Patent ID: 8572581

Claim:
A method executable by a processor comprising: tracking, for a time period, each occurrence of an event occurring during execution at a computer, wherein the time period includes a plurality of time segments; calculating an event rate for each time segment, each event rate based on a time difference between two consecutive time segments and based on a number of tracked occurrences of the event for a corresponding time segment of the plurality of time segments; assigning a color palette to a range of event rates, the range of event rates based on the calculated event rates; associating each time segment with a color of the color palette, wherein the color is determined based on the event rate corresponding to the time segment; and displaying a colored timeline corresponding to the time period, the colored timeline including a plurality of color displays corresponding to the plurality of time segments, each color display of the plurality of color displays corresponding to a particular time segment of the plurality of time segments and presented in the color associated with the particular time segment.