Method and system for consolidating related error reports in a computer system
Patent 5790779 Issued on August 4, 1998. Estimated Expiration Date: 
April 28, 2017. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
April 28, 2017. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesComputer system fault recovery based on historical analysis Central maintenance computer system and fault data handling method Apparatus and method for isolating and predicting errors in a local area network Expert system for communications network Alarm filter in an expert system for communications network Initialization system for input/output processing units Patent #: 5438675 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 845889 filed on 04/28/1997US Classes:714/39, Monitor recognizes sequence of events (e.g., protocol or logic state analyzer)714/46Operator interface for diagnosing or testingExaminersPrimary: Beausoliel, Robert W. Jr.Assistant: Wright, Norman M. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 013/00AbstractA method and system for consolidating related error reports is provided. In a preferred embodiment, an facility preferably implemented in software ("the facility") receives error reports and success reports generated by programs. When the facility receives a novel error report specifying an error source for which no error state is set, it sets an error state corresponding to the error report. The facility also preferably generates a consolidated error report at this point, which is delivered to a error state reporting subsystem. The error state reporting subsystem may add the consolidated error report to an error log and/or display it to a user. When the facility receives a redundant error report specifying an error source for which an error state is already set, the facility preferably does not set a new error state, nor does it generate a consolidated error report. When the facility receives a success report specifying an error source, it clears any error states that are set for the specified error source, and preferably generates a consolidated success report. The performance of the facility is preferably optimized by processing success reports asynchronously. | |
