Automatic rules based capturing of graphical objects for specified applications

摘要

Graphical objects presented by a computer system are captured by monitoring execution of an application on the computer system, and capturing one or more graphical objects of a graphical user image presented by the computer system and associated with the application. The one or more graphical objects are captured automatically in accordance with a pre-defined set of rules for the application.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method of capturing graphical objects presented by a computer system comprising:
monitoring execution of an application on the computer system, wherein the monitoring comprises capturing and temporarily storing in a temporary storage buffer graphical objects associated with the application, wherein the graphical objects are captured as graphical images presented by the computer system, and at least one graphical image comprises a smaller portion of a graphical user interface display that is associated with the application; determining whether an event occurs during the monitoring, capturing and temporarily storing of objects that constitutes a triggering event; in response to a determination of a triggering event, permanently storing at least one captured graphical object to facilitate analysis of the at least one graphical object associated with the triggering event; and overwriting within the temporary storage buffer captured and temporarily stored graphical objects that have not been permanently stored; wherein:
one or more graphical objects are captured automatically in accordance with a pre-defined set of rules for the application, and at least one captured graphical object was presented as a graphical image during execution of the application at a time prior to the triggering event; andthe automatic capturing of each graphical object based upon the pre-defined set of rules includes:
identifying each graphical object presented by the computer system and associated with the application; andbased upon the identification of each graphical object, determining whether the identified graphical object will be captured.