused the new event comprises computing a correlation metric between the new event node and the existing event nodes; for each new event identified as possibly caused by an existing event, creating a causal link within the event log between the new event node and each of the identified existing event nodes; and for each new event not identified as possibly cause by at least one existing event, 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, 18, 19, 20)
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