Event Report Grouping by Screen Transition

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing software application monitoring systems fail to differentiate between identical events occurring at the same original screen but resulting in different target screens, leading to difficulties in analyzing user behavior and performance issues, as they do not provide distinct metrics for successful and unsuccessful login responses.

Innovation Solution

A monitoring system that includes a report monitor and analyzer configured to generate event reports with identifiers for both the original and target screens, allowing for grouping and summarization of reports based on these identifiers, enabling differentiation between events and providing separate analysis for different target screens.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If event reports are grouped only by original screen identifier, then reporting simplicity is maintained, but measurement precision deteriorates because identical events leading to different target screens cannot be differentiated

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveevent analysis precisionVSAvoidreport grouping complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the event report grouping by introducing multiple identification dimensions: original screen identifier, target screen identifier, and event type. This segmentation allows precise differentiation of events that occur at the same original screen but lead to different target screens, thereby improving measurement precision without excessive complexity increase.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent adds the target screen identifier as an additional dimension to the grouping criteria. By transitioning from one-dimensional grouping (original screen only) to two-dimensional grouping (original screen + target screen), the system achieves better event differentiation while maintaining a systematic and manageable complexity level.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Loss of information

If detailed event differentiation is implemented, then information completeness improves, but data processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser behavior informationVSAvoiddata processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments user behavior information into distinct categories by grouping event reports according to multiple identifiers including original screen, target screen, and event type. This segmentation preserves complete user behavior information while organizing it in a structured manner that reduces processing complexity through systematic categorization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Measurement precision

If multiple identifiers are used for event grouping, then event differentiation capability improves, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveevent distinction accuracyVSAvoidgrouping system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the event identification system into multiple independent identifier segments (original screen ID, target screen ID, event type). Each segment serves a specific differentiation purpose, and their combination achieves high event distinction accuracy while keeping each individual identifier simple and manageable.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces additional identification dimensions (target screen identifier, event type) to the grouping system. This dimensional expansion enhances event differentiation capability while maintaining systematic organization that prevents exponential complexity growth.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentUS10528449B2Grouping event reports
Publication Date: 2020.01.07 MICRO FOCUS LLC
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AI summary

A monitoring system includes a monitoring device for monitoring an event occurred on an original screen and a change from the original screen to a target screen as a result of the event. The monitoring device may include a report monitor to obtain a plurality of event reports, and a report analyzer to group the plurality of event reports into a plurality of report groups and to generate an event summary for at least one of the plurality of report groups.