System, program, and method for collecting errors which occur while a user uses a computer

• US 8,959,400 B2
• Filed: 12/27/2011
• Issued: 02/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Miyazaki, Masashi, Shimizu, Tomohiro, Sugiura, Tomonori
• Primary Examiner(s): SCHELL, JOSEPH O
• Application Number:
  US13/337,799
• Publication Number:
  US 20120166883A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,148 Days
• Field of Search: 714/25, 714/26, 714/39, 714/2, 714/37, 714/45, 714/46, 706/48, 706/52, 706/54
• US Class Current: 714/45
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0766 Error or fault reporting or storing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0793 Remedial or corrective actions recovery from an exception in an instruction pipeline G06F9/3861; by retry G06F11/1402; for recovering from a failure of a protocol instance or entity H04L69/40
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3058 Monitoring arrangements for monitoring environmental properties or parameters of the computing system or of the computing system component, e.g. monitoring of power, currents, temperature, humidity, position, vibrations thermal management in cooling arrangements of a computing system G06F1/206

Abstract

A method, computer program product, and computer system for collecting errors which occur while a user uses a computer includes collecting log information on an operating environment including an operating procedure from a computing device associated with a user; accumulating the collected log information; identifying, from the log information, a second operating procedure similar to the operating procedure, wherein the second operating procedure had an error occur and no longer includes the error, in response to receiving the log information corresponding to the operating procedure in which the error occurs; and providing the user with the second operating procedure included in the searched log information.

Claims

1. A computing system including a processor and memory configured to perform operations comprising:

collecting log information on an operating environment including a first operating procedure from a computing device associated with a user;

accumulating the collected log information;

identifying, from the log information, a second operating procedure similar to the first operating procedure, wherein the second operating procedure had an error occur and no longer includes the error, in response to receiving the log information corresponding to the first operating procedure in which the error occurs;

providing the user with the second operating procedure included in the searched log information, including a workaround environment including a type of operating system in which the error does not occur and a software setting operation in which the error does not occur; and

providing a developer and the user with error-related information including operations performed by the user that caused the error.

2. The computing system of claim 1, wherein the identifying the second operating procedure further comprises searching the accumulated collected log information for the second operating procedure which includes at least a first operation matching a second operation where the error occurred.

3. The computing system of claim 2, further comprising identifying, from the log information, the second operating procedure which includes at least the first operation matching the second operation where the error occurred, is similar to the first operating procedure in which the error occurred, and includes no error.

4. The computing system of claim 1, further comprising:

calculating statistic information of the second operating procedure similar to the first operating procedure in which the error occurred, based upon, at least in part, a plurality of operating procedures included in the searched log information; and

providing the computing device associated with the user with the calculated statistic information.

5. The computing system of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a third operating procedure in which the error occurred;

providing the computing device associated with the user with a fourth operating procedure which includes no error, wherein the fourth operating procedure is similar to the detected third operating procedure and which includes no error.

6. The computing system of claim 1, further comprising:

collecting a third operating procedure in which an error occurred and no longer includes the error;

providing a fourth operating procedure in response to receiving log information corresponding to the third operating procedure in which the error occurred;

accumulating the fourth operating procedure in association with the third operating procedure; and

providing the computing device associated with the user with the fourth operating procedure as an operating procedure for avoiding the error that occurred in the third operating procedure.

7. The computing system of claim 1, further comprising:

extracting a plurality of operating procedures including a first operation;

calculating statistic information of the plurality of operating procedures which include at least a third operating procedure from the plurality of operating procedures which includes the first operation and where the error occurred in the third operating procedure and at least a fourth operating procedure from the plurality of operating procedures which includes the first operation and in which no error occurred; and

providing the computing device associated with the user with the calculated statistic information.

8. The computing system of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying from the collected log information a third operating procedure to be performed after the first operating procedure in which the error occurred, wherein the third operating procedure no longer includes the error; and

providing the computing device associated with the user with the first operating procedure in which the error occurred and the identified third operating procedure.

9. The computing system of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a plurality of events generated by operations by the user, the plurality of events indicating a third operating procedure; and

collecting the log information on the operating environment including the detected plurality of events.

10. A computer program product residing on a non-transitory computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

collecting log information on an operating environment including a first operating procedure from a computing device associated with a user;

accumulating the collected log information;

identifying, from the log information, a second operating procedure similar to the first operating procedure, wherein the second operating procedure had an error occur and no longer includes the error, in response to receiving the log information corresponding to the first operating procedure in which the error occurs;

providing the user with the second operating procedure included in the searched log information, including a workaround environment including a type of operating system in which the error does not occur and a software setting operation in which the error does not occur; and

providing a developer and the user with error-related information including operations performed by the user that caused the error.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the identifying the second operating procedure further comprises searching the accumulated collected log information for the second operating procedure which includes at least a first operation matching a second operation where the error occurred.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, further comprising identifying, from the log information, the second operating procedure which includes at least the first operation matching the second operation where the error occurred, is similar to the first operating procedure in which the error occurred, and includes no error.

