Patent ID: 7941466
Filing Date: 2011-05-10
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a computer having a processor and a computer readable memory, the computer operably coupled to a computer readable storage device, and operably coupled by a network to an on demand service system that bills for a plurality of resources actually used; first program instructions to identify at least two separate points in the on-demand service system where a data item is accessible; second program instructions to identify an originating point in the on-demand service system of the data item; third program instructions to identify a last point in the on-demand service system where the data item appears; fourth program instructions to gather, using a SQL query, a plurality of values from each separate point in the on-demand service system where the data item is accessible; fifth program instructions to display the plurality of values side by side on a graphical user interface so that a real time visual verification is enabled; sixth program instructions to determine if the plurality of values complies with an audit policy; and seventh program instructions to display an alert in response to a determination that a discrepancy exists with the compliance of the plurality of values with the audit policy; wherein the first through the seventh program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage device for running by the processor via the computer readable memory; wherein the discrepancy is that one or more of the plurality of values are not equal; wherein the separate points of the on-demand service system where the data item is accessible comprise: at least one server log file and at least one database; and wherein a data integrity of the on-demand service system is validated in response to a determination that a discrepancy does not exist.