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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2000
Justin Grant, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael S. Murstein, Kirkland, WA (US);
Alexander M. Sutton, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael W. Thomas, Bellevue, WA (US);
Justin Grant, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael S. Murstein, Kirkland, WA (US);
Alexander M. Sutton, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael W. Thomas, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for monitoring events of a plurality of members configured as an entity. Configurable event logging settings can be defined at a first member and dynamically propagated to each member of the entity to establish event logging configuration settings at each of the plurality of members. In one aspect of the invention, a system and method log different event types in accordance with configuration settings into a common event type data format at a plurality of members. The different event types can then be coalesced for the entire entity and returned to a requestor residing at a single location. Additionally, a unique identifier can be assigned to assist in monitoring of events. Also, to assist in monitoring, data that is common to all event types can be stored in a separate table from data specific to an event type.