Apparatus and method for processing log file data

• US 9,405,610 B1
• Filed: 07/17/2015
• Issued: 08/02/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tektronix Incorporated (Fortive Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Initial State Technologies Incorporated
• Inventors: Bailey, James Ray, Reeves, Adam Matthew
• Primary Examiner(s): Ko, Chae
• Application Number:
  US14/802,947
• Time in Patent Office: 382 Days
• Field of Search: 714/57
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/323 Visualisation of programs or trace data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3476 Data logging G06F11/14, G06F11/2205 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/86 Event-based monitoring

Abstract

A computer implemented method includes receiving a data stream from a client device. The data stream includes a textual description of the operation of a system. The textual description includes at least one textual instruction. The textual description is converted to event waveforms where each event waveform has a time axis and event indicia. The textual instruction is rendered as an ideogram associated with the event waveforms. A representation of the event waveforms and the ideogram is supplied.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method, comprising:

receiving a data stream from a client device, wherein the data stream includes a textual description of the operation of a system, wherein the textual description includes at least one textual instruction;

converting the textual description to event waveforms, where each event waveform has a time axis and event indicia;

rendering the textual instruction as an ideogram associated with the event waveforms, wherein the ideogram is a graphical symbol that represents an idea or concept independent of words; and

supplying a representation of the event waveforms and the ideogram.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1 wherein rendering includes substituting the textual instruction with a Unicode version of the ideogram.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1 wherein the event indicia includes a plurality of ideograms.

4. A computer implemented method, comprising:

receiving a data stream from a client device, wherein the data stream includes a textual description of the operation of a system, wherein the textual description includes at least one textual instruction;

converting the textual description to event waveforms, where each event waveform has a time axis and event indicia;

rendering the textual instruction as an ideogram associated with the event waveforms, wherein rendering includes substituting the textual instruction with a Unicode version of the ideogram; and

supplying a representation of the event waveforms and the ideogram.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 4 wherein the event indicia includes a plurality of ideograms.