Patent ID: 7237232
Filing Date: 2007-06-26
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for obtaining information regarding events to be taking place within a software program to be used by a customer on a computing device, comprising: including, for each of a number of selected events, an indicator within the software program that records the selected event, the indicator including a text string created by a software developer and descriptive of the selected event; assigning and including within the software program a unique tag corresponding to each text string; creating an index mapping each tag to the corresponding text string; prior to retail sale, removing each text string from the software program; releasing the software program, which includes the unique tags, for retail sale; after releasing the software program for retail sale, receiving a file of events as indicated by at least a portion of the unique tags included in the software program, the file being created when the software program is run on the computing device used by the customer; processing the file by using the index to map each unique tag in the file with its corresponding text string to generate a text string record of the events which took place within the software program; and outputting the text string record of the events which took place within the software program.