Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Vmware, Inc.

Pure Networks LLC

Cisco Technology, Inc.

Ron Oded Gery

Chee Heng Chew

Matthew Tebbs

Brett Marl

Christopher J Guzak

Ian Michael Ellison-Taylor

George H Pitt, Iii

Stuart T Laney

Thomas Charles Butcher

Joshua J Hinds

Kristin Dahl Acker

Neil W Konzen

Steven M Bush

Justin Ferrari

Erik Hinterbichler

Zhenmin Li

Chengdu Huang

Zeke Koch

Darren Brown

Jason William Fuller

Steve G Bush

Xin Yi Liu

Keith C Bentley

Steve Mooney

John Mevissen

Josh J Hinds

The current document is directed to a virtual-log-file system that provides a browser-like display interface to users, enabling users to view the contents of log files. The virtual-log-file system assembles a virtual log file from the contents of one or more physical log files, applying filters and other processing to physical-log-file entries in order to generate the virtual-log-file entries logically contained within the virtual log file. The virtual-log-file system allows users to navigate, by scrolling, through the entries of the virtual log file, with additional virtual-log-file entries obtained from physical log files by the virtual-log-file system to support logical infinite scrolling in either direction. In addition, the virtual-log-file system provides for user selection of particular virtual-log-file entries as anchors that represent positions within the sequence of virtual-file-log entries, allowing a user to mark the anchor entries to facilitate visual recognition and to quickly navigate back to anchor entries after scrolling away from the anchor entries.

Virtual log file that aggregates multiple physical log files

Computational methods and systems described herein are directed to compounding alerts generated in a distributed computing system. A user or system administrator may define a set of multistage process rules that can be used by a log management server application to examine log messages generated by event sources of a multistage process for alerts. A log-message database is searched to identify a log-message file used to record log messages generated by the event sources. A single compound alert indicating that the multistage process rules are satisfied is generated, when log messages of the log-message file that satisfy the rules of the multistage process rules have been identified. Methods may also execute remedial action to correct the multistate process when log messages of the log-message file fail to satisfy at least one rule of the multistage process rules.

Methods and systems to compound alerts in a distributed computing system

Virtual-log-file method and system

A log analytics graphical user interface enables a user to dynamically extract and define a field from unstructured log data. The log analytics module automatically determines a definition for a field based on log text selected by the user. A portion of each log message is highlighted to reflect what the extracted field may be to assist users with understanding if input parameters are selected the intended log data. Changes to the definition of the field, by the user, may cause further highlighting that to indicate an incomplete or erroneous field definition.

Dynamic field extraction of data

Dynamic field extraction of log data

A tool for managing a computer network includes a gateway service module that identifies a gateway for a network and a network information service module. The network information service module identifies devices in the network, determines at least one property for each of the identified devices, and creates a network information data structure for storing device properties. A communication agent service module transmits at least one determined device property to other agent service modules associated with the network, receives at least one device property from another agent service module associated with the network, and provides the received at least one property device to the network information service module. A method of monitoring a computer network is also provided. The method includes identifying devices in a network, determining at least one property for each of the identified devices, receiving at least one determined device property from another device the network, and creating a network information data structure for storing the determined device properties.

Network management

Network management to establish and maintain the health and security of a computing network, such as a home network. A network management tool may identify the media access control (MAC) address for each device in the network, and allow a user to identify which devices are authorized to be a member of the network. If the network gateway device supports MAC address filtering, a user can then employ the network management tool to configure the router to exclude non-authorized devices from joining or remaining in the network based upon their MAC addresses. Further, the network management tool may allow a user to configure a wireless gateway device to stop broadcasting its service set identifier (SSID), change the SSID, or both, identify to the user when a wireless gateway device is using encryption, and, if so, what type of encryption. Still further, the tool may monitor the status of various software applications on devices in the network, and then alert a user if the status of any of the devices in the network requires attention. Further, the network management tool may provide recommendations to a user for correcting or changing the status of the monitored software applications.

Network management providing network health information and lockdown security

A method and apparatus are provided for enabling application program compatibility with display devices having an increased pixel density. According to one method, a call including one or more parameters is directed toward an application programming interface for performing a screen input or output function is received from an application program. In response to receiving the call, a determination is made as to whether the application program is configured for use with a display device having a lower pixel density or a display device having a higher pixel density. In response to determining that the application program is configured for use with a display device having a lower pixel density, the parameters are scaled for the higher pixel density display device and the application programming interface is called using the scaled parameters.

Method and apparatus for enabling application program compatibility with display devices having improved pixel density

New varieties of child window controls are provided as system resources that application programs may exploit. The preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a dynamic link library (DLL) for implementing the new child window controls as part of an operating system. The new child window controls include a header bar control for providing header bars in application programs. The new controls also include a hot key control that allows a user to view and edit hot key combinations. The new controls further include a tab control for establishing tabs that differentiate amongst pages in user interfaces provided by application programs. An image list data type is defined and functions are provided for manipulating the image list data type. Image lists include multiple like-sized images that are stored efficiently in a single bitmap.

System provided child window controls

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