Patent ID: 7441246
Filing Date: 2008-10-21
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for specifying computer related metric data that is generated by a computer system to be delivered to a server, the method comprising: executing an application at the computer system; generating metric data related to functionality of the application monitored during execution of the application, the generated metric data including at least one of performance monitoring data and event log data for the application; storing the metric data related to the monitored functionality of the application at the computer system; accessing a separately defined manifest including instructions that indicates a subset of the generated metric data related to the monitored functionality of the application is to be packaged for delivery to a server subsequent to storing the generated metric data, the separately defined manifest being separate from the generated metric data and separate from the application, the extent of the subset of the generated metric data relative to the total generated metric data configured in accordance with a desire of a user of the computer system; converting the instructions included in the separately defined manifest to a schema-based package start command, the schema-based package start command including elements and attributes of a vocabulary defined in a selection schema, the selection schema defining how subsets of performance monitoring data and subsets of event log data are to be packaged; automatically sending the schema-based package start command to a quality metric module to cause the subset of the generated metric data indicated in the separately defined manifest to be packaged for delivery to the server; and sending a package send command to the quality metric module to cause the packaged subset of generated metric data related to the monitored functionality of the application to be delivered to the server.