Data analysis apparatus and data analysis method

A data analysis apparatus comprising:

• a unique pattern detection unit configured to conduct a search for a pattern data sequence in a forward direction of a data sequence constituted of successive data blocks each including a unique pattern, header information following the unique pattern and a data body following the header information, the pattern data sequence being the same as the unique pattern;
• an extraction unit configured to extract header information from a subsequent data sequence following the pattern data sequence detected by the search;
• an extraction starting position storing unit configured to store extraction starting position information indicating a position of a head of the header information of the subsequent data sequence wherein the extraction starting position storing unit is a memory device which is inside of the data analysis apparatus;
• an error checking unit configured to conduct an error check on extraction header information that is the header information extracted by the extraction unit;
• a control unit configured, if any error is detected from the extraction header information by the error checking unit, to cause the unique pattern detection unit to resume the search for the pattern data sequence from the position of the head of the header information indicated by the extraction starting position information stored in the extraction starting position storing unit;
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• a status storing unit configured to store a pre-recovery status information indicating that a current period is a pre-recovery period that is from when an error is detected from a certain extraction header information by the error checking unit until when no error is detected from other header information following the certain extraction header information;
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• an information judging unit configured to judge whether prescribed information is included in the extraction header information,
• wherein only if the status storing unit does not store the pre-recovery status information or if the status storing unit stores the pre-recovery status information and the information judging unit has judged affirmatively, the error checking unit conducts the error check on the extraction header information, and
• only if the error checking unit has detected any error from the extraction header information or if the status storing unit stores the pre-recovery status information and the information judging unit has judged negatively, the control unit causes the unique pattern detection unit to resume the search for the pattern data sequence that is the same as the unique pattern from the position indicated by the extraction starting position information.

A data analysis apparatus comprising:

• a unique pattern detection unit configured to conduct a search for a pattern data sequence in a forward direction of a data sequence constituted of successive data blocks each including a unique pattern, header information following the unique pattern and a data body following the header information, the pattern data sequence being the same as the unique pattern;
• an extraction unit configured to extract header information from a subsequent data sequence following the pattern data sequence detected by the search;
• an extraction starting position storing unit configured to store extraction starting position information indicating a position of a head of the header information of the subsequent data sequence;
• an error checking unit configured to conduct an error check on extraction header information that is the header information extracted by the extraction unit;
• a control unit configured, if any error is detected from the extraction header information by the error checking unit, to cause the unique pattern detection unit to resume the search for the pattern data sequence from the position of the head of the header information indicated by the extraction starting position information;
• a status storing unit configured to store a pre-recovery status information indicating that a current period is a pre-recovery period that is from when an error is detected from a certain extraction header information by the error checking unit until when no error is detected from other header information;
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• an information judging unit configured to judge whether prescribed information is included in the extraction header information,
• wherein only if the status storing unit does not store the pre-recovery status information or if the status storing unit stores the pre-recovery status information and the information judging unit has judged affirmatively, the error checking unit conducts the error check on the extraction header information, and
• only if the error checking unit has detected any error from the extraction header information or if the status storing unit stores the pre-recovery status information and the information judging unit has judged negatively, the analysis unit analyzes the extraction header information.

A data analysis method performed by a data analysis apparatus, the method comprising:

• a search step of conducting, by the data analysis apparatus, a search for a pattern data sequence in a forward direction of a data sequence constituted of successive data blocks each including a unique pattern, header information following the unique pattern and a data body following the header information, the pattern data sequence being the same as the unique pattern;
• an extraction step of extracting header information from a subsequent data sequence following the pattern data sequence detected by the search;
• an extraction starting position storing step of storing extraction starting position information indicating a position of a head of the header information of the subsequent data sequence wherein the extraction starting position information is stored in a memory device which is inside of the data analysis apparatus;
• an error checking step of conducting an error check on extraction header information that is the header information extracted in the extraction step;
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• a control step of, if any error is detected from the extraction header information in the error checking step, resuming the search in the search step for the pattern data sequence from the position of the head of the header information indicated by the extraction starting position information stored in the memory device by the extraction starting position storing step,
• wherein in the extraction starting position storing step, the extraction starting position information is stored before the error check is conducted in the error checking step.

A data analysis method performed by a data analysis apparatus, the method comprising:

• a search step of conducting, by the data analysis apparatus, a search for a pattern data sequence in a forward direction of a data sequence constituted of successive data blocks each including a unique pattern, header information following the unique pattern and a data body following the header information, the pattern data sequence being the same as the unique pattern;
• an extraction step of extracting header information from a subsequent data sequence following the pattern data sequence;
• an error checking step of conducting an error check on extraction header information that is the header information extracted in the extraction step;
• an analysis step of analyzing the extraction header information if any error has been detected from the extraction header information in the error checking step;
• a first control step of, if the extraction header information includes the pattern data sequence that is the same as the unique pattern, extracting, in the extraction step, header information from a first subsequent data sequence following the pattern data sequence included in the extraction header information and a second subsequent data sequence following the extraction header information extracted in the extraction step;
• a second control step of, if an end portion of the extraction header information is the same as a part of the unique pattern, conducting the search in the search step on the end portion and the second subsequent data sequence;
• a status storing step of storing a pre-recovery status information indicating that a current period is a pre-recovery period that is from when an error is detected from a certain extraction header information by the error checking step until when no error is detected from other header information;
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• an information judging step of judging whether prescribed information is included in the extraction header information,
• wherein only if in the status storing step, the pre-recovery status information is not stored or if in the status storing step, the pre-recovery status information is stored and the information judging step has judged affirmatively, the error check is conducted in the error checking step on the extraction header information, and
• only if in the error checking step, any error has been detected from the extraction header information or if in the status storing step, the pre-recovery status information is stored and the information judging step has judged negatively, the extraction header information is analyzed in the analysis step.