Patent ID: 7480828
Filing Date: 2009-01-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for providing error data processing having user-defined parameters, comprising: applying user-defined error thresholds to a plurality of user-definable error threshold rules; processing error events of a same type, including detecting a plurality of errors from a source and calculating a time period between the plurality of errors; storing information related to the processed error events; determining when one of the plurality of user-definable error threshold rules has been satisfied based on the stored information, including determining that the detected plurality of errors satisfies a user-defined error dispersion index number, wherein the error dispersion index is the number of errors in half of the time period between errors of the same type; and reaching the user-defined error dispersion index number a user-defined number of times consecutively in the same time period between errors of the same type.