Apparatus and method for collecting and displaying data for remote diagnostics
First Claim
1. A method comprising the steps of:
- running a data collection designer software program on a support computer to create a customized batch file, the customized batch file including program instructions for generating a data file comprising problem diagnosis data from a database of a database software application running on a user computer, where running the data collection designer software program on the support computer comprises;
first specifying the problem diagnosis data as specific tables from the database and application files of the database software application running on the user computer; and
then generating the customized batch file for collecting the specific tables and application files from the database of the database software application running on the user computer; and
communicating the customized batch file to the user computer for execution on the user computer to generate the data file, where the data file comprises a single archive file including the specific tables from the database and the application files;
wherein a data viewer is used with the single archive file to view the specific tables from the database and the application files for diagnosing a problem involving the database of the database software application.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for automating database table and application data collection into one process to facilitate remote diagnostics of a computer problem are disclosed. A customized batch file is created by a remote support technician that can be run on a user computer that has the actual data to be gathered for the computer problem to be diagnosed. An output data file is created by the running batch file compiling problem diagnosis data from the user computer. The data file can then be viewed via a single viewing process that displays the application and database data of the data file through a single GUI and allows easy viewing manipulation of that data through the GUI. Because the database table data may be saved in a string delimited format with table field names saved with it, the database program is not needed in order to view the tables.
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18 Claims
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1. A method comprising the steps of:
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running a data collection designer software program on a support computer to create a customized batch file, the customized batch file including program instructions for generating a data file comprising problem diagnosis data from a database of a database software application running on a user computer, where running the data collection designer software program on the support computer comprises; first specifying the problem diagnosis data as specific tables from the database and application files of the database software application running on the user computer; and then generating the customized batch file for collecting the specific tables and application files from the database of the database software application running on the user computer; and communicating the customized batch file to the user computer for execution on the user computer to generate the data file, where the data file comprises a single archive file including the specific tables from the database and the application files; wherein a data viewer is used with the single archive file to view the specific tables from the database and the application files for diagnosing a problem involving the database of the database software application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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10. A computer program embodied on a computer readable storage medium, comprising:
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program instructions for running a data collection designer software program on a support computer to create a customized batch file, the batch file including program instructions for generating a data file comprising problem diagnosis data from a database of a database software application running on a user computer, where running the data collection designer software program on the support computer comprises; first specifying the problem diagnosis data as specific tables from the database and application files of the database software application running on the user computer; and then generating the customized batch file for collecting the specific tables and application files from the database of the database software application running on the user computer; and program instructions for communicating the customized batch file to the user computer for execution on the user computer to generate the data file, where the data file comprises a single archive file including the specific tables from the database and the application files; wherein a data viewer is used with the single archive file to view the specific tables from the database and the application files for diagnosing a problem involving the database of the database software application.
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