Patent ID: 9378111
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method of correlating, for at least one managed system, over a time period, a plurality of monitored computer metrics and a plurality of associated alerts, the method comprising: using a computer processor, detecting a selection of a monitored computer metric by a user, detecting a selection of a plurality of time periods by the user; detecting a selection of a plurality of alerts associated with the monitored computer metric, the plurality of alerts selected by the user; storing the detected monitored computer metric, the detected time period, and the detected plurality of alerts; correlating the stored monitored computer metric and the stored plurality of alerts over the stored selected plurality of time periods; constructing a graph which displays the correlated monitored computer metric superimposed graphically with a representation of a number of alerts per time period of the plurality of alerts over the plurality of time periods, the representation comprising summed up alerts, of the plurality of alerts, stacked one on top of another; routing the plurality of alerts to a component of a user interface of a client machine for presentation to the user, the component including an inbox where all alerts are visible; and transmitting a signal representing an image of the graph to the client machine for presentation to the user.