Patent ID: 8832145
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A search method for identifying from an original set of event notifications a subset of event notifications relevant for a query item, the method comprising the steps of: providing a computer system for running a discovery service, the system comprising: (A) adding to the subset each object event notification having an input identifier as object identifier and a timestamp from an input time span; (B) adding to the subset each aggregation event notification having the input identifier as a child identifier and a timestamp from the input time span; and (C) invoking steps (A) to (C) for each aggregation event notification that was added in the last step (B) and has addition as an action, using the parent identifier of the corresponding aggregation event notification as the input identifier, and using the time span limited by the timestamps of the first and the last aggregation event notification added in the last step (B) as the input time span.