US 7,010,651 B2 · System and method for using removable storage for computer troubleshooting

Abstract

A computer system monitoring apparatus that collects various system and operating parameters to a removable memory unit. The system includes an operating system controlling at least one process along with a memory for executing operation instructions and a permanent memory storage coupled to the computer. The system monitors the status of a process within the computer, including the process state and any events that occur to alter the state. The system logs the status data of the process within the computer upon a change in the status of the process, accumulates the status data, and writes the status data to the memory storage in a manner to always maintain the most recent system status information on the memory storage. When a fault in the computer system occurs, the memory unit can be retrieved, and the data thereon is used to troubleshoot the fault.

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Dependent claims

A system for accumulating information pertaining to the operating parameters, operating history and status of computers for use in diagnostic evaluation, comprising:

a computer having an operating system controlling at least one process, the process comprising a sequence of states of operation;
a memory storage coupled to the computer, the memory storage capable of permanently storing data from the computer;
a memory, coupled to the computer, the memory containing stored program instructions executable by the computer, comprising:
monitoring the status of a process within the computer;
logging the status data of a process within the computer upon a change in the status of a process;
accumulating the status data, wherein status data is accumulated in a first-in, first-out queue;
and
writing the status data to the memory storage.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and method for using removable storage for computer troubleshooting

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