Patent ID: 6925586
Filing Date: 2005-08-02
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method to minimize the number of error messages transmitted between a client and a server, the method comprising: causing a client to request permission of a server to transmit at least an error message from error messages to the server, wherein the error messages are associated with an error log; in response to receipt of the request, causing the server to provide the client with a filter, wherein the filter comprises in response to receiving the filter, causing the client to use the filter to filter at least a selected error message from the error messages, wherein the selected error message is associated with a selected error log; and causing the client to transmit the selected error log to the server, whereby the number of error messages transmitted between the client and the server is minimized to the selected error message based on the filter provided by the server to the client and used by the client to filter the selected error message from the error messages.