13. The computer program product of claim 10, further comprising:

calculating statistic information of the second operating procedure similar to the first operating procedure in which the error occurred, based upon, at least in part, a plurality of operating procedures included in the searched log information; and

providing the computing device associated with the user with the calculated statistic information.

14. The computer program product of claim 10, further comprising:

detecting a third operating procedure in which the error occurred;

providing the computing device associated with the user with a fourth operating procedure which includes no error, wherein the fourth operating procedure is similar to the detected third operating procedure and which includes no error.

15. The computer program product of claim 10, further comprising:

collecting a third operation procedure in which an error occurred and no longer includes the error;

providing a fourth operating procedure in response to receiving log information corresponding to the third operating procedure in which the error occurred;

accumulating the fourth operating procedure in association with the third operating procedure; and

providing the computing device associated with the user with the fourth operating procedure as an operating procedure for avoiding the error that occurred in the third operating procedure.

16. The computer program product of claim 10, further comprising:

extracting a plurality of operating procedures including a first operation;

calculating statistic information of the plurality of operating procedures which include at least a third operating procedure from the plurality of operating procedures which includes the first operation and where the error occurred in the third operating procedure and at least a fourth operating procedure from the plurality of operating procedures which includes the first operation and in which no error occurred; and

providing the computing device associated with the user with the calculated statistic information.

17. The computer program product of claim 10, further comprising:

identifying from the collected log information a third operating procedure to be performed after the first operating procedure in which the error occurred, wherein the third operating procedure no longer includes the error; and

providing the computing device associated with the user with the first operating procedure in which the error occurred and the identified third operating procedure.

18. The computer program product of claim 10, further comprising:

detecting a plurality of events generated by operations by the user, the plurality of events indicating a third operating procedure; and

collecting the log information on the operating environment including the detected plurality of events.

19. A computer-implemented method comprising:

collecting log information on an operating environment including a first operating procedure from a computing device associated with a user;

accumulating the collected log information;

identifying, from the log information, a second operating procedure similar to the first operating procedure, wherein the second operating procedure had an error occur and no longer includes the error, in response to receiving the log information corresponding to the first operating procedure in which the error occurs; and

providing the user with the second operating procedure included in the searched log information, including a workaround environment including a type of operating system in which the error does not occur and a software setting operation in which the error does not occur; and

providing a developer and the user with error-related information including operations performed by the user that caused the error.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 19, wherein the identifying the second operating procedure further comprises searching the accumulated collected log information for the second operating procedure which includes at least a first operation matching a second operation where the error occurred.

21. The computer-implemented method of claim 20, further comprising identifying, from the log information, the second operating procedure which includes at least the first operation matching the second operation where the error occurred, is similar to the first operating procedure in which the error occurred, and includes no error.

22. The computer-implemented method of claim 19, further comprising:

calculating statistic information of the second operating procedure similar to the first operating procedure in which the error occurred, based upon, at least in part, a plurality of operating procedures included in the searched log information; and

providing the computing device associated with the user with the calculated statistic information.

23. The computer-implemented method of claim 19, further comprising:

detecting a third operating procedure in which the error occurred;

providing the computing device associated with the user with a fourth operating procedure which includes no error, wherein the fourth operating procedure is similar to the detected third operating procedure and which includes no error.

24. The computer-implemented method of claim 19, further comprising:

collecting a third operation procedure in which an error occurred and no longer includes the error;

providing a fourth operating procedure in response to receiving log information corresponding to the third operating procedure in which the error occurred;

accumulating the fourth operating procedure in association with the third operating procedure; and

providing the computing device associated with the user with the fourth operating procedure as an operating procedure for avoiding the error that occurred in the third operating procedure.

25. The computer-implemented method of claim 19, further comprising:

extracting a plurality of operating procedures including a first operation;

calculating statistic information of the plurality of operating procedures which include at least a third operating procedure from the plurality of operating procedures which includes the first operation and where the error occurred in the third operating procedure and at least a fourth operating procedure from the plurality of operating procedures which includes the first operation and in which no error occurred; and

providing the computing device associated with the user with the calculated statistic information.

26. The computer-implemented method of claim 19, further comprising:

identifying from the collected log information a third operating procedure to be performed after the first operating procedure in which the error occurred, wherein the third operating procedure no longer includes the error; and

providing the computing device associated with the user with the first operating procedure in which the error occurred and the identified third operating procedure.

27. The computer-implemented method of claim 19, further comprising:

detecting a plurality of events generated by operations by the user, the plurality of events indicating a third operating procedure; and

collecting the log information on the operating environment including the detected plurality of events.