Patent ID: 11860760
Assignee: SPLUNK INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifying the at least one associated span from the plurality of ingested spans comprises:
filtering out spans from the plurality of ingested spans that are unassociated with the workflow;
ordering remaining spans from the plurality of ingested spans in accordance with respective start times of the remaining spans;
from the remaining spans: a) designating a span as an associated span if it has a start time occurring between a start time and an end time of the tagged span; and b) designating a span as an associated span if it has a start time occurring after the end time of the tagged span responsive to a determination that a start time of the span occurs following the end time of the tagged span but prior to a predetermined duration of span inactivity, wherein the predetermined duration is configurable by a client.