Patent ID: 9588834
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method, the method comprising: receiving, a signal indicative of a first value associated with a data point category of a compute device at a first time, the data point category being correlated with a fault category, the compute device operatively coupled to a record module, the record module includes a configuration value set to operate in an unprotected mode such that the operative status data is captured from the compute device and not protected from being overwritten; receiving a signal indicative of a second value associated with the data point category at a second time after the first time; determining whether a difference between the first value and the second value crosses a threshold in a first direction; sending a first command signal to the record module, upon a determination that the difference between the first value and the second value crosses the threshold in the first direction, the first command signal indicative of an instruction to set the configuration value of the record module to operate in a protected mode such that operative status data captured from the compute device is protected from being overwritten; storing, in the record module, a protected data set that includes operative status data captured from the compute device after the second time; receiving a signal indicative of a third value associated with the data point category at a third time after the second time; determining whether a difference between the second value and the third value crosses the threshold in a second direction opposite of the first direction; sending a second command signal to the record module, upon a determination that the difference between the second value and the third value crosses the threshold in the second direction, the second command signal indicative of an instruction to set the configuration value of the record module to operate in the unprotected mode; and identifying, based on the protected data set in the record module, a fault data pattern of the compute device, the fault data pattern includes at least one of an operative status data set indicative of a compute device transition toward a fault state or an operative status data set indicative of a compute device transition away from the fault state.