Patent 8086904 was granted and assigned to Apple (company) on December, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Detecting an anomaly is disclosed. An indication that a computer system monitoring instrument is desired to provide as output a subset of the output data that it would produce if it were to remain on throughout a relevant period with no limit being placed on its output at any point during the relevant period is received. The instrument is configured to provide as output only the desired subset.