Patent ID: 7454496
Filing Date: 2008-11-18
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for monitoring data resources of a data processing network on behalf of new consumer of monitoring data to the data processing network, said method comprising: determining monitoring requirements of said new consumer, wherein said monitoring requirements include; comparing the monitoring requirements of the new consumer with monitoring capabilities of a plurality of monitoring entities to identify at least one monitoring entity including monitoring capabilities matching the monitoring requirements of the new consumer, wherein; in response to identifying at least one monitoring entity of said plurality of monitoring entities including monitoring capabilities matching the monitoring requirements of the new consumer, selecting at least one of the identified monitoring entities and binding the new consumer to the selected at least one of the identified monitoring entities, in response to a failure to identify at least one of the monitoring entities having monitoring capabilities matching all monitoring requirements of the new consumer, initiating a negotiation between the new consumer and a plurality of monitoring entities to select a best match, relative to other matches based on quality of service parameters, between the monitoring requirements of the new consumer and the monitoring capabilities of the plurality of monitoring entities.