Patent ID: 9407583
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: identifying, by a processor of a message broker system among multiple message broker systems in a message bus, shortest paths through the message bus between the message broker system and others of the message broker systems in view of first federation links between the message broker system and ones of the other of the message broker systems that neighbor the message broker system and in view of second federation links between each of the others of the message broker systems and ones of the message broker systems that neighbor each of the others of the message broker systems; receiving, at the message broker system, a request to send a message from a source message broker system among the message broker systems through the message bus to a destination message broker system among the message broker systems; determining, by the processor of the message broker system, that none of the shortest paths to the destination message broker system are available; and initiating, by the processor of the message broker system, corrective action in view of determining that none of the shortest paths to the destination message broker system are available.