Message analysis device and method for displaying messages
First Claim
1. A method for displaying causally related messages of a data flow stored in a file corresponding to a temporal sequence of the messages, said method comprising:
- highlighting a selected message in a first window in which the messages are listed in chronological sequence;
evaluating header information of the highlighted message and establishing whether at least one message of a parent generation relating to and causally triggering the highlighted message exists and/or whether at least one message of a child generation triggered causally by the highlighted message exists;
displaying said at least one message of the parent generation in a first region of a second window and said at least one of message of the child generation in a second region of the second window and simultaneously; and
displaying a hierarchical system of the highlighted message in a third window, the display of the hierarchical system of a message concerning the inner modular construction of a message.
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Abstract
A message analysis device is described including a storage device, display device, and a selection device. The storage device can be used to store messages in a file in chronological order, and the a display device can be used to display at least one first and one second window. One part of the messages, which are chronologically stored in the file, can be displayed in the first window. The selection device can be used to select at least one message to be displayed in the second window, corresponding to a parent and/or child generation of a specific message. Accordingly, information can be evaluated from a message header to determine and represent those parent-generation messages that causally triggered a specific message and/or those child-generation messages that are causally determined by the specific message.
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1. A method for displaying causally related messages of a data flow stored in a file corresponding to a temporal sequence of the messages, said method comprising:
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highlighting a selected message in a first window in which the messages are listed in chronological sequence; evaluating header information of the highlighted message and establishing whether at least one message of a parent generation relating to and causally triggering the highlighted message exists and/or whether at least one message of a child generation triggered causally by the highlighted message exists; displaying said at least one message of the parent generation in a first region of a second window and said at least one of message of the child generation in a second region of the second window and simultaneously; and displaying a hierarchical system of the highlighted message in a third window, the display of the hierarchical system of a message concerning the inner modular construction of a message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A message analysis device for analyzing causally related messages from a quantity of messages of a data stream, the message analysis device comprising:
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a storage device for storing messages and the messages being stored in a file of the storage device in chronological sequence, a display device for displaying at least a first window, a second window, and a third window, and, in the first window, a part of the messages stored chronologically in the file being able to be displayed, and a selection device for selecting at least one message of a parent generation which is to be displayed in a first region of the second window of the display device, and a message of a child generation of a specific message which is to be displayed in the second window of the display device, the specific message being triggered causally by the message of the parent generation and, for said part, triggering the message of the child generation causally and being displayed highlighted in the first window and a hierarchical system of the specific message being displayed simultaneously in the third window, the display of the hierarchical system of message concerning the inner modular construction of a message. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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