Patent · US Expired

Filtered unified logging service

US7475401B1 · kind B1 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

SAP AG · DE

Inventors

Gregor K. Frey · Lorsch, DE
Heiko Kiessling · Munich, DE
Miroslav R. Petrov · Wiesloch, DE
Georgi Manev · Sofia, BG
Nikola I. Marchev · Sofia, BG

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 30, 2003
Grant date	Jan 6, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 19, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2209/547
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus, methods, and systems for provision of filtered unified logging interfaces or services, for example, employed within application servers. In one embodiment of the invention, a filtered unified logging application programming interface (API) provides unified configuration and/or viewing for both tracing and logging. Use of filters provides a finer granularity of log controller or log output, for example, when compared with only utilizing severity. A method of providing filtered unified logging includes receiving a message, the message having a predefined severity; dropping the message if the message severity does not reach a threshold severity; applying one or more filters to the message if the message severity reaches the threshold severity; and sending the message to a destination if the message is not filtered out.

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