Patent ID: 9509749
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a first computer system of a distributed computer system, a first message associated with a transaction; attempting to identify, based on a pre-defined byte pattern, an incoming transaction identifier within the first message; responsive to failing to identify the incoming transaction identifier, generating a new transaction identifier, wherein the new transaction identifier comprises a global unique identifier (GUID) and a session identifier; transmitting, to a second computer system, a second message associated with the transaction, the second message comprising a transaction identifier provided by one of: the incoming transaction identifier or the new transaction identifier; and transmitting, to an application performance management (APM) system, a log record of the transaction, wherein the log record associates, based on the transaction identifier, the first message and the second message with the transaction, and wherein the APM system is configured to process data reflecting performance parameters of one or more applications being executed by the distributed computer system.