Patent ID: 9264338
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of detecting a malfunction in an application responsible for withdrawal of messages from a queue, the method comprising; determining a normal message transfer rate for an application instance that communicates messages from a queue wherein the normal message transfer rate is determined by dividing a quantity of messages withdrawn from the queue during a testing period by an amount of time comprising the testing period to obtain an outgoing message withdrawal rate and further dividing the outgoing message withdrawal rate by a number of active application instances; monitoring a present message transfer rate for the application instance; determining that an upset condition exists for the application instance when the present message transfer rate is less than the normal message transfer rate by more than a threshold amount; and in response to said determining the upset condition exists, generating an upset response event.