Patent ID: 8549090
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A message tracking system including a server with a processor and a memory, comprising: a message agent programmed to detect messages transmitted from one application to at least one other application; a detector programmed to determine a protocol that is associated with a given message of the messages detected by the message agent and to select a message query statement set according to the protocol to determine message data including at least a message category for the given message, the category comprises one of a plurality of message usage categories that defines the type of the given message ascertained from the message data, wherein the plurality of message usage categories comprise a request and response; a tracking manager programmed to generate tracking information for the given message based on the protocol determined by the detector and to store the tracking information in memory; a flight plan generator programmed to generate a flight plan instance for the given message based on the protocol and the message category for the given message, the flight plan instance corresponding to the tracking information for the given message; and a protocol registrar that comprises protocol registration data that identifies a set of registered protocols, the protocol registration data comprising message query data to provide a query statement set for each of the registered protocols, the detector being configured to employ the message query data to extract the metadata from the messages if the protocol for the given message is registered.