Patent ID: 8732199

Claim:
A method for identifying log file records, the method comprising: a computer identifying a first plurality of log file records of commands in a log file, each log file record in the first plurality of log file records of commands having been automatically generated and entered into the log file by a software program in response to an expiration of one or more predetermined time interval, the first plurality of log file records of commands having at least a threshold level of similarity, the first plurality of log file records of commands being a subset of a second plurality of log file records of commands in the log file, the second plurality of log file records of commands having been entered into the log file between a first time and a second time; the computer extracting the first plurality of log file records of commands from the second plurality of log file records of commands; the computer identifying at least one log file record of commands remaining from the second plurality of log file records of commands after the extracting, the at least one log file record of commands remaining from the second plurality of log file records of commands after the extracting being a log file record of commands that captures a command to perform at least one task selected from the group consisting of a user initiated migrate task, a user initiated assign task, and a user initiated submit task so that the at least one log file record of commands remaining from the second plurality of log file records of commands after the extracting comprises a record of a command to perform at least one task selected from the group consisting of a user initiated migrate task, a user initiated assign task, and a user initiated submit task.