Patent ID: 7451206
Filing Date: 2008-11-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for initiating tracer sessions, and collecting and storing tracer information for subsequent retrieval and analysis comprising: a plurality of target systems connected to the Internet, ones of said target systems being capable of producing tracer information during tracer sessions, said tracer information including date and time-stamps corresponding to real time events occurring during a tracer session on said ones and including file information identifying an originating target system; a storage server connected to the Internet; and an access station connected to the Internet, said access station for accessing said ones over the Internet to initiate production of said tracer information in a tracer session, and directing said tracer information to be sent over the Internet to said storage server, said access station further for accessing said storage server to retrieve said tracer information over the Internet, wherein events and messages from different ones may by synchronized.