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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1997
Or Ben-Natan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Michael L Davis, Bellevue, WA (US);
Bruce W Copeland, Redmond, WA (US);
Jonathan Ilan Shuval, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for consolidating related error reports is provided. In a preferred embodiment, an facility preferably implemented in software ('the facility') receives error reports and success reports generated by programs. When the facility receives a novel error report specifying an error source for which no error state is set, it sets an error state corresponding to the error report. The facility also preferably generates a consolidated error report at this point, which is delivered to a error state reporting subsystem. The error state reporting subsystem may add the consolidated error report to an error log and/or display it to a user. When the facility receives a redundant error report specifying an error source for which an error state is already set, the facility preferably does not set a new error state, nor does it generate a consolidated error report. When the facility receives a success report specifying an error source, it clears any error states that are set for the specified error source, and preferably generates a consolidated success report. The performance of the facility is preferably optimized by processing success reports asynchronously.