Patent ID: 6314533
Filing Date: 2001-11-06
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
In a computer system including an event-detection component for detecting events and an event provider for reporting the occurrence of the events detected, a method for selecting which of the events detected are to be reported by the event provider, the method comprising the steps of:storing, in a computer-readable medium accessible by the computer system, a database of possible events that can occur within the computer system or in an environment of the computer system, wherein the database of possible events that can occur within the computer system or in the environment of the computer is arranged and classified in a hierarchical fashion;providing at least one event-filtering definition that specifies a subset of the possible events that are to be reported by the event provider;detecting the occurrence of at least one of the possible events using the event-detection component; andforwarding reports from the event provider of the occurrence of only those detected events that are specified by the at least one event-filtering definition